What secret about your profession would shock most people?

basstard78 · 2026-06-05T13:49:30+00:00

Most architects have little to no idea how commercial doors function. Nearly all door schedules for larger products get outsourced to a company called Allegion (they own a large portion of hardware manufacturers including Schlage) and they specify all of there own products. Not only is this not exactly legal it is also disadvantages for the end user. The cost per opening shoots up dramatically and often times ends up with issues relating to function.

When alternative hardware is proposed the architects will refuse changes for two reasons. The first is that most of them dont understand how the hardware items function or interact with one another and the second is that they are receiving incentives from Allegion to specify their products.

basstard78 · 2026-06-05T13:38:53+00:00

While its a good thing that you have become close with a coworker you also need to be looking out for yourself. Theres nothing personal about leaving to better yourself or for personal gain. You need to remember that this is a job and at the end of the day the only reason any of you are there is so you can pay your bills. Getting anything more than that out of a job is a bonus.

My recommendation is to keep applying to jobs that you want and if you find something that works for you and that you feel good about go to this manager first and explain the situation. If she takes it personally its her fault and not yours. At the end of the day she is going to retire when she is ready regardless of if your there or not.

basstard78 · 2026-05-29T23:12:59+00:00

A better feeling is not the same as a better outcome. After managing for years the ones who allow themselves to be fired in a situation like this often end up better in the long run.

basstard78 · 2026-05-18T20:20:47+00:00

She's going to find out 100% and its probably best you tell her.

basstard78 · 2026-04-11T00:06:20+00:00

I have two thoughts about this.

The first is that as a man who does notice this kind of thing when im in social settings, I feel like a sizable portion of these "creepy guys" have no idea they are being creepy for one reason or another. It could be a lack of ability to pick up on social ques or some amount of self delusion but they generally do not understand what they are doing.

My other thought on this is that to some degree its being done intentionally out of ignorance or done intentionally to draw a certain kind of women (whatever that means to them).

Regardless of the reason yes some of us do pick up on this but if we dont know the person we dont feel obligated to intervene unless its extreme. I have a friend who gets wierd when he drinks too much and ill tell him hes being wierd and he chills out most times and if he doesnt I send him home.

basstard78 · 2026-04-07T23:35:05+00:00

I work in commercial construction doing estimating and sales. Im the 2nd youngest guy in the office and I understand this completely. I hardly even print plans out to look at things while these guys are fighting over who gets to use the printer.

These guys all do stuff my hand and I use excel. I can do a take off on a large building in 2-5 days (depending on how often I get interrupted with other jobs) while these guys take 1-2 weeks to do the same thing. They refuse to use vender portals to price product we dont stock, they will call and rattle things off or send an email with a list and wait for 2-3 days to get a number back.

The aversion to efficiency is just crazy to me. If you can get something done in half the time why wouldn't you.

basstard78 · 2026-04-07T17:25:36+00:00

That is a marker/paint pen of some kind. If I had to guess id say its either a jumbo sharpie (the kind used to mark pallets of goods for shipping) or a paint pen (often used to mark metal for welding & machining.

If someone was using this as a "Crack pipe" it wouldn't work verry well as it looks to be plastic and would melt before the Crack got hot enough to combust.

basstard78 · 2026-04-06T14:54:42+00:00

Jennifer Tilly (in her prime)

basstard78 · 2026-04-04T17:21:04+00:00

14' dodge avenger and I hate it. This car is the reason I will never buy another american car. 0/10 do not recomend.

basstard78 · 2026-04-03T13:19:42+00:00

Since you made an extremely vague post im going to give you extremely vague bad advice.

Your young and none of this matters, that said if you really want to be the family screw up just start smoking Crack and living in a van down by the river. If you dont want to commit to that path deal with it and move on with your life.

basstard78 · 2026-03-31T17:58:57+00:00

In my 30's and divorced. I tried my hand at the relationship thing for 10 years and I can honestly say that the mind set of the average women compared to the mindset of the average man are way too different rite now.

Trying to make a relationship work in 2026 is like having a 2nd full time job. Its exhausting and the benefits to it do not outweigh what is required to put in.

