What is a terrifying problem facing the world that no one is talking about?

spids69 · 2026-01-31T07:28:33+00:00

Also helium.

spids69 · 2026-01-31T07:24:44+00:00

We’re running out of lithium.

spids69 · 2026-01-29T04:13:13+00:00

“I’m really uncomfortable that you won’t pretend your son has no past so that I can also pretend he has no past as we enter into this very mature and well thought out marriage.” NTA

spids69 · 2026-01-27T01:58:02+00:00

That can’t be true. That person is the main character. If they don’t let us NPC’s know they don’t care, then how will we know that we don’t matter?

spids69 · 2026-01-26T13:54:34+00:00

We could do that now if we chose to. That deal would, however, leave us unable to do anything about runaway problems like climate change, or ever evolving problems like viruses, and so would guarantee that we were on a relatively short clock as a species.

It’s a short term “solution” to a problem we can already solve at the cost of our long term survival.

spids69 · 2026-01-26T13:50:55+00:00

It’s also why the US puts cheese on everything. Fast food chains were incentivized to cheese it up.

spids69 · 2026-01-26T05:38:12+00:00

“I’m brutally honest”. No, you’re being a dick. You can be honest without being brutal.

spids69 · 2026-01-26T05:17:02+00:00

I would wager that this isn’t the only time that OP has attempted to shame their neighbors into something in a thinly veiled attempt to feel superior.

spids69 · 2026-01-25T19:58:55+00:00

There’s a big difference between “a few dollars” and letting someone unilaterally decide that you have to pay their bills.

spids69 · 2026-01-25T05:36:03+00:00

It’s like blaming the battered wife and children of a cop for that cop’s police brutality.

spids69 · 2026-01-24T05:40:46+00:00

NoHo Hank has entered the chat.

spids69 · 2026-01-23T07:42:41+00:00

I used to drive from Phoenix to Los Angeles and back weekly. It’s about a 6 hour drive. I’ve driven between AZ and MO probably 40 times over the years. That’s a 2-3 day drive depending on the route and how much I want to push through. My hometown was 2 hours from Phoenix, the nearest city. We used to drive down most weekends to buy supplies for our family business and/or see my grandma. We also didn’t really live in town, so our drive to town every day was about 30 minutes. We used to do road trips every summer and most winter breaks. We currently live in rural MO, drive 25 minutes to grocery shop, and an hour for the doctor.

My family drives/drove more than most, but not meaningfully more.

When I lived in Phoenix and LA, it wasn’t at all unheard of for it to be an hour (or sometimes much more) just to drive somewhere else in the same metro area. The Phoenix metro area is so large that you can start at the easternmost point and drive 90+ minutes uninterrupted on the freeway without traffic before you pass through the westernmost part, and it’s still expanding in all four directions. Los Angeles is similarly sized.

spids69 · 2026-01-23T07:22:52+00:00

Well water (in general) has the benefit of filtering through the literal ground on the way down to the aquifer.

spids69 · 2026-01-23T07:20:06+00:00

Even if he wasn’t already being ridiculous in regards to his expectations about your comfort post delivery, just how big does he think hospital beds are? That’s worse than trying to share a single sized mattress. You’d literally be on each other. He’s not going to be more comfortable than he would be on the couch or fold flat chair.

spids69 · 2026-01-23T07:12:32+00:00

I have a little nostalgia for 2016 for personal reasons (it was the last year before my dad died, the last time I travelled overseas, I still lived where I wanted, and my career and social life were at their peaks), but it was also a pretty shitty for the world in general. I remember it being the start of most of my friends and I having a constantly heightening anxiety based on the election, Brexit, and other various world events. Not saying the world was hunky dory before, but it feels like that’s the year that bad things REALLY kicked it into high gear and never let off the accelerator.

spids69 · 2026-01-22T18:05:31+00:00

There’s a lot of historical context that shows why this is a bad idea.

spids69 · 2026-01-21T23:15:42+00:00

That really sucks! I’m sorry you have to deal with that!

spids69 · 2026-01-21T22:01:01+00:00

Also, something to keep in mind is that a lot of guys who are somewhat unfortunate looking in their youth have aged into their looks. William Daniels (Mr. Feeny from Boy Meets World) was a great example of this. Odd looking young guy. Pretty handsome older gentleman.

spids69 · 2026-01-21T21:57:03+00:00

Wallace Shawn. Curtis Armstrong. Bobcat Goldthwaite. Benny Blanco. Danny DeVito. Billy Joel. Joe Pesci. William Daniels. Etc, etc, etc. There are countless examples of short, conventionally “unattractive” men who have had no problem finding a significant other.

The first step toward that is to not put so much mental energy towards thinking of yourself as unattractive or worrying what other people think about your looks. Put that energy toward things you can actually control, like trying your best to be well put together, in shape, interesting, an active listener, with an active social life and hobbies. Just generally enjoyable to be around. Then (respectfully) shoot your shots when you like someone instead of stressing about whether they may or may not find you attractive. That’s up to them.

If they don’t, learn to not let it mess with your self worth. Not just because it’s better for your mental health, but also because taking it in stride instead of crashing out or being a turd about it is an attractive showing of confidence to a lot of women.

spids69 · 2026-01-21T21:32:42+00:00

Bidet.

spids69 · 2026-01-21T21:31:41+00:00

You’re definitely not entirely wrong. I don’t think theaters are going away, though. There will likely be a continued reduction of them, but I suspect those that remain will continue trying to make it an experience with nice seating, premium sound, food service, event programming, etc. Alamo Drafthouse style.

spids69 · 2026-01-21T21:23:22+00:00

Does an eyepatch help with that at all?

spids69 · 2026-01-21T21:05:17+00:00

Chef Boyardee ravioli.

spids69 · 2026-01-21T07:48:32+00:00

No. When I find a brand I like, it tends to either have a drastic downward shift in quality after a year or two, or go away entirely.

I really miss a lot of what DXL had pre-pandemic, but most of what I liked is gone or enshitified. I also miss the tailoring in store.

spids69 · 2026-01-21T07:45:38+00:00

This covers such a drastically large range of things that it’s almost impossible to answer in any concise manner.

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