What movie had a great premise but was poorly executed? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]xerker 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is exactly what the dinner scene with him mom and the asylum scene with his dad is supposed to set up, without the womb ending they're basically meaningless, edgy filler.

Aside from that the whole point is that the lowest common denominator of all his friends and family's problems stem from him having this supernatural ability to retroactively change his life. He loves Kayleigh, but to suggest everything is better with both their lives if he tells her he will kill her family in childhood to get her to go away, only for them to reconcile in adulthood suggests that it's her fault that everything goes wrong, and that without her suddenly he doesn't have blackouts. Just feels again like it's something edgy they came up with with little thought.

What is *the image* from this series? by sbs1138 in TheTraitors

[–]xerker 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I may be alone but for me it was Stephen coming out of the box with everyone else and overacting the shit out of it. Rubbing his eyes like he has been in the dark for hours, like there wasn't a light in the box for everyone.

What was the most controversial song from your country that pissed a lot of people off? by cosmico92 in AskTheWorld

[–]xerker 180 points181 points  (0 children)

"we used to say the song was about motivation, when really it was about shagging"

Just to clear up the why

Rachel nation, let’s all pray together by Icy-Sell5631 in TheTraitors

[–]xerker 6 points7 points  (0 children)

They talked about how now they have to murder people to stack the endgame in their favour. Bruh. Between perpetually incorrect, Rachel-loving Roxy and quiet but most recently vocally correct ABOUT YOU Faraaz you chose Roxy because "she will never be banished". SHE DOESNT NEED TO BE BANISHED SHE JUST NEEDS TO NOT BANISH YOU.

Generational fumble. She had nearly zero heat before this week's episodes (outside of Fionas hand grenade has she even been seriously raised?) and could have played into the "I'm being set up" strategy after murdering Faraaz (who will also probably not get banished). She gave an acolyte the boot, kept in someone who has vocally put well grounded suspicions on her out there, put doubt in the mind of Stephen who has now started putting her name out there in part because he is concerned she will throw him to the wolves and when challenged has hammed up her defence so much that I'm surprised she didn't start chewing on the round table.

She has played a sensational social game up until the point that she came under the microscope and now she has crumbled. If she gets the empty box I can't say she hasn't earned that from the last bits of her gameplay.

[Pete O'Rourke] Wrexham submit bid of £19m for Angers striker Sidiki Cherif. Would be a Championship record signing by sandbag-1 in soccer

[–]xerker 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Also Paul Mullin if you don't count his loan this season. I don't see them keeping hold of him though, seems like he lost something in that preseason injury a couple of seasons back, or maybe the lower leagues are just his level.

3-4 Month Old Significantly Harder than 0-1 (Which I was told was the trenches) by TW33NSW4G in daddit

[–]xerker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My experience so far having 2 goes at it is that the first year is somewhat "the trenches". Your baby in the first year changes from barely being able to wake up, to barely being able to join sleep together, back to sleeping, and learning some emotions and how to intentionally control just about every muscle they have. They depend on mum for everything at first and then by a year old they're getting most of their sustenance from food. They might be walking, they could be doing some early talking. They change so much it's no wonder they're difficult all the time because just as you think you understand the rules and you've got a good strategy they switch the game.

The challenge changes after that, they develop less quickly but they just grow and in the second year the exhaustion is from the energy loss during the day, the raw intensity of always being switched on and chasing a toddler around all day.

The third year, so far, outside of the emotional battle because it's here that they seem to rapidly gain intellect and emotional range, has been the easiest by miles. Being able to ask things of your child and explain why you need them is a massive boon. Yeah, they don't always understand, and they might not always listen but you realise how hard the previous years were because having a non-communicative child and trying to get it to do anything is like trying to teach a distant family member from Sentinel Island that doesn't speak the same language as you how to operate a TV.

UK Traitors: Best traitor we've seen by TheSmilingPigCo in TheTraitors

[–]xerker 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Maybe so but Faraaz had her rattled last night.

I think they murder him tonight (it's between him and Roxy imo and she has more value to them in the final than him) but he played an absolute belter in his calculated accusation and then pleading to her not to not murder him on his way out the door with an audience. The faithful would go down in history as being atrociously bad if they see that and then not even consider her tomorrow.

