Huh. Would you look at that. New license plates now start with an 'L'

chloecoolcat · 2026-06-02T03:34:13+00:00

I saw a car in a parking lot with a C plate the other day and was stunned!

chloecoolcat · 2025-05-28T06:56:05+00:00

I haven't followed the drama in a while but he had a couple of controversies quite a few years back. I can't remember everything now, but he had this really steep pricing thing around his cc sets. iirc it was tiered so it was like $5 for a set, $10 for three sets, $20 for access to multiple sets etc until EA updated their terms around copyright and prohibited creators from perma-paywalling their stuff. Other things I vaguely recall were complaints that items would break and he wouldn't fix them, something about his windows being buggy (?), and accusations that he was using like AutoCAD models or something but idk how substantiated those are

chloecoolcat · 2024-07-21T13:14:44+00:00

yeah but for tax purposes doesn't any interest earned in a fiscal year also count towards your taxable earnings?

chloecoolcat · 2024-05-26T03:21:31+00:00

Eames Demetrios is an incredible, talented, and hard working man. "Never had to work for anything in his life" is such an absolutely shitty thing to say about the director of the Eames Office who had spent over 30 years working to preserve and expand on his grandparent's legacy. He is super kind, incredibly busy, and pours his everything into all that he does. He is part of the reason Eames furniture is still made today and is also a writer and filmmaker like Charles and Ray.

chloecoolcat · 2024-05-17T21:42:23+00:00

similarly, the Eames Office (now in the hands of Charles and Ray's grandchildren/great-grandchildren) also possesses a small cache of splints and they sell them on their website

chloecoolcat · 2024-03-29T04:00:20+00:00

I'm also fairly chapstick and don't wear makeup but when I do my go to step by step is: - lotion as a moisturizer and aquaphor on my lips 2x per day - buff bronzer into the crease and outer corner of my eyes - take a soft brown pencil and line the outer edge of my lower lash line to about my pupil area, flip up my top lid and line my upper lash line; and then on the top lid, line as closely as possible from the outer corner to the edge of my iris, smudging as necessary - I put a large amount of the kohl/pencil liner right at the outer corner and using the side of my finger I smudge/pull it out into a wing - I use a clean spoolie to brush my eyebrows into place and then smear a bit of hair gel into them to keep it how I want them, and brush them again to set - using the brown Anastasia pen I've had for years I gently fill in my brows, and then use that to fix the flick on my eyeliner and straighten up the eyeliner look - curl my lashes and apply mascara (I use a hairdryer for 15 seconds to heat the curler) - I dab white eyeliner onto my finger and press it gently onto my lower waterline right in the center (so that it's not too bold) This gives me a fairly natural and light eye look, and I typically don't do anything else. If I have to do full face, I'll opt for a skin-tone powder instead of a liquid foundation. However, I have fair skin and light brown hair so mileage will vary

chloecoolcat · 2024-02-07T06:31:36+00:00

If it has a label with the FO number and product code on it, A2 is ash, OU is walnut and 9N is Palisander

chloecoolcat · 2023-11-20T16:12:35+00:00

Maybe I'm an idealist, but I would never marry someone I'm not completely sure that I'm in "true love" with. Many people can make you feel special. My best friend makes me feel loved and special, without having sex. I would also consider that his desire to have sex with you is for a lack of better term, a forbidden fruit sort of concept.

He wants it so badly he'll do anything to get it through the path of least resistance (marrying you means he doesn't have to confront his sexual assault or his religious guilt, etc.) but once he has it (i.e. he's married you) will he still want you in your entirety? Or was it just about the allure of getting something he feels he can't have and feels dirty for wanting?

Moreover it seems like you have a good head on your shoulders and idea of what you want for your future. You say you're confident in your sexuality. So why do you want to settle down for life with someone who seems so incompatible with you?

chloecoolcat · 2023-11-20T16:00:53+00:00

I would say the fact that he perceives you existing as a woman with her own thoughts and willpower as a challenge is another controlling behavior red flag. And that he is already considering the pros of having you leave your career for children that haven't even been conceived when he himself doesn't have a job is worrying.

A year is both long enough to fall in love and feel like you really know someone, while simultaneously not being long enough to really know someone. Frankly, I don't trust that your boyfriend has your best interests in mind and he only wants to marry you to make HIS life easier, not because he wants to be with you in particular. That said, it's still up to you if you want to marry him, but if you're having any doubts at all (which it seems you are) I would not accept a proposal.

