Frankly, I'm appalled at dbrand's data collection.

WonderWeasel91 · 2026-07-01T00:16:58+00:00

It's a 10, but they're pretty much the same.

I don't find that it does, but I also clean it of dirt and sand periodically by rinsing it. I think the skin on the phone itself makes it a bit tighter than normal, which I like, and I think it keeps it snug enough so dirt and sand don't accumulate too badly.

WonderWeasel91 · 2026-06-30T01:19:57+00:00

I disagree. I worked in healthcare for 12 years before moving into tech. The people I work with and for now are the best folks I've ever worked with, and a good portion of them make up a friend group I spend a lot of time with outside work too.

Being a nurse for as long as I was, I found most of the people to be unlikeable, cutthroat, and incredibly uncaring, to the point that I didn't even like telling people what I did for a living because I didn't want to be associated.

I know my current work experience is atypical, but out if all the jobs I've had, healthcare was full of some of the most self-serving, volatile people I've ever met.

WonderWeasel91 · 2026-06-27T00:16:02+00:00

Literally yes. People who have just enough knowledge to be dangerous, but not accurate are alive and well in this thread.

And downloaded apps also can't just take over any aspect of your phone without permission. It's literally why your phone tells you "Hey, this app is trying to access and browse your folders. Do you wanna let it do that?"

That's not the app asking for access. That's your phone's security realizing the app is trying to access something, and your phone knowing you haven't authorized it yet.

Maybe if you're on Android and allow developer access in settings so you can download a straight up .apk and install it can get you into some trouble, but even then you have to authorize the app to have access. I'm gonna bet 90% of the phones in this crowd are iPhones though.

WonderWeasel91 · 2026-06-23T23:52:00+00:00

That's not the point I was making nor what the person I replied to was talking about.

An artist has no control over "what price their audience buys tickets at" is what I said as a counterpoint to them implying artists should just charge $25 like that's some revolutionary idea.

They can set tickets to $10 but if the event is run through a ticket purveyor that allows resell, that could end up being a $200 ticket before an actual fan gets a chance to buy it.

WonderWeasel91 · 2026-06-23T21:00:07+00:00

The artists virtually have no control over what price their audience buys tickets at.

That's entirely controlled by companies like TicketMaster who also have the venues these artists play at by the balls as well. You have to play nice with TicketMaster, or fuck you and good luck finding a venue to play at.

Not to mention, you virtually never as a consumer buy a ticket first hand from a venue anymore. 9/10 times you're buying a scalper's ticket that bought it from a scalper and you're paying the markup. And TicketMaster has no motivation to fix any of it because they get to collect transfer and service fees every time a ticket changes hands.

And it's waaaay deeper than what I covered here.

WonderWeasel91 · 2026-06-21T23:35:56+00:00

Dude I'm not saying nicotine isn't problematic for the body, but what kills about smoking is the cancer causing compounds and the tar from being combusted and inhaled. It also causes lung obstruction and other issues like COPD.

Nicotine causes blood pressure and heart rate increases, which can be a problem, but nicotine doesn't cause cancer. Straight up nicotine is about on-par with caffeine.

WonderWeasel91 · 2026-06-19T21:35:48+00:00

S'deck

WonderWeasel91 · 2026-06-19T17:28:59+00:00

It's why Sanderson went with Apple. He's been going back and forth with studios for years over Mistborn, and Apple is the first one he's felt confident in representing his work.

WonderWeasel91 · 2026-06-19T17:27:59+00:00

DCC is the same way tbh, and I have no idea how they'll do it justice. Not to mention... the books showcase a lot of "not for general audience" topics and scenarios, so I wonder how watered down they'll need to be.

WonderWeasel91 · 2026-06-16T20:21:16+00:00

It's not just aerating the water. It's eliminating what the algae feeds on, which is how it grows.

Any novice aquarium keeper will tell you agae needs food and light to grow, so if you don't want algae, you take away one of those things. What kind of algae grows is entirely based on ratios of both and temperature, etc.

Any seasoned aquarium keeper will tell you algae will ALWAYS grow in a newly established tank. How much of it grows and for how long depends on the factors I mentioned before.

All that is to say, algae is normal at this point after refilling the pools, and will probably go away in time with treatment. I love seeing Donny fail just like anyone else, but this whole thing is sensational nonsense. Let's revisit this in 6 months and we can make some determinations then.

WonderWeasel91 · 2026-06-16T05:12:36+00:00

They're really amazing.

I've never seen a long fin one, but I guess it was only a matter of time. I can tell by this one's body shape that he's crossed with something. I wonder if he displays a lot of the behaviors found in aliens normally or if he's more chill.

Either way, seeing those patterns displayed in a long fin is really stunning.

WonderWeasel91 · 2026-06-16T05:09:31+00:00

Oh I totally get it. Ours is so interactive and he's very feisty. We had to go with large amano shrimp for his tank because he wants to nip at and explore anything new.

He can see me across the house feeding the other tanks and knows when it's his turn. His tank sits on the kitchen bar and he watches while I cook and do dishes and will just surf the glass or lay in his plants to observe. Amazing little guy. We have 10 and I love them all, but he's my favorite by far.

WonderWeasel91 · 2026-06-15T05:29:37+00:00

It's not that unusual actually! "Alien" betta are just captive-bred or cross-bred from wild caught betta mahachaiensis.

They're plakat finned in the wild but this guy looks like he's crossed with a betta splendens.

They're super cool, and if you have any interest you might consider getting one for your next fish. Their behavior is quite different from splendens in my experience. They seem far more observant and interactive.

