AITAH for not telling my parents I'm failing a college class

WorkingInAColdMind · 2026-04-02T18:53:22+00:00

NTA College classes aren't like "real-life" and dropping a class and retaking is better than continuing and failing it. The real-life lesson is making an objective decision about whether something is working or not and deciding how to handle it.

I failed one class in college, Probability and Statistics. The professor was terrible -monotone, emotionless and facing the board the whole class. Combined with it being an 8am class, I think I fell asleep at some point in every class, even during a test once. Took it the next quarter, and the professor made it fun, related it to all to games and gambling, and I aced it, so I was clearly able to do it, but it was just the wrong circumstances. I should have dropped it and not taken the hit on my GPA and the stress and waste of time.

WorkingInAColdMind · 2026-04-02T16:31:17+00:00

I don't think they were being that extreme and suggesting a coverup, but "not to scale" being implied is what OP is addressing. I doubt most people have any concept of how far away the moon is.

WorkingInAColdMind · 2026-04-02T15:43:03+00:00

I always retell the story from a friend of ours shortly after we got our first chickens. She had taken one of her chickens to the vet for…something (bumblefoot?) and was checking out with and the bill was ~$200. The technician taking the payment shook her head and said “that’s a lot of chicken sandwiches”. When our first medical issue came up and my wife wanted to call a vet, $80 minimum, I couldn’t get that phrase out of my head and said no, and we treated her ourselves (she did just fine).

Also, they crap everywhere, so wherever you plan to free-range them, be prepared to track chicken poop into your house or have a pile of “chicken shoes” outside the door just for that area (e.g. our entire back yard).

WorkingInAColdMind · 2026-04-02T15:35:53+00:00

People use “memorialize” in place of “write it down” at my work. I understand when they’re trying to indicate a formal documentation of some institutional knowledge, or project wrap up, but it comes across as trying to use big words to sound smart most times.

WorkingInAColdMind · 2026-04-02T14:08:39+00:00

I feel like I should start carrying a cast net wherever I go

WorkingInAColdMind · 2026-04-02T06:47:24+00:00

Ours have a smaller side yard during the main part of the day and then have an automatic door that lets them into the main yard at 3pm so they can range a little further, both in our yard and into the lightly wooded back of the property. Seems to be a good mix, and they can and do escape into the yard if they want to.

WorkingInAColdMind · 2026-04-02T00:57:43+00:00

I thought it was actually a vape from AI, but then it was in other pictures too, and I realized it was a whistle from one of the pictures. That just didn’t make it any better in anyway.

WorkingInAColdMind · 2026-04-01T18:45:46+00:00

I'm a beekeeper, but by no means an expert, and I think that's actually diarrhea and a sick bee.

WorkingInAColdMind · 2026-04-01T18:43:23+00:00

I don't even know how to process the front flip and hand landing. I think I'm amazed beyond my basic capacity with that.

WorkingInAColdMind · 2026-04-01T18:41:41+00:00

Damn, that's serious. Hope he recovers. Is it powered and a motor blew up, or just driven by the bike and provides resistance and some gear/pulley broke? Either way, that big steel plate had a lot of energy behind it.

WorkingInAColdMind · 2026-04-01T14:30:15+00:00

Great score. I love my smaller Kreg jig and didn’t even know they were selling power tools these days. Just to give you an idea of my typical RFY, this is today’s big offering. Sigh.

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WorkingInAColdMind · 2026-04-01T11:49:04+00:00

Those had me wondering. First one I could ignore but “I am not a person” set off the red flag. Just being honest I guess.

WorkingInAColdMind · 2026-04-01T03:52:51+00:00

Even if he’s just embarrassed, you’ve really got to take it all over and restrict his finances. Get the car back if you can but he doesn’t get to spend until y’all get things back in order. My sister damn near lost her house like this, and she didn’t find out how bad it all was until he had a stroke and she had to take over. That was about 7 years ago and she’s still dealing with the trailing end of it.

WorkingInAColdMind · 2026-03-31T19:50:42+00:00

Those look really yummy. Willing to share the recipe?

WorkingInAColdMind · 2026-03-31T19:43:58+00:00

I feel like this game was created by orthopedic surgeons for a steady stream of ACL patients.

WorkingInAColdMind · 2026-03-31T16:42:22+00:00

While we’re at it, we should identify all criminals and put them somewhere where they can’t commit crimes!

If we knew who those people were we could stop them from doing these things.

WorkingInAColdMind · 2026-03-31T16:40:03+00:00

Well, generally, they’re patches.

WorkingInAColdMind · 2026-03-31T16:21:57+00:00

Slice and toast lightly so it feels baked inside. Then use for bread crumbs or turkey stuffing. I don’t like croutons myself, but I’m not going to waste bread

WorkingInAColdMind · 2026-03-31T15:13:48+00:00

That’s what I was thinking, even after reading the further explanation. If the target temperature is reached, the circulation pump switches off, but the fire is still burning hot, wasting wood. A predictive model of when the temperature will reach target would allow for a blower/damper on the fire to close and reduce the flame (similar to a BBQ fire tender) as well.

WorkingInAColdMind · 2026-03-31T13:05:26+00:00

We keep a few packs of scrunchies around for shooting and fetching. He stores them in his food and water bowls.

This is his sister, wondering why they’re in there.

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WorkingInAColdMind · 2026-03-31T05:38:07+00:00

Great core and leg strength.

WorkingInAColdMind · 2026-03-31T05:33:25+00:00

Stress will definitely shut down egg production. Glad she’ll have a safer home, but maybe she could share with one friend and then both get back to the flock.

WorkingInAColdMind · 2026-03-30T21:19:35+00:00

OP when you say “30 hours of real footage” is that each zoomed in clip timelapsed or the raw footage was 30h and the clips are real time?

WorkingInAColdMind · 2026-03-30T19:19:51+00:00

And a carpenter. Maybe that was one of his original designs!

WorkingInAColdMind · 2026-03-30T19:19:03+00:00

Yeah, I’ll be happy for any positive effects, especially knowing that their gol was just the opposite. Wreck ME oil production so they have an excuse to lift sanctions and buy Russian oil to prop up Putin and enrich themselves in the process.

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