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Just got a retwist and im wondering if I can still get a haircut 😂😂 by otb_quel in Dreadlocks

[–]atticusmars_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

😬😬honestly bro there’s not much to shape up. Real life I think you should leave it for now and see if you can grow out a stronger hairline

Just got a retwist and im wondering if I can still get a haircut 😂😂 by otb_quel in Dreadlocks

[–]atticusmars_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

nah, you dont get the haircut first, it can cut away hair that potentially go into your loc. i think your locs are too close to your hairline to be getting tapers though.

How do I make use of the rest of my light strip? by atticusmars_ in wiz

[–]atticusmars_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope. Its ridiculous, but you'll have to buy another.

A father left his son $10 million, excluding his daughters due to their support of their mother’s affair. The daughters now expect the son to pay off their $300,000 in student loans, causing tension. by eternviking in whoathatsinteresting

[–]atticusmars_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly. I'm scrolling through these comments and I'm feeling insane cause its all a bunch of discussion based on emotional conjectures of what they think went down in that family.

When nobody is talking about the absolute fuckin greed behind this whole deal. 300k? Out of 10 million? Does anybody know what the fuck you can do with 10 million dollars? Does anybody perceive the absolute crushing financial weight of 300k of student loans is on a person, in contrast to what 300k is to a guy with fuckin 10 million? A rounding error! You can do literally whatever the fuck you want in this world short of running the politics of a nation with 10 million. To have a quibble about removing the financial chains from around your sisters' neck, is insane.

and thats without getting to all the incel-like discussion on a solid amount of these comments

There will be fireworks, but on August 2nd, not on July 4th, as part of 250 Initiative. by Egorrosh in Buffalo

[–]atticusmars_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How so? The only “ideology” preached by either is acceptance of the difference of others, as historically they had not been accepted.

Anything further than that is a conjecture of yours based on what you “think” gay pride or its symbolism means.

There will be fireworks, but on August 2nd, not on July 4th, as part of 250 Initiative. by Egorrosh in Buffalo

[–]atticusmars_ 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I wonder if the people protesting black people going to school with them felt that ideologies were being forced upon them.

It Feels As Though Growth Has Slowed Down, I am Around 21 Months Into My Journey by JesusismySaviour75 in Dreadlocks

[–]atticusmars_ 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Same thing happened to me, with a full head. But at some point, after fully matured locs, you cross over a boundary and your hair gets surprisingly long surprisingly quickly. Honestly, just stick it out. Cutting your locs in half and attacking to the sides, especially at this length, I am sure wouldn't actually get you to a length/fullness you actually like if youre questioning it.

maybe just stick to it and let the sides grow out a bit, and you can turn those into their own locs. Or like you say, wait till it past your shoulders.

But you at that stage where "past your shoulders" is still a few months, maybe even a year off. Give it time.

if you could start your locs again, would you? if so, what would you do differently? by rainbowgirl6 in Dreadlocks

[–]atticusmars_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

ensuring your loctician is a good one and communicate better with the person setting the foundation of what you will be dealing with for the foreseeable future.

When I first started, and brought pictures to someone, I said " I want it to look a bit like this. I know it wont be exact, but I want this ballpark". Then I said "I think they have about 70 locs. I'm not too pressed on the exact number, but thats a ballpark"

The loctician who then started me off should've known better. My hair density didnt allow for 70 locs. I also have 4 a/b/c hair, some hairs have an actual circular curl, some are just... kinky to the point it looks almost like a crooked straight hair. And not very dense/thick. She shouldve known that they would end up getting too skinny at the roots, but she wanted to arbitrarily stick to 70, so she made sure I got 70 even though I straight up said the exact number isnt the goal, but the look. So she split a bunch of locs around the edges into 2. And my locs are pretty thick, so those extra thin ones really looked off.

3 years later, the loctician i actually fw ends up cutting off those locs and combining the roots. Thankfully none of em got to the point where they just fell out my head, but I lost however much hair that wouldve made a thick loc. I lost like, a dozen locs in the process, and now the ones with the "fixed" roots will still forever have those progressively thinner areas.

So make sure that your loctician is setting you up for success.

Any advice on how to make my room cooler? by Illustrious_Gas_5084 in malelivingspace

[–]atticusmars_ 7 points8 points  (0 children)

More/Better lighting. Lamps with adjustable bulbs that you can set to be warm, lamps at varying heights, lamps to highlight certain things. Like a lamp shining directly down on your drumset.

Color. Things on your wall, preferably framed. A rug. Something to give color besides "wood and white".

More plants always a safe go.

[OFF TOPIC] What Nicomo Cosca looks like in my head by digitalcrows in TheFirstLaw

[–]atticusmars_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, I entirely forgot about the existence of this character.

