Beyond this point the rock had greater porosity and permeability which, paired with the high temperatures, caused the rock to behave more like a plastic than a solid and made drilling near impossible. \n To my understanding, near the bottom of the hole it was like drilling through warm cheese - it'd just slough into the hole constantly.","Summary: It's always a little sad to me when someone hits on someone they don't know on the internet, seemingly out of the blue, but maybe that's not how they see it. \n Edit: to fix a spelling error.\n\nPost: I've never had a chance to tell this story, but i figure this is a good a time as any. I was on youtube once watching an Anamanaguchi video, for \"Endless Fantasy\". The video (if you're not inclined to watch it) is about this girl who launches pizza to space. It's actually pretty neat. \n Anyway, the top comment when i was there clearly thought that the girl in the video was the band (she is not). He basically wrote out this praise for her tremendous work and how it changed his life and how he was so amazed by how talented she was, etc. \n I didn't feel angry or upset or a need to troll him. I just felt bad for him, and sad that he'd be so desperate and make such a shot-in-the-dark bid for someone's attention, who was clearly so unattainable for so many reasons. \n But then, maybe that was empowering for him. Maybe he thought \"At least if i try, i can say i tried and have that, instead of being Alfred J. Prufrock over here.\"","Summary: Railguns aren't lasers, their projectiles follow a ballistic path just like every other projectile ever fired.\n\nPost: This begs to differ . Interesting stuff starts around page 8. \n Their talking about a 64MJ weapon, there - with a 230 mile range. Even if we could only field half that - a 32MJ weapon with a 115 mile range - you could set up a battery in the Green Zone and fire shots at Fallujah - with room left over. \n And note, that's a railgun already designed to be mounted to a ship, in a turret. All you'd need is power and a base to set it on.","Summary: How we treat farm animals is just how we treat farm animals, and is not really a greater statement on the people involved, in my experience\n\nPost: I've known workers at places like this. their just like everyone else, when their off work (running the gamut from great guy to asshole, depending on the person involved). \n My girlfriend (who spends hours a day playing with our new puppy and buying costumes for our dogs) once told me how they would castrate pigs at her family's farm, but sticking a bucket over their head, holding them in place, and cutting them. She said it like you'd describe how you change a tire or something.","Summary: Ruined happy family's day out by vomiting in front of them and warning them off the chicken at the chinese place i ate at.\n\nPost: Oh man!!! A chance to tell my favorite story ever! \n So when i was younger, i worked at a tech company. Every day after work i'd go to a local chinese place, and eat dinner, then head home. Well, i have pretty bad food allergies, so i'd have to cough up phlegm after i ate. Not a huge deal but if i cough to much i can throw up. \n So i'm sitting in my car - drivers side, door open, sitting like, side ways, you know, so my feet are on the ground. I'm coughing up some phlegm. Then, this SUV pulls up. Out comes mom, dad, boy and a girl...happy family. \n I thought about going home. About being at home, alone. No happy family for me. No loving wife. No smiling kids. Not even a nice SUV to drive to the Chinese restaurant for a treat in; just a shitty beat up Oldsmobile my grandfather'd given me. i felt something, then: maybe it was envy. Maybe it was hate. Either way, i knew i had to act, to lash out, to make my life touch theirs for just a second. \n So i made myself vomit. All over the ground. I looked up at them - puke and slime still drooling off my chin - and said \"Don't eat the chicken.\" They turned around, saw me, and immediately got back in their car and left, looking disgusted and sick. \n And seeing them leave, made me feel a thousand times better.","Summary: western civilization has a pretty messed up relation with mental illness, which leads to many people not getting or continuing proper treatment.\n\nPost: A lot of people basically have a denial problem when it comes to mental illness in the family. They don't want to admit that their son/husband/father/whatever has a problem. \n As well, there's a tremendous stigma against being forcibly committed, so people are very reluctant to have someone forcibly committed (if that's even an option). \n Worse yet, once someone's out of the psych ward, they can just stop taking their meds (and lie to their family about still taking them) until they snap. Many anti-psychotics have very severe side effects, that further exacerbate people's desire to quit taking them when they feel better. \n Plus, of course, for some people - the drugs just don't work, or don't work as well as you'd want.","Summary: supporting an on-shore refinery's a pain in the ass, especially with environuts freaking out every time you damage a dandelion. It's long-term cheaper to just do it with the ship, in this case.\n\nPost: From [this article]( \n >To exploit the Prelude gas field more than 100 miles off the northwest coast of Australia, Shell has opted to bypass the step of bringing the gas ashore, instead developing a system which will do the job of liquefaction at sea. \n >In Shell's view, this means avoiding the costly tasks of building a pipeline to the Australian coast and of constructing an LNG facility that might face a long series of planning battles, and require a host of new infrastructure on a remote coastline.","Summary: by engaging in violent tactics, hamas creates and continues it's difficulties in the conflict.\n\nPost: that's like saying \"How can a tank win a fight against a battleship!?!\", well, the tank would be wise to avoid fighting a battleship in the first place, and to seek resolutions that don't require or incite violence. \n Instead, Hamas knows it's leadership will likely survive, and that funding from outside sources will keep coming in, so they have no problem with civilian casualties. Every dead civilian is one more talking point for them to go to the international press with, after all.","Summary: very complex question, very difficult to answer, may not even be an answerable question in the light of the situation that existed.\n\nPost: It's kind of a misconception to think of them being paid for with straight gold or something. \n A lot of the support was in the form of food and other supplies, rather then money. Armies also frequently foraged for food and what not. Looting was a way of life (In italy, the Condottieri - mercenaries - were notorious for looting everywhere they went). \n In many armies, there was no concept of \"standard\" equipment; you brought whatever you had, could find, could afford, could steal or could loot or could borrow. A unit with all standard equipment would stand out as unusual. \n Also, a lot of soldiers weren't actually paid. They were doing service to their feudal lord, and while there were limits to that, they weren't always paid per se. Even a knight might not get direct monetary compensation - rather he might be given land, a manor, station at court - things like that. \n There were also huge baggage trains for most armies, that consisted of hangers on, camp followers, wives, kids, vendors of every sort, entertainers of every sort. This would defray some of the expenses, because it'd be the individual men trading loot/favors for food or whatever. \n Add to that, even if paid in money, money had rapidly fluctuating value, depending on where you were, who you were, and what the situation was.","Summary: being a burglar is statistically pretty safe.\n\nPost: Depends on type of crime. some types of crime have very low arrest or conviction rates, some very high. \n The magic words are \"clearance rate\". [This Wiki]( article gives an overview. \n A more detailed look is at: [FBI Percent of Offenses cleared by Arrest or Exceptional Means]( which breaks it down by group and area. Don't let the XLS scare you, it displays in browser.","Summary: had kno3/sucrose ignite between my legs, caught whole thing on film.\n\nPost: I ain't a like, official engineer or scientist or what have you. But, i do some chemistry and engineering. This story concerns Chemistry. \n So, my brother and i decided to make some KNO3/Sucrose (see how official that sounds?) smoke mix/rocket fuel. But, we lacked an electric hot plate. So, we were using fire coals put into a hollowed out stump-log, which was then blown on by someone via a common drinking straw, to increase the heat output. \n So, we get down to it: i measure out the chemicals, i mix them together real good, i put the cooking pot we were using onto the stump, put my feet to either side, latch onto the handle with one hand and my stirring stick with the other, and set to stirring the mixture. \n Well, come to pass, i was distracted (more on why later) and forgot to stir for perhaps 30 seconds. This lead to the creation of a hot spot in the pan, which lead to the entire mixture bursting into flames, while between my legs. I of course extricate myself (as did the designated blower, who's reflexes were commendable), and proceed to check for injury. \n The only real injury was to my pride, and to my trousers, which had a bunch of holes put in them where the burning mixture's (sparks? little chunks? i have no clue) hit and burned through. \n So, why was i distracted? Because we got the entire thing on film, and i was talking to the camera instead of stirring. Valuable life lesson learned.","Summary: When you constantly bail someone out and grease the skids of life, they often turn out to be criminals.\n\nPost: I got three brothers. One of 'em is a criminal. You know what the difference is? My mother would bail the criminal out at every chance, but not the rest of us. \n When i was twelve and she caught me stealing, she had her boyfriend at the time beat the living piss outta me for having the temerity to steal from my own family. I never did it again. \n When my brother would steal, she'd give him a pass. \"It's not his fault, it's his friends\" or \"I'm not sure it's him\" and then finally \"that's just who he is.\" \n he lies compulsively ; to the point where my other brothers and i compare notes when he leaves to see how bad the lies were this time. He sees nothing wrong with stealing, doing drugs, or banging under age girls. \n Some things my mother got him out of include stealing a car (it was his best friends car, and he totaled it). Doing vandalism. And when he got busted for possession (for being passed out in a car in city limits with coke and pills) she got him a lawyer with her own money. \n She also got him a brand new impala to drive around in.","Summary: we'd be in deep, deep trouble, and if open conflict broke out would probably end up subjugated and under openly reptilian rule for the foreseeable future.\n\nPost: if a superior race - superior in technology, intelligence, etc - has truly infiltrated us and is keeping us down via subversion, then i would argue that coming out and attacking them would lead to them keeping us down via something other then subversion - perhaps direct attack, perhaps via release of disease or something. \n considering the level of infiltration, it's highly probable that they'd either have a way to defeat our weapons (perhaps through back doors, or specially designed weapons, or what have you). They'd have superior weapons to us, even if in lesser quantity. They might even have truly awe-inspiring weapons held in reserve, or perhaps even in space. \n There's a high probability that at least some humans would side with the reptilians, either out of self preservation, for personal gain, or due to belief in their superiority. Even a few of these \"true believers\" in an organization could lead to it's rapid defeat in combat.","Summary: is: kids are assholes, even if unintentionally so.\n\nPost: Being an asshole's not predicated on realizing your an asshole. Most people who are cruel to others don't really consider themselves to be such; they just don't realize the harm their doing. The guy who cut you off on the freeway or the bully who pushed you around in school very likely had no idea the trauma they were causing - they were just living their life and doing their thing. \n I guess the","Summary: Youtube's the darkest, because it's the acceptable face of human pettiness\n\nPost: I gotta say youtube. \n Here's my logic, on this: \n Human evil isn't about the big terrible bads. Human evil isn't about Hitler or Pol Pot. It's about the every day destruction we bring to the lives and spirits of those around us. It's about the banal acts of petty vileness that poison everything we touch, given enough time. \n It's about jealousy and hate. It's about ignorance and suffering. \n And youtube? It makes it easy to see that. The \"funny\" videos of people getting hurt. The endless clips of violence and destruction, of sorrow and misery. And it's all perfectly acceptable. It's all totally presented as an OK thing to watch, to monetize, to laugh at or talk about or turn into a discussion point.","Summary: Rape is surprisingly common in prison, particularly against gay bisexuals. That said, if you're straight there's a reasonable chance you'll be assaulted, regardless.\n\nPost: From a report in 2011]( \n >The Bureau of Justice Statistics confirmed this human rights crisis last month. It says that nearly one in 10 prisoners report having been raped or sexually assaulted by other inmates, staff or both. \n But wait, it gets more complicated: \n >More than one-third of gay and bisexual male inmates said that they were victimized by another inmate, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics report. By comparison, only 3.5% of straight male inmates reported being sexually assaulted by other inmates.","Summary: Being able to work hard, stick to something, and improve your skills through practice is just as much a talent as any other\n\nPost: noway; i would say that if you got good at drawing through practice, then that's just as much a talent as if you were born a prodigy. \n For every person as good as you, there are probably a thousand people who tried to draw and just never were able to stick to it or pick it up. There's probably 100 people who can draw passably, but will never have the drive or ability to go beyond where they are right now.","Summary: Eternally young space-vampire-eloi, with no sense of perspective - and no forced suffering, ever.\n\nPost: My concept of a utopia is basically a world (to use the term loosely) that consists largely of one gigantic angel net, running off attotech type technology. They've past-mastered nanotech, femptotech, and energy manipulation. To them, forming pure energy's as easy as making plastic. \n The specifics of it are pretty vague - you can do anything you'd like, but only if the person it's happening to gives consent. You can have the angel net create a cat-5 hurricane, and it'd just pass harmlessly around any building that the owner didn't want damaged. If you wanted to experience dying, you could have your friend shoot you and the wound would just heal itself up and off you'd go. You don't age, you don't die, and you don't get bored because the angel net keeps all that silly stuff from happening. If you start to experience ennui, your interface says \"Hey, i'm feeling ennui, fix it\" and the angel net alters your brain so the world seems new and amazing again. \n The downside is, no one there has any concept of actual danger, and they themselves are extremely dangerous to outsiders. Their culture's full of stuff that other worlds would consider amazing or impossible, but they have no true appreciation for it. Their culture is stagnant, in that it's a giant churning chaos of ever-more-impressive art and culture, but it goes towards noting. \n If they encounter outsiders (either by them happening on the planet or in the few that travel off-world) they either immediately convert them (as easy as putting a single one of their machines in the vicinity) or destroy them on a whim or by misunderstanding. \n No other empire anywhere has anything in space remotely capable of dealing with one of their ships. No other empire anywhere has anything remotely capable of forcing anything on them, either. The angel net's to good, to fast, and to subtle. It's true post-singularity. \n Any world that gets converted ends up just like them - the angel net (which is far beyond sentient, and has it's own plans and designs) makes sure of that. \n Was heavily inspired by the technology in [Orion's Arm]( Though they'd be the only thing in my universe that looks like anything from Orion's Arm.","Summary: If we start using lots of apes as slaves and modify them to be smarter, they would be able to butcher humans and take over the planet if they really wanted to at some later date.\n\nPost: They actually laid this out in the 1970's sequels. \n Basically, here's what happens: \n Humans decide to start manipulating ape genetics, to make them into better workers, soldiers, etc. Why risk human lives when your trained apes can do it for you? \n Eventually they become ubiquitous. Every household has an ape-servant, every army's got a few humans but mostly apes, every business that's manufacturing or shipping or not creative work: full of apes. \n Every human lives a life of near perfect luxury and ease. No one has a job they don't want, no one does drudgery. If you mow your own lawn it's because you like it, not because you need to. \n Of course, the apes eventually overthrow the lazy humans. This might take centuries to come about. \n To make this more plausible, if there was an outbreak of a plague or something that decimated humans but not apes, that'd swing the odds in the ape's favor. \n To be totally reasonable, apes are much stronger then humans, and it's not unreasonable that they could easily wipe out most of the unarmed people in a city in a hurry. \n Some (Terrifying) Ape-Facts: \n In 1924 \"Boma\" a 165Lbs male chimp at the Bronx zoo, New York, recorded a right handed pull (feet braced) of 847 Lbs on a dynamometer.(the comparison given is 210Lbs for a man of the same weight). On another occasion, \"Suzette\" registered a pull of 1260 Lbs while in a rage (same zoo).","Summary: Fraternities are breeding grounds of drunk, horny college kids who are in fact on the average worse then the average drunk, horny college kid.\n\nPost: Not much of a generalization - [check out this study]( \n > Greek members reported more sexual partners in the past year and past 3 month than non-Greek members\n>however, compared to non-Greek members, Greek members had more sex under the influence of alcohol or drugs (13% vs. 7%) \n >Independent t-tests show Greek members drank more alcoholic beverages on a typical drinking day and engaged in heavy episodic drinking more frequently in the past 30 days compared to non-Greek members \n >Greek members were more likely than non-Greeks to be frequent cigarette smokers \n >Greek members report more lifetime and past 30 day marijuana and other drug use (specifically, cocaine, amphetamines, ecstasy, hallucinogens) than non-Greek members","Summary: divorce and family breakup over a probable lie about being molested from an angry teenage girl\n\nPost: My wife had always told me how her father and mother had split up over a dispute involving her sister. I took this at face value. One day, i was talking to her, and said \"so what was up with that? what happened?\" Here is how i remember he telling me: \n Her sister and father had had a fight over something. A few days later, her sister announces at her father had molested her. Her mother flips shit, gets a divorce, moves out of state, ruins the man's life for all intents. Sister was about 15 at the time. \n I ask my wife: \"So do you think he actually molested her?\" \n \"Maybe? But i doubt it. That's just the kind of thing my sister would say when she got mad, if she thought it might hurt the person she was mad at....\"","Summary: it'd not surprise me if the theory that there's a serial killer active is correct.\n\nPost: A university would make a tempting target for a serial killer: \n \n Lots of people milling about, most of them strangers to each other \n \n Lots of people drinking, doing drugs, moving around in a hurry (ie, distracted and not able to defend themselves) \n \n Big area, lots of buildings to drag someone to/hide someone in/etc. \n \n Many follow a set schedule - stalking is easy because you know they start class at so and so on monday, that they live in this dorm, etc.","Summary: giggled at suburban kid in mcdonalds bathroom at the urinal.\n\nPost: Well, i was coming home from a 14-hour trip to north carolina to retrieve my brother. We (my stepfather, brother and myself) stopped at a mcdonalds for food, and for me to make a liquid gold deposit in the urinal bank. \n So, I'm in there whizzing away when this kid comes in. He's gotta be..13, 14? Hes super clean-cut, like a suburban kid taking a vacation trip. I'm dressed like a psychotic biker (leather vest, black leather tshirt, black bdu's, big combat boots, even a bone necklace). Kid walks over, and starts trying to piss. He is clearly very nervous and uncomfortable. \n I start giggling. I'd been up for almost a full 36 hours at this point (having already been up about 12 hours when we left town to go to NC), i was tired, i was stressed out (my brother was in a bad situation). So i start giggling at this kid, trying to piss. I clamp down on giggling; it just gets worse. At this point, the kid looks like he literally wants to run out of the bathroom. \n I finish draining the lizard and head out the door, didn't even bother to wash my hands. \n If you're that kid, reading this: I was just having a shitty day, it wasn't nothing you did. Hopefully you ain't got shy bladder, now.","Summary: content publishers charge to much. If they wanted less money they'd get more sales.\n\nPost: I buy alot of stuff on steam. Because it's cheap. A game for 2.50$? I'll buy it. A game for 5$? I might well buy it. A game for 20$? I will likely NOT buy it. I am not ever going to drop 50$ on some AAA title that's gonna suck anyway.","Summary: is: I can't wait for self-driving cars to get here, and wish they'd get here faster.\n\nPost: That's my thought, as well - we already have systems like OnStar, and most people haul around cellphones with a GPS in them. \n Honestly, i consider trackable cars a feature , not a problem - someone turns up missing, you can check the car's last known location. Might prevent tragedies [like this]( \n I also think that self-driving cars would greatly reduce automotive theft. \n And that's not even looking at the fuel efficiency and safety aspects, which could have tremendous and far-reaching benefits. \n I guess the","Summary: would be \"It's a place with lots of questions and it's inherent limitations serve to make it easy to make it interesting\"\n\nPost: There's lots of source material and inspiration already for the medieval age; it's full of tropes and (essentially) cheap set pieces that are easy to work with. \n Plus it has certain strategic advantages to the creator: \n \n Poor communication between areas (so it's easy to justify having to talk to people/travel etc) \n \n Hazardous, long-term travel (so easy adventure hooks for travelling) \n \n A world that can hold both reality and magic, and have many \"unknowns\" (unknown areas, unknown artifacts, etc). \n \n A simple justification for why there'd be radically different people/governments every few dozen miles, so you can have lots of variety. \n \n \n I guess the","Summary: Iran could mess up stuff we care about and cause serious issues and resistance, while north korea would mess up things we don't care about and be easily contained and dealt with.\n\nPost: Well, there's a number of strategic and tactical reasons for this. \n Firstly, Iran's at an important area, economically. It could seriously impact the global oil trade, it has land invasion routes to a few significant countries, and has shown a recent (1980's) Proclivity for extremely unpleasant types of warfare. It's also 3 times the population of north korea, and has a great deal more money and a much healthier and better motivated population. \n North korea, meanwhile, has no land invasion route that's not either severely defended (like the DMZ) or into a country that can take care of itself (China). A sea invasion of anywhere from north korea's laughable. \n There's also the matter that Iran's missiles could easily hit targets and places we care about, while north korea would have a hard time hitting japan consistently (an area we don't, generally, care very much about).","Summary: seemingly perfect couple, but one of them is insane and ends up dying.