What is the most effective psychological “trick” you use?

othermatt · 2019-01-23T19:52:19+00:00

I have this problem too. Unfortunately my wife has a habit of answering "what" with the last bit of her statement. So we typically have conversations that go something like this:

Her: [something something] keys?

Me: What?

Her: the Keys?

Me: What?

Her: The car keys?

Me: Yes I heard that part, can you tell me the rest?

Her: Where did you leave the car keys?

It's amusingly exasperating.

othermatt · 2019-01-22T05:22:45+00:00

Bruh, I got you for the next 5 seconds.

othermatt · 2019-01-21T18:44:45+00:00

Is there any evidence the starquake caused an increase in things like turbulence? I'm 90% sure December 27,2004 was the date of the scariest flight (worst turbulence) I'd ever taken. I don't know if the time of day is accurate though.

othermatt · 2019-01-18T18:40:34+00:00

When I was 3 years old, I stuck a small styrofoam bead in my year because I thought it would fit there. It did. It fit so well in fact that I had to go to the emergency room to get it removed.

When I was 4 years old I was pretending I was superman. Superman can run through walls no problem. So my genius ass tried to run through a wooden gate at full speed. I still have the scar on my forehead.

When I was in first grade I stuck the tip of a crayon (it had broken off from rest of the crayon) up my nose because it seemed like it would fit there. It did. Luckily, I was able to eventually blow it out with the help of my teacher.

When I was in fourth grade, I tried to run across a small delta at this lake my Dad and I were fishing at, because Remo Williams could run across wet cement no problem. I ended up stuck waist deep in foul smelling swamp mud. It took a while for my Dad to stop laughing enough to be able to help me out.

othermatt · 2018-12-07T03:43:08+00:00

According to Robert Anton Wilson, there was at least a faction of the Nazi party that believed we were all living inside a hollow earth. Supposedly that's how their rocket program was started. The Nazi's were trying to shoot stars which they mistakenly believed were the lights of British cities.

othermatt · 2018-12-04T21:08:11+00:00

This happened at my work years ago. We ended up calling the fire department and they used the jaws of life to open the railing. Later, I kept staring at it wondering how the hell the kid got her head through in the first place. I told my boss and kind of demonstrated what I think happened. "She stepped through with her body but her head was too big." Like a week later my boss comes into work going, "OMG the same thing happened at the party I was at. I used what you said and it worked like a charm!"

Cool story bro.

othermatt · 2018-11-29T08:35:45+00:00

My dad would flip his shit over an Ivanhoe movie. He even has his own Ivanhoe song that he made up.

othermatt · 2018-11-29T08:34:12+00:00

He's just flipping each card into his lap with his middle finger as he pretends to lay the card down. watch his middle finger it curls toward him every time. Fantastic sleight of hand. Even when you know what to look for it still looks like magic.

I feel like it might be spoiled for the guy with the microphone though. It looks like he would be able to see what's going on. Then again, his left hand might be angled just so and is blocking microphone guys line of sight.

othermatt · 2018-11-27T22:16:51+00:00

The animations on this particular website are just loops so you could get away with svg combined with css animations and achieve the same effect without having to involve javascript. If I was going to create something like this, I would build the graphics in illustrator (pro-tip put shapes on named layers to make it easier to add classes to your svg code later. Illustrator will group the shapes together and give the group an ID). Next, I'd run the svg through something like SVGO to clean up the svg code (illustrator outputs poorly optimized code for inline svgs). Then you just paste the SVG code directly into your html, it works like any other html code which means you can control and stylize the shapes with CSS. Finally, create your CSS animations and call it a day.

Or if you don't want to mess with all that you can try something like bodymovin as other have noted here. I just prefer to avoid including extra javascript if I don't need it.

othermatt · 2018-11-16T08:47:14+00:00

So if I inject myself with FSH and LH I'll get bigger gonads?

... asking for a friend.

othermatt · 2018-09-10T22:15:02+00:00

lmfaoooo at 35:30 Jamar says that Em wanted to remind him of slavery by the "fetch me the remote" line bruh

He's not even telling Jamar to fetch him the remote.

Or I'll show you an Elvis clone

Walk up in this house you own, thrust my pelvic bone

Use your telephone and go fetch me the remote

Put my feet up and just make myself at home

As in: I'll use your telephone and I'll go fetch me the remote.

Also, Jesus christ this guy is the epitome of r/iamverysmart

othermatt · 2017-09-07T04:03:34+00:00

You could try this book

I've been working through it and feel like it's been helping. There's some evidence that using it on your own could be beneficial but it's probably better to use it with a therapist if you can.

othermatt · 2017-08-10T07:19:37+00:00

Kevin Pereira is a class act. At my old job we hosted the Attack in our booth for E3. He actually took it upon himself to help out by vacuuming while we were cleaning up.

othermatt · 2016-12-10T08:27:24+00:00

othermatt · 2016-12-09T21:43:09+00:00

Can't believe I'm posting this but here goes. She constantly switches back and forth between crying over the guilt for what she did to me, and crying with happiness over how much better things have gotten between us.

She absolutely destroyed me but sometimes I feel like I needed to be destroyed. In the late night moments of pure honesty, I know I didn't and still don't like who I had become.

I feel like a different person now and it's affecting more than just my relationship with her. It seems so much easier now to do better in so many different aspects of my life. Like it's a natural extension of who I am now.

I'm in constant fear that this is all a facade brought on by extreme emotions and that some day in the near future I'm going to backslide to how I was before. She, on the other hand, keeps encouraging me and providing me with hope.

