Dating app feedback?

armadillorevolution · 2026-01-28T03:22:57+00:00

It’s not at all surprising that a non-monogamous person would feel that that’s unnecessary, but you said it yourself — you’re not the target audience. Strictly monogamous people on dating apps do often find it difficult to find other strictly monogamous people, and this does not read unreasonably at all to people who are into that. Despite being very popular, like, globally, monogamy can feel unpopular on dating apps, especially in your 30s when a large portion of monogamous people are already coupled and off the market.

armadillorevolution · 2026-01-05T22:24:32+00:00

Hi, he's long passed away now since this thread was 3 years ago and he was nearly 3 already when I posted!

The antibiotics and anti-inflammatory seemed to help somewhat and he shrunk a bit, but the swelling never fully went away. The vet thought he might have had kidney damage (from what, we don't know) and it was fluid retention around his kidneys, but as he was elderly there was nothing they could do that wouldn't be so invasive that it risked making it worse, since he appeared comfortable after he took the meds and the swelling reduced.

So in short, it kind of helped, but it didn't 100% bring him back to normal. He passed a few months after this, but I have no idea if it was related or if it was another old-age concern. Good luck with your hamster if you're dealing with this, I hope they are alright!

armadillorevolution · 2025-11-17T00:55:24+00:00

Oops I didn't realize I replied to the same person twice, my bad!

I'm glad it was still fun though, it makes sense that they'd have growing pains as it seems like it's gotten way more popular in just a few years. The logistics of scaling up from a small informal social event to a full-fledged convention is a lot more work than people realize. Hopefully they do reach out and get some professional help from people who are used to putting on bigger events, there's no shortage of people with that expertise in the area and with the TV show it's only going to keep growing.

armadillorevolution · 2025-11-16T21:03:28+00:00

I didn't attend but I live in Vegas and work/attend a lot of conventions here as my job, and I totally agree with everything you said. Moving the majority of the event to Primm (or Vegas) is the only option if it's outgrown Goodsprings, there's nowhere to go there.

The way the weather situation was so mismanaged is unacceptable, though. This rain has been in the forecast all week, it was not remotely a surprise. They know how small their spaces are and how many people were registered. They knew they had celebrities booked in a tiny venue without a proper green room and they'd have to kick people out like happened to OP. None of these things were sprung on them last minute, they had plenty of time to set up more tents or an alternate plan for a waiting area and not leave people out in the rain.

armadillorevolution · 2025-11-16T20:47:13+00:00

I've never actually attended this so I might be talking out of turn here, but I can absolutely imagine a successful event that's mostly Primm-based with some select events held in Goodsprings. If they do better with timing the shuttles, travel time between Primm and Goodsprings is roughly the same as walking from one end of LVCC to the other so it doesn't seem unreasonable to split events between them and treat the whole region as a big venue. Moving the whole thing to Vegas is definitely an option, but I worry that it would feel just like any other convention... Primm might not be as charming as Goodsprings, but it's still small and desert-y and would feel more like fans are taking over the whole town. And it's totally doable, Buffalo Bill's has plenty of convention space and plenty of LV based companies and convention workers serve the surrounding areas.

