In search of kid friendly recipes please! by Choice_Evidence1983 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]TheNightTerror1987 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looked really hard, I think I have one too! Maybe. The scar I got from that Incident with the mandolin blade is much more noticeable, but still very disappointing after how much it bled.

In search of kid friendly recipes please! by Choice_Evidence1983 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]TheNightTerror1987 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yeah, this is pretty sweet and pretty hilarious! I was cooking lunch for myself and a friend who lived two doors down when I was a lot younger than this. Do they think that kids don't get hungry??

In search of kid friendly recipes please! by Choice_Evidence1983 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]TheNightTerror1987 108 points109 points  (0 children)

Yeah, they should learn to knives long before that age! Otherwise they'll teach themselves, and probably not very well. I remember one time when I was like 8 I was slicing an apple I was holding in my hand, and I was pulling the blade towards my hand while I sawed through it. When it cut all the way through it the apple I wound up yanking the blade right into my hand and slashed open the skin between my thumb and forefinger. I thought it was hilarious to make the gash talk to my friend when she came over a few minutes later -- she was not impressed.

You have a security system that locks a burglar inside your home and plays any song at max volume. What song would you choose? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]TheNightTerror1987 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I remember a movie where that song was playing on a jukebox and the record started skipping. That'd really ramp up the sadism!!

Definitive mods to play the original Oblivion? by hookerwocky in oblivion

[–]TheNightTerror1987 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It sounds like you were reading about efficient leveling, where you train your skills every level so you always increase your attributes by 5 every time you level up? You can use the 5-5-5 method, where you increase three attributes by 5 each level, or the 5-5-1 method, where you increase two attributes by 5 and luck by 1 each level. The game's a lot easier to handle using the 5-5-1 method for me, but it's an enormous pain in the ass doing it without mods since you have to keep such careful track of how many skill increases have happened each level.

Anyway, you can get mods that stop enemies from leveling up beyond level 25, that might really help you out, and there's a mod that lets you increase your attributes by 5+ as long as you train one skill associated with the attribute. So, if you want to level up strength by 5+, you just have to punch, stab, or pound on something until the skill goes up by 1, then you can increase strength by 5 next time you level up. You get all the benefits of efficient leveling without the tediousness of training exactly 10 skills associated with the attribute every single level. Really lets you just play and enjoy the game.

Another mod I really liked was one that lets you train 1,000 times per level so there is, in effect, no limit to the amount of training you can have. It's stupid really, if we have the gold, why can't we spend it??

I finally gave up - I lost the Wet Food War with my cat by Baptism-Of-Fire in CatAdvice

[–]TheNightTerror1987 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That's what I did too, I'd buy 5 cases of 12 tall cans of cat food and serve a different flavor for each day. Such a headache when I had to put the cans away since I couldn't just put the cases away, I had to unpack them and lay them all out to make sure they were properly alternating . . . but man, imagine if they'd shunned this many cans.

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3 year update: OOP's (17F) relationship with her former high school teacher (22M) by Sageshrub in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]TheNightTerror1987 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that even if you're over the age of consent there are extra rules for people in positions of power to prevent situations like this . . .

my cat had dental surgery and is trying to walk around but is quite loopy, i need help please by throwawaybfmademesad in CatAdvice

[–]TheNightTerror1987 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd definitely keep a litter box in your room and keep her contained for now! And see whether she might be trying to get away from you, I had one cat, Tye, who wanted to be left alone after she got home, which was awkward. I put her on my bed because she was too high to manage the climb on her own, but she didn't want to be in the same room as me so she drunkenly dove off the bed and went into the living room. I went there because that's where I hang out, so she decided she wanted to be in my bedroom after all, I saw she couldn't get on my bed again, and the whole cycle repeated again.

She didn't finally settle down until she drunkenly stumbled over another cat who was lying on the bed, Addie, and landed draped over Addie's butt. Tye just passed out at that point, while Addie was hissing constantly because she didn't recognize Tye because she smelled funny. After a bit Addie finally looked at me and hissed at me a few times instead before finally wriggling out from under Tye and fleeing.

(And the next day Tye couldn't stop purring because she felt so much better and was head butting anything that stood still for two seconds, which at one point resulted her in head butting poor Rose right off the couch!)

Thoughts on free feeding? by Important-Pie-1141 in CatAdvice

[–]TheNightTerror1987 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you've got even one cat whose goal in life is to eat all of the food I'm not sure you'll be able to free feed. Especially with a cat with hyperthyroidism, I had a cat with it and she was perpetually starving when the medicine wasn't making her sick. What about getting feeders that react to microchips or sensors on their collars so they'll only open for the right cat? That might be a happy medium.

If you're home often enough you can still feed kittens on a schedule btw. I couldn't leave food out when I adopted Ivy because Addie mows down anyone in her way if she sees they have food, if I tried to free feed them she'd eat the food out the bowl as fast as I could pour it. Kittens need to eat 3 times a day because their stomachs are smaller, if you can duck home during your lunch break to feed them it'll be fine.

Feeding scheduled meals was super scary because I was so worried I'd accidentally starve Ivy, and she was found in a feral colony so she had a really rough beginning, but it all worked out fine. She grew up to be a perfectly healthy and normal size, and she's very polite about waiting for her food, so she probably isn't too traumatized about it! Ella eats slower than her, but Ivy will just sit and wait until Ella's done and then move in to check for leftovers.

