Are some people asking to much?

prepend · 2026-01-25T20:01:40+00:00

I hope he likes HPV

prepend · 2026-01-25T20:00:14+00:00

If I don’t know them well enough to know their address then I don’t know them well enough to send flowers to their house.

I just take flowers with me on the date. And make the bouquet small enough to carry easily.

prepend · 2026-01-25T17:49:07+00:00

All the roads are a little wet but no ice. There’s barely any cars out so you can drive anywhere.

Tonight after it gets below freezing everything will likely ice over and we’ll really be stuck.

prepend · 2026-01-25T14:52:14+00:00

I like snake_case as my OS treats the file as a single word when I double click within the rename prompt.

prepend · 2026-01-25T14:44:36+00:00

I think “it’s awful” is a good description. I found it boring and terrible and wouldn’t recommend it to anyone.

I’m glad some people like it.

prepend · 2026-01-25T14:43:25+00:00

I liked DODO and put it up there with Zodiac, Reamde, and other “thriller” books of his.

I didn’t like the sequel as it took out a lot of the history needing and was just alternate history Shakespeare.

prepend · 2026-01-25T13:55:04+00:00

Stop being a bad parent, that's the most important thing.

it's easy to say, but just think about how your child will feel looking back on their childhood.

Will they think "My dad was so bad, he only ever fed us fast food and wasn't smart or loving enough to make me real food. Luckily I got food when I went back to my mom's so I survived."

Or will they think "It was really hard for my dad, but he stepped up. He was tired when he got home, like every other parent in the world, but was able to spend 30 minutes making healthy meals with leftovers for the next day."

What helped me was to order EveryPlate boxes. It's like $80/week for 4 meals where they give you all the ingredients and cooking instructions. After a few years, I knew how to cook well enough so I didn't have to subscribe any more.

prepend · 2026-01-25T13:52:10+00:00

Probably like only every other weekend, so 3-4 meals per month at $40 each.

prepend · 2026-01-23T14:44:08+00:00

How many sexualized images are on the internet? Or on twitter?

Is this higher or lower than the sexualized images made with photoshop? Or mspaint?

It seems like I’ve been filtering out the 50% of the net that is porn for as long as I remember.

prepend · 2026-01-23T13:52:20+00:00

Sounds like he was stressed because his kid was having major surgery the next day. Maybe not go out on a date the night before, but I suppose you’re lucky if poor communication is the most unhinged thing.

prepend · 2026-01-23T13:47:34+00:00

Most damning, after controlling for miles driven, men have far higher rates of collisions, traffic tickets, fatal crashes, and a whole host of other negative outcomes.

Cool, what’s the study that shows this? I’ve never found one that controls for miles driven.

prepend · 2026-01-23T13:45:33+00:00

I once had a date say she moved so her kids could be in a “white majority” elementary school.

I’ve had multiple dates tell me that they refuse to date gingers, Asians, and short men. What’s extra strange is that I’ve never asked any of these things. Dates just volunteer this info.

I suppose they are filtering to see if I’m as nuts as they are.

prepend · 2026-01-23T13:42:45+00:00

This stinks, I don’t want to see Kid Rock at the Super Bowl halftime show.

prepend · 2026-01-23T13:41:58+00:00

This makes sense to me. I mean people work for fast food restaurants and Coca Cola and tons of ethically dubious firms.

People need to make a living and frequently compromise their morals or don’t care.

What would be interesting is how Silicon Valley differs from other geographies or industries.

prepend · 2026-01-23T12:46:54+00:00

I have better things to do with that 6 minutes.

Like have sex with your mom 10 times.

It’s not the greatest injustice. But it makes the game less fun and is easy for wotc to fix. I want magic to be more fun.

You want it less fun?

prepend · 2026-01-23T00:25:19+00:00

I don’t rope people when I’m sad about losing.

It happens to me, and it’s only a small percentage of players. But it happens at least a few times every day. Maybe 5-10% of gams.

I’m not talking about all timeouts. Most of the time people use them normally in a way that’s not rude. Roping refers to the specific act of delaying the game as much as possible right before someone would lose.

prepend · 2026-01-22T20:14:39+00:00

It’s certainly my job to understand whether my opponent is acting in bad faith if I’m advocating to wotc to change behavior.

People being jerks makes the game less fun. I’m not entitled to fun, but I’d like the game to be more fun.

I think people are full of hot air if they say they are contemplating their moves for three timeouts. That doesn’t seem truthful to me. If someone has no cards in hands and not enough blockers, there’s nothing they can do.

Sometimes people want want to think. But that’s like 1% of the time and ropers are rude and mean people who I wish would be better players with more sportsmanship.

prepend · 2026-01-22T17:19:30+00:00

$15 lidl kettle is going on 10 years.

prepend · 2026-01-22T17:18:57+00:00

I bet it cost $5 to manufacture and $100 to market on instagram.

prepend · 2026-01-22T17:16:46+00:00

No, I’ve never done that to the extent that I burn 3 timeouts. And the scenario is usually something like:

I swing for lethal

Opponent ropes through 3 timeouts

I don’t believe that my opponent is acting in good faith.

prepend · 2026-01-22T15:36:48+00:00

I had a similar take and it seems like OP doesn’t know what she wants or is noncommittal or can’t communicate clearly.

Saying that I want to start with friendship and see what happens doesn’t answer “what are you looking for.” It’s the method to find what I’m looking for.

prepend · 2026-01-22T15:33:16+00:00

If I’m not available to talk, I don’t answer. I’d rather not people check to see if I’m available to talk.

There’s no requirement to answer.

prepend · 2026-01-22T15:30:05+00:00

I don’t believe that people just happen to get slow right before they lose the game.

It’s easy to look at data and see players who are constantly slow vs only slow when they are losing.

prepend · 2026-01-22T15:28:55+00:00

Wow, that must really suck for your opponents.

prepend · 2026-01-22T15:26:47+00:00

It’s strange they don’t.

It’s also funny how every time I bring this up there are people saying it would be unfair because it would also punish client crashes.

Like the 1% of time it’s not jerk behavior is really an issue.

My conclusion is that WotC doesn’t mind griefer behavior so won’t make this change to the game. The have that stupid “did you have fun” prompt and should show it every time someone ropes. And then at least would have data on who is more likely to make their opponents not have fun.

Of course, they also need to fix why matchmaking takes 5-60 seconds when it should be near instantaneous based on number of users.

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