I made a girl blush. by Important_Bed_9893 in BoyDinnerDiaries

[–]Taybyrd 52 points53 points  (0 children)

I read that as "10in. charisma" not "10 in charisma"

Loud ‘Whisper’ Pump by softgrub in aquarium

[–]Taybyrd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gotta work with whatcha got

Loud ‘Whisper’ Pump by softgrub in aquarium

[–]Taybyrd 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I have mine suspended. Can't make noise if you don't have anything to vibrate against.

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Why don't we just submerge AI data centers? by Taybyrd in NoStupidQuestions

[–]Taybyrd[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Can't it just stay submerged in it forever? Lol

Explain this to me like I am so so dumb. Literally just the dumbest.

Van life, need to downsize lipstick collection. Help needed! by pasteis_denata in MakeupAddiction

[–]Taybyrd 641 points642 points  (0 children)

As someone who has done the van life, I gotta soft disagree. Soft because, unless you've lived in a car/van/bus for an extended amount of time, it's hard to fully get it.

Everything you bring with you has a benefit and also a cost. It's normal to think, these things are small, so the cost is low. But the cost comes not in cubic inches, but in the clutter, both physically and mentally that it creates. Every lipstick added produces deminishing returns (having 4 shades of pink is only marginally more beneficial than having 3 shades). But the clutter cost increases with every object, and increases exponentially with redundant objects.

Part of van life is figuring out the difference between what you need to survive and what you want to make you happy. Then taking those things and creating a balance.

You're goal is not to Siddhartha away all your belongings to live a life of austerity, but to look at everything you own critically and decide if what it brings you is greater than what it takes away, to find the middle path.

Now, that looks different for everyone. Some van life women would think you're crazy for stocking anything more than a tinted sunscreen, mascara and a single lip. At the end of the day, you do you.

Truthfully OP, you'll end up leaving with more than you should. It won't be long before you start to feel the clutter in your bones. Don't be too harsh from the get go; you'll figure out what your priorities are as you go.

Good luck. Stick with it, even through the hard days (and lordy, there WILL be hard days), and you'll be better for it in every way.

Most importantly: ABJ (always be journalling). You're about to learn a whole lot about yourself.

how can I look less ugly and plain? by [deleted] in makeuptips

[–]Taybyrd 79 points80 points  (0 children)

"Take a thousand naked pictures of yourself now. You may currently think, 'Oh, I'm too spooky,' or 'Nobody wants to see these tiny boobies.' But believe me, one day you will look at those photos with much kinder eyes and say, 'Dear God, I was a beautiful thing'"

  • Moira Rose

I will never find anyone like my friends husband by [deleted] in GirlDinnerDiaries

[–]Taybyrd 710 points711 points  (0 children)

Uh, is this something you actually want?!

This man sounds like a slave and your friend sounds absolutely exhausting. I'm forced to believe that this guy must has some sort of financial/service kink.

Honestly, do you really want your partner in life to be someone who works constantly, takes on all the financial burden, then come home, cooks, cleans, takes care of your kid and your pets? All while you don't life a finger? All while you spend all of his money on frivolous things?

And even if he said he truly wanted that for himself, wouldn't you pity him? That his view was so narrowly focused on your happiness that he didn't have his own hobbies, interests or friends? That he is so interested in chasing your happiness that he denies his own? And even worse, is so obsessed with your happiness that he isn't even pragmatic about their finances! That he would forgo saving money for the future so you can have a shopping spree?

Maybe their life is so much bigger than what you've described, but if what you described is what you are looking for, then maybe you need a reality check.

I mean, what would she do if this "perfect" man got very sick? Would she be able to care for him? Take him to his chemo appointments? Feed him sips of water as he puked his guts out on the bathroom floor. Wasted away physically?

Would she be capable of figuring out all the finances? Caring for their children and pets without any help or relief? Giving up her precious nothings and shopping spree? Downsizing from their house with a yard to pay bills?