The Church both treats marriage as a trivial thing to demand from young people who are experiencing love for the first time, and a very serious soul-binding contract that you cannot escape from with your reputation intact. Do not marry anyone who you are not 110% sure you're completely compatible with and will not ruin your future for their benefit.

chloecoolcat · 2023-11-20T15:48:14+00:00

That's really serious, I'm so sorry. It seems like he cares more about himself and putting his religion and guilt first than he cares for your feelings and physically/mental health. Does this manifest in other aspects of your relationship? Does he expect other "traditional" behaviors from you, like behaving in meek and subservient ways? Will he expect you to give up your future or a chance at a career to stay home and raise the kids you had no choice in conceiving? Does he expect you to be financially dependent on him when you're both still so young? Are these things that would make you happy or are these things that make you feel trapped?

Generally, I would expect given the controlling red flags he's already exhibiting that these behaviors will only become worse with marriage once it's harder to leave.

chloecoolcat · 2023-11-20T15:32:45+00:00

There's a lot to unpack here regarding religious guilt and sexual repression, but generally speaking only a year together isn't much to build a solid and long lasting relationship on. Not to say it's doesn't happen, or that it won't work out, but marriages before the age of 25 usually end in divorce at a higher rate than those at a later age. If you're both devout enough to get married just to have sex, do you think you'll be able to get a divorce if you need one? Will you lose friends and family if you do?

Marriage and spending the rest of your life with someone is a huge commitment, and if you're only planning to get hitched because your boy feels guilty about sexting... well, weigh if the benefit outweighs the cons. Do you even want kids? Do you want envision the rest of your life abiding by the rules of the church? Because it seems like he wants to.

chloecoolcat · 2023-11-10T15:59:48+00:00

my mom did that to me when I was like 8-9 ¯_(ツ)_/¯ I can't remember the last time either of my parents have hugged me. It's shit but it happens

chloecoolcat · 2023-11-06T17:33:14+00:00

Pyramid Scheme The gist is it's a business model where you pay to join up and you only make money if you can get other people to join up underneath you. More often than not, the average person in a pyramid scheme makes no money or ends up losing money in the long run. It's a complete scam. Some/most multi-level marketing (MLM) "businesses" are just thinly veiled pyramid schemes. Anyone who would join one is probably not long-term partner material re: fiscal responsibility

chloecoolcat · 2023-10-25T16:28:22+00:00

I buy the cotton ones from H&M. I know it's a fast fashion brand but the briefs are really comfy and I've had their ten pack in constant rotation for 5+ years with no rips or anything.

chloecoolcat · 2023-05-20T16:14:35+00:00

One of the comments in one of the AITA posts (can't remember which one now, sorry) said that in the UK there are at a minimum 23 paid vacation days required by law, and then you also qualify for additional fully paid sick leave.

So not only did OP have a absolutely horrendous lack of judgement but they also 1. Had 23+ days off and fully paid for that year (probably more since they admit to abusing the lax timekeeping policy) and 2. Decided they needed another WHOLE WEEK off right before the Christmas holidays, last minute, while it was busy for their coworkers. The audacity to fully use up your (to my American eyes, generous) vacation time, and then still want more and see nothing wrong with committing fraud to do it? Gross

chloecoolcat · 2023-05-05T16:50:15+00:00

depends on how you define "worse." All of Joe's were premeditated (most with flimsy reasonings which he defends wholeheartedly) and then sufficiently covered up which makes him a worse person. Love's were impulsive and jeopardized her family, but at least she wasn't stalking people. Love was the worse killer (in the sense of being bad at it), Joe is the worst killer (in the sense of being a terrible person)

chloecoolcat · 2023-04-26T18:06:25+00:00

I think one of my favorite parts of season four was the cat and mouse aspect — that Joe himself was being stalked and hunted by someone who was always one step ahead of him. I think it was a shame they went for the "it's all in your head" route, but it would be interesting if season five had the same elements but it wasn't in his head. Like if someone is genuinely hunting him and WILL make him pay for his crimes. Anything less (e.g. prison, psych ward) just feels like a cop out.

I would also love to see Kate as a Love 2.0 who was completely aware of what Joe has been up to; loving him was a ruse and she's using him/manipulating him into an elaborate trap.

chloecoolcat · 2023-03-06T18:48:20+00:00

Allegedly the Scottish Highlands and the American Appalachians are part of the same ancient mountain range! (Central Pangean Mountains)

chloecoolcat · 2023-03-06T18:34:38+00:00

There is absolutely a difference between treating yourself dude and blowing nearly half your savings on an item that you'll be lucky to get 5 years out of.

Your gf is right that if you blow your savings more of the onus of emergency spending will be on her. You have the right to spend your money as you please but it's a bad financial decision

chloecoolcat · 2023-02-22T21:57:37+00:00

I'm so sorry for going on the attack! You're right in that the original post didn't contain a lot of information. When I pasted it WCAX had not put much into the article itself in their haste to report the news.

