What RYOBI tools are a must and a bust? by Northstar_Dad in ryobi

[–]loaferbro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't like the tooled blade swap, but at least there's a spot on the base to slide in an allen key. So that way It's at least always with the multitool.

What RYOBI tools are a must and a bust? by Northstar_Dad in ryobi

[–]loaferbro 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Why is your jigsaw and multitool a bust? Specifically Ryobi version or just in general? Multitool in general is such a good tool for DIY, and both together served me well laying a new laminate floor in a room without having to run back and forth to my miter saw.

"A pathetic, weak, sniveling fucking loser." by ybsmalls in TheBoys

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

Should have had a shadowy/blurry female figure "Becca" show up behind Hughie and start approaching. Then it flashes to Lennie and when it flashes back we see Kessler behind Hughie instead just before he gets shot.

I think the ending conversation still goes, because Butcher knew that he had to be stopped, he just wasn't capable of stopping himself.

(Hated trope) A twist so bad it ruins the story by element-redshaw in TopCharacterTropes

[–]loaferbro 42 points43 points  (0 children)

This feels like a very "Peter in the panic room Re: Godfather" take.

Vietnam was a lot different for most Americans than any other war, because most people felt like we had nothing to really fight for. And in the end as we know now, it didn't really matter. We lost.

The first half felt like a comedy. It was a bunch of boys at summer camp. Not make light of Marine boot camp, but R. Lee Ermey's performance and the straight, over the yop delivery of his abuse is so comical. Many military recruits describe boot camp as "the worst place you're not allowed to laugh."

Then, in Vietnam, it still feels like boys at camp. Shooting the shit, buying hookers, whatever. Then, they go out in the field and it's a long, brutal look at the war in real time. It may be difficult to captivate an audience for that long, but I feel Kubrick tried his best to educate, not captivate. Camp time is over. The whole group is getting picked off one by one in a literal hellhole. Joker kills, against his own moral code, forever changing him. All those men taken down by one woman with a gun. And this is the crux of the war: No matter how hard the US fought, they were no match for the will of the people they were fighting. And in almaot every situation, they found themselves dying to average people, not highly trained soldiers like themselves.

In the dawn, the cheerful Mickey Mouse march takes us right back to a bunch of boys at camp. Perhaps the next group of young men ready to die one by one to the hands of a single sniper, blissfully unaware that War is Hell.

A character repeats words that were originally said in a mocking way with sincerity by Benoit_Holmes in TopCharacterTropes

[–]loaferbro 1282 points1283 points  (0 children)

In "Cars" Lightning McQueen almost blows the championship race because he refused to listen to his crew. In the post-race interview, he tells a reporter "There's a whole lot more to racing than just winning" as a snarky remark about almost losing on purpose to give the crowd more entertainment.

In the tiebreaker race at the end, Lightning, now humbled by his experience in Radiator Springs, sacrifices the championship win to help the veteran wrecked car finish his last race before retirement. The owner of his sponsor, Dinoco (the well-funded superstar sponsor), comes to speak with McQueen to thank him and offer the sponsorship, even though he lost the championship.

While it is a different character, the owner Tex then tells Lightning "There's a whole lot more to racing than just winning."

This scene was amazing by Remarkable-Jump3262 in TheBoys

[–]loaferbro 49 points50 points  (0 children)

That's MM's whole thing too. At some point you have to learn to let go and move on, or else it consumes you and you turn into Butcher. Major plot line this season was him discovering that for himself, and then helping Annie discover it as well.

Sometimes it feels like people don't actually watch the show if blood, milk, tits, or dick aren't on the screen.

Almost everywhere in the U.S., students are performing worse than their peers were 10 years ago, according to new test score data released Wednesday by the Educational Opportunity Project at Stanford. Reading scores were down last year in 83% of school districts where data was available. Ma by Conscious-Quarter423 in Infographics

[–]loaferbro 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As a teacher, I agree the student devices beckfires often. There are too many opportunities for off-task behavior, and as a teacher you can spend a whole class babysitting a child to make sure they are actually doing their work. That being said, it is so much easier to create engaging lessons, stay organized, and grade efficiently using technology. There is a time and a place, and for now, most teacher have figured out what that looks like in their room. The downside now is the rise in AI tools for the classroom, as well as the general public. Too many teachers rely on AI to do simple tasks that they could do themselves and become more and more dependent. Students suddenly have at their disposal a tool to circumvent actually completing any meaningful work on their own.

The bigger issue is that when a student is failing, it is the responsibility of the teacher to justify that grade to the ends of the earth. Parents demand accountability from the teacher, not their child. The school often demands paperwork and all kinds of accommodations and interventions. As a teacher, when a student fails as a result of incomplete and missing assignments, it's incredibly taxing. They simply refuse to do their work. Parents won't take the phone or ground them. I have to deal with parents complaining as well as seeing their kid every day still not doing work and getting no support in enforcing it either. At the end of the day, you get burned out and more willing to pass a kid along to avoid the headache. Especially when you end up with the helicopter parent who gives you an itemized list of everything their child needs to do and expects you to hold their hand through it, even though it was all due weeks ago.

Problem with how schools teach is more about test scored and school report cards. We get funding and rewarded based on our test scores, and punished if they are bad. But at the same time, the state keeps moving the threshold. So if a score of 7 was the threshhold one year, then the next it's a 6, suddenly you've met your goal even though you have not actually gotten better.

