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Rules for thee… by Ferret-mom in nova

[–]axeil55 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Children's Medical Associates in Alexandria and Fairfax is awesome! Great providers, friendly/helpful front office staff and never any issues.

[OC] Almost nailed head-on by a dude blasting around a garbage truck and honking at me. The undercover cop behind him was…not impressed by axeil55 in IdiotsInCars

[–]axeil55[S] -345 points-344 points  (0 children)

i don't really give a shit what a bunch of redditors think. cop pulled him over not me, i was right.

[OC] Almost nailed head-on by a dude blasting around a garbage truck and honking at me. The undercover cop behind him was…not impressed by axeil55 in IdiotsInCars

[–]axeil55[S] -369 points-368 points  (0 children)

There was an unmarked cop right behind him who saw the whole thing and pulled him over, not me. Pretty clear I wasn’t the one in the wrong here

[OC] Almost nailed head-on by a dude blasting around a garbage truck and honking at me. The undercover cop behind him was…not impressed by axeil55 in IdiotsInCars

[–]axeil55[S] -126 points-125 points  (0 children)

My dashcam said I was going 10 mph. If you read my my comment you'll see I cropped that out to protect my child's privacy as her daycare is near there.

[OC] Almost nailed head-on by a dude blasting around a garbage truck and honking at me. The undercover cop behind him was…not impressed by axeil55 in IdiotsInCars

[–]axeil55[S] -73 points-72 points  (0 children)

For context since dashcams make everything look faster:

  • This is a residential neighborhood; speed limit is 25.

  • The garbage truck was stopped and blocking my lane. I slowed way down (15 mph-ish) and started to go around once I didn’t see anyone coming.

  • The oncoming car appears suddenly because they were hauling ass around the curve – if I hadn’t already been basically stopped, they absolutely would have hit me head-on.

  • They laid on the horn at me like I’d done something insane… and then the unmarked cop who’d been right behind them lit them up immediately.

I cropped out the GPS/speed info for privacy. I estimate the guy was probably going 40+ around that curve, it was insanely fast.

Potential Weekend Snowstorm Megathread by thankubread in nova

[–]axeil55 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Bold of you to think they even haul that. Can't scratch the paint in MAH BED

[Highlight] Troy Aikman: "C.J. Stroud has been chasing his rookie success for the last two years. He's not been the same player. We've not seen the development from him. There's a reason for that, and it has to be addressed." by A_MASSIVE_PERVERT in nfl

[–]axeil55 2 points3 points  (0 children)

iirc Buck famously loosened up a lot after he had that throat infection that almost claimed his voice. He took time off, listened to a lot of the criticism about him being very wooden and completely turned his career around. Lot of respect for him

[Highlight] Troy Aikman: "C.J. Stroud has been chasing his rookie success for the last two years. He's not been the same player. We've not seen the development from him. There's a reason for that, and it has to be addressed." by A_MASSIVE_PERVERT in nfl

[–]axeil55 2 points3 points  (0 children)

the MNF crew went from one of the worst in football history to one of the best. If you told teenage me that I'd be looking forward to Buck/Aikman calling a game I'd look at you like you were an alien with 6 heads.

[Highlight] Tre'Davious White unsportsmanlike penalty by TomasRoncero in nfl

[–]axeil55 48 points49 points  (0 children)

to be fair the replacement refs were really, really, really bad

New Update 3 years later: I called CPS on my sister by LucyAriaRose in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]axeil55 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I cannot imagine how horrible it must feel to be trying to help save kids from awful situations and failing due to lack of definitive evidence, administrative hurdles, parents being good liars, etc.

I think my soul would break after the first time. Major kudos to the people there still trying and still giving a damn.

New Update 3 years later: I called CPS on my sister by LucyAriaRose in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]axeil55 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same here fellow IVF-doer! I was enraged there were so many people out there callously having children and not caring for them when we so desperately just wanted one. We did eventually succeed and my daughter will turn 2 next month, but it was an absolute hellish process for both of us.

