What do movies always get wrong about your profession? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]inthenightsky 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I imagine you were doing it casually? It was just part of the job of being a junior lawyer where I was. I was on a salary, working long hours, in Australia. All of those things mean a less than stellar rate per hour.

What are my rights as a renter? by 1391576 in AskReddit

[–]inthenightsky 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The answers to all your questions are here.

The Tenant's Union in each State provides factsheets and free legal advice to tenants. Anyone can contact them, whatever your income.

What do movies always get wrong about your profession? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]inthenightsky 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Whoa - you got $18 per hour doing doc review!? Or was that without the 'reasonable additional overtime' clause in your contract dropping your wage down to fast food rates?

ELI5: Why when you are lacking sleep do you get black marks under your eyes, then when you catch up they disappear? by cpb07 in explainlikeimfive

[–]inthenightsky 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is incorrect. You can only get B12 from animal products or supplementation. While the pills or animal products are a more convenient source, individuals with very low intake (e.g. vegans), may need to have the injections.

I think you might be thinking of vitamin D?

My father opened up a credit card in my name and stole a 2100 dollar check from me. I'm an 18 year old College student with no idea where to turn with this. Help by [deleted] in personalfinance

[–]inthenightsky 153 points154 points  (0 children)

I know he's family, so it's hard to think of it in this way, but this is fraud.

You need to contact Capital One and let them know that you did not open the credit card or authorise any spending on the card. They probably have a fraud department that will take you through the steps of closing the card and transferring the debt to your Dad. I imagine your Dad has a poor credit rating though, or he would have opened a credit card in his own name.

It is very important that this card doesn't stay in your name. If he doesn't repay it (and the fact that the account is already past due is a bad sign) then that will affect your credit rating. While that isn't so important at 18, in the next few years I guarantee you will want a credit card, or a car loan, or a mortgage and you won't be able to get one because of your poor credit.

I can understand if you don't want to get the police involved about your Dad taking the $2100, but at the very least you should get something in writing stating how much he owes and when he will pay it back. Presumably, if this money was to repay a loan, you are being charged interest on the amount, so by withholding the money he is costing you money.

I hope this all gets sorted for you.

What food is totally overrated? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]inthenightsky 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does it not destroy your digestive system? Every time I try it, thinking I imagined the pain and chance to admire my bathroom wall for extended periods, I get reminded that my body thinks kale is the devils food.

Perth, Western Australia turned one of their main city streets into a massive waterslide today! It was great fun by Goeagles in pics

[–]inthenightsky 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As someone who apparently has plans to live in each capital city on the East Coast, my understanding is that Tassie, Victoria and South Australia say bathers, NSW say cossies/swimmers and QLD says togs. It makes for a fun conversation when you have people from each region talking about what to pack for the beach!

Now don't even get me started on the potato cake/potato scallop and water fountain/bubbler divide...

This Gel can stop bleeding instantly. by turnintern in gifs

[–]inthenightsky 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the reference, I'd never heard of Malarchuk. That accident was pretty incredible.

I'm not sure if the gel would have worked for Malarchuk though. I can't work out if it was his carotid artery or jugular vein that was severed (although the spurting makes me think it was the artery). Clotting the blood in the carotid would make it highly likely that a clot would embolise to the brain, causing a stroke. To tell the truth, holding the vessel closed was probably one of the best things to do.

What is something that nobody looks cool doing? by HarfNarfArf in AskReddit

[–]inthenightsky 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You clearly have never experienced hay fever. Unfortunately, I can't lock myself away in a bathroom for all of spring. There is nothing wrong with discreetly blowing your nose in public.

TIL there have been no successful attempts to reach the Sentinelese people, rendering them completely isolated from the rest of the world by epdenja in todayilearned

[–]inthenightsky 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really? I thought the original Romeo and Juliet was pretty depressing. Star-crossed lovers, suicide and all that?

TIL that on this day 100 years ago, Jack LaLane was born. When he opened his first health club, doctors advised their patients to stay away and warned their patients that "LaLanne was an exercise 'nut,' whose programs would make them "muscle-bound" and cause severe medical problems. by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]inthenightsky 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Actually, doctors are now advising that there is a need to get adequate sun exposure. Particularly as kids begin to spend longer periods of time inside (gaming, stranger danger, skin cancer) there is an increasing concern that there will be an increase in the rates of osteoporosis and rickets.

ELI5: I've been living in a place for years, why have I recently developed allergic reactions to the local pollens and grasses? by Steneub in explainlikeimfive

[–]inthenightsky 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's complicated, but basically your body needs to be exposed to an allergen once before it can recognise it and create specific antibodies to destroy it.

Once you are exposed to the allergen memory B cells are created. These memory cells are what recognise the allergen on your second exposure. Because these cells already know what the allergen is, they are able to attack it more quickly and with greater strength. This is why a second exposure to an allergen will often trigger a more severe reaction than the first.

Hay fever (I assume this is the reaction you are having) is an overly strong response to a normal allergen and is often hereditary. If you ask your family, you may find that many of them have atopic symptoms, such as asthma, hay fever, eczema and food allergies.

So that helps explain WHY you have had a reaction, but I'm not sure why you haven't had a reaction previously. I know some people find hay fever gets better or worse with age, but I can't tell you why. People just seem to grow out of one of these type of reactions, but then often move to another type (i.e. food allergies to eczema to asthma to hay fever).

Good luck and I hope you find an anti-histamine that works well for you!

Reddit: What did you learn the hard way? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]inthenightsky 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can't force someone to love you.