\n\nPost: To all appearances, my wife and i were a pretty well perfect couple. We went everywhere together, and she was always the \"life of the party\". \n Behind closed doors she was pretty much a lunatic, with wild mood swings and insane (i mean, literally insane) depression that would lead her to talk about wanting to die. \n She was pretty drug dependent - if it was't pills it was booze. \n There's other stuff, to, but that's the big thing. \n She eventually got sick, and ended up committing suicide due to being (physically) ill and feeling hopeless about that. \n Everyone was baffled how this could happen, and how someone so seemingly happy and intense could just kill themselves. but really i wasn't so much surprised as shocked. \n It was over three years ago, so i'm really pretty much over it and all that. But every time i see a happy person, i wonder: are they really happy, or do they go home and talk about how they want to die?","Summary: Saladin was kind of a prick after the Battle of Hattin (July 4th, 1187)\n\nPost: Alright! This incident occurred at the battle of Hattin. \n Basically, saladin had captured a bunch of knights templar and other crusaders. He decided to sell the common soldiers and not-knights-templar into slavery, but to kill (by beheading) all the knights templar save their grand master. \n First, by all accounts the templars (and hospitalers) met their end with silence and humility. This is more striking when it's realized that some of the beheadings were done by \"Sufis and scholars\" - men who'd never had a sword, and therefore made a bad job of decapitating people (instead of a clean blow, they'd hack away at them, taking several blows to kill them). \n But it gets more interesting! Many of the common soldiers, not wanting to be sold into slavery, claimed to be knights templar so they'd die instead. Imagine it: a fate so grim you would want to die by having your head cut off with a sword, rather then face it. \n There's also an incident involving water. Saladin had captured the prince of antioch and King Guy of Jerusalem. He offered king guy water (which is a gesture of safety). King guy gave some to the prince, and Saladin was outraged at their temerity. So, the prince defames the prophet, and Saladin cuts the prince's arm off with one hit of his sword! At which point, a soldier comes in and almost instantly beheads the prince. \n They were big on beheading, back in the day."],"string":"[\n \"Summary: friend thought we were to poor to afford shampoo, gave us her left overs.\\n\\nPost: Went to a friend's house. This trip cost 80$ total in gas money, and took up most of a day of driving . We got dinner while we were out, and that cost extra to. Which is all to say: this was not a cheap trip or a quick one. \\n Anyway, we're at our friends house hanging out, and it's cool at first. Then she comes out with this box...like, a cardboard box. It's full of bath products. She says: \\\"I'm really picky about my shampoo...usually i leave these outside the door for people to get, but, here, you guys can have them instead, i know how hard times are!\\\"\",\n \"Summary: my highschool was pretty much a vision of hell, circa 1994-97\\n\\nPost: So you mean the awesome unlabeled plastic bottle full of mercury was maybe not 100% kosher to keep in the storage room? When i found it and reported it, he actually told me to delete it out of the inventory i was making because, as best i can recollect: \\\"it's not like we're going to use it, so we don't need to keep track of it\\\".\",\n \"Summary: got sick, lost hope\\n\\nPost: Oh, i have no problem talking about what happened. \\n Basically, the long-form situation was that she was sick, and that her doctor (for whatever reason) was unable or unwilling to help her. More then that, she felt that her situation was hopeless, and that it wouldn't get better, only worse. \\n The final straw was when (in the most condescending way possible) her doctor told her over the phone that her MRI had come back clean for increased cerebral spinal fluid, and that she needed to \\\"get over it\\\" (\\\"it\\\" being a headache and nausea so severe she'd landed in the hospital the week before for dehydration...). Prior to this he'd yelled at her for crying in his office. \\n He also gave us such gems of wisdom as \\\"it's not a migraine, because migraine medicine doesn't work on it, so it must be nothing to worry about.\\\" Thanks, doc. \\n At any rate, upon deciding for herself that the situation wasn't going to improve, she elected to go shoot herself, after telling me she was going upstairs to get something. \\n She had ample access to psychiatric care (in fact, we saw her shrink earlier that day, about 2-3 hours before she shot herself); she was a little down but hopeful the MRI would show something actionable. \\n I think the doctor telling her there was nothing he could or would do was really the last straw for her to decide it was time to just...give up. \\n There's a lot i'd do different if i could go back in time. Firstly, i'd have her committed to a psych facility again. They'd ship her to the \\\"real\\\" hospital in the city, where she'd get proper care. Secondly, i'd tell her doctor that the very next time he blew us off, i was calling a fucking lawyer and if he didn't like it he could try his luck in court, after i got done dragging his name through the mud. \\n I used to have a lot of anger towards her doctor, but now I'm more calm about the situation.\",\n \"Summary: there'd be trials and outrage, but probably not much actual change in how things really work.\\n\\nPost: well, assuming they could be proven to be who they say they are (no mean feat), then there'd probably be all manner of inquiry and investigation. \\n Probably at the end of it, it would come out that it was some government agency at the bottom of the whole thing; there'd be trials and people would go to jail (though likely not as many as you'd think). \\n Realistically whoever actually ordered it done will not ever be known with certainty. Did it come down from the president? Did it come down from secretary of state? Someone else? You can believe something this dark and this deep would be buried. There'd be layers of scape goats and deniability between whoever ordered it at the top, and whoever carried it out. \\n After 12 years, a lot of the people involved (because this would be a senior level operation) would have retired, gone to private service, or just fallen off the radar. If they hadn't, then you can believe that's what they'll say happened - \\\"oh, bill? Bill quit a few years ago, i think he moved to montana, or was it iowa...\\\"\",\n \"Summary: any answer you come up with from \\\"none, really\\\" to \\\"thousands\\\" is correct, depending on the situation.\\n\\nPost: I think it depends entirely on the size of the world and it's history. There's no right answer. \\n More over, in the real world it's often the case that there's one \\\"religion\\\" that has many sub-religions. Christianity has no less then 3 major branches (Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant). Among those, there's sub-branches, and some of those groups have sub branches. It's the same for any major faith. \\n There's also the problem that magic brings. if you have people who can regularly perform \\\"miracles\\\" (healing the sick, bringing down a fortress's walls with a gesture, that sort of thing) then what does that say about \\\"gods\\\" and their place in the world? What role does the afterlife play in a world where you can raise the dead and speak to them, asking them what's going on? \\n So it might be there's basically no religion, per se, but rather just \\\"hedge faith\\\" - collections of stories and superstitions and such, but nothing like an organized church. or it might be that there are lots of \\\"cults\\\", centered on people of obvious power. \\n if there is a big, solitary church or churches, it might well be that it exists for some reason beyond faith alone - maybe it's out to eradicate undead or destroy demons or something.\",\n \"Summary: America couldn't sustain many losses without losing all support for the war at home. To that end, china only needs to hit a few of our ships to convince us to stop the blockade.\\n\\nPost: It all comes down to will power. \\n If the chinese can get subs out and start sinking our vessels, then the will of the american people to maintain \\\"just\\\" a blockade is going to erode pretty rapidly. Especially if the chinese can take out a big ship, or one that causes lots of casualties. \\n There's also the fact that the chinese PR machine and [50 cent men]( will swing into full gear, and work directly towards eroding public support for the conflict. \\n Americans are (generally speaking) wary of foreign interventionism at this point. As well, public opinion on china in the us is at about 37%; people don't generally view them as an enemy or a threat. Not to mention, of course, many would view this as the us being used to fight another countries war (a view that's not entirely out of place, i think).\",\n \"Summary: It's very difficult to dig really deep holes, because the environment is so different then what we're used to.\\n\\nPost: There's a few reasons. \\n One, is that [temperature rises as you go deeper]( \\n Another is that the air pressure, and pressure on the rock, gets higher and higher as you go deeper. \\n But the real killer, is this little tid-bit found by the [Kola Superdeep Borehole]( \\n >Beyond this point the rock had greater porosity and permeability which, paired with the high temperatures, caused the rock to behave more like a plastic than a solid and made drilling near impossible. \\n To my understanding, near the bottom of the hole it was like drilling through warm cheese - it'd just slough into the hole constantly.\",\n \"Summary: It's always a little sad to me when someone hits on someone they don't know on the internet, seemingly out of the blue, but maybe that's not how they see it. \\n Edit: to fix a spelling error.\\n\\nPost: I've never had a chance to tell this story, but i figure this is a good a time as any. I was on youtube once watching an Anamanaguchi video, for \\\"Endless Fantasy\\\". The video (if you're not inclined to watch it) is about this girl who launches pizza to space. It's actually pretty neat. \\n Anyway, the top comment when i was there clearly thought that the girl in the video was the band (she is not). He basically wrote out this praise for her tremendous work and how it changed his life and how he was so amazed by how talented she was, etc. \\n I didn't feel angry or upset or a need to troll him. I just felt bad for him, and sad that he'd be so desperate and make such a shot-in-the-dark bid for someone's attention, who was clearly so unattainable for so many reasons. \\n But then, maybe that was empowering for him. Maybe he thought \\\"At least if i try, i can say i tried and have that, instead of being Alfred J. Prufrock over here.\\\"\",\n \"Summary: Railguns aren't lasers, their projectiles follow a ballistic path just like every other projectile ever fired.\\n\\nPost: This begs to differ . Interesting stuff starts around page 8. \\n Their talking about a 64MJ weapon, there - with a 230 mile range. Even if we could only field half that - a 32MJ weapon with a 115 mile range - you could set up a battery in the Green Zone and fire shots at Fallujah - with room left over. \\n And note, that's a railgun already designed to be mounted to a ship, in a turret. All you'd need is power and a base to set it on.\",\n \"Summary: How we treat farm animals is just how we treat farm animals, and is not really a greater statement on the people involved, in my experience\\n\\nPost: I've known workers at places like this. their just like everyone else, when their off work (running the gamut from great guy to asshole, depending on the person involved). \\n My girlfriend (who spends hours a day playing with our new puppy and buying costumes for our dogs) once told me how they would castrate pigs at her family's farm, but sticking a bucket over their head, holding them in place, and cutting them. She said it like you'd describe how you change a tire or something.\",\n \"Summary: Ruined happy family's day out by vomiting in front of them and warning them off the chicken at the chinese place i ate at.\\n\\nPost: Oh man!!! A chance to tell my favorite story ever! \\n So when i was younger, i worked at a tech company. Every day after work i'd go to a local chinese place, and eat dinner, then head home. Well, i have pretty bad food allergies, so i'd have to cough up phlegm after i ate. Not a huge deal but if i cough to much i can throw up. \\n So i'm sitting in my car - drivers side, door open, sitting like, side ways, you know, so my feet are on the ground. I'm coughing up some phlegm. Then, this SUV pulls up. Out comes mom, dad, boy and a girl...happy family. \\n I thought about going home. About being at home, alone. No happy family for me. No loving wife. No smiling kids. Not even a nice SUV to drive to the Chinese restaurant for a treat in; just a shitty beat up Oldsmobile my grandfather'd given me. i felt something, then: maybe it was envy. Maybe it was hate. Either way, i knew i had to act, to lash out, to make my life touch theirs for just a second. \\n So i made myself vomit. All over the ground. I looked up at them - puke and slime still drooling off my chin - and said \\\"Don't eat the chicken.\\\" They turned around, saw me, and immediately got back in their car and left, looking disgusted and sick. \\n And seeing them leave, made me feel a thousand times better.\",\n \"Summary: western civilization has a pretty messed up relation with mental illness, which leads to many people not getting or continuing proper treatment.\\n\\nPost: A lot of people basically have a denial problem when it comes to mental illness in the family. They don't want to admit that their son/husband/father/whatever has a problem. \\n As well, there's a tremendous stigma against being forcibly committed, so people are very reluctant to have someone forcibly committed (if that's even an option). \\n Worse yet, once someone's out of the psych ward, they can just stop taking their meds (and lie to their family about still taking them) until they snap. Many anti-psychotics have very severe side effects, that further exacerbate people's desire to quit taking them when they feel better. \\n Plus, of course, for some people - the drugs just don't work, or don't work as well as you'd want.\",\n \"Summary: supporting an on-shore refinery's a pain in the ass, especially with environuts freaking out every time you damage a dandelion. It's long-term cheaper to just do it with the ship, in this case.\\n\\nPost: From [this article]( \\n >To exploit the Prelude gas field more than 100 miles off the northwest coast of Australia, Shell has opted to bypass the step of bringing the gas ashore, instead developing a system which will do the job of liquefaction at sea. \\n >In Shell's view, this means avoiding the costly tasks of building a pipeline to the Australian coast and of constructing an LNG facility that might face a long series of planning battles, and require a host of new infrastructure on a remote coastline.\",\n \"Summary: by engaging in violent tactics, hamas creates and continues it's difficulties in the conflict.\\n\\nPost: that's like saying \\\"How can a tank win a fight against a battleship!?!\\\", well, the tank would be wise to avoid fighting a battleship in the first place, and to seek resolutions that don't require or incite violence. \\n Instead, Hamas knows it's leadership will likely survive, and that funding from outside sources will keep coming in, so they have no problem with civilian casualties. Every dead civilian is one more talking point for them to go to the international press with, after all.\",\n \"Summary: very complex question, very difficult to answer, may not even be an answerable question in the light of the situation that existed.\\n\\nPost: It's kind of a misconception to think of them being paid for with straight gold or something. \\n A lot of the support was in the form of food and other supplies, rather then money. Armies also frequently foraged for food and what not. Looting was a way of life (In italy, the Condottieri - mercenaries - were notorious for looting everywhere they went). \\n In many armies, there was no concept of \\\"standard\\\" equipment; you brought whatever you had, could find, could afford, could steal or could loot or could borrow. A unit with all standard equipment would stand out as unusual. \\n Also, a lot of soldiers weren't actually paid. They were doing service to their feudal lord, and while there were limits to that, they weren't always paid per se. Even a knight might not get direct monetary compensation - rather he might be given land, a manor, station at court - things like that. \\n There were also huge baggage trains for most armies, that consisted of hangers on, camp followers, wives, kids, vendors of every sort, entertainers of every sort. This would defray some of the expenses, because it'd be the individual men trading loot/favors for food or whatever. \\n Add to that, even if paid in money, money had rapidly fluctuating value, depending on where you were, who you were, and what the situation was.\",\n \"Summary: being a burglar is statistically pretty safe.\\n\\nPost: Depends on type of crime. some types of crime have very low arrest or conviction rates, some very high. \\n The magic words are \\\"clearance rate\\\". [This Wiki]( article gives an overview. \\n A more detailed look is at: [FBI Percent of Offenses cleared by Arrest or Exceptional Means]( which breaks it down by group and area. Don't let the XLS scare you, it displays in browser.\",\n \"Summary: had kno3/sucrose ignite between my legs, caught whole thing on film.\\n\\nPost: I ain't a like, official engineer or scientist or what have you. But, i do some chemistry and engineering. This story concerns Chemistry. \\n So, my brother and i decided to make some KNO3/Sucrose (see how official that sounds?) smoke mix/rocket fuel. But, we lacked an electric hot plate. So, we were using fire coals put into a hollowed out stump-log, which was then blown on by someone via a common drinking straw, to increase the heat output. \\n So, we get down to it: i measure out the chemicals, i mix them together real good, i put the cooking pot we were using onto the stump, put my feet to either side, latch onto the handle with one hand and my stirring stick with the other, and set to stirring the mixture. \\n Well, come to pass, i was distracted (more on why later) and forgot to stir for perhaps 30 seconds. This lead to the creation of a hot spot in the pan, which lead to the entire mixture bursting into flames, while between my legs. I of course extricate myself (as did the designated blower, who's reflexes were commendable), and proceed to check for injury. \\n The only real injury was to my pride, and to my trousers, which had a bunch of holes put in them where the burning mixture's (sparks? little chunks? i have no clue) hit and burned through. \\n So, why was i distracted? Because we got the entire thing on film, and i was talking to the camera instead of stirring. Valuable life lesson learned.\",\n \"Summary: When you constantly bail someone out and grease the skids of life, they often turn out to be criminals.\\n\\nPost: I got three brothers. One of 'em is a criminal. You know what the difference is? My mother would bail the criminal out at every chance, but not the rest of us. \\n When i was twelve and she caught me stealing, she had her boyfriend at the time beat the living piss outta me for having the temerity to steal from my own family. I never did it again. \\n When my brother would steal, she'd give him a pass. \\\"It's not his fault, it's his friends\\\" or \\\"I'm not sure it's him\\\" and then finally \\\"that's just who he is.\\\" \\n he lies compulsively ; to the point where my other brothers and i compare notes when he leaves to see how bad the lies were this time. He sees nothing wrong with stealing, doing drugs, or banging under age girls. \\n Some things my mother got him out of include stealing a car (it was his best friends car, and he totaled it). Doing vandalism. And when he got busted for possession (for being passed out in a car in city limits with coke and pills) she got him a lawyer with her own money. \\n She also got him a brand new impala to drive around in.\",\n \"Summary: we'd be in deep, deep trouble, and if open conflict broke out would probably end up subjugated and under openly reptilian rule for the foreseeable future.\\n\\nPost: if a superior race - superior in technology, intelligence, etc - has truly infiltrated us and is keeping us down via subversion, then i would argue that coming out and attacking them would lead to them keeping us down via something other then subversion - perhaps direct attack, perhaps via release of disease or something. \\n considering the level of infiltration, it's highly probable that they'd either have a way to defeat our weapons (perhaps through back doors, or specially designed weapons, or what have you). They'd have superior weapons to us, even if in lesser quantity. They might even have truly awe-inspiring weapons held in reserve, or perhaps even in space. \\n There's a high probability that at least some humans would side with the reptilians, either out of self preservation, for personal gain, or due to belief in their superiority. Even a few of these \\\"true believers\\\" in an organization could lead to it's rapid defeat in combat.\",\n \"Summary: is: kids are assholes, even if unintentionally so.\\n\\nPost: Being an asshole's not predicated on realizing your an asshole. Most people who are cruel to others don't really consider themselves to be such; they just don't realize the harm their doing. The guy who cut you off on the freeway or the bully who pushed you around in school very likely had no idea the trauma they were causing - they were just living their life and doing their thing. \\n I guess the\",\n \"Summary: Youtube's the darkest, because it's the acceptable face of human pettiness\\n\\nPost: I gotta say youtube. \\n Here's my logic, on this: \\n Human evil isn't about the big terrible bads. Human evil isn't about Hitler or Pol Pot. It's about the every day destruction we bring to the lives and spirits of those around us. It's about the banal acts of petty vileness that poison everything we touch, given enough time. \\n It's about jealousy and hate. It's about ignorance and suffering. \\n And youtube? It makes it easy to see that. The \\\"funny\\\" videos of people getting hurt. The endless clips of violence and destruction, of sorrow and misery. And it's all perfectly acceptable. It's all totally presented as an OK thing to watch, to monetize, to laugh at or talk about or turn into a discussion point.\",\n \"Summary: Rape is surprisingly common in prison, particularly against gay bisexuals. That said, if you're straight there's a reasonable chance you'll be assaulted, regardless.\\n\\nPost: From a report in 2011]( \\n >The Bureau of Justice Statistics confirmed this human rights crisis last month. It says that nearly one in 10 prisoners report having been raped or sexually assaulted by other inmates, staff or both. \\n But wait, it gets more complicated: \\n >More than one-third of gay and bisexual male inmates said that they were victimized by another inmate, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics report. By comparison, only 3.5% of straight male inmates reported being sexually assaulted by other inmates.\",\n \"Summary: Being able to work hard, stick to something, and improve your skills through practice is just as much a talent as any other\\n\\nPost: noway; i would say that if you got good at drawing through practice, then that's just as much a talent as if you were born a prodigy. \\n For every person as good as you, there are probably a thousand people who tried to draw and just never were able to stick to it or pick it up. There's probably 100 people who can draw passably, but will never have the drive or ability to go beyond where they are right now.\",\n \"Summary: Eternally young space-vampire-eloi, with no sense of perspective - and no forced suffering, ever.\\n\\nPost: My concept of a utopia is basically a world (to use the term loosely) that consists largely of one gigantic angel net, running off attotech type technology. They've past-mastered nanotech, femptotech, and energy manipulation. To them, forming pure energy's as easy as making plastic. \\n The specifics of it are pretty vague - you can do anything you'd like, but only if the person it's happening to gives consent. You can have the angel net create a cat-5 hurricane, and it'd just pass harmlessly around any building that the owner didn't want damaged. If you wanted to experience dying, you could have your friend shoot you and the wound would just heal itself up and off you'd go. You don't age, you don't die, and you don't get bored because the angel net keeps all that silly stuff from happening. If you start to experience ennui, your interface says \\\"Hey, i'm feeling ennui, fix it\\\" and the angel net alters your brain so the world seems new and amazing again. \\n The downside is, no one there has any concept of actual danger, and they themselves are extremely dangerous to outsiders. Their culture's full of stuff that other worlds would consider amazing or impossible, but they have no true appreciation for it. Their culture is stagnant, in that it's a giant churning chaos of ever-more-impressive art and culture, but it goes towards noting. \\n If they encounter outsiders (either by them happening on the planet or in the few that travel off-world) they either immediately convert them (as easy as putting a single one of their machines in the vicinity) or destroy them on a whim or by misunderstanding. \\n No other empire anywhere has anything in space remotely capable of dealing with one of their ships. No other empire anywhere has anything remotely capable of forcing anything on them, either. The angel net's to good, to fast, and to subtle. It's true post-singularity. \\n Any world that gets converted ends up just like them - the angel net (which is far beyond sentient, and has it's own plans and designs) makes sure of that. \\n Was heavily inspired by the technology in [Orion's Arm]( Though they'd be the only thing in my universe that looks like anything from Orion's Arm.