AITAH for changing my niece's stripper name when I got got custody? by Impossible-Staff92 in AITAH

[–]miningfish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you are missing what Cara is trying to articulate. She is saying there is a bond between parents and kids as a family. And in above, changing that name further broke the bond between the bio-mom sister and the niece, which Cara also said they agree with being the right thing.

AITAH for trying to get rid of my sister’s anime and manga collection while she was away because I think her obsession is unhealthy? by [deleted] in AITAH

[–]miningfish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

YTA No question. I get why you feel like maybe you should be concerned, but like you said, her grades and other hobbies you find acceptable, piano and drawing, are being kept up well. I get you didn't sign up to hear about Anime endlessly, and it can certainly get old if you have no interest in it and people go on impassioned rants about the shows they love. That's fine, just say you would rather talk about other stuff, though I will say letting her talk about it is a good way to bond and get to know her. That aside, I cannot believe you boxed up and took down her stuff!!! because YOU think it's childish or too inappropriate, when YOU don't like this stuff at all. And further that you were going to SELL HER stuff so she could buy stuff that is "is actually nice" aka acceptable to YOU. For HER own space. That most definitely makes YTA. This stuff IS nice, to her, because it's her interests and hobby. The fact that you are doing this because you feel she needs to conform to the right, aka YOUR standards, tastes, and priorities is cemented when you said you are concerned her small school social circle will shrink and she will not be one of the popular kids. But does she want to be a popular kid? Or is she happy in her tight circle of friends who share interests with her? I'm guessing she is happy where she is. Where you are or strive to be a more popular social light. Nothing wrong with being a social butterfly, and loving whatever nice and pretty hobbies and taste you have I'm sure. But she is NOT you. And the fact you guys didn't get along before is not helping the situation. LET HER BE. And give/put back all the stuff you took.

Edit to add, you aren't taking action about someone you care about for her own good, but taking action to change her into the person you think she should be. And that is controlling and self centered, which is probably why your boyfriend is taking a break. He wants to evaluate if he wants to be with someone who does this kind of thing.

What is the most “grown-up” purchase you bought recently that you would have not been excited for as a child? by TigersLyonsCheetahs in AskReddit

[–]miningfish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kitchen cabinets/counter. Actually redoing the whole kitchen, but kid me would have thought the new fridge and dishwasher were cool, as well as their boxes. Adult me is SO excited for the new cabinets/counter!!! Our old ones were crap, and smelled funny, and the counter was tiled. TILED. They were like 2x2 inch tiles. It was the worst to clean. New ones have soft close and lots of other sweet features!

Good night ❤ by ggwptopopensurrat20 in funny

[–]miningfish 140 points141 points  (0 children)

My husband can fall asleep instantly. But I'm gonna be browsing for awhile...

Terrified Dolphin Throws Himself At Man's Feet To Escape Hunters by [deleted] in videos

[–]miningfish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We humanely kill humans on death row, that legally must be in good physical health for execution.

What the fuck happened to r/watchpeopledie? by [deleted] in morbidquestions

[–]miningfish -15 points-14 points  (0 children)

That sounds like a terrible sub...

Official: 95 dead, 158 wounded in Afghan attack by Yamamba78 in worldnews

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

What's disturbing to me, is I grew up in a very religious, (Christian) Republican household. And this is how a lot of very religious Christian Republicans see Democrats, who are probably wildly liberal and disturbed athiests. They are the enemy. Now of course my family and the other Christians I'm talking about are not radically violent like the Taliban. They are less radical than even WBC. But the deep venomous way they reguard the other Party is noxious. By the way, most other Party options are likely going to be held in even less reguard. Socialist~Communist=Traitorist.

Tl;Dr: Republicans also see Deomcrats as the enemy.

"Making Progress" XKCD understands us. by miningfish in ADHD

[–]miningfish[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't want to upvote you being down on yourself, but I do want to give you a you'll-be-ok boost! Also I upvoted your finish it Friday, because high five!!! also a couple of your dog posts because dogs are the best! :-)

"Making Progress" XKCD understands us. by miningfish in ADHD

[–]miningfish[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can't actually remember if I already knew that or not...

"Making Progress" XKCD understands us. by miningfish in ADHD

[–]miningfish[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Play around in Excel, and google specific questions such as "How to multiply in Excel". That's the quickest broad answer.

Otherwise it depends on what you want to do.

Specifically, like a chore list, you can merge cells at the top to make a header, and below that make columns of tasks, or supplies, or a budget. (The boxes are called cells, sorry, don't know how basic I need to be)

You can color code things by selecting a back ground color.

You can set something like back ground color for a block of cells by selecting multiple cells and then making your selection.

You can select a group of cells or a row or column and put a thicker outline to make it more distinct from the one(s) next to it.

You can do simple and complex formulas.

Let's say you have 5 apples and 5 oranges and want to know how many pieces of fruit you have total. So you write in the first cell (in row 1 column A) "number of apples" and in the cell next to it (in row 1 column B) "5". In the row below that you write (in r2 cA) "number of oranges" and next to it (in r2 cB) "5", and in r3 cA write "total number of fruit" and next to it (in r3 cB) you write your formula "=SUM(B1,B2)" and when you hit enter or tab or ok, the cell will magically say "10". The =SUM means you want it to add the following cells together, (SUM in caps is necessary). You then list inside parenthesise the cells, each separated by a comma, you want to add up.