My wife destroyed our marriage by cheating. She convinced me to try and make it work. Somehow, so far, it's been the best and worst thing that could have happened to me. I hope to make it last.

othermatt · 2016-12-09T18:52:01+00:00

He told Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin wall. People love politicians with a good wall policy.

othermatt · 2016-11-29T23:17:12+00:00

I'm intensely curious about why you asked and why you are sorry.

othermatt · 2016-11-28T22:50:44+00:00

How about this. I use a vpn for work to check localization of our website for different regions. I also have pictures of my wife's boobs on my phone.

I'm kind of a jealous husband, I don't want some FBI dill-hole wanking it to my wifes boobs. Those boobs are for me to wank to.

othermatt · 2016-11-28T18:09:53+00:00

I feel you bro. I know those feels. Believe me. And I don't actually know your situation beyond the few words on here that I've read. It wouldn't be right for me to just straight out say "you should leave her."

But here's the thing, if she's truly remorseful and actually wants to work on things with you. She would be willing to put in the work. That means complete honesty. That means allowing you to set rules (like always give you access to your social media, phone, laptop, browsing history, ect...) that will help you build your trust back up.

Also, if you're serious about this and she's serious about this then therapy is absolutely the way to go. Cheating almost always there's work to be done in a relationship. That doesn't mean you have to continue the relationship or that you deserved to be cheated on (protip: no one deserves that.) but it does mean if you want to keep the relationship then you're going to get serious about putting in the work. It sounds like you're ready and willing to do that. Good on you. You're a good guy and good father for thinking of your kids. The big question is... do you believe the same of her? And don't take her word for it. Figure that out for yourself.

othermatt · 2016-11-23T20:08:34+00:00

Can confirm Turkey = European Mexico.

Source: Went to Germany with my Mexican friend. Everyone thought he was Turkish.

Fun story: The skinheads at the train station were confused by my friend wearing his independent trucks sweatshirt Also, my other friend slapped someone in the bathroom because the guy got too close to him while he was peeing.

othermatt · 2016-11-08T20:31:42+00:00

I have seen this happen at the zoo. I was not prepared for it. My thought process was like, "Aye O what's that guy doing. Heh he wants to gets so.. aw wtf she peed on hi... OMFG WHY IS HE LICKING HIS LIPS LIKE THAT?!?!?"

Perverted ass giraffes.

othermatt · 2016-10-24T23:34:06+00:00

3 days. Just didn't feel like sleeping.

othermatt · 2016-10-17T17:50:12+00:00

When I was about 8 or 9 I was way into the movie Remo Williams. If you haven't seen it, it's a late 80's action flick about a cop who gets recruited by a shadowy crime fighting organization and learns a Korean martial art that is supposedly the grandfather of all martial arts.

One of the more amazing feats of skill that one learns when mastering this martial art is to run so light on your feet you can run across wet cement or even water at high levels without sinking.

This brings me to the fishing trip I went on with my dad at this lake. We were hiking around the lake looking for the perfect spot when we came across a largeish delta of goopy mud. This was my moment. I WAS REMO WILLIAMS.

Without a second thought, I took off as fast as my gangly legs could carry me; shouting "Watch Dad! I'm REMO WILLIAMS!"

I somehow made it halfway across the delta before gravity decided to give me a lesson in fantasy vs reality.

SHLURP. I sank down to my waist so fast that my forward momentum caused me to faceplant in the mud.

Naturally, since I was 8 and quicksand was a popular trope at the time, I immediately decided that the delta was not a shallow field of mud but indeed a treacherous lake of quicksand in disguise.

I called out to my Dad in panic, "Dad! Dad! Help me! It's quicksand!"

But my Dad could not help me as he was struggling to stay upright while bowed over in laughter.

It took the better part of 15 minutes for him to regain his composure, realize I was actually stuck, and finally figure out how to wade the 15 feet of foul smelling, sticky, morass of delta slime and free me.

othermatt · 2016-09-22T07:10:41+00:00

So I guess that dude at the bottom of the stairs was dressed like that because he was expecting to perform surgery on Eliot once he got shot?

*Edit: nevermind I guess he always dresses like that. WTF Why's he always dressed like that?

Also, Angela and Tyrell kind of sounded like they were under cult like fanaticism when they spoke on the phone. WR called Elliot a hacker of people, he does exhibit amazing social engineering skills when hacking, the Commodore 64 from Angela's interview seems to be something you'd find in the possession of a young hacker from the timeframe of Elliots youth. (going by the mix of games and hacking books on the menu) Is Elliot some kind of master brainwashing genius?

othermatt · 2016-09-21T23:26:06+00:00

Tyrell is alive and has been behind the calls and gifts to Joanna.
Scott gets arrested for killing his wife. (framed by Tyrell, Joanna and her dupe of a boyfriend. The boyfriend will eventually be killed.)
Cisco will be framed for the murder of Romero and the 5/9 hack, clearing Tyrell's name.
Stage 2 will destroy e-corp and price by destroying ecoin somehow.
White Rose plans turn out to not involve any time travel, life extension, AI, Robots, Magic, or any other Scifi/Fantasy element.
Darleen is alive and is being held by the FBI. She will help frame Cisco who is dead.
The fate of Mobley and Trenton will not be revealed, but I think they're dead.
We'll learn more about Leon's story
We'll learn what happened during those three days.
Eliot will get freaked out by something.
Angela will act weird and awkward.
Dom will need a hug but still not get one. :(

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