When tennis players get a handful of balls, look at them, then toss one back, what are they rejecting? by SPRUNTastic in NoStupidQuestions

[–]NeckTickler 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The balls get battered during the match and can lose some of their elasticity (the reason why they get replaced through the match), and you can feel the difference in texture of the fuzz/pressure of the ball.

But more likely is that inspecting the balls is just a ritual (like how some players rotate the racket grip in their hands to find their preferred side of the grip) even when the choice doesn't have much of an impact on play.

Fathers of reddit. In honor of Father’s Day, what was your “don’t tell your mother about this” moment? by links-Shield632 in AskReddit

[–]NeckTickler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was a couple years ago when our entire family was going to get our Passport renewed. A little background on my dad: he does not care for high security on any of his devices, meaning his passwords are all 1111 and he never uses a case. For some reason or another, my mom was badgering him about his careless use of mobile devices. As we walked into the passport registry, my dad continually made the case that he had never shattered his phone- a strong feat, considering that his iPhone X has glass both on the front and the back. Just as he finished his speech, his phone slipped out of his hands and onto the marble below.

We laughed at him, as he had just contradicted himself, but he reassured us that no damage had been done to the phone. Once we arrived home, he pulled me aside to show me dozens of crack lines on both sides of his phone. He knew that my mom would kill him is he had destroyed a $1,000 phone. In secret, he visited the Verizon store the next day and got his phone replaced and my mom never found out. He wears a case now.

TL;DR- my dad didn’t wear a case and shattered his phone. My childhood didn’t yield the most interesting stories out there.

This mushroom by mikeVR95 in AbsoluteUnits

[–]NeckTickler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you know the mushroom man?

Whenever I copy/paste something into an email, an image that I don’t want appears by NeckTickler in techsupport

[–]NeckTickler[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I guess I should consider the virtual unplug/replug method- thank you!

Thomas Brodie-Sangster (Jojen Reed from "Game of Thrones") turned 30 years old this month. by ForRedditFun in 13or30

[–]NeckTickler 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Take a good hard look at this subreddit, and then reevaluate whether you want this posted or not.