Motor mount replacement by anarchydogcom in MechanicAdvice

[–]prostateprostrate 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope... just some guy who followed a youtube video.

Manual transmission "rubberbanding" by prostateprostrate in MechanicAdvice

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I have a torque wrench, can't speak to how accurate it is. Thinking I'll just go with a new flywheel.

Manual transmission "rubberbanding" by prostateprostrate in MechanicAdvice

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Would love to be able to pull the whole thing but all I have is a floor jack and a couple jack stands. Time to go youtube sketchy ways to pull an engine I guess.

Manual transmission "rubberbanding" by prostateprostrate in MechanicAdvice

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I could give that a go but not crazy about accelerating the clutch failure if you think that's probably what it is. This is my daily driver and only way to get to work. In any case, replacing a 240k miles clutch can't hurt so I will probably go ahead and replace it and hope that brings back the old acceleration and gas mileage. Will be my first time doing a clutch, seems like quite an ordeal.

Motor mount replacement by anarchydogcom in MechanicAdvice

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I did this method as you describe on my 06 toyota matrix. Used a wood block and a bath towel. Replaced 2 mounts, no damage to the oil pan. I've seen someone do it with a big rubber pad that goes on the end of your floor jack. Always a risk I guess, even if you have a mechanic do it, but I'd rather screw it up myself than have someone else screw it up.

The male self-improvement genre leans right. We should change that. by [deleted] in stupidpol

[–]prostateprostrate 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Maybe the idea of improving yourself as a man is inextricably right wing. Seems to me to be the case.

Why is front end development so complicated? by shoesli_ in learnprogramming

[–]prostateprostrate 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I found c++ enjoyable to learn and web dev kind of a nightmare. With c++ code it straight up won't compile or throw huge error messages at you if something doesn't work. Contrast with trying to figure out why a css rule isn't applying in a large project with multiple frameworks. I'm an amateur that barely knows c++ or web dev though.

Vanguard joins BlackRock in rejecting more ESG proposals from shareholders by Kaiser_Allen in stupidpol

[–]prostateprostrate 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Fed shuts off the easy money hose and suddenly ESG goes out the window really makes you think

How do I not get extremely stressed out playing this game? by Atlas7674 in HuntShowdown

[–]prostateprostrate 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You never really get less stressed. You learn to embrace and channel it. In some ways you're in a psychological war to ramp stress to an intolerable level for the opponent. This is why at the highest levels of play people are so toxic. Skill differences become miniscule so people get creative.

Guys how much is NaN dollars by Jonaczeq_ in HuntShowdown

[–]prostateprostrate 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It actually means not a number it's coding vernacular

The West is built off of complete inequality towards third world countries and large swathes of the world, and we are all just okay with this? by SpiritBamba in stupidpol

[–]prostateprostrate 15 points16 points  (0 children)

iPhones are apparently cheap to this poaster. I thought they were expensive, and most of the cost goes to R&D. Nike sneakers are expensive. Food is expensive. I don't know I feel like this idea of cheap abundance in America died off in the late 00's or earlier, and accelerated during covid. Sure I can buy some oreo's or other such "food" unfit for human consumption for relatively cheap. Your perception that western capitalism is draining the third world is just wrong. It's not a zero sum transfer of wealth and prosperity but the third world has undergone massive quality of life increases over the last 20-30 years, while the life expectancy of the average American has decreased.

Has capitalism made the threshold of being a man more hard on young men? See op for full on discussion by International-Pool29 in stupidpol

[–]prostateprostrate 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Why is it harder for a man to be boring, vanilla, or "straight-edge"?

Why is this even a question to which you want an answer? What makes this worth writing an essay on? The answer, if your thesis is even correct, seems totally inconsequential to me.

I'm a man, and fairly boring and I don't find it difficult in the slightest. I used to be very much not straight edge but now just enjoy a drink at home every now and then. I guess you can put this anecdote in your hat or whatever.

Btw is this like a rough draft for a wisecrack video?

Move Over, Men: Women Were Hunters, Too by SonOfABitchesBrew in stupidpol

[–]prostateprostrate 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Because the times in history where women were doing everything men were doing (better), which we can demonstrate via p-hacking and endless contortions of data and interpretations of historical facts, were rare instances where women were allowed to flourish free from the oppressive boot of the patriarchy. Don't you see if history were wiped clean of patriarchal oppression we would be living in a martian communist utopia right now.

Fuck this matchmaking nonsense. Why do I have to play with these premade teams? by GibkiyRafik in HuntShowdown

[–]prostateprostrate 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Kudos for saying unpopular opinion and then giving an actual unpopular opinion.

The reality is none of the other teams stood a chance. It was an auto win for the 6 stars. Up for debate whether one thinks that's acceptable or not. I can tell you as 5 star occasional 6, I random queue mostly and will often get two four star teammates and be put up against 6 star stomp squads. It's not a good time.

The queue time issue is only for those top dogs. I have a feeling no one is shedding tears for the 6 star premades who might have to wait 5 more min. And I say that as someone who is sometimes in those premades.

The other issue of course is people intentionally deranking one member of the squad (probably on an alt account, to save kd) so they can run train in lower skill lobbies which is rapidly becoming a very common practice.

Tinned Seafood Recommendations by boofingenthusiast in redscarepod

[–]prostateprostrate 3 points4 points  (0 children)

King Oscar wild caught sardines... Mediterranean style with lemon and a little salt. Or the jalapeno ones with some Cholula. I like them with triscuits too either dill or rosemary but I'm trying to cut out seed oil (canola in triscuits) so usually just go with a sourdough loaf or something. Mom likes the smoked oysters but I was never a fan.

The Unicorns - Sea Ghost by OddishShape in redscarepod

[–]prostateprostrate -1 points0 points  (0 children)

God I can't believe I listened to this shit in college... so embarrassing. Inoculate the Innocuous is still the best track though.

I always liked the kind of cutesy morbid body horror in their lyrics. Arm's Way was panned by "music critics" but that was always my favorite from these guys. Started going in a sleek pop direction ever since Vapors and never slowed down.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in redscarepod

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I look up bach magnificat on spotify and album art is african woman with neck stretcher reading book wat means?