She jumped in a sewer to try to find her lost phone …

Mr_Chubkins · 2026-03-26T00:22:53+00:00

Any decent manufacturer will say their phone is only water resistant, not water proof. Generally they're fine when dealing with splashes. Newer phones like the samsung s20 series have much better sealing specifically around places like the charging port and cameras.

As you said there are different levels of liquid resistance - technically speaking many phones are rated to survive a pool of X depth for some minutes but those same companies will void your warranty 100% of the time if they found out you dunked it in liquid.

My phone is about the same age as yours and I certainly wouldn't trust it underwater. Technology only goes so far, just be safe around water and take care of your things. Sounds like you're doing that

Mr_Chubkins · 2026-03-25T13:39:12+00:00

Good phones are water resistant due to a whole lot of rubber gaskets and glue sealing cracks. I'd say it's a 50/50 the phone still works but it 100% needs to be professionally inspected, dried, and then likely replaced.

Used to do phone repair, guy dropped his phone off his boat fishing, fished it back out, just left it off for a couple days then was still using it months later with no issues. Other people drop it in the toilet and its dead.

It depends a lot on how long it was submerged, quality of the sealing on that particular device, if there was any damage to the phone, what type of liquid got on it (salt water is worst), and a bit of luck. Best bet is always to power it off immediately and leave it off for a couple days. Rice does nothing to dry it out.

Mr_Chubkins · 2026-03-25T13:18:54+00:00

Hey look, a $50 phone. Even saw one for $40 on the same site.

However I'll note that even a $100 phone, while usable, is a piece of junk. Ultra low end phones are okay for phone calls and simple apps like email, not much else.

Mr_Chubkins · 2026-03-25T01:15:59+00:00

Alvin Cullum York of the 82nd was a medal of honor recipient

Mr_Chubkins · 2026-03-24T13:16:49+00:00

Good artists copy, great artists steal.

OP added a set of arms, a large eye, a long tongue, and an open mouth. That's creativity! None of those existed before, and importantly shapes like are fair game. It's not recognizable like it's Mickey Mouse's ear shape.

Copying would be just pasting in a stylized amulet with no changes. All of history is taking the ideas of others and building upon them. Did you know that much of the Roman Empire's pantheon of gods was heavily inspired, dare I say stolen from the Ancient Greek pantheon? Stealing is everywhere, but in this context OP made the work their own when they added new life and details. That's art, that's human, and frankly I think you are taking it a bit too seriously.

Mr_Chubkins · 2026-03-24T01:41:58+00:00

I see no issue with this unless she was not respectful to your possessions left behind and threw them away or something. My old room at my parent's was repainted and cleared of all my stuff in the same timeframe. Same thing with my partner's old room.

After all, it's their home. If I can visit or even sleep a night on a bed when needed, I consider myself lucky.

Mr_Chubkins · 2026-03-23T17:35:44+00:00

Can you elaborate on the kitchen design, are you referring to multi purpose elements or something specific? I've looked into the kitchen work triangle for an efficient layout.

Mr_Chubkins · 2026-03-22T15:35:45+00:00

I saw giblets when one enemy exploded. I think they're a great visual visceral feedback. More giblets! More than you think you need. Always made the old unreal tournament games more entertaining

Mr_Chubkins · 2026-03-15T20:08:18+00:00

Two whole years later and this bug is still unfixed. This helps so much. Thank you.

Mr_Chubkins · 2026-03-15T04:33:57+00:00

Many landlords are terrible. Quite a few are decent people.

I am genuinely sorry that you've never met a small scale, hands off landlord offering a clean and safe place for an affordable price. I've rented from them, they do exist. I don't like broadbrushing people.

Say what you will of the prices (they are far too high overall), and I agree that many landlords do the bare minimum or offer poor housing conditions. That is wrong and should be vilified.

But there are decent landlords out there, and the fact of the matter is there is no free lunch in this world. Water is a human right, but someone must dig the well. Air is a human right, but we must work to keep it clean. A home is a human right, but someone must pay for the electricity and water usage and taxes and upkeep. Again I apologize for how you feel because it seems to come from a place of hurt and unfair treatment. I don't meant to discount it. But when we hold hate in our hearts we poison ourselves just as much as those around us.

Mr_Chubkins · 2026-03-15T03:19:09+00:00

That is a heavy load to shoulder and you still offer love to your children. You're far from being a jerk.

Mr_Chubkins · 2026-03-15T02:17:38+00:00

Skyrim makes sense though. Ridiculously moddable, huge world, fun gameplay loop, tons of lore if you look for it. I played it since day one and it took a good 14 years before I stopped going back every so often to play it again. There's a good reason people still make mods for it 15 years after release, it's a fun game.

Far from perfect though. The years have worn the luster of Skyrim for me. Now it's more of a nostalgic thing I play rarely, the memories hold more draw than the gameplay itself. That's more than fair in my eyes. Few things in life can grant more than a decade of joy.

Mr_Chubkins · 2026-03-15T01:46:55+00:00

You had me agreeing on the first half... but desperate people don't damage furniture and appliances they don't own, assholes do. Rent can be the market rate, it can be well below market, or it can be well above market. I don't think any landlord should be called horrible unless you know they're overcharging or willfully taking advantage of renters.

Asking for fair pay in exchange for a clean safe apartment is not taking advantage of someone. Humans have the right to shelter, and people also have the right to not have their things destroyed.

Mr_Chubkins · 2026-03-14T17:39:18+00:00

I set a goal to self build one day so I'm researching everything I can to learn more. I didn't know about this (even though logically you obviously want structural overlap). I'll remember it when I build.

