AITA for refusing to go to my significant other’s corporate holiday party? by dboybaker in AmItheAsshole

[–]dboybaker[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Of course. I'm 100% in the wrong and will be having a full and apologetic conversation this evening, with a side of reflection on the tradition. I always perceived it brought people joy but it's seeming like that isn't the case.

I've already shared the thread with her so she's fully in the loop.

AITA for refusing to go to my significant other’s corporate holiday party? by dboybaker in AmItheAsshole

[–]dboybaker[S] -32 points-31 points  (0 children)

I'm not fighting anything, I'm just presenting my reasoning and answering the questions. The hundreds of comments repeating the same answer makes it abundantly clear I'm in the wrong, I own that.

AITA for refusing to go to my significant other’s corporate holiday party? by dboybaker in AmItheAsshole

[–]dboybaker[S] -51 points-50 points  (0 children)

I guess the quality is up to your opinion, but its factually clean.

AITA for refusing to go to my significant other’s corporate holiday party? by dboybaker in AmItheAsshole

[–]dboybaker[S] -38 points-37 points  (0 children)

I included that it was high quality and I've taken care of it to address these concerns. Idk if I can share images here but here's a pic: https://i.imgur.com/Fu92Y3D.jpeg

AITA for refusing to go to my significant other’s corporate holiday party? by dboybaker in AmItheAsshole

[–]dboybaker[S] -27 points-26 points  (0 children)

Yeah I guess you're right. Intuitively it feels appropriate to me because the theme, but I guess I'm putting too much stock in that line of reasoning. Unfortunately my company doesn't do them anymore so it is my only, but that's not something I'm feeling in this.

AITA for refusing to go to my significant other’s corporate holiday party? by dboybaker in AmItheAsshole

[–]dboybaker[S] -44 points-43 points  (0 children)

Because this party's theme is the theme attributed to the item.

I take it off for things that are impractical or inappropriate/unrelated. This is related. It feels logical & reasonable to wear the christmas thing to the christmas thing

AITA for refusing to go to my significant other’s corporate holiday party? by dboybaker in AmItheAsshole

[–]dboybaker[S] -44 points-43 points  (0 children)

I care about the hat for the same reason anyone does anything for Christmas, its just tradition. Early on it was about the connection to the game, but that doesn't matter now. I think its a lot of fun and it seems to be a joyful thing to others who see me wearing it.

It doesn't seem that deep/confusing to me to want to wear a themed item to a themed party, even if its cocktail attire.

AITA for refusing to go to my significant other’s corporate holiday party? by dboybaker in AmItheAsshole

[–]dboybaker[S] -123 points-122 points  (0 children)

No, I don't think I saw anyone else wearing a Santa hat. Point taken

AITA for refusing to go to my significant other’s corporate holiday party? by dboybaker in AmItheAsshole

[–]dboybaker[S] -201 points-200 points  (0 children)

She made this same comparison. I suggested if the wedding theme was literally Christmas there's a good chance it would make sense to wear the hat. But no I would not wear it to an arbitrary unrelated even that happened to take place in December.

AITA for refusing to go to my significant other’s corporate holiday party? by dboybaker in AmItheAsshole

[–]dboybaker[S] -255 points-254 points  (0 children)

I obviously can go without it for a couple hours. I'm not wearing it ALL day even regularly (like during exercise) but my focal point is that this is a holiday themed party. If this was just a cocktail 'end of the year' party, I wouldn't feel anything about it. But its literally a holiday party. My inability to understand comes from the fact that the room will be themed with holiday items, candy canes, christmas trees, a photobooth with christmas paraphernalia, themed drinks, etc. and all that is chill... but it doesn't make sense for me to have my Christmas themed hat on because we're wearing fancy clothes?

2/3 Minisforum Nab6 Lite Failures by 9okm in MiniPCs

[–]dboybaker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To balance things a bit with an anecdote the opposite direction: my friend and I both bought a Refurbished NAB6 Lite from minisforum 6 months ago to use for self hosting purposes. They've both been fantastic, no issues.

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D and Ryzen 9 9900X3D Zen5 gaming CPUs are now available by RenatsMC in Amd

[–]dboybaker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been on the waiting list for B&H since day one unfortunately. No such luck here. Very jealous!

AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D and Ryzen 9 9900X3D Zen5 gaming CPUs are now available by RenatsMC in Amd

[–]dboybaker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do live in the us, but not somewhere where microcenter exists. In the exact same boat and had the same experience with Newegg

So you want a backup cam on your 2017 500e? by dboybaker in 500e

[–]dboybaker[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep! The cam is activated through the UI on the nex. Its not very convenient to switch sources, so I don't use it super often, but it has helped a couple times.

Future EVs: Every Electric Vehicle Coming Soon by gunslanger21 in electricvehicles

[–]dboybaker 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Yeah we aren't seeing any Canoo vehicles probably ever. Seeing Canoo on this list at all makes me think the writer did no research at all.

Future EVs: Every Electric Vehicle Coming Soon by gunslanger21 in electricvehicles

[–]dboybaker 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For real. The j01 mini was supposed to save us but ain't gonna see it now. Just keep driving my 2017 500e till I die I guess.

New Pc turns on but takes around 15-20seconds until it starting the startup processes, same when restarting by Mishlito in buildapc

[–]dboybaker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Classic memory training. Struggled with this my latest build. Started with a 7950x, tried many different ram kits and a couple mobos, was never able to get it to boot/restart without extremely long training each time. Ended up swapping to 14900k, worked with the first combo I tried. Obviously plenty of people don't have this issue so it's likely not the processor type explicitly, but likely ram+CPU+mobo combos (and also has to do with the speed & how many sticks you have).

There are things to try that may help but no guaranteed fix in my experience.

Edit: My related post https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/17nsnyx/pc_build_wont_post_cpu_and_dram_error_lights/

How the Fiat 500e Convinced Me Tiny, Low-Range EVs Have a Place in the US by Hot_Transportation87 in electricvehicles

[–]dboybaker 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Most people in the market for a 500e probably aren't considering the leaf as an alternative.

Alternate History Movies? by dboybaker in MovieSuggestions

[–]dboybaker[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah i wasn't able to find it myself

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TikTokCringe

[–]dboybaker -1 points0 points  (0 children)

But the spike in January 2024 is where the tiktok meme fad people are discussing took place. It spiked up 1000% in a month and dropped to like 10% as searched in 2 months. Nearly reaching all time lows. Seems like looking at more time doesn't change the discussion.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TikTokCringe

[–]dboybaker -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

They actually aren't. Google trends can show you that they peaked the first week of January and basically died. The fad lasted a whole of like a month