\",\n \"Summary: If we start using lots of apes as slaves and modify them to be smarter, they would be able to butcher humans and take over the planet if they really wanted to at some later date.\\n\\nPost: They actually laid this out in the 1970's sequels. \\n Basically, here's what happens: \\n Humans decide to start manipulating ape genetics, to make them into better workers, soldiers, etc. Why risk human lives when your trained apes can do it for you? \\n Eventually they become ubiquitous. Every household has an ape-servant, every army's got a few humans but mostly apes, every business that's manufacturing or shipping or not creative work: full of apes. \\n Every human lives a life of near perfect luxury and ease. No one has a job they don't want, no one does drudgery. If you mow your own lawn it's because you like it, not because you need to. \\n Of course, the apes eventually overthrow the lazy humans. This might take centuries to come about. \\n To make this more plausible, if there was an outbreak of a plague or something that decimated humans but not apes, that'd swing the odds in the ape's favor. \\n To be totally reasonable, apes are much stronger then humans, and it's not unreasonable that they could easily wipe out most of the unarmed people in a city in a hurry. \\n Some (Terrifying) Ape-Facts: \\n In 1924 \\\"Boma\\\" a 165Lbs male chimp at the Bronx zoo, New York, recorded a right handed pull (feet braced) of 847 Lbs on a dynamometer.(the comparison given is 210Lbs for a man of the same weight). On another occasion, \\\"Suzette\\\" registered a pull of 1260 Lbs while in a rage (same zoo).\",\n \"Summary: Fraternities are breeding grounds of drunk, horny college kids who are in fact on the average worse then the average drunk, horny college kid.\\n\\nPost: Not much of a generalization - [check out this study]( \\n > Greek members reported more sexual partners in the past year and past 3 month than non-Greek members\\n>however, compared to non-Greek members, Greek members had more sex under the influence of alcohol or drugs (13% vs. 7%) \\n >Independent t-tests show Greek members drank more alcoholic beverages on a typical drinking day and engaged in heavy episodic drinking more frequently in the past 30 days compared to non-Greek members \\n >Greek members were more likely than non-Greeks to be frequent cigarette smokers \\n >Greek members report more lifetime and past 30 day marijuana and other drug use (specifically, cocaine, amphetamines, ecstasy, hallucinogens) than non-Greek members\",\n \"Summary: divorce and family breakup over a probable lie about being molested from an angry teenage girl\\n\\nPost: My wife had always told me how her father and mother had split up over a dispute involving her sister. I took this at face value. One day, i was talking to her, and said \\\"so what was up with that? what happened?\\\" Here is how i remember he telling me: \\n Her sister and father had had a fight over something. A few days later, her sister announces at her father had molested her. Her mother flips shit, gets a divorce, moves out of state, ruins the man's life for all intents. Sister was about 15 at the time. \\n I ask my wife: \\\"So do you think he actually molested her?\\\" \\n \\\"Maybe? But i doubt it. That's just the kind of thing my sister would say when she got mad, if she thought it might hurt the person she was mad at....\\\"\",\n \"Summary: it'd not surprise me if the theory that there's a serial killer active is correct.\\n\\nPost: A university would make a tempting target for a serial killer: \\n \\n Lots of people milling about, most of them strangers to each other \\n \\n Lots of people drinking, doing drugs, moving around in a hurry (ie, distracted and not able to defend themselves) \\n \\n Big area, lots of buildings to drag someone to/hide someone in/etc. \\n \\n Many follow a set schedule - stalking is easy because you know they start class at so and so on monday, that they live in this dorm, etc.\",\n \"Summary: giggled at suburban kid in mcdonalds bathroom at the urinal.\\n\\nPost: Well, i was coming home from a 14-hour trip to north carolina to retrieve my brother. We (my stepfather, brother and myself) stopped at a mcdonalds for food, and for me to make a liquid gold deposit in the urinal bank. \\n So, I'm in there whizzing away when this kid comes in. He's gotta be..13, 14? Hes super clean-cut, like a suburban kid taking a vacation trip. I'm dressed like a psychotic biker (leather vest, black leather tshirt, black bdu's, big combat boots, even a bone necklace). Kid walks over, and starts trying to piss. He is clearly very nervous and uncomfortable. \\n I start giggling. I'd been up for almost a full 36 hours at this point (having already been up about 12 hours when we left town to go to NC), i was tired, i was stressed out (my brother was in a bad situation). So i start giggling at this kid, trying to piss. I clamp down on giggling; it just gets worse. At this point, the kid looks like he literally wants to run out of the bathroom. \\n I finish draining the lizard and head out the door, didn't even bother to wash my hands. \\n If you're that kid, reading this: I was just having a shitty day, it wasn't nothing you did. Hopefully you ain't got shy bladder, now.\",\n \"Summary: content publishers charge to much. If they wanted less money they'd get more sales.\\n\\nPost: I buy alot of stuff on steam. Because it's cheap. A game for 2.50$? I'll buy it. A game for 5$? I might well buy it. A game for 20$? I will likely NOT buy it. I am not ever going to drop 50$ on some AAA title that's gonna suck anyway.\",\n \"Summary: is: I can't wait for self-driving cars to get here, and wish they'd get here faster.\\n\\nPost: That's my thought, as well - we already have systems like OnStar, and most people haul around cellphones with a GPS in them. \\n Honestly, i consider trackable cars a feature , not a problem - someone turns up missing, you can check the car's last known location. Might prevent tragedies [like this]( \\n I also think that self-driving cars would greatly reduce automotive theft. \\n And that's not even looking at the fuel efficiency and safety aspects, which could have tremendous and far-reaching benefits. \\n I guess the\",\n \"Summary: would be \\\"It's a place with lots of questions and it's inherent limitations serve to make it easy to make it interesting\\\"\\n\\nPost: There's lots of source material and inspiration already for the medieval age; it's full of tropes and (essentially) cheap set pieces that are easy to work with. \\n Plus it has certain strategic advantages to the creator: \\n \\n Poor communication between areas (so it's easy to justify having to talk to people/travel etc) \\n \\n Hazardous, long-term travel (so easy adventure hooks for travelling) \\n \\n A world that can hold both reality and magic, and have many \\\"unknowns\\\" (unknown areas, unknown artifacts, etc). \\n \\n A simple justification for why there'd be radically different people/governments every few dozen miles, so you can have lots of variety. \\n \\n \\n I guess the\",\n \"Summary: Iran could mess up stuff we care about and cause serious issues and resistance, while north korea would mess up things we don't care about and be easily contained and dealt with.\\n\\nPost: Well, there's a number of strategic and tactical reasons for this. \\n Firstly, Iran's at an important area, economically. It could seriously impact the global oil trade, it has land invasion routes to a few significant countries, and has shown a recent (1980's) Proclivity for extremely unpleasant types of warfare. It's also 3 times the population of north korea, and has a great deal more money and a much healthier and better motivated population. \\n North korea, meanwhile, has no land invasion route that's not either severely defended (like the DMZ) or into a country that can take care of itself (China). A sea invasion of anywhere from north korea's laughable. \\n There's also the matter that Iran's missiles could easily hit targets and places we care about, while north korea would have a hard time hitting japan consistently (an area we don't, generally, care very much about).\",\n \"Summary: seemingly perfect couple, but one of them is insane and ends up dying.\\n\\nPost: To all appearances, my wife and i were a pretty well perfect couple. We went everywhere together, and she was always the \\\"life of the party\\\". \\n Behind closed doors she was pretty much a lunatic, with wild mood swings and insane (i mean, literally insane) depression that would lead her to talk about wanting to die. \\n She was pretty drug dependent - if it was't pills it was booze. \\n There's other stuff, to, but that's the big thing. \\n She eventually got sick, and ended up committing suicide due to being (physically) ill and feeling hopeless about that. \\n Everyone was baffled how this could happen, and how someone so seemingly happy and intense could just kill themselves. but really i wasn't so much surprised as shocked. \\n It was over three years ago, so i'm really pretty much over it and all that. But every time i see a happy person, i wonder: are they really happy, or do they go home and talk about how they want to die?\",\n \"Summary: Saladin was kind of a prick after the Battle of Hattin (July 4th, 1187)\\n\\nPost: Alright! This incident occurred at the battle of Hattin. \\n Basically, saladin had captured a bunch of knights templar and other crusaders. He decided to sell the common soldiers and not-knights-templar into slavery, but to kill (by beheading) all the knights templar save their grand master. \\n First, by all accounts the templars (and hospitalers) met their end with silence and humility. This is more striking when it's realized that some of the beheadings were done by \\\"Sufis and scholars\\\" - men who'd never had a sword, and therefore made a bad job of decapitating people (instead of a clean blow, they'd hack away at them, taking several blows to kill them). \\n But it gets more interesting! Many of the common soldiers, not wanting to be sold into slavery, claimed to be knights templar so they'd die instead. Imagine it: a fate so grim you would want to die by having your head cut off with a sword, rather then face it. \\n There's also an incident involving water. Saladin had captured the prince of antioch and King Guy of Jerusalem. He offered king guy water (which is a gesture of safety). King guy gave some to the prince, and Saladin was outraged at their temerity. So, the prince defames the prophet, and Saladin cuts the prince's arm off with one hit of his sword! At which point, a soldier comes in and almost instantly beheads the prince. \\n They were big on beheading, back in the day.\"\n]","isConversational":false},"profile_size":{"kind":"number","value":35,"string":"35"},"task":{"kind":"string","value":"longlamp_4"},"split_kind":{"kind":"string","value":"user_based"},"id":{"kind":"number","value":1094,"string":"1,094"}}},{"rowIdx":1095,"cells":{"question_id":{"kind":"string","value":"thatguy3444"},"question":{"kind":"string","value":"Generate the content for a reddit post Changing algorithms only blocks scrypt ASICs; it does not fix the 51% attack, which will be a problem regardless of our algorithm."},"answer":{"kind":"string","value":"No offense, but I think you are misconstruing the problem. Any algorithm that can be mined by GPUs poses the same 51% attack problems as scrypt. \n The issue is that hashrate is bound to block payout (as a % of market cap). Right now we have a little under half the hashrate of litecoin, even though we have a tenth the market cap. This is because we are paying out way more coins as a % of our market cap. \n When we start paying out fewer coins, the hash rate will decrease precipitously unless we dramatically increase our market cap. \n For example, if we reach 10k payouts at the current market cap, our hash rate will be 4% of what it is right now - 3 Gh. \n Again - that is 3 gigahash. \n There is plenty of GPU hash power in even a smaller pool to kill the coin at that level, regardless of our algorithm."},"correct_answer":{"kind":"string","value":"No offense, but I think you are misconstruing the problem. Any algorithm that can be mined by GPUs poses the same 51% attack problems as scrypt. \n The issue is that hashrate is bound to block payout (as a % of market cap). Right now we have a little under half the hashrate of litecoin, even though we have a tenth the market cap. This is because we are paying out way more coins as a % of our market cap. \n When we start paying out fewer coins, the hash rate will decrease precipitously unless we dramatically increase our market cap. \n For example, if we reach 10k payouts at the current market cap, our hash rate will be 4% of what it is right now - 3 Gh. \n Again - that is 3 gigahash. \n There is plenty of GPU hash power in even a smaller pool to kill the coin at that level, regardless of our algorithm."},"documents":{"kind":"list like","value":["Summary: Merged mining will literally not change anything except making our coin more secure.\n\nPost: No offense, but why do you think this? \n It won't change anything... you will combine the hash rates and combine the payout. So the difficulty will go up, but so will the payout. \n Further, Doge is not significantly more profitable than LTC mining, so any increase in difficulty will be commensurate with the payout. There will be almost no change, except that half of the Doge you are currently receiving will be paid in LTC instead - all we have to do is (automatically) trade it at an exchange or mine with an auto-exchanging pool.","Summary: Courts can make you give up passwords.\n\nPost: Law-talking guy here. This issue was addressed previously in the case of \"In re Boucher\" before a federal court in Vermont. Basically, le Boucher had his laptop searched at the Canadian border and they found some illegal porn. They arrested him, but later discovered that his hard-drive was encrypted (it had been accessible when he was arrested). \n The Judge in that case ruled that he had to turn over an unencrypted copy of the hard-drive, and that he was not protected by the 5th amendment. \n In law-talk, there is \"testimonial\" and \"non-testimonal\" evidence. The 5th amendment protects the former (forcing you to talk and incriminate yourself on the stand), but doesn't protect the latter (stuff like forcing you to give fingerprints or a DNA sample). The court found that forcing the defendant to give a copy of a encrypted drive fell in the latter category.","Summary: fraud is notoriously difficult to prosecute\n\nPost: I would love to see some fraud convictions; however, they would be extremely difficult to prosecute due to the way fraud laws are written (I am a lawyer). \n Without giving an opinion on any actual pending or potential case (because lawyer rules), I can say in general that the intention element of fraud (\"intend to induce reliance\") is typically very hard to prove without the person outright admitting it or a \"smoking gun\" type document. The prosecutor would actually have to prove that they deliberately misled people - not simply that they should have known that they were doing harm or that they ended up being misleading. The legal standard of intent is much higher than what we colloquially refer to as \"intent.\" \n So I would love to see fraud pursued as an option, but it ain't going to happen unless new laws get written. I don't buy all the \"bought and paid for\" conspiracy theories: a much simpler explanation is that nobody wants to spend time on a big prosecution effort that is doomed to fail. It would be a political disaster.","Summary: I don't hate it because it is different, I hate it because it is a bad game.\n\nPost: I honestly just don't think it is a very good game. I play lots of non-civ strategy games. The reason I don't play Civ V is not because it is different, but because it is a pretty uninteresting game. The non-war strategy aspect is not very complex or compelling, which I would have no problem with if the war side was fun; however, war is stymied by a terrible AI and limited strategic choices (and the multiplayer is broken because of the first-mover advantage). \n Honestly, my recommendation would be either to play one of the earlier Civs or go play a different title (paradox games, supreme commander, total war, etc.)","Summary: the Excel mistake is small potatoes - they clearly manipulated their analysis, but the news is focusing on Excel because it is the easiest to understand... \n (Edit: Full summary of the errors is here:\n\nPost: They left the most egregious part out of the article: apparently the authors averaged their results by country, not by number of years... \n So for example they had around 19 years of data for the UK showing an average 2.4% growth rate, and one year of data for NZ showing a -7.6% growth rate, and they averaged it to an average -2.6% growth rate. \n They also picked and chose which years they used in their study - there were 110 years of data in the range they were studying, and they only used 96 of them, without any explanation why. \n ...","Summary: Your opponent would need ~3000 max health for botrk to equal the damage that an early IE is going to do.\n\nPost: I disagree. Botrk only does damage based on current hp, not max, and we are talking about rushing it (which means your lane opponents are going to not going to have tons of health yet anyway). \n Also the extra crit damage is pretty easy to calculate - just 1.5 *.25 * total attack damage = .375*total ad. So if IE gets you to ~180 total, you will be doing an extra 67.5 damage (average per hit) on top of the 55... which comes out to an extra 122.5 damage per hit average. \n Using your 1375 hp botrk number (which I am not sure about, but which I assume takes into account that your enemy will be at partial health on average), that would mean your enemy would have to be at 3062 max health to get the same bonus damage. \n Plus the extra lifesteal is not that helpful so early (you are not doing much damage excluding the passive), and the AS is not super useful early on Trist (IMO). \n So you are doing less damage, and the damage is not really going to be scaling as well as it would with an IE. You get a neat active, but I definitely don't think the trade is worth it.","Summary: Doge and LTC are fungible currencies - merging the mining will make NO difference as to what form (e.g. Doge/LTC) the value that we mine ends up in.\n\nPost: No offense, but I don't think trade in fungible goods works that way. I think people are getting confused thinking about miners receiving doge versus LTC. \n Think of it this way: the value of all LTC+Doge currently mined is X. That value ends up as LTC or Doge depending on the preference of the miner (some might keep doge, some might exchange it, some might keep LTC, some might exchange it). \n After a mining-merge, the value of mined coins will still be X. That value will still end up as LTC or Doge depending on the preference of the miner. The only difference will be that people who want only doge will have to exchange their LTC and vice versa. \n Don't think about it as mining LTC/Doge, think about as mining value, which is then turned into Doge or LTC based on the preferences of the miner. As long as peoples preference for Doge versus LTC doesn't change, we will have the same number of people holding Doge at the end of the day.","Summary: The \"raindrop mentality\" is not a fallacy, even though it may be morally problematic... to use the words of The Dude: \"[the raindrop's] not wrong, [it's] just an a**hole.\"\n\nPost: The raindrop mentality isn't a logical fallacy, even though you may find it to be a moral failing. \n That single rain drop is neither necessary nor sufficient for the flood - it has no actual causal responsibility for the flood. \n It is socially and morally reasonable to find this attitude distasteful (because if it is widely adopted and not condemned, it has the possibility to negatively affect the public good); however, he is not actually wrong - it is not an issue with his position or argument.","Summary: Trist's jump is terrible, and has been since she was released.\n\nPost: The issue is that she has a half-second delay on her jump... she actually jumped before you bubbled her, it just didn't start until the bubble went off. \n I agree it is lame - the jump delay is ridiculously confusing. \n On the other hand, the server doesn't actually update her location till she is visually a long way from her take-off point, so you can be about to land and get singed-flipped back where you were taking off from - it basically teleports you back as though you never jumped.","Summary: This area of the law hasn't been tested, but of course Riot could step in simply because Azubu doesn't want bad blood.\n\nPost: So there is the practical answer and the legal answer. \n The practical answer is that of course Riot could step in - Azubu doesn't want to piss off Riot. \n The legal answer is a little more complicated. Riot could probably step in at some point... They own the underlying game assets, and even if Faker had some kind of copyright, it would almost certainly be what is called a \"derivative work,\" meaning that it is only copyrightable if the owner of the underlying work (Riot's assets and game) assent. \n It's a little more complicated though, because Riot currently gives everyone a license to their work for playing and streaming, so Faker's work would be authorized (if it is copyrightable to begin with). Riot could change their licensing rules to exclude certain things in the future, but they would be afraid of creating a chilling effect where streamers weren't sure whether they really had legal rights to their content. \n And the big legal question (which I don't think has been tested yet) is where the content is actually fixed and copied (copyright is over a \"fixed\" expression, originally meaning written down, now including recorded, etc.) \n If Faker's performance is fixed on his computer as he is playing, he might legitimately claim to have copyright over his performance as a derivative work. (He could claim that the game play was just entering copyrightable information into his computer and fixing it through the game into a copyrightable medium.) \n If Faker's performance is fixed at Riot's server, Riot might hold the copyright to it (again, a fixed record of a performance is copyrightable, not the performance itself). \n Finally, if Faker's performance is fixed when it is actually shown on the spectators computer, then the spectator would own that spectate stream (if they are adding enough originality to make it a derivative work)","Summary: Exempting religions from taxes does not violate the establishment clause (although picking one religion to give benefits to would be a violation).\n\nPost: The \"respecting an establishment of religion\" was added to prevent state-sponsored churches (Virginia had a state religion until 1786). Some minority religions (e.g. Baptists) had been discriminated against because of state-religion, and managed (along with James Madison) to make sure there was a provision in the constitution prohibiting a national federal religion - this was the establishment clause. \n So the establishment clause was never written to prevent government from making special rules for religions/churches. It was intended to prevent the government from picking a single religion over others (this was referred to as \"establishment of religion\").","Summary: You can patent a mere idea as long as you can explain it enough that a competent person could build it. \n Edit: Formatting.