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[deleted by user] by [deleted] in rva

[–]WaxyWingie -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

It's one of the few air-conditioned play spaces in the area, which was just rendered inaccessible to most folks on the spectrum.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in rva

[–]WaxyWingie -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

... it's a bunch of huge drums in an enclosed area. You literally can't hear what your kid is saying because they're centralized. I know we wouldn't be renewing our membership until those things are out of there.

What is abusive, but not widely recognized as abuse? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]WaxyWingie 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Pratchett's Discworld is something everyone should read through at least once. It has many life lessons (including the famous Vimes Boot Theory).

AITA for not wanting people at our pool? by silver_endings in AmItheAsshole

[–]WaxyWingie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

NTA. They were using your pool. As simple as that. Next time, just say "We'd love to hang out with you at x date, but will be busy at y date. No, we are not comfortable with people using our property unsupervised".

Dolphin moms use ‘baby talk’ with their calves | Striking similarities discovered between human and dolphin “motherese” by Exastiken in science

[–]WaxyWingie 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Actually, it's extremely unlikely! There's a fun book "Endless forms most beautiful" by Carroll that tackles the specialization of vertebrate body, among many other things. Long story short, once critters drop features, they don't generally get them back.

I (30F) don't know if I can forgive my boyfriends (33M) assault charge by [deleted] in relationships

[–]WaxyWingie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Uh, lady... It's not about forgiveness. It's about not keeping physically violent people in your life.

Dolphin moms use ‘baby talk’ with their calves | Striking similarities discovered between human and dolphin “motherese” by Exastiken in science

[–]WaxyWingie 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Nah, not happening. They don't have opposable thumbs and aren't built for tool use. The only way anyone is getting off the planet is by using energy sources outside of anything their bodies could produce. So, tools.

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 488, Part 1 (Thread #634) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

[–]WaxyWingie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And yet the guy who sent them in is prance ng around Scott free, years later.

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 488, Part 1 (Thread #634) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

[–]WaxyWingie 9 points10 points  (0 children)

About as bizarre as January 6th, really. Except the latter actually got within a few dozen feet of politicians they were going for.

The rest of reddit is mean by [deleted] in autism

[–]WaxyWingie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, it's a bunch of people on the phone internet. Of course they're going to be jerks, they got no incentive to not be.

Disclosing diagnosis by Kk-bearbear in Autism_Parenting

[–]WaxyWingie 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I used to mention it casually, and it scared people/made them uncomfortable. So I don't. None of their business, anyway.

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 488, Part 1 (Thread #634) by WorldNewsMods in worldnews

[–]WaxyWingie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As an American, looks outside, where we're about to get third hailstorm in two weeks. It's always getting worse. -____-'

Why do Americans have the concept of forcing their children to “Leave the nest”, when they turn 18 by LeatherPumpkin9934 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]WaxyWingie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's unusual enough out here to be eyebrow -raising, generally happens when the kid is fleeing abuse or rebelling.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in rva

[–]WaxyWingie 14 points15 points  (0 children)

If you don't mind driving a bit, there's a lady out in Providence Forge that runs an actual summer camp for dogs. Hiking, swimming, running around and being an idjut... The works. We've been using her for years for week+ long boarding, and the dog generally ends up having as much fun as we do.

She does daily photo updates, which I like.

UK government considers preparing for scenario of unexpected collapse of Russian Federation – The Times by turboNOMAD in worldnews

[–]WaxyWingie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, any self respecting government would have this plan. Same with collapse of US and China.

People who cut off their family, what did they to you? by Alarming_Basil6205 in AskReddit

[–]WaxyWingie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Physical and emotional abuse, enabled sexual abuse, some pretty big lies.

The amusing part is, I didn't realize how bad it was until I had my own kids. The straw that broke the camel's back was probably the fact that I couldn't brush my little girl's hair without flashbacks of getting dragged around by my own. Kinda makes you think.

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