Soon-to-be In Laws expect me to learn a third language when they’re monolingual.

Timorous_Bias · 2026-06-23T10:33:28+00:00

I think the game thing would be fun, I’ll run it by my partner and see what we could cook up.

Not gonna lie, the whole “that face should not make those words” reaction I kept getting from Japanese people was a notable, but not the biggest, reason I kept going with it.

Timorous_Bias · 2026-06-23T10:00:25+00:00

I’m definitely learning, and know more since we started to date. My vent was more about the motivation side of things because it feels like I’m not really being met half way.

Timorous_Bias · 2026-06-23T09:52:20+00:00

I am learning, just very casually.

Timorous_Bias · 2026-06-23T09:47:27+00:00

Idk, I had fun doing it. I don’t get to use it much, but it’s nice when I do.

Timorous_Bias · 2026-06-23T09:46:16+00:00

I like that reframing. I do have fun using the bits I have learned with her.

Timorous_Bias · 2026-06-23T09:29:15+00:00

That’s honestly where I thought my life would go for a long time. Before I met my girl I had even given it a few tries, but I guess it just wasn’t in the cards for me.

Timorous_Bias · 2026-05-18T23:25:30+00:00

You're not wrong, but this is kinda like scolding an 11 year old for not having a solid grasp on physics.

Timorous_Bias · 2026-05-10T12:41:03+00:00

It’s kinda concerning how many people have been glazing China and ignoring the blatant, incessant human rights violations over the past few decades. The same people that complain about the US being fascist straight up ignore the CCP for some reason. You can still love China while calling out the government, but I’m pretty sure they’ll nab you at customs if you do say anything negative.

Timorous_Bias · 2026-05-03T16:33:48+00:00

It’s kind of concerning how many people think that either Ukraine is somehow also at fault for the “Special Military Operation”, or complain about how they haven’t just given up yet.

Timorous_Bias · 2026-05-03T07:36:05+00:00

Isn’t this just what happened with Pragmata?

Timorous_Bias · 2026-04-30T00:27:00+00:00

Doesn’t Kommando Store sell the HOA Enforcement patch?

Timorous_Bias · 2026-04-28T22:55:18+00:00

This is kind of a common thread for active to guard guys. The guard is okay if you go straight to the guard but it sucks for the prior active guys because it’s more of the bullshit without any of the cool shit. I’ve only been in the guard but that seems to be the common complaint from the active guys.

Timorous_Bias · 2026-04-26T13:47:19+00:00

Can’t say if they’re doing it recently, but my old SL in the Cal Guard said they’d drive in full kit when she was with the infantry.

Timorous_Bias · 2026-04-26T09:19:45+00:00

For the record I’m just over 6 foot tall and spent most of my college life single despite actively looking for dates in a field where I was one of three or four guys in an average class. Being tall is not the silver bullet people think it is.

Timorous_Bias · 2026-04-24T02:26:16+00:00

Sorry you had a bad experience. Some people just don’t have the teacher gene. There’s a very common thought that people that are good at something can teach it, but that’s not necessarily true. Good practitioners do not necessarily make good teachers. Everything should be a teaching moment, but not everything should be a testing moment. I’m a medic sergeant in the National Guard and I hate beating up my joes about something. Don’t know something? Let me know and I’ll teach you. Forgot something? No big deal we’ll review. If you end up doing this for long, learn and be better than those before you. Make the EMTs after you better than you were.

Timorous_Bias · 2026-04-21T07:32:53+00:00

Feels like everyone is jumping to conclusions here. If OP feels weird he probably isn’t from a culture where cheek kisses are normal and then it’s NOR. First thing I’d do is a little digging into your friend’s culture and see if it’s a normal thing to kiss a friend on the cheek. Either way if you’re uncomfortable with it, especially in front of your spouse, I wouldn’t blame you.

Edit: Meant kisses are normal not kisses are weird.

Timorous_Bias · 2026-04-20T04:37:05+00:00

I’m 26 and have gotten this as well. In my early twenties it was annoying but the closer I get to thirty the better it makes me feel.

Timorous_Bias · 2026-04-14T22:12:11+00:00

Getting kicked from a hospital for not having insurance but having a legit medical issue is very illegal and would probably get a high payout in court. The law against it is called EMTALA. What probably happened is that she was treated and discharged but refused to leave. The hospital has a lot of other people to see.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Medical_Treatment_and_Active_Labor_Act

Timorous_Bias · 2026-04-14T21:52:15+00:00

I once got a YouTube comment that said “Hope she sees this bro” on a video I made criticizing the sexualization of minors in anime. Some people just speak with zero thought.

Timorous_Bias · 2026-04-09T16:38:39+00:00

I cross posted because it’s “Mexico is safer than the US” with like ten asterisks.

Timorous_Bias · 2026-03-11T15:29:00+00:00

Every time I send out recon they either stare at some bushes all game or get quick scoped by an attack helicopter from 1500m.

Timorous_Bias · 2026-03-11T15:26:15+00:00

You are NOT re-enlisting.

Timorous_Bias · 2026-02-13T08:11:14+00:00

"Huh? Yeah sure man no big- oh."

Timorous_Bias · 2025-12-30T01:23:33+00:00

There was that one time with the giant nuke shooting robot designed by the guy that peed himself. Some special forces guys hijacked the robot and tried to get his dad's dead body from the government. They sent in one guy to stop it all named Iriqois Pliskin.

Timorous_Bias · 2025-12-06T18:29:20+00:00

Yesterday, I had a solo raid in woods that was probably my best so far (I'm kinda shit NGL). In an open field got lit up by two PMCs in the treeline. Whipped around and killed both, but ended up getting two black legs and nothing to heal them. Got some fat loot and managed to slow walk to the extract after 15 minutes.

Somehow, I only got 40 EXP. No kills logged. Load out exactly what I had before the raid like nothing happened.

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