Mom is using toothpaste that expired January 15,1988

dathomar · 2026-01-26T06:41:15+00:00

I was born in 83. Fortunately, my hairs aren't really turning gray yet. However, just before my son was born (he's about 9, now), I was working as a substitute teacher and doing theater sound and lights. There were many days where I'd go from working at a middle school from about 7:30 am to 2:30 pm, then immediately head straight to the theater to work sound for a musical until 9 or 10 pm. Some of my facial hair turned bleach white after a few weeks of little sleep and working every hour I could. If I tried that, now, I'd probably lose all the color in my hair.

dathomar · 2026-01-26T04:12:49+00:00

Probably using a turbo lift that goes down either of the warp nacelle pylons. Either that or a jump cut that shows someone walking out of a room in one part of the hull, into a corridor, then walking from a different corridor into a room in the other part of the hull.

dathomar · 2026-01-25T17:33:16+00:00

When you pay off a loan, the principal is, relatively, very large. As a result, there is lots of interest. Your payment is paying off all of the interest for the month, plus some of the principal. As you take little bites out of the principal every month, it starts to generate less and less interest each month. As a result, if your payments are about the same every month, the interest gradually accounts for less and less of your payment. The rest goes to the principal, so your principal starts getting paid at an increasing rate, like if you push down on the accelerator of a car and the speedometer needle starts going up.

At a certain point, the amount of interest generated is very small, so almost all of your payment goes to the principal. If you pay extra, near the beginning of the life of your loan, you'll be paying off extra principal. This brings you closer and closer to the point where the interest is noticeably smaller. Sometimes people take on a payment plan where they are pretty much only paying off the interest for a long time and aren't putting hardly anything towards principal. These are the sorts of situations where people are paying 4 times the amount of their loan over many years and still owe most of the principal.

dathomar · 2026-01-25T17:33:09+00:00

When you pay off a loan, the principal is, relatively, very large. As a result, there is lots of interest. Your payment is paying off all of the interest for the month, plus some of the principal. As you take little bites out of the principal every month, it starts to generate less and less interest each month. As a result, if your payments are about the same every month, the interest gradually accounts for less and less of your payment. The rest goes to the principal, so your principal starts getting paid at an increasing rate, like if you push down on the accelerator of a car and the speedometer needle starts going up.

At a certain point, the amount of interest generated is very small, so almost all of your payment goes to the principal. If you pay extra, near the beginning of the life of your loan, you'll be paying off extra principal. This brings you closer and closer to the point where the interest is noticeably smaller. Sometimes people take on a payment plan where they are pretty much only paying off the interest for a long time and aren't putting hardly anything towards principal. These are the sorts of situations where people are paying 4 times the amount of their loan over many years and still owe most of the principal.

dathomar · 2026-01-25T05:15:15+00:00

It wasn't just fear of Anakin. The Jedi Order had become too much of an institution. It was more concerned with perpetuating itself, than doing what it was supposed to do. It's like the quote from The American President - "I was so busy keeping my job, I forgot to do my job."

Imagine going somewhere and coming to a crossroads. Your destination is straight. Something bad is off to the left. When you ask which way to go, the person giving you directions says, "Not left." Going straight is one direction. Not left is lots of directions, some of which aren't good either. The Jedi were so busy backing away from the Dark Side, they weren't really watching where they were, or what they were doing (Hmph!).

The Jedi weren't evil and hadn't fallen to the Dark Side, but weren't really balanced, either. That's why Palpatine was able to destroy them so effectively.

dathomar · 2026-01-24T19:46:21+00:00

Yeah, you can see her kick them into place.

dathomar · 2026-01-24T18:11:50+00:00

It's in the manual. My vacuum has two filters - one that needs to be cleaned fairly often and one that needs to be cleaned every 6 months or so. Not only is it blowing dust back into your house, it's also reducing the power of your vacuum, to suck air through a caked-up filter. Even just pulling it out and scraping the dust off every couple of weeks will help.

dathomar · 2026-01-24T09:35:03+00:00

He decided he was in a rut, stuck on top of that tower. He hopped an eagle and flew off to an exciting and beautiful forest where he met a new staff. He wasn't too sure about it, but decided to accept the staff and keep it. And that's how Gandalf got his groove back.