\n\nPost: Actual patent attorney here. This is a very common misconception about patents, but isn't the way the system actually works. \n The way the patent system actually functions, patents do protect ideas, not actual products. The confusion here is with what the law states versus the actual requirements and outcomes under the law. (Also, with a few limited exceptions, modern patent law has never required that you actually have a working product. This is just [wrong]( \n There are several doctrines that ostensibly deal with this in patent law: Usefulness, Written Description/Enablement, and (until the latest patent reform act) Best Mode. These get pretty complex, but I will give a very brief overview of why the actual implementation of these rules does not prevent the patenting of ideas: \n \n [Utility]( Basically this requirement just means that the idea has to actually do something. Practically, the bar is extremely low. You generally only worry about utility with drugs or gene sequences - I have to prove that I actually know of a use for the drug/sequence that I am trying to patent. \n \n Enablement/Written Description . The most important point here is that the actual patent can cover an area much broader than the version explained in the patent. You literally just have to explain any possible way that your invention could work. \n \n Best Mode of implementing the idea in their patent while keeping an actually useful way of implementing the idea a secret. \n \n \n Example: I know very little about aeronautics, and couldn't build an airplane to save my life; however, if I was the first person to think of a swept airplane wing, it would likely only take me a few hours of research to come up with enough detail to write the patent. Furthermore, I would probably be able to meet the Enablement requirement simply by saying something to the effect of: \"mount a wing on a pivot perpendicular to the face of the wing actuated by a stepper motor. The stepper motor is controlled by a sensor measuring relative air speed.\" \n Based on this description, I could plausibly patent the (extremely broad) ideas of a \"wing on a pivot\" and the idea of \"sweeping a wing based on air speed.\" As long as an ordinary aeronautics engineer could get my description to work on any plane in any way, it is sufficient for a patent - even if nobody in their right mind would ever practically design a swept wing this way. Best Mode would not come in to play here, because this is the best way I know of making a swept wing work - it doesn't matter that it is practically useless and there are a million better ways to make it work out. \n So what BornAgainNewsTroll says below is basically true - in most cases if you pass novelty and obviousness, you are going to get a patent.","Summary: I ran the numbers and got BOTRK+IE=559, IE+PD=564\n\nPost: I think you left off the +10 ad for the vamp... Also I wasn't sure where the extra 10% AS was coming from in your IE+PD calculations \n I just ran the numbers adding 10 bonus ad for IE+PD and removing the extra .1 AS. I agree with your numbers for BotRK + IE, but the changes to IE+PD gives me an average hit of 386 and an average DPS of 564.","Summary: After the soft cap, Bitcoin will have almost double the issuance rate of Dogecoin for two years, making it the real inflationary currency. \n EDIT: Formatting\n\nPost: I started writing a long economic analysis of why the decision to issue coins after the cap was not actually going to cause inflation, but then I realized there was an even easier way to show shibes why the barking over the soft cap is overblown... \n By Jan of 2015, we will reach the soft cap. After the soft cap, the issuance of new dogecoin will be a fixed quantity (about 5.25 Billion Doge per year). In 2015 this issuance of new dogecoin will represent a little over 5% of outstanding dogecoin. In 2015, bitcoin will issue new coin representing ~10% of outstanding bitcoin . In 2016, the issuance of new doge coin will represent around 5% of outstanding. Bitcoin will issue new coins totaling 9% of outstanding Bitcoin. \n In a simplified form (% is new coins issued as a % of total supply): \n \n 2015 Dogecoin Adds ~5.1% Bitcoin Adds ~10% \n \n 2016 Dogecoin Adds ~4.9% Bitcoin Adds ~9% \n \n 2017 Dogecoin Adds ~4.6% Bitcoin Adds ~4.2% \n 2018 Dogecoin Adds ~4.4% Bitcoin Adds ~4% \n 2019 Dogecoin Adds ~4.2% Bitcoin Adds ~3.9% \n 2020 Dogecoin Adds ~4.1% Bitcoin Adds ~3.7% \n \n It is not until 2021 that the rate of issuance of new Bitcoin drops significantly below the rate of issuance of new Dogecoin. Until 2017, Bitcoin will be minting new currency almost twice as fast as Doge coin. \n To put that another way, Bitcoin will be \"inflating\" their currency almost twice as much as Dogecoin until 2017, and will be issuing about the same percentage of new coins until 2021! To put that in perspective, Bitcoin was only invented in 2009. \n By 2021, the crypto landscape will be inconceivably different. The coin (or combination of coins) that have \"made it\" (to the moon) as currency will be worth so much that a small fixed issuance rate will have almost no effect on the value of the coin (real inflation does not occur unless the issuance rate is greater than the growth rate of the economy). \n In the short term, Bitcoin will be issuing coins (devaluing their currency) almost twice as fast as Dogecoin. Two years are half-of-forever in crypto... until 2017, Bitcoin will be the real \"inflationary currency.\"","Summary: Riot should nerf Trist's jump so that she can't jump within 1.5 sec of receiving damage instead of just adding more generic stat nerfs.\n\nPost: I feel like the Tristana nerf on the PBE is exactly the wrong solution to the current Trist ADC Meta. It hits the core of who she is - a late game damage dealer - and weakens her without making her more interesting or trying to add any counterplay. \n Trist's strengths are: \n \n 1) Long AA Range at 18 \n 2) Bursts of High Attack Speed \n 3) Huge Mobility and Self-peel \n \n The new PBE update is a significant nerf to #2 - this affects her core AA damage and the crazy AS burst playstyle. I don't think this is a good way to go, insofar as it isn't really gating her damage or adding counterplay - it is just making her generically weaker without making her more fun to play or play against. \n What about #3? ...the number-one complaint I hear about Trist isn't even her damage - it is her jump: that there is no real counterplay for characters without gap closers. \n So my proposed nerf - instead of just a generic damage nerf, add limitations to her jump. For example, make it so she can't jump until she is out of combat for 1.5 seconds. \n This would preserve her mobility, but would get rid of her easy escape. It would allow great Trist players to use it to engage and reposition, but would much more allow counterplay - you hit her, and she can't just jump away. \n I clearly just made up 1.5 seconds, but what does reddit think? I feel like this would dramatically decrease her OPness and safety during teamfights without just making her generically weaker. \n (Other potential nerfs to her jump could be: her jump damages herself (like a real rocket jump); or she can ONLY jump when within melee range of an enemy)"],"string":"[\n \"Summary: Merged mining will literally not change anything except making our coin more secure.\\n\\nPost: No offense, but why do you think this? \\n It won't change anything... you will combine the hash rates and combine the payout. So the difficulty will go up, but so will the payout. \\n Further, Doge is not significantly more profitable than LTC mining, so any increase in difficulty will be commensurate with the payout. There will be almost no change, except that half of the Doge you are currently receiving will be paid in LTC instead - all we have to do is (automatically) trade it at an exchange or mine with an auto-exchanging pool.\",\n \"Summary: Courts can make you give up passwords.\\n\\nPost: Law-talking guy here. This issue was addressed previously in the case of \\\"In re Boucher\\\" before a federal court in Vermont. Basically, le Boucher had his laptop searched at the Canadian border and they found some illegal porn. They arrested him, but later discovered that his hard-drive was encrypted (it had been accessible when he was arrested). \\n The Judge in that case ruled that he had to turn over an unencrypted copy of the hard-drive, and that he was not protected by the 5th amendment. \\n In law-talk, there is \\\"testimonial\\\" and \\\"non-testimonal\\\" evidence. The 5th amendment protects the former (forcing you to talk and incriminate yourself on the stand), but doesn't protect the latter (stuff like forcing you to give fingerprints or a DNA sample). The court found that forcing the defendant to give a copy of a encrypted drive fell in the latter category.\",\n \"Summary: fraud is notoriously difficult to prosecute\\n\\nPost: I would love to see some fraud convictions; however, they would be extremely difficult to prosecute due to the way fraud laws are written (I am a lawyer). \\n Without giving an opinion on any actual pending or potential case (because lawyer rules), I can say in general that the intention element of fraud (\\\"intend to induce reliance\\\") is typically very hard to prove without the person outright admitting it or a \\\"smoking gun\\\" type document. The prosecutor would actually have to prove that they deliberately misled people - not simply that they should have known that they were doing harm or that they ended up being misleading. The legal standard of intent is much higher than what we colloquially refer to as \\\"intent.\\\" \\n So I would love to see fraud pursued as an option, but it ain't going to happen unless new laws get written. I don't buy all the \\\"bought and paid for\\\" conspiracy theories: a much simpler explanation is that nobody wants to spend time on a big prosecution effort that is doomed to fail. It would be a political disaster.\",\n \"Summary: I don't hate it because it is different, I hate it because it is a bad game.\\n\\nPost: I honestly just don't think it is a very good game. I play lots of non-civ strategy games. The reason I don't play Civ V is not because it is different, but because it is a pretty uninteresting game. The non-war strategy aspect is not very complex or compelling, which I would have no problem with if the war side was fun; however, war is stymied by a terrible AI and limited strategic choices (and the multiplayer is broken because of the first-mover advantage). \\n Honestly, my recommendation would be either to play one of the earlier Civs or go play a different title (paradox games, supreme commander, total war, etc.)\",\n \"Summary: the Excel mistake is small potatoes - they clearly manipulated their analysis, but the news is focusing on Excel because it is the easiest to understand... \\n (Edit: Full summary of the errors is here:\\n\\nPost: They left the most egregious part out of the article: apparently the authors averaged their results by country, not by number of years... \\n So for example they had around 19 years of data for the UK showing an average 2.4% growth rate, and one year of data for NZ showing a -7.6% growth rate, and they averaged it to an average -2.6% growth rate. \\n They also picked and chose which years they used in their study - there were 110 years of data in the range they were studying, and they only used 96 of them, without any explanation why. \\n ...\",\n \"Summary: Your opponent would need ~3000 max health for botrk to equal the damage that an early IE is going to do.\\n\\nPost: I disagree. Botrk only does damage based on current hp, not max, and we are talking about rushing it (which means your lane opponents are going to not going to have tons of health yet anyway). \\n Also the extra crit damage is pretty easy to calculate - just 1.5 *.25 * total attack damage = .375*total ad. So if IE gets you to ~180 total, you will be doing an extra 67.5 damage (average per hit) on top of the 55... which comes out to an extra 122.5 damage per hit average. \\n Using your 1375 hp botrk number (which I am not sure about, but which I assume takes into account that your enemy will be at partial health on average), that would mean your enemy would have to be at 3062 max health to get the same bonus damage. \\n Plus the extra lifesteal is not that helpful so early (you are not doing much damage excluding the passive), and the AS is not super useful early on Trist (IMO). \\n So you are doing less damage, and the damage is not really going to be scaling as well as it would with an IE. You get a neat active, but I definitely don't think the trade is worth it.\",\n \"Summary: Doge and LTC are fungible currencies - merging the mining will make NO difference as to what form (e.g. Doge/LTC) the value that we mine ends up in.\\n\\nPost: No offense, but I don't think trade in fungible goods works that way. I think people are getting confused thinking about miners receiving doge versus LTC. \\n Think of it this way: the value of all LTC+Doge currently mined is X. That value ends up as LTC or Doge depending on the preference of the miner (some might keep doge, some might exchange it, some might keep LTC, some might exchange it). \\n After a mining-merge, the value of mined coins will still be X. That value will still end up as LTC or Doge depending on the preference of the miner. The only difference will be that people who want only doge will have to exchange their LTC and vice versa. \\n Don't think about it as mining LTC/Doge, think about as mining value, which is then turned into Doge or LTC based on the preferences of the miner. As long as peoples preference for Doge versus LTC doesn't change, we will have the same number of people holding Doge at the end of the day.\",\n \"Summary: The \\\"raindrop mentality\\\" is not a fallacy, even though it may be morally problematic... to use the words of The Dude: \\\"[the raindrop's] not wrong, [it's] just an a**hole.\\\"\\n\\nPost: The raindrop mentality isn't a logical fallacy, even though you may find it to be a moral failing. \\n That single rain drop is neither necessary nor sufficient for the flood - it has no actual causal responsibility for the flood. \\n It is socially and morally reasonable to find this attitude distasteful (because if it is widely adopted and not condemned, it has the possibility to negatively affect the public good); however, he is not actually wrong - it is not an issue with his position or argument.\",\n \"Summary: Trist's jump is terrible, and has been since she was released.\\n\\nPost: The issue is that she has a half-second delay on her jump... she actually jumped before you bubbled her, it just didn't start until the bubble went off. \\n I agree it is lame - the jump delay is ridiculously confusing. \\n On the other hand, the server doesn't actually update her location till she is visually a long way from her take-off point, so you can be about to land and get singed-flipped back where you were taking off from - it basically teleports you back as though you never jumped.\",\n \"Summary: This area of the law hasn't been tested, but of course Riot could step in simply because Azubu doesn't want bad blood.\\n\\nPost: So there is the practical answer and the legal answer. \\n The practical answer is that of course Riot could step in - Azubu doesn't want to piss off Riot. \\n The legal answer is a little more complicated. Riot could probably step in at some point... They own the underlying game assets, and even if Faker had some kind of copyright, it would almost certainly be what is called a \\\"derivative work,\\\" meaning that it is only copyrightable if the owner of the underlying work (Riot's assets and game) assent. \\n It's a little more complicated though, because Riot currently gives everyone a license to their work for playing and streaming, so Faker's work would be authorized (if it is copyrightable to begin with). Riot could change their licensing rules to exclude certain things in the future, but they would be afraid of creating a chilling effect where streamers weren't sure whether they really had legal rights to their content. \\n And the big legal question (which I don't think has been tested yet) is where the content is actually fixed and copied (copyright is over a \\\"fixed\\\" expression, originally meaning written down, now including recorded, etc.) \\n If Faker's performance is fixed on his computer as he is playing, he might legitimately claim to have copyright over his performance as a derivative work. (He could claim that the game play was just entering copyrightable information into his computer and fixing it through the game into a copyrightable medium.) \\n If Faker's performance is fixed at Riot's server, Riot might hold the copyright to it (again, a fixed record of a performance is copyrightable, not the performance itself). \\n Finally, if Faker's performance is fixed when it is actually shown on the spectators computer, then the spectator would own that spectate stream (if they are adding enough originality to make it a derivative work)\",\n \"Summary: Exempting religions from taxes does not violate the establishment clause (although picking one religion to give benefits to would be a violation).\\n\\nPost: The \\\"respecting an establishment of religion\\\" was added to prevent state-sponsored churches (Virginia had a state religion until 1786). Some minority religions (e.g. Baptists) had been discriminated against because of state-religion, and managed (along with James Madison) to make sure there was a provision in the constitution prohibiting a national federal religion - this was the establishment clause. \\n So the establishment clause was never written to prevent government from making special rules for religions/churches. It was intended to prevent the government from picking a single religion over others (this was referred to as \\\"establishment of religion\\\").\",\n \"Summary: You can patent a mere idea as long as you can explain it enough that a competent person could build it. \\n Edit: Formatting.\\n\\nPost: Actual patent attorney here. This is a very common misconception about patents, but isn't the way the system actually works. \\n The way the patent system actually functions, patents do protect ideas, not actual products. The confusion here is with what the law states versus the actual requirements and outcomes under the law. (Also, with a few limited exceptions, modern patent law has never required that you actually have a working product. This is just [wrong]( \\n There are several doctrines that ostensibly deal with this in patent law: Usefulness, Written Description/Enablement, and (until the latest patent reform act) Best Mode. These get pretty complex, but I will give a very brief overview of why the actual implementation of these rules does not prevent the patenting of ideas: \\n \\n [Utility]( Basically this requirement just means that the idea has to actually do something. Practically, the bar is extremely low. You generally only worry about utility with drugs or gene sequences - I have to prove that I actually know of a use for the drug/sequence that I am trying to patent. \\n \\n Enablement/Written Description . The most important point here is that the actual patent can cover an area much broader than the version explained in the patent. You literally just have to explain any possible way that your invention could work. \\n \\n Best Mode of implementing the idea in their patent while keeping an actually useful way of implementing the idea a secret. \\n \\n \\n Example: I know very little about aeronautics, and couldn't build an airplane to save my life; however, if I was the first person to think of a swept airplane wing, it would likely only take me a few hours of research to come up with enough detail to write the patent. Furthermore, I would probably be able to meet the Enablement requirement simply by saying something to the effect of: \\\"mount a wing on a pivot perpendicular to the face of the wing actuated by a stepper motor. The stepper motor is controlled by a sensor measuring relative air speed.\\\" \\n Based on this description, I could plausibly patent the (extremely broad) ideas of a \\\"wing on a pivot\\\" and the idea of \\\"sweeping a wing based on air speed.\\\" As long as an ordinary aeronautics engineer could get my description to work on any plane in any way, it is sufficient for a patent - even if nobody in their right mind would ever practically design a swept wing this way. Best Mode would not come in to play here, because this is the best way I know of making a swept wing work - it doesn't matter that it is practically useless and there are a million better ways to make it work out. \\n So what BornAgainNewsTroll says below is basically true - in most cases if you pass novelty and obviousness, you are going to get a patent.\",\n \"Summary: I ran the numbers and got BOTRK+IE=559, IE+PD=564\\n\\nPost: I think you left off the +10 ad for the vamp... Also I wasn't sure where the extra 10% AS was coming from in your IE+PD calculations \\n I just ran the numbers adding 10 bonus ad for IE+PD and removing the extra .1 AS. I agree with your numbers for BotRK + IE, but the changes to IE+PD gives me an average hit of 386 and an average DPS of 564.\",\n \"Summary: After the soft cap, Bitcoin will have almost double the issuance rate of Dogecoin for two years, making it the real inflationary currency. \\n EDIT: Formatting\\n\\nPost: I started writing a long economic analysis of why the decision to issue coins after the cap was not actually going to cause inflation, but then I realized there was an even easier way to show shibes why the barking over the soft cap is overblown... \\n By Jan of 2015, we will reach the soft cap. After the soft cap, the issuance of new dogecoin will be a fixed quantity (about 5.25 Billion Doge per year). In 2015 this issuance of new dogecoin will represent a little over 5% of outstanding dogecoin. In 2015, bitcoin will issue new coin representing ~10% of outstanding bitcoin . In 2016, the issuance of new doge coin will represent around 5% of outstanding. Bitcoin will issue new coins totaling 9% of outstanding Bitcoin. \\n In a simplified form (% is new coins issued as a % of total supply): \\n \\n 2015 Dogecoin Adds ~5.1% Bitcoin Adds ~10% \\n \\n 2016 Dogecoin Adds ~4.9% Bitcoin Adds ~9% \\n \\n 2017 Dogecoin Adds ~4.6% Bitcoin Adds ~4.2% \\n 2018 Dogecoin Adds ~4.4% Bitcoin Adds ~4% \\n 2019 Dogecoin Adds ~4.2% Bitcoin Adds ~3.9% \\n 2020 Dogecoin Adds ~4.1% Bitcoin Adds ~3.7% \\n \\n It is not until 2021 that the rate of issuance of new Bitcoin drops significantly below the rate of issuance of new Dogecoin. Until 2017, Bitcoin will be minting new currency almost twice as fast as Doge coin. \\n To put that another way, Bitcoin will be \\\"inflating\\\" their currency almost twice as much as Dogecoin until 2017, and will be issuing about the same percentage of new coins until 2021! To put that in perspective, Bitcoin was only invented in 2009. \\n By 2021, the crypto landscape will be inconceivably different. The coin (or combination of coins) that have \\\"made it\\\" (to the moon) as currency will be worth so much that a small fixed issuance rate will have almost no effect on the value of the coin (real inflation does not occur unless the issuance rate is greater than the growth rate of the economy). \\n In the short term, Bitcoin will be issuing coins (devaluing their currency) almost twice as fast as Dogecoin. Two years are half-of-forever in crypto... until 2017, Bitcoin will be the real \\\"inflationary currency.\\\"\",\n \"Summary: Riot should nerf Trist's jump so that she can't jump within 1.5 sec of receiving damage instead of just adding more generic stat nerfs.\\n\\nPost: I feel like the Tristana nerf on the PBE is exactly the wrong solution to the current Trist ADC Meta. It hits the core of who she is - a late game damage dealer - and weakens her without making her more interesting or trying to add any counterplay. \\n Trist's strengths are: \\n \\n 1) Long AA Range at 18 \\n 2) Bursts of High Attack Speed \\n 3) Huge Mobility and Self-peel \\n \\n The new PBE update is a significant nerf to #2 - this affects her core AA damage and the crazy AS burst playstyle. I don't think this is a good way to go, insofar as it isn't really gating her damage or adding counterplay - it is just making her generically weaker without making her more fun to play or play against. \\n What about #3? ...the number-one complaint I hear about Trist isn't even her damage - it is her jump: that there is no real counterplay for characters without gap closers. \\n So my proposed nerf - instead of just a generic damage nerf, add limitations to her jump. For example, make it so she can't jump until she is out of combat for 1.5 seconds. \\n This would preserve her mobility, but would get rid of her easy escape. It would allow great Trist players to use it to engage and reposition, but would much more allow counterplay - you hit her, and she can't just jump away. \\n I clearly just made up 1.5 seconds, but what does reddit think? I feel like this would dramatically decrease her OPness and safety during teamfights without just making her generically weaker. \\n (Other potential nerfs to her jump could be: her jump damages herself (like a real rocket jump); or she can ONLY jump when within melee range of an enemy)\"\n]","isConversational":false},"profile_size":{"kind":"number","value":15,"string":"15"},"task":{"kind":"string","value":"longlamp_4"},"split_kind":{"kind":"string","value":"user_based"},"id":{"kind":"number","value":1095,"string":"1,095"}}},{"rowIdx":1096,"cells":{"question_id":{"kind":"string","value":"NoOnesAnonymous"},"question":{"kind":"string","value":"Generate the content for a reddit post Parents don't want their kids. So sad..."