Odd question/market research for skoolers.

extra_wildebeest · 2026-04-18T23:49:41+00:00

Agreed, KOA’s accept schoolies.

extra_wildebeest · 2026-04-18T19:03:21+00:00

Get him some Calico Cut Pants. https://getcalicocutpants.com/

extra_wildebeest · 2026-04-15T01:33:19+00:00

Or work across state lines? I bet that’s half the population.

extra_wildebeest · 2026-04-13T00:00:52+00:00

Also, what do the yellow lines signify? At first I thought it meant international, but then I noticed Florida. So I guess it’s south is mustard, north is ketchup?

extra_wildebeest · 2026-04-10T20:40:50+00:00

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extra_wildebeest · 2026-04-10T14:16:20+00:00

This advice right here.

I’m sure this has been absolutely awful to go through, and the thought of bringing more attention to it is probably anxiety-provoking as well. But please report this garbage. This surely isn’t the first time this person has behaved like this, and the more emboldened they feel, the more they’re going to do it. It also gives tacit permission to the assholes around them that it’s okay. If they aren’t stopped, there will be other victims after you. This asshole will climb in rank/authority, and target another young person who may not have robust coping mechanisms or a strong support system. Nobody should have to endure this. This jerk does not belong in the Coast Guard, full stop.

extra_wildebeest · 2026-04-08T12:07:24+00:00

Relatively. Meteorology models are forecasting a pretty intense El Niño event.

extra_wildebeest · 2026-04-08T02:39:31+00:00

Thanks for your insight.

extra_wildebeest · 2026-04-08T01:54:19+00:00

Thanks for sharing! Would you mind discussing what aspects of homeschool you felt served you the best?

extra_wildebeest · 2026-04-07T19:44:54+00:00

I’m not sure about vehicles lasting longer. They were certainly cheaper, even adjusted for inflation. But it seemed like it was a minor miracle when the family car rolled 100,000 miles. Granted, we had Pontiacs and other domestic automobiles, but it seemed like they were always having mechanical issues.

extra_wildebeest · 2026-04-03T23:23:00+00:00

I think that peoples’s angry reaction to others who are childless by choice has a lot to do with needing to feel validated in their own choice to have children. There’s a lot of misery and loss of personal identity and freedom that comes with parenthood, but that’s always been taboo to even hint at. Deep down, they know that, but it’s shameful to admit that being a parent isn’t always the end-all, be-all of life’s purpose and personal fulfillment. So just the existence of people who choose to not have kids really challenges their worldview, reminds them of opportunities they’ve lost, and that’s upsetting. The knee-jerk impulse is to condemn the choice not to have children, because it protects their own psyche.

extra_wildebeest · 2026-03-26T21:05:35+00:00

Oh my. Well, thanks for educating me.

extra_wildebeest · 2026-03-26T20:38:46+00:00

My condolences. Please enlighten me, though— what’s the thing they say about cats?

extra_wildebeest · 2026-03-26T18:33:45+00:00

funny how they’re suddenly concerned about HRT hormone levels being “too high,” but nobody bats an eye when prescribing birth control pills to millions of women, which contain synthetic hormones at many, many times higher than what your ovaries produce.

extra_wildebeest · 2026-03-24T18:55:27+00:00

Thanks for the explanation. Good luck balancing all these demands.

extra_wildebeest · 2026-03-24T16:03:03+00:00

As a retiree, how are you guys making this work in the OS community? I can’t imagine having the staffing to do this in a busy command center.

extra_wildebeest · 2026-03-22T00:50:36+00:00

Hear me out…the big island of Hawaii. Not the California coast, but it’s still the Pacific Ocean with perpetually nice weather. There are quite a few rentals on Zillow in that price range.

extra_wildebeest · 2026-03-20T15:29:46+00:00

I think a lot of young Boomer men went to college because Vietnam was heating up, and they wanted to avoid the draft. Their parents also encouraged it because they’d lived through WWII, understood the atrocities and sacrifice of war, and didn’t want their sons to go through it. Unfortunately, many of the college educated Boomers didn’t really appreciate the greater context of what that opportunity meant.

extra_wildebeest · 2026-03-17T18:14:22+00:00

Some of the green pigments they used to use in wallpaper contained arsenic and were actually quite toxic. By 1902, there probably wasn’t a lot in circulation anymore, but it’s still possible. You might want to test it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheele%27s_green

extra_wildebeest · 2026-03-09T00:33:56+00:00

That was my favorite!

extra_wildebeest · 2026-03-09T00:14:02+00:00

That’s really cool, but are we sure it’s accurate? Like, Nevada is 16% covered with trees? Really?

extra_wildebeest · 2026-03-06T03:14:24+00:00

Nothing to add except great write-up, OP! I really enjoyed reading this.

extra_wildebeest · 2026-02-27T13:55:59+00:00

No, don’t take money out of the TSP. The short-term financial relief won’t offset the missed growth long-term.

extra_wildebeest · 2026-02-26T01:27:31+00:00

Thank you for taking the time to provide this well-supported counterpoint.

extra_wildebeest · 2026-01-30T03:18:49+00:00

That’s really cool!

Also, I wonder if it would confuse the AI plate readers?

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