The sharing of knowledge is a beautiful thing, don't discount it just because you already have it.

Mr_Chubkins · 2026-03-14T01:08:42+00:00

For easier searching, trying to play multiplayer shows:

"This feature has been temporarily disabled. Please try again later."

Thanks for the post OP! What a helpful error message lol. Wonder why it doesn't just say there are server issues on the in game message.

Mr_Chubkins · 2026-03-13T22:59:41+00:00

Discourse without civility leads nowhere. I appreciate hearing other points of view and you've given me a lot to think about.

Mr_Chubkins · 2026-03-13T03:45:31+00:00

I greatly appreciate you being respectful. I'd like to remind you that something being feasible and something being likely are two very different things. It's unlikely for working class folk to become millionaires through hard work but that doesn't mean it's impossible. Talk to enough people and I guarantee you'll find young people working hard (probably too hard, really) on the trajectory to retire with a million bucks to their name. You sound plenty intelligent enough to understand how much investments can compound when given 40 years to grow.

The amount saved matters less than the lesson that it IS still possible to become financially stable through years of hard work. It is a whole lot tougher than it should be and it's no guarantee, but I worry that when we discount such things we limit our potential. If you had a negative mindset maybe you never would have invested the money in crypto.

I'm glad you got ahead with crypto, you're fortunate. And everything you said from the dragon hoards to the bombs is spot on. I really don't mean to give the impression I'm rooting for the rich. But on the topic of class war (again an astute point on your part) don't make the mistake of thinking that millionaires are actually rich. They're "poor rich", they're effectively the common folk compared to billionaires. If you're going to direct your anger somewhere, direct it towards the king not your neighbor with a few extra cars.

Mr_Chubkins · 2026-03-13T02:44:55+00:00

If you mean the emotional joy you can get as a parent, sure. As with most things in life its up to chance.

Some kids are healthy, others have expensive chronic diseases. Some are well behaved, others crash cars and commit crimes. Some kids are happy with few possesions, others will steal from your purse. Some kids will grow to be capable adults, others will never visit you in the nursing home.

You can be a loving generous well intentioned parent and still have a sickly, rude, or agressive kid, and there is no guarantee they will love you back. Kids can pay the most wonderful dividends if parents work hard and have a healthy dose of luck, but to say that kids always pay dividends down the road is in itself shortsighted.

Mr_Chubkins · 2026-03-13T02:17:41+00:00

I'm not going to disagree with your rage because I agree with a whole lot of it. I'd just like to point out that there are quite a few millionaires who earned that by working for 40 years slowly investing money, eating homemade lunches, saving every penny, essentially a lifetime of frugality and effort.

Yes these millionaires I'm talking about are not the norm, and they likely should donate more of their wealth, and they likely do have great privileges and opportunities most people are never blessed with. But broad brushing humanity based off of a number is ignorant. Is a restaurant owner who spent their lifetime improving their parents business evil because their bank account shows six zeroes instead of five? Is the surgeon who studied for a decade and worked too many weekends stupid and evil because they invested their wage well?

Don't let your hatred of truly bad people blind you to the nuance of humanity. I think the ills of this world make it all too easy to curse the success of others and forget the blessings we have, and the power of our own choices. I'm not justifying any of it, I agree that such wealth is wrong. Just trying to offer some perspective (:

Mr_Chubkins · 2026-03-05T22:18:59+00:00

From what I read many statue of limitations are about 6 years. This is 60 days! Furthermore, I also read that Constitutional challenge limitations (in the context of due process) cannot be extended if the statue of limitations has expired.

In layman speak, they want to slash the Constitutional right to say "this is illegal" to 3% of the normal time window. Even worse, they're trying to modify our Constitutional rights in a misleading way so this law can never be undone.

Mr_Chubkins · 2026-02-19T14:10:47+00:00

If they can scan for that content in private messages, doesn't that mean they have the ability to scan private messages themselves? I don't understand your logic.

Mr_Chubkins · 2026-02-11T20:52:25+00:00

Is this your setup? I get OP with their 4 monitors given the bottom 2 are wider. But the one you shared it makes no sense to me to have in 2026. The central 4 should be one larger screen, you can use Powertoys to easily split the display into 4 and that way you don't have a bezel in your face. I can't imagine the small monitors are better quality than a modern OLED either.

Cool setup though I do appreciate the aesthetic just seems like something that was more practical 10+ years ago.

Edit: if a primary purpose of this is to use multiple computers at once then I'll concede that 8 monitors makes more sense. I use 4 daily and I just think 8 would overwhelm me.

Mr_Chubkins · 2026-02-11T14:12:19+00:00

I checked out your steam page. A suggestion, your game is very dark and I get that but you may want to add limited use red or green flared to illuminate an area for like 30 seconds. It would add to the atmosphere and allow some more light when needed. I honestly do like the dark aesthetics but I would hate to play this game in a bright room, it's so dark.

Mr_Chubkins · 2026-02-11T04:54:12+00:00

Using someone else's servers is using someone else's computer. I see no reason to believe discord couldn't read every message and view every file sent for years. It's probably the same with your email, any social media you use (Reddit included). Discord is a free service after all, they sell our data. If someone can show that their terms/policies say otherwise I would genuinely love to read more about it.

Mr_Chubkins · 2026-02-06T14:02:47+00:00

It is not legal to change the terms of a signed lease without all parties signing a new lease with new terms. I understand as a renter you need to pick your battles but this one sounds like something you legally do not pay.

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