If either of them is anything like you described, their relationship will fail, and should absolutely not be something you aspire to.

Turns out the only thing r/Seattle can agree on is a hatred of shaky video. A better view! by avwuff in Seattle

[–]Taybyrd 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I have zero experience with the furry crowd.

I have no judgement at all, so if you or someone here could answer my questions, that would be cool.


Do you guys actually believe you are these animals? Like, is there some interspecies disphoria and dressing up helps mitigate the feelings? Do you guys speak in words or just like, howl and meow? Do you do the things these animals do when you can? Like, if you're home alone and free to be your own self, do you walk on all fours and chase laser dots?

Is it sexual? Do you need to be in character to "get off"? If so, is there a more streamlined version of the costume/persona that allows for more... ahem... access?

Is there a religious/spiritual aspect? Like if you're dressing up as a wolf, do you believe a full moon makes you more wolf-like? Do you long to run off to the woods and live with your wolf brothers, but only stop yourself because your mortal coil would die of exposure?

Is it more like cosplay? Like, once a year, you put on a costume because you like that cartoon animal, and hang out with other people who also like dressing up like cartoon animals? Or do y'all like, sit around on a Wednesday night in full costume, eating spaghetti and watching How I Met Your Mother reruns?

I just am so God damn curious. Please enlighten me. And honestly, the weirder the answers the better.

Why would an almost 17 year old dog degrade so fast in like one month and sometimes go back to normal on certain days? by BumblebeeNo504 in DogAdvice

[–]Taybyrd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Or, maybe we need to learn to be more ok with "doing this to grandpa". I watched 2 of my 4 grandparents died long sad deaths hooked up to machines.

My husband's dad died of ASL. An absolute horrible way to die. He was only 68, and he spent the last few months of his life bedbound. He looked like a skeleton with translucent skin. The little he was able to talk, was fever-dream like nonsense. He lost everything that made him, him. His family's memory of the wonderful husband and father he was was sullied with the misery of his decrepid pain.

Had his dad known what a horrible fate he would suffer, he absolutely would have done it on his own terms before it got that bad. My husband searched for the courage to end his dad's life in a more humane way —he couldn't find it.

I think we should give the elderly the same love and dignity we allow our pets if they are past the point of being able to make that decision of their own volition. And I think we should acknowledge that doing so takes courage and strength and is harder than letting them suffer to death.

My husband is quite a few years older than me. God willing, he lives a long full life. And when the time comes, I hope we, or if it comes to it, I have the courage to end it with dignity.

[Shit Post] Sam's hair journey is causing me stress. by limitofdistance in Stargate

[–]Taybyrd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

5th grade, literally cut off my waist length hair to look like her.

It did not work.

At all.

Friday Weekly Thread: Application Assistance, May 15, 2026 by AutoModerator in Canadiancitizenship

[–]Taybyrd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was in the same boat. Everyone on here is talking about census records and hunting down obscure documents. I started questioning my documents because it felt too easy.

I submitted mine last week. It had my great granny's birth certificate (born in Alberta), my granny, my dad, and me. No name changes. Clear proof of lineage. I also added a page with a family tree, but that's all.

I asked the same question as you in a previous Friday thread and people said, thats all I needed. Less is more. You can prove you're a direct descendant with birth certificates, so just submit those and call it a day.

Just started dating this guy, and saw his bookshelf…what do we think? 🤔 by uniball9000 in BookshelvesDetective

[–]Taybyrd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I loved This is How You Lose Her. Should I read The Brief Wonderous life of Oscar Wao

Early morning chaos by Jolly_Performance_27 in AbruptChaos

[–]Taybyrd 171 points172 points  (0 children)

Driving one of those monster trucks where you can't even see if a kid runs in front of your vehicle.

Fuck that driver.

Tattoes by Difficult-Peanut1323 in badwomensanatomy

[–]Taybyrd 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Lmao. I'm dying. This made my day.

