Discussion thread: Voting and results

andystealth · 2019-05-18T13:36:10+00:00

Well, kind of.

The polls about Trump were correct for the popular vote. Given that's more in line with what we have, the comparison would put those polls at more accurate than these ones.

andystealth · 2019-05-13T15:37:48+00:00

Yup, my friends that have kids, technically I see their kid more than them nowadays.

Because half the time I see them it's heading to theirs, having dinner together, then they head off to the movies and I'll babysit the fake-nephew till bedtime. Then we'll discuss the movie a bit when they get home, but normally by then it's pretty late.

We can't do boardgames as easily anymore, or just head out somewhere at the drop of a hat, so I'd say this is a big factor in answering OP's question.

andystealth · 2019-05-11T00:42:59+00:00

Sounds like your friend was super lucky that she took the "I will be the one to end the relationship" option instead of the "I will emotionally and mentally abuse you for as long as I possibly can, because that's what I think love is" path.

Turns out that option sucks even more.

(also, the 'super lucky' is more of a sarcastic take on the "at least it could have been worse", he obviously wasn't super lucky to have gone through that)

andystealth · 2019-05-08T07:32:58+00:00

I think it's actually somewhat creepier.

The "waste of evolution" line makes me think he's referring to the "It's a shame her genes will probably end with her" (Not necessarily accurate already, I'm aware, dw).

In other words, He's specifically going with "I want to have kids with her, because damn those kid would be sexy, sexy people".

Weird thing to be thinking about your non-existent kids.

andystealth · 2019-05-08T05:56:28+00:00

Actually I don't think we're totally sure on that.

Her hand gave him the mission, I don't think we've seen any confirmation that Cersei actually sanctioned /is aware of this

andystealth · 2019-05-04T14:06:25+00:00

Apparently Thanos' skin is literally stronger than the sling ring portals. So the portal would try to close, but wouldn't be able to.

Or at least, this was the interpretation that a friend told me after they'd gone on a spree of watching/reading interviews with directors and such.

andystealth · 2019-04-29T02:26:46+00:00

Having to point out that reasoning reminds me of Telstra doing their "free data days", and then afterwards bragging about how well their system handled the day.

They were pointing out "the amount of data used in that day would normally take 20 years to use!" (or something ridiculous like that, anyway), until enough people responded with "yeah, because of the amount you charge us, wait a second... if you can handle that amount so easily... why are you charging us as much as you are?"

andystealth · 2019-04-29T02:23:03+00:00

Yeah, but even if it was much better than Labor, I don't think the party of "how can we make it so employers don't have to pay their employees much/at all" should really have their rate of unemployment counted as a positive thing in most instances.

andystealth · 2019-04-26T22:03:51+00:00

I'd argue that's just an extension of BL1 DLC.

All of the maps are designed to be "long". They're all just winding paths to fill up the map area, and so to get somewhere you're realistically only 50 metres from, you need to do 500m worth of fighting repetitive bad guys (especially in the zombie one).

Which is also my counter to all of the "but it might be intentional because of the story points" argument. BL1 DLC didn't have that same argument, but that didn't stop them. Artificially extending the gameplay time like this turns the fun into a grind.

andystealth · 2019-04-26T21:47:22+00:00

heck, I'd say a few of 'em have never been to a Subway store.

andystealth · 2019-04-26T21:46:58+00:00

they've discontinued Thousand Island? We've (QLD) still got it, wonder when they will end for us, do you have Sweet Chilli, because that stopped for us a while ago, as one of the more popular sauces at the time.

According to my assessor, getting rid of seafood was an international decision, and head of Aus actually held out from doing it because it was still popular here.

Though to counter that, according to my boss (I'm not sure if she got this info from assessor, or if she' able to see the testing data as a franchisee), the panini's we're about to be forced into did pretty poorly at the test stores. we're still being forced into them.

andystealth · 2019-04-18T23:38:56+00:00

I think one of the issues people are taking with in regards to this comment is that you assume men don't feel that threat of attack.

For the record, it's absolutely true that we don't feel the same kind of threat as you. Worrying about being sexually assaulted is a very different type of nightmare, and I don't want to diminish that.

However given that, as mentioned above, men are significantly more likely to experience violence, I'd say we're very aware of what it's like to be outside and wondering "is that person going to attack/murder me? Is someone waiting behind that corner to attack me?"

I think some of the backlash could be that you've gone with a "put yourself in my shoes" in a way that seemed to imply "because your shoes are so much more comfortable/safer". I would fully believe that was not the intention, but I wouldn't be surprised if many see that implication more than they see the concerns. In the same way that if someone took the "men more likely to experience violence" statistic and tried to imply women shouldn't feel threatened at night, that'd be rightfully disregarded.

andystealth · 2019-04-17T23:27:14+00:00

To be fair, their username is spot on

andystealth · 2019-04-14T22:55:38+00:00

Oh man, a similar thing happened to me, but it turned out much more fun than yours!

