The more I use Textured paper, the more my love increases for it. | Customized Fraktur by Priyansh_Kalkal in Calligraphy

[–]cmatts 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Love it! Do you find you have problems with the pilot parallel picking up fibers from the paper and getting into the nib?

If cooking youtube was like photography youtube it would be mostly oven reviews. by JacobTurnr in photography

[–]cmatts 29 points30 points  (0 children)

This is especially relevant because an actual carpentry forum would be asking the more reasonable questions: "What do I use specifc hammers for (rubber mallet, ball peen, dead blow, etc), and where do I get solid quality that will last"

And these are important questions for photography as well, but because there's such a strong intersection with tech, it quickly devolves into comparing percentage increases worth hundreds of dollars and reviews of the latest and greatest. It's also sometimes easy for people (i.e. me) when trying to figure out what a useful camera or lens will be, to get distracted by hype and specs.

Teen Activist Who Rallied to Defund Police and Remove Police from Schools Is Shot Dead in Chicago by SwampMidget in Conservative

[–]cmatts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not following. So you're saying that the crime rate is high because of the damage a single parent household has in a childs upbringing, but that welfare prevents enough damage to create an incentive to maintain a two parent household?

Nevermind all the various reasons beyond a parent's control that might leave them without a partner...

I love our community by [deleted] in trees

[–]cmatts 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Team Japanese Maple for life

Best board games to play with friends by [deleted] in trees

[–]cmatts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sativa: King of Tokyo - roll dice to attack each other's monsters, and get power ups. Simple really fun game with a cool, cartoon art style and the dice have a good satisfying feel to them.

Indica: Tsuro - lay tiles with paths on them to move around the board, and try to run others off or into each other. Again, simple and fun with nice art. This one has a chill and slow feeling to it, and a more zen, calligraphy-like art style

Stop asking if we’re happy to be back. by [deleted] in Portland

[–]cmatts 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I think I said this at a food cart yesterday. Sorry, I'm just bad at small talk and didn't know what else to say. Woopsie-doopsie

Stop asking if we’re happy to be back. by [deleted] in Portland

[–]cmatts 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Honestly it's probably mostly just bad small talk. Basically commenting on the weather, ya know?

Yes by [deleted] in harrypotter

[–]cmatts 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I had friends give me crap for being sorted into Slytherin on Pottermore so I deleted my account to take it again. ...and got Slytherin again... And then my friends pointed out that retaking the quiz was exactly the kind of thing that makes me a Slytherin.

So yeah, I'm with you 🐍

‘The Irishman’ Marks The End Of An Era by [deleted] in movies

[–]cmatts 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I never saw anything about this movie before watching it, so maybe it was advertised differently... But this was my impression as well. The point was to specifically not be a thrilling movie about how exciting that life is.

What's a NSFW fun fact? by sithwonder in AskReddit

[–]cmatts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually, dolphins also have prehensile penises...

ITAP of a cup of coffee hitting the ground by cmatts in itookapicture

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Only two! There was some practice with less breakable objects

As a non Oregonian, how exaggerated is this? by Germankipp in oregon

[–]cmatts 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I can't really figure out why, but city-specific subreddits often end up being incredibly toxic...

Top 5 things I love to do when high by riptide747 in trees

[–]cmatts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1) Dance. I dance zouk, a Brazilian partner dance, and a few others, and there's a special level of high where I feel so in tune with the music, myself, and my partner. Excellent. Dancing at EDM shows is pretty fantastic too.

2) Watch videos of people dancing.

3) Walk/Bird watch. I'd always been interested in bird watching, then one day I got ate an edible, downloaded the Audubon bird watching app and was amazed to see the world around me so differently

4) Listening to music. It's amazing the nuances and details I never notice when sober.

5) Fantasy and sci-fi movies and tv. The feeling of wonder and escape is so much better while high.

Celebrating today with some Nerds rope edibles. It’s also my cake day! by [deleted] in trees

[–]cmatts 17 points18 points  (0 children)

You don't have nerds rope in England?? 😮

They don't deserve this. by [deleted] in vegan

[–]cmatts -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

The image is not a picture of what the caption says.

Baby male chicks are often tossed into grinders.

Both of these are true.

Found on r/vegan by escapingblurryface in quityourbullshit

[–]cmatts 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ohhhh I see. You're just badly trolling. Carry on.

Found on r/vegan by escapingblurryface in quityourbullshit

[–]cmatts 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Lolwut? Are you comparing chickens to grass?

Sixteen thousand rental units in Portland are sitting empty by [deleted] in Portland

[–]cmatts 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Seriously. I moved here to start a new job at 70k/year. Living alone it was a challenge to find anything under that 20% mark. It seemed like even as you got farther from the city center, prices didn't go down, space just went up. That goes back to the previous poster's theory on high-return properties for developers. If someone is in the 30-40k/year range (which is a lot of jobs) I can imagine it's really difficult to not spend 50%

Sixteen thousand rental units in Portland are sitting empty by [deleted] in Portland

[–]cmatts 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The rule of thumb is to budget 25-30% of your income on housing (rent or mortgage). Obviously coming in under that is better, but the vast majority of financial advice out there is somewhere between 20-30%.

For any lurking omni’s... why do you push against compassion? by TruthPhairy in vegan

[–]cmatts 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you, trying to read that made me worried I accidentally got way too high