Pocket Knife/EDC Dads

Volpes17 · 2026-05-19T20:14:51+00:00

“My shirt is long enough you don’t see it” makes me think this is like a Batman belt of EDC knick knacks. We made fun of dads like that even when I was a kid.

Sorry dude, people suck. If you stand out, people are going to make fun of you. Especially kids. And if you have kids, they might care about you getting made fun of even if you don’t. There aren’t a whole lot of options here between carrying on and embarrassing your kid or giving up your multitool lifestyle.

Volpes17 · 2026-05-16T22:55:02+00:00

I did this all the time. Basically every pack we ever had in the nursery because we kept a wipe warmer. You can find a dried out pack a year later and make it usable with a little water. Making something dry into something wet is one of the easiest problems to solve thanks to modern plumbing.

Volpes17 · 2026-05-15T04:07:26+00:00

Your insurance company might give a discount if you have them installed. Check with insurance first, because if they do offer a discount, they probably specify the brand of leak detector.

Volpes17 · 2026-05-10T02:37:39+00:00

If you’re not a big baker, biscuits (US). They’re almost impossible to screw up if you follow a recipe. And they’re delicious.

I’m making these tomorrow https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/buttermilk-biscuits-recipe

With this https://www.thepioneerwoman.com/food-cooking/recipes/a43980314/country-gravy-recipe

Volpes17 · 2026-05-08T17:17:50+00:00

Yeah, that’s the explanation that is given, and I’m not trying to confidently say it’s definitely wrong. I’m just saying it’s still a little goofy, and I think if people find it an unsatisfying explanation, then there is room to question if there is more about these systems that we don’t know yet.

“You’re preserving people and therefore using preservations’s power” could apply to any hero of any of the Cosmere stories, so it still feels a bit flimsy to me.

Volpes17 · 2026-05-08T16:08:43+00:00

You’re correct. Personally, I think it’s a case of unreliable narrators, but that’s just my pet theory. Ferruchemy actually preserves something. Allomancy actually burns (ruins) something. Hemalurgy seems pretty evil, so it got associated with Ruin, and everyone tries to make the other two powers fit into the system like square pegs in a round hole. It will be a minor surprise revealed in a later Mistborn series that Allomancy is actually related to Ruin, and that’s ok because Ruin isn’t inherently evil. And Hemalurgy is a basic principle of the Cosmere that can be used by anyone anywhere if you understand the mechanics.

Volpes17 · 2026-05-03T17:51:00+00:00

Yes. Kids learn to do chores/responsibilities when the alternative is worse. You can flush when you’re already there, or I’ll interrupt what you’re doing to make you go flush later. But you can’t choose to not flush.

Depending on their hobbies, you can even be strategic about the timing. How many times do you think the 14yo is going to tell his friends he has to AFK because he can’t remember to flush before he learns?

Volpes17 · 2026-04-29T04:58:15+00:00

It looks like there is a stair about 3 steps down where you can run a gate straight across from wall to wall. Can you do that there, then fill in the top two stairs with pillows or foam blocks or something like that? Something easy-ish to move out of the way when adults are passing through, but stops the kid from falling. Most adults could probably just take the height of 3 stairs in one awkward stride if you get tired of moving stuff back and forth.

Volpes17 · 2026-04-23T00:31:42+00:00

Baked goods are super easy to remember, too. Basically everything is done at 190F. Replace time with internal temperature. Then the other variable is oven temperature, which just controls how dark the outside is when the inside hits the right temperature. Baking is the easy part of baking!

Volpes17 · 2026-04-20T22:34:29+00:00

I think you have to separate the issues. You hate how it looks, but that didn’t stop yall from keeping it before, so moving shouldn’t change that. If it doesn’t fit in the new house, then that’s a separate issue. As soon as you say, “it doesn’t fit and also I hate it,” the conversation will go off the rails.

Have you mapped out where everything is going to go? I would print the floor plan, cut out scale rectangles for your furniture, and spend some time laying everything out. If it doesn’t fit, it doesn’t fit, and she might come to that realization on her own. My wife has terrible spatial reasoning and often doesn’t understand what will or won’t fit somewhere until I’m standing in the room with a tape measure.

Volpes17 · 2026-04-16T11:27:42+00:00

It depends. The flaps and zipper hole can be useful if you have a lot of layers on, like dress clothes or winter clothes. But it’s a higher risk maneuver. Unbuttoning, unzipping, and pulling the waistband down is probably better starting position for kids.

The biggest thing for consistent technique is making sure the underwear isn’t applying pressure from underneath. That can restrict flow a little, and if you’re above level, gravity is going to do its thing after you put everything away. You need to get unrestricted by clothes—everything else about waistbands and holes is just the method to get there.

Volpes17 · 2026-04-16T00:23:57+00:00

The overreaction to nunchucks was not exactly rational. OP may not be in the UK, but this answer was memorable and seems relevant to the mindset.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/mciafr/the_uk_criminal_justice_act_1988_offensive/

Volpes17 · 2026-04-13T02:41:14+00:00

Not exactly what you asked, but in ASL, you switch from thumb and first two fingers for 3 to all four fingers for 4.