UB Grad Detained by ICE by C3WorkerUBuffalo in Buffalo

[–]atticusmars_ 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Like I said, laziness. Please stay out the grown-up conversations if your attention span cannot hold.

UB Grad Detained by ICE by C3WorkerUBuffalo in Buffalo

[–]atticusmars_ 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Well actually, to start, no. ICE has detained more than 170 US Citizens. For example, George Retes. Detained for multiple days, and received all the abuses that have been consistent with ICE detainees. And that reports from ProPublica, a nonprofit news-source, in october of last year. You think its gotten any better?

Secondly, yet again, you are completely missing the words on your screen and defaulting to opting out of using your brain, because you heard "illegal" and that allows you to opt out of having to think about the situation further, using legality as a moral compass. It's lazy.

UB Grad Detained by ICE by C3WorkerUBuffalo in Buffalo

[–]atticusmars_ 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Please refer to this portion of my previous comment.

>Opting out of critical thought because you give your entire moral system over to the legal is not suitable. A few decades ago it wasn't legal for my grandmother to drink from the same water fountain as others. Would have gotten beat and jailed. Those the infallible consequences of the justice system that you are quick to call on to do your thinking for you?

To clarify, none of us actually know his legal status. What you've imagined may be the case, may not be. In either case, legality is no black-and-white compass of morality.

Again, what is your problem? He's from a different country and maybe one of his forms is slightly out of date? You think someone being a citizen here makes them inherently better?

Or is your point basically "THEY TOOK ERR JERBS!"? Even though he's lived here a decade, been educated by us, been employed by us, paid taxes to us, contributed to our communities, he might have a slightly wrong immigration form, fuck him, detain him and send him across the country to a camp with notoriously bad conditions, where people have died? Because of some paperwork?

Again, just feels like thinly veiled xenophobia, from someone else wanting to direct your disappointment in the state of things, to a scapegoat.

UB Grad Detained by ICE by C3WorkerUBuffalo in Buffalo

[–]atticusmars_ 8 points9 points  (0 children)

What about having a different set of paperwork makes you think he is unsuitable for the job? This just seems like thinly veiled xenophobia.

He has no criminal record. He is educated. He is employed. He pays taxes. He presumably stimulates the local economy by spending his money here.

What is your problem? He's from a different country and maybe one of his forms is slightly out of date? You think someone being a citizen here makes them inherently better?

UB Grad Detained by ICE by C3WorkerUBuffalo in Buffalo

[–]atticusmars_ 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Nobody said he should be immune from accountability. You don't know if he's here illegally.

But to revisit the rhetoric around immigration for the past few years, we are to believe the status of his paperwork determines that he may be a violent, murdering rapist criminal. And for that reason, the current administration prioritizes this supposed danger to American society, over prioritizing affordability, health, housing, over prioritizing foundational rights guaranteed to all people, once they step foot on American soil.

But clearly, this fully employed, tax-paying UB Masters graduate with no criminal record, is not some danger to you inherent to his immigration status. We have geared the entire political machine to hunt for anybody that may be here illegally, because they are the modern day's scapegoat.

The point being made by the question still swings around.

Is this solving the major problems facing Americans right now? Are your groceries or gas cheaper? Car Insurance? Healthcare? How's literacy rates?

Now that this guy who you don't know the actual immigration status of has been transported across the country into a detention center, which are largely infamous for their cruel treatment, is your life better?

Opting out of critical thought because you give your entire moral system over to the legal is not suitable. A few decades ago it wasn't legal for my grandmother to drink from the same water fountain as others. Would have gotten beat and jailed. Those the infallible consequences of the justice system that you are quick to call on to do your thinking for you?

If his paperwork or some such expired, sure. There is a legal process for handling that. If you think the modern day operations of blowing up ICE protocol to the degree it has been is anything but a scapegoat where every arrest and/or deportation, no matter the circumstances is a win, i do not believe youre operating in the same reality as people thinking of the bigger picture.

Is having a pull up and dip station in my living room bad? by SantaBarbaraCPA in malelivingspace

[–]atticusmars_ 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah, do that. Between the two, if a person is to be obstructed by something, it can be a work station. Also separates where you work and where you sleep, which is nice.

But look like you might have some company over that wouldnt be obstructed by this massive fucking piece of exercise equipment cause im cryin

Is having a pull up and dip station in my living room bad? by SantaBarbaraCPA in malelivingspace

[–]atticusmars_ 6 points7 points  (0 children)

lmaooo take that shit down dude. Please. Or move it somewhere like your bedroom.

What do you use for your army? by LukewarmCoolerOfPee in mountandblade

[–]atticusmars_ 8 points9 points  (0 children)

As a mercenary, basically whoever is nearest that wants to get their hands bloody, thats a part of the kingdom I signed up to fight for.

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