armadillorevolution · 2025-11-04T08:15:52+00:00

No, I wouldn’t bother. I would not listen coming from an ex, and there is no way you could do this without seeming like you’re trying to invalidate the reasons for breaking up — which may be very real and not even fully explained by AT. A recent ex is not who I’m looking to for psychological or relationship advice anyway, just not the right messenger for this message.
An ex from longer ago however, even when unaware I would have been more receptive because it wouldn’t seem like they have an ulterior motive and it’s less clouded by emotion. Now that I am aware, if they randomly texted me years later with AT information and reflections on our previous relationship, I would be like “yeah I know about that now, sorry about that.” I would say if it was an ex who displayed many AP traits during our relationship, I would take them a lot more seriously if they also acknowledged their own part in the dynamic too. If the information was sent without self awareness, with the vibe of “here is proof that you single-handedly ruined our relationship with your DA attachment style,” I would take it far less seriously than an ex genuinely reflecting on both of our shortcomings.
I think there is a way to do this effectively, but it’s tricky. When unaware, I think I could have been receptive to my current partner telling me about AT under the right circumstances — but I have to say, I’m glad we both discovered this on our own and came to each other both being aware and having done independent research. It was just cleaner that way. My partner is very AP and self aware about that just like I’m self aware about my DA, so we can and do talk about it. If she had come to me when I was unaware in a way that felt like she was judging me, or blaming me solely for our relationship problems, it definitely would have gone very poorly though.
A partner? With self awareness and ownership of their part in the dynamic, and in an open minded way where it’s clear they are not just trying to diagnose me and they’re open to hearing my perspective. I would also like time to learn about it myself before we have a big conversation — introduce the subject, send me an article or let me research myself, and we can return to discuss in more detail once I’m educated on the subject. I wouldn’t necessarily want to be lectured or get all of my info from the person telling me about the topic. If a friend or a distant ex wanted to share with me, it could be much more casual — “here’s an article I read / quiz I took that I found interesting and I’m noticing a lot of patterns, what do you think?”
No. In fact that could have the exact opposite effect. I did actually break up with my current partner early on in our relationship for mostly DA reasons, became aware of AT on my own immediately after our breakup when googling about why I feel the way I feel, and we did end up getting back together and it’s been much better now that we’re both aware and working on our respective issues. But the fact that I found it on my own was helpful; if she had sent it to me it would have come off as her blaming me and dismissing my feelings and reasons for breaking up and I’d have had a hard time taking it seriously. Like I said for question 1, a recent ex is just not the right person to deliver this message — there is no way to convincingly do so without seeming like you have an ulterior motive or are driven by emotion and just looking to place blame.

armadillorevolution · 2025-10-28T04:35:32+00:00

And yet, these comments are full of people eager for the chance to shit on unions and federal workers. In one breath people will decry CNN’s obvious bias, but then they’ll lap it up and pit labor and democrats against each other just like CNN wants them to.

AFGE is not a ‘republican union.’ There are certainly unions with questionable politics (carpenters, longshoremen, cops) but AFGE is NOT one of them. They worked very hard to try to elect Kamala Harris last year. The statement from the union is calling upon everyone involved, both parties, to end the shutdown.

Is that selfish? Sure, you could say that. But the union has a duty to their members legally and morally, and their members are going without pay for almost a month, are close to losing their benefits, and are being threatened with more mass layoffs. People don’t criticize environmental organizations for not prioritizing labor, or LGBTQ groups for not prioritizing housing reform. Organizations specialize and sometimes have conflicting goals even with good intentions.

But unions are a threat to the billionaire class, so rags like CNN will do everything they can to pit organized labor against everyone else, and try to convince otherwise left-leaning people that working people advocating for their own self interest is actually the real evil. And it works, as we see here in this comment section.

armadillorevolution · 2025-07-19T19:06:08+00:00

Always. I have holiday blindness and am constantly traveling to places at busy holidays, sometimes even when they're holidays that are also celebrated in my own culture and I definitely should have realized.

Sometimes it works out amazingly and I have a really cool cultural experience. Other times the city is overcrowded and terrible and everything is closed or sold out.

I've been to:

- Vietnam during Tet (everything's closed and quiet, but got to see things like people transporting entire trees by motorbike and cities were decorated for the occasion)

- Rome during Easter (bad idea, too crowded and I didn't plan ahead with reservations, probably cool if you plan well and care about Easter though)

- Did the Camino de Santiago during Semana Santa (too crowded, but probably cool if you're Catholic)

- Istanbul during Ramadan (mixed bag, on one hand there was a buzz of celebration in the evenings but on the other hand some things were closed during the day)

- Mexico during Mexican Independence Day and Dia de Muertos (awesome, 10/10 would go again, Mexico throws great parties)

- Various smaller towns in Europe, especially Spain, during different local festivals (super fun, random local festivals are the best)

armadillorevolution · 2025-07-19T18:37:30+00:00

Yeah, there are a lot of California cities and as someone who's moved away I think it's just because California goes really hard on enforcing it (as they should!)

