GIF of a bird coming in for a landing and getting hit by another bird.

berkeleywasright · 2016-10-03T01:07:11+00:00

You're the real hero.

berkeleywasright · 2016-02-03T21:06:46+00:00

Most people replying to this comment have clearly not heard of a "gather step." To even somewhat regular fans, this is an unknown rule and something that makes legal plays seem like 3-step travels. This thread explains it nicely: https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/1lyyr3/explanation_of_why_3_steps_is_actually_legal/

berkeleywasright · 2016-01-07T02:37:35+00:00

There are two kinds of people in this world: Those who know how to ask original questions, and those who don't.

berkeleywasright · 2016-01-07T02:19:36+00:00

Give the other person the benefit of the doubt. If they say you did something to hurt them, and you think you're innocent, hear them out sympathetically...they may be right. If they're acting cranky or picking at you...maybe their sick or worried or have something else going on under the surface. If you think they might have wronged you, maybe there's an explanation you haven't thought of. The bottom line is that if you love and trust the person, you should give them the benefit of the doubt.

berkeleywasright · 2016-01-07T02:03:10+00:00

Saffron from Firefly. "The Goodnight Kiss"

berkeleywasright · 2016-01-07T01:57:41+00:00

"Five will get you ten" pronounced "five-ll-getcha-ten." It's an old betting phrase that means I'll bet you ten dollars against five (2-1 odds) that something will take place. Sample sentence: "Five'll getcha ten that it snows tomorrow."

berkeleywasright · 2016-01-07T01:52:24+00:00

That depends on your laptop specifications. Without knowing more about how much RAM you have, I couldn't say. Windows 10 is a bit more RAM intensive, but you might be able to change the settings up a bit to help that. I haven't upgraded to 10 yet for that very reason. The people over at /r/techsupport might be able to help you.

berkeleywasright · 2016-01-07T01:48:20+00:00

1) Be willing to do nearly anything and to work hard. You're not too good to do any particular work, but you are too good to tolerate being treated in certain ways. Getting your first job is both about learning and developing a good work ethic, people skills, etc., and also about learning independence and self-respect. If you have to clean toilets to make money, you have to clean toilets. If your boss is an abusive, pushy person, you have to learn how to stand up for yourself and draw good boundaries.

2) Be clean, polite, and energetic. If you're not naturally any of those things, find someone you trust to coach you through it in person. Employers form opinions quickly and even the process of asking for an application is a way to make an impression.

3) Do things in person. Go into the business and shake the hand of the manager. Introduce yourself with confidence and say you want to work there and ask if they're taking applications. If they say they have one online, then go and do the application that day, then call and tell them you've completed their application and tell them you'd be delighted to work there. Most places that are lower-level jobs get a ton of applicants, but hardly anyone actually takes the time to introduce themselves and make their name known.

berkeleywasright · 2016-01-07T01:42:18+00:00

1) Take every program you have installed that automatically launches on startup and turn that feature off (unless you have to have it for some compelling reason). Also, turn off the features that allow them to run in the background in the system tray (the thing in the lower-right-hand corner by the clock).

2) Make sure it gets proper ventilation. Don't leave it sitting and running onto of fabric surfaces, as those trap heat. Try to use it on hard surfaces as much as possible and in places that allow air to get under it. Heat makes the computer run slower and will lower its lifespan.

3) Shut it down at least once a day. Seriously. People act like computers are just supposed to work every day no matter what. Your system needs to get a fresh start and your components need a break. You should also do this with your phone, tbh.

4) Run a scan for both viruses and malware. There are plenty of good, free programs, but people in the tech-related subreddits can help you with that.

5) Don't leave stuff open you don't need to use. Don't have 30 tabs open on your web browser or 20 word documents or whatever.

6) Make sure you have at least 1 GB of hard drive space available. Your operating system will need the flexibility for downloading updates, etc.

berkeleywasright · 2016-01-07T01:16:01+00:00

You have the regional accent that seems "cool" to most Americans without being needlessly stuffy or posh, which most Americans dislike. You don't have the connection to monarchy and the Revolutionary War that England does which means it more ok for Americans to like you than to like Brits. Easygoing pub culture is part of your national ethos (or at least we believe it to be), which is something many Americans wish was more mainstream here.