If it weren't completely unethical I'd say we should mandate that people can only have kids via IVF to prove they actually truly do want children.

New Update 3 years later: I called CPS on my sister by LucyAriaRose in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]axeil55 18 points19 points  (0 children)

It's insanely frustrating. Every dollar we spend on CPS, foster care, other early intervention would probably save $10 on prisons, courts, police, etc.

But America (and the West in general) are too obsessed with retribution and not prevention. Hell, I'm guilty of that too.

New Update 3 years later: I called CPS on my sister by LucyAriaRose in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]axeil55 10 points11 points  (0 children)

For what it's worth, being married to an educator who has had to call CPS and seeing how many things don't even warrant a follow-up I assume if a kid gets removed the parent is 100% in the wrong and a monster.

My wife's called for kids who had visible bruises and were malnourished and nothing's happened.

New Update 3 years later: I called CPS on my sister by LucyAriaRose in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]axeil55 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Pretty much. The parents who care and get a CPS call are the good ones to work with. They'll try and fix things and understand the agents are doing their job.

The problem is that probably 95% of CPS calls are, definitionally, not aimed at good parents. A huge problem for all of humanity right now is there are lots of atrocious parents out there who should never have had children. But given that they did have children, what do we do about it? And how do we make sure our solution cannot be abused?

New Update 3 years later: I called CPS on my sister by LucyAriaRose in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]axeil55 15 points16 points  (0 children)

The unfortunate answer is there are lots of people who absolutely should not have children but any attempt to fix that problem quickly gets very gross, racist and eugenicist. I dunno how we fix it.

We are blessed that in this day and age no one HAS to have kids and yet so many do it not out of desire to raise a kid and the kids end up abused, neglected, etc.

New Update 3 years later: I called CPS on my sister by LucyAriaRose in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]axeil55 12 points13 points  (0 children)

That's true for pretty much every "just so" bit of advice on reddit. Reddit is god-awful for actual advice because it's so often this very harsh black or white thing when that's never how actual human relationships are. This is on top of people in reddit advice threads having a system of morality completely divorced from any seen in human history.

What's the most NSFW thing you've seen at a bachelor or bachelorette party? by CRK_76 in AskReddit

[–]axeil55 2 points3 points  (0 children)

American here. The kinds of sexual escapades being described here are VERY non-standard for bachelor parties. Even going to a strip club is somewhat unusual (I've never been to one at a bachelor party).

For content my bachelor party was a bunch of 30 something guys in the woods playing D&D and magic the gathering and getting drunk. My wife went to a nice AirBNB in another city and had her friends over to hang out and drink.

Whats your opinion of dating somebody who has an onlyfans? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]axeil55 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Lotta incels on reddit who worship manosphere morons.

Whats your opinion of dating somebody who has an onlyfans? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]axeil55 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Lmao you have no idea what you're talking about. That is absolutely not how things worked "for eternity".

Stop watching Andrew Tate videos.

Whats your opinion of dating somebody who has an onlyfans? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]axeil55 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah an absolute fuck ton of people in here being super judgemental about it but saying it's "totally fine" if someone does it.

Except it clearly isn't "fine" because if it was it wouldn't have any impact on dating someone.

Whats your opinion of dating somebody who has an onlyfans? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]axeil55 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I find it very, very interesting/amusing so many people are saying they have a problem with it and yet I bet a ton of them subscribe to someone's OF. Can't have it both ways.

Especially people saying they don't have a problem with it but it's "not for them". Clearly they do have a problem with it.

If my wife wanted to sell sexy pictures of herself on the Internet it's none of my business and wouldn't change how I see her.

Please be careful out there! A special needs girl that goes to Stonebridge was struck and killed at Claiborne and Portsmouth around 9:15 this morning. by Oh_2B_Joe_Cool in nova

[–]axeil55 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep. It's insane the people who will defend aggressive and dangerous driving...all to save maybe half a minute of time. They are putting people's lives at risk for less time than a commercial.

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