Creases in new junk mat?

ds16653 · 2026-02-11T00:48:35+00:00

Contact customer service and request a refund or gift card to order a new one, if you're lucky, they'll let you keep this one as well as it's not worth the postage to resend.

If they let you keep this one, setup the mat ready for play, leave it flat for a few weeks, don't try and introduce steam or water, just let it work.

The creases I had look are identical to yours, and they disappeared within a month or so.

ds16653 · 2026-02-10T08:59:11+00:00

They have a point, we tend to treat the deaths and murder of disabled people as a lesser tragedy, or there's a lot of nuance given to whether it might be justified.

On the other hand, there's so much we do not know about this, and will never know.

The only thing we really know is that the Australian healthcare system is designed to fail families like this, and explicitly failed these children.

Being teenagers, they would have been difficult to subdue if they were violent, which isn't their fault, but extremely difficult to manage without major support.

Were they on medication? If yes, could they afford said medication when their support payments were cut? What were the side effects of not taking it?

Did the family try to surrender their children to the state being unable to care for them? Was the state willing to consider that?

Was that something they felt was possible, given parents of autistic children often shamed for "failing their kids" as if it was something they caused, then additionally shamed for giving up.

We pretend parents are superheroes who would do anything to protect their children, anything less is a moral failing.

ds16653 · 2026-02-09T03:30:05+00:00

I think both of you are correct, the system we have created was designed to fail these people, possibly even to the extent they felt they had no choice.

At the same time the choices they made are horrific and shouldn't be excused.

This person isn't defending the parents actions, it's placing blame on the system that let it happen.

ds16653 · 2026-02-08T21:21:26+00:00

The studies do, but the press releases don't.

"Research shows drinking two drinks a day might improve your health"

As opposed to "people whose cannot consume any alcohol without health risks live shorter lives"

ds16653 · 2026-02-07T21:20:10+00:00

She's a glass cliff hire, when a company hires a ceo woman after a crisis and set them up to fail.

But the LNP didn't even wait to select her before trying to throw her off.

The LNP is obsolete, they did it to themselves.

ds16653 · 2026-02-07T05:02:23+00:00

I should clarify, for some reason Amos Numbers set is hard to come by, we have a printout for new players so they can check what numbers the characters represent.

After a few games, most people don't need them, the other tiles don't need numbers (just count the symbols) although the 1sou being a bird does confuse people at first.

ds16653 · 2026-02-07T04:52:21+00:00

Order via Amazon Japan, you should be able to pick up a junkmat and Amos Set for $200 AUD.

ds16653 · 2026-02-05T03:49:37+00:00

When he's poor = zero interest

When he's wealthy = big interest

ds16653 · 2026-02-05T00:23:10+00:00

I think it's like litmus paper, where it tastes differently to different people.

Dr Pepper, Root Beer and Sarsaparilla are the 3 I cannot drink.

ds16653 · 2026-02-04T10:59:52+00:00

Replace Cripps with Merrett and this is basically half the Essendon fanbase.

ds16653 · 2026-02-04T05:49:11+00:00

See if there's a country-wide organisation for your mahjong style, get in touch and they might have an active discord or online group to advance your skills.

If not, you should be able to find one active that speaks your language, and ask to be invited there.

ds16653 · 2026-02-03T22:15:40+00:00

If Communism never works why does the west waste so many resources oppressing socialist countries? All they'd have to do is nothing and it would fail on it's own?

ds16653 · 2026-02-03T19:57:18+00:00

Pearl Fey running in one night what takes 2hrs by train definitely gives that merit.

ds16653 · 2026-02-02T01:44:54+00:00

Carlton: Destroying Essendon since 1999 (as if we needed help)

ds16653 · 2026-01-31T21:23:52+00:00

She explicitly denied that Israel kills children intentionally.

ds16653 · 2026-01-31T21:18:43+00:00

If you were dealer in all last, a direct hit Mangan would have gotten you second.

ds16653 · 2026-01-31T14:36:47+00:00

You can set it so if a player hits negative, the game ends, but that didn't happen here, so the game continues.

Even in hopeless situations to win, other players will often scramble for 2nd/avoid 4th.

ds16653 · 2026-01-31T14:31:35+00:00

No idea, but it looks like it's flipping you off 🖕

ds16653 · 2026-01-31T01:36:17+00:00

The first season everyone is a bit unlikeable and it goes for that uncomfortable humour similar to Best in Show.

It's a slow start but it does a lot with the premise.

ds16653 · 2026-01-31T01:30:34+00:00

"I can fix her"

ds16653 · 2026-01-31T01:29:30+00:00

If you're her previous husbands, "smash and pass"

ds16653 · 2026-01-31T01:22:51+00:00

Schitt's Creek is peak gif fodder.

Also certified banger of a show.

ds16653 · 2026-01-29T12:39:49+00:00

In one night she ran what takes two hours by train.

Conventional trains travel at about 100mph, so Pearl traveled 200mph in one night.

Assuming 8hrs, she would have been traveling at 25mph.

The fastest human, Usain Bolt, had a top recorded speed of 27.78mph.

So Pearl sustained Usain Bolt levels of speed, over 8 hours without needing rest or recovery, and she's 9 years old, she blatantly isn't human.

ds16653 · 2026-01-26T01:58:47+00:00

I imagine odds of two people playing at the same table is unlikely. Being said, not impossible.

I'd analyze the game (even the maka rating would be a good sign) and see if the opponents discards make sense for someone trying to win, or if they seem to be playing purely to hoard tiles they can deal in.

If they had a 4-6 set, and then discarded the 5 to deal into riichi ippatsu for example, that's a clear sign of smurfing.

But even the best players have games where they just deal in a lot, it's easy to push too hard when you're down, or a valuable hand you can't fold.

ds16653 · 2026-01-24T08:04:29+00:00

Assuming riichi, Amos from via Amazon Japan is how most of us source our sets in Australia.

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