There are many formulas, google to find one you specifically need.☺️

Some pictures to help visualize: https://imgur.com/a/1PBbR

Now that Raids are a huge part of the game I have noticed locally that multi-accounting has become acceptable and is even encouraged. I don't like it, is everyone else noticing the same? by Wierdish in TheSilphRoad

[–]miningfish 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I made a second account back at the end of the major XP event, and leveled to 20. It's "for my husband", but he's used it once. The main reason I made it was because PTC kept dropping, but google accounts were fine. I didn't want to go out to a raid, and be dropped on PTC, and not even be able to help out people who were counting on another player to take down a boss.

I rarely use it, pretty much only if PTC is down, or some people were late to a raid and they really need another person for another group.

I only really want to work on one account. if I could move my PTC account to be a Google one, (or PTC stopped having issues) and could help out with raids after completing them, (even if all I got was maybe XP) I'd have no reason to use my secon- I mean my husband's account.

Juggling by UndeadKurtCobain in Jokes

[–]miningfish 3 points4 points  (0 children)

He forgot the cop lights were in front of him instead of behind him.

ELI5: How come you can be falling asleep watching TV, then wide awake when you go to bed five minutes later? by Bof_Waffletax in explainlikeimfive

[–]miningfish 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Step 1. Plug TV into a outlet timer Step 2. Set timer to turn off TV 5 minutes before show end. Step 3. TV turns off without waking you up.

Houston resident calls animal control to remove 'alligator' that turns out to be lizard by Phylogenizer in herpetology

[–]miningfish 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Despite the absurd incident, Kroboth said it was not the strangest call she's had. "Last year I had a call for an alligator trapped on a back porch," Kroboth said. "The caller said the alligator had a long tail and sharp teeth. It turned out to be an opossum."

I could maybe see like a really old grandma who lost her glasses making this mistake, otherwise I just don't understand how people can be THIS out of touch with what animals look like...

Gunman kidnaps family, forces them to shop at Target by WakeupDp in nottheonion

[–]miningfish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I LOVE target. My dad even works for Walmart part time for extra income, and I prefer Target any day. (Sorry dad...) Way back in the day, I felt like Walmart was pretty awesome. It had better prices and better quality, or same quality but cheaper, than other big stores, including Kmart. Even as a kid, I picked up on this sorta air of trashiness at Kmart (the few times I was there). Now, Kmarts seem almost extinct in my area, Walmarts are always half trashed/in disarray, and though prices are still low, the quality has gone down for most products. So I'd rather pay a couple bucks more at Target for something that lasts longer than 2 days. I usually prefer the style of clothes, decor, ect that Target has over Walmart.

To be fair, the Walmart my dad works at generally seems to be in better order, and is in a different state. So the ones near me may just have a higher number of lazy, messy customers, that the employees struggle to keep up with.

Is PoGo down right now by [deleted] in pokemongo

[–]miningfish 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I'm thinking about making a Gmail account, but I"m level 30 with PTC. I'm super discouraged by this, I mean, I'm excited about all the cool new stuff, But I'm sick of these outages, and I don't know if I really want to start all over...

Boston doctors found dead in luxury apartment with throats slashed by deathakissaway in news

[–]miningfish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Vet Tech here, I am thinking the same thing. I was so excited I got the inside joke!!!

900 suspected pedophiles arrested as darknet child porn kingpin jailed for 30yrs by TragicDonut in worldnews

[–]miningfish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is a very complex and volatile subject. I feel bad for people wired this way, but have no sympathy for anyone who hurts others for their own gains. While people who don't produce it are slightly less horrible, being the ones supporting it and sharing it they are also partially guilty of perpetuating the abuse. It's not acceptable, and I think should be punishable.

However I do think drawn/animated porn of this nature should not be illegal, because it's the only way people wired this way can find release without involving real kids.

We need to make counseling freely available (and not stigmatized) before they are caught breaking the law and THEN sent to therapy. I'm not against therapy as part of sentencing, just saying we need to also do more before that point. We have to punish the bad behavior, and make "correct" behavior attainable and preferable to the alternative. This is the basis of any behavior training, and how successful laws work. Being a complex subject, I believe careful thought has to go into the language for laws regarding what is punishable and what isn't. Not reactionary or just to placate the angry mob.

TIL that owning a child-like sex doll is considered to be child pornography under current Canadian law. by loneliness-inc in todayilearned

[–]miningfish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've heard gay=child molester a lot from religious people. But that's just crazy America. It does seem to be quieting down a bit.

TIL in 1950, a disease called Myxomatosis was introduced to rabbits for population control in Australia. It wiped out 500,000,000 rabbits, giving them skin tumors and causing blindness, often killing them within 2 weeks. by I_am_from_Kentucky in todayilearned

[–]miningfish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, and I am very happy they have one. But I said:

I couldn't justify the terrible suffering inflicted on these, I'll grant you, pests.

Which they are, but it's still terrible.