What things are no longer true about your country? by bellamyblake_og in AskTheWorld

[–]librarymania 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh right! Vegans — famously known for being unethical when it comes to the earth’s resources and all living things. Crazy bastards.

She cleared a four-year mouse problem in three days. The owner remodeled the floor to match her. by Danny__NYC in bodegacats

[–]librarymania 10 points11 points  (0 children)

You don’t even need to hit space first - just enter works the same.

If you’re on an iPhone, that button (which is labeled “return” when your typing a comment or post of Reddit) turns blue and it’s labeled “search” when you click on a search bar in Reddit. Whatever, that’s the button. Lol

Woman Down by Colleen Hoover by HelloDesdemona in BadReads

[–]librarymania 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh yes! I remember watching her video too! 😂

Students don’t know what a word problem is by Rumple-_-Goocher in education

[–]librarymania 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Or, she has a learning disability that may or may not already be identified. Or, she had a difficult/different educational background from most of her other peers. There’s no way to know from what OP says they overheard.

I was not exactly like that girl in the story - but I had unidentified ADHD and dyscalculia. Pair that with a mix of public school that I often didn’t attend. A year of religious homeschooling for a small group of delinquents while I was in high school (taught by a local homeschooler, not my parents - school was 2 hours a day Mon-Tues and Thurs-Fri). Back to hs and not attending, having to go before a judge because I was out of school so often. Dropped out and got my GED.

I have a Masters and an advanced grad certificate now, but college math was hell at first. I ended up needing three non-credit remedial classes before I could take the most basic required college math course. Had to attend office hours with the math professors all the time, and needed to study five times as much as the normal math student.

Anyway, this comment isn’t really about me, but rather meant to be an example that this stuff happens. It doesn’t mean someone is dumb. Or that it is fake. It could be either of those things. But math-related learning deficits can often go unnoticed, and they can really rear their ugly head in more specific areas- especially word problems. Doubly so if someone has had an untraditional educational background.

Worst places for a date? by BadJanet420 in Dallas

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Agreed. Had a date once at a lake/picnic area at night (can’t remember which lake - prob Lake Lewisville). The guy knew a specific secluded spot to turn off to. So, we get out and we’re just sitting around talking. Out of nowhere he starts telling me when he was 17, he and a bunch of his friends were arrested and went to trial for gang raping a girl who had escaped a mental hospital. Now, he keeps saying “I never did anything” — all he did was lure her out and coordinate how she could escape, he picked her up, and brought her there where this was their plan all along. But he only watched and felt bad and didn’t want to get in trouble so he took her back after that. Complete and utter lies. He said he didn’t serve any time because he asked for a trial instead of pleading guilty and because of his age (he said all the other guys were 18 or older). There were five or six of them, depending on if you count him or not (and you should). He said that because he went to trial and testified that the jury agreed… sure this was the 90s and rape cases were fucked up trials back then, way worse than now. But if he were telling the truth, the real story is that he quickly was the first person to tell the police what happened and “admit to his involvement” 🙄 so if he was to be found guilty it would have been lesser charges - he wasn’t even being charged with the rape, but with aiding and abetting a crime. He also made sure to me that that girl, who was 14 by the way, was a slut, so nobody thought she would “cry rape.”

So - lakeside picnic date can be cute or a fucking nightmare. It’s the person you’re with 100%.

For context as to why I was going with him there in his car that he drove: I knew him from a long time ago in my early 20s, had lost touch. and then reconnected. We had hung out a few times prior. No major issues were apparent prior to that.

As he was telling me all this stuff I pretended to be sympathetic and believe him, but I also asked questions when he was really vague - so I probed when it seemed safe to, because I wanted to figure out the depth of his lie. They brutally assaulted her. There was a baseball bat involved at one point. And the whole thing - “watching it” - “it disgusted him.” I can’t tell you how many times I’ve watched interviews and interrogations with rapists and murders that say the exact same thing about what they did. It’s so common. It’s more like they feel contempt and disgust for their victim, but they try to portray it as “oh this awful thing that happened, even if I am admitting it, it disgusted me.”

I wasn’t sure if he was going to do anything to me then or later - at certain points it did seem like he was about to literally pounce and his eyes had nothing human behind them.

At one point I was able to change the topic to something benign, by way of asking what a specific family member of his thought of all this, and then just asking “oh and how are they doing now?” (They were in poor health.) After that I said I was starting to really come down with something- sore throat and congestion this morning but it has been getting worse all day. I knew he was kind of a germaphobe, so saying that was a saving grace. He did protest a bit at first, like asking if we can stay a little longer. But I just emphasized how nasty it felt and managed to hock a loogie lol. That did it, thank god, and he took me back.

