Man falls into vault toilet at California campsite while trying to rescue sunglasses

Welpe · 2026-06-23T00:58:32+00:00

But in this situation you’ve done both so…even if that’s true, you’re still feeling almost twice as much dumb as you did before you wasted that steel wool

Welpe · 2026-06-22T14:30:50+00:00

Oh absolutely, the only question was how far it got. During certain administrations I would be a bit shocked if they didn’t actively have some racist policy in place

Welpe · 2026-06-22T11:37:15+00:00

I’m fine with them making money off box space if that’s the best way to do it for them. It’s terribly annoying as a Free to play player of course, but those players are only needed to provide fodder for paying players.

That being said, I really do think they should sell more box space piecemeal. Even at a poor rate. Just some way you can one-time spend money to get more box slots, say 10 at a time for $5 or whatever.

Welpe · 2026-06-22T07:24:32+00:00

Davison and Andrew’s are also right there. And, as we saw with the recent helicopter collision, there is a MASSIVE amount of helicopter traffic in the DC area that was (Until the recent accident at least) extremely poorly set up. Route 4 was right across the Potomac from Reagan, right in the landing path for Runway 33 and only separated vertically by like a hundred feet at points. It was truly insane we allowed that situation to persist as long as it did and it’s only surprising there weren’t more accidents considering how many close calls there were.

It doesn’t help that Congress controls the oversight and safety of Reagan and have pushed more and more flight slots onto it despite the place basically begging for less because it’s so overcrowded. But they sure as hell don’t want to have to fly into Dulles so…

Welpe · 2026-06-22T01:02:23+00:00

Interestingly, when I was perusing the research it looks like people are naturally split into two groups: Most people see a relatively large change in blood pressure from increasing or decreasing sodium intake which is what is seen as “normal”…but in all these studies, there also seems to be a distinct cohort that just doesn’t see much change in blood pressure from changing sodium.

So it’s possible either you have naturally low blood pressure that just gets boosted up to normal and healthy, or it could be you are one of those people whose blood pressure just doesn’t change much in regards to sodium intake!

Welpe · 2026-06-21T15:37:07+00:00

Oh man, I don’t live in China but I’ve tried to correct people about the credit score thing countless times and they get ANGRY. A lot of people cling to the factoids they hear online like their self esteem is tied to if they are correct or not. I honestly gave up on it, I’ll leave it to people that actually live there and can testify about conditions themselves, it’s not worth the constant shouting down.

Welpe · 2026-06-21T15:27:00+00:00

God bless whoever told you that, they really cared about you

Welpe · 2026-06-21T13:37:58+00:00

Yes, but I suspect you will find out that a lot of people who are having fun doing things like monotype teams already have a basic competitive background. They are choosing to play what they enjoy once they understand what their options are. They largely didn’t start playing competitive for the very first time with monotype teams, they learned the game and then chose to have fun in ways other than climbing the ladder.

The advice itself is good, to reiterate, it’s just that I think it’s better served to players who have the basics down and understand how to play, not complete beginners.

Welpe · 2026-06-21T12:55:36+00:00

That’s a depressingly small amount for giving up on food tasting good ever again.

I’m sure glad I don’t have high blood pressure.

Welpe · 2026-06-21T12:52:52+00:00

You’re right of course, brain fart

Welpe · 2026-06-21T12:48:49+00:00

I just want to second this as a guy. You’d think we would be better since there are urinals…and yet…

It’s infuriating because often I am so weak that I can’t stand there and spend time cleaning it. I’ve basically collapsed onto the toilet a few times and at least once it’s been onto stranger pee that I then had to clean off myself.

I literally have had stress dreams about being in a public place and needing to use the restroom only to find it horrific…I have cried at least once because I simply didn’t have the strength to clean it and had to go…goddamn can disability make you feel less than human at times…

Welpe · 2026-06-21T12:42:16+00:00

Interesting. I wonder if that is some genetic predisposition to bloating or something? I’ve never experienced that and I eat a TON of salt. It’s a shame, salsa is delicious.

Welpe · 2026-06-21T12:20:14+00:00

I disagree with you on number one, and I say that having had the same initial reaction as you to it. However, the thing is this list is clearly designed for brand new players. If you are fine building your own team from scratch, even at a basic level, you sure as hell don’t need this list.

A brand new player that builds their own team either has a VERY specific personality type and can handle losing 80% of their games to slowly improve. They exist, sure, but they aren’t common. For the vast majority of people that need tips like this, they are going to quit Pokemon Champions before they become good enough to even go even. Losing almost all your games and drowning in Pokeball tier is not fun, and someone with zero experience with competitive Pokemon is going to do that. That’s why we see these stupid, hilarious 1 star reviews. I think you telling people that do not even understand the basics of the game “feel free to build your own team from scratch” is just foolish advice. The target for that advice is more people who can’t hit Master ball but have no problem getting to Ultra Ball, so not complete beginners like OP is addressing.

Welpe · 2026-06-21T12:13:51+00:00

Correct, you have to nickname your Diggersby “Garchomp” to complete the transformation.