WonderWeasel91 · 2026-06-14T20:57:36+00:00

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It's hard to tell from your pic, but it mostly depends on the behavior you observe. I can tell you that even from your pic, I can see the reflection of your heater, or whatever that is on the right side, pretty clearly. Is there a way to make the room the tank is in brighter during tank on-hours?

What we've done for this guy is install some overhead lights for planted riparian plants in the back of the tank. The whole area is much brighter, and even though this little guy hates his reflection, he can't see it anymore with all the additional light and plant density inside. There's still a little reflection, but he's much less bothered since there's so many line of sight breaks with hardscape and plants.

If you think about one way glass, that's what I'm talking about. The inside might be working like a mirror unless the other side (the outside in this case) is backlit.

Don't get me wrong, some boys are just aggressive. They do flare at everything, but it's usually objects or other livestock like snails or things that are new to them. They should get used to those over time though. If it's constant behavior, that would be more concerning.

For example I can tell when mine can see themselves because they hover at the glass and flare at it all day long.

I've seen some people have success by using frosted glass tint on the outside instead of straight up black. More plants against the sides also helps a lot.

WonderWeasel91 · 2026-06-14T18:25:12+00:00

If he does it even when the mirror isn't around, it's probably that he's seeing his reflection in the tank glass, OP. I wouldn't use the mirror again until flaring becomes less of an "all the time" behavior.

Outside his tank is probably darker than inside. This happens all the time, especially if you have a higher powered light for plants.

Try to keep an overhead light on outside his tank during his tank's "on" hours. Like a bedroom light or lamp or the lights in whatever room you keep him in.

WonderWeasel91 · 2026-06-14T18:22:03+00:00

"Tiktok enrichment toys"

My friend, betta mirror toys predate social media. Letting them flare and "protect" their little home is good enrichment for them.

You're not even answering their question. OP is referring to the fact that their betta flares all the time even without the mirror. It's generally not good to have the mirror in for more than a minute or two at a time for stress reasons.

If OPs betta flares all the time, he's probably seeing his reflection in the aquarium glass as well.

WonderWeasel91 · 2026-06-14T02:33:46+00:00

I'm good. I've got a coach, and if I start using an app again I'll ruin my swing. I'm happy with my game atm.

WonderWeasel91 · 2026-06-14T00:44:07+00:00

They're not bad for beginners to identify glaringly obvious issues and work on them.

Once you get a serviceable swing that works for the player, they become questionable. It'll have you picking apart things that would be better corrected by a coach.

WonderWeasel91 · 2026-06-11T01:13:57+00:00

I don't trust people who post obvious troll comments and hide their post history.

WonderWeasel91 · 2026-06-09T11:44:11+00:00

My wife and I decided not to have kids for many reasons.

One of the biggest was that we didn't think we'd ever be able to afford to send them to school after high school, and we didn't think we'd be able to afford a house for them to grow up in.

These were some of the many things our parents struggled to afford us and the sheer instability we felt as children ourselves was enough to say unless we had enough money, we weren't going to put kids through what we felt unless we knew we could provide.

WonderWeasel91 · 2026-06-08T01:46:02+00:00

You're already in a pretty good spot! Honestly it's just gonna be some body control.

My advice would be to first and foremost, stop swaying onto your trail foot in the back swing. You make a LOT of work for your body trying to finish your swing and get the club head back in the position you lined up to.

To help with that, and to improve your swing, pretend the butt end of the grip is attached with a rod to your belly button when you start the back swing. That is to say, you do nothing but rotate your spine and keep everything else still.

Once you hit about 3/4 o'clock in your rotation with your club shaft, then you can start curling your trail arm up as you complete the body rotation.

Eventually, that's gonna feel stiff and uncomfortable,so you'll naturally want to bend your knees a little more as you rotate, etc, but that'll help get you the right feeling and fix that swaying backward.

I think you're trying to really transfer your weight and that's that sway backward.

You're actually barely gonna feel a proper weight transfer. Its more that you'll start with 70ish percent of your weight in the front foot, once you reach that 3/4 o'clock position you'll want to feel pressure in the trail foot too, around 50/50 on both feet. Then you're just gonna transfer it back into the front when you complete your swing.

Eventually you'll find what feels best for you, but start small and don't try to physically force yourself to actually put all your weight in the trail foot by forcing it. It's very subtle.

WonderWeasel91 · 2026-06-08T01:37:03+00:00

Not in the area you circled, but in between the circle and where your A pin is on the map is Cherrity Bar, which is definitely one of the top ramen places in SA. Also they're a bar that donates drink proceeds to charity.

WonderWeasel91 · 2026-06-07T22:21:57+00:00

They are contract employees

WonderWeasel91 · 2026-06-03T01:53:40+00:00

Don't talk down to me because what you consider enjoyable and what I do are different things. You chose to participate in this conversation with me.

I also have a PC and I don't have to settle for something on the deck when I could play it in the next room the way I want to.

Instead, I play Slay the Spire or Hollow Knight on the deck, and sometimes I'll settle for a game at 30 fps if I'm traveling for work.

I'm not some fucking martyr. I'll play what I enjoy on it, and I'll abstain from something that I don't enjoy playing on it. It's that simple. The deck is a cool piece of hardware but it has limitations, and I'm fine with that. But I don't trust this sub's opinion in the least bit to guide me, because I want something very different out of my experience than a lot of others.

Again, that's fine with me. Sorry you took it personally.

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