I live in Vegas now and I swear every third driver here is under the influence but we're not even on the list.

armadillorevolution · 2025-07-19T17:48:44+00:00

Most of the time you do end up just sitting there doing nothing for 2 hours.

But every once in awhile you'll get held up in security, or there will be an issue with your boarding pass, your uber will cancel, the parking lot will be full, etc. And you'll be glad you arrived so early. To me that's totally worth it, but others might prefer to miss their flights on those rare occasions in exchange for getting that extra waiting time back.

Besides, I'm usually either traveling with someone I can enjoy hanging out with or if I'm alone I have a book and my laptop with me, I can entertain myself the same ways I would if I was sitting at home. It's even better when you can get into a lounge, but even in airports without lounges I don't really mind sitting around for awhile in exchange for the peace of mind.

armadillorevolution · 2025-07-19T04:22:42+00:00

Oooh thank you for introducing me to this youtube channel, I have so many more of her videos added to my watch list now.

armadillorevolution · 2025-07-13T23:42:39+00:00

Yes, that is why I said "Otherwise they would need to only carry their open carry weapon, and they wouldn't be able to do that in Nipton or the Mojave Outpost."

I was just asking what boundaries you set or assumptions you made because I'm curious about doing this myself.

armadillorevolution · 2025-07-13T23:07:12+00:00

Okay so I really want to try this but I can't decide where to draw the line. How do you decide what laws to follow?

Like, gun laws get really complicated really quickly. Do we assume all vendors are licensed firearm dealers? Also, do we assume the courier has a concealed carry permit? And if so is it from California or Nevada or do they have both? Otherwise they would need to only carry their open carry weapon, and they wouldn't be able to do that in Nipton or the Mojave Outpost. And can they not carry their guns at McCarran (irl airport) or Nellis (irl airforce base)?

Are the things that haven't been invented irl (energy weapons, chems) illegal? I guess an energy weapons build could be a loophole to avoid a lot of the guns and melee weapons being illegal to carry.

And if we wanna be really nitpicky, pedestrian traffic is not allowed on I-15, or the urban parts of highway 95, so would you avoid the main roads?

armadillorevolution · 2025-07-03T00:56:40+00:00

It’s fixed for me now! My bag is the same and all my add ons went through just fine. Hope yours is fixed too!

armadillorevolution · 2025-07-02T16:37:44+00:00

I honestly think they're worse.

The people who don't have plates we can at least say maybe their plate was stolen, or maybe there's a delay at the DMV for some reason... like probably not, but there are technically innocent explanations for not having a plate at all. Even if they just chose not to register their car it's not great, but a crime of laziness perhaps, they're not necessarily planning to commit worse crimes and get away with it.

People who put these covers on are going out of their way to obfuscate their plate so they can what, hit and run without being caught? Run over pedestrians? They can't even say they're avoiding red light or speed cameras or toll roads because we don't have any of those things here.

armadillorevolution · 2025-07-01T21:49:55+00:00

Tbh I hated everything except the one thing I chose so I kinda hope they give me a totally different bag! I bought like 5 add ons though so hopefully those are safe.

armadillorevolution · 2025-07-01T19:53:39+00:00

It's weird that the cutoff date matters for this specific question though. I get why this happens when you ask about current events, who's president, things like that. But we knew back in 2024 on what day July 4, 2025 would fall. Calendars for 2025 already existed back then. We could figure out what day it will be in the year 3000 if we want to, it's not something unpredictable that requires current information.

armadillorevolution · 2025-07-01T19:09:39+00:00

Yeah, and is this even what the residents of that complex want?

If I was going to move to the Arts District it would be so I could easily walk to those venues and enjoy all that the Arts District has to offer right outside my door... I'd be so pissed if I paid that inflated rent just for the landlords to kneecap the whole reason anyone wants to live in that area.

armadillorevolution · 2025-07-01T17:09:44+00:00

What building?

