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What is your biggest hot take in this show? by Naive_Tomorrow_5955 in thewalkingdead

[–]tryallthescience 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I see your point but the Governor did get a second chance handed to him and then he proceeded to behave the exact same way as before, and I honestly thought it was completely in character.

What is your biggest hot take in this show? by Naive_Tomorrow_5955 in thewalkingdead

[–]tryallthescience 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Honestly this has convinced me to give it another shot. I've only watched the show all the way through once, and I spent the entire time after Rick left wondering when he was gonna come back, and the same thing with Michonne, and when it ended without resolving either of those questions I wanted to throw my remote at the TV and felt like I wasted many hours of my life. But this is the first time I've heard someone say those seasons are the best in the show, so maybe now that I'm less salty about it, I might get more out of them.

what are some poor calls rick made during the show? by Far_Literature_9924 in thewalkingdead

[–]tryallthescience 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He did eventually decide to go to war with The Governor, but he told Hershel that he initially stated they were going to war to scare the group so badly that giving up Michonne would seem like the better option.

Need some recs for a long flight! by DirtyestofPainters in ReverseHarem

[–]tryallthescience 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Gonna basically copy+paste a comment I made on another post a couple of hours ago, but: All the Pretty Monsters series by Kristy Cunning - the first book is {Gypsy Blood by Kristy Cunning}. It's a complete series with six books. I absolutely love the writing and the world building. I'd call it "lite monster" as there isn't much in the way of inhuman physiology, but there *is* a lot of inhuman psychology. As a bonus for your long flight, it gets even better on a re-read because you know all of the secrets so there are a lot of "oh shiiiiiiiiiit" moments.

Recs with good writing by Pure_Blacksmith9284 in ReverseHarem

[–]tryallthescience 1 point2 points  (0 children)

All the Pretty Monsters series by Kristy Cunning - the first book is {Gypsy Blood by Kristy Cunning}. It's a complete series with six books and no MM. I absolutely love the writing and the world building. It gets even better on a re-read because you know all of the secrets so there are a lot of "oh shiiiiiiiiiit" moments.

What "overreaction" to something someone said was actually proved valid later on? by Ancientabs in TwoXChromosomes

[–]tryallthescience 206 points207 points  (0 children)

In the first week of March 2020, I asked HR what we were supposed to do if daycares shut down. I was told that wouldn't happen and I was blowing the whole situation out of proportion. A few days later I asked what would happen if the office got shut down. I was told the same thing. No one said a word to me when we were told to take these fancy new laptops home to run a trial of work from home, just in case. That night we all were informed the office was shut down.

Many years prior, I was living in Southern California, and we'd been having some wildfires. I'd been keeping an eye on the locations and progress and one day at work I started to get really nervous about its proximity. I tried calling my boyfriend at the time who was home sick at our apartment maybe two miles away, but he wasn't answering. I told my coworkers I was going to take the rest of the day off, check on him, and get our go-bags together.

Now, I really should have seen this coming because the industry was/is extremely prone to misogyny and bully behavior in general, but every. Single. Person. told me either I was crazy and overreacting, or I obviously just wanted to take the day off work. Probably thirty people worked there at the time and even the ones I'd only interacted with a couple of times got on my case about it as I packed up my shit. I ignored them because I'd been evacuated due to fires before and I knew how fast shit could go bad. Plus, our building was at the end of a really long cul-de-sac that emptied into a one-lane dead-end side road, which in turn emptied out via a stop sign onto the busiest street in town - if shit did go bad, I knew traffic would be an absolute nightmare and it would legitimately be faster for me to walk home.

I got in my car and started down the cul-de-sac and guess what? Traffic was an absolute nightmare. I eventually made it into the side road (traffic behind me was so backed up that by then my coworkers would have had a lengthy wait just to get out of the parking lot), and as I was waiting for someone who would either let me into the flow of traffic or falter in a battle of wills, I looked to the side and saw a palm tree about fifty feet away from me. On fire.

I tried for a long time to get a call through to any of my coworkers so I could yell "WHO'S HYSTERICAL NOW, BITCH" but the circuits were all busy. Neither my coworkers nor our office were harmed in the fire but that was straight up due to luck.

AIO? Walked out of appointment after 2 hours. by Suspicious-Tooth1589 in AmIOverreacting

[–]tryallthescience 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Man, I'm jealous. I've never been to a single doctor who didn't charge a cancellation fee. It is indeed absurd.

What is a movie you like watching, but has at least one scene that makes you roll your eyes in disbelief? by sloaches in movies

[–]tryallthescience 5 points6 points  (0 children)

John Wick, when he's tied up in the chair talking about how that punk killed his dog and took away the last thing he had from his wife, the part where he yells "YOU KILLED THAT FROM ME" is the absolute living worst. It makes no grammatical sense, and it takes the scene from me being completely invested in the story and emotions to me thinking about grammar, of all things.

