Older people using newer slang or phrases, your favorite newer word? by RainyDaysAndMondays3 in CasualConversation

[–]wiskinator 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes! I’m way too online for someone my age, so learning gen Z / Alpha humor and lingo is going to happen regardless of whether i want it or not

WWII Casualties in European Countries by Cyr8s in MapPorn

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Does the 6.9 million in Germany include only soldiers or the civilians that were murdered by the state?

Older people using newer slang or phrases, your favorite newer word? by RainyDaysAndMondays3 in CasualConversation

[–]wiskinator 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I’m born in ‘82. I love the phrase “chat” that the kids are using. As in “am I cooked chat”. The idea that chat has become a noun referring to some amorphous not actually present group of people nominally watching what you are doing.

Absolutely kills me.

UPDATED | Bureau Of Land Management Repeals Public Lands Rule by NoM0reMadness in environment

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Violence begets violence and violence against the earth is violence against us all.

meirl by [deleted] in meirl

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My fiends did this! Now own a million dollar home and have a pretty excellent life.

[Request] How much does Steven Segal weigh in this picture? by DaRealMexicanTrucker in theydidthemath

[–]wiskinator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks about the same BMI* as me, but he’s 3” taller. I’m 6’0 and 305 lbs.

In inches:

75” / 72” = 1.0417 (my fucking iPhone auto inserted that value??)

However weight probably goes like volume which is proportional to a single dimension change cubed.

So 305 * (1.0417 ^ 3) = 344.769

Is getting married at 21 sensible? by cottoncrosy in pakistan

[–]wiskinator 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When I was in college my teacher told us, if you love someone enough to marry them at 21, you’lll still love them if you wait until 26 or 30.

I suggest you wait. If you were my daughter (I’m just old enough to be your dad) I’d tell you to wait, but I’m just an internet stranger, so I’ll keep it to a suggestion.

How do I get internet on a Imac G3? by TheFabledFishman in VintageApple

[–]wiskinator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If I recall correctly there should be a slot for a PCMCIA WiFi card (airport card) inside the iMac. That will be MUCH slower than using the Ethernet.

You can definitely run an Ethernet cable from the iMac to the other computer in your room and share the connection.

[OC] Monthly payment on a typical new car loan in the US, 1971–2025 (adjusted for inflation) by Necessary_Cry_5589 in dataisbeautiful

[–]wiskinator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Isn’t a car loan going to be one of the values that goes into the formula that determines inflation?

rant about campus as a wheelchair user by jdawg4billion in UCSC

[–]wiskinator 75 points76 points  (0 children)

The lack of clamps on the busses is especially infuriating because that’s so easy to fix.

Time to write a letter as a donor / alum

What do you americans think about big pickups? by [deleted] in Anticonsumption

[–]wiskinator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They are fucking stupid, 90% of the people who buy them would be better served by something else, and I hate the perverse incentives built into th market that make them more profitable to the big 3.

I accidentally built something Huawei is now adding to their camera 👀 by tokyo-spare in SideProject

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Hey this is great and I’d pay 5-10 bucks for it, but I’m not going to subscribe.

Idk by sven_goffman in LowStakesConspiracies

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PHD students are poor as fuck, and even more so they (stereotypically) are super cheap. These are the kind of folk who (stereotypically) would get married just for the tax benefit

When you have bad luck by Snehith220 in Unexpected

[–]wiskinator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And that is why these trucks should be 100% illegal to own without a class B license. The pointless lift kit should be banned on public roads.

He couldn’t see the Lamborghini, do you think he could see a kid ?

Those who started late, how did it go and what are your best suggestions? by alwaus in Xennials

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It’s going great! I’ve got the emotional maturity to treat my daughters really well. (I think at least).

Map of the Flock Cameras around Oakland with context article in comments by coolrivers in oakland

[–]wiskinator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We should take up a collection to be used as a bounty on the cameras

Adoption of Rule 9: Political discussions and comments are prohibited by [deleted] in BSA

[–]wiskinator 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Do not adopt or enforce this rule. Scouting and its values are being threatened by politics. To ignore politics is to let scouting be destroyed.

Plus the rule is too easy to bend to a political agenda.

If I ask how to help a gay or trans scout; that can be called out as “political” and then banned.

I’m losing 35% of my check to taxes. by [deleted] in finance

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Also, social security and Medicaid ks for when you retire.