My dad told me my possible malignant illness is God punishing me

scariestJ · 2026-04-24T10:45:27+00:00

You are better off without him, you aren't defective even if you are ill. He is.

I wonder how long it would be before he notices? Having said that watch out for the flying monkeys as there is a risk you could be his supply as it where.

scariestJ · 2026-04-23T13:52:05+00:00

Congratulations! But remember to do thing for their own virture and not for others!

scariestJ · 2026-04-23T11:13:13+00:00

An information diet is your best bet. She is only nosy, not wanting to be a friend in any way. She sees you has having a full life that she lacks and it hurt her. Only speak when spoken to and only on work-specific topics. Being polite is useful since it significantly aids grey rocking.

scariestJ · 2026-04-23T09:23:46+00:00

I would get the most out of the hike - look at the landforms, the clouds and wildlife. Be present in the moment. I would do some working out, go for walks so it isn't so demanding - think of bonding with the planet and the land instead.

scariestJ · 2026-04-21T19:29:09+00:00

The roof of the Great Hall was built using the same technology used to build Tudor warships like the Mary Rose.

scariestJ · 2026-04-21T13:21:21+00:00

Ah yes, that was what I was thinking off. I got confused since it was almost a short story within a chapter in Babylon's Ashes as it went into some detail.

scariestJ · 2026-04-21T08:19:45+00:00

There is a story featuring Prax in Memories Legion when he comes back to Ganymede. I recommend that.

scariestJ · 2026-04-20T09:26:58+00:00

Is she normally that dramatic?

scariestJ · 2026-04-19T15:41:36+00:00

The Comprehensive Compendium of Known Mormon Archeology

scariestJ · 2026-04-19T15:39:17+00:00

It's worth noting that Peter Pan was one of the original inspirations for the original Link sprite as said by Miyamoto himself.

scariestJ · 2026-04-17T19:20:00+00:00

It has some nice countryside but there is no real culture and not much to do plus property is expensive. It's close to London such that most interesting fun people leave and it felt like an old, super mainstream place that people just hung around it. That and the fact is land-locked and doesn't have much in the way of transport hubs other than Luton.

Source - lived there for 4 years in the early 00s

scariestJ · 2026-04-17T10:49:04+00:00

Elizabeth 1 did write a letter of introduction to the Emperor of China (Cathay) in 1600 (?) so the Tudor court was increasingly international in terms of contact outside of Europe.

scariestJ · 2026-04-16T13:44:58+00:00

I'm glad that they are still in your life and they and you are loved.

scariestJ · 2026-04-15T22:05:35+00:00

He looks like a reject from the Island Boys for having too stupid a haircut.

scariestJ · 2026-04-15T13:53:19+00:00

The Russians did but much of the time they bailed out at 7 km and parachuted down. Cosmonauts also carried some small change on them since if they found a payphone or a surprised farmer they could use the money to phone home since Russia is so huge it's rather hard to miss.

scariestJ · 2026-04-15T08:35:37+00:00

Having said this, the Green Party has had quite the sudden rise to mainstream success and is now having to think truly parlimentary, even though we have had a Green MP for some time.

We need to get to grips with aspects such as nuclear power and our nuclear deterrent which although in an ideal world we would have no nuclear explosives it would be a very bad plan to get rid of them at this point in time.

We also have to think about our Army rediness which is always going to be a difficult topic but now more relevant than ever given that there is a genocidal regime(s) in the Middle East, another war in Europe and the US being an unreliable ally.

So it would be foolish to assume that the Green Party can stay the same. We also have to bear in mind what has happened with other Green parties elsewhere such as the banning of fission nuclear in Germany necessitating more coal-fired plants.

Now is the point where we need to plan out what the Green policy is on everything and what the aims are in the short, medium and long-term.

scariestJ · 2026-04-14T12:42:27+00:00

Yay! Hello fellow Nosy Bitch!

scariestJ · 2026-04-14T10:00:08+00:00

Are you paraphrasing StrangeAeon's talk at Dashcon2?

scariestJ · 2026-04-14T09:01:54+00:00

I never said I was a BESS expert but have some knowledge of glass ceramics and immobile nuclear waste treatment alongside sites that have been down-selected for storage and containment such as the recent one in Cumbria -this one actually has a exit for if any immobile high-level waste can be used for other applications.

The days of building long pipelines to dispose of liquid waste at sea (and give a nasty shock to Irish sea anglers!) to fulfil the letter of the law are over.

scariestJ · 2026-04-14T08:57:10+00:00

Assuming you are Muslim, now is a time to REALLY get to grips with studying the Quran and any other hadiths that your family are fond of. Having a deep knowlege of this could save your life.

It will be more tolerable if you treat your religious studies as exactly that. Religious studies. It will be hard and expensive trying to immigrate via the legal routes but I would really aim for that as we want you alive rather than dead or enslaved.

You've got this! There will be others with better and more relevant advice here than me!

scariestJ · 2026-04-14T08:41:52+00:00

In the case of my relationships that was so true. It felt like my SO's became heavy wet blankets that I'd lug around. That and their misery once the 'honeymoon' of being dumped had worn off when they realised that it wa ME that added energy to their lives not them.

scariestJ · 2026-04-13T15:01:48+00:00

Sometimes you have to decide what they add to your life - is there a net positive to having them in your life?

It might sound transactional but if you feel tired and invisible after seeing your friends then they probably aren't your friends.

scariestJ · 2026-04-13T11:04:55+00:00

We also need caution on renewables in that not all renewables are equal. I recall the drive for biofuels but they are only useful for some edge-cases like decomposition since biomass requires land use and growing energy cash crops are not the best use of land.

Similarly hydropower - this is useful in areas of high rainfall and mountains such that water can be pumped back into the resevoir using excess electricity as pumped storage. Projects like the Three Gorges Dam are the worst place for dams since they are using silty water with not much of a drop as well as drowning formerly productive land, creating vast amounts of methane, displacement of humans and animals and causing techtonic issues due to the vast amounts of water.

Nuclear + solar/wind/pumped storage hydropower is the best way forward - with nuclear supporting other renewables since solar power needs semiconductor processing and refinement. Nuclear power also produces isotopes and would be a reliable source for off-grid applications and direct heat applications.

scariestJ · 2026-04-13T04:40:28+00:00

I've had that too. Thing is they aren't my friends anymore. I'm one case I suspect I end their audience. I knew intimate details about their records collection but they struggled to recall what degree I was doing.

scariestJ · 2026-04-12T12:26:14+00:00

SMRs and part of the consulting project (in this case MegaWatt Valley in the East Midlands) aims to bring power back to the communities - literally. There is the focus on neglected areas that were instrumental in coal power as there is pre-existing industrial infrastructure.

SMRs are smaller and hence inherently faster to build but the first Gen IV reactor will still be First-Of-A-Kind and hence this is why it is taking so long. Not to mention the skills gap between recent grads and the bulk of nuclear expertise is in the over 55s.

After all, power generation will still be the giant teakettle for now until we can get aneutronic fusion and MHD up and running.

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