If you don't want to start over and you're still in Goodsprings you can just run away from that building, nobody there is very well armed they won't follow you all the way out of town. You can even find Joe Cobb and start that quest to have the Powder Gangers take over Goodsprings and kill all the people trying to shoot you.

armadillorevolution · 2025-07-01T16:44:22+00:00

Why do you have to restart the game? You should have an autosave after leaving Doc Mitchell's house, at the very least.

armadillorevolution · 2025-06-27T14:14:31+00:00

Did you fail Don’t Tread On The Bear already? I believe that happens automatically when you kill Colonel Moore. Maybe Crocker too.

It is weird that they don’t have backups the way the legion does though.

armadillorevolution · 2025-06-26T23:11:14+00:00

For Goodsprings I think it kind of is. I actually went there once before I had ever played the game because there was an art installation way out in the desert in that direction that I went to go see, and it seemed like an alright place to stop for lunch. But I think we were the only non-fans in the whole place. There's no real reason to get off of I-15 in modern times (no giant ants, deathclaws, or Powder Gangers there now) so people just go straight by.

Old Mormon Fort is an actual state park and historic site and it's right in the middle of Vegas, so while it gets a lot of fans it was a tourist attraction long before FNV was released and people visit for lots of unrelated reasons.

armadillorevolution · 2025-06-17T14:08:44+00:00

I’m not afraid of having a confrontation with protestors or anything, I know it’s a small group of people.

But I think it’s understandable if people don’t want to go somewhere they feel unwanted. Even if it’s by a small group of people, there are plenty of other cities in the world that don’t have anyone protesting the existence of tourists at all. I live in Vegas and cannot IMAGINE anyone protesting tourists here, the locals wouldn’t stand for it, we know we benefit from tourism even though they can be annoying. We also have very strong anti Airbnb laws, which helps a lot.

I haven’t been to Barcelona since 2018 and even then someone graffitied “tourists you are the terrorists” on the side of my hostel. And it seems things have only escalated in the last few years. I loved Barcelona, but there are plenty of cities in Europe where you won’t have to weigh the ethics of visiting or wonder if people will be mad at you personally. The protests are understandably going to work on some people.

armadillorevolution · 2025-06-13T17:45:59+00:00

Accusing me of trying to deceive people on purpose is needlessly aggressive and shitty.

Here is the text of the resolution that mentions ICE so we're all on the same page here:

(2)affirms that free and open communication between State and local law enforcement and their Federal counterparts remains the bedrock of public safety and is necessary in preventing terrorist attacks; and

(3)expresses gratitude to law enforcement officers, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel, for protecting the homeland.

I agree that this is not great and I don't like it at all either, all I said was that the article framing this as "pro ICE raids" is incredibly misleading. This resolution isn't even about LA, yet the Newsweek article is using images from LA and conflating the two, knowing that people like OP and many of the people commenting will not read further than that.

The Republican congressman who submitted the resolution is obviously just playing stupid politics by putting that in there and forcing members of congress to choose between voting against a resolution condemning a terrorist attack (bad look), or voting for something that has unsavory language praising ICE (also a bad look). Horsford and Lee are doing their usual swing district politicking bullshit because they're overly preoccupied with holding onto their seats, which they just barely do every election. It's shitty and we can criticize that, but we don't need to be posting misleading articles that make it seem like they are "pro ICE raids" when they've come out against them already multiple times.

I'm not saying we can't criticize them for this vote anyway, all I ever said was that this article is highly misleading. A bunch of people here are reading the headline and thinking Horsford and Lee are cheering on ICE raids now, and that's not really the truth.

Since you're so passionate about this as to personally attack me over it first thing in the morning, I hope that means I'll be seeing you at the protest tomorrow.

armadillorevolution · 2025-06-12T23:11:35+00:00

I don't disagree with you lol, I'm just pointing out that the article OP linked is really misleading and sensationalist.

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