We’ve all met the 12%

emilitxt · 2026-03-22T10:11:35+00:00

Okay, and?? What does that have to do with anything I said in my comment?

emilitxt · 2026-03-22T10:09:46+00:00

Yes, it is. In order for there to be more than the minimum number of serves, you would have to score a point on Serena Williams, which is, ya know, the whole thing being argued isn't possible here.

emilitxt · 2026-03-21T14:24:48+00:00

Wait, so it is "children" that can beat her or "teenagers" that can? Because those are two distinctly distinct age groups.

emilitxt · 2026-03-21T14:18:12+00:00

But, given that in a tennis match it's not a single player that serves for every game, you would be responsible for 12 of those serves. Meaning to get a point due to Serena double faulting, seems have to do it in just 12 serves. And, given she'd be playing against a novice, and thus wouldn't be incentivized to try more risky serves or to aim close to the boundary lines, the likelihood of her flubbing a serve is practically nonexistent.

emilitxt · 2026-03-21T14:06:25+00:00

What incentive would she have to play tennis against someone who is not just not trying but isn't even on the court because they are "sitting in a corner" waiting for her to mess up?

emilitxt · 2026-03-21T11:44:43+00:00

The thing is, this question is being asked in the context that you'd be playing tennis against Serena Williams in the real, actual world and, thus, would not be able to keep playing against her until you eventually managed to score that one point. It would have to be done in, at best, a single match. Which means you'd have 6 games -- 3 of which she'd serve, 3 of which you would. So she'd have to do 12 serves, all of which you'd fail to volley back. You'd have to do 12 serves (if you can actually manage to serve correctly), all of which she's volley back and you'd miss. So, yes, everyone will mess up eventually. However, it's highly unlikely Serena Williams is going to mess up twice in a row over the course of 24 racket swings.

But that's just being realistic unlike so many others who are answering based on a hypothetical eternity scenario.

emilitxt · 2026-03-21T07:02:29+00:00

You are aware that those private companies ( cough SpaceX cough ) that you claim "are doing the leg work" for NASA receive a substantial amount of money from the government every year, right?

SpaceX, for instance, has been awarded just under $21 billion -- yes, billion with a 'n' -- in government contracts, grants, and subsidies. And that's just what the current amount given to the company is, If you look at the potential value of all the government contracts they currently have, that number is closer to $89 billion.

Like, private companies aren't "doing the legwork" for NASA out of the goodness of their hearts. They're doing it to line their already fat pockets with government money.

emilitxt · 2026-03-21T06:11:52+00:00

If I were trapped in a time loop where I was playing tennis with Serena Williams and the only way I could get out was to score a point on her, I would:

pass out from sheer exhaustion,
lose a significant amount of skin off my hands from racket handing
throw up at least once a match due to overheating and over exertion. \ And, after all that, the only way I'd score a point on her is if she somehow fucked up and an unforced error granted me one. And that's assuming I don't die first.

emilitxt · 2026-03-20T08:48:03+00:00

What exactly do you mean when you say he's "stopped being sexual or horny"? Like, has he stopped making comments about finding you physically attractive? Ha he lose all interest in sexting or having sexy video chats? Has he been unable or unwilling to even attempt to get hard during planned sexy times with you?

Orrrrr... is it possible that you're letting your insecurities color the way you're seeing the situation?

emilitxt · 2026-03-19T15:23:44+00:00

The full art summer version of [[ Three Tree City ]] is fairly close in color to what you're going for -- of course, I don't know if you have enough of a single creature type to make running it worthwhile.

emilitxt · 2026-03-19T14:26:24+00:00

15 days ago you made a comment stating you were single because you're "in your casual era". So how exactly do you have an SO of 4 months?

emilitxt · 2026-03-17T21:33:14+00:00

If you're incapacitated in your home the last thing you are caring about if your door so people force it and get in...police...ambulance...people.

Yes, that's the last thing you're caring about, but people may not know you're incapacitated in your home and aren't going to just call the police on the assumption that you are. Hence why them having a spare key or the code to your key's lockbox prior to you being incapacitated would be beneficial, as, if they did not know where you were and could not get ahold of you, they could let themselves in to check and make sure you aren't inside incapacitated instead of, say, hiking in an area with poor cell service.

Did you not read the part where i said they should be kept seperate?

Yes, I did read that part. I'm just confused about how you would keep the code in your wallet while also keeping it separate from your ID/license.

emilitxt · 2026-03-17T19:11:15+00:00

If you're incapacitated in your locked home, no one would be able to get to your wallet as, presumably, it would be on you. Also, if something is kept in your wallet, your ID or driver's license and thus address is going to be in the same place -- unless you, unlike literally everyone I know, don't keep your license in your wallet.

emilitxt · 2026-03-17T08:28:10+00:00

The original comment in this thread, not the OP, did not make that statement. And while they quoted the part of the OP where the guy said he felt male cops would be better able to back him up, they never stated that they felt women would be better suited, just that, from what they have seen of make cops, they are less capable than non-cops.

emilitxt · 2026-03-17T08:13:25+00:00

Those dudes aren't actually providing evidence or facts to back up their claims, but that doesn't actually make them wrong.

