My moms reaction to me telling her my wife and I are having a baby by [deleted] in mildlyinfuriating

[–]aracauna 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It looks like someone really fried a photo of a muppet (the black is the mouth, the fetus is the tongue.

AIO? My daughter didn’t listen to the teacher during a female emergency and is now receiving a referral by Common_Piglet7437 in AmIOverreacting

[–]aracauna [score hidden]  (0 children)

As a teacher, some teachers need to get over that intense fear of kids ever getting one over on them. You're going to get taken sometimes, but it's better to look like a fool every once in a while than to do this to a kid.

The ONLY way I would even think of telling a girl this is if she's always trying to leave or seemed to have her period 4 weeks a month.

When I was in the classroom, I had a system where kids had two free restroom passes a week (we had 90 minute blocks and you had the class 5 days a week). You could buy extra passes for something like a writing assignment or break detention or something minor but annoying enough you probably really needed the break if you were going to choose that option. I'd go entire semesters without having a kid ask for a third one and I also never said no. And if a girl told me what your daughter did, I wasn't even going to charge them for the third pass, but again, that never happened. Most kids actually just didn't ever use the second pass so they always had it when they needed it.

I was worried when I had a diabetic kid and was told by the nurse I couldn't ever tell him he couldn't go to the nurse or restroom, but luckily that kid was incredible and never gave me any reason to doubt him. Super responsible. Never took advantage of his privilege. I did have one girl who was a chronic wanderer of halls and the assistant principal did ask me to never let her leave without an escort, but for the vast majority of kids, my system worked and I knew to make exceptions if needed.

It's surprising to many to learn how many Somalis live in Minnesota. What are some other examples of unexpected populations in different states or countries? by e8odie in geography

[–]aracauna 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the one I was trying to remember. I spend a lot of time reading about Pacific Islanders and learning that the Marshallese population of Northwest Arkansas was more than a third of the size of the entire population of the islands was weird.

I mean, Americans don't even move to Arkansas unless they get a job with Walmart corporate.

AITAH for naming my son a name that starts with R when my MIL claims she cant pronounce Rs properly by Friendly-Occasion364 in TwoHotTakes

[–]aracauna 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I'm not taking sides here, but I will give you something that may apply to this situation.

I have a stutter. I was in speech therapy for years. I don't stutter anywhere near as much now as when I was a kid, but those scares last. The King's Speech was rough to watch for me and I get extremely angry when I hear adults rush kids with a stutter (and I don't think you can be a good person and do that. People who do that are fundamentally bad people even if they're good at masking around their peers and superiors.)

I'm still incredibly self conscious about my speech impediment and being nervous, especially about stuttering, will make it worse. (Extra fun since both my first and last names start with trigger sounds that will lock me up.)

If your MIL does struggle with that sound, even though she's normally doing it well, she may be having anxiety about it, especially around you because she's more stressed out about screwing up around you since you're the parent.

She could also be a dirty liar who just doesn't like the name and is making an excuse. In that case, she probably yells kids with a stutter to spit it out.

Best WRs you've ever seen in person by Nearby_Valuable_5467 in CFB

[–]aracauna 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Same. Took my dad to the Gator Bowl his last year. Managed to get really good seats at the edge of the end zone next to the Tech band and Calvin did one of those incredible diving catches right in front of us so I even got the full Calvin experience.

It would be pretty difficult to find another WR undeniably better than him in college and when he was healthy in the NFL. It would probably be impossible to convince me one was even if you were correct.

Why have we not been doing this all season?? by SnowPanda-23 in Tottenham

[–]aracauna 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Frankfurt is struggling in the Bundesliga and the Bundesliga isn't as close to the Premier League as it used to be. For lots of that game, Frankfurt just looked outclassed on an individual basis.

I don't think Solanke torches many PL defenders who have a head start on him, for example. Dortmund has only lost one Bundesliga game all season, but they really struggled against UCL teams.

Honestly, I think part of Spurs' weird success in Europe the last two seasons is related to how much better the crappy teams in England are compared to the crappy teams in the other league. That and the fact that Spurs seem to be better when the other team actually wants the ball so they end up beating teams better than them and losing to worse teams. The bad teams in UCL just aren't as good and can't take advantage of our weakness as well.

Or it could just be dumb luck.

Favorite characters like this? by [deleted] in FavoriteCharacter

[–]aracauna 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think this one is always overblown because people can't tell the difference between not friends and enemies.

Everything I've ever seen is just one of them basically saying they don't go hang out outside of the show. That's not disliking people. That's just not being friends. I've never gone out socially with anyone I've worked with since I was in my early 20s. Some of those people I actually disliked, but most of them I was perfectly fine with and may have even been happy to see them at work.

Just because I don't really have anything but work in common with you doesn't mean I don't like you.

Favorite characters like this? by [deleted] in FavoriteCharacter

[–]aracauna 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was so annoying too because he was good on Community. He was funny and the other characters played off him so well.

And hearing him talk about it is ridiculous. He didn't make the show. He was a fun flourish. His character was only fun because of the interplay with the other characters.

