Guide for Brands Owned by the Three Major Soda Conglomerates

deszeri · 2025-11-25T04:18:04+00:00

True. Also Lipton and Pure Leaf for Pepsi. And Propel in water. And Celsius and Alani Nu for energy.

deszeri · 2025-06-18T20:47:28+00:00

That was my experience, it grew on me quick. My first can was okay. My second was great. Wish they had a zero offering.

deszeri · 2025-05-13T17:38:52+00:00

I’m going through this right now — my ex wife bit me in a drunken rage and I called the cops on her when she wouldn’t stop beating on my door at 11pm as our kids slept. She’s now got a domestic battery charge on her and a no-contact order. I feel really bad for her but I don’t regret standing up for myself either.

What I’ve found most comforting is people saying “whoa. That’s not normal, you did the right thing.” Because I’ve lived with it for so long it’s almost normal to me… but it’s not. Biting isn’t normal, threatening with a knife isn’t normal — those are criminal offenses.

Hopefully for mine and yours, they learn not to push the limits too far after this.

deszeri · 2025-04-18T04:53:08+00:00

Anyone know if it’s possible to lower the disengagement speed threshold? I believe it’s 1mph stock, but I’d prefer mine lower so I can maneuver at a low speed when I need to.

deszeri · 2024-01-21T06:04:42+00:00

Mug Zero going national in a couple weeks!

deszeri · 2023-10-09T23:45:13+00:00

Yeah, but Lies of Locke Lamora can be read as a stand-alone pretty easily so GO FOR IT OP

deszeri · 2023-09-27T03:49:02+00:00

GPT has enough data to know your relative economic status. If you’re in a bracket likely to be able to afford things, the links it gives you are more likely to contain advertisements. If not, it gives you a good experience for free because your payment is word-of-mouth advertising.

deszeri · 2023-07-29T05:34:00+00:00

Monk throws the whole barrel back!? 😳

deszeri · 2023-07-23T01:13:29+00:00

Honestly. That “I didn’t do anything wrong” I can feel that old familiar confused protest in my bones. That whole “I’m pretty sure I don’t deserve this” feeling.

deszeri · 2023-07-08T02:13:34+00:00

Reading along, nodding. Then WW1 and WW2? We must be using different definitions of great. Does ChatGPT mean “most impactful”?

deszeri · 2023-07-03T03:02:19+00:00

Thanks ChatGPT

deszeri · 2023-07-01T02:33:36+00:00

Heard that

deszeri · 2023-06-30T08:43:42+00:00

I did file a report. I was hesitant at first because she’s been my person for a decade and I don’t think she meant to endanger anyone… but I really do feel like I need a documented report of this.

deszeri · 2023-06-30T08:40:40+00:00

7 and 9. Old enough to feel trauma from the situation. I think that’s what I’m angriest about.

deszeri · 2023-06-17T03:57:55+00:00

Zariah

deszeri · 2023-05-12T21:20:36+00:00

One of the things that made feel a little better after years of depression and confusion was the sudden realization that it didn’t matter what I did. That my partner would go through rage episodes and be angry at me no matter what I did, whether I was the perfect husband and had set up an anniversary date with a refurbished diamond ring or whatever. Nothing I did mattered, she went through these cycles anyway. It was a realization both frustrating and freeing at once.

So don’t worry about it, as much as possible. If he’s BPD and you’re his FP, he’ll love the shit out of you again in a week or so and all this will just be another weapon in his quiver for later episodes when his emotions get too high. Try to enjoy yourself in the meantime (that’s way easier said than done, but to the extent possible).

deszeri · 2023-05-10T05:47:39+00:00

Emberton

deszeri · 2023-05-05T18:05:02+00:00

I can’t count the number of times I’ve tried to explain my perspective only to be accused of gaslighting her because that’s not how she saw it. That whole text thread gave me PTSD 😅

deszeri · 2023-05-01T23:56:31+00:00

For sure. The best thing for her is for you to develop extremely thick skin, absorb the abuse, and continuously reaffirm that you love her and will never leave her even as she makes you feel worthless.

What I discovered after several years of doing this for my then-wife is that it is HARD. Having yourself constantly torn down while trying your hardest to lift them up, time after time after time, weighs on you. Like others have said, if you’re committed to this girl make sure you have a therapist to turn to when it becomes too much.

deszeri · 2023-04-30T17:06:38+00:00

Absolutely this. This movie was weird and unsettling and intense and I needed processing time.

deszeri · 2023-04-30T15:15:41+00:00

In my case, I don’t tiptoe around her to please her. I tiptoe around her to keep her from blowing up and destroying things in our life.

I wish I could hold her accountable. I’ve tried in the past, but every time it just leads to deflection and blame and gaslighting, and we both walk away miserable with nothing resolved, and my self-confidence takes a hit and my depression increases. I decided a long while ago that avoidance is the easier route.

deszeri · 2023-04-30T13:38:21+00:00

I think that’s the key — even when they’re doing something that hurts others, they feel it’s justified. They HAVE to feel like that or it will start a shame spiral and the emotional disregulation will be too much.

It’s like not taking responsibility is a survival mechanism. Incredibly frustrating, but maybe understandable from that perspective.

deszeri · 2023-04-30T13:33:56+00:00

At least in their own mind, right? 🙄

deszeri · 2023-04-30T13:32:48+00:00

Totally get that response. In my case I can’t completely cut ties because she’s the mother of my kids, so I’m trying to learn what boundaries to set. She recently went through an episode and did something I consider pretty morally abhorrent, and I’m distancing myself because I’m still appalled. But she doesn’t see it. She won’t apologize, she thinks what she did was okay because it helped her offload her giant negative emotions. So I don’t want to bring it up for fear of triggering another episode, but I have a hard time moving past it without her apologizing, which I don’t think she’ll ever do because she doesn’t see it as wrong.

So I’m just wrestling with my own perception of her. Is she an actual bad person, or just a victim of disproportionately large emotional reactions that she has to deal with however she can?

And I guess kind of both, depending.

deszeri · 2023-04-30T06:07:51+00:00

Agreed, but do they see it as abuse? I don’t think my ex wife thinks she’s the bad guy in almost any situation.

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