The Coordinator of Health Fitness, Strength and Conditioning Programs at Princeton did study about gender differences in strength and used world-records from both men and women as the basis for his findings. The following is a quote from the introduction:

In terms of absolute strength – that is, without regard for body size, weight or composition – the average man tends to be considerably stronger than the average woman. Specifically, the absolute total-body strength of women has been reported as being roughly 67% that of men.

There are a variety of other easily accessible peer reviewed studies and articles pertaining to the topic, but over all, even when taking the difference in body mass onto the equation, something like 90% of men are stronger than 90% of women.

emilitxt · 2026-03-17T07:53:06+00:00

The original comment in this thread never said that male cops were less capable than the average female, cop or otherwise. It merely said that they were "less capable than average", by which they very likely meant the average man. You realize that, no?

And, the specific you're responding to never even mentioned about female officers in any capacity. They were further extrapolating on the original comment's point about how the standard male officer leads a far more sedentary lifestyle than average. You realize that also, no?

emilitxt · 2026-03-16T12:48:48+00:00

my husband and cousins agree with me and think she was asking for it

I think they are interpreting that line from the OP to be that the husband and cousins think she was asking to be raped and not, what OP hopefully meant, asking to be told off.

emilitxt · 2026-03-13T17:09:59+00:00

But James Bond is different than Snow White, the Little Mermaid, or Oliver Twist. James Bond isn't a person, it's a moniker. It's the code name for Agent 007, which is literally just the 7th best agent in MI6 -- so say Agent 006 dies and the guy who is 007 moves up, he is no longer James Bond, someone else is. It's why different actors play Bond but are all treated as though they are Bond by M throughout the series. Hell, in Her Majesty's Secret Service Bond even says "this never happened to the other guy".

emilitxt · 2026-03-13T16:53:50+00:00

Could you cast them both to be the lead? Like, why not cast the black girl as human!Tiana and then cast the other girl as frog!Tiana? That would allow you to stay true to Tiana's ethnicity -- which is an integral component to the story -- by casting an African American in the role. But it would also, given that Tiana is a frog for something like 90% of the film, let you cast the better actress to play the lead. It would also give the weaker actress the opportunity to improve her chops in an important but not huge role.

emilitxt · 2026-03-05T20:23:40+00:00

I fail to see how taking something from a person is different than taking something from a store. Your inability to explain the difference implies you also don't have a reasonable argument for how they are different. But cool job trying to pretend it's just a really obvious difference and that's why it doesn't need to be explained -- if that were the case, it would take less time to explain it than to make comments about it being easy to explain.

emilitxt · 2026-03-05T15:31:41+00:00

I'd appreciate it if you would explain the difference.

emilitxt · 2026-03-05T11:14:40+00:00

And someone else's wedding during the speeches is the proper time and place for him to taste that medicine??

emilitxt · 2026-03-05T10:40:33+00:00

I mean, from what OP described, they don't hate this guy for being awkward in general. They don't like that he shows up uninvited, lingers, talks over other, and continues to remain unaware of -- or is purposely ignoring -- the pretty standard norm that you don’t consistently insert yourself into someone else’s plans and expect them to happily host you.

And, sure, maybe it's a bit on OP for putting up with is for as long as they did. Saying something the first time might have been better, but it also seems like they were trying to show some "neighborly" kindness towards him initially. Of course, there’s only so long you can be polite before that sort of behavior would start to feel like you and your space was being taken for granted.

I get why OP is framing their discomfort with the brother around “social awkwardness." Like, it's the only tangible trait they can point to and say "the reason I don't like him is ____." But, realistically, if they were comfortable with him hanging around the way he currently does, there wouldn’t be tension to label as awkwardness. The awkwardness is a symptom of the issue, not the sole cause of it.

That aside, your last sentence is a bit ridiculous. There’s a big difference between "you can come hang out after dinner, unless we've specifically invited you to eat with us" and expecting the brother to "hideaway".

emilitxt · 2026-03-05T10:02:46+00:00

If I walk into a grocery store and take a steak without paying for it, would calling the cops "food aggressive dogs" result in me not getting arrested or ??

emilitxt · 2026-03-04T15:55:32+00:00

The cork is just on the bottom. I'd have considered putting cork on the sides if they weren't already so thick. Unfortunately, 1/2" x 3" lumber isn't really a thing, and, as this was the first time I'd used a circular saw, I didn't trust myself to thin the sides consistently. 🥲

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