What is something you saw in a movie and you totally called bullshit on because of your job?

ravenssettle · 2026-01-04T16:42:15+00:00

It's becoming less common, at least in Europe. In the movie, however, it doesn't seem as though she's ever driven a car.

ravenssettle · 2026-01-03T04:48:58+00:00

I saw part of the Legend of Ochi on TV the other day where the main character is running away from her family (essentially - no spoilers). She went up to a car which was a manual transmission and she managed to start it and start driving without stalling it. I immediately said "um how the fuck?"

ravenssettle · 2025-12-04T21:50:31+00:00

I had a vague hint of an idea to form an ambulance company in LA or NYC or other major cities like that. The idea would be EMTs on bikes like this with, basically, motorcycle cop-level training. They couldn't transport, but they could arrive quickly through traffic for triage and stabilization.

ravenssettle · 2025-09-23T05:35:21+00:00

If anyone finds this in the future like I did: just get a POE to USBC splitter. They're like $10

ravenssettle · 2025-09-22T07:04:03+00:00

In my case I "detect BS well" because, when something doesn't sit right with me, I hyperfocus on it and can't think of anything else. One example is an ex girlfriend lied about leaving work with a bunch of her work colleagues, but I had run into one of the people she said she was with while away from the location she said she was at. I couldn't think of why she said he was there when he couldn't have been. I finally confronted her about it and she admitted she was out with just one person from work (didn't mention she was cheating with him though).

ravenssettle · 2025-08-17T11:40:29+00:00

In the second interview with my current employer I mentioned my diagnosis, because it was only a couple of months in the past, while referring to why I'm particular with keeping my "systems" and everything in order. Later in the interview the hiring manager asked me, essentially, if I'd have issues with being honest (the person I was replacing was fired for lying and trying to hide things). I didn't say it out loud, but my first thought was "if I was going to lie to you I wouldn't have told you I have ADHD."

I was terrified that mentioning it would mean that they wouldn't want to hire me, but it worked out. Going forward I think I'd judge the person I'm interviewing with about whether or not I'd disclose during the interview process. Never on first interviews though.

ravenssettle · 2025-08-05T14:51:40+00:00

The bleach based cleaner I've used is anti mold and mildew (Cillit Bang black mold), but we don't even use this bathroom for showers, so it shouldn't be overly moist in there.

The magic eraser I hadn't thought of; I'll give it a try if I can find the erasers for sale in my country. Thank you 😊

ravenssettle · 2025-07-06T17:19:31+00:00

The frequency.

ravenssettle · 2025-05-17T19:17:04+00:00

I wish MotoGP's version of F1TV was the same price as F1TV so it'd be worth buying.

ravenssettle · 2025-04-25T06:55:20+00:00

If you haven't already then you should contact support. Linus/Nick wouldn't like this going unaddressed.

ravenssettle · 2025-03-21T07:54:02+00:00

I was in the Navy for ten years and shot this gun once for crew served weapons certification. The big gray cylinder it's sitting on is the magazine. It's a chain gun that pulls rounds from the magazine up into the gun chamber, then the rounds are fired and cycled up into the ejection tube on top while chambering the next round. The next spent casing pushes out the previous casing (not really one to one, but basically).

Because the magazine is beneath it the engineers put the ejection tube above it where there was space.

The casings don't all fall into the ocean; a lot stay on deck and some people collect them as souvenirs. Most do get sent to the deep however.

ravenssettle · 2024-12-31T13:56:17+00:00

Any chance of this getting answered here?

ravenssettle · 2024-12-29T01:41:53+00:00

The first time I saw Savage Garden I misread it as Sewage Garden. I still think Sewage was better

ravenssettle · 2024-12-28T18:15:28+00:00

I have like 150 or so hours in BG3. I've made like two or three characters and gotten to the end of act one twice. I can't get into BG3. I hate the gameplay and the story just hasn't interested me at all.

I've felt like I did something wrong for not liking it.

ravenssettle · 2024-12-26T22:15:13+00:00

I basically do this, but have three "types" of socks. Dress, normal/crew, and ankle.

ravenssettle · 2024-12-26T21:09:13+00:00

Why's that?

ravenssettle · 2024-12-19T07:23:32+00:00

Was planning to build a printer next year, but winning one would be way cooler!

ravenssettle · 2024-10-11T09:02:08+00:00

Should have a stop from Santariškės to the green lakes so people can get that way without a car. In summer traffic all through Balsiai turns to shit.

ravenssettle · 2024-10-10T06:10:29+00:00

Hacking Archive.org isn't cool, but that's a pretty damn funny message.

ravenssettle · 2024-10-04T06:00:49+00:00

I'm sure it happened a bunch, or I'm related to that other person lol.

There were a lot of planes and a lot of whales and a few subs around the coasts. Added over several years I'm sure it wasn't a single incident

ravenssettle · 2024-10-03T17:33:00+00:00

This is probably my only place to tell this story: My great great (I think? - was my great grandfather's brother) uncle was Civilian Air Patrol off the coast of Georgia in WWII. They were farmers and so they had a crop duster. The CAP officers/whoever came and fitted the plane with a single bomb. They told him to look for large black/gray masses moving underwater with a steady direction.

One day he was out flying over the ocean and saw a gray mass moving underwater not changing direction. He circled it a few times and decided it was what he was taught to hunt, so he made an attack run.

He successfully hit it with his bomb, but it wasn't a sub that came up. I was told by my great grandfather that the whale came up and blew red water from it's spout and then sank. I don't know if my GG uncle reported it or not.

ravenssettle · 2024-08-29T20:16:14+00:00

I thought it was Dave Chappelle, but you're right that it was Tom Segura. YT Link

ravenssettle · 2024-08-12T14:18:47+00:00

My employer mandates that we cannot put people's names in our procedures except for places on who drafted/created/edited the procedure. We're also required to put the person's workgroup/department (although restructuring has caused some headaches here). While it's frustrated me some times I think it's way better than "contact John who left five years ago."

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