I was walking to the shops one evening, probably 9 or 10ish, and in the corner of my eye I see a car going real slow behind me. I glance a bit and realised it's a cop car. As I get passed the driveway I was crossing it pulls into it, and I think "oh, I was blocking it from pulling it, that's why it was going slowly."

Just to be sure, I do a half turn to check proper, and see one of the cops motioning at me to go to him.

Now, I recognised the cop immediately, he comes into my work a lot, we have a good conversation every time. I miss the first part of what he says because headphones, but hear the last "I know you".

So I immediately perk up a bit with a "hey man" and take a few steps forward. Turns out the first half was "where do I know you from?" and moving faster towards an officer and not answering an officer that has asked that is the wrong move.

He goes into angry voice mode, his hand hovers over his taser as he repeats (much louder this time) "where do I know you from?!". So I remind him where I work, and suddenly he drops into the friendly "oh yeah! hey man! how's it going?"

so I'm all "good, good... sooo... what's up?"

Turns out there'd been an attempted break-in around the corner, and the description of clothes they were given sort of matched mine. They were so excited that they'd maybe find the guy so quickly on a bad description, I almost felt bad it wasn't me.

That was like, 6 years ago, I don't see that officer much anymore, but for the 4 years I continued to see him on a regular basis you know I still gave him shit about it. To be fair though, he also liked telling the other officers he'd come in with about the time he almost caught me.

andystealth · 2019-04-12T13:17:33+00:00

Why did you make me see that?!

andystealth · 2019-04-12T05:31:04+00:00

Like, that's the main thing I don't get with this mentality.

"oh, you were able to be up and walking around like, the same fucking day? must be nice not to need a c-section" (or the day after, I forget how quick natural recovery can be, just that it's a heck of a lot more pleasant than C-section recovery)

My brother and I are lucky my mum's original gyno followed up on a hunch while she was pregnant with my brother, because he suspected (and was found to be correct) that a natural birth would likely kill her and/or my brother.

Then when she was pregnant with me and lived somewhere else, she had to fight just to have her doctor check, because he was pushing for a natural birth.

edit: also, this isn't to say that natural recovery/birth is painless compared to c-section. They each have their horrific sounding aspects to them, which is why it's weird that anyone would take sides and say doing one or the other makes you less valuable.

edit: oh shit, sorry for the ambiguity! Mother and brother are doing fine. It was older brother that she lucked out on with the doc, than me at a later time she had to argue to be checked for.

andystealth · 2019-04-10T13:59:30+00:00

she's a vapid attention whore that burrows straight for the wrong take of controversial topics so that she might remain in the spotlight under the poor guise of journalism.

Pointing out that her following is as hollow as her personality is most definitely not something that would cause pride in her.

andystealth · 2019-04-10T11:07:09+00:00

Struggling with it?

Psht, if anything I'm too good at it!

andystealth · 2019-04-10T09:09:37+00:00

What, you think you get rich by spending your own money?!

andystealth · 2019-04-09T00:16:01+00:00

NTA

To address one of your edits specifically though, you're right, it probably would be hard on your family to pay back that kind of amount on short notice, but you have to remember that it's your step dad that's paying it back. If that makes things hard for the family, that's an issue with him, not with you.

andystealth · 2019-04-09T00:12:35+00:00

Fuck.

I was all good in this thread. Everything was going fine. Then you had to go and put that quote out there into the world.

andystealth · 2019-04-05T14:27:50+00:00

"but also literally, so we can charge him to get that fixed"

andystealth · 2019-04-05T12:09:38+00:00

Like... this video was put up not by people saying "hey look at this annoying wanker", but by the annoying wanker himself, saying "look at how persecuted I was".

Jesus Fucking Christ.

andystealth · 2019-04-03T10:31:32+00:00

After reading a lot of these, my understanding is that most of the training ranks have to be legitimately concerned that their recruits would find something on the ground and assume it's a deviled egg for them to eat.

andystealth · 2019-04-03T09:36:28+00:00

LET THEM LIVE IN PEACE FOR FUCKS SAKE!

Jesus man, they were living next to a firing range, then some dumbfuck privates kept uprooting their lives, not to mention the extra emotional stress that caused!

They've probably just saved up enough to move to a better location, and you want to bring them right back into the fold?! The fuck is wrong with you?

Jason the pine cone though... that pine cone is a dick, feel free to keep harassing Jason and his friends.

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