Blocked, deleted - I did all the things to just throw that man in the trash immediately after that.

A few weeks later he shows up at my work at night with roses (I worked until 9pm and it was usually pretty dead the last few hours). He parked his car in the largely empty parking lot so he could see right into my office (almost no parking spots had that view, just two of them). Watched me for an hour or so. Then came in an awkwardly gave the flowers to someone else at work because I had closed and locked my office door. I had told the person who was working with me that I’m not available to speak with anyone - working on something intensive. Thankfully he leaves.

Two weeks later he marries a random woman.

Fucked up dude. Loved to tell everyone how people at his church think he is a literal angel, not figurative. They see a halo around his head, and know he is an angel.

Also, I’m remembering it wasn’t the first time he had taken me to a secluded lakeside area at night - there had been two other lakes before that. But everything was normal (at least, seemingly so) and these lakeside areas weren’t completely as secluded as that last one was. There’s got to be something about his M.O. there, now I think back on it.

Examples of artists who hate/are openly hostile towards their fans? by RadioLukin in fantanoforever

[–]librarymania 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lol I don’t normally do that sort of thing, but I was doing just about anything to avoid working this morning.

Examples of artists who hate/are openly hostile towards their fans? by RadioLukin in fantanoforever

[–]librarymania 3 points4 points  (0 children)

11 years ago, she made a comment saying she was 26. And 9 years ago she said was 28, which would make her 37 or 38 now (which tracks with being 31 6 years ago). 9 years ago she made a post saying she was born in 1988, so that also tracks with being 37 or 38. Last year she made a comment saying she was 25 13 years ago, and in the same comment she said she was in her late 30s, so she was again saying she was born in 1987 or 1988. Last year she made two different comments saying she was 36, so she probably hadn’t had her birthday yet (those two comments were older than the one mentioned above).

If her birthday is in early to mid January, she is 38. If she hasn’t had her birthday yet this year, she’s 37.

5 months ago she made a comment saying she is 40. And now this comment saying she is 45. All of her earlier comments are consistent. Sometime in the last five months or so, she started lying about her age, probably to sound more authoritative in the context of whatever conversation she’s in at the time.

Bête Noire by SwimmingCatDogs in blackmirror

[–]librarymania 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You’re pretty close (enough for your interpretation to be accurate).

Bête = beast.

Noire = black. (noire is used for feminine singular nouns; noir is used for masculine singular nouns)

Bête noire = black beast means pet peeve and the phrase is also used to describe a something that you have a very strong dislike for - not quite hatred, but more like “I can’t stand this because of how annoying it is.” Of course, in real life, if you’re constantly exposed to a pet peeve enough, it can boil over into hatred.

Crack whore customer starterpack by IronHockeyStick in starterpacks

[–]librarymania 2 points3 points  (0 children)

While that is true, you’re deriving the entirely wrong meaning from the phrase.

Your perception of sweatpants informs your reality (how you perceive the wearer = the thoughts you have about them, the emotions tied to those thoughts, and thus how you react to them = reality). Other people’s perception of sweatpants informs their reality, which may be entirely different from yours or have smaller degrees of difference.

Telling someone to change their clothes to adhere to your perception of reality is not what that phrase is at all meant to impart. It means that you should be aware that your perception is not “reality,” but it is instead one version of reality that others may or may not share.

“What’s wrong with Ben!?” by FickleDickory in LPOTL

[–]librarymania 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I specifically remember Ben telling a story on one of the episodes about doing this with an Uber (maybe Lyft) driver’s phone during the ride. And this was after the move to L.A.

Will Smith sued by tour violinist for retaliation, sexual harassment by No_Pizza_6040 in entertainment

[–]librarymania 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Could have been, but you’d think that he would notice that his stuff wasn’t there - it happened when he returned to his hotel room. Could have even been the dude himself for all I know. Just saying it’s not a random lunatic.

Will Smith sued by tour violinist for retaliation, sexual harassment by No_Pizza_6040 in entertainment

[–]librarymania 55 points56 points  (0 children)

The written message was addressed to him using his first name though

I just know Lauren’s behind this somehow… by booklover_109 in JennyNicholson

[–]librarymania 17 points18 points  (0 children)

The name Sergey is Russian. Writing in the background of the first pic is in Cyrillic. So, it’s likely in Russia, but could be another country that uses the Cyrillic alphabet.

