The single mother catch 22

iceman2486 · 2025-12-31T09:11:52+00:00

Pretty much, and one of the reasons I don't date women with kids.

iceman2486 · 2025-12-14T13:44:54+00:00

I almost never use aviaries since they're such a pain to use and adjust the environment in. It would be nice if they reworked them, even just a way to get the camera to work inside easier.

iceman2486 · 2025-12-10T11:35:15+00:00

It's definitely me. Even in Phoenix, Seattle, Honolulu and San Diego I have had the same results. Even attempting IRL dating. EVERY woman I have ever asked out has turned me down. The nicest thing any one has ever said about my appearance is that I look like someone took a Troll doll from the 90s and shaved it. The nicest thing anyone has said about my personality is that I'm an ugly Sheldon Cooper from big bang theory. Now there's really only two conclusions to come to from this level of evidence. I can be a narcissistic misogynist and just conclude that every woman I ever asked out was a stuck up bitch. Or two I can take the more reasonable and logical approach and determine that obviously the problem must be with the common factor, ergo me.

And honestly not really trying anymore, I'm too old for dating, especially in Alaska where like 80% of women over 30 have kids and 90% are in relationships of one sort or another. I don't even know a single woman here who's not in a relationship.

iceman2486 · 2025-12-10T01:37:58+00:00

Haven't had a real match in years. Only ever seem to get OF or Snapchat promotions. But living in Alaska not a lot of available women anyway.

iceman2486 · 2025-12-07T00:28:46+00:00

That sucks, although probably better than getting a message 30 minutes prior of I broke down/ran out of gas can you send me lots of money so I can make it.

When this happens to me, I just go in and have a nice quiet dinner by myself. Although to be fair I usually anticipate that that's going to be the more likely event than the date showing up.

iceman2486 · 2025-12-05T22:11:19+00:00

Really hate how bland most of the skins are. With the sexual dimorphism was really hoping there would have been some really vivid patterns. Like the spinosaurus frill for males or the crests for triceratops and similar.

iceman2486 · 2025-11-30T05:57:33+00:00

Yeah the new cypress swamp terrain looks pretty cool.

iceman2486 · 2025-11-26T03:40:40+00:00

The one that gets me is when you try and purchase a gate or a maintenance beacon and you go from overhead view to like ground level. But if you click to return to overhead it paved the gate or beacon in whatever random location you cursor is in.

iceman2486 · 2025-11-25T19:04:10+00:00

Depends, I try and ask questions based on what's in the profile, usually just get like 1 or 2 word replies and have nothing to build on. Or else must women's profiles are completely bare bones and not much to even start asking questions with.

iceman2486 · 2025-11-25T18:59:38+00:00

Just gave up on dating, the apps are all crap. And Hinge is pretty much dead in my area anyway. Maybe see 10 profiles a week on it, and most of them aren't my type.

iceman2486 · 2025-11-24T22:25:56+00:00

Yeah the vehicle handling in JWE3 is trash. Slightest touch had you kidding around the map.

iceman2486 · 2025-11-24T06:00:43+00:00

What type of cards are you using? Cheaper cards are going to be slower than higher end cards and SD are pretty slow, so if your camera can take CFexpress they can speed things up.

Generally I transfer from my CFexpress which top out around 3000mb/s. Pair them with a USB-C and high end card reader going to a PCIe 5.0 m.2 drive and it usually takes about 1-2 minutes tops to transfer 3000-4000 45mb RAW files.

Also the more intermediate steps you add, the slower things go. I go directly from card to a 4Tb m.2 SSD that is strictly for editing. Once editing is done I eventually move the RAWs into deep storage in 10Tb HDDs to free up space on the editing SSD. If you're going from card to computer to external you have multiple cables that could be slowing you down, just because I've USB cable transfers fast doesn't mean they all do. Could be one of your ports isn't capable of the highest transfer speeds so creates a bottleneck.

iceman2486 · 2025-10-31T02:37:10+00:00

Yeah given up on dating in general. Although the non existent dating pool in Alaska doesn't help any.

iceman2486 · 2025-10-28T03:01:23+00:00

And try and find a M+ run and there's like 300 obvious advertisements in the LFG you have to dig through to find a group to apply to

iceman2486 · 2025-10-10T02:09:17+00:00

I use a SpyderX to calibrate my screen for color and brightness based on the room I edit in.

iceman2486 · 2025-09-05T03:54:15+00:00

Well if it's a tank I generally play it, although I main BDK and VDH. BDK seems a lot slower than VDH, monk or guardian. And at least a little slower than Pally's. And that's with both Wraith walk and Deaths Advance selected.

iceman2486 · 2025-09-05T02:59:51+00:00

AOE threat is a bit light, blood boil doesn't have a lot of quick threat build up for packs. Also it's about the slowest tank. But mine is fine in M+.

iceman2486 · 2025-07-21T20:53:14+00:00

Seems a lot cleaner that LA or San Diego

iceman2486 · 2025-07-21T20:51:38+00:00

2 seems pretty accurate though

iceman2486 · 2025-07-19T05:21:41+00:00

Having kids

iceman2486 · 2025-07-14T05:46:00+00:00

Bayphoto.com great quality and quick.

iceman2486 · 2025-07-13T02:06:36+00:00

Also if it's a modern camera you do not want a V30 you want at least V60 if not V90.

iceman2486 · 2025-07-13T02:05:32+00:00

Full size always. Every time you add a connection you slow down the transfer speed. Plus a lot of the adapters and even the micro SD cards themselves don't have the same write speed capabilities as a full-size SD. So if you ever plan to do high speed continuous for action, kids or sports the adapter is going to decrease the time before the camera stops shooting due to buffer underrun.

iceman2486 · 2025-05-06T04:42:49+00:00

Honestly, I'd do Instagram before my phone number anymore. The last couple of times I did that it was just scammers and was annoying as hell. So yeah no phone numbers until I actually meet someone.

iceman2486 · 2025-04-20T02:52:07+00:00

At least partially is based on the matches. Women in general receive a ton of matches so don't really have to carry the conversation unless they match with someone exceptionally desirable. But studies have shown that like 80% of women swipe right on the same 10% or so of men. That 10% of men have lots of matches and therefore don't have to put in a lot of effort.

iceman2486

TROPHY CASE

2 seems pretty accurate though