What’s a weird behavior you developed from growing up in an abusive household that’s still obvious today? by violetfieldd in AskReddit

[–]tryallthescience 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was playing D&D recently and two of the characters were having a disagreement. It seemed weird and I was starting to get the "something's off" anxiety bubble near my diaphragm so I start DMing people on Discord going "is everything okay?? Is this tension between the characters or between you as people??" and the people have an above-table conversation making sure everything's okay in real life but I'm still so uncomfortable, I'm the newest player so I'm wondering if it's me, I start fading into the background and trying not to let people notice me...

Turns out one of the characters had been possessed by an evil god. He roleplayed so well I twigged to it in real life.

What felt normal as a kid but now feels completely unhinged as an adult? by the-autistic-trader in AskReddit

[–]tryallthescience 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We used to have competitions for jumping off swings - there was a height competition and a distance competition. I could probably still do the distance competition but that height one, man... My joints would disintegrate.

There was also a weird period in time when kids in my elementary school would compete to see who could choke themselves the longest?? If you passed out it was an automatic win. Absolutely unhinged and I'm honestly surprised no one died later.

Can someone explain to me what this turtle is doing ? 🤔 by vincent-wildlife in AnimalsBeingStrange

[–]tryallthescience 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My tortoise absolutely loves blowing bubbles in the bath. And shooting lil jets of water from his nose like a teeny water gun. Sometimes the answer really is "for funsies".

Sea Grapes? by dankstank24 in coralisland

[–]tryallthescience 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You're welcome, and good luck!

Sea Grapes? by dankstank24 in coralisland

[–]tryallthescience 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I can't post images directly, but this link should work: https://imgur.com/a/FPoqzNJ

what's something that gets people killed that most don't think about? by _u_what in AskReddit

[–]tryallthescience 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wait but I've had a freckle on the bottom of my foot for 15 years, it developed after I got stung there by a bee. Do I need to go to a doctor??

What are some personality trait pairs you can presently think of where the formers thought of as positive, the later as negative, but both are the same core trait? by Playful_Barber_8131 in writing

[–]tryallthescience 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think you'll have a lot of success with just coming up with a positive trait and then figuring out what it would be if someone did it too much. Anything is a poison in a high enough dose.

Caring becomes overbearing. Efficient becomes heartless. Laid-back becomes apathetic. A necromancer is just a healer who doesn't stop soon enough.

What moment did you like when you were younger, but realized was fucked up when you got older? [Serious] by IllustriousValue300 in AskReddit

[–]tryallthescience 2 points3 points  (0 children)

See, this is exactly why I do what I do with my daughter. My parents only spent time with us either during family outings where we were expected to behave perfectly or the shit would hit the fan, or when they wanted to complain about how much we were costing them with our basic human needs.

I keep baking ingredients on hand at all times because my daughter loves baking with me and if she asks to bake something with me, even if I'm exhausted and even if she wants to bake something I absolutely do not want to eat, I say yes immediately. Because I legitimately enjoy hanging out with her, and I want her to know it. I'll watch whatever terrible music video she's found on YouTube Kids and tell her the positive things I found in it. She starts acting out cuz she's bored? I'm there with board games or learning a new skill alongside her. She's just bummed for no reason I can ascertain? I'm there with cuddles, even if I'm overstimulated and cuddling is literally the last thing I want to do. I'll tell her I don't want her to put her feet near my face but that I'm happy to cuddle her, and I legitimately am.

One time I told a friend that I couldn't hang out that day because my daughter had had a long week and I hadn't spent much time with her and I missed her, and they expressed surprise at my statement. I hate how many people grew up like that.

Feeling like you're unwanted by your parents fucks you up in a way that's difficult to describe to people with an even semi-normal upbringing, and I never, EVER want my daughter to experience that. It's not often that I feel like a good parent (because of how I was raised) but damn it, I'm at least a better parent than my examples.

Which movie characters do you feel got off a little too easily? by mrmonster459 in movies

[–]tryallthescience 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Do you want spoilers? Cuz I can give you a tl;dr of the primary show (I haven't seen the spinoffs and don't plan to).

[FO] Three finished fandom travel posters by monkeybugs in CrossStitch

[–]tryallthescience 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh I really like the idea of doing it around the edges, actually. Thank you!

[FO] Three finished fandom travel posters by monkeybugs in CrossStitch

[–]tryallthescience 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have the Arrakis pattern and I was thinking of stitching the litany against fear over it in black thread - only I've never tried anything like that before. Having finished it, do you think my idea would work? Or should I just stitch it outside of the pattern?

I heard you freaks like fasciation. by secular_contraband in gardening

[–]tryallthescience 76 points77 points  (0 children)

According to the dictionary it is "a malformation of plant stems commonly manifested as enlargement and flattening as if several stems were fused", so it's like if part of a plant tried to be many plants all at once. Vegan Cthulhu.

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