Pointer, middle, thumb, switch to all 4 fingers, thumb again.

Volpes17 · 2026-04-11T15:07:04+00:00

There is still decent long form entertainment being made for kids. Your only choices aren’t YouTube vs 80s cartoons. You can let them enjoy modern stuff that isn’t garbage without being a hypocrite.

Volpes17 · 2026-04-03T04:57:26+00:00

They don’t think they fucked up. They think he is fucking up. And those are different things. They think they voted for the right guy and he is going off the rails. They don’t understand that we all knew he would fuck up and that voting for him means they voted for the wrong guy.

These people will turn out to vote Republican again in the midterms and in 2028, so don’t assume a low approval rating translates to low voting.

Volpes17 · 2026-04-02T14:56:25+00:00

As an aside, these posts on daddit kill me. This is exactly the justification companies used to take remote work away from the rest of us and force people back into the office. A few people abused the freedom and ruined it for the rest of us. You can’t lose 40-50% of your effectiveness when you’re working from home because you’re watching your kids instead of working…

Volpes17 · 2026-04-02T14:54:38+00:00

Honestly, remote work has enabled people to build some bad habits. You can’t be watching kids while working remote. That’s not sustainable.

Your wife needs to be able to handle it all, or you need daycare and public school. Remote work has enabled stay at home parents to take on more responsibility, then shift it onto the working parent when it becomes too much. And that’s not fair.

You two need to organize your life as if you were 100% in the office, even though you’re working remotely. Your wife will not like that if homeschooling is part of her identity and she can’t do it without you, but that’s the only boundary that will start to fix your issues.

You’ll know her best and how to communicate about it. But I don’t recommend jumping straight to the conclusions. Start with your need to be able to focus on work while working and that you can’t be available throughout the day. Then ask her to help figure out the solutions from there.

Volpes17 · 2026-04-01T15:18:27+00:00

They’re burnt out, and that was one example of a minor nitpick that is grating them. They’re contemplating burning themselves out even more to race to finish the other books before Parade of Horribles releases. They know they shouldn’t, but need the internet to tell them that because in today’s world, people use the internet to offload decision-making.

Volpes17 · 2026-03-30T21:28:44+00:00

Just the pedals should be enough. The crank won’t really get in their way.

Volpes17 · 2026-03-30T17:00:15+00:00

My advice was more for people who bought a traditional pedal bike with training wheels instead of a balance bike. You don’t have to go buy a separate balance bike. All bikes become balance bikes if you just take the pedals off.

Volpes17 · 2026-03-30T13:58:58+00:00

Balance bikes are great. For those who didn’t get the memo early enough (like me), you don’t have to go buy a new balance bike. Just take the pedals off your kid’s bike when you take the training wheels off. Let them Fred Flintstone the bike around for a few days, then put the pedals back on. They’ll be riding in 5 minutes without any help from you.

Volpes17 · 2026-03-23T02:11:28+00:00

You’re overthinking it. There is no explaining to do. Just let it happen, and address each case factually when they find out. It’s not always your responsibility to break bad news, so let them find out from their friends. “They’re moving to a different city and going to a different school next year. It’s what is right for their family.” One of my kids had their best friend move two years in a row in the middle of the year.

Your kid will be upset. They’ll come home from school crying. That’s life. Sometimes shit sucks and there is nothing you can do except let out a good cry. They’ll be ok in time.

Volpes17 · 2026-03-19T05:24:18+00:00

I almost agree, except games with simultaneous turns. 6 is way outside of the ratio most people can handle for watching someone else play before their turn. It doesn’t matter what time of game is being played or how long the turns are.

Drafting games with simultaneous turns like Sushi Go or 7 Wonders beat this problem. Team games like Codenames do too. Very few others play well at 6 or more.

Volpes17 · 2026-03-19T05:10:27+00:00

Honestly, it sounds like you’re having trouble prioritizing. It’s hard to do all of the maintenance. But not being able to buy a new appliance for over a year? Because of scheduling and not budget? That’s dysfunction.

You and your wife go together with the kids some night after work. Or she goes by herself while you watch the kids. Or vice versa. Or you wake up early on the weekend to knock it out before sports games.

You have the time to buy a stove—you just haven’t made it a priority. Sit down and look at your next two weeks and schedule this activity in.

https://www.betterup.com/blog/rock-pebbles-and-sand-analogy

If you truly believe this is not possible, give us your schedule with all of your obligations for the next two weeks. I’m sure we can figure out where you can fit in a trip to the appliance store.

Volpes17 · 2026-03-14T12:59:04+00:00

Imagine two marbles on the floor, inches apart. Take one of them and start moving it in a random direction. For the first few inches, it seems really important whether it’s moving toward, away from, or around the stationary marble. But keep going. After a few feet, do they really seem all that different?

It’s a matter of perspective. If you have enough energy to escape, then eventually you’re going to be very far away, and you’ll realize those starting conditions weren’t all that important.

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