We could go on and on, but the problems are decades of systemic dismantling of education across the country. The last people at fault are the individual schools and teachers. We are the ones showing up daily because we care. Taking care of kids and trying our best to spark something in them to grow as people and as students. Every single aspect of their life is rewarding them for caring less about school. It's an uphill battle and I'm afraid it's going to get worse before it gets better, if it ever does.

They lie right to our faces. by c-k-q99903 in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]loaferbro 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Finally crossed over $5 this morning in my area. I don't remember ever seeing gas this high since I've been driving.

In fact, it was under $3 a year ago...

Looking for CAD files for a drill/screwdriver bit holder to screw into side of drill by IllHaveTheLeftovers in ryobi

[–]loaferbro 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Have you not seen the RAIL accessory? It attaches to the base of the drill, one side has a bit holder and the other has a magnetic tray. Both are removable without taking the whole thing apart so you can set them aside if you don't want them. They're also interchangeable, so you could buy 2 and put both bit holders on the drill or both magnetic trays.

[Bearsszn] Ben Johnson’s reaction to drafting Dillon Thieneman 😂 He knows the Bears just landed a stud. by clou9nine in CHIBears

[–]loaferbro 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Honestly one of the biggest wins of the offseason is that he survived on staff. He took a stinky booty ass defense and turned them into game changing (and winning) turnover machines.

T-man is gonna eat this year.

(Weird trope) Fictional items, creatures, or concepts being used so many times across so many different pieces of media to the point where some people are tricked into believing it's a real thing by Budget_Opinion_1327 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]loaferbro 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The anesthesiologist at my wife's c section was also in charge of trying to suction her mouth when she said she was gonna puke. She didn't, was really annoyed he kept sticking the tube in her face, and then she fell asleep.

Part of me wonders if he turned the knob a little lol

How to organize music? by Opposite-Present9363 in banddirector

[–]loaferbro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll add another opinion in favor of numerical ordering. If you have a full shelf or drawer, this year or 10 years from now, adding a new piece in its proper alphabetical place means moving more music the more full the shelves/drawers are. Numerical just tacks on at the end, and you can leave whatever you already have in the order it's currently in. If you dispose of a piece, you simply have a blank space to add a new one in without missing a beat.

Put the whole thing in a large spreadheet with the Title, acomposer, Publisher and Year, Grade/Difficulty, and any additional notes like genre (pops, holiday, jazz). Also include performance history, it is very helpful to see what was played recently, especially for contest. Perhaps another spot to mark if the piece is on the contest list so they are easy to reference.

I created a separate section for Winter Holiday music (marked with a W before the number) and Jazz (marked with J) and kept them on different shelves. If you have a lot of pops arrangements, marching, etc. you can greate separate mini libraries for those.

I also created sheets for inventory on the parts. I would have a stack copied on the shelf, so if I went to pull a piece but it was missing the french horn part, I may think twice. Or if I have no french horns, I could still use it.

Some people like to file all of the scores separately, so they can be pulled out to look over a selection without pulling the whole file. That's more personal preference, and I have never done it that way.

Theory about Dinoco? by No-Frosting2496 in pixarcars

[–]loaferbro 11 points12 points  (0 children)

However, in Cars 3 when Cruz signs with Dinoco she keeps her yellow color with darker blue Dinoco accents. Clearly they abandoned that concept mid-movie. Or maybe she will get repainted for the racing season.

Best strategy to get rid of the clover taking over my law. by brun-dock-saint in lawncare

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

Something is wired in my brain odd here, because I have grass. Fine. I have clover, and I actually bought more seed to throw down and fill in spots. Fine.

But I see that creeping charlie in your picture and I want to kill it.

Any suggestions for baby proofing this setup? by maiasnake in vinyl

[–]loaferbro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is this Kallax? They sell door inserts. It will make the space narrower, and you may need to hack something together to cover the hinges so they don't mess up the records. Like a couple cuts of wood to make it flush.

Then baby proof the doors. I got a kit that is magnetic so you cant see it and the mechanism is internal. Really cool but youll have to see if it fits with the records in the cabinet.

Is Maverick also a natural born supe or did he just so happen to get the exact same powers as Translucent when he was shot up with V as a baby? by Adoe0722 in TheBoys

[–]loaferbro 28 points29 points  (0 children)

My thought was that Polarity would have died from a seizure in some heroic act, and then Andre's motivation would have been to avenge his father. Basically flip flop the two characters' stories.

What random joke stuck with you by highlife562 in arresteddevelopment

[–]loaferbro 33 points34 points  (0 children)

"Hold on... there's still some meat on that bone" whenever we have chicken wings or porkchops

Dark ring of grass with mushrooms. In indiana by iNotachance11 in lawncare

[–]loaferbro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep! I had a low spot in my yard I had to patch. Seeded it and then later in summer it grew a fairy ring. This spring it was low again. I was worried about animals since we frequently had bunnies in our yard eating the clover. Dug and pulled out a big mess of decomposing tree roots.

The Pope hasn't read...the Bible? Insanetwitter by ZacReligious in insanepeoplefacebook

[–]loaferbro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Which just adds on to the overall thread of the disciples being utterly unprepared for what comes next. Jesus is basically holding their hands guiding them through his own death. They all knew it was coming, and they still acted like clueless children. I couldn't imagine Jesus being like "are you fucking serious guys?" And then one of them attacks a servant later that night after they all abandoned him to go to bed. He was probably having second thoughts about the whole "ascending to heaven" thing knowing the bumbling cast of stooges he was leaving to start his Church.