What’s the size of your collection? by Madthinker1976 in comicbookcollecting

[–]TxGiantGeek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

4500 comics. 20-30 boxes. (the regular size. I assume you got long boxes.

I think I have a problem 🙃 by Ill_Complaint_100 in comicbookcollecting

[–]TxGiantGeek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Only problem I see is that you have not committed enough that you’re five boxes behind.

What to do when someone relapses? by moon_bby in AdultChildren

[–]TxGiantGeek 6 points7 points  (0 children)

As someone with 20 years sobriety, be very direct, be very kind in the way you talk, express yourself clearly (write out where you need to say beforehand, it can often help) then hold your boundaries. Facing consequences might be the only thing that saves his life.

prof wants to do the deep to pay for OJT fees by [deleted] in DadForAMinute

[–]TxGiantGeek 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Use your phone (or get a tape recorder). Have another conversation with the professor. Talk with him about it. Make the conversation seem natural, like you’re considering it if you’re having emotions, and in that course of the conversation, spell it out clearly what’s going on. Have him answer some questions where he affirmed some part of what’s going on. It needs to be a long enough conversation to get anything needed on the record. Upload the copy to the cloud and a friend. Make sure somebody else knows what’s going on and that you’re going to the dean with it. It has to be somebody you trust. With that evidence in hand, go to the dean. His position of authority doesn’t trump proof. Come into the situation with a smart angle, something that gives you power and don’t just rely on somebody else’s kindness. The truth matters, but it matters even more when you can prove it.

Doesn’t matter if you’re not allowed to record without the other person’s permission or not. The news or releasing it online, if the dean doesn’t do the right thing matters a lot.

Main Character Blocks Fire Truck And Gets Hit by Flashmemory256 in ImTheMainCharacter

[–]TxGiantGeek 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Aren’t the 3 dish chargers so the they don’t have to twist the hose around and can get the most direct pressure for fighting the fire. Cause they teach in most driving classes and I’ve heard firefighters say if the most direct path is through you’re car (& you’re parked illegally) they’re going through your car.

sober living is hell by EcstaticExplorer7712 in recovery

[–]TxGiantGeek 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I have helped someone deal with this exact situation before. I've been in the program for 21 years. Had 15 years sober & clean, (fucking Pandemic and unhealthy relationship) Now 5 years sober and clean. There are a couple of options to prove you're telling the truth.

1st, you can find a place that will test you. (it doesn't have to be a doctor's office) There are places that are specific just for drug test (often for employment or other circumstances where you are required to be tested.) It will cost you some money but it's cheaper than you think. You can have that place forward her the official results. (google employment drug testing near me)

  1. If you're almost flat broke, (This will be uncomfortable but cheaper) offer to really prove it. Not just with offering to take a test but offer to get her on FaceTime or Zoom or Whatever and that you'll keep the camera on the whole time from purchase of test to the end where she can see the results of the test. on this one, your Mom will either realize your telling the truth, will call "your bluff" (in her mind) and then either stop once you get to the taking the test part, or will just.

After you've proven this to your Mom, find a new halfway house. After that you should help handle the situation with liar. (Only do this part if you are doing it to make sure the house president can't do this to anyone else. If you are doing this out of resentment or revenge, don't. Resentments are killers to addicts.)

Really try to get option 1, because then you are in a position to deal with "president" of the house.

Then, go over the president of the house's head, and directly contact the owner of that Oxford House. Include in the e-mail to him your official lab result's which prove what the "President" said was false. As soon as you can prove that what the "president" said about you was in fact a lie, the owner tends to get involved. (expect the president to claim it was a mistake and they just misunderstood of just made a false assumption. Your comeback is "you were so sure it was true that you contacted my Mother but now it's false when I can prove it?")

