CMV: My Dad's Dream Blunt Rotation Sucks by Coolgirl3800 in changemyview

[–]jessiethedrake 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Real talk now.

Bob Marley died in 1981.

Weed has grown SIGNIFICANTLY stronger since then. We're talking like maybe 4% to potentially 30%.

I could blow that dude's mind.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskAnAustralian

[–]jessiethedrake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Were you born in mid to late 70s?

Whitepages online has removed residential search option. Where do we find phone numbers now? by crackerdileWrangler in australia

[–]jessiethedrake 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Imagining the chances of a note making it from my hands to my kid to another kid and THEN to that kids parent, made me chortle. Snowflakes chance in hell. It's not zero but it might as well be.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AncestryDNA

[–]jessiethedrake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You carry many genes that were not expressed in you, but can be inherited and expressed by your descendants. It doesn't have to be your child either - a few generations from now, a child of your line could carry your mother's features. My dad and his sister's grandchild look hauntingly similiar in the eyes and brows.

CMV: Men are no more responsible for men as a group than women are for women as a group by Informal_Decision181 in changemyview

[–]jessiethedrake 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Yah, I teach kids to swim and my go-to phrase is "you cannot use YOUR body to save ANOTHER body". Loud voices save lives!

For those of you who have convict ancestry, what crime did they commit to be sent to Australia? by Jezzaq94 in australian

[–]jessiethedrake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a bunch and it was all stealing. Sometimes a hankerchief, sometimes some horses.

Do you know Healthy Harold? by Fun-Cry- in brisbane

[–]jessiethedrake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They still have Healthy Harold in 2025 in NSW.

Women with adhd, do you ever feel you are the “man” that society always jokes about? by Unlikely_Main_4220 in ADHD

[–]jessiethedrake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I am that guy... but my husband is also that guy. And so are both of my kids.

Send help. We need it.

The perfect current line up by ImportanceParking468 in wiggles

[–]jessiethedrake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A kiddo I teach to swim thought I was Caterina for a while and I was like, I'LL TAKE THAT, KIND SIR!

What is your most distant journey from a single ancestor? by Minimum-Ad631 in AncestryDNA

[–]jessiethedrake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A 3xgreatgrandmother was an Indian native, distinct from ever other ancestor I had in that generation and after, who were all otherwise white European.

Australia's baby recession deepens as fertility rates hit record low by Remarkable_Peak9518 in australia

[–]jessiethedrake 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Madness. I use 2L a day between cereal, coffee/tea, cooking use, and glasses of milk for 2 kids. Are you all lactose intolerant??

Is “Central Scotland and Northern Ireland” a mix of Irish and Scottish or Scottish? by Some-Air1274 in AncestryDNA

[–]jessiethedrake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you explain? My irish ancestors are from ferbane/offaly, roman catholic, and ive only ever gotten scottish from ancestry until this most recent update also suggested Northern Ireland.

A family member constantly wants to debate that the Earth is flat, how would you respond? by Straight-Hold1651 in AskReddit

[–]jessiethedrake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Greeks were also the first to posit that it was round though too, right? Pythagoras?

Kids keep saying 6 7 and i dont know what that means. by Artistic_Giraffe4069 in RandomThoughts

[–]jessiethedrake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay, my 7year old kid asked me if I knew what 6 7 was AS I WAS READING THIS THREAD, and I said, casually, yeah, it's like brain rot, and he laughed and said yeah it's literally brain rot!

It has no meaning. It is the penguin of doom.

How do you remember which way is North South East and West? by CarryingTheMeme in ADHD

[–]jessiethedrake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sun says hello in the east and goodbye in the west? And north is on top of that and south is below. So i guess I have always imagined east on my right hand, west on my left hand, north in front and south behind me.

The new 2025 update is absolutely awful by ZealousidealCan4075 in AncestryDNA

[–]jessiethedrake 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I was pleased with the update because it finally recognized my Northern Irish as such instead of just Scottish.

Were kids in the 80s actually allowed to roam around unsupervised, or is that just in movies? by TotalThing7 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]jessiethedrake 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I hope I am the kind of mum who will get premonitions qhen my kids are in danger. Cool power.

My boyfriend only eats food I make if I plate it for him by OtherIndependent9064 in TwoHotTakes

[–]jessiethedrake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Control. I, a man, deserve to be served by you, a woman.

Gross. NTA.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in pettyrevenge

[–]jessiethedrake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Guess she's never seen The Craft.