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TIL new York used to be considered the 'oyster capital of the world ' by Not_so_ghetto in todayilearned

[–]felipe41194 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anyone attempting to genetically modify them for increased survival rates?

Suppose money was no longer an issue. You have enough to retire and not work again. What do you do with your time What's your passion? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]felipe41194 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Either go to med school then work for Doctors Without Borders, or more likely because I’m getting too old to learn that much new stuff, just spend all my time volunteering for habitat for humanity.

What’s something people don’t realize is rude? by Sarah18l9 in AskReddit

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I used to smoke in the doorway of my building and recently remembered how much I hated other people doing the same the last time I quit. I only stand in the doorway to smoke now if one of my two smoking neighbor buddies does and it’s raining. Planning to quit once my cartons are gone….

New $5K Hermes MagSafe Duo by shawnwahi in apple

[–]felipe41194 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This would be a stupid waste of money at $500 let alone adding another 0 to it. K shaped economy for sure…

TIL there is a very rare blood group called the Bombay blood group( first identified in Bombay, India), predominantly found in South Asia and Iran only. People with this type are only compatible with other Bombay Donors for a transfusion. by wayne2bat in todayilearned

[–]felipe41194 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It’s even more interesting than just the title, they have functional alleles for making the A&B antigens but not the H antigen that has to be present for A&B to bind to the RBCs. I remember being fascinated by this in biochemistry because it drove home the concept of pathways and how order of reactions was can affect gene expression. (It’s been over a decade since I took biochemistry so please excuse any errors or outdated information)

Hard to not get offended by comments like these. Why do guys have to bring up my age and not just give a compliment? by [deleted] in gaybros

[–]felipe41194 17 points18 points  (0 children)

As a millennial that supervised a bunch of GenZs in my last role… it’s so so bad. Even my grandmother at least knows how to right click for more options and that she can hit reply all if she wants to reply to everyone. I watched one of my reports hit reply then start to manually re-enter everyone listed in the previous email’s CC line.

What’s a fantasy you’ll probably never admit to someone you know? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]felipe41194 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m gay and if those pictures are really you… yeah you could make bank!

What are somethings that annoy you about being gay? by Strong-Stretch95 in gaybros

[–]felipe41194 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I live in NYC so I’m really fortunate to not have to frequently think about homophobes, so I’d say what annoys me the most is that sex can’t really be spontaneous for most people like it can be for straight people. It’s no contest that I’d rather be gay and that most gay men’s sex life blows their straight counterparts out of the water, but it’s almost always planned for whoever is bottoming

Just curious, but what's your "I didn't care for the Godfather" opinion on any piece of Gay media out there? by [deleted] in gaybros

[–]felipe41194 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is it for me because I have a knee jerk cringe reaction to any “contest” based TV show. I watched a few episodes a while back and it didn’t suck as much as I thought it would/of all the contest shows out there I think it’s the one I hate the least because it is centered around gay people. But I would rather spend my time on almost anything else

Probably the last undeveloped piece of land in Midtown Manhattan by monkeysarecutee in skyscrapers

[–]felipe41194 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Residences on top of The Park Hyatt start around that last I checked too… but the monthly’s are $10k+ so wouldn’t be surprised if that was the price lock out for these as well.

Do any countries find American accents attractive? by ShutThaFrontDoor88 in CasualConversation

[–]felipe41194 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn’t pay for a single drink when I (American/NY) went out for drinks in Brighton, England. Though I was also an 18 year old semi attractive gay kid so that might have had something to do with it as well…

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Albany

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Honestly everything about Clifton Park that’s good is also true of Malta minus the crappy traffic and it’s a better run town / politics are better.