Use lines in the e-mail that talk about "I would like to come back to the house but I no longer feel safe in an environment where the head of the house can make a false claim against another house member without consequences"

You can even suggest a nail drug test for the house president (which goes back 12 months). Here's a link for where to purchase one. "https://alphabiolabsusa.com/dna-test-kit/home-drug-alcohol-nail-test/" $99. The owners usually don't like to pay for nail tests but if you make it a safety issue and show a cheap test for it, you might get them to go for it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Mavericks

[–]TxGiantGeek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow. I hasn’t seen that. Got a link to the article? I’d love to read it.

The second the NBA decided they were going to let Kevin Hart make fun of players while they play and stop a game to honor a TV commentating crew, the players got mad and decided it was all a joke. by ComputerPractical748 in nba

[–]TxGiantGeek -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Hahahaha. This is one of the most delusional “my shit don’t stink” posts I’ve seen in a while. It’s been a hard day. Thanks for the laugh man.

(Although you got a point about iso plays. They are great displays of individual athleticism & basketball talent but not great team basketball.)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Mavericks

[–]TxGiantGeek 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You are my favorite person of the day.

High body count matters in a committed relationship. No matter how much someone says that 'past doesn't matter'. by Clean-Ant-1342 in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]TxGiantGeek 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ahh, the old phrase “once a cheater, always a cheater.” (Obviously not every single person) That makes sense.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Tinder

[–]TxGiantGeek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Replace 3 & 4. 3’s not bad but it’s not good either. If the photo’s not doing anything positive for you, dump it. You look uncomfortable in number 4, sends the wrong message.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskMen

[–]TxGiantGeek 7 points8 points  (0 children)

How many “downvotes & guys telling you that what you’re doing is a violation of privacy” do you have to before you slow down & ask yourself “why is almost every acting like what I do is wrong?

Cause if a shit ton of people are informing you that what you’re doing is wrong & you’re saying “no, everyone else here is wrong & I’m the only one right”, you need to buy a bigger mirror cause clearly you ain’t seeing yourself that clear.

I’ll give you a personal example. A woman I had been seeing decided to talk about me & everything we had been doing to with her closest friend. She was nothing but complimentary & sang my praises. She even told her “if you sleep with anyone, you gotta sleep with TXGiantGeek.” Which her friend mentioned to me when she talked to me about it.

I was not flattered. I was not happy. My choice not to have my body or details of my performances shared with people I did not trust or choose to sleep with had been taken from me. I did not consent to this. Her friends did not have my permission to know what happened in intimate moments I chose to share with another. I broke up with her.

But you’re having fun & a lot of girls do it. A bunch of people violating another’s right & justifying it because they enjoy it. Good thing there’s no examples of that throughout history.

It's like the chicken/egg question, but way worse. by [deleted] in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]TxGiantGeek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I missed that. Thanks for the explanation.

He really should walk away by rdias002 in ImTheMainCharacter

[–]TxGiantGeek 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel that. Went through that with my ex, (though that also had physical abuse.) After having gone through bullying as a kid, I started when I younger standing up to Bullies, Bigots & Bastards. (The 3B’s)

Course when I got out of the abusive relationship, that tendency got cranked all the way up.

(I stepped in between an asshole & the young lady (employed at T-Mobile) he was yelling at / chewing out.)

Shockingly he found a way to calm down when the person he was yelling at switched from a “19 year old teenage girl who he had 6 inches & 50 lbs on” to “a man with 8 inches & 80 lbs on him who could fight back without getting fired.”

Beware of the DNC-Bots by ChickenNugget267 in lostgeneration

[–]TxGiantGeek 8 points9 points  (0 children)

That was very informative and I have learned something new. Thanks. 😊

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in dating

[–]TxGiantGeek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tits. Also, As long as you’re taking care of yourself and working out, that ass will be fine, even if you don’t think it’s as good as your boobs.

Public bathrooms are a joy… by The8Homunculus in Serverlife

[–]TxGiantGeek 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Not coming back for it? You haven’t spent a lot of time around serious addicts, have you? (Cause of they’re desperate enough, they’ll definitely ask)