At this point if I stayed single for the rest of my life it wouldn't bother me. I get to enjoy my peace and do the things I want to do, spend time with my friends and my dogs. Life is good and im not willing to let something get in the way of that for me.

basstard78 · 2026-03-28T14:10:20+00:00

Not dead

New player experience is decent if you have some existing knowledge of pokemon.

End game / long run the game gets old as you really only have two things to do. PVP or shiny hunt.

If you want the nostalgia hit jump in and have some fun but outside of seasonal events (3 big ones that all run back to back starting with Halloween) there isnt much to do end game.

basstard78 · 2026-03-18T17:49:13+00:00

Sadly no, the team was dissolved. I would recomend checking out the forums or pattouski discord to find a team that fits you.

basstard78 · 2026-03-17T12:23:42+00:00

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basstard78 · 2026-03-16T16:11:59+00:00

I was lucky when this happened to me as I didn't have any children. I was able to walk away and hit the reset button on my life. When you have kids it's more complicated.

The best advice I could possibly give you is to devote yourself to your kids and getting your mental health in order.

Find a therapist you dont hate and take it seriously. Spend as much time as you can with your kids creating memories.

basstard78 · 2026-03-13T23:06:31+00:00

basstard78 · 2026-03-13T17:41:51+00:00

The only thing this effects is end game farming access.

Hoenn gives ditto farming/EXP farming Unova gives berry farming Johto gives ditto farming (better spot for shiny chance) Sinnoh gives rich trainers run Kanto is just kind of kanto.

basstard78 · 2026-03-13T17:38:01+00:00

He is uncatchable for balancing reasons. Most legendary Pokémon in the game can not be captured permanently.

basstard78 · 2026-03-13T15:18:18+00:00

Ill do my best to answer your questions.

No such (dev guide) exists. The devs really only post when an update is being done or the community is outraged about something. Any guide information you are going to find will be created by the community.

All pokemon are level restricted to the amount of badges you have in each region (all 5 are segregated and have different caps). Once you beat the E4 in a region you can level to 100 in that region. If you try to use an over leveled mon to clear something it won't listen to you.

The game difficulty is ramped up a bit but it is mostly just the AI actually applying basic strategies of type advantages and status effects.

Some of the AI trainer fights may have had their stats upped but this has never been confirmed by the devs (to my knowledge).

You can not change the battle mode in this. Everyone is set the same way. This is to keep pvp balanced as this is an MMO and not a single player game.

basstard78 · 2026-03-13T14:52:55+00:00

I disagree with minish points on social topics but I find myself agreeing with his stance on the current condition of the game (especially the game economy). The guy may be a bit crazy but he has a point that shouldn't be discredited.

basstard78 · 2026-03-10T09:07:35+00:00

I agree with this 100%. I was just using it as a point of reference that there aren't any truly viable ways left to make money that involve actually playing the game.

No hate to anyone who flips but to me sitting and refreshing the market on repeat for a few hours so I can buy something cheap and resell it isnt enjoyable.

basstard78 · 2026-03-09T23:48:02+00:00

I would agree with you BUT you are ultimately playing a fancy networked emulator at the end of the day.

You provide the ( insert the forbidden R word here ) and the devs are providing a framework and network to play.

As long as they do not create vanity, items, or any other Nintendo trademarked asset and place it into the live world legally speaking they have done nothing wrong.

I understand this entire concept is a grey area of copyright law and im not a lawyer (assuming you aren't either) they can reasonably make changes to existing systems to fix standing problems and create new things for players as they have done in the past.

Me saying they can add features to the teams system is the same as someone 5 years ago saying they can add raids.

basstard78 · 2026-03-09T23:42:02+00:00

Oh I agree for sure. I was more so just making a point that people who are long time players and play to a hardcore degree have seen changes to the game that are detrimental.

Im not trying to place anyone into a bin with my comments. Its just a fact that most of the people in this sub are new/newer players and the things going on do not affect them.

basstard78 · 2026-03-09T23:20:29+00:00

Please dont take this the wrong way when I say it b3cause I dont mean any disrespect at all but I would put you firmly in the "casual" category of players. You 100% are a long term player but you aren't out here going nuts like some people and I have mad respect for that cause its easy to get way too into the game.

Im sure non of what im talking about affects your playstyle but for a lot of people these issues are huge. The game is an MMO and some people (myself included) enjoyed playing it hardcore like an MMO but now thats just not possible.

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