},"answer":{"kind":"string","value":"The relationship between education and income and parenting is, sadly, very strong. When I worked as a cashier, I used to guess who would pay with food stamps based on how they treated their children.Although I did see low-income families who were good with their kids, smacking/screaming at children was a stronger indicator of poverty than almost anything else I saw. \n The saddest incident for me was when I was working at a Super-WalMart .A girl around 9 approached me to say she couldn't find her parents. She was the sweetest little girl, she'd been taught in school what to do when lost. We paged the parents and there was no response after 3 pages and 30 minutes. The girl had their cell phone - they actually answered and said they weren't coming to get her to \"teach her a lesson.\" We called the police and eventually located the parents in the large store - they still refused to come to the front to get the kid until the police threatened to charge them with child abandonment. By this time, nearly 2 hours had passed. The whole time the girl was quiet and well-behaved. When they finally came up, they proceeded to scream at the kid for getting lost. The police officer kept trying to tell the kid she did good, did all the right things. As the parents walked away, the woman turned to me and said, \"do you want a free kid? She's such a pain in the ass, I wish I could just get rid of her.\" I was just so shocked I didn't know what to say."},"correct_answer":{"kind":"string","value":"The relationship between education and income and parenting is, sadly, very strong. When I worked as a cashier, I used to guess who would pay with food stamps based on how they treated their children.Although I did see low-income families who were good with their kids, smacking/screaming at children was a stronger indicator of poverty than almost anything else I saw. \n The saddest incident for me was when I was working at a Super-WalMart .A girl around 9 approached me to say she couldn't find her parents. She was the sweetest little girl, she'd been taught in school what to do when lost. We paged the parents and there was no response after 3 pages and 30 minutes. The girl had their cell phone - they actually answered and said they weren't coming to get her to \"teach her a lesson.\" We called the police and eventually located the parents in the large store - they still refused to come to the front to get the kid until the police threatened to charge them with child abandonment. By this time, nearly 2 hours had passed. The whole time the girl was quiet and well-behaved. When they finally came up, they proceeded to scream at the kid for getting lost. The police officer kept trying to tell the kid she did good, did all the right things. As the parents walked away, the woman turned to me and said, \"do you want a free kid? She's such a pain in the ass, I wish I could just get rid of her.\" I was just so shocked I didn't know what to say."},"documents":{"kind":"list like","value":["Summary: there are a lot of jerks on Reddit.\n\nPost: There seems to be a lot of stupid downvoting of people in this thread who shared their battle with depression, and I can't figure it out either. I upvoted you and all the others. I've been annoyed with this sub for a while, but I think the stupidity that is going on in this thread just might be the last straw. Honestly, there is a possibility that somebody sharing their experience and getting downvoted is still depressed and who knows what might send someone over the line.","Summary: gave the only black kid in a group chicken and watermelon with the comment \"this food is for a kid like you.\"\n\nPost: I'm always a bit oblivious about stuff like that (white person here), and even though I've heard the stereotypes I often forget them. Once I was at a gathering of entirely white people with the exception of one (white) lady who had a black or mixed race son. He was about 3 years old, and the youngest kid there by a long shot. Me, trying to be helpful to the pregnant mom who seemed flustered, looked over the food comprised mostly of fancy casseroles for something a pre-schooler might actually wanna eat. \n I came up with the 2 things on the table that I deemed likely to be popular with a kid: fried chicken and watermelon. I offered the plate to him with the sentence, \"here, these look like something a little boy like you would want to eat.\" Half a dozen people, including the kids' mom, look at me like I'm evil. I saw the looks, but all I could think was they were worried he would choke on the bones. So I say to the mom, oh, I'm sorry, do you want me to take the meat off the bones for him? She just glares and steers him away. I turned to my husband who'd watched the whole thing, and (still oblivious) commented on how I didn't think about the choking on the bones. He pulls me aside and is like, \"no babe, black people, fried chicken, watermelon? And then you said 'this food is good for a boy like you.'\" \n Ohhhhhhh. Fuck.","Summary: since marriage in today's society has become so much of a legal institution, I think the only way to avoid discrimination against gays, (and thus the only ethical option) is a federal-level law allowing gays and lesbians to get the exact same marriage licenses straights get.\n\nPost: there needs to be a clear difference between the church and the state when it comes to marriage. \n >The rights of a minority should not be voted upon by the majority. \n I agree with you on both these points, and while I have wondered whether the government should ever have gotten involved with marriage to begin with, I think that a marriage license is essentially a short-cut that defines a specific legal relationship -- a legal contract -- that tells the government exactly how you view that partner when it comes to a LOT of legal decisions, like inheritance at death, who gets to make medical decisions when you are not capable, and division of property and custody of children if the relationship ends. \n I am a fairly conservative Christian but I support gay marriage because I think it's wrong to impose my beliefs on others. As for the marriage vs. civil unions, I reluctantly find myself having to support marriage because of the legal institution it has become. \n In my perfect world, marriage would have always been a holy, religious institution of churches, with no applicable laws or special government treatment. Those licenses issued by the government would always have been called something different (like, civil union) and they would be issued without discrimination to any adults who wanted them. But (","Summary: don't try to spend the holidays with your family.\n\nPost: Kids pick the worst time to poop. Recent flight, we changed our son's diaper right before boarding. When did he decide to poop? You guessed it, as soon as we'd gotten on the plane. Unfortunately, this also happened to be the one flight of our entire trip when my husband and I had seats that were not right next to each other, and with another person right beside me, I didn't have space to change him on my lap. I decided to wait til everyone was seated, then try to go to the incredibly small bathroom in the back. \n As soon as most people were on board and the aisle was clear, I rushed to the back, only to be told that we were about to take off, and I needed to return to my seat. The flight attendant refused to be persuaded by my statement that my son would be stinking up the entire plane until he was changed. So I went back to my seat. We sat on the runway for 45 fucking minutes, with us getting increasingly hostile stares from the people around. I wish I was exaggerating about the time. After an hour, I started to notice the poop leaking out of his diaper and forming a big wet, gooey spot on his pants. We hadn't yet reached \"cruising altitude\" where they turn off the seatbelt lights, but I decided it was time to get stubborn. \n I dragged my child and the diaper bag to the rear of the plane, showed the flight attendant the gooey spot, and informed her I would be changing my child now no matter what. She looked pissed, but then the smell hit her and she was silent. The \"changing table\" was 18 inches long. (FYI, this is shorter than 95% of all newborns.) My 9 month old is 2 1/2 feet (30 inches) tall. It was also impossible to fit me, the kid and the diaper bag in the small bathroom and close the door. So I leave the door open, the diaper bag outside, and place the top half of my child's body on the changing table while the smell continues to permeate the entire cabin. I'm desperately trying to clean the poop off his butt while also preventing him from sliding into the wall 2 inches away and smearing poop all over the wall. I've just managed to clean it all and wrap the clothes and dirty diaper and wipes in separate plastic bags, and am moments away from declaring success when...he decides it would be the perfect time to release a fountain of pee. Thanks to the tight quarters, I can't manuver quickly enough to cover the fountain, and thanks to the turbulence, his pee is everywhere. I hold the baby in the air and wipe him down, wrap him in a diaper, change his clothes, and hand him off to my husband who is waiting in the aisle. As people continue to give us lots of dirty looks, I wipe down the entire bathroom and slink back to my seat.","Summary: Let SIL flip out, it's her problem not yours.\n\nPost: What does your SO think? I'd be inclined to give your child the name you want. (Same thing if it's a boy: she has 3 names! You can have one of them!!) So what if other family members have it? They can deal with it. And why can't cousins have the same name anyways? Lots of other cultures do it. \n Purely anecdotal here, but of the half-dozen or so people I've met who've said, \"my parent's were going to name me [x] but chose my current name because so-and-so was named [x]\" they always seemed bitter about being stuck with a different name than what their parents wanted.","Summary: Largely irrelevant rant.\n\nPost: Just because you think a minor can't see you doesn't mean there isn't a kid watching. My house backs to a public park, and there is a row of bushes along the edge, which is only about 20 feet from my house and back deck. One day there was a birthday party in the park, and halfway through a woman from the party came walking up to the row of bushes, hopped over, looked around, dropped trou, and proceeded to pee. In full view of me and my son who were sitting on my deck. When I yelled at her she was pretty startled, but continued to pee on my property. I was super pissed so I called the cops on her. Now, I'd heard the sex offender thing too, and I wasn't THAT mad, so I just told them she was trespassing on my property. Mostly, I was pissed and grossed out that she decided to come pee on my property when she could have just gone to the gas station that was on the other side of the park...about the same distance as my property. It was OBVIOUS my house was there. Did she seriously think no one was home or did she not even care? Ugh, people sometimes.","Summary: Time to be a man and not a boy-- look beyond just one semester of tuition and think about your long-term future.\n\nPost: You say you need a $12K loan... per semester? So an annual loan of about $25K? And for the next 3 years? You are looking at graduating with $75,000 in debt plus all the interest. I really can't say I'd recommend this, even if you are able to get a loan. I know several students who took on debt thinking they'd get a great job, but thanks to the economy, poor grades, and too many changes of major, they find themselves kicked out of school, $50K in debt, still working minimum wage jobs. And at this point, student loans still don't go away in bankruptcy, and any laws that do get passed will probably not be retroactive. \n Additionally, it's very difficult for students to get loans without parents cosigning. I don't know why you didn't do well in school, but if it was remotely related to anything you did that was irresponsible, I'd worry even more about being able to pay off loans and land a job in the future. \n I can give better advice if you provide some more details. Looking at the school's website, it looks like you are paying out of state tuition. Can you transfer to a school in your home state? That would save you a lot of money. \n Are you planning on working during the school year? Did you do that before, and is that something that impacted your grades? \n My advice is to avoid debt, and do what several others here have suggested: if you have ANY gen ed classes left, take them at a community college. Make sure in advance the credits will transfer to your school. Then, go somewhere you can pay in state tuition. Make a detailed budget, THEN once you know what you need, go to financial aid. Then work hard and get good grades, and maybe you'll qualify for merit-based assistance the following year.","Summary: OP thinks petty theft is not a crime.\n\nPost: particular mental intent: \n I believe you're correct on that... \n they knew the money was not theirs \n they kept the money \n I'm pretty sure that's all the intent you need. \n Sure, you could argue they were \"holding\" the money looking for the true owner. But even if that were their actual intent, explain to me how exactly they would be able to find out who the money belonged to? Impossible. That's why they should have turned the money over to a person of authority such as the police or store management, especially since that's where the true owner of the money would start their search if they had lost it. The police or store management would also be in a position to verify who the original owner was who dropped it by viewing video footage. \n Also, OP said they'd be OK with returning a large amount of money, but that they don't want to give any money to people they don't know...except OP isn't going know the person who lost the money. So basically OP is looking for an excuse to keep the money, and arguing it's OK because it was just a little.","Summary: Don't worry about baby getting enough sleep. \n \n Go tell your wife you're right and her mom is wrong. Just kidding, don't phrase it like that! (even though it's true.) All the breastfeeding websites like kellymom.com support the idea that baby nursing stimulates production, and supplementation harms it. I'd find a local breastfeeding support group, and take your wife -- and her mother -- there (but you have to wait outside, sorry). She's much more likely to listen to other women telling her Mom is wrong than she is to listen to it from you. Also, from a mom's perspective, it's just really nice to hang out with a bunch of other emotional, sleep-deprived new moms who totally understand the fact that you showed up to the group in your maternity pajamas and slippers and start crying every time someone says the word \"breastfeeding\" because they are all in the exact same situation you are. \n \n Oatmeal, oatmeal, oatmeal. Almonds. Apple Juice. Fenugreek supplements. AND LOTS OF WATER. LIKE A TON. Go take her some water right now and tell her what a great mom she is. \n \n \n Good luck to you all!\n\nPost: First, it shouldn't pain you that she lost 10% of her birth weight in 3 days. Very normal, especially for c-section babies (like some of the others mentioned, \"birth weight\" is actually just water weight from all the IV fluids that passed from mom to baby. If your pediatrician is making you feel bad about it, first, ask them if they are using the breast-fed baby growth charts from the WHO (World Health Organization): \n Honestly, I might suggest finding a pediatrician that is more supportive of breast-feeding. When my baby was little, I would go to a breast-feeding support group and observed that women with supportive pediatricians were much less likely to \"need\" to supplement with formula. Breastfeeding sites suggest that only about 3 percent of women are actually unable to produce enough milk, but many more are told that by ignorant pediatricians. I wouldn't worry about the weight loss unless it continues. If you get a 2-week checkup for your baby, she should be back to her birth weight or at least pretty close to it by then, as others have said. \n OK, so: \n \n Your baby is actually probably nursing in her sleep the majority of time she's at the breast. Babies can absolutely \"sleep suck\" or \"dream feed\", so I really wouldn't worry about her sleep. If you change her diaper 12 times a day, and it takes you 15 minutes each time (it probably only takes 5-10 minutes) then you're spending 3 hours a day changing her diaper (it's probably only 1-2 hours, though). That leaves 21-23 hours for sleep. Let's suppose baby is actually awake the entire time she is breastfeeding (also unlikely, but I'm trying to ease your fears), and she breastfeeds for 30 minutes out of every 1.5 hours (I'm also overestimating the time spent at the breast). That still leaves about 15 hours a day spent sleeping. (I know it doesn't feel like that right now!). That's all overstated though just to ease your fears. More likely, she spends about 1 hr in diaper changes, 6 hours at the breast, of which 3 are actually spent sleep sucking. She then gets an additional 13 or so hours of non-breastfeeding sleep. It doesn't feel like 13 hours because it's broken up into 45 minute increments and half of the time you or the wife is holding her anyways, so you're not really getting a break. This leaves you about 4 hours of non-breast, non-diaper changing awake time, of which she spends about 2 hours fussy (if she's easy) or 3 hours crying (if she's difficult).","Summary: I expect police officers to be super-human.\n\nPost: They are cautious and afraid of regular people. \n Very true and I don't entirely blame them, but unfortunately this fear results in a lot of negative and inappropriate behavior on the part of police officers, further perpetuating hostility toward police: \n \n behavior like \"shoot first ask questions later\", which ends up getting innocent people killed \n \n an unnecessarily rude and hostile attitude when approaching people on minor traffic stops and such \n \n arresting/physically assaulting people who make them feel remotely threatened - I've seen individuals who merely expressed verbal disagreement (aka free speech) be arrested for \"interfering\" because the officer was paranoid. \n \n \n I think it is the duty of an officer to NOT be afraid, and to have the personal character that it takes to be a hero (i.e. not be so paranoid), and officer training should teach this, rather than the opposite (they're taught to be afraid if they're not already. \n The reality is this means a few more police officers might end up getting killed, but it also means the lives of civilians will be spared, and that's the duty of a police officer, IMO.","Summary: IMO, continuing ed should be mandatory for all doctors!\n\nPost: I could not agree with you more. I always do the reading and research for myself. When my doctor prescribed a medication, I asked about the safety of it, and she got all insulted, and started giving me the \"trust me I\"m a doctor\" line. Of course I researched before I took it and I was shocked when I learned it was labeled \"pregnancy category D\" by the FDA, with the notice that if a doctor found it necessary to prescribe, patients should be fully informed of the risks involved. \n I confronted her about it the next time I went in, and she started arguing with me about how I couldn't trust conspiracy theories I read online, etc, and how she knew lots of people who'd taken the drug without problems. My retort was that I certainly didn't make a habit of trusting online information, but that this information (about the prescription) was available on all the NIH, FDA, and AMA websites, so I felt it was trustworthy. I went on to explain that I may not be doctor, but I I always read the available studies on everything, and make the best decision possible based on whatever hard evidence may be available, rather than anecdotal tales from anyone, including a doctor. I feel the role of a medical professional is to provide me with information to make educated decisions, rather than making a decision for me. After I finished my rant and cited all the sources where I got the information, she conceded that maybe this was new information that had just been released, and she would check it. She ended up coming back and admitting that I was right, and prescribing me a safer medication. Sigh. \n But what really disturbed me about all this is that the information I was giving her was more than 2 years old. So many less important professions require continuing education classes -- as a paralegal, I have to take 12 hours every year in my field to stay certified; when I worked retail, we had to repeat hazardous material and emergency courses every 12 months. Yet for doctors, there is no legal requirement to stay updated -- it's left totally up to them to be responsible enough to do it, and yet they are the ones who are taking people's lives in their hands, and I find it shocking there is no continuing ed requirement for them. You'd think either the government or the private malpractice insurance companies would have thought of this by now. \n Sorry for the long rant!","Summary: It's all in the approach.\n\nPost: While I feel for her, and would be embarrassed in that situation, it's hard for me to understand why someone would walk into a salon for something like hair removal without doing a little research first. \n For you, I would also wonder why you don't ask in advance if they are able to cut your type of hair, rather than waiting to sit down in a chair - that's not only embarrassing for you, but for the barber as well. \n For example, I have certain dietary restrictions, and when I walk into restaurants, I always ask in advance if there are things I can eat. When I find myself at catered events that don't offer things I can eat, I will usually say something discretely to the host or the kitchen supervisor about the importance of making food available that can be eaten by everyone. I would never, like this woman, go to the newspaper and announce \"I was humiliated because I have allergies.\" In her shoes, if I was going to go to the paper it would be with a different approach, for example: \"I was very disappointed to learn recently that laser treatments for African-Americans are much more limited. I'd like to raise awareness of this, and encourage businesses to invest in technology to treat us, because we can help to boost business.\" \n OK, sorry that was a long rant. \n But,","Summary: Yeast infections can be scary.\n\nPost: I'm at 23 weeks, and thought I might be spotting yesterday, but it was so light I wasn't sure. This morning, there was definitely spotting - again, light, but I'm still panicking. I think the movements I\"m feeling are baby, but movements have also been reduced the last few days, so now I'm starting to worry that the light movements are just gas or muscle twitches. \n *** sort of TMI to follow: \n So for the usual suspects - sort of had sex Friday (didn't succeed in orgasm during, but came afterwards, if that makes sense...). Yard & house work the last two days, but no real heavy lifting, just laundry, raking leaves, etc. Watched a horror movie that got my heart really racing and left me with nightmares. \n My doctor's office doesn't open for an hour, but I plan on driving over there and being there when they open...my doc has tended to be a bit more laid back than I like, and I really want everything checked. \n I want to hear not only reassurance, but also, what should I insist on at the doctors? What exams should I request, etc? We were TTC for almost 3 years, and I don't want to lose this baby just a few weeks before viability. I need tips on everything possible that I should do. Please help... \n UPDATE: Great news, baby is just fine. I however, am thoroughly embarrassed. To my surprise, doctor told me to go straight to Labor and Delivery for an eval. Waiting over there felt like the longest 15 minutes of my life...I read all your posts and tried not to have a panic attack or start crying in the waiting area. Got to the triage room, nurse checked blood pressure, made me give a urine sample, asked all the prelim questions about history of miscarriage, birth defects, while I'm sitting there, asking repeatedly how long before they check for the heartbeat. Again, maybe 10-15 minutes, but it felt like forever. Finally she attached the fetal doppler, heart beat was fine. Whew... after more questions, blood pressure checks, etc., nurse told me to wait for the L&D doc. I ended up waiting for almost an hour, but I was attached to the doppler during that time so I could hear the heartbeat the whole time, which helped. \n Doctor finally came, palpated the uterus, did a vaginal/cervical check, everything is just fine, except (TMI warning )...apparently I have a raging yeast infection that has irritated my vaginal membranes to the point of bleeding. Doctor pulled literally gobs of yeast out of my vagina, and said she could actually see, red, bleeding spots in the vaginal membranes where they were irritated. I had a yeast infection early on, for which the OB prescribed Diflucan. I had declined the diflucan, because it is a high risk drug for birth defects, etc, especially in the first trimester, and asked my OB for topical nyastatin instead, which she gave me. Apparently the nyastatin is not effective enough. So I'll be risking the diflucan. \n Anyways, thank you all for your comments and giving me something to read while I was waiting and trying not to panic.","Summary: I'm really tired and I'd like to stop the night-time feeds and spread out the day feeds, but since he refuses to take in more during each day-time feed, will I be depriving him of necessary nutrition?