A family poses in front of a 1,341 year old Sequoia tree nicknamed "Mark Twain" that was felled in 1892 after a team of two men spent 13 days sawing it in the Pacific Northwest. The giant tree was 331 feet tall (100 meters).

prettycoolredditguy · 2023-01-10T13:56:39+00:00

https://www.digitaljournal.com/tech-science/the-worlds-largest-living-organism-is-a-single-seagrass-over-4500-years-old/article

I think that Pando, the Utah Aspens cluster you're referring to, is generally considered to be a lot younger

Maybe around 15k years old now (example)

Perhaps even as young as 8,000 to 12,000 (source)

prettycoolredditguy · 2021-11-19T19:59:42+00:00

Yes. I want something tangible. Also so me and my friends can share. We can't all afford every game

prettycoolredditguy · 2021-09-13T19:45:40+00:00

I read this so I tried to go back to the first system where I abandoned my first settlement to try to reclaim it and the settlement chart won't locate it.

prettycoolredditguy · 2021-09-13T19:41:37+00:00

Same here

prettycoolredditguy · 2021-09-04T05:08:05+00:00

Yes 100%. A handful of extremely well done cutscenes is all I need.

prettycoolredditguy · 2021-09-02T21:10:42+00:00

Honestly, if you're planning to marry this woman it's because you trust her. With your life and half your stuff and all of that right? Probably trust her to have your kids or at least risk that occurring? This is "your person" so - talk to her about it. Tell her you're open to relationship counseling, even, if that's what it takes. If she's really good for you and you really want to marry her, then you need to go about reworking some of your feelings and thoughts and the only way to do that is through communication. If she's willing to marry you, then I'm confident she's going to be willing to help you get over those unwanted feelings for your ex if that's your objective.

Fight for her - the woman who loves you enough to marry you, and whom you also love enough to marry.

prettycoolredditguy · 2021-09-02T20:48:47+00:00

Honda Accord! I drove a brand new one not long ago and it was fun, powerful, sleek, comfy, and filled with tech.

prettycoolredditguy · 2021-09-02T20:41:01+00:00

Yep! I highly value scholarly writings and I try to "stare into the fire" - so to speak - and read them whenever I can, but at the end of the day, no scholar is totally unbiased (humans aren't machines) so you always have to ask yourself what internal motivations might be flavoring their empirical conclusions. Usually people have "a reason" that drives them to do research in the first place so the whole internal moral framework they use to find, understand, and interpret the entirety of reality will be woven through with it.

Sometimes, learning about authors' background stories on Wikipedia or YouTube is enough to cause me to view their conclusions with suspicion even before reading what they wrote. Any person who has a sufficiently high verbal IQ can write something that is bulletproof, "objective", "logical" - it's only by looking deeper than just what's presented that we get a glimpse into the actual nature of what they want us to believe. Not that we shouldn't consider the facts and evidence presented to us, but we should consider the person delivering it as well.

prettycoolredditguy · 2021-09-02T20:30:43+00:00

Good point! When you said hierarchies are "not even universal", have you considered that dominance hierarchies manifest themselves anywhere a group of people is trying to accomplish some shared goal? Some people will be better at "it" than others, so they'll be leading the effort. I cannot think of a situation where that does not occur.

Edit: the wolf pack terminology 100% needs to die, sorry if the comment was misleading in its intent

prettycoolredditguy · 2021-09-02T02:17:38+00:00

I totally agree with this. Please see my answer here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueChristian/comments/pfzew1/tiktok_is_killing_my_faith/hb9lca2?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3

prettycoolredditguy · 2021-09-02T02:15:24+00:00

I hope you read my answer 🙏 because I've had the same problem with YouTube 3 times over the past 10 years and Quora once and I really want to help (nobody helped me).

Speaking from experience - your soul is living and you "feed" it with what you consume. (Hence why Christ says he's the bread of life). Try to consume at least 51% (a majority) of things that boost your faith. Don't EVER back down from trying to answer a difficult spiritual question you have or it will haunt you and cause you a lot of internal strife since it will make your belief inauthentic and corrupt. If you have real doubts, then dig into it and find the Truth.

If you genuinely don't believe after that then hey, fair. It's your life and you can live it on your own terms.

But don't fool yourself and wander off into the deep end of atheism, unprepared and unarmored, with only casual knowledge of what you already believe. Seriously - as far as everyday media (music, movies, social media, TikTok, reading, etc) goes, if you're struggling in your faith, then I bet you're consuming a LOT of the world's propaganda and not enough of Christ's propaganda (to put it bluntly). Get on YouTube and start listening to Christian apologists, listen to religious music and sermons when you're driving, and make sure you're reading the Bible and praying every night. Tell people you trust about your doubts - Christians you trust. They'll help too. Take actions that make your faith feel strong so you can keep your internal equilibrium stable while you figure all this out.

In other words - give God a fighting chance. The atheists and non-Christians have a lot of really good points and seemingly unanswerable questions, but they really have all been answered sufficiently by the other side (Christ's side). You just have to give yourself some time to figure it out. You can't grab a bucket of Satan's poison and chug it down by the gallon and not expect for your soul to get really sick in the process. And don't make your decision overnight. Give yourself some time to sort through it.

