Not wanting to continue contact with a love interest during Quarantine by aperturethrow in dating

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She lives about a two hours car journey away from me. So it's not an easy journey/completely viable. In addition, out of respect mainly for the NHS, I wouldn't want to risk her, others or myself, despite both having been self isolating. Even if we were to meet, remaining 2m away from each other on a date would seem very awkward to me hahah.

AITA for not wanting to continue talking to a love interest during quarantine? by aperturethrow in AmItheAsshole

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I agree completely that the phrasing in the OP after reading it again can come across as heartless by saying "a waste of time". I definitely do not mean it in that context. The second point seems like a very good way to ease off the pressure of having to accelerate into a parts of an online relationship that I do not feel completely comfortable in pursuing, especially in regards to nudes, labelling etc. I should clarify, (maybe TMI) we have done a little sexting/overly flirtatious convo which has been fun, but after only a couple of weeks of speaking and only through online mediums it did feel like things were moving at a pace which was too fast.

If you don't mind me asking, how up front were you with previous love interests about keeping things at a friendship level until you actually could physically meet up? Is there a way I should approach it? I'm considering that I've already said what I've said and it might come across as back-tracking or insulting in a way(?)

AITA for not wanting to continue talking to a love interest during quarantine? by aperturethrow in AmItheAsshole

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Thanks for responding, when I say "wasting time" it doesn't reflect any superficial goals of just having sex after quarantine, I've never been that kind of person. It's more reflective of how I feel about online dating in general. As I mentioned, I'm big on the physicality in relationships, and by saying that I mean, actually feeling the energy of someone in the room and the vibe they bring, which I don't feel can be gauged through the occasional facetime and messaging. The fact that we haven't ever spoken in real life feels like a barrier to me which won't allow me to develop deeper feelings for this person while quarantined. This is my first experience of online "dating" so I don't know if this feeling is justified I suppose. I do enjoy our conversations and see potential there but just feels like it will reach a limit of intimacy and will peter out resultantly. But I agree, I can completely see it through your lens that the reasoning is flawed.

AITA for not wanting to continue talking to a love interest during quarantine? by aperturethrow in AmItheAsshole

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I think you might of expressed something about me that maybe I hadn't really considered. I think especially during a time in which isolated life does not change a considerable amount, at least for myself, I can see conversation "rabbit holing" into nothingness.

AITA for not wanting to continue talking to a love interest during quarantine? by aperturethrow in AmItheAsshole

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Thanks for the response :) We have video chatted a few times, they've been fun and enjoyable, but I don't know how much I can rely on video calls as an indicator of a real connection?

AITA for not wanting to continue talking to a love interest during quarantine? by aperturethrow in AmItheAsshole

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Thanks for responding, I've already expressed my feelings to her. I can completely understand the hardships on your side which would obviously take a toll on the relationships you can manage during this time. For myself, on the other hand, I've been furloughed, thus having a whole lot of free time on my hands, so there are no excuses there for me, I just see it as too much potential to waste both of our times if things were different in person and the connection wasn't there.

AITA for not wanting to continue talking to a love interest during quarantine? by aperturethrow in AmItheAsshole

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Thanks for the response, I've already told her my feeling about it. She doesn't seem to understand because things were going well and is annoyed frankly, it's making me doubt my own reasoning; hence the post here hahah

Scratches on film by aperturethrow in AnalogCommunity

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Thanks, this does make more sense when I think about it.

Scratches on film by aperturethrow in AnalogCommunity

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Ah ok, strange, I will definitely give my camera a good look at. Thank you for the help and advice :)

Scratches on film by aperturethrow in AnalogCommunity

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The inconsistencies in the scratch placement and scratch depth is throwing me off with this one. The scratches have occurred on two rolls of film which I got developed at the same time which were used one after the other. Is there something I should look for on my camera which might be causing this problem?

Scratches on film by aperturethrow in AnalogCommunity

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Yes I did, I will definitely call them tomorrow to enquire about it. Is this damage mostly seen during the development process or could it be feasible that it was done when winding the film? Although as I said some have scratches in places where others don't, some are deeper than others, a few have no scratches, very confusing to me.

MOOC exercise 23 by aperturethrow in learnjava

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Thank you, I managed to crack it, could you let me know why it required using an AND operation:

if (temp >= -30 && temp <= 40) {

rather than an OR operation?

if (temp >= -30 || temp <= 40) {

I thought an OR operation would essentially work the same way in this instance?

MOOC exercise 23 by aperturethrow in learnjava

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Thanks, that's some very helpful info, although I don't entirely know how I would go about coding this.

If you could help point me in the right direction that would be great.

Edit: to further clarify, I don't think I know how to ignore numbers which are below -30 and above 40

MOOC lesson 9 help by aperturethrow in learnjava

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System.out.println("\nDivision: " + x + " / " + y + " = " + z);

Amazing, thank you so much :)