\n\nPost: OK, so many issues I don't know where to start. Sorry in advance for the wall of text. A bit of background: \n \n 0-6 weeks: on-demand feeding, usually every 1-2 hrs round the clock \n \n 6 weeks - 10 weeks: feeding approx. every 2 hrs, baby usually sleeps from 8 PM til 1 AM or 2 without waking and eats every 2 hrs otherwise. \n \n 10 weeks to 4.5 months: transitioned to feeding pretty consistently every 3 hrs, baby usually sleeps from 8 PM to 2-4 AM without waking. \n \n 4.5 to 6 months: All hell breaks loose. Not sure how much is sleep-related and how much is BFing-related. At six months he is 28 inches/20 lbs, but his weight has been stagnant the last month. Not sure if it's normal leveling out or due to the following issues: \n \n \n ---- Daytime: super-distracted eating. Tried the whole dark/quiet room thing, but he will still be distracted by playing with my nipples/shirt or anything he can feel. Went from routinely drinking 3-4 oz/feed to routine drinking 2 oz. or less (I know the amount because I often do a before/after weight on a newborn scale). He'll frequently push away while I'm still letting down in full force, leaving milk to spray all over. If I try to bring him back to the breast, he'll push away and/or cry. Or laugh because he thinks it's funny. But definitely not latching on. I have to wait at least a full hour before he'll express any interest at all. At first he wouldn't seem hungry until the full 3 hrs had passed, but lately he's been showing signs of hunger at 2 or 2.5 hrs. At first I was trying to delay for 3 hrs, but I've been concerned about his lowered intake, so I've been giving in to his hunger cues at 2 hrs, and not sure if I'm developing bad habits or if he needs it. \n --nighttime: he started waking earlier, first at 1 am then by midnight. Then every 3 hrs the rest of the night. Initially I could sooth him back to sleep with a hand on him, a song, etc, but after a few weeks the wake-ups were full-on, only-soothed-with-boobies level of sobbing. Being tired, I found it easier to give him the boob, thinking it was a phase that would pass quickly. Last night he woke at 11:30 pm, 1 am, 3 am, and 5:30. And then was up for the day at 6:30. His daytime naps have stayed the same through all of this. It's true that the sleep regression coincides with lots of other changes: his increasing ability to roll, loss of swaddling, and introduction of solids. It's also possible after 6 weeks, he's just developed a bad habit of night waking that needs to be broken. But I also wonder if he's trying to make up for lowered daytime intake.","Summary: Thanks, I'm sorry, you're all right, I need to chill the fuck out and go study for the rest of my classes. \n Good luck to all exam-takers this season!\n\nPost: Background: I am a full scholarship student at a top 25 school that I definitely could not afford otherwise. It also happens to be the only law school in my city and I cannot move or transfer at the moment. In order to keep the scholarship no grade can be below 79%. \n I just completed the first examination of my 2L year; 4 questions worth 25% each. Each question on a single separate was in the form of a legal memo: From partner; to associate; re: case ABC. Question 2 asked specific questions about a certain case, say case BBB. Question 3 read, \"Analyze the lower courts' opinion in the previous case\". For some stupid reason, I failed to read the \"re:\" line which read \"re: case CCC\" and answered the entire question by performing a general analysis only of the lower court opinion of case BBB from question 2. I get out of the exam and commented to my classmate about how I had a hard time not being redundant with quesitons 2 and 3 because I'd already discussed the lower court in question 2. The classmate responded, \"What are you talking about? Question 2 was about case BBB and question 3 was about case CCC. It was right on the re: line of the memo.\" \n Oh my God I am a sleep-deprived idiot. Just to be sure the other classmate wasn't pulling my leg, I confirmed with two other friends in the class. \n Has anyone else fucked up this badly? Where do I go from here? I'm at a loss, and also not very motivated to study for my next 3 exams as I realize I'll likely be dropping out. \n UPDATE: Thank you all for listening to my stupid freak-out. The scholarship office just called me back and said that although the official rule is no grade below a 79%, they have a long-standing policy of only terminating scholarships on a case-by-case basis. They will consider the rest of my grades, and may offer me the chance to re-take or even just re-test depending on my other grades. They further said that (although it's not guaranteed) it is \"highly unlikely\" that I would lose my scholarship even if I totally failed, if it's just one course.","Summary: Target blocks online account access due to compromised card data. \n I forgot to find another way to pay amount I validly owe from previous month. \n Overdue amount is reported to credit bureau after 30 days. \n Given that I was at fault, but they also had problems going on, anything I can do?\n\nPost: I hope this is the right sub-reddit for this question, as I didn't see it addressed in your side bar... if not, please direct me to the correct place. \n I have held a Target credit card for just under one year and until Dec. 2013, had made all payments on time. At the end of Nov. 2013, I received a bill for which payment was due on Dec. 12, 2013. I attempted to log on to my account a week or so later, but was unable to do so. I intended to contact Target, but unfortunately, I was scheduled to leave town the next day, and forgot about the payment. I attempted to use the card a few days later and it was declined. Later that same day, I received an email from Target stating that information associated with Target cards had been compromised. I assumed that was the reason my card was declined at the store, forgetting that I had failed to make the Dec. 12 payment. Yesterday, I received an email from Target stating that my account is now over 30 days due and they have reported me to the credit bureau as of Jan. 15. I promptly paid the card over the phone, but I am a little surprised and upset that they reported me to the credit bureau so quickly. \n Is this common practice? Several years ago, I had an unpaid debt I was disputing with a company, and it was not reported to the credit bureaus until 90 days had passed. I am especially surprised, in light of the fact that credit card information was compromised and amounts due were in dispute by many customers, that Target was so eager to report to the bureau so quickly. While in my case, the transactions were my own, and I understand I was at fault for failing to find another method to pay the credit card when I was unable to access the account online, I'm wondering if there is anything I can do about the credit report. Suggestions and opinions please."],"string":"[\n \"Summary: there are a lot of jerks on Reddit.\\n\\nPost: There seems to be a lot of stupid downvoting of people in this thread who shared their battle with depression, and I can't figure it out either. I upvoted you and all the others. I've been annoyed with this sub for a while, but I think the stupidity that is going on in this thread just might be the last straw. Honestly, there is a possibility that somebody sharing their experience and getting downvoted is still depressed and who knows what might send someone over the line.\",\n \"Summary: gave the only black kid in a group chicken and watermelon with the comment \\\"this food is for a kid like you.\\\"\\n\\nPost: I'm always a bit oblivious about stuff like that (white person here), and even though I've heard the stereotypes I often forget them. Once I was at a gathering of entirely white people with the exception of one (white) lady who had a black or mixed race son. He was about 3 years old, and the youngest kid there by a long shot. Me, trying to be helpful to the pregnant mom who seemed flustered, looked over the food comprised mostly of fancy casseroles for something a pre-schooler might actually wanna eat. \\n I came up with the 2 things on the table that I deemed likely to be popular with a kid: fried chicken and watermelon. I offered the plate to him with the sentence, \\\"here, these look like something a little boy like you would want to eat.\\\" Half a dozen people, including the kids' mom, look at me like I'm evil. I saw the looks, but all I could think was they were worried he would choke on the bones. So I say to the mom, oh, I'm sorry, do you want me to take the meat off the bones for him? She just glares and steers him away. I turned to my husband who'd watched the whole thing, and (still oblivious) commented on how I didn't think about the choking on the bones. He pulls me aside and is like, \\\"no babe, black people, fried chicken, watermelon? And then you said 'this food is good for a boy like you.'\\\" \\n Ohhhhhhh. Fuck.\",\n \"Summary: since marriage in today's society has become so much of a legal institution, I think the only way to avoid discrimination against gays, (and thus the only ethical option) is a federal-level law allowing gays and lesbians to get the exact same marriage licenses straights get.\\n\\nPost: there needs to be a clear difference between the church and the state when it comes to marriage. \\n >The rights of a minority should not be voted upon by the majority. \\n I agree with you on both these points, and while I have wondered whether the government should ever have gotten involved with marriage to begin with, I think that a marriage license is essentially a short-cut that defines a specific legal relationship -- a legal contract -- that tells the government exactly how you view that partner when it comes to a LOT of legal decisions, like inheritance at death, who gets to make medical decisions when you are not capable, and division of property and custody of children if the relationship ends. \\n I am a fairly conservative Christian but I support gay marriage because I think it's wrong to impose my beliefs on others. As for the marriage vs. civil unions, I reluctantly find myself having to support marriage because of the legal institution it has become. \\n In my perfect world, marriage would have always been a holy, religious institution of churches, with no applicable laws or special government treatment. Those licenses issued by the government would always have been called something different (like, civil union) and they would be issued without discrimination to any adults who wanted them. But (\",\n \"Summary: don't try to spend the holidays with your family.\\n\\nPost: Kids pick the worst time to poop. Recent flight, we changed our son's diaper right before boarding. When did he decide to poop? You guessed it, as soon as we'd gotten on the plane. Unfortunately, this also happened to be the one flight of our entire trip when my husband and I had seats that were not right next to each other, and with another person right beside me, I didn't have space to change him on my lap. I decided to wait til everyone was seated, then try to go to the incredibly small bathroom in the back. \\n As soon as most people were on board and the aisle was clear, I rushed to the back, only to be told that we were about to take off, and I needed to return to my seat. The flight attendant refused to be persuaded by my statement that my son would be stinking up the entire plane until he was changed. So I went back to my seat. We sat on the runway for 45 fucking minutes, with us getting increasingly hostile stares from the people around. I wish I was exaggerating about the time. After an hour, I started to notice the poop leaking out of his diaper and forming a big wet, gooey spot on his pants. We hadn't yet reached \\\"cruising altitude\\\" where they turn off the seatbelt lights, but I decided it was time to get stubborn. \\n I dragged my child and the diaper bag to the rear of the plane, showed the flight attendant the gooey spot, and informed her I would be changing my child now no matter what. She looked pissed, but then the smell hit her and she was silent. The \\\"changing table\\\" was 18 inches long. (FYI, this is shorter than 95% of all newborns.) My 9 month old is 2 1/2 feet (30 inches) tall. It was also impossible to fit me, the kid and the diaper bag in the small bathroom and close the door. So I leave the door open, the diaper bag outside, and place the top half of my child's body on the changing table while the smell continues to permeate the entire cabin. I'm desperately trying to clean the poop off his butt while also preventing him from sliding into the wall 2 inches away and smearing poop all over the wall. I've just managed to clean it all and wrap the clothes and dirty diaper and wipes in separate plastic bags, and am moments away from declaring success when...he decides it would be the perfect time to release a fountain of pee. Thanks to the tight quarters, I can't manuver quickly enough to cover the fountain, and thanks to the turbulence, his pee is everywhere. I hold the baby in the air and wipe him down, wrap him in a diaper, change his clothes, and hand him off to my husband who is waiting in the aisle. As people continue to give us lots of dirty looks, I wipe down the entire bathroom and slink back to my seat.\",\n \"Summary: Let SIL flip out, it's her problem not yours.\\n\\nPost: What does your SO think? I'd be inclined to give your child the name you want. (Same thing if it's a boy: she has 3 names! You can have one of them!!) So what if other family members have it? They can deal with it. And why can't cousins have the same name anyways? Lots of other cultures do it. \\n Purely anecdotal here, but of the half-dozen or so people I've met who've said, \\\"my parent's were going to name me [x] but chose my current name because so-and-so was named [x]\\\" they always seemed bitter about being stuck with a different name than what their parents wanted.\",\n \"Summary: Largely irrelevant rant.\\n\\nPost: Just because you think a minor can't see you doesn't mean there isn't a kid watching. My house backs to a public park, and there is a row of bushes along the edge, which is only about 20 feet from my house and back deck. One day there was a birthday party in the park, and halfway through a woman from the party came walking up to the row of bushes, hopped over, looked around, dropped trou, and proceeded to pee. In full view of me and my son who were sitting on my deck. When I yelled at her she was pretty startled, but continued to pee on my property. I was super pissed so I called the cops on her. Now, I'd heard the sex offender thing too, and I wasn't THAT mad, so I just told them she was trespassing on my property. Mostly, I was pissed and grossed out that she decided to come pee on my property when she could have just gone to the gas station that was on the other side of the park...about the same distance as my property. It was OBVIOUS my house was there. Did she seriously think no one was home or did she not even care? Ugh, people sometimes.\",\n \"Summary: Time to be a man and not a boy-- look beyond just one semester of tuition and think about your long-term future.\\n\\nPost: You say you need a $12K loan... per semester? So an annual loan of about $25K? And for the next 3 years? You are looking at graduating with $75,000 in debt plus all the interest. I really can't say I'd recommend this, even if you are able to get a loan. I know several students who took on debt thinking they'd get a great job, but thanks to the economy, poor grades, and too many changes of major, they find themselves kicked out of school, $50K in debt, still working minimum wage jobs. And at this point, student loans still don't go away in bankruptcy, and any laws that do get passed will probably not be retroactive. \\n Additionally, it's very difficult for students to get loans without parents cosigning. I don't know why you didn't do well in school, but if it was remotely related to anything you did that was irresponsible, I'd worry even more about being able to pay off loans and land a job in the future. \\n I can give better advice if you provide some more details. Looking at the school's website, it looks like you are paying out of state tuition. Can you transfer to a school in your home state? That would save you a lot of money. \\n Are you planning on working during the school year? Did you do that before, and is that something that impacted your grades? \\n My advice is to avoid debt, and do what several others here have suggested: if you have ANY gen ed classes left, take them at a community college. Make sure in advance the credits will transfer to your school. Then, go somewhere you can pay in state tuition. Make a detailed budget, THEN once you know what you need, go to financial aid. Then work hard and get good grades, and maybe you'll qualify for merit-based assistance the following year.\",\n \"Summary: OP thinks petty theft is not a crime.\\n\\nPost: particular mental intent: \\n I believe you're correct on that... \\n they knew the money was not theirs \\n they kept the money \\n I'm pretty sure that's all the intent you need. \\n Sure, you could argue they were \\\"holding\\\" the money looking for the true owner. But even if that were their actual intent, explain to me how exactly they would be able to find out who the money belonged to? Impossible. That's why they should have turned the money over to a person of authority such as the police or store management, especially since that's where the true owner of the money would start their search if they had lost it. The police or store management would also be in a position to verify who the original owner was who dropped it by viewing video footage. \\n Also, OP said they'd be OK with returning a large amount of money, but that they don't want to give any money to people they don't know...except OP isn't going know the person who lost the money. So basically OP is looking for an excuse to keep the money, and arguing it's OK because it was just a little.\",\n \"Summary: Don't worry about baby getting enough sleep. \\n \\n Go tell your wife you're right and her mom is wrong. Just kidding, don't phrase it like that! (even though it's true.) All the breastfeeding websites like kellymom.com support the idea that baby nursing stimulates production, and supplementation harms it. I'd find a local breastfeeding support group, and take your wife -- and her mother -- there (but you have to wait outside, sorry). She's much more likely to listen to other women telling her Mom is wrong than she is to listen to it from you. Also, from a mom's perspective, it's just really nice to hang out with a bunch of other emotional, sleep-deprived new moms who totally understand the fact that you showed up to the group in your maternity pajamas and slippers and start crying every time someone says the word \\\"breastfeeding\\\" because they are all in the exact same situation you are. \\n \\n Oatmeal, oatmeal, oatmeal. Almonds. Apple Juice. Fenugreek supplements. AND LOTS OF WATER. LIKE A TON. Go take her some water right now and tell her what a great mom she is. \\n \\n \\n Good luck to you all!\\n\\nPost: First, it shouldn't pain you that she lost 10% of her birth weight in 3 days. Very normal, especially for c-section babies (like some of the others mentioned, \\\"birth weight\\\" is actually just water weight from all the IV fluids that passed from mom to baby. If your pediatrician is making you feel bad about it, first, ask them if they are using the breast-fed baby growth charts from the WHO (World Health Organization): \\n Honestly, I might suggest finding a pediatrician that is more supportive of breast-feeding. When my baby was little, I would go to a breast-feeding support group and observed that women with supportive pediatricians were much less likely to \\\"need\\\" to supplement with formula. Breastfeeding sites suggest that only about 3 percent of women are actually unable to produce enough milk, but many more are told that by ignorant pediatricians. I wouldn't worry about the weight loss unless it continues. If you get a 2-week checkup for your baby, she should be back to her birth weight or at least pretty close to it by then, as others have said. \\n OK, so: \\n \\n Your baby is actually probably nursing in her sleep the majority of time she's at the breast. Babies can absolutely \\\"sleep suck\\\" or \\\"dream feed\\\", so I really wouldn't worry about her sleep. If you change her diaper 12 times a day, and it takes you 15 minutes each time (it probably only takes 5-10 minutes) then you're spending 3 hours a day changing her diaper (it's probably only 1-2 hours, though). That leaves 21-23 hours for sleep. Let's suppose baby is actually awake the entire time she is breastfeeding (also unlikely, but I'm trying to ease your fears), and she breastfeeds for 30 minutes out of every 1.5 hours (I'm also overestimating the time spent at the breast). That still leaves about 15 hours a day spent sleeping. (I know it doesn't feel like that right now!). That's all overstated though just to ease your fears. More likely, she spends about 1 hr in diaper changes, 6 hours at the breast, of which 3 are actually spent sleep sucking. She then gets an additional 13 or so hours of non-breastfeeding sleep. It doesn't feel like 13 hours because it's broken up into 45 minute increments and half of the time you or the wife is holding her anyways, so you're not really getting a break. This leaves you about 4 hours of non-breast, non-diaper changing awake time, of which she spends about 2 hours fussy (if she's easy) or 3 hours crying (if she's difficult).\",\n \"Summary: I expect police officers to be super-human.\\n\\nPost: They are cautious and afraid of regular people. \\n Very true and I don't entirely blame them, but unfortunately this fear results in a lot of negative and inappropriate behavior on the part of police officers, further perpetuating hostility toward police: \\n \\n behavior like \\\"shoot first ask questions later\\\", which ends up getting innocent people killed \\n \\n an unnecessarily rude and hostile attitude when approaching people on minor traffic stops and such \\n \\n arresting/physically assaulting people who make them feel remotely threatened - I've seen individuals who merely expressed verbal disagreement (aka free speech) be arrested for \\\"interfering\\\" because the officer was paranoid. \\n \\n \\n I think it is the duty of an officer to NOT be afraid, and to have the personal character that it takes to be a hero (i.e. not be so paranoid), and officer training should teach this, rather than the opposite (they're taught to be afraid if they're not already. \\n The reality is this means a few more police officers might end up getting killed, but it also means the lives of civilians will be spared, and that's the duty of a police officer, IMO.\",\n \"Summary: IMO, continuing ed should be mandatory for all doctors!\\n\\nPost: I could not agree with you more. I always do the reading and research for myself. When my doctor prescribed a medication, I asked about the safety of it, and she got all insulted, and started giving me the \\\"trust me I\\\"m a doctor\\\" line. Of course I researched before I took it and I was shocked when I learned it was labeled \\\"pregnancy category D\\\" by the FDA, with the notice that if a doctor found it necessary to prescribe, patients should be fully informed of the risks involved. \\n I confronted her about it the next time I went in, and she started arguing with me about how I couldn't trust conspiracy theories I read online, etc, and how she knew lots of people who'd taken the drug without problems. My retort was that I certainly didn't make a habit of trusting online information, but that this information (about the prescription) was available on all the NIH, FDA, and AMA websites, so I felt it was trustworthy. I went on to explain that I may not be doctor, but I I always read the available studies on everything, and make the best decision possible based on whatever hard evidence may be available, rather than anecdotal tales from anyone, including a doctor. I feel the role of a medical professional is to provide me with information to make educated decisions, rather than making a decision for me. After I finished my rant and cited all the sources where I got the information, she conceded that maybe this was new information that had just been released, and she would check it. She ended up coming back and admitting that I was right, and prescribing me a safer medication. Sigh. \\n But what really disturbed me about all this is that the information I was giving her was more than 2 years old. So many less important professions require continuing education classes -- as a paralegal, I have to take 12 hours every year in my field to stay certified; when I worked retail, we had to repeat hazardous material and emergency courses every 12 months. Yet for doctors, there is no legal requirement to stay updated -- it's left totally up to them to be responsible enough to do it, and yet they are the ones who are taking people's lives in their hands, and I find it shocking there is no continuing ed requirement for them. You'd think either the government or the private malpractice insurance companies would have thought of this by now. \\n Sorry for the long rant!