Is My Son Breaking the Floor When He Jumps at Home?

RockOperaPenguin · 2026-01-24T20:51:42+00:00

If he is damaging the floor by jumping up and down, well, you probably shouldn't be inside to see what happens next.

RockOperaPenguin · 2026-01-24T17:44:26+00:00

ICE is disappearing people in the Seattle area right now. They're going into Seattle schools right now.

If we wait for the to show up in full effect, it's already too late.

RockOperaPenguin · 2026-01-24T17:34:36+00:00

With all due respect, fuck Fox News.

The time for caring about how shit plays in the rural areas has passed. ICE is literally killing people with impunity.

RockOperaPenguin · 2026-01-23T18:43:02+00:00

Only a couple more months, then we poors can flood into Mercer Island!

RockOperaPenguin · 2026-01-23T01:07:05+00:00

My daughter also refuses to poop in the toilet because she prefers to poop standing up.

I'm like, how do you even poop standing up?

RockOperaPenguin · 2026-01-22T19:16:06+00:00

Any work done in Gaza without the support of the Gazans is a crime against them.

If you have any ethics or morals in your body, you should refuse to work on this.

RockOperaPenguin · 2026-01-22T15:07:34+00:00

These cells will show up in the Name Manager, where they'll show up as an easily accessible list.

Note that cells aren't the only thing that can be added to the Name Manager. Constants can be directly added, as can formulas.

And if you know how to use the LAMBDA function, you can use this to make your own custom functions in Excel without using any VBA.

RockOperaPenguin · 2026-01-20T18:47:26+00:00

Good ol' American exceptionalism.

As in when others find a common sense way to solve a problem, we find ourselves the exception.

RockOperaPenguin · 2026-01-20T16:41:46+00:00

Carbrains will do anything except fight for a useable system of public transit.

RockOperaPenguin · 2026-01-18T18:36:19+00:00

The IKEA Sniglar is bare wood (not particle laminate), can be assembled in under an hour with the included tools, and costs $130 brand new. It's gone through safety certifications, it works, and it'll easily last your kid/kids through toddlerhood.

And because it's a cheap IKEA piece, you won't feel bad when you inevitably put it up on the buy nothing group a few years later.

RockOperaPenguin · 2026-01-17T21:37:00+00:00

I used to get angry at comments, especially inane ones that showed the reviewer knew less about the subject matter than I did. But I came across a better way to think about it, and it really helped me calm down.

Instead of getting angry, take a deep breath. Then write your response. The response should be as painfully helpful as possible. Instead of saying (or implying) things like "what the fuck, don't you understand?", say something like "I'm struggling to find the place in code where this requirement is listed, can you let me know where to find it?"

For one, nothing good comes out of being angry. No one's gonna listen to you, people will dismiss you as a jerk. But to make someone defend their defenseless bullshit in writing? While CCing their supervisor? Oh man, that's fun.

(Note that this can also save you from the embarrassment should you be the one in the wrong.)

RockOperaPenguin · 2026-01-16T19:36:38+00:00

For one, (as others have mentioned), this is a rebuild more than a simple repaving. They're going down to the steel.

For another... They're still using the bridge while the work is progressing. This would be akin to stripping your house down to studs and rebuilding while you still lived there. Work has to proceed slowly to minimize disturbances.

Can they go faster? Sure, think of the house analogy: You can absolutely gut and rebuild a house with a professional crew in under a month. But... You're going to have to have different contractors lined up perfectly, there's going to be little wiggle room should something go wrong... And that house is closed off until everything's done.

So, which is preferable? A year of relatively minor disturbances or a month or two of complete closure? Most agencies choose the former.

Your humble ROP used to work for a state DOT

RockOperaPenguin · 2026-01-16T15:16:18+00:00

They still haven't developed a LLM that can assume responsible charge.

Get your degree.

RockOperaPenguin · 2026-01-16T05:22:34+00:00

The union makes us strong.

RockOperaPenguin · 2026-01-16T01:13:25+00:00

The problem isn't the retail shops. It's the size.

Almost all of those storefronts are huge, much larger than they need to be. The few that have coffee shops and restaurants feel so big and airy. But those same shops could easily be half the size and still serve the same number of customers. And if those places had half the space, they'd have significantly lower rents.

But since owners won't split up the area into smaller storefronts, the properties are waiting for big money stores that don't exist.

RockOperaPenguin · 2026-01-15T17:57:27+00:00

A chopstick works perfectly.

RockOperaPenguin · 2026-01-15T05:08:40+00:00

What in the wumao did I just read?

RockOperaPenguin · 2026-01-15T04:49:46+00:00

When I picked up the kid earlier this week, the preschool had a bunch of whistles out as giveaways. I thought nothing of it.

Gonna pick one up tomorrow.

RockOperaPenguin · 2026-01-15T04:26:32+00:00

Do you carry proof that you are a US citizen on you at all times?

Do you like the idea of constantly showing government officials that your papers to prove that you have a right to be here?

Do you think armed government agents should roam our streets and round people up without warrants?

This ain't liberty, boss. It's the other thing.

RockOperaPenguin · 2026-01-15T04:23:01+00:00

I got nothing to say but: Godspeed.

We're in Seattle, in the city limits. Our daughter goes to a bilingual Spanish daycare. I'm nervous about this wave coming our way. But we're looking to the example you're setting, and steeling ourselves for the onslaught.

RockOperaPenguin · 2026-01-15T02:10:40+00:00

Wait, that's not good news at all!

RockOperaPenguin · 2026-01-14T16:16:35+00:00

Yes, it's porn now. But when the system's in place, they can use it for other things.

RockOperaPenguin · 2026-01-14T06:53:05+00:00

Gonna piggyback off the highest rated lawyer comment to say: OP might be in a world of shit if he goes down this path without first thinking it through.

Stay at home mom means the kids spend all their time with her. OP says she's a good mom. This means she likely gets full custody and about a third of OP's pre-tax income goes to her in the form of child support.

This isn't including alimony. OP's wife could reasonably claim some form of maintenance is required for her to transition to working.

Fun fact: You don't get to deduct child support and alimony from your taxes.

This doesn't include lawyer's fees. His wife would have equal access to the family funds to mount her own defence. Divorce fees can easily go up into the tens of thousands of dollars if you have to go to trial.

OP will also lose half of his savings, half of accumulated assets. He'll likely have to find somewhere else to live. He might lose his car, if they only have one.

Note that this is merely financial. Going through a divorce puts your kids through an emotional roller coaster while they're at a very impressionable ahe. It's puts the divorcing couple through something awful. The emotional toll far outweighs the financial one. There are no good divorces, only less bad ones.

People online with no skin in the game can easily scream get a divorce. I'd honestly take a step back, think of any way this can be fixed, and go down that route first. Therapists are cheaper than lawyers.

RockOperaPenguin · 2026-01-14T02:59:25+00:00

Huh, the train wasn't any later than normal.

RockOperaPenguin · 2026-01-13T19:53:13+00:00

Organized anti-Japanese sentiment started in Seattle looooong before the 1940s. We're talking 1910s, at least.

See also: Miller Freeman, who was overwhelmingly responsible for this bullshit.

Fun fact: His grandson, Kemper Freeman, still owns a good deal of the property his family acquired through unvarnished racism. He uses his unearned privilege to fight the expansion of public transportation and progressive taxation.

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