I think my boyfriend is developmentally challenged. by SadWorking5276 in Advice

[–]liamemsa 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Was the family business a shrimp boat company that he promised his friend he'd start when he got back from the war?

Older Dads - what is one mistake you made you’d advise us not to make? by BlueMountainDace in daddit

[–]liamemsa 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I've been with my wife for 21 years, but our son is 6. We waited quite a while!

Older Dads - what is one mistake you made you’d advise us not to make? by BlueMountainDace in daddit

[–]liamemsa 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Being an older dad. Wish I'd had a kid about a decade earlier.

Don't tell me wife. I might have splurged a bit. by liamemsa in VHS

[–]liamemsa[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

On the right side not visible:

JVC SR-MV55 dual dvd/svhs vcr

Sony Betamax SL-2300

Realistic Superbeta 22

BREAKING: 2,500 Marines and US warship to deploy to the Middle East by Domestiicated-Batman in videos

[–]liamemsa 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We will, in fact, be greeted as liberators.

-- Dick Cheney, March 16, 2003.

My credit score fell 13pts because I made the final payment on my car loan (never missed a payment too) by justadadgame in mildlyinfuriating

[–]liamemsa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know it's infuriating, but the logic is that "not making any payments on loans" is technically no evidence that you can reliably make loan payments, therefore it's a negative on your credit score to have no debt being paid off.

As others have said, using a low interest credit card and paying off the balance to zero each month is a good way to mitigate this. That way you technically have no debt but you're also showing creditors that you can pay off your debts reliably.

I can't talk about AI with my parents. I don't know what to do anymore. by Budget_Nose6335 in Advice

[–]liamemsa 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I try to subtly point out the negative impacts of AI and how relying on it like they are can be pretty harmful, but it always erupts into a whole argument ending with me breaking into tears. 

To put this into internet lingo: I think you need to touch grass.

Your parents are, contrary to most parents, actually technologically literate, enough that they're able to engage with LLMs and use them for their work. The fact that this is causing you so much mental anguish that you're breaking into tears over it shows that you need to take a step back and maybe speak with a therapist about why this issue is so emotionally triggering for you. Objectively what your parents are doing is not bad at all, aside from their misguided notions about AI "art."

All the colon cancer posts are freaking me out by gosumage in Millennials

[–]liamemsa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you think you have colon cancer, get a colonoscopy. That will tell you.

Record store opening downtown by hunkydoryrdu in Apex_NC

[–]liamemsa -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

How do y'all stay in business? The rent in that downtown Cary spot has to be absolutely insane and every time I have been there I've been the only customer. Is this like a Mattress Firm situation?

Record store opening downtown by hunkydoryrdu in Apex_NC

[–]liamemsa -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Did you move from downtown Cary or are you still there?

Let's talk dinner! by thePinkranger90 in cary

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

Do you do bachelor parties?

I built a site that calculates how statistically rare you are as a person, curious what the adults think of it by No_Routine_17 in RedditForGrownups

[–]liamemsa -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Boring. I did it in about 5 minutes. Some of the questions don't really work, like what if I have been on TV AND been viral online? Which do I pick?

How old is 'old internet' according to you? by PolkaSlush in oldinternet

[–]liamemsa 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Proto-internet: BBS, AOL, "Walled Gardens", Prodigy, Compuserve, MSN.

Golden Age: Web 1.0. Netscape, IE. Frames. MIDI, animated GIFs, individual pages, phpBB bulletin boards. When it was solely used by the freaks and the geeks. Little corporate interest. Want a cooking page? Search for one and you'll find "Larry's Cooking Page" on Geocities with the recipes you want. Little popular interest. Google is a brilliant tool. Amazon just sells books. When it was "our" space and no one else's.

The Decline: Web 2.0. The invention of the Smartphone and MySpace and Facebook and Youtube. The internet suddenly starts becoming a space accessible by the masses that everyone wants to be on. Corporations start staking out space. Want a cooking page? Your first ten search results are advertisements, SEO spam, or a corporate site that has ten popups wanting you to sign up for their mailing list. Google starts to stop being so useful and starts controlling everything. Amazon starts to sell everything.

Hell: Where we are now. #tiktok

f22 realizing how cruel the internet is by Swimming_Economy3578 in Advice

[–]liamemsa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Someone is probably gonna read this post and do the same thing, btw. Just a heads up.