\",\n \"Summary: It's all in the approach.\\n\\nPost: While I feel for her, and would be embarrassed in that situation, it's hard for me to understand why someone would walk into a salon for something like hair removal without doing a little research first. \\n For you, I would also wonder why you don't ask in advance if they are able to cut your type of hair, rather than waiting to sit down in a chair - that's not only embarrassing for you, but for the barber as well. \\n For example, I have certain dietary restrictions, and when I walk into restaurants, I always ask in advance if there are things I can eat. When I find myself at catered events that don't offer things I can eat, I will usually say something discretely to the host or the kitchen supervisor about the importance of making food available that can be eaten by everyone. I would never, like this woman, go to the newspaper and announce \\\"I was humiliated because I have allergies.\\\" In her shoes, if I was going to go to the paper it would be with a different approach, for example: \\\"I was very disappointed to learn recently that laser treatments for African-Americans are much more limited. I'd like to raise awareness of this, and encourage businesses to invest in technology to treat us, because we can help to boost business.\\\" \\n OK, sorry that was a long rant. \\n But,\",\n \"Summary: Yeast infections can be scary.\\n\\nPost: I'm at 23 weeks, and thought I might be spotting yesterday, but it was so light I wasn't sure. This morning, there was definitely spotting - again, light, but I'm still panicking. I think the movements I\\\"m feeling are baby, but movements have also been reduced the last few days, so now I'm starting to worry that the light movements are just gas or muscle twitches. \\n *** sort of TMI to follow: \\n So for the usual suspects - sort of had sex Friday (didn't succeed in orgasm during, but came afterwards, if that makes sense...). Yard & house work the last two days, but no real heavy lifting, just laundry, raking leaves, etc. Watched a horror movie that got my heart really racing and left me with nightmares. \\n My doctor's office doesn't open for an hour, but I plan on driving over there and being there when they open...my doc has tended to be a bit more laid back than I like, and I really want everything checked. \\n I want to hear not only reassurance, but also, what should I insist on at the doctors? What exams should I request, etc? We were TTC for almost 3 years, and I don't want to lose this baby just a few weeks before viability. I need tips on everything possible that I should do. Please help... \\n UPDATE: Great news, baby is just fine. I however, am thoroughly embarrassed. To my surprise, doctor told me to go straight to Labor and Delivery for an eval. Waiting over there felt like the longest 15 minutes of my life...I read all your posts and tried not to have a panic attack or start crying in the waiting area. Got to the triage room, nurse checked blood pressure, made me give a urine sample, asked all the prelim questions about history of miscarriage, birth defects, while I'm sitting there, asking repeatedly how long before they check for the heartbeat. Again, maybe 10-15 minutes, but it felt like forever. Finally she attached the fetal doppler, heart beat was fine. Whew... after more questions, blood pressure checks, etc., nurse told me to wait for the L&D doc. I ended up waiting for almost an hour, but I was attached to the doppler during that time so I could hear the heartbeat the whole time, which helped. \\n Doctor finally came, palpated the uterus, did a vaginal/cervical check, everything is just fine, except (TMI warning )...apparently I have a raging yeast infection that has irritated my vaginal membranes to the point of bleeding. Doctor pulled literally gobs of yeast out of my vagina, and said she could actually see, red, bleeding spots in the vaginal membranes where they were irritated. I had a yeast infection early on, for which the OB prescribed Diflucan. I had declined the diflucan, because it is a high risk drug for birth defects, etc, especially in the first trimester, and asked my OB for topical nyastatin instead, which she gave me. Apparently the nyastatin is not effective enough. So I'll be risking the diflucan. \\n Anyways, thank you all for your comments and giving me something to read while I was waiting and trying not to panic.\",\n \"Summary: I'm really tired and I'd like to stop the night-time feeds and spread out the day feeds, but since he refuses to take in more during each day-time feed, will I be depriving him of necessary nutrition?\\n\\nPost: OK, so many issues I don't know where to start. Sorry in advance for the wall of text. A bit of background: \\n \\n 0-6 weeks: on-demand feeding, usually every 1-2 hrs round the clock \\n \\n 6 weeks - 10 weeks: feeding approx. every 2 hrs, baby usually sleeps from 8 PM til 1 AM or 2 without waking and eats every 2 hrs otherwise. \\n \\n 10 weeks to 4.5 months: transitioned to feeding pretty consistently every 3 hrs, baby usually sleeps from 8 PM to 2-4 AM without waking. \\n \\n 4.5 to 6 months: All hell breaks loose. Not sure how much is sleep-related and how much is BFing-related. At six months he is 28 inches/20 lbs, but his weight has been stagnant the last month. Not sure if it's normal leveling out or due to the following issues: \\n \\n \\n ---- Daytime: super-distracted eating. Tried the whole dark/quiet room thing, but he will still be distracted by playing with my nipples/shirt or anything he can feel. Went from routinely drinking 3-4 oz/feed to routine drinking 2 oz. or less (I know the amount because I often do a before/after weight on a newborn scale). He'll frequently push away while I'm still letting down in full force, leaving milk to spray all over. If I try to bring him back to the breast, he'll push away and/or cry. Or laugh because he thinks it's funny. But definitely not latching on. I have to wait at least a full hour before he'll express any interest at all. At first he wouldn't seem hungry until the full 3 hrs had passed, but lately he's been showing signs of hunger at 2 or 2.5 hrs. At first I was trying to delay for 3 hrs, but I've been concerned about his lowered intake, so I've been giving in to his hunger cues at 2 hrs, and not sure if I'm developing bad habits or if he needs it. \\n --nighttime: he started waking earlier, first at 1 am then by midnight. Then every 3 hrs the rest of the night. Initially I could sooth him back to sleep with a hand on him, a song, etc, but after a few weeks the wake-ups were full-on, only-soothed-with-boobies level of sobbing. Being tired, I found it easier to give him the boob, thinking it was a phase that would pass quickly. Last night he woke at 11:30 pm, 1 am, 3 am, and 5:30. And then was up for the day at 6:30. His daytime naps have stayed the same through all of this. It's true that the sleep regression coincides with lots of other changes: his increasing ability to roll, loss of swaddling, and introduction of solids. It's also possible after 6 weeks, he's just developed a bad habit of night waking that needs to be broken. But I also wonder if he's trying to make up for lowered daytime intake.\",\n \"Summary: Thanks, I'm sorry, you're all right, I need to chill the fuck out and go study for the rest of my classes. \\n Good luck to all exam-takers this season!\\n\\nPost: Background: I am a full scholarship student at a top 25 school that I definitely could not afford otherwise. It also happens to be the only law school in my city and I cannot move or transfer at the moment. In order to keep the scholarship no grade can be below 79%. \\n I just completed the first examination of my 2L year; 4 questions worth 25% each. Each question on a single separate was in the form of a legal memo: From partner; to associate; re: case ABC. Question 2 asked specific questions about a certain case, say case BBB. Question 3 read, \\\"Analyze the lower courts' opinion in the previous case\\\". For some stupid reason, I failed to read the \\\"re:\\\" line which read \\\"re: case CCC\\\" and answered the entire question by performing a general analysis only of the lower court opinion of case BBB from question 2. I get out of the exam and commented to my classmate about how I had a hard time not being redundant with quesitons 2 and 3 because I'd already discussed the lower court in question 2. The classmate responded, \\\"What are you talking about? Question 2 was about case BBB and question 3 was about case CCC. It was right on the re: line of the memo.\\\" \\n Oh my God I am a sleep-deprived idiot. Just to be sure the other classmate wasn't pulling my leg, I confirmed with two other friends in the class. \\n Has anyone else fucked up this badly? Where do I go from here? I'm at a loss, and also not very motivated to study for my next 3 exams as I realize I'll likely be dropping out. \\n UPDATE: Thank you all for listening to my stupid freak-out. The scholarship office just called me back and said that although the official rule is no grade below a 79%, they have a long-standing policy of only terminating scholarships on a case-by-case basis. They will consider the rest of my grades, and may offer me the chance to re-take or even just re-test depending on my other grades. They further said that (although it's not guaranteed) it is \\\"highly unlikely\\\" that I would lose my scholarship even if I totally failed, if it's just one course.\",\n \"Summary: Target blocks online account access due to compromised card data. \\n I forgot to find another way to pay amount I validly owe from previous month. \\n Overdue amount is reported to credit bureau after 30 days. \\n Given that I was at fault, but they also had problems going on, anything I can do?\\n\\nPost: I hope this is the right sub-reddit for this question, as I didn't see it addressed in your side bar... if not, please direct me to the correct place. \\n I have held a Target credit card for just under one year and until Dec. 2013, had made all payments on time. At the end of Nov. 2013, I received a bill for which payment was due on Dec. 12, 2013. I attempted to log on to my account a week or so later, but was unable to do so. I intended to contact Target, but unfortunately, I was scheduled to leave town the next day, and forgot about the payment. I attempted to use the card a few days later and it was declined. Later that same day, I received an email from Target stating that information associated with Target cards had been compromised. I assumed that was the reason my card was declined at the store, forgetting that I had failed to make the Dec. 12 payment. Yesterday, I received an email from Target stating that my account is now over 30 days due and they have reported me to the credit bureau as of Jan. 15. I promptly paid the card over the phone, but I am a little surprised and upset that they reported me to the credit bureau so quickly. \\n Is this common practice? Several years ago, I had an unpaid debt I was disputing with a company, and it was not reported to the credit bureaus until 90 days had passed. I am especially surprised, in light of the fact that credit card information was compromised and amounts due were in dispute by many customers, that Target was so eager to report to the bureau so quickly. While in my case, the transactions were my own, and I understand I was at fault for failing to find another method to pay the credit card when I was unable to access the account online, I'm wondering if there is anything I can do about the credit report. Suggestions and opinions please.\"\n]","isConversational":false},"profile_size":{"kind":"number","value":16,"string":"16"},"task":{"kind":"string","value":"longlamp_4"},"split_kind":{"kind":"string","value":"user_based"},"id":{"kind":"number","value":1096,"string":"1,096"}}},{"rowIdx":1097,"cells":{"question_id":{"kind":"string","value":"Andrroid"},"question":{"kind":"string","value":"Generate the content for a reddit post you really shouldn't buy this thing"},"answer":{"kind":"string","value":"If you're up for custom roms, the Kindle Fire is the choice over this refurbished first gen (and quite outdated already) tablet. I'm quite sure they already have CM7 running on the Kindle Fire. \n If you don't plan on running custom roms or you have faith that the bootloader on the NT will eventually get cracked and allow proper custom roms, then spend the extra $50 and grab the NT. Of the 3 it is definitely the best hardware wise. \n If you think she'd like a larger tablet, you could also grab her an HP Touchpad. They go for about $250 I believe and the android development is quite committed. With that said, WebOS on it isn't bad at all."},"correct_answer":{"kind":"string","value":"If you're up for custom roms, the Kindle Fire is the choice over this refurbished first gen (and quite outdated already) tablet. I'm quite sure they already have CM7 running on the Kindle Fire. \n If you don't plan on running custom roms or you have faith that the bootloader on the NT will eventually get cracked and allow proper custom roms, then spend the extra $50 and grab the NT. Of the 3 it is definitely the best hardware wise. \n If you think she'd like a larger tablet, you could also grab her an HP Touchpad. They go for about $250 I believe and the android development is quite committed. With that said, WebOS on it isn't bad at all."},"documents":{"kind":"list like","value":["Summary: knowing Revit is a powerful niche in the industry right now. Now is the time to get ahead of the game. If your school offers a class/seminar in it, jump on that shit.\n\nPost: Fundamentals of Engineering Exam. You need a bachelors from an accredited program to take it (why I haven't taken it yet). Its 8 hours, 4 hours of all the major disciplines, and 4 hours of your discipline. Passing it gives you the title of EIT, Engineer in Training. \n Revit is the future. Many firms still use autocad so we're in a transition period. Revit allows 3D coordination of all the trades; architectural, structural, electrical, mechanical, plumbing. This is imperative to construction engineering. It makes coordination in the later phases of construction much smoother and clients love it. It also presents buildings in a beautiful 3D display and clients love that shit. \n More and more architects are switching to it and engineers are following suit (this is sort of necessary, as its a pain in the dick, albeit doable, to convert Revit -> autocad, and you lose the coordination beauty). Give it 5-10 years and firms that have not adopted Revit will start to die off (the biggest part holding it back is the old timers that cling to Autocad and don't want to learn new software). I expect Autodesk will abandon Autocad altogether in the future as well (they have created 3D drafting/modeling in Autocad, but its nowhere near as powerful as Revit; its basically an interim thing for autocad users).","Summary: the first gen Nexus 7 was a response to the success of Amazon, nothing to do with Apple. \n I am personally hoping the N9 is a flop. $399 for 16gb is a joke. Thats $400 I'd much rather put into a Surface Pro 3. And thats not to mention the fact that the NVIDIA shield tablet is by all rights better bang for buck in that price range.\n\nPost: The only reason why it was 7\" (besides the advantages) was that Apple insisted at the time at standardizing at 10\". \n This isn't why at all. Google had attempted the 10\", direct iPad competition already with the OG Xoom (Google Experience Device) in spring 2011. This was when they first started exploring the tablet OS UI (oh honeycomb). The Xoom was a flop though. In the fall of 2011, Amazon released the first Kindle Fire (7\" at $200) and it was a huge success (B&N released the first Nook Tablet as well but it did not pick up for various reasons. \n The success of the cheaper, 7\" lineup was noted and thus, the summer 2012 Nexus 7. They still attempted to dabble in the 10\" arena in fall of 2012 but the Nexus 10 just didn't have the stamina. In summer 2013, we got the 2nd gen Nexus 7 which was also a huge success.","Summary: you can drop creeping death.\n\nPost: Creeping death is pointless without quetz, whereas quetz can be useful without creeping death. The purpose of creeping death is to extend the length of dots for jade 6 piece harvest, so you get 30 seconds of nuke damage. If you're not bothering with the harvest, you're just relying on the dots to tick over time, in which case, mana provided, you might as well just keep recasting (and with wormwood, you don't need t worry about the mana heavy dot that is locust).","Summary: drop, x-instinct, mindflood...start with synth for free, move on to selling standards for bro-price\n\nPost: I'd suggest starting with synth boosters. Think of them like a gateway drug. They offer very small boosts compared to standards and above and no side effects. Its also a nice, cheap way for you to get started and getting people hooked. They will introduce your young pilots to using them and always having a stash ready to go (never leave your drugs in the ship tho kids, in case you ever want to contract that ship). \n As a former supplier for quite a few alliances, I'd suggest staying away from active tanking boosters like exile and blue pill; the only people that need these are capital pilots and solo pvp duders. \n You guys fly eagles a lot right? Drop will help with tracking. Logi pilots should always be carrying mindflood (+capacitor) and x-instinct (sig radius reduction). Hell, even your eagle pilots will benefit a bit from x-instincts sig radius bonus. Don't bother with sooth/frentix. And lol crash.","Summary: playing jades does not require spamming skills. Tactical application of dots is the key.\n\nPost: It won't restack, it'll just reapply the DoT, just like if you recast haunt or locust. This is actually important to note because you don't want to reapply a DoT if you don't have all your buffs active because the new snapshot will override the previous. \n For instance, if you apply piranhas while you have say Harringtons buff up, then reapply piranhas when the buff goes away, and then harvest, the harvest will be significantly less.","Summary: You can be an introvert and still interact with people.\n\nPost: Why do you have social anxiety? \n I suggest finding something you're interested in and trying to meet other people in that arena. Get out there and meet people. You are likely a great person that someone would enjoy hanging out with. \n As for what I do...I run, hike, ride a motorcycle, play starcraft2, go to bars. And while I am quite an introvert and do a lot of these things alone, I also don't shut myself in and close myself to new people. Get out there and meet people; just be yourself. Its the only way to get over whatever social anxiety you have.","Summary: I don't think Android tablets are worth throwing more than $300 at. And this is coming from an original Xoom owner.\n\nPost: 400 for a 16gb model is awful. $80 more for 32gb is even worse. And no 64gb option is just foolish. \n The simple fact is that Android tablets excel at media consumption. Android simply does not provide a level of production that a full OS can. I'd rather throw $500 at a surface pro 3 than buy a $500 media consumption device. \n Also the shield tablet is just as good as a nexus 9 and cheaper.","Summary: blizz really should take a look at the poison and fire runes to make them worth using when compared to the other runes\n\nPost: Yeah I suppose. The damage right now is sort of like a secondary benefit of the dogs that really just doesn't merit using, given the benefits of leeching dogs or life link, and in some rare cases final gift. \n Either they could increase the damage or make them worth using in some other way. I'd love to see one of them have a thorns related bonus. And to be fair, spirit walk is a defense skill and has umbral shock, 750% for 10 yards when leaving spirit realm.","Summary: hired on the spot due to very specialized nature of my work and vision for the industry future\n\nPost: My current job. \n I was found by a recruiting agency because of my experience/knowledge of Autodesk Revit MEP. I was already in a pretty comfortable job and not looking but the recruiters seemed to indicate that my now boss really needed someone like me. I decided to take the interview and my now boss and I hit it off well. We share a very similar vision as to how the industry is moving and where this company fits into that vision. \n At the end of the interview he offered me the position and said I'd be defining the position over my 6 month contract period through the agency. I told him thats fine but I would want to renegotiation compensation at the end of the contract. All good.","Summary: give it time, it'll come\n\nPost: Manufacturers are slow, but its coming. Motorola actually just sent out an email to motorola customers about some test run that people think might be the ICS build. \n If you want it on your Gtab, i'm pretty certain there's a CM9 rom in development on XDA. Stuff sill broken on it but could give you a taste. The Acer A500 ICS rom is also in development but in its early stages as well, plenty of stuff broken. Ironically the original transformer ICS rom is in pre-alpha and can pretty much only boot up for now. \n The Xoom ICS ROM is very stable though (lucky me), just cameras and a few small things not working (mostly app related). I'm actually using one of the latest nightlies as my regular ROM now.","Summary: people should really educate themselves more, even if they do use 1 click root tools and the other utilities we see more and more.\n\nPost: A few thoughts on one click roots/the easy-mode tools like the Kindle Fire and Galaxy Nexus enjoy. \n First: security. You have no idea what is thrown in these things. Thus you rely on the community identifying threats and otherwise rely on people wanting to uphold their reputations as recognized developers. \n Second: Understanding wtf you're doing. I see so many people say things like \"just root it\" in reply to people complaining about lack of updates or not liking the stock experience. People seem to have lumped root access + custom rom together, as if they can never be exclusive, and this to me, is a result of apps like Rom Manager that require root access. So it becomes 1-click root -> Install Rom Manager -> Flash custom recovery via rom manager -> Download rom -> Flash custom rom via rom manager (obviously it boots to recovery but you get the idea). \n Don't get me wrong, tools like this are great in that they open up Android's capabilities to so many people. Unfortunately it leaves people having no understanding of things like the Android Debugging Bridge or Fastboot, two essential tools, especially for when something goes awry.","Summary: stop worrying about your score, just keep doing what you've been doing\n\nPost: You have a score of 760 and are worried about taking a hit by paying off debt? \n You, like many others, are fixated on your score. Stop. You know how you get good credit? By continuing to do what you've been doing. You should absolutely not buy a car with financing or take on some other such debt to \"build credit\" or \"maintain your score.\" The credit card you use and pay off on time every month is much more important than adding more credit to your record.","Summary: The Mohu Curve 30 is a suitable purchase if you are looking for a no hassle way to grab a few local network channels and the channels you desire are UHF, LOS and in the green section on that site \n edit: Keep in mind this antenna needs a tv with a digital tuner to work. Most modern TVs should have this but just something to be mindful of just in case.\n\nPost: My gf recently expressed interest in having the local network channels so I did some research. After reading [this guide]( I decide to grab the [Mohu Curve 30]( and test it out. \n Per the guide, I checked the signal strengths in the area , WTIC (Fox), WEDH, (PBS) and WVIT (NBC). These four channels all come in perfectly, HD quality, no fuss whatsover. They are all listed as UHF and LOS as well. \n Unfortunately, ABC is on the yellow spectrum. The picture comes in as HD but it freezes/cuts out constantly. I wonder if the Curve 50, which is listed as able to grab up to 50 miles, would be able to improve the quality there. \n Installation was easy as can be. Literally connect coax to antenna, connect to tv, set tv to \"antenna\" and scan for channels. I think it ended up picking up 20 or so channels, but many were either duplicates of the 4 primaries at lower resolution, Spanish channels or simply not reliable quality.","Summary: mimic spiders benefit from simplicity strength, mask of jeram and presumably the new spider queens grasp. Time to test Spirit of Arachyr with grin/moj and a spider queens grasp. \n Edit: I am unsure at this time if Grin Reaper mimc spiders benefit from the Arachyr 6pc bonus.