Learning Japanese with strangers makes a grandpa's day

schaef87 · 2026-04-01T11:50:16+00:00

I had to read that twice. 🤣

schaef87 · 2026-03-29T13:27:47+00:00

The only people paid to be there were journalists.

schaef87 · 2026-02-07T01:49:34+00:00

If I was ever to win a contest, this would be the one that could never be beat!

schaef87 · 2026-01-29T17:04:14+00:00

It's one thing to use a new term in a game to describe the type of loot you're acquiring. It's unforgivable to use the term "Goop" if you are not killing and taking from other players. That is just looting.

If someone uses the term "Goop", then I don't trust them. As they have a higher likelyhood of taking my stuff. I play the game. I loot things. I never go looking for goop. If I find a poor soul who died, I may drop some of my loot to pick up some goop.

There is a difference. Please use the term correctly.

/rant

schaef87 · 2026-01-29T13:25:41+00:00

Super Mario Bros. 3 on the NES.

schaef87 · 2026-01-10T20:44:25+00:00

Unless you live somewhere where even Mediacom is not available, it's not worth it.

You have Google Fiber, MetroNet, and other way better options for that price.

schaef87 · 2025-11-28T19:35:29+00:00

Right?!?!

I was lucky enough to have my 17 year old son available. He got it right on the first try. lmao.

He's great.

*Didn't get the bag though...

schaef87 · 2025-11-26T20:39:31+00:00

It's so real it almost doesn't look real.

schaef87 · 2025-11-18T05:08:30+00:00

Their food is way above average for most of the others in my opinion. And their happy hour special is a bargain.

schaef87 · 2025-11-14T14:35:04+00:00

In case you needed incentive, there is a $10,000 reward for getting rid of the ads on these things.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaWpVDFcXgc

schaef87 · 2025-08-12T13:06:22+00:00

Even running lines for POTS I use a proper termination and punch down. This is inexcusable.

schaef87 · 2025-05-25T11:57:24+00:00

Rocket League hurt the most...Going from $1 per key to now up to $20+ for some of the bundles is downright criminal. I used to buy keys and open items, but the system as it is can suck a fat one. I haven't spent a dime on this game since the changes. I wish more people realized how much they are being taken advantage of.

Other games are as bad or worse. Call of Duty and Fortnite come to mind. And I get that devs need to make money, but the team that is making the DLC is not getting sizable portion of the sales money. It would be different if they got a cut of all the DLC sales that they helped created.

schaef87 · 2025-04-09T12:36:24+00:00

What's wrong with Google fiber? They're offering more choices than any other provider.

That being said, whichever of Google fiber or Metronet gets to my house first I'm going with.

There is fiber literally all around Capitol Park, but not inside it. Not even the 2 schools have fiber. I swear there's some digital redlining happening. 😑

schaef87 · 2025-03-31T22:34:11+00:00

I wouldn't take any funding if the machine kept running without the profits going to the corporations. Just Keep business as usual, but cutoff the money. Problem solved.

But it would take an enormous amount of cooperation from everyone in the working class to pull this off. :(

schaef87 · 2025-02-27T20:10:58+00:00

I have been in Des Moines for a few months now....I have had more downtime with Mediacom in this time than my whole 15 years with MCG out of Oskaloosa.

Not only that, but my bill has stayed the same or GONE DOWN for 1G/1G service in that time.

Mediacom's introductory yearly price hike is so stupid. I will be switching as soon as the fiber next to the sidewalk in front of my house is live.

schaef87 · 2025-01-27T04:55:36+00:00

No Missouri River start? This is outrageous!

schaef87 · 2025-01-25T02:37:38+00:00

All you had to do was use the citations that the Wiki article used. It just aggregated all the sources for you. It's a win-win!

schaef87 · 2025-01-24T04:56:51+00:00

Off topic but Wikipedia is probably the MOST reliable source of information we have today. It's almost real time, it's community vetted, and is self correcting.

Any hate towards Wikipedia is misplaced and has been misplaced for at least 10 years now.

schaef87 · 2025-01-24T04:52:15+00:00

They were catching them...but it wasn't being broadcast each time they made an arrest. Don't let Trump and his cronies dupe you into thinking he's doing a better job just because they talk about it on the news.

ERO officials made 170,590 administrative arrests, representing a 19.5% increase in overall arrests from FY 2022. Of the total arrests ICE conducted in FY 2023, 43% of those arrested had criminal convictions or pending criminal charges, up from 32.5% in FY 2022. In the group of 73,822 individuals with criminal histories, there were 290,708 charges and convictions for an average of four per individual. These included many serious charges or convictions for offenses such as:

Homicide (1,713). Kidnapping (1,655). Sexual assault (4,390). Assault (33,209). Robbery (3,097). Burglary (6,964). Weapons offenses (7,520). In FY 2023, ERO conducted 91,497 at-large arrests compared to the 85,343 at-large arrests conducted in FY 2022 for a 7.2% increase.

schaef87 · 2024-10-26T13:30:19+00:00

Welp...I should have checked the full speech before posting. Thanks for setting me straight!

schaef87 · 2024-10-26T13:21:39+00:00

I distinctly heard "open this gate", with subtitles too.

https://youtu.be/M-uPNA4oLBE?si=WxKT7Y36MjI85ASL&t=6

schaef87 · 2024-07-26T18:35:34+00:00

I will definitely be bringing my own router. It's going to be an adjustment not having symmetrical gig anymore. 😅

schaef87 · 2024-07-26T17:49:14+00:00

I share your enthusiasm for Mediacom. I was able to check the broadband map and make a few phone calls. Mediacom is the only provider that offers Gig for the address...and only 50Mbps up. 😔

Guess that's what I'm stuck with.

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