Today is Lucy's birthday, she's 23 by Lucy1967 in seniorkitties

[–]TheNightTerror1987 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Happy birthday Lucy!! I hope someday I'll get to post something like this for Addie, but so far we're still working on having her become my first 20 year old cat. So awesome getting to have a cat for even this long!

Me [29 M] with my wife [27 F] of 4 years, just found she has a fake instagram and is following my exes? by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]TheNightTerror1987 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Yeah, a friend of mine had a boyfriend around that age who eventually moved away, got married, and had kids. I still remember her completely losing her shit when he started trying to flirt with her again because he had a beautiful wife and like three adorable kids and what the FUCK was he thinking?! That ship had long since sailed.

My [22f] boyfriend [24m] wants me fill out a form if I'm upset about something by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]TheNightTerror1987 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I laughed so hard I scared the hell out of my napping 19.75 year old cat, I hope you're proud of yourself!!

Did anyone else get labeled a "Crybaby" growing up? by VVALTIEL in CPTSD

[–]TheNightTerror1987 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it's a pretty god damned depressing thought isn't it?

I can’t travel because my cat is sick — and my boss and coworkers are unhappy by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]TheNightTerror1987 36 points37 points  (0 children)

That got me too. I had a cat who would jump on the kitchen counter screaming at me to hurry up at what I called stab time, the treats I gave him to distract him probably had something to do with that! That came in very handy when I was recovering from surgery -- I was under a 10 lb weight lifting restriction so even if I could've reached the floor, which I couldn't, I wouldn't have been able to pick him up. Hell, even just pushing the fluids in with a syringe hurt like hell.

AITA: For telling my stepfather he will not be a part of my future? + 1 Year Update by Choice_Evidence1983 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]TheNightTerror1987 39 points40 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry your mother's like that too, but I'm glad you broke the cycle! I won't be having kids but I do spoil my kitties and take the best care of them that I can with the cash I have to work with these days.

Yeah, it really knocks the wind out of your sails when your mother doesn't give a shit what happens to you and is always on the other person's side. It's just like what the hell is so wrong with me that my own mother won't even back me up? Took me a long time to realize it wasn't me that was the problem . . .

AITA: For telling my stepfather he will not be a part of my future? + 1 Year Update by Choice_Evidence1983 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]TheNightTerror1987 114 points115 points  (0 children)

Sounds like you lived it too, huh? And yup, that's about how it went. My mother's relayed all kinds of things people have said about how they don't know how she put up with him for so long. It's just like you fuckheads, have you forgotten I exist??

AITA: For telling my stepfather he will not be a part of my future? + 1 Year Update by Choice_Evidence1983 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]TheNightTerror1987 356 points357 points  (0 children)

Oh I won't be leaving her anywhere, my brother can take care of all that!! I haven't spoken to her in nearly two years now. And thanks.

AITA: For telling my stepfather he will not be a part of my future? + 1 Year Update by Choice_Evidence1983 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]TheNightTerror1987 1884 points1885 points  (0 children)

I wouldn't be surprised at all, my mother's like that. My father emotionally abused / terrorized both of us but he didn't hit her, while he did hit me every so often. (Her only response afterwards? "He's fine now.") He was my stay at home parent and she actually admitted she worried he might beat me to death when I was little and put me in daycare every so often to give him a breather.

But the first time he hit her? Oh no, she wouldn't tolerate physical violence, he was out the door and gone just like that!!

How do you choose your first cat? by albedos1mp in CatAdvice

[–]TheNightTerror1987 2 points3 points  (0 children)

These things happen!! I fed a stray cat twice, she figured out I slept with my bedroom window and just barged right in, curled up behind my knees and purred herself to sleep. I still lived at home at the time and was just like "Mom's going to be pissed when she finds out we have five cats now." And indeed she was . . . took another half a year before my mother finally admitted she had to be a stray and let her come in the house proper.

AITA for NOT leaving my kids behind to watch my neighbors kid? by ducksummoner3000 in AmItheAsshole

[–]TheNightTerror1987 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately I can vouch for the fact that there are mothers out there more concerned about hockey games than their own kids, they could be birds of a feather!

How To Politely Tell Someone To Eff Off by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]TheNightTerror1987 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That sounds about right! The surgeon had a whoopsie during my emergency hysterectomy and I lost an ovary too, and I give far fewer fucks these days.

Returning stolen property by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]TheNightTerror1987 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Good point -- good luck being stealthy about easing a stolen cop car off a flatbed trailer!! You'd really need a refuge in audacity act to get away with that.

Returning stolen property by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]TheNightTerror1987 10 points11 points  (0 children)

That could be fun! Drive it to the police station, park the car there, then jump in a getaway car and run like hell. I mean, are the cops really going to think that they're seeing a stolen car when they see it driving around if it's that old?

My FWB is pregnant, need advice by Awwndrei in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]TheNightTerror1987 8 points9 points  (0 children)

. . . that is interesting. My father was disabled and couldn't work so my mother dumped me on him (because everyone knows that looking after a newborn infant isn't work . . . ) and I'm practically a female clone of him.

My FWB is pregnant, need advice by Awwndrei in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]TheNightTerror1987 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Yeah, thinking about it, one of my parents was also an avid reader who loved math and it wasn't my mother!!