\n\nPost: Today's patch notes have some really interesting changes for us, with special regard to spiders. I wanted to make sure they meant what I thought they meant (with special regards to simplicity strength and mimic spiders benefiting from MoJ) \n The specific notes read: \n \n The Spider Queen summoned by the Spirit of Arachyr (2) Set Bonus now benefits from the +Pet Damage affix \n \n Corpse Spiders - Now benefits from the +Pet Damage affix \n \n Mimics' skill damage now gains bonuses from your items \n \n \n First I tested the Arachyr spider. As the notes indicate, I found he benefits from pet damage affix, so Mask of Jeram is definitely useful. \n I then tested spider queen with grin reaper. I used minimal gear and tested at normal difficulty. I procced grin by using horrify and no other damage skills on my bar. The spider queens started at around 177k damage. I then added a 40% simplicity strength. Critis started hitting 244k-260k. Then I added MoJ. Critis hit up to 600k.","Summary: please post topics about the SGN here: /r/galaxynexus\n\nPost: Its super pretty, very active (obviously) and is ya know, dedicated to the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. Please stop cluttering r/android with questions about this extremely popular device when there is a dedicated subreddit for it. There are literally 4 subscribers for my phone's subreddit; you should be thrilled that there are already almost 500 subscribers to r/Galaxy Nexus.","Summary: cube the cat, run arachyr/chicken, farm machines \n edit: Here is my full build \n I should also note that St. archews are surprisingly useful to surviving long enough to cast all my spells before exploding one last time and running off\n\nPost: So in this patch, [Henri's Perquisition]( was added. It has guaranteed crit chance and has the legendary power: \n \n The first time an enemy deals damage to you, reduce that damage by 60–80% and Charm the enemy for 3 seconds. \n \n I got this pretty early on and used it until I got a zuni offhand (carnevil), chicken offhand (arachyr) and ToTD (helltooth). \n I really wanted to find a purpose for it though. Unfortunately, I have yet to find a real reason to equip the item but yesterday I found a reason to cube it. I had set out to cruise TIX to farm keywardens. I was doing this with a typical manajuma/arachyr chicken build. Unfortunately, the goatmen were destroying me. At the time I was cubing Sacred harvester (no furnace yet). But I realized I didn't really need that and I wasn't keeping the stacks up anyway. Instead, why not use the cat? I am running past most stuff in a blaze to find the keywardens so I'm not staying around for a second shot. \n So I cubed the cat (I will miss the sound it makes). And it works gloriously. I feel damn near invincible and I am farming machines faster than ever.","Summary: Start looking for poison SoJs and strongarm bracers. If you still don't have a Furnace post patch 2.1.2, Wormwood will be new #2 BiS, as opposed to Wrath of the Bone King. \n edit1 - How about Hex - Jinx for that new free slot? It takes monsters out of the fight, works on most elites, and provides 20% extra damage taken. And with all the CDR we stack, we should be able to have it up with little to no down time. \n edit2 - What about Big Bad voodoo for the new free slot? You won't be able to use it as frequently as MC but you'd have 30% increased damage against RG (this is assuming solo, without someone else providing BBV).\n\nPost: Two major changes in the PTR notes that will likely change things up quite a bit for Jade Doctors: \n > Wormwood: \n > Locust Swarm is cast on a nearby enemy every second \n > Now rolls with +20-25% Poison skill damage as one of its four primary affixes \n And \n > Haunt: Grasping Spirit replaced with Poisoned Spirit \n > Haunted enemies take 20% increased damage from all sources \n > Damage type changed from Cold to Poison \n So lets talk about the implications here. \n Currently there are really two runes that people use for locust swarm. One is devouring swarm (for the elemental synergy) and the other is pestilence (spread locust swarm fast). Wormwood essentially provides us with both of these effects from a single staff. And it encompasses the +%element damage that Wrath of the Bone King currently provides, but now with poison. And we get a free active skill slot. \n And then to supplement this further, we now have a poison rune for haunt. My curiosity here will be how it interacts with the poison gem at rank 25. \n Oh and unless drop rates change, Wormwood is currently more common than Wrath of the Bone King (18.x% vs 13.y%).","Summary: Ancient crafted items are going to be very nice alternatives while we search for legendary items (ideally ancient themselves)\n\nPost: I hopped on the test server tonight, anxious to search for a Wormwood staff to work into my Jade build. After a few rift runs and some /r/diablo browsing, I realized I should see if there was a 2H weapon I could craft and attain an upgrade in the form of an ancient version. I crafted 20 Mark of the Magis and got 3 ancients. One of which I enchanted and threw a gift at it: \n [Ancient Mark of the Magi]( \n With this staff I can basically put aside my Wrath of the Bone King and go full poison with the new poison haunt rune."],"string":"[\n \"Summary: knowing Revit is a powerful niche in the industry right now. Now is the time to get ahead of the game. If your school offers a class/seminar in it, jump on that shit.\\n\\nPost: Fundamentals of Engineering Exam. You need a bachelors from an accredited program to take it (why I haven't taken it yet). Its 8 hours, 4 hours of all the major disciplines, and 4 hours of your discipline. Passing it gives you the title of EIT, Engineer in Training. \\n Revit is the future. Many firms still use autocad so we're in a transition period. Revit allows 3D coordination of all the trades; architectural, structural, electrical, mechanical, plumbing. This is imperative to construction engineering. It makes coordination in the later phases of construction much smoother and clients love it. It also presents buildings in a beautiful 3D display and clients love that shit. \\n More and more architects are switching to it and engineers are following suit (this is sort of necessary, as its a pain in the dick, albeit doable, to convert Revit -> autocad, and you lose the coordination beauty). Give it 5-10 years and firms that have not adopted Revit will start to die off (the biggest part holding it back is the old timers that cling to Autocad and don't want to learn new software). I expect Autodesk will abandon Autocad altogether in the future as well (they have created 3D drafting/modeling in Autocad, but its nowhere near as powerful as Revit; its basically an interim thing for autocad users).\",\n \"Summary: the first gen Nexus 7 was a response to the success of Amazon, nothing to do with Apple. \\n I am personally hoping the N9 is a flop. $399 for 16gb is a joke. Thats $400 I'd much rather put into a Surface Pro 3. And thats not to mention the fact that the NVIDIA shield tablet is by all rights better bang for buck in that price range.\\n\\nPost: The only reason why it was 7\\\" (besides the advantages) was that Apple insisted at the time at standardizing at 10\\\". \\n This isn't why at all. Google had attempted the 10\\\", direct iPad competition already with the OG Xoom (Google Experience Device) in spring 2011. This was when they first started exploring the tablet OS UI (oh honeycomb). The Xoom was a flop though. In the fall of 2011, Amazon released the first Kindle Fire (7\\\" at $200) and it was a huge success (B&N released the first Nook Tablet as well but it did not pick up for various reasons. \\n The success of the cheaper, 7\\\" lineup was noted and thus, the summer 2012 Nexus 7. They still attempted to dabble in the 10\\\" arena in fall of 2012 but the Nexus 10 just didn't have the stamina. In summer 2013, we got the 2nd gen Nexus 7 which was also a huge success.\",\n \"Summary: you can drop creeping death.\\n\\nPost: Creeping death is pointless without quetz, whereas quetz can be useful without creeping death. The purpose of creeping death is to extend the length of dots for jade 6 piece harvest, so you get 30 seconds of nuke damage. If you're not bothering with the harvest, you're just relying on the dots to tick over time, in which case, mana provided, you might as well just keep recasting (and with wormwood, you don't need t worry about the mana heavy dot that is locust).\",\n \"Summary: drop, x-instinct, mindflood...start with synth for free, move on to selling standards for bro-price\\n\\nPost: I'd suggest starting with synth boosters. Think of them like a gateway drug. They offer very small boosts compared to standards and above and no side effects. Its also a nice, cheap way for you to get started and getting people hooked. They will introduce your young pilots to using them and always having a stash ready to go (never leave your drugs in the ship tho kids, in case you ever want to contract that ship). \\n As a former supplier for quite a few alliances, I'd suggest staying away from active tanking boosters like exile and blue pill; the only people that need these are capital pilots and solo pvp duders. \\n You guys fly eagles a lot right? Drop will help with tracking. Logi pilots should always be carrying mindflood (+capacitor) and x-instinct (sig radius reduction). Hell, even your eagle pilots will benefit a bit from x-instincts sig radius bonus. Don't bother with sooth/frentix. And lol crash.\",\n \"Summary: playing jades does not require spamming skills. Tactical application of dots is the key.\\n\\nPost: It won't restack, it'll just reapply the DoT, just like if you recast haunt or locust. This is actually important to note because you don't want to reapply a DoT if you don't have all your buffs active because the new snapshot will override the previous. \\n For instance, if you apply piranhas while you have say Harringtons buff up, then reapply piranhas when the buff goes away, and then harvest, the harvest will be significantly less.\",\n \"Summary: You can be an introvert and still interact with people.\\n\\nPost: Why do you have social anxiety? \\n I suggest finding something you're interested in and trying to meet other people in that arena. Get out there and meet people. You are likely a great person that someone would enjoy hanging out with. \\n As for what I do...I run, hike, ride a motorcycle, play starcraft2, go to bars. And while I am quite an introvert and do a lot of these things alone, I also don't shut myself in and close myself to new people. Get out there and meet people; just be yourself. Its the only way to get over whatever social anxiety you have.\",\n \"Summary: I don't think Android tablets are worth throwing more than $300 at. And this is coming from an original Xoom owner.\\n\\nPost: 400 for a 16gb model is awful. $80 more for 32gb is even worse. And no 64gb option is just foolish. \\n The simple fact is that Android tablets excel at media consumption. Android simply does not provide a level of production that a full OS can. I'd rather throw $500 at a surface pro 3 than buy a $500 media consumption device. \\n Also the shield tablet is just as good as a nexus 9 and cheaper.\",\n \"Summary: blizz really should take a look at the poison and fire runes to make them worth using when compared to the other runes\\n\\nPost: Yeah I suppose. The damage right now is sort of like a secondary benefit of the dogs that really just doesn't merit using, given the benefits of leeching dogs or life link, and in some rare cases final gift. \\n Either they could increase the damage or make them worth using in some other way. I'd love to see one of them have a thorns related bonus. And to be fair, spirit walk is a defense skill and has umbral shock, 750% for 10 yards when leaving spirit realm.\",\n \"Summary: hired on the spot due to very specialized nature of my work and vision for the industry future\\n\\nPost: My current job. \\n I was found by a recruiting agency because of my experience/knowledge of Autodesk Revit MEP. I was already in a pretty comfortable job and not looking but the recruiters seemed to indicate that my now boss really needed someone like me. I decided to take the interview and my now boss and I hit it off well. We share a very similar vision as to how the industry is moving and where this company fits into that vision. \\n At the end of the interview he offered me the position and said I'd be defining the position over my 6 month contract period through the agency. I told him thats fine but I would want to renegotiation compensation at the end of the contract. All good.\",\n \"Summary: give it time, it'll come\\n\\nPost: Manufacturers are slow, but its coming. Motorola actually just sent out an email to motorola customers about some test run that people think might be the ICS build. \\n If you want it on your Gtab, i'm pretty certain there's a CM9 rom in development on XDA. Stuff sill broken on it but could give you a taste. The Acer A500 ICS rom is also in development but in its early stages as well, plenty of stuff broken. Ironically the original transformer ICS rom is in pre-alpha and can pretty much only boot up for now. \\n The Xoom ICS ROM is very stable though (lucky me), just cameras and a few small things not working (mostly app related). I'm actually using one of the latest nightlies as my regular ROM now.\",\n \"Summary: people should really educate themselves more, even if they do use 1 click root tools and the other utilities we see more and more.\\n\\nPost: A few thoughts on one click roots/the easy-mode tools like the Kindle Fire and Galaxy Nexus enjoy. \\n First: security. You have no idea what is thrown in these things. Thus you rely on the community identifying threats and otherwise rely on people wanting to uphold their reputations as recognized developers. \\n Second: Understanding wtf you're doing. I see so many people say things like \\\"just root it\\\" in reply to people complaining about lack of updates or not liking the stock experience. People seem to have lumped root access + custom rom together, as if they can never be exclusive, and this to me, is a result of apps like Rom Manager that require root access. So it becomes 1-click root -> Install Rom Manager -> Flash custom recovery via rom manager -> Download rom -> Flash custom rom via rom manager (obviously it boots to recovery but you get the idea). \\n Don't get me wrong, tools like this are great in that they open up Android's capabilities to so many people. Unfortunately it leaves people having no understanding of things like the Android Debugging Bridge or Fastboot, two essential tools, especially for when something goes awry.\",\n \"Summary: stop worrying about your score, just keep doing what you've been doing\\n\\nPost: You have a score of 760 and are worried about taking a hit by paying off debt? \\n You, like many others, are fixated on your score. Stop. You know how you get good credit? By continuing to do what you've been doing. You should absolutely not buy a car with financing or take on some other such debt to \\\"build credit\\\" or \\\"maintain your score.\\\" The credit card you use and pay off on time every month is much more important than adding more credit to your record.\",\n \"Summary: The Mohu Curve 30 is a suitable purchase if you are looking for a no hassle way to grab a few local network channels and the channels you desire are UHF, LOS and in the green section on that site \\n edit: Keep in mind this antenna needs a tv with a digital tuner to work. Most modern TVs should have this but just something to be mindful of just in case.\\n\\nPost: My gf recently expressed interest in having the local network channels so I did some research. After reading [this guide]( I decide to grab the [Mohu Curve 30]( and test it out. \\n Per the guide, I checked the signal strengths in the area , WTIC (Fox), WEDH, (PBS) and WVIT (NBC). These four channels all come in perfectly, HD quality, no fuss whatsover. They are all listed as UHF and LOS as well. \\n Unfortunately, ABC is on the yellow spectrum. The picture comes in as HD but it freezes/cuts out constantly. I wonder if the Curve 50, which is listed as able to grab up to 50 miles, would be able to improve the quality there. \\n Installation was easy as can be. Literally connect coax to antenna, connect to tv, set tv to \\\"antenna\\\" and scan for channels. I think it ended up picking up 20 or so channels, but many were either duplicates of the 4 primaries at lower resolution, Spanish channels or simply not reliable quality.\",\n \"Summary: mimic spiders benefit from simplicity strength, mask of jeram and presumably the new spider queens grasp. Time to test Spirit of Arachyr with grin/moj and a spider queens grasp. \\n Edit: I am unsure at this time if Grin Reaper mimc spiders benefit from the Arachyr 6pc bonus.\\n\\nPost: Today's patch notes have some really interesting changes for us, with special regard to spiders. I wanted to make sure they meant what I thought they meant (with special regards to simplicity strength and mimic spiders benefiting from MoJ) \\n The specific notes read: \\n \\n The Spider Queen summoned by the Spirit of Arachyr (2) Set Bonus now benefits from the +Pet Damage affix \\n \\n Corpse Spiders - Now benefits from the +Pet Damage affix \\n \\n Mimics' skill damage now gains bonuses from your items \\n \\n \\n First I tested the Arachyr spider. As the notes indicate, I found he benefits from pet damage affix, so Mask of Jeram is definitely useful. \\n I then tested spider queen with grin reaper. I used minimal gear and tested at normal difficulty. I procced grin by using horrify and no other damage skills on my bar. The spider queens started at around 177k damage. I then added a 40% simplicity strength. Critis started hitting 244k-260k. Then I added MoJ. Critis hit up to 600k.\",\n \"Summary: please post topics about the SGN here: /r/galaxynexus\\n\\nPost: Its super pretty, very active (obviously) and is ya know, dedicated to the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. Please stop cluttering r/android with questions about this extremely popular device when there is a dedicated subreddit for it. There are literally 4 subscribers for my phone's subreddit; you should be thrilled that there are already almost 500 subscribers to r/Galaxy Nexus.\",\n \"Summary: cube the cat, run arachyr/chicken, farm machines \\n edit: Here is my full build \\n I should also note that St. archews are surprisingly useful to surviving long enough to cast all my spells before exploding one last time and running off\\n\\nPost: So in this patch, [Henri's Perquisition]( was added. It has guaranteed crit chance and has the legendary power: \\n \\n The first time an enemy deals damage to you, reduce that damage by 60–80% and Charm the enemy for 3 seconds. \\n \\n I got this pretty early on and used it until I got a zuni offhand (carnevil), chicken offhand (arachyr) and ToTD (helltooth). \\n I really wanted to find a purpose for it though. Unfortunately, I have yet to find a real reason to equip the item but yesterday I found a reason to cube it. I had set out to cruise TIX to farm keywardens. I was doing this with a typical manajuma/arachyr chicken build. Unfortunately, the goatmen were destroying me. At the time I was cubing Sacred harvester (no furnace yet). But I realized I didn't really need that and I wasn't keeping the stacks up anyway. Instead, why not use the cat? I am running past most stuff in a blaze to find the keywardens so I'm not staying around for a second shot. \\n So I cubed the cat (I will miss the sound it makes). And it works gloriously. I feel damn near invincible and I am farming machines faster than ever.\",\n \"Summary: Start looking for poison SoJs and strongarm bracers. If you still don't have a Furnace post patch 2.1.2, Wormwood will be new #2 BiS, as opposed to Wrath of the Bone King. \\n edit1 - How about Hex - Jinx for that new free slot? It takes monsters out of the fight, works on most elites, and provides 20% extra damage taken. And with all the CDR we stack, we should be able to have it up with little to no down time. \\n edit2 - What about Big Bad voodoo for the new free slot? You won't be able to use it as frequently as MC but you'd have 30% increased damage against RG (this is assuming solo, without someone else providing BBV).\\n\\nPost: Two major changes in the PTR notes that will likely change things up quite a bit for Jade Doctors: \\n > Wormwood: \\n > Locust Swarm is cast on a nearby enemy every second \\n > Now rolls with +20-25% Poison skill damage as one of its four primary affixes \\n And \\n > Haunt: Grasping Spirit replaced with Poisoned Spirit \\n > Haunted enemies take 20% increased damage from all sources \\n > Damage type changed from Cold to Poison \\n So lets talk about the implications here. \\n Currently there are really two runes that people use for locust swarm. One is devouring swarm (for the elemental synergy) and the other is pestilence (spread locust swarm fast). Wormwood essentially provides us with both of these effects from a single staff. And it encompasses the +%element damage that Wrath of the Bone King currently provides, but now with poison. And we get a free active skill slot. \\n And then to supplement this further, we now have a poison rune for haunt. My curiosity here will be how it interacts with the poison gem at rank 25. \\n Oh and unless drop rates change, Wormwood is currently more common than Wrath of the Bone King (18.x% vs 13.y%).\",\n \"Summary: Ancient crafted items are going to be very nice alternatives while we search for legendary items (ideally ancient themselves)\\n\\nPost: I hopped on the test server tonight, anxious to search for a Wormwood staff to work into my Jade build. After a few rift runs and some /r/diablo browsing, I realized I should see if there was a 2H weapon I could craft and attain an upgrade in the form of an ancient version. I crafted 20 Mark of the Magis and got 3 ancients. One of which I enchanted and threw a gift at it: \\n [Ancient Mark of the Magi]( \\n With this staff I can basically put aside my Wrath of the Bone King and go full poison with the new poison haunt rune.\"\n]","isConversational":false},"profile_size":{"kind":"number","value":18,"string":"18"},"task":{"kind":"string","value":"longlamp_4"},"split_kind":{"kind":"string","value":"user_based"},"id":{"kind":"number","value":1097,"string":"1,097"}}},{"rowIdx":1098,"cells":{"question_id":{"kind":"string","value":"Etheo"},"question":{"kind":"string","value":"Generate the content for a reddit post procedurally generated plotlines still require a preset of plots to make sense (basically choose your own adventure), or the alternative would be hard to keep the story interesting for players because the interaction are less meaningful. Also human brain is much better at connecting meanings than super computers to write a story."},"answer":{"kind":"string","value":"Regarding procedurally generated plots, I don't think it's so much hindered by focus on graphics, but more in the difficulty of achieving procedural plots that are satisfactory. I've toyed around with the same idea in my head and you can quickly realize it's nigh impractical to do so. \n It's the beauty of the human brain - you can consider multiple scenarios and how it would proceed from then on, but to visualize that in our head take little resources. Whereas to visualize that in a game in a way that make sense to the player and staying within context is a challenge, considering the many action that encompasses a different consequence. \n Basically what you're asking for is a choose your own adventure kind of story. Even then, those type of story requires a repository of the sets of scenarios, actions and consequences thought of before hand and connect the dots together. Say the game allow you to make a yes/no choice for 10 times, you already have 2^10 different outcomes to consider that might involve various settings and characters. Of course you can limit the actual amount of choices that matters and just present a bunch of artificial choices that leads to the same outcome basically (like The Walking Dead series), but that again defeats the purpose of procedurally generating a plotline. At this point you might as well write the story yourself to save the time and storage spaces required for the repository of plot lines to keep the game being profitable. \n The other alternative would be to give very basic command and object identification to the cpu to randomize... Say you can create a character, give it motivation, an action, a goal... But still how would it interact with other characters that are procedurally generated? The interaction set is another thing to consider in order for the story to make sense. Now how would these interaction give a meaningful story that keep the player interested is another challenge. Again you might as well write a story yourself than to set up all these potential sets of characters, actions and reactions because it will definitely take longer to achieve the later with quality and polish. \n I feel like I might not be conveying my points with clarity... then again maybe I'm just over complicating things. Perhaps that's why I'm not a programmer."},"correct_answer":{"kind":"string","value":"Regarding procedurally generated plots, I don't think it's so much hindered by focus on graphics, but more in the difficulty of achieving procedural plots that are satisfactory. I've toyed around with the same idea in my head and you can quickly realize it's nigