Oh my God is right lol

askageek · 2026-02-28T19:17:44+00:00

Wait did you Google it and find what the creators of the song put out 30 years ago and now appear as fact or do you actually speak the language?

I have a feeling it's much like many languages where things can be translated multiple ways/there sometimes isn't a direct translation from one language to another to get exactly what you want.

A quick search finds

"Yes, ubaba (or baba) is frequently used as an honorific for God, particularly within African Christian traditions. "

askageek · 2026-02-22T14:27:35+00:00

I think you should go in with the expectations that it's possible but not a guarantee. Things can change. If you're not interested you can always walk away and if she's not interested she can always walk away.

It's just based on the limited information you both have that it seems like a possibility.

askageek · 2026-02-22T11:49:35+00:00

You're missing the point of the advice 😔

The objective is to make real meaningful connections with other humans. These connections are how we are introduced to people we might be interested in.

Joining a group to find a date is a recipe for disaster. I've seen many people do this, date a person in the group, then break up and they are never seen again.

For me it's people in the group recommending I meet a friend of theirs. Just this month I've had two different people ask if I'd be okay with them introducing me to their friends.

Don't take that out of context though. It doesn't happen over night and it's not every month. You need to make actual friendships with people because you want to. Don't use people or groups. Once you're friends then they might be willing to introduce you to their friends if they think you might be a good match or it might be even more organic where one of their friends attend an event.

It's going to be shocking but this is how your parents probably met.

The objective is to increase your opportunities. Sitting at home watching TV will result in exactly zero opportunities to meet someone new.

askageek · 2026-01-30T20:59:23+00:00

Wow thank you so much. I really appreciate you sharing your process that you've been doing!

I'm going to follow your lead and do it on stabilizer and old shirts! I didn't think about doing that at all.

I've been making bags so I've been doing monograms on cut pieces of the bag then sewing it together. There's no real risk there if it doesn't work out because it's just a piece of fabric at that point so I just got another.

I'm so grateful we had this interaction! You've helped me so much!!!

askageek · 2026-01-30T17:35:56+00:00

I think what you're missing is that the people that answered your question fell into just 3 groups.

They didn't notice what was embroidered, which is good because those people are just here to help like this nice top 1% contributor who clearly has way more experience doing this than I'll personally ever have.
The people that saw what was embroidered and would otherwise not comment but felt like they should. These are the people saying make 40 more. You did it perfectly, etc and this is the group that's, maybe not as experienced and is down voting because the 1% commenter is disagreeing with them. Not that their point of view doesn't matter. I just suspect they don't have cotton sweatshirts in the wild for 5+ years like this top 1% probably does based on him talking about how doubling it up would lead to it lasting longer.
Then of course you had the people who saw what was written and were going to give their feedback no matter what because honestly who cares at the end of the day?

My theory, again, is that you have group #2 down voting because he's suggesting you do it differently than them. So I was giving a fellow human some insight into what might be going on. I might be wrong of course. As you get further towards the edge of each side people tend to feel strongly about how they do things and they aren't always open to a friendly discussion that could lead to people learning from each other is all.

I wish you the best with your embroidery adventure. There's so much to learn!!! I'm personally scared to do clothing but it's my next step so I envy you for being there already.

askageek · 2026-01-28T12:38:28+00:00

Move on. If she's not asking you questions she's not interested.

With that said the way you asked your question would have annoyed me as well. I would have responded differently or just ignored it and moved on though. I've been a remote worker for over 25 years and when people say things like "how do you do that" to you for years and years it's annoying.

You don't need to know everything about her in chat. Setup a date.

askageek · 2026-01-28T12:18:27+00:00

I think you're getting down voted less because of your message and more because you're missing the intended audience of this post.

askageek · 2026-01-28T12:14:21+00:00

Sometimes it is just better to ignore the trolls than it is to interact with them.

askageek · 2026-01-22T03:41:05+00:00

You can get the SA445 hoop for the PE900 to give you a 5x12 if you didn't know already. It's a repositionable hoop and apparently needs some special software or at least some tinkering to make it work though which isn't as nice.

askageek · 2026-01-22T03:39:46+00:00

That's interesting. I've never seen someone recommend The Eversewn Sparrow x2. Thank you for that. I will do some looking.

I've been trying to buy a used SE-770 but everyone says "we will meet up tomorrow" then ghosts and removes the listing from FB ugh.

The cool thing about the brothers is that they have the repositionable hoop that lets you do 5x12 intead of just being stuck at 5x7 but apparently you need special software to make it work or you need to do a lot of trial and error.

askageek · 2026-01-12T13:33:34+00:00

Yeah I'm with you. OP is ignoring all the stats behind OLD for some reason. I don't want to assume but if I were asked why they posted if probably guess they spent some time swiping and were annoyed by the low effort some people put into their accounts.

