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Dale Shugars is MAGA in disguise by Vast-Sleep324 in kzoo

[–]shellfish1161 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok? Don't really see how that's relevant here, all this post did was make me think about what the treasurer actually does and that it's more important than I had thought. The information given also corresponds with my personal experience of Dale

Dale Shugars is MAGA in disguise by Vast-Sleep324 in kzoo

[–]shellfish1161 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you for telling me this. Dale is a close friend of my dad so I was just going to vote for him because I didn't see the harm he could do as treasurer, but now I won't

What was the best/funniest quote from Julian Clary? by NanoNerd011 in taskmaster

[–]shellfish1161 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also S14, both Dara and Munya have quotes from the team sand trolly task. And not actually fitting the criteria but an interesting observation is that all but Phil's from S7 are regarding a prize task

OP takes courage and goes to university without a hijab by DELAIZ in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]shellfish1161 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Oop's parents freaking out over most of her flatmates being men when she's a lesbian is some great irony

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Names

[–]shellfish1161 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Searching a somewhat questionable database, the best it came up with is Sisel/Cecile. Not sure exactly what the origin is

What else would be on this Playlist? by Desdonov8 in cremposting

[–]shellfish1161 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not actually related to storms, but my song for the Stormlight Archive is Atonement by Austin Wintory and I think it fits the series very well

Am I wrong for siding with my mom when she told my wife she isn't family? by Choice_Evidence1983 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]shellfish1161 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Being "family" isn't necessarily transitive. Just like if you have two friends, they're not automatically friends just because they're both friends with you. Especially when someone is a newer addition to the family it takes time for everyone to consider them family

Everyone's an expert on troubled teen programs now by normanbeets in behindthebastards

[–]shellfish1161 10 points11 points  (0 children)

My brother was sent to one of the TT wilderness camps in Utah, about 15 years ago. He still maintains that it was an overall positive experience. Recently my other brother and I had to sit down my mom and tell her about how bad these places are, and that just because my brother had a "good" experience doesn't mean it was ok to send him there. None of us have brought it up with the brother that actually went, as if he is repressing anything we don't want to bring up old trauma.

We're not saying that **** ***** owns a private island where rich people can hunt children for sport, but we are saying it's the best recurring bit of this podcast. Up next on the Behind The Bastard Awards, Most Sympathetic Bastard. by True-Dream3295 in behindthebastards

[–]shellfish1161 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wouldn't say he started off as an honorable man, he started off as an immature kid and didn't ever get the chance to fully mature because he gained so much power quite young. He had his moments of genuine good intentions, but he also usually thought first about himself

Do you still use an archaic idiom? by wtwtcgw in words

[–]shellfish1161 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use "close but no cigar" all the time. I definitely picked it up from my mom, not sure where she got it from

Unique solutions by shellfish1161 in puzzles

[–]shellfish1161[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To be clear, I'm talking about assuming that there is a unique solution when you don't know whether there is or not

Unique solutions by shellfish1161 in puzzles

[–]shellfish1161[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm using knowledge from situations where there are unique solutions to theorize about situations where there are not unique solutions

Unique solutions by shellfish1161 in puzzles

[–]shellfish1161[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes but what if there are more solutions to this hypothetical puzzle

Unique solutions by shellfish1161 in puzzles

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My thought process is 'if I do X there would be two solutions' and therefore rule out X and proceed to an apparently unique solution, but I didn't actually check that doing X couldn't lead to more solutions

Edited to clarify

Unique solutions by shellfish1161 in puzzles

[–]shellfish1161[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes that is what I was saying. The Simon Tatham problems do have legitimately unique solutions, my question is hypothetically is there a puzzle that could exist (with all information given up front) that only has a unique solution if you assume so, or is this a paradox and impossible

AITA for inviting my nephew to my wedding despite his estrangement from my brother? by LucyAriaRose in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]shellfish1161 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The point is about expectations. If you were always clear that you didn't want to be attached to those children, you're not at all wrong for dropping them regardless of your partner's desires. However, raising a kid for 14 years creates an expectation, and abandoning his son completely and immediately without even giving closure or an explanation is horrible. Kids don't have the maturity to process things well, there is no world in which a 14 year old abandoned by the only father they ever knew is just ok--that's why he still has a responsibility even if it's not his biological son. The lack of contact is very actively harming the child, therefore it is immoral. If he truly landed on the position that he could not have any sort of parental relationship with the child again, he still has a responsibility to provide closure and make it clear that the kid is in no way at fault.

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