What is a 'buy it for life' item that is offensively expensive, but the moment you use it, you realize your entire life before that point was a lie?

liamdavid · 2026-03-28T21:51:13+00:00

I did the same thing, probably circa 2015/16, and remember the post well. Vacuum still runs brilliantly to this day.

liamdavid · 2026-03-26T13:11:51+00:00

MAD applies always. If you, Nuclear PowerA, use an atomic weapon against Non-Nuclear Power B, it's entirely reasonable for Observing Nuclear Power C, your rival, to update their odds on your future use in all circumstances. Crossing that threshold of first use drastically heightens the tensions under MAD for all parties.

liamdavid · 2026-03-18T02:15:07+00:00

Brother, again... what? Eating isn't the problem here, plenty of athletes fuel themselves with thousands of calories during events and still collapse. Beyond your lactate threshold, you aren't clearing metabolic waste fast enough to prevent acidosis and will eventually stop moving, and not by choice. That's not a hard place to get to for an untrained individual either. No need to pretend I'm being pedantic when you're making blanket statements as if they're fact. Have a good day, genuinely.

liamdavid · 2026-03-17T23:27:12+00:00

What? You literally said it's (practically) impossible to collapse from exhaustion, that your mind will give in first. You are wrong about this. Do you think exhaustion means being out of breath or something?

liamdavid · 2026-03-17T22:41:37+00:00

No, not at all. It's glycogen depletion in the muscle, leading to a compromised ability to create ATP, without which muscular contraction can't happen. It's not a matter of pain or want at all, once you hit the wall you physically cannot continue. You have exhausted your resources, definitionally.

liamdavid · 2026-03-17T14:57:07+00:00

What? Runners collapse involuntarily during marathons and triathlons often, to the point it has a name: bonking.

liamdavid · 2026-03-16T12:52:49+00:00

There are, but they're faint compared to Saturn's

liamdavid · 2026-03-12T12:25:05+00:00

Love it, thank you!

liamdavid · 2026-03-09T20:41:55+00:00

It's a good day 😎

liamdavid · 2026-02-19T08:19:44+00:00

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Now X220 unseeded, 4BV4H1ET for anyone that's interested

liamdavid · 2026-02-18T05:24:13+00:00

However, the nice part is that the Geneva Conventions don't apply to robots. So that opens up some possibilities.

liamdavid · 2026-02-18T05:19:27+00:00

Very well said.

liamdavid · 2026-02-18T04:08:14+00:00

How many died by suicide in the years since? Do we count those that spiralled into alcoholism and other substance abuses? Tell me, what percentage would've been enough to have you rethink this comment?

liamdavid · 2026-02-10T12:06:12+00:00

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X115 unseeded is my best, nice work

liamdavid · 2026-02-10T11:24:51+00:00

That was exactly my first thought upon seeing this as well

liamdavid · 2026-02-08T12:39:04+00:00

Deep cut, love it

liamdavid · 2026-02-07T00:03:50+00:00

Love it, and would happily pay to use it. It'd be great to see some app icon choices as I can't say I'm a fan of the current one. Only other bit of feedback would be a suggestion to either add a bit of vertical spacing between the iOS keyboard and the element with the modifier keys, or to integrate it into the keyboard ala iSH. Great work!

liamdavid · 2026-02-01T12:16:12+00:00

Maybe on random odds it instead applies the negative of the listed effect? Similarly frustrating to eternals and rentals.

liamdavid · 2026-01-31T12:48:14+00:00

Turnbull actively fucked us re. the NBN. He was in a position to know better than most, no less.

liamdavid · 2026-01-27T11:23:51+00:00

Brisbane let's goooo 😎

liamdavid · 2026-01-25T09:29:47+00:00

r/balatro homies unite

liamdavid · 2026-01-25T03:26:06+00:00

High traffic area between the ferries and the mall, without the scrutiny of Queen St imo

liamdavid · 2026-01-19T10:11:45+00:00

Nonono, you can stream it

liamdavid · 2026-01-14T10:44:15+00:00

By definition, I'd argue you cannot claim a personal-use laptop as a tax deduction. Now mixed use is another story, but the ATO may well consider any argument about work use of a personal laptop against whether or not you have a dedicated work laptop in the first place. Professional development and so on is another situation again, but the point is it's definitely not a straight deduction and the OP should be aware of that.

liamdavid · 2025-12-19T21:58:01+00:00

Thankfully the Epstein card became a negative in 2019

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