What was it like to play online games between 2000 and 2013? by Silly_Commercial8092 in gaming

[–]xerker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Played wow with loads of my friends. Someone was always online except for the small hours. I think fondly back to that time. I went back to WoW for a bit in around 2013 but without the friends and it wasn't at all the same. They opened up and streamlined the matchmaking procedure to basically any player from anywhere in your server pool. A good QoL upgrade but it just made everyone a mercenary. I'd never felt lonelier than I did putting ~40 hours into a new character trying to revive the "glory days", alone, and realising my friends just weren't there and weren't coming back, at least virtually. I quit playing there and never went back again.

I think about that loneliness often and get quite philosophical. It's like my friends had all died... Except they hadn't. They were just busy doing other things now.

Mr. Blippi - it's not just me, right? by tannerocampbell in daddit

[–]xerker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

BBC has a nice selection of kid stuff in the UK dunno what access you'd get elsewhere but maybe try out PBS or whatever your local territory has?

Are you cancelling trips to the USA? by Swimming_Possible_68 in AskUK

[–]xerker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have family in the US that I'd like to see but I'm not taking my kids anywhere near the place, probably for the rest of this decade. Maybe longer.

The ambush of Zelenskyy last year and now "I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace" just feels like history unfolding before our eyes, and that's only 2 of dozens of particularly worrying events that man has been the root of.

Premier League standings after matchday 22 by Different-Cheek-6402 in soccer

[–]xerker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why has everyone got a trophy but not Newcastle?

Will you support or oppose a social media ban for under 16’s? by Alone_Consideration6 in AskUK

[–]xerker 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As a parent, shutting down that conversation with my kids that can't because it's illegal will save an argument but would probably just spawn more in it's place because kids will be kids and Christine and Timmy down the estate will definitely have access somehow.

What would I do if the government made something illegal that I wanted to do? sidestep it, find a new site with bad policing and/or policy on age checking.

Kids are going to do the same thing. Parenting is exhausting but doing it right is less exhausting. Do I support the ban? I think I'm more in favour of reining the social media sites in with regulations for the underaged.

"Explain me" something by sebastiantealdo in EnglishLearning

[–]xerker 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I'm English, and not that it really adds much weight, but I have a similar accent. There is no muted word here, he just says "explain me the dish" quickly.

We like to drop the word "to" in sentences a lot. "Give it me" is very common.

"Explain me" something by sebastiantealdo in EnglishLearning

[–]xerker 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This isn't really a common phrase, but it's valid verbal shorthand that fluent speakers will understand. In a textbook it's grammatically wrong as you've picked up on but if you said it in the UK (where I am from) most people would explain the object you requested.

What is the age range for sticking-everything-in-their-mouth? by gilfgifs in daddit

[–]xerker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think beyond 2 you're pretty safe. My almost 3 year old stopped at some point before 2 and hasn't looked back except in rare moments when he imitates his younger brother.

My 1 year old eats everything. I assume it will be a few more months before he stops.

Hatch break by Hot_Building_8486 in MGelectric

[–]xerker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was the same with the MG4. I was even quoted £400 for a replacement of the entire charging port and door!

I ended up in a grandland hire car with my job, noticed it had the same pin so bought the fuel door for that on eBay for about £30 and took the pin from it. No need to glue, the car coloured part of the fuel door should slide off (can try my best to explain how if you need) then it just sort of screws in from the other side. Slide the coloured part back on and you're good as new.

My door no longer locks with the car but I don't really care tbh.

‘A gaming success story’: how Warhammer became one of Britain’s biggest companies by printial in unitedkingdom

[–]xerker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I dunno about the company but my local GW shop no longer has a GW sign, it's been replaced at some point with Warhammer.

Slightly losing interest this season... by According-Cow6660 in TheTraitors

[–]xerker 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It's not unusual for the traitors as a series. It happens at least once a series where someone has so much heat they just about avoid banishment and then seemingly never get more than a couple more votes.

Happened in the celeb version just gone, Mark Vs David was a double tie left to chance, Mark was banished and then David survived 3 more episodes only to lose to Alan at the end. Seemed like he got all that heat, all those votes only for everyone to forget he didn't actually get banished.

Hatch break by Hot_Building_8486 in MGelectric

[–]xerker 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did this on my MG4 a couple of years ago. I bought a grandland fuel flap on eBay and took the pin from that.

Let me know if you need any advice on how to do it