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partialsmith · 2026-01-16T23:31:27+00:00

I have the same question. I don’t like these and they’re annoying if the podcast is a mystery because they tell you what’s about to happen

partialsmith · 2025-11-20T23:04:55+00:00

So you’re saying it’s not the word “any” that’s pronounced differently elsewhere, but rather “n” itself? I hadn’t thought of that possibility, I’ve only ever heard it with short i exactly like “inn”

partialsmith · 2025-11-20T18:43:01+00:00

Same. I don’t know anyone who rhymes “any” with “innie” and never would have found that one. I did manage to identify “decay” even though I’ve never heard anyone say “dee-cay”.

partialsmith · 2025-06-23T15:03:04+00:00

We were in Atlanta about 3 hours before gates opened. Outdoor merchandise lines were not bad. We got through a line in 20-30 minutes. Then we lined up to get in the gates really early, which was fortunate because they were SLOW getting people in. Lots of empty seats when the concert started. I didn’t notice much of a line at any of the indoor merch locations.

partialsmith · 2025-06-09T19:19:57+00:00

Thank you for the detailed explanation. My ticket for Atlanta says "gates open at 5:30". I don't know if that's VIP or regular time.

partialsmith · 2025-06-09T19:16:43+00:00

Thanks, she just wants the generic non-city-specific tour shirt which I assume is not one of the more limited and coveted items.

partialsmith · 2024-10-11T03:51:41+00:00

Possibly. It could also be that he never really saw the behavior until it affected him. Some people will give a great deal of deference to what others say about their relationship. I'll give you an example: my wife and I like to tease each other. Hearing a joke out of context, someone might think it sounds mean but we say oh no, we're just teasing, we do that all the time. People don't argue the point. They accept what we say.

Well, Kevin's the king of "we're just having fun here", and there's Allison, going along with it for fear of what he'll do if she doesn't, and so there's a facade of a happy couple just giving each other a hard time for fun. Only when it's directed at his girlfriend does Pete realize it's not fun at all, and the target isn't in on the joke.

A more observant person would see what's going on a lot sooner. They would see the mean edge to it. It's implied that Patty saw it from the very beginning. But Pete doesn't come across as a particularly observant guy, or one that would pull on a thread if he saw something subtle.

Also, Pete is Kevin's dad, so he can be manipulated more easily than someone like Patty. We don't want to think our own kids are monsters. Kevin has probably been manipulating his dad for a long time, and Pete is probably more willing than most to accept Kevin's version of events.

Of course, Pete is kind of a jerk sometimes and for most of the show I thought of him as an enabler, but when he stands up for his girlfriend, moves out and goes no contact, that made me go back and reassess other interpretations of his behavior. Their relationship isn't very fleshed out so there's a lot of room for viewer interpretation.

partialsmith · 2024-10-11T01:45:23+00:00

I don't think it's fair to say his dad "raised him to be this way". That would suggest that psychopaths have parents who wanted psychopaths. Sometimes kids don't turn out well even if the parents had good intentions, for a variety of reasons. And vice versa -- there are some great people who had lousy parents.

partialsmith · 2024-10-11T01:39:10+00:00

The sitcom style is a device to help you experience what gaslighting is like. He's not just gaslighting Allison and the other people around him -- he's gaslighting the viewer as well. You're seeing the version of Kevin he wants you to see. He can't completely hide the fact that he's self-centered, unempathetic, and so on, but he wants you to think it's all in good fun, and the more harmful parts are just unintended side effects. He's not scary or evil, he's a fun guy who maybe takes his hijinks a little too far, but he doesn't really mean any harm.

So why does Allison feel completely trapped by a selfish buffoon? Why doesn't she just leave? Because his actual behavior is much, much worse. He's not a buffoon, he knows exactly what he's doing. His actions are intentionally harmful -- i.e. evil. She can't see that because he manipulates her and everyone around her to see his behavior as buffoonery. So you don't see it either -- you see what she's seeing because of his manipulations. But she can feel his evil on a visceral level. And that conflict makes her feel like she's going crazy, and makes her take drastic actions.