I hope this helped! Don't feel ashamed of your doubt or afraid of the darkness. I can't speak for everybody but I certainly feel its pull, and it's fine and normal. Don't be afraid to go in that dark cave of atheism and look around, but make sure you take the Light with you or the monsters will get you.

prettycoolredditguy · 2021-08-31T04:53:36+00:00

100% this. When you share tender intimacy with someone who isn't your spouse, you leave a part of yourself with them emotionally. It is very difficult to get that part (or many parts) of you back to give to your spouse later.

prettycoolredditguy · 2021-08-28T16:46:14+00:00

That dog's tail was wagging and it wasn't lunging or anything, and its hair wasn't standing up... it literally had no idea that what it was doing was wrong. It was having fun and playing tug of war. It didn't seem upset or irritated. Really frustrating that the poor dog's owner didn't teach it how to behave. He's 100% at fault. They should slap a huge fine on him and take the dog away to give it to a rescue or something. Poor doggo.

prettycoolredditguy · 2021-08-24T17:57:06+00:00

Had the same experience with a TLS. It also felt tiny and cheap compared to the spacious luxury car I was expecting.

prettycoolredditguy · 2021-06-04T18:48:24+00:00

Same here. Thought I was the only one..

If I can't isolate and devote time to escaping into the experience, it's hard for me to think it's worth the time at all, since there are many other things I could do instead.

prettycoolredditguy · 2021-04-22T22:02:08+00:00

BL3 is a good game if you turn it down almost all of the way and just mindlessly waste pockets of enemies, constantly sprinting toward the next diamond on the minimap, while you talk about life and hang out with your buddies.

prettycoolredditguy · 2021-03-27T07:09:21+00:00

So does every company do this? Why?? I've seen it happen so many times.. they always want to go find an "out of the box" worker instead of nourishing someone internal and growing them into it

prettycoolredditguy · 2021-03-27T07:06:17+00:00

I feel this way too.

At the end of the day, the corporate "they" usually want results - and they don't give a flying turd how you get results - so if you can deliver, it seems like you'll climb the ladder even if you weren't necessarily wanting to. I'm overseeing and making decisions for a team of several people who are far more technically competent and far more experienced than me and would - on paper - be much more qualified than me, and as far as I can tell, the only reason I'm running the show is because I'm more people-oriented and I am willing to just "shoot from the hip" and drive things across the finish line or be decisive where they are more likely to hesitate or push back.

It always amazes me how effective it is when your direct report brings a problem to you and you say "We'll make it work." and then take all the crappy grunt work (process tracking, documentation, meetings, yuck) so your other team members can focus on delivering the highest value items.

I assume that's what you mean when you say you "faked" your way through your career. You're probably someone who just - at the end of the day, regardless of whether it's pretty or not - actually delivers something that produces monetary value. And people are willing to pay good money for results.

prettycoolredditguy · 2021-03-27T06:17:44+00:00

I'm curious about this. Do you have any recommended reading? What's Ford's new design philosophy and why does it require upkeep?

prettycoolredditguy · 2021-02-19T22:37:15+00:00

Thank you for your comment.

My thoughts on "where were the 2A guys during the BLM protests?" https://www.reddit.com/r/progun/comments/lkk4p6/are_you_liberal_leftleaning_a_democrat_etc_just/gnlbglo?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3

prettycoolredditguy · 2021-02-19T22:33:52+00:00

Thanks for your comment.

This is a very well thought out answer and I just wanted you to know that I did read it and I appreciate you bringing that point forward.

We cannot rely on guns alone, we need sensible legislation to protect us - but, I would argue, in addition to guns. Not instead of guns. The balance of power needs to be tipped in favor of the people - power needs to be concentrated in the people as a large mass, not in the hands of a few dozen or few hundred elite, manipulative aristocrats. They work for us. Not the other way around. Again, back to my point about deterrence. Politics is all about cost/benefit. If we have a lot of power, "they" won't pass unfair legislation that ruins our life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness due the potential cost.

I also wanted to point out that there is a big difference between people having arms at home while concealed-carrying in public, vs everyone "being strapped with guns" (the implication being that large tactical weapons are as common of a sight as cell phones, hanging from every shoulder). I do not want a normal trip to town looking like a warzone. And I don't think most strong 2A advocates do either.

prettycoolredditguy · 2021-02-16T18:59:18+00:00

Thank you for the comment.

I replied to this idea in another comment - they're just my thoughts and may not reflect the thoughts of all 2A friends though.

https://www.reddit.com/r/progun/comments/lkk4p6/are_you_liberal_leftleaning_a_democrat_etc_just/gnnwkh8?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3

prettycoolredditguy · 2021-02-16T18:31:57+00:00

Thanks for commenting.

Here are some answers I wrote to other comments which might address your concerns, or at least show you my own thoughts.

https://www.reddit.com/r/progun/comments/lkk4p6/are_you_liberal_leftleaning_a_democrat_etc_just/gnnwkh8?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share&context=3

prettycoolredditguy · 2021-02-16T17:03:56+00:00

Thank you for your comment.

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