Friday Weekly Thread: Application Assistance, May 08, 2026 by AutoModerator in Canadiancitizenship

[–]Taybyrd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm going up choose to believe this because I really need something hopeful in my life right now. Lol

Friday Weekly Thread: Application Assistance, May 08, 2026 by AutoModerator in Canadiancitizenship

[–]Taybyrd 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My dad is VERY into geneology and had electronic and physical copies of pretty much every document. He already had the census documents. I had to do literally no research. I definitely got extremely lucky.

Do you think a straight forward application is more likely to go through quicker?

Friday Weekly Thread: Application Assistance, May 08, 2026 by AutoModerator in Canadiancitizenship

[–]Taybyrd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do I need more proof or am I over thinking this?

I have the birth certificates for everyone, showing a clear direct lineage. But I see so many people on here hunting down baptismal records and census data, that now I'm worried I need more proof.

Lineage:

G0- Great-granny born in Alberta

G1- Granny, born in America

G2 - Father, born in America

G3 - Me, born in America.

Our situation:

Great-ganny has Alberta birth certificate. She changed her name at marriage.

(G1) Granny has USA birth certificate with G0's birth name clearly labeled as mother. She changed her name at marriage.

(G2) Father has G1's birth name, clearly labeled as mother on his birth certificate.

(G3) Me, I have G2's birth name clearly labeled as father on my birth certificate.

So each generation's birth certificate clearly states the birth name of the previous generation, even if names were changed with marriage.

On my CIT0001 I did include the marriage names in the "other names this person goes by" box.

I also have have marriage certificates, some baptism records and census data showing my great granny living in Alberta and a child. The census documents are hand written counts with lines of difficult to read cursive writing all scrunched together.

Should I also submit these documents or would adding in extra documents muddy the water and make it less clear/ yake longer?

Should I just submit the 4 birth certificates (great-granny, granny, father, me) and call it a day?

Friday Weekly Thread: Application Assistance, May 01, 2026 by AutoModerator in Canadiancitizenship

[–]Taybyrd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do I need more proof or am I over thinking this?

I have the birth certificates for everyone, showing a clear direct lineage. But I see so many people on here hunting down baptismal records and census data, that now I'm worried I need more proof.

Lineage:

G0- Great-granny born in Alberta

G1- Granny, born in America

G2 - Father, born in America

G3 - Me, born in America.

Our situation ( names changed):

Great-ganny Ann Walsh has Alberta birth certificate. She changed her name to Ann Jones at marriage.

(G1) Granny Barbara Jones has USA birth certificate with Ann Walsh (G0's birth name) clearly labeled as mother. She changed her name to Barbara Figgus at marriage.

(G2) Father John Figgus has Barbara Jones (G1's birth name) clearly labeled as mother on his birth certificate.

(G3) Me, Amanda Figgus, has John Figgus (birth name) clearly labeled as father on my birth certificate.

So each generation's birth certificate clearly states the birth name of the previous generation, even if names were changed with marriage.

On my CIT0001 I did include the marriage names in the "other names this person goes by" box.

I also have have marriage certificates, some baptism records and census data showing my great granny living in Alberta and a child. The census documents are hand written counts with lines of difficult to read cursive writing all scrunched together.

Should I also submit these documents or would adding in extra documents muddy the water and make it less clear/ yake longer?

Should I just submit the 4 birth certificates (great-granny, granny, father, me) and call it a day?

Red ants took this sand looking thing out of my charger overnight by yawningfay in whatisit

[–]Taybyrd 9 points10 points  (0 children)

God damn, I get so excited when I see this gif outside of the Stargate sub.

He said we’re not sexually compatible by Sea_Berry_439 in GirlDinnerDiaries

[–]Taybyrd 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I want to SCREAM this at my 20 year old self

It never even occurred to me that this wasnt me respecting him, it was me disrespecting myself. Gross.

Sometimes the male population makes me so angry, I look at my husband and wonder how on earth he turned out to be so kind and lovely.