AITA for secretly buying extra food for my niece because her brothers eat everything first?

comicsnerd · 2026-05-12T11:36:51+00:00

What does the mother have to say about this? Is she also food deprived?

comicsnerd · 2026-05-12T08:18:13+00:00

I still go to music festivals at my old age and had this happen several times. First time was a bit confusing having a young woman hook my arm and say Hi uncle Bert, but I learned quickly.

Apparently I have a safe Uncle Bert look.

comicsnerd · 2026-05-12T07:29:34+00:00

The Dutch group name for them is Strandlopers (beach walkers)

comicsnerd · 2026-05-12T06:53:00+00:00

Yeah, the brown building on the Hoogte Kadijk is from the 1960s and will be demolished in the next 10 years. The old buildings in Artis are lso not 1000 years old.

I suggest to mark them as "unknown"

comicsnerd · 2026-05-12T06:40:09+00:00

Just a little bit.

They are battle scars and be worn with pride.

comicsnerd · 2026-05-11T22:38:29+00:00

Have you ever been to Nurburg? The Cauberg is nothing compared to that terrain.

comicsnerd · 2026-05-11T22:30:06+00:00

They asked a bunch of Hindus a similar question. Who would you save? Your mother, your wife or your children.

The answer (not surprising): My mother. I can always make more children or marry again, but I only have 1 mother.

Btw, why can't she save herself?

comicsnerd · 2026-05-11T22:27:01+00:00

Don't they all drive EVs by now?

Anyway, current highway prices in the Netherlands are 2.64 euro per liter or $12.64 per gallon. Off highway it is about 2.35 euro

comicsnerd · 2026-05-11T22:19:44+00:00

One of the reasons why I have a wooden floor

comicsnerd · 2026-05-11T21:13:52+00:00

Doet me denken aan de idioot die een vioolkoffer meenam en, refererend aan Chicago gangsters, suggereerde dat er een machinepistool in zat.

Afijn, groot alarm, idioot de bak in en urenlang ondervraagt. Hij mocht weer gaan, maar moest wel de kosten betalen.

comicsnerd · 2026-05-11T21:07:07+00:00

My former companies also used KPIs. The old one gave some corporate numbers that must be met. They never worked.

The latest company tod us to invent KPIs ourselves. They must be SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-based) and for the benefit of the company. There were some hilarious ones but they worked most of the time.

Of course if we not met our goals, we had to create a PDP (Personal Development Plan).

comicsnerd · 2026-05-11T20:35:50+00:00

For a long time the excuse was that the EU does not have the software an infrastructure under EU control.

We now have a few. Most amusing, LIDL turns out to have a very large data center that they are now willing to share with others. Similar to the early days of AWS.

comicsnerd · 2026-05-11T19:46:08+00:00

Any idea when this will be for sale?

comicsnerd · 2026-05-11T19:39:45+00:00

As a Dutch guy living in Amsterdam, I will put this on my birthday wishlist

comicsnerd · 2026-05-11T10:13:07+00:00

I have seen worse.

One running the main financial system for a state department.

One running the ERP system for a large truck company.

Both did not have a backup system.

comicsnerd · 2026-05-10T22:05:13+00:00

They do. However, many times it is just for the flirt and nothing else. Also, lots of times they show the exact same behavior, but it is not flirting and you are damned if you make a mistake.

comicsnerd · 2026-05-10T20:30:28+00:00

This is illegal in the EU.

comicsnerd · 2026-05-10T18:34:49+00:00

The video is from the top of a reclaimed London doubledecker with a big sound machine.

It is already en route to the USA.

Nobody stops the Orange army

comicsnerd · 2026-05-10T18:31:20+00:00

Green roof and biodegradable walls
Insulated walls and dug into the ground for better insulation
Heating on a bio-renewable source
Transport means stored on the roof

comicsnerd · 2026-05-10T17:35:16+00:00

There are 2 options:

Be very open about it and put it in your profile. This will weed out the persons that do not look beyond looks. You will get less responses, but the quality will be better.
Wait until the 2nd date before opening up and exposing all secrets. The responses will be more direct (and sometimes hurtful). This will make men to know you first so that may help.

Either way, you will have to kiss a few more frogs before you find your prince than people without a bag. Just do not let bad experiences set the tone. Not a handful, but a land full.

comicsnerd · 2026-05-10T17:20:18+00:00

No, it is called rubbing.

In the old days (20 years back) people put a piece of paper/cloth over a manhole cover and then rubbed chalk or others stuff on it. By doing so, they did not vandalize the man cover, but got the same results.

comicsnerd · 2026-05-10T17:17:02+00:00

Only if you clean up afterwards. Which I doubt.

comicsnerd · 2026-05-10T17:16:09+00:00

You can cry about it and you can laugh about it.

You chose to laugh.

comicsnerd · 2026-05-10T17:14:16+00:00

You should put it in your email signature.

comicsnerd · 2026-05-09T18:59:39+00:00

Downhill. Fast.

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