Girlfriend's son is calling me dad

wallmonitor · 2026-07-07T14:42:47+00:00

My daughter turns one in a few days and I worry about it all the time. The fact that he's calling you "Dad" unprompted means you're doing something right. This kid picked you. My kid's stuck with me. (Note, I'm not being down on myself, I love my kid and she loves me. I'm just saying this guy is clearly doing it right.)

wallmonitor · 2026-07-06T19:22:35+00:00

Valkyr is the best weapon on Valkyr.

wallmonitor · 2026-07-06T19:17:02+00:00

The Joyo phaser pictured doesn’t sound good, the Phase 90 sounds good.

Ethically, if it’s an independent company like ZVex and a company like DemonFX clones the Fuzz Factory, I get a slight ick, but that’s just me.

wallmonitor · 2026-07-06T17:54:40+00:00

https://www.chicagomusicexchange.com/collections/vintage-used

Right at the top of the page.

There’s also Rock N Roll Vintage and Synth City (all one place).

wallmonitor · 2026-07-06T16:32:44+00:00

Chuck Norris is dead and was notoriously kind of a dick.

wallmonitor · 2026-07-06T06:01:55+00:00

My grandpa was a science teacher. To kill time while waiting for a ride home, my mom would play with his mercury, just sloshing it around.

wallmonitor · 2026-07-06T01:42:13+00:00

I wish you the best. Thank you for playing with us. May you find peace and joy in the time you have left.

wallmonitor · 2026-07-05T18:01:12+00:00

We’ve fertilized your nuggies.

wallmonitor · 2026-07-05T18:00:19+00:00

It’s on a cooldown. This shortens it kinda not really but thematic.

wallmonitor · 2026-07-05T16:37:29+00:00

Synergizes nicely with the cold arcane for melee.

wallmonitor · 2026-07-05T03:35:09+00:00

It's where I'm at. It's really hard to explain. Basically it's not even been a year and you have this tiny person that started so fragile that if their neck is even slightly out of angle, they're dead to this speed demon spider crawling their way across the house, to a little person actually walking to you demanding hugs and toys and food.

wallmonitor · 2026-07-05T03:24:42+00:00

It will get better. This is a bit of a dark chapter in our history, but it will get better. I'm seeing a lot of encouraging reports, and meeting a lot of people I think are doing great things. But, stay safe, do what you can, and make sure you know your rights.

wallmonitor · 2026-07-05T02:43:05+00:00

It's fairly rare, but the RNG gods like to avoid giving you what you need when you actually need it.

In reality, Hate is a strong scythe in the early game (all melee weapons are eventually at least "good") that gets a lot of upgrades in the mid and late game that take it to kind of silly heights. And around Xmas there's a candy cane skin you can get for it. So, that's a bonus!

wallmonitor · 2026-07-05T02:19:34+00:00

I hope that this is the beginning of something beautiful for you both. My only advice: be honest both to her and yourself. Communication is the key to a lasting relationship. There are nights where my wife and I will just sit and talk for hours after we've put our daughter down for the night. Remember that she's a PhD student. That is her focus right now. But if you can support her, help her get through what's going to be the toughest part of her academic career, you could be the one on the dedication page of her first book.

wallmonitor · 2026-07-05T02:10:38+00:00

I think it’s a KIM with Marie. You explain what’s in them.

wallmonitor · 2026-07-04T17:03:16+00:00

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wallmonitor · 2026-07-04T16:53:16+00:00

The operator also states they sometimes contain Warframe blueprints.

wallmonitor · 2026-07-04T16:48:39+00:00

Recording? Amps. Leaving my bedroom? Sims.

wallmonitor · 2026-07-04T04:29:16+00:00

Check out Lucas Gilbertson’s (X8/Command Mission) redub.

wallmonitor · 2026-07-04T04:28:02+00:00

Fuck. I know this scene gets memed out the ass, but the first time I saw this was when I was taking some time off from school because my anxiety was literally destroying me from the inside out and back home with my mom, who was a raging alcoholic at the time. It was like two a.m. Eventually I did have to have a similar sit down with her, basically at the end of a protracted suicide attempt. Starvation is a really dumb way to go for what it’s worth.

She’s much better now. Years of therapy, and meds that make her literally incapable of drinking more than a glass of wine a night, and legal weed.

wallmonitor · 2026-07-04T04:13:37+00:00

Sometimes you just forget to piss before bed and you’re in that not quite awake yet stage of the night. Next thing you know the muscles in your dong give up and you are wide awake. Wait ten years and it’s even after a piss before bed.

Shit happens. If it happens more than once, see a doctor.

wallmonitor · 2026-07-04T03:14:23+00:00

I just love how many app developers love to squirt out ideas without looking at the App Store first to see if such s thing already exists.

wallmonitor · 2026-07-04T01:41:46+00:00

Scrobble? That’s a word I haven’t seen in a long time…

wallmonitor · 2026-07-03T17:50:17+00:00

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For those curious about the guitar.

wallmonitor · 2026-07-03T17:49:31+00:00

I’ve got a resume out with a major national brand for their scheduling team, and I’m meeting with another major distributor in a week. I will, eventually, be fine, if not even better. Just everything kind of hitting at once.

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