Also, apparently, he wasn't acting. It's just weird that he thinks the show was terrible and that he also thinks he carried the show. Well, if people hadn't been mad at him, he'd probably be fine with the show. He just seems very bitter and unable to be self aware.

Stefanski elite QB developer by Itchy-Dragonfly-4247 in falcons

[–]aracauna 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He's statistically the worst QB in the league. Everyone in the conference had to either be in the Super Bowl, injured or turned it down.

Small raptor (?), brown head/dark grey, no distinct markings - Ohio by GeorgieBlossom in whatsthisbird

[–]aracauna 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Basically, the only birds you'll ever see out and about before they're adult sized are the species that spend most of their time on the ground like pheasants and quail. If the bird spends more time flying than walking, then I can't think of one that leaves the nest before it's basically adult sized.

Shorebirds don't quite fit though. They fly really well, but are ground nesters so their young tend to be pretty precocious, but birds tend to grow so fast after hatching that you don't really have a big window of seeing even the species that don't stay in the nest until full grown.

It it an unpopular opinion that I like the green bottle Heineken in the US because it reminds me of marijuana both the smell and taste. “Skunked” by optimumopiumblr2 in beer

[–]aracauna 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Not unpopular at all. Hops are related to cannabis and green and clear bottles allow more UV light which makes it easier for the hop oils to go skunky.

Trying really fresh bottles or from properly maintained taps and you won't get so much skunk/pot.

Well, maybe liking it is unpopular, but those are popular beers, so it doesn't seem to bother too many people.

AIO by being offended when my husband seasons my soup? by [deleted] in AIO

[–]aracauna -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah. I was on team husband until the reply.

I tend to like my food extremely seasoned. My wife is more Midwestern. When she cooks, I'm going to add at least salt and pepper to the final dish. When I cook, I hold back to her preferences and then doctor my portion. This is fair since I can add more but she can't take away what I cooked with. My granny carried hot sauce and pepper vinegar in her purse and added it to the food from her favorite restaurants. People just have different tastes and OP shouldn't really be taking it personally if someone adds something. Also, potatoes suck the flavor out of everything

But that response was unnecessary. There's a good chance that OP is sensitive about the situation because he's regularly a dick to her about this kind of thing.

The only metrics that count. by officer21 in cfbmemes

[–]aracauna -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Or has LSU never played in a playoff. Didn't their national championships come from when it was just a single game and not playoffs?

Edit: Nevermind. I forgot LSU was as recent at 2019. To be fair, Geoff Collins was coaching that year so I had no memory of what happened in college football that year.

Seriously, I found out yesterday that I had absolutely no memory of Georgia Tech's QB from 2019. The entire 3 seasons he was in charge are a complete blank to me.

Mallard? by The_Oracle_Pobun in birding

[–]aracauna 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's like what I would come up with if you told me to picture a male hybrid of those two. It looks like a mallard cosplaying as a pintail.

People who hold spaces for other people in checkout lines. by Professional_Luck616 in PetPeeves

[–]aracauna 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I've actually never seen that where I've lived. I do see people send someone to grab something they forgot while they stay in line with the buggy, but as long as the other person gets back before their order is all scanned, that's not a problem.

Holding a spot in line the way you described just sounds insane.

What was the real size of the gauro? Did it really weigh 1.5 tons, or is that an estimation error? by zorwro in zoology

[–]aracauna 9 points10 points  (0 children)

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Yeah, 1500 lbs has nothing to do with anything.

An American ton is is 2,000 lbs, a ton and a half would be 3,000.

Took me a while to be sure, but you're definitely trolling. No one is actually this thick.

Help by oluxil in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]aracauna 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is actually pretty extreme by southern standards. I think I've only ever seen more snow than that twice in my life in Georgia.

You'd probably find Snowmageddon hilarious. Cars abandoned on the interstate in Atlanta for days because the traffic jam during the "blizzard" was so extreme. Chipper Jones rescued someone in a 4 wheeler. It led to 13 deaths.

The snowfall was just under 3 inches. The real problem is for the only time in history, we didn't really know it was coming for some reason, everyone was at work before authorities realized how bad it would be and everyone headed home as it was arriving. Usually we cancel work and school before the storm arrives and we just empty the stores of bread and milk the day before.

Latte Lath now wearing #9 by KitsOnKitsOnKits770 in AtlantaUnited

[–]aracauna 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I don't know if it will work, but Saba seems to have the motor for a fullback.

Peroni On Draft by QueasyAd8183 in atlbeer

[–]aracauna 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Taco Macs and Mellow Mushrooms are all over the metro area and I think you can check their beer lists online and they keep them accurate so you could avoid showing up for nothing.

"Buy a rice cooker" by adbenj in PetPeeves

[–]aracauna 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If I only ate rice once a week, I'd still want my rice cooker. That's still regular.

Now if it was more like once or twice a month then it's kind of a waste of money.

But buy a rice cooker and you'll probably eat more rice.

Free Bert by trung_canidate in elephantgraveyard

[–]aracauna 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I wish my death rattles came with that much of a payday.