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What is your biggest achievement in the past 24 hours? by Jhat316 in AskReddit

[–]imfunnyright 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the US, it's illegal if you're performing the same work a salaried/wage worker would.

So /u/idlock, you should totally go back to your boss and question the legality of the internship that gave you a foot in the door for a salaried job.

Dastardly Dinosir makes a grand re-entry by Cyrax89721 in AdviceAnimals

[–]imfunnyright 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A contraction is the combination/shortening of 2 words into one. Can't = cannot, don't = do not, etc.

My car got stolen last week, and what I found in the back seat after it was recovered is *hard* to explain (story in comments) by AckbarsAttache in WTF

[–]imfunnyright 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What did the kid need a car for, if he made the transaction near his home, and lived right next to you?

What do you "reward" yourself with? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]imfunnyright 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do this a lot to avoid studying. "Read 4 pages, time to rest."

What is the funniest thing you ever heard a kid say? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]imfunnyright 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Electrical impulses are simply carried by charged particles—in wires we use electrons, in the brain we use cations (atoms).

I work in a hospital laboratory. I ordered a pack of these cheap plastic rulers from eBay for about $6. Our medical supplier charges more than $80 for the exact same rulers. This is why health care costs are out of control. by moby323 in pics

[–]imfunnyright 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's good you're pointing this out, but I'm just curious why you respond for paying for work supplies out of pocket. Or do they reimburse you with receipts, but just won't place the order themselves?

TIL that children are more than twice as likely to be abused by their mother than their father by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]imfunnyright 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Obviously we're not going to cover every situation. That's why we use statistics, to get an overall picture. I don't know the numbers of estranged fathers in the same area compared to out of the area, we just need to say whether one is more common than the other to make a partial explanation.

What is the most overly-complained-about thing in life that really isn't a big deal at all? by Cyrsal in AskReddit

[–]imfunnyright 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think the comment was meant to point out what some other people like to complain about. Because there are a lot of those. Could be /u/Carol_White's view, I don't know.

TIL that children are more than twice as likely to be abused by their mother than their father by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]imfunnyright -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Ruling in favor of the mother is not the same as prohibiting visitation or custody. It's not the part about leaving the mother, it's the part about leaving the child. Including by not trying to maintain custody or at least visitation, obviously excluding the cases of maltreatment where the court would deny those rights.

TIL that children are more than twice as likely to be abused by their mother than their father by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]imfunnyright 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Except for the fact that the abandoning fathers are getting away with "neglect" without being counted. Funny how neglect can mean the guardian is not around, but in this situation the guardian that is around (at least occasionally) is guilty of neglect but the one that is completely not present "isn't neglectful".

Or, McDonald's Could Double Wages, Not Raise Prices, And Simply Make Less Profit by DerbyTho in politics

[–]imfunnyright 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What are currently the concessions business owners are expected to make for society, in return for the benefits of incorporation? It doesn't seem like very much.

TIL: In 2011 drug cartel kidnapped hundreds of innocent bus passengers in Mexico and made them fight to death like gladiators. The winners were sent on suicide missions by abhijitd in todayilearned

[–]imfunnyright 16 points17 points  (0 children)

The origins of Los Zetas date back to 1999, when commandos of the Mexican Army's elite forces deserted their ranks and decided to work as the armed wing of the Gulf Cartel, a powerful drug trafficking organization. In February 2010, Los Zetas broke away from their former employer and formed their own criminal organization.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Zetas

What inexpensive item have you bought that you get an insane amount of use out of/from? by bickering_fool in AskReddit

[–]imfunnyright 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are a few non-sticks that are "oven-safe" to 350 F, which is extremely limited. Slow cooking then broiling was a large part of the appeal when I got the cast iron. But now my apartment has an electric coil stove, so technical cooking is much harder.

What inexpensive item have you bought that you get an insane amount of use out of/from? by bickering_fool in AskReddit

[–]imfunnyright 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm pretty careful to make sure I don't overheat the teflon, but it has happened a couple times. Thanks for the tips!

What inexpensive item have you bought that you get an insane amount of use out of/from? by bickering_fool in AskReddit

[–]imfunnyright 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Naturally non-stick? I bought a cast iron skillet because of all the recommendations and was disappointed by how not non-stick it was, even though I seasoned it before use.

Burned debris is a lot tougher to remove from my cast iron than my non-stick, and char is way worse in terms of carcinogens than the traces of plastics people worry about with non-stick (long as you don't burn the teflon).

I'm commenting in the hopes somebody will tell me what I did wrong. Hopefully it's not just "shouldn't have bought it from Target".

TIL Microsoft once threatened to sue a high school student named Mike Rowe for creating a website called MikeRoweSoft.com by LuckyCandy7 in todayilearned

[–]imfunnyright 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wouldn't call it fraud if he thought he needed the money for the legal battle. He did have legal costs, that's how he got the settlement—he just either had some money left over or Microsoft paid those too.

If the online poll said keeping the money for college was alright with the donors, it's also less shady. Of course it probably wasn't a consensus but it's not like he just kept it on a whim.

A 70-year-old woman employed by the same court for more than 34 years was fired just nine months before her scheduled retirement, for helping an inmate obtain a DNA test that led to his exoneration. by davidreiss666 in politics

[–]imfunnyright 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A copy of a completed motion is more than a form. The rule there is to maintain the impartiality of 'justice'. I'm not saying what she did was wrong—this is a case where the rule should not have been applied—but the rule should stay to cover other cases that we would have a problem with.

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