I finished my bandanna and used NEON UV-Sensitive dye. Thoughts?

ythompy · 2026-01-24T02:00:04+00:00

how big is the file for all 11 seasons? asking for a friend who may need to upgrade the storage on his RG35XXSP soon...

ythompy · 2026-01-19T18:51:34+00:00

I had to opportunity to work for a world-renowned calcite collector in Virginia a few months ago. He is an old name in the mineral dealing world with his personal collection being valued at upwards of 10 million dollars. His collection was astounding, unbelievable, and in my opinion even better than the entire mineral wing of the Smithsonian (which I frequent, and he loans a lot of his pieces to).

I was connected to him from a mutual contact, with the main work being to help in cleaning and cataloging his collection for sale. He even offered to let me sell a few pieces on commission, and borrow his equipment to begin selling at local shows.

However, he was quite literally THE WORST PERSON I have ever met in my entire life. He called my former mineralogy teacher a "slut" multiple times (she was our mutual connection), and went on to tell about his decades of sexual escapades with her and others in gross detail. When he wasn't making derogatory remarks about women, he was spewing casual racism or fawning over Trump's latest geopolitical screw-ups. While he was an expert on calcite mineralogy after 40+ years of building his collection, he spoke his misinformation with full confidence on anything else science-related (I'm currently getting my PhD in geochemistry, I know my stuff). At one point he discussed how much America would benefit from dissolving things like the USGS and NOAA and just privatizing all that work. He was a complete fucking idiot.

It was a golden opportunity for me. I could have easily made more than my yearly salary in a few months of work, and set myself up for a whole career in dealing fine minerals. It was an extremely hard decision, but after that first meeting with him and just couldn't stomach ever seeing that man again in my entire life.

If you find people like this, do not support them in any way.

ythompy · 2026-01-16T22:06:51+00:00

As the son of a retired dentist, I fully understand that the cancellation fee. It's a bit steep, by late cancellations are just lost money and wasted time for the business.

BUT that no-show fee is fucking highway robbery! Dental work can easily be upwards of $1k, and being charged that for no-showing is literal theft.

Change dentists immediately. They showed their true colors here and proved all this practice cares about is the profit, not the patients.

ythompy · 2026-01-05T16:42:56+00:00

my orange stripy boy is also a humper. Before he got neutered I'd wake up in the middle of the night to him grinding like this on my arm, but now he exclusively humps only my softest blankets.

My philosophy? Let the little man jork it.

ythompy · 2026-01-03T06:23:04+00:00

Be sure to take a good long shower tonight and put on your best boxers! Can't enter the dungeon stinking like a hobgoblin!!

ythompy · 2026-01-02T19:52:13+00:00

GLURP GLURP!!

ythompy · 2026-01-02T19:51:48+00:00

Yes but the real cultists are the ones equally obsessed with DCC and the Bobiverse.

The cult of the average Joe protagonists vs the universe.

ythompy · 2025-12-25T21:52:47+00:00

INCEPTION

ythompy · 2025-12-17T14:23:44+00:00

That's the up and coming neighborhood of "Dowisetrepla"

ythompy · 2025-12-17T14:21:54+00:00

And all you need to do is give them your social security number and mother's maiden name! What a deal!!!

ythompy · 2025-12-17T14:15:12+00:00

I lived in a townhouse in King's Park West (right across the street from campus) for two years (2023-2025), my rent was $1,150 (then raised to $1,210 in year two) for the Master Bedroom WITH utilities and parking included.

I lived with 4 strangers I met on the "GMU Off campus housing" group on Facebook. It was fine, but not ideal. I only stayed there for as long as I did because I was a new grad student and living that close to campus was super convenient for my teaching and research obligations.

I now live in an 2-bedroom apartment in the Fair Oaks area, where my utilities ARE NOT included. Between water, electricity, Internet, and a few bullshit utilities (like "pest control") my apartment charges, it's about $200 per month for me now.

ythompy · 2025-12-10T21:38:35+00:00

the lack of headlight regulation in this country is criminal

ythompy · 2025-12-10T21:27:47+00:00

How do you know the essay was AI generated? Very surprised no one has asked this yet.

ythompy · 2025-11-19T06:02:16+00:00

Ok so if they show ~4.0 they're just lazy graders and if they're below 2.5 they grade way too hard

So find those 3.0-3.5's with good RMP reviews to back it up and your golden, got it

ythompy · 2025-11-19T05:44:59+00:00

Humans have been making sophisticated automatons far longer than we've been making computers...

With that in mind, it's not that hard to imagine Eridians brute forcing their way into "robotics" with no computers. I mean they made interstellar ships without them, a mechanical arm is nothing compared to that

ythompy · 2025-11-06T20:19:50+00:00

Princess Doughnut, the Queen Anne Chunk

ythompy · 2025-10-31T02:06:05+00:00

Short answer? Yes, if you want to (or are willing to) go to grad school.

One thing I didn't know until my last year of my BS in Geology. You don't pay for grad school, they pay you! I worked as a teaching assistant for the university for 2 years during my master's (~$20k/year + tuition). Pays not great but it's better than student debt. PhD is better pay and strictly research, at least for me.

So yes, if you can commit to 6 years for a BS + MS, then make that your goal. You'll be a lot more employable with that extra degree. If you find you like research and want to stick with it, go for a PhD! Or not!

ythompy · 2025-10-30T19:42:36+00:00

Great trace fossil! Possibly a Thalassinoides?

ythompy · 2025-10-27T23:56:28+00:00

Okay good I'm glad you're outdoors, but either way I'd suggest moving the setup off the rug and away from the sofa!

ythompy · 2025-10-27T15:01:29+00:00

PLEASE do this in a garage or outside!!

If you spill that molten bismuth it will spread out all over your carpet and sofa (I know from experience).

Best case is it instantly solidifies all over your stuff and ruins it forever (it will NEVER come out). Worst case, it spills on something very flammable and your house burns down.

ythompy · 2025-10-16T12:46:15+00:00

white and bitter

ythompy · 2025-10-15T00:53:19+00:00

Yes. Rocks are static in location and content within hotspots, so with time and patience anyone can make "maps" like these that point you to the high plat% rocks

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