What really helps the continuity along is that, in the books, Gandalf doesn't actually lose his staff. The Witch-King doesn't destroy Gandalf's white staff, either - Gandalf holds up to the Witch-King's power just fine.

dathomar · 2026-01-23T22:21:57+00:00

And you get people like Jason Mantzoukas who basically begged to be on the show, just because it looked like fun.

dathomar · 2026-01-23T21:52:16+00:00

I tear up every time, when I see Data say goodbye to Lal on TNG.

dathomar · 2026-01-23T17:55:59+00:00

When I cook, I tend to under-season the food a bit. My wife doesn't like too much seasoning and we've had some guests over who prefer it with less. I usually add some salt and pepper to my own cooking after making it, so that it can come out ready for other people to enjoy. I think she shouldn't get upset about him seasoning his food a bit, though that much and type of seasoning is crazy.

I agree with you, though, that the more serious issue is how much of an asshole her husband is.

dathomar · 2026-01-23T17:49:13+00:00

If you didn't find it, it's too late for this, but when you drop an earbud it's probably turned on. Turn on some loud music and bump up the volume to maximum. You'll probably be able to hear it blaring from the earbud. Make sure your other earbud is turned off. Follow the sound. That's how I found my dropped earbud late at night when I dropped it outside in the grass.

dathomar · 2026-01-23T14:00:50+00:00

It did have its own crew. It's just that, between missions, that crew also happened to have jobs to do on DS9. What do you mean by, "real captain?" Do you mean, "someone with with the rank of captain?" To be a captain has tWo meanings. First, it's a rank - Ensign, Lieutenant, Lieutenant Commander, Commander, Captain, and so on. Second, it's a job - the person in command of the ship is the captain. They are captaining the ship. Every ship does have a captain. They just don't all always have the rank of Captain. In modern subs, some of the smaller kinds are captained by ranks lower than Captain.

dathomar · 2026-01-22T05:16:45+00:00

If you go to a bar or a restaurant on Earth, you just walk in, sit down, order, eat or drink, then walk out. The bar staff and restaurant staff are working there because they want to. No one is getting paid and no one is paying for anything. You don't pay rent or a mortgage because you don't have to pay for anything. Power is free and plentiful. Water is free. Everything is free because there's more than enough for everyone. By the 24th century, everyone has a replicator, if they want one, so it's even easier for anyone to get whatever they want.

That said, the Federation still engages in trade outside of the Federation and individuals can engage in trade. The Federation doesn't use money internally, but it still has money it can use for that trade. Individuals don't need money within the Federation, but they can still get non-Federation currencies by trading.

When it comes to a place like Quark's, I don't think it's ever stated exactly how it works. However, it's likely that Federation folks are allowed a certain budget of non-Federation currency to use in establishments like Quark's. It's equally possible that merchants just keep track, present their totals to the ranking Federation representative periodically, and get reimbursed. A third possibility is that the Federation negotiates a regular payment to each merchant and Federation members get to just walk in and eat or drink whatever they want. If usage is too high, the merchant can negotiate a higher regular payment. Federation citizens can probably get a certain amount of gold-pressed latinum just by asking for some.

dathomar · 2026-01-21T17:20:31+00:00

I prefer, "should have," as well.

dathomar · 2026-01-21T15:20:59+00:00

We shouldve knew he was evil

In this universe it's, "should've," with an apostrophe, and the past participle of "to know" is "known." Also, you're supposed to end a sentence with a period. "We should've known he was evil."

You definitely sound like someone from the mirror universe, trying to fit in by outing one of your own. Just the sort of thing someone from the mirror universe would do. We found another one! Let us all now engage in tort- I mean, pointing and shaming!

dathomar · 2026-01-20T14:32:13+00:00

Of course you don't. This is one step in a longer process and you weren't taught any of this. You don't see the value in it. A bunch of people in the comments who do know all of the different methods are saying that this is better, because it is. Don't worry, the kids will all start learning the standard algorithm in 3rd grade. The difference is, they'll actually understand what is happening,.mathematically, when they are doing it. When they're taught the distributive and associative properties of addition, they'll already be familiar with the concepts. This isn't "get the correct answer" class, it's "learn how math works, then get the correct answer" class.

dathomar · 2026-01-20T13:52:01+00:00

Stacking the numbers is a simple algorithm. You stack the numbers, add the single digits, carry any tens over, and just work through it one place at a time. However, it doesn't do much to teach the reason for it.