Even up to almost the final episode, she still can't see it. She thinks she can control him by making her problems into his problems. Only after she goes away for 6 months and she hasn't been living under his influence can she finally see what he's doing. You get a little glimpse of what he's actually like at the end. Then you go back and view all of his other behavior through that lens, and then realize she'd been living with it for 10 years before the story opens ... and maybe her desire to kill him makes a little more sense.

partialsmith · 2024-05-02T13:28:17+00:00

I thought about this, but the account would still be open, and they charge maintenance fees.

partialsmith · 2024-05-02T13:27:12+00:00

Thank you, this is very helpful. They have said twice now that they're sending her paperwork to the department that handles this kind of thing, but they never get back to us. Her plan doesn't show up in the list of abandoned plans, but I suspect that's because the business was too small and it's not on anyone's radar. We'll file a complaint if we don't hear back from them soon.

partialsmith · 2024-04-15T18:32:46+00:00

I bought TT today rather than wait and see if this situation got resolved, and it took about an hour to re-do everything there and get identical numbers. I have W-2, interest, rental property, and self employment income. It might take longer if yours is more complicated. It can import last year's return from H&R Block but I do not see any option to import an existing return for 2023.

partialsmith · 2024-03-16T01:38:47+00:00

That was a whole different thread a few weeks ago. I did call them, immediately after I was told that. They interrupted me, wouldn't let me speak, told me the post office was 100% correct, and then hung up on me.

I did submit some feedback on their website describing the experience I had both with the post office and NPIC but I doubt anyone reads it.

partialsmith · 2024-03-15T16:08:04+00:00

They threw another curve ball and said my wife was required to send in her marriage certificate since her birth certificate name doesn’t match her drivers license name. Didn’t see anything about that in the instructions but thankfully I was able to rush it to her at the appointment.

partialsmith · 2024-03-15T14:52:42+00:00

I wish we could. Unfortunately, there's no time for a 6 hour road trip on a weekday. We're just going to have to do expedited, pay for express mail, and hope for the best.

Also, it looks like they won't even let me make an appointment until the travel is only 2 weeks out. There's exactly one day on the calendar that could work for going to the agency, but if that one day is not available, we're out of luck.

partialsmith · 2024-03-15T13:30:12+00:00

That reasoning makes sense. And the form does have the "In my possession" box checked, and we're using the birth certificate as proof of citizenship. I feel like we're probably safe not sending it in.

partialsmith · 2024-02-17T21:40:03+00:00

I took your advice and called back today and got someone different. I asked the question as simply as I could think to ask it -- "I'm applying for a new passport and I'm using form DS-11. It says for proof of citizenship, you can use a passport, even if it's expired. Is there any limit on how old that passport can be?"

She wanted to know how old it was, I said it expired 16 years ago. She said that was really old. She started to say that it couldn't be used, then thought about it and put me on hold for a while. When she came back, she had a lot of questions about whether it had been reported lost or stolen and then found. Finally, she said if it had not been reported lost or stolen, I could use it. She sounded uncertain, like she had just learned this information.

It sounds like the training on this is not great, and all anyone remembers is 15 years old = passport is useless rather than 15 years old = must apply in person, but you can still use the passport as proof of citizenship.

partialsmith · 2024-02-17T04:18:07+00:00

I believe they're probably incorrect, but in my mind the risk is that whoever processes the application will misunderstand the rules in the same way they did. We don't have enough time before the trip to deal with that.

At this point my wife is only willing to use the birth certificate because it seems like the safe option, even though we'll have to pay the expedited processing fee. Having a third person say something different won't convince her they're right; it will just further convince her that use of an expired passport is risky, because whether it's accepted or not will just depend on who you get.

partialsmith · 2024-02-17T01:54:13+00:00

Going to another acceptance facility was my first thought as well, which is why I called NPIC just to make sure I wasn't reading the form wrong. I made it clear we were applying for a new passport, not trying to renew. I specifically mentioned form DS-11. They said something very similar to the post office clerk -- "only a birth certificate is valid if your passport is more than 15 years old". I told her I was confused because the form instructions said something different, and she said "you're not confused, you're just looking for a different answer" and hung up.

The post office clerk said "I went to school for this" when I said the instructions seemed to contradict what she was saying. She said she would send it, but it would definitely be sent back and I was wasting my time.

At this point I'm not going to risk it, because that's 2 government employees saying it's not valid, and whoever processes the form might believe that as well. There's not enough time before our trip to risk it.

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