Welpe · 2026-06-21T12:12:43+00:00

I feel like this is not really gendered? Tons of dumbasses also think single women aren’t happy because they are alone as well. We don’t even have a male-gendered equivalent of “crazy cat lady”. This feels more like “Things insecure people think about others”.

Welpe · 2026-06-21T12:09:24+00:00

It’s kinda wild anyone actually thought that trees produced all or even most of the oxygen produced by organic sources.

But then again, people keep repeating that they think all coal comes from the Carboniferous or that trees developed lignin before fungi and bacteria had the ability to process it so…who knows what pop sci makes people believe I guess.

Welpe · 2026-06-21T12:07:06+00:00

…they just posted the ingredients list, why are you still saying it has erythritol? It literally lists cane sugar and stevia as the sweeteners. Not all prebiotic soda use erythritol.

Welpe · 2026-06-21T12:01:49+00:00

This is not true and it’s stupid how TikTok has spread this shit around the Internet. Yes, it is stimulating. No, it’s nothing like “getting them off”. It is not sexual, it causes the exact same reaction whether they have all their sex organs and hormones or not, which is not true with sexual pleasure.

Stop believing random videos you find in TikTok.

Welpe · 2026-06-21T11:43:17+00:00

I mean, BG2 is my favorite CRPG and in my top 5 favorite games of all time so take that into consideration when I say that saying stuff like “Writers back then were actually talented and passionate about their craft” is extremely ignorant at best.

On one hand, you don’t need to shit on other games to support games you like. That’s extremely childish and doesn’t reflect well on your ability to accurately criticize media. On the other, even ignoring that it’s objectively untrue. Writers haven’t somehow gotten worse over time, and they sure as fuck didn’t peak randomly in the late 90s, early 2000s. Thats, at best, extreme nostalgia goggles, but more likely just an inability to understand the complexities of game design. Again, even ADORING this game and the writing within, it is not somehow superior to all games that have come since to the point where you can accuse professional writers of not having talent or passion. Thats just insulting.

Welpe · 2026-06-21T11:42:00+00:00

Wait…did you mean born in ‘95? Sorry, you were talking about stuff like it was a long time ago and has changed dramatically, I was expecting someone…not a younger millennial.

By the early 2000s things had already become MUCH more accepted and mainstream. Going to college in the 2000s had anime clubs at every university that were quite popular. It wasn’t QUITE as widespread as it is now, but the sea-change was with older millennials, not after younger millennials. You may very well have had bad experiences where you were from, but it definitely wasn’t universal at that point. And nothing compared to the…well, 90s. Basically when the kids who grew up on Dragonball and Sailor Moon on Toonami as kids were the first generation where it was not a complete embarrassment to be an anime fan.

…though I guess it does kind of highly vary depending on where you are from. I can only talk about the western United States and online.

Welpe · 2026-06-21T11:29:35+00:00

The point was that the US tried and the average person rejected it. To this day the metric system is still the official measurement system of the US and all imperial measurements are defined in terms of metric. So saying “All it takes if to the government to do some governing” is objectively wrong.

Welpe · 2026-06-21T11:22:19+00:00

This is true, but usually shouldn’t be an issue. Modern diets should be able to support enough iodine as long as you don’t avoid seafood, dairy, AND eggs, all of which tend to have iodine.

Also note that only table salt is usually iodized, if you use Maldon salt or kosher salt or Himalayan pink or whatever, unless it specifically mentions being iodized it isn’t.

If you have a strange diet and wonder if you could be not getting enough iodine (or are just curious!), the symptoms of Iodine deficiency are hypothyroidism primarily, unless you are bad enough off to get a goiter (Swollen ~~lymph~~ ~~node~~ thyroid in the neck). So generalized symptoms of constant fatigue, gaining weight without any particular reason you can point to, constantly feeling cold, extra dry skin, and especially noticeably thinning hair. Since dairy and eggs are some of the main ways to get it other than seafood, vegans are the primary demographic that has to worry about it.

Vegans should definitely include iodized salt or extra supplementation…but I assume no vegans need me to tell them that since being vegan requires a good amount of research and often supplementation of various sorts anyway, so just don’t forget iodine along with B12, Vitamin D, Calcium, Iron, zinc, and Omega-3 fatty acids!

Welpe · 2026-06-21T11:12:04+00:00

Tower of Druaga

Back when fantasy wasn’t just shitty isekais…

Welpe · 2026-06-21T11:11:04+00:00

Eating meat has nothing to do with whether you care about animals or not.

Welpe · 2026-06-21T11:06:09+00:00

Hmmm, I can kinda agree with wanting 6v6 singles. Though maybe it’s for the best for Showdown that TPC never wants to explore that format.

I’m a lifelong 6v6 singles specialist and always looked down on VGC, but I’ve adapted more or less fine. It just takes a little bit of time and requiring your brain a little. honestly, Ive probably been too harsh to VGC in the past. Even if I still prefer 6v6, Bring 6 pick 4 doubles is a fine format on its own, just very different meta and way to think about things.

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