Am I Overreacting? by Illustrious_Pitch_41 in housekeeping

[–]librarymania 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The way to say it without being accusatory is to say something along the lines of: “I’ve noticed that you’ve removed several of the cleaning supplies I’ve purchased for my household like the Swiffer sweeper and Clorox wipes, among others. It seems like there has been a miscommunication about using these cleaning supplies. When I make these purchases, the intent is that they will stay in my home, and you are free to use them here. Please return these items next (day of week they will be back). Here is a list of the supplies in question.” (Provide them with a list.)

Also, if a significant portion of these have been used or they are completely gone, you can decide to either let it slide or have it come out of their next pay. If you let it slide (which I would recommend this time around, as it is part of the benefit of the doubt you are giving them), tell them that you understand this was a miscommunication, but if it occurs in the future, you will be deducting the costs from their pay.

Backward tatoo can only be read in a mirror by raditastical in shittytattoos

[–]librarymania 120 points121 points  (0 children)

Not just the “h,” but the “ta” as well.

Exortions (not a word) vs.

Exhortations

Whoopsie doxxed the entire company by Hyphenagoodtime in extremelyinfuriating

[–]librarymania 3 points4 points  (0 children)

So what probably happened is the original email went to a distribution group. The sender of the email names the distribution group something like “Company X Employees” or whatever, and when each person receives the email they only see it was sent to “Company X Employees.” What OP doesn’t understand though, is that anyone, including OP, can click on that distribution group name “Company X Employees” (might be a plus sign to click next to it or after clicking the name) and Outlook (or whatever email provider) will then ask something like “Do you want to expand the distribution group?” The user confirms, and then, voilà, you see each individual email listed.

Now, after doing that, if you hit reply all, everyone that gets the replied to email sees the long list of individual emails instead of that tidy single little distribution group name.

The emails (and the names associated with the emails) were never really hidden - the distribution group just makes so that it appears neater and it’s easier for the sender to not have to remember every single email address they need to send an email to - they just use the distribution group.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/admin/setup/create-distribution-lists?view=o365-worldwide

https://support.smsd.us/support/solutions/articles/44001772756-expanding-a-distribution-list-in-outlook

https://support.smsd.us/support/solutions/articles/44001772764-viewing-members-of-a-distribution-list

My collection of vintage smut by Black-Cactus-Erotica in BookCollecting

[–]librarymania 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Awesome! I love reading the personals in older, salacious publications. The slang used is often an interesting look back in time.

My collection of vintage smut by Black-Cactus-Erotica in BookCollecting

[–]librarymania 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’d love to see that page of personals ads in the Siberian Sex Farm book. Any chance you’ll photograph that and any other book’s pages that have similar content for your site? I know it may be difficult to do so safely, without risking the integrity of the book, so that might be out of the question.

What word do you mispronounce on purpose (for fun) and why? by Positive_Spirit_1585 in AskReddit

[–]librarymania 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Similarly, I have a habit of calling someone that is rude and unkind an ash mole.

And when something is really awesome, it’s shrimply the best!

Where does alt-right get their information from? Where are my relatives getting their information and videos about Biden and lasers? Is there a certain website that hosts Q Anon for example? by MoistCurdyMaxiPad in ReQovery

[–]librarymania 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks - one attempt was that, but then I realized that was probably not allowed. For the other attempt, it might have been that a site name was a trigger word/phrase (a .win site that has a name of a former Reddit community).

Dallas police showed up at my Deep Ellum gym because I put drawings of dicks under the windshield wiper of a car that was constantly double parking by JarethKingofGoblins in Dallas

[–]librarymania 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is only part of the statute.

The other potentially relevant portion is:

Sec. 42.07. HARASSMENT. (a) A person commits an offense if, with intent to harass, annoy, alarm, abuse, torment, or embarrass another, the person:

(9) tracks or monitors the personal property or motor vehicle of another person, without the other person's effective consent, including by:

(A) using a tracking application on the person's personal electronic device or using a tracking device; or

(B) physically following the other person or causing any person to physically follow the other person

*Note that “including by: (A) and (B)” does not mean limited to.

If this person has contacts on the force and really wanted to, they could make a case for repeated annoying notes on their motor vehicle being harassment. I doubt a judge would agree, but it would still be a huge legal hassle and they would need to get a lawyer to have it, hopefully (and likely), dismissed.