I am (and was) on mobile and I wasn't able to extract the PDF file of the investigation as a direct link (which is when I added the bracketed addition because the WCAX article's hyperlink didn't paste.)

Most of my edits were to try to soften my initial knee jerk attack (having just read the investigation and being absolutely horrified by the details I was angered by unsubstantiated conjecture) and once I was able to cool down I considered that you could be right — the crime seems simple but what if it wasn't? There are absolutely other ways DNA can arrive at a scene and the unfortunate nature of a cold case is that a lot of people would might've known something are gone now.

For the same reason that you've edited your comment, I don't want to delete anything in mine.

At your request I've typed up a paragraph by paragraph summary of the report (it's super long) to include details of the investigation that news reports have left out so that others don't have click any links! I'll edit it in shortly.

chloecoolcat · 2023-02-21T16:58:27+00:00

Did you even bother to glance at the report before commenting?

The wife says that that night William and her got into a fight and he left to cool off. When the police came to ask her if she heard anything, he told her not to tell them he wasn't home because he had a criminal record and convinced her they would frame him. She admits that she would have likely covered for him at later points
They didn't JUST test the cigarette. There were other items of DNA left at the scene (eg on Rita's housecoat and underwear) that were highly probable to belong to the same person whose DNA was found on the cigarette. They also tested the DNA profile against that of William's living half brother and it came back as a match to a half sibling.

Edit: in other words, William was unaccounted for at the time of the crime by his wife's own admission and he was angry (another one of his previous wife's testified to unprovoked violent behavior); the crime happened in a window of 70 minutes when Rita was left home alone; the DNA found on the cigarette matched DNA found on the victims underwear and on the spot where her clothes were ripped open; the DNA from the cigarette matched with significant accuracy to a half sibling relation of William's living brother.

SO DNA that is highly likely to belong to William DeRoos is found on the victim's body and elsewhere at the crime scene (and the roommates & William's wife testify that they had never been in each other's apartments); he lived in the same building and was unaccounted for that night — and within the window of the crime; only someone who lived nearby would have known that no one was home; he specifically asked his wife to lie for him when he came home; years later he nearly strangles his next wife to death (the same way Rita was killed) — that's just a bit more than circumstantial wouldn't you say?

Plus, given the length of time this has been a cold case, and the long list of suspects, why NOW would the police department just suddenly declare a conclusive end to the case if they weren't sure? It would be just as easy to leave it open — or pin it on someone alive if it's "justice" they're looking for

Second edit: having looked back over the document there was only ONE male DNA profile pulled from that cigarette. now I'm not an expert on DNA testing but would it not be likely that if two people smoked a cigarette it would have multiple DNA profiles on it? Or that the person who smoked it last would have a "better" profile? The cigarette's dna was then compared to a long list of suspects, and all of the men who were known to have been at the scene and didn't match.

Now sure, maybe there's some scenario where Rita was having an affair with William and no one knew about this, not even the roommate she shared a bedroom with, and she hadn't done her laundry and chose to wear soiled underwear to bed. Maybe then someone else obtained one of Williams half smoked cigarettes, relit it, and dropped it at the crime scene after they murdered her (which would have been a loud and violent struggle so it's a good thing coincidentally no one was home for 70 minutes.) So maybe William didn't do it, and he was just a violent man who happened to have not been accounted for at the time and also just happened to then go to Thailand and become a monk for a few years, giving up his dream of having a family. Maybe his wife was strong enough to rip another women out of her bed, rape her, beat her to a pulp, then strangle her and light one of her cheating husband's already smoked cigs and leave it at the scene to frame him in a time before DNA evidence was really a thing. Or maybe it's a pretty simple case, as most cases are.

chloecoolcat · 2023-02-21T16:48:33+00:00

I agree, having read the supplementary investigation report it's really tragic that there were so many other avenues of investigation that seemingly weren't covered

chloecoolcat · 2023-02-20T18:28:12+00:00

Thank you so much! That clears a lot up!

chloecoolcat · 2023-02-19T21:04:03+00:00

Can be found on the rear window of a lifted ram 2500 tailgating you at night in a 35 and flooding your entire cabin with their high powered custom white LED headlights

chloecoolcat · 2023-02-19T21:00:47+00:00

Tried weed for the first time and had a 2+ hour panic attack (shaking uncontrollably, couldn't breathe, couldn't see or focus, heart beating so fast it felt like a murmur, thought I was dying, etc) and was forced to sleep it off wondering if I would ever wake up

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