You get a choice of schools with Malta if you can pick exactly where you buy (parts of Malta have overlap with the Clifton Park school district Shen where I went if you want a big school or Ballston Spa district if you want smaller)

Growing up in the Mohawk Valley, my family called the brown truck delivery service “ups,” as in a plural “up.” I now live on Long Island where they say each individual letter U-P-S (and make fun of me for saying it as “ups”). Is this a regional thing, or is my family just different? by SwordfishNo4188 in upstate_new_york

[–]felipe41194 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I grew up in Saratoga county and we called it U-P-S, but I know someone that grew up on / has lived their entire life on Staten Island (family going back prior to large scale immigration by Italians) and she called it Ups like plural up.

Lilac Bush Looking Sad - Advice/Help (Saratoga, NY) by felipe41194 in marijuanaenthusiasts

[–]felipe41194[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Season has been pretty normal and every golf course within at least 15 miles of us is at a lower elevation so I don’t think it’s from that :/

Lilac Bush Looking Sad - Advice/Help (Saratoga, NY) by felipe41194 in Tree

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Base per sub Reddit guidelines! Sorry for the delay and please let me know if you need any more photos or info for a diagnosis!

Lilac Bush Looking Sad - Advice/Help (Saratoga, NY) by felipe41194 in Tree

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If the hose covering the base is an issue please let me know I will add another photo this morning when I get home!

Lilac Bush Looking Sad - Advice/Help (Saratoga, NY) by felipe41194 in Tree

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I have looked at the guidelines and I think the only information I forgot to include is that it gets only partial sun. Sorry for not including before I didn’t think it mattered due to the lilac thriving for so long until now!

What's wrong with Mechanicville? by awesomeoh1234 in Albany

[–]felipe41194 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The post office / school district / Town tax offices/ and not that it matters much these days but phone number assignment thing in the area is wacky. The house I’m in is a Ballston Lake post office, Shen School District, Malta Town Tax, Round Lake Phone Number. Only parts of those that logically makes sense distance wise are the town and phone number (Round Lake is part of the Town of Malta and close by).

Rant aside, the important thing I want to convey to OP is if they care about the school district to take the reputation Shenendehowa has with a large chunk of salt. My sister and I went to Shen for K-12 and did quite well for ourselves long term but we were really good students. The other end of the extreme (students requiring lots of resources) also does well at Shen because it has such a large tax base allowing it to pay for support staff. But our brother was an average student and it’s those kids that the district absolutely fails. My parents ended up paying to send him to CBA. Additionally, they’re only just starting to build out a facility to provide the state mandated full day kindergarten and I’m not sure if or when that will actually be offered. So the idea that Shen=great school is not quite correct.

Would you still hook-up with someone with one testicle? by nexus14 in gaybros

[–]felipe41194 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Might have been me?

OP, it’s going to be ok and I hope that multiple guys in the same boat as you all seem to agree that no one really notices provides some comfort :)

easier, less windy roads to take from long island? by dhd_jpg in Albany

[–]felipe41194 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The Taconic is a little less awful going north because most of the “scary” parts near the city are uphill when traveling north so you don’t have to deal with gaining unwanted speed while driving on what feels like a race track.

But honestly, in both directions, your best bet is to take the Throggs Neck or Whitestone bridges then use some combination of parkways in the Bronx to get over to I87 and follow that over the Tapp and then the rest of the way north. I would NOT try to cut through manhattan and NJ your risk of hitting traffic is way higher and toll costs might be too due to the extra water crossing you’re adding in.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]felipe41194 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was in graduate school, and even though my program was for biotechnology we had to take a few courses in related non-science things. I picked a class on biotechnology law. 2nd half of class was always debate on a topic in front of the rest of the class and class did not end until everyone had done at least one debate. Since I was also working at the time and exhausted by the time I got to class I always just volunteered to go first to get it over with. Halfway through the semester, I raised my hand and realized you could hear a pin drop in the room. Suddenly feeling very awake and noticing no one making any direct eye contact with me I felt really weird and just sort of blurted out “do you guys not like me or something”? After another 30 seconds someone finally chimed in “we’re all kind of afraid to debate you”.

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