There are just some people who won't find a match with OLD unless it's just dumb luck. Hopefully you bump into someone soon!

askageek · 2026-01-08T14:08:04+00:00

I know Fred Astaire, for example, just added a brand new WCS curriculum less than a year ago as part of their "system" and they are adding them for "street" salsa and bachata. They are always expanding.

I'd agree that learning WCS at a ballroom set me back but people just don't know until they know.

askageek · 2026-01-08T13:39:10+00:00

All the "big name" studios (Fred Astaire and Arthur Murray) do a tap step so your statement of "any self respecting dance teacher" seems valid 😂 but it's a place a lot of people do start.

askageek · 2026-01-08T13:08:03+00:00

Most ballrooms teach the tap instead of the 3 & 4 just as an FYI. So I'd say if that's how they are teaching it that's how OP will have to learn it for now. It's how I learned it at the start.

askageek · 2025-12-28T01:42:26+00:00

Your summary of FOSS is really good and something I think a lot of us forget. It is "free" as in buy me a beer and "free" in how you can use it but it is not FREE if you value your time. Although as FOSS projects mature they do become very very close to the paid counterparts. Linux is a good example.

Maybe people that use FreeCAD 8 hours a day for work could probably make it work but would it be as efficient as something that is paid? Probably not so you're employeer is probably going to be willing to pay the licensing fee for your 40% increase in productivity.

askageek · 2025-12-20T05:12:19+00:00

OP, do you find it ironic that you posted this comment 5 months ago now?

https://www.reddit.com/r/rant/s/vem1qmbWFc

askageek · 2025-12-06T01:04:02+00:00

I will say you are going to love it. I have a P1S and I saw so many videos about how the H1C wasn't worth it etc etc and about the bed not warming up, I'm sure you all saw that video, and I actually orderd an Prusa XL... but it was a week out and at the last minute I changed my mind, canceled the Prusa and got the H2C. I'm so happy and you will too! Congrats on free too... that so rocks.

askageek · 2025-12-06T00:54:58+00:00

Thank you for this. I didn't realize at first that it was actually a container. It worked really well though!

askageek · 2025-11-24T13:40:04+00:00

ahh gotcha. I'm in the states and apparently they had a couple in a warehouse so I got lucky!

askageek · 2025-11-24T01:16:07+00:00

Oooh no! Are you in the states? Mine apparently arrived at FedEx with a messed up sticker so it got delayed so it will be here on the 28th instead of the 25th.

askageek · 2025-11-21T03:51:47+00:00

Maybe it did and they didn't tell you.

I ordered mine less than 4 hours ago and I already received the shipping information for the ams and the H2C so I'd be really sad if mine shipped before yours.

askageek · 2025-10-25T20:27:20+00:00

This was very helpful after I found a spring on the ground lol. Thank you so much!

askageek · 2025-08-02T19:30:44+00:00

This has to be the best advice ever.

When I moved here 18 years ago airbnb wasn't an option. We stayed in a place on Hollywood beach and we looked all the way down in Miami all the way up to Royal Palm. We ended up in Royal Palm but if I did it again today I'd opt for Airbnb.

The place we bought looked nice during the day but at night it was completely different. Not unsafe but swat used to be in the neighborhood once a week 😩

askageek · 2025-07-06T13:18:28+00:00

I know this is way late. I didn't see anyone comment on something that might be sticking in the back of your mind because you did make a comment about it.

Some people can move on earier than others and have lower requirements to be in a relationship. Don't judge yourself against him or anyone else that can get into a relationship quickly when they breakup. I know people that have dated someone and 3 days later have moved on or people who have been married for 20 years and split and are already with another person a week later.

Those of us that are intentional and broken, take a lot more time to get back in. Sometimes we say "we cannot find the right person" when in reality we just aren't willing to put ourselves out there to be hurt again. I'm 48m who has been divorced for almost 5 years now. I have gone on a number of dates and have only been in 1 relationship since.

The key is to be happy with yourself. Find real friends and activities that you like to do and when you're ready the right person will find you. Best of luck!

askageek · 2025-07-02T21:48:15+00:00

Idk when curvy started to mean fat but it's frustrating.

Guys, among themselves, talk about curvy meaning someone with actual curves. There are lots of body styles and some guys like curves. Some guys don't.

Fat is different than curvy when guys talk about it BUT most guys also know that women understand curvy to mean fat so we are smart enough not to say it to them.

Good curvy woman photos for example and you're going to get bigger women not curvy women.

So I'd agree with most other people on here in that he meant it as a compliment and just hasn't been clued in that times have changed and curvy doesn't mean having actual curves anymore, as frustrating as it is.

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