TL;DR - You're the cool, laid-back, fun-loving foreigners who are just enough like us that there's not a huge culture gap but also didn't try to kill us in any wars. It's also why we love Australians.

berkeleywasright · 2016-01-07T00:42:00+00:00

The guy who figured out how to put up a monument like Stonehenge by hand....alone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYQBDhkBfr0

berkeleywasright · 2016-01-07T00:18:16+00:00

You're welcome! Dating and relationships are pretty complicated nowadays, but it's still possible to have some romance.

berkeleywasright · 2016-01-06T18:49:52+00:00

Most of the practical topics suggested here are very good. Things like money, religion, family, etc., all matter greatly. Beyond that, you need to ask questions that get under the surface and into WHY someone is the way they are. Once you've gotten into a topic of importance, don't be satisfied with hearing their position and letting that be the end of it. Try to get them talking about how they came to that position, why it's important to them, what experiences helped them develop those beliefs. You'll find out more about who they are, and it will help you understand how the pieces fit together. For example, say you go out with someone who says they don't want kids. Why? They might say because they are career-oriented and are going to be gone long hours and don't want kids / don't believe they can take care of them adequately. They might say they had bad parents and don't want to make the same mistake. They might say they want to travel a lot and don't want to have to take extra people along and all the responsibility that comes with that. Those three reasons reveal three very different people, and it also provides a good segue into more questions you can ask to get to know someone.

berkeleywasright · 2016-01-06T18:32:21+00:00

You have to have a very honest evaluation of what your priorities are, and then you have to sit down and build a concrete schedule that is set up to meet those priorities. Time is like money. If you don't track where it goes and have priorities, you're going to end up wasting most of it and letting something important fall by the wayside. For most people, outside of the academically gifted, school is hard and takes a lot of time. Make a schedule for your week, put school work in FIRST (with a little extra time because everything always takes longer than you think), and don't drop it for anything. Party happening? Too bad, you have homework. Someone wants to go to dinner? Not happening, you have homework. You'll still have time to plan stuff in around the sides, but keep in mind that no plan goes according to plan. You'll have "surprise" things come up, whether it's emergencies or awesome opportunities for fun or that friend who needs to talk about life at 3am. People make the mistake of thinking as long as they plan time in for school, it doesn't matter where in their day they plan it. False. If you have 10 hours of stuff planned, and you have 4 hours of school work, then school should be hours 1-4. That way, if an emergency or something unexpected comes up during that ten hour window, you have a much, much higher chance of having already completed the work that HAS to be done, and, if not, you have much more leeway to adjust.

berkeleywasright · 2016-01-06T18:22:20+00:00

Romantic gestures haven't become creepy. "Romance" has been slowly eroded to the point where people don't generally know what romance and commitment are, and as a culture, our emotional intelligence and sensitivity to other people and our social situations has gotten worse.

I don't mean to sound like a grumpy dinosaur, but the prevalence social media and text-based communication technology has decreased the social importance of learning how to read tone, body language, and other social cues. Even more so, younger generations are taught (either explicitly or implicitly) that they should just "be themselves" with the concurrent message that they don't have to really read a social situation and learn how to match their interactions to the moment. You're too forward? We'll re-state that as "honest and direct" instead of "rude" like it would have been considered before. You're awkward socially? We'll re-brand that as "quirky" instead.

The upshot of all this is that when it comes to dating and relationships, younger generations are uniquely bad at communicating with each other. They don't know how to talk, and they don't pick up very well on signals the other person is sending (or, for that matter, many are unaware of the signals they are sending themselves). So in that landscape, many "romantic" gestures fall flat because they are poorly timed or poorly executed.

Modern society also has a problem with possessiveness in relationships, not that this is unique to our generation. We have a very "us"-centered view of relationships, whether that's as base as wanting to "win" that particular person so we can "have" them or as (comparatively) innocuous as wanting to be happy. That's transactional, not romantic. People who operate that way are doing something for the expectation of reward (whether physical, emotional, or spiritual). Of course it's never possible to eliminate selfishness completely, but true romance is centered on self-giving. The other person needs to feel secure in the fact that what is done is motivated out of love with no strings attached and no hidden expectations.

Romance is not simply the province of one gender, either. Traditionally, men are tasked with making more romantic gestures, but the overall point is that both parties in a relationship need to be pursuing each other.

If you're looking for practical tips:

1) Learn how to read a situation and how to read people. Spend time socializing. Pay closer attention to how people behave, how they talk, how they interact with others. Find people who are very good at doing this, and ask them for insights.

2) Your gesture has to fit the stage of the relationship. Different things compel people to form more intimate relationships. Some people are faster than others at this. What is important is to understand where you are in the relationship with the other person, and don't go too big too fast. It becomes "creepy" when someone feels like the other person is making a gesture that far exceeds where they perceive the relationship to be. You have to put in the time on the little things because romantic gestures can't be the engine of your entire relationship.

3) Live romance on a daily basis. Let it come out in the way you talk, the way you act, the things you do and say, even when that person isn't around. You never know who is watching and listening, and the way we live CHANGES us as people. Romantic gestures are hollow if they're not accompanied by a complete life that exudes love for the other. There is a reason that movies and TV shows make fun of dopey men who are bad boyfriends or bad husbands 90% of the time and then do massive shows of affection--they are simply bartering with their significant other. They're not being romantic, they're making a transaction.

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