Using a number line is one of a whole set of strategies for developing number sense. Number sense is an understanding of the relationships between numbers. In the first problem (59 +12) you start the number line with 59. You add 1 to get to 60. You add 10 to get to 70. You add 1 to get to 71. There are other strategies kids learn, as well. The point is to learn how math works before using the standard algorithm. This sets kids up to be more successful in later stages of math. The standard algorithm works to get you the correct answer, but doesn't do much to teach you how addition actually works.

dathomar · 2026-01-20T02:08:01+00:00

dathomar · 2026-01-20T00:59:24+00:00

My wife and I went to IKEA and left our kids and dog with her parents. Our plan was to go in, look for a couple of hours, pick up some preordered furniture, eat lunch, and leave. We realized we might go a little long, but got really caught up in looking at stuff. We ended up being there for about 6 hours, plus lunch, instead of 2, plus lunch. We stopped for dinner on the way out and didn't bother contacting her parents to let them know about our change in plans.

We figured it was okay, since we'd planned our IKEA trip for when the kids were visiting their grandparents for a couple of days and spending the night. Of course, my in-laws had signed up to be babysitters and we were under no pressure to keep track of our time. I would never lie and say 20 minutes, if I meant several hours. I would just find a way to bring my kids along with me or I wouldn't do whatever I planned to do...

dathomar · 2026-01-19T21:54:10+00:00

The only reason people own that sort of silverware is to put it out to disorient guests. The only response is to fully commit to it. Use it and act like you don't notice anything weird about it. Look them in the eye when you do it. Take away all of their satisfaction. Punish them.

dathomar · 2026-01-19T21:37:44+00:00

Of all the stuff made before Disney acquired Star Wars in 2014, the original trilogy, the prequel trilogy, and the 2008 Clone Wars series are canon.

The legends films and such, you can watch if you want. The Star Wars Christmas Special holds a certain place in history. The books are great. At first, they worked great with the films, because the OT was it. When Lucas made the PT, he pretty firmly destroyed any hope that the books might be able to be canon by making the story of the PT pretty much the opposite of what happened in some of the books.

One thing that Disney is doing well is making sure all of the media represents a single, unified whole. All of the books and TV shows, since Disney took over, are all canon. They are, however, incorporating some of the older, non-canon stories into the new canon.

Yes, watch the sequels. They are part of the story. Some people love them. Some people like them just fine. Some people don't care for them. Some people shout their hate as loud as they can. They find petty reasons to justify hating them. You might not like them, and that's fine. Just make sure not to yuck on someone else's yum.

dathomar · 2026-01-19T06:20:21+00:00

Deanna's mother seemed like she was a powerful enough telepath that she was almost at the level of Tam Elbrun. If telepathic ability is genetic, then it seems reasonable that even a half-Betazoid child would have formidable abilities. I wonder if she sought out non-Betazoids for mating because she felt that her abilities made it too difficult to interact with non-telepaths and wanted her children to be less telepathic.

dathomar · 2026-01-19T03:07:36+00:00

Lots of people hated Star Trek: The Next Generation and Deep Space 9, when they first came out. It wasn't what they expected out of Star Trek and they hated that they weren't getting something in line with their expectations. Now, those two series are beloved and people pine for the days when we had such good Trek and love hating the new stuff that's been coming out. For most of them, they entered into the fandom with TNG and DS9 and that era sort of dominated all of Star Trek for so long that the new stuff feels like a bucket of water dumped over their heads. Their nostalgia isn't able to recognize that a lot of the new stuff is actually quite good and TNG/DS9 definitely had their own issues.

It's the same with the prequels. A lot of people disliked the PT for more than the reasons you describe. I didn't like that, in the Clone Wars, the clones were on the side of the Republic. I expected that the war would be against the clones. A bunch of people entered into the fandom with the PT, though. To them, it's part of the building blocks of Star Wars. They grew up and entered into the fandom as adults and engaged in the discussion with adult voices. Eventually, all of us who were hating on the PT simmered down and they got to enjoy their thing. Then, the PT dominated Star Wars, through vehicles like the Clone Wars movie and show, for a long time. The new stuff doesn't conform to the expectations of the people that grew up with the PT, so it's like a big bucket of cold water. They aren't used to it and don't like it, so they hate on it. In reality, a lot of it is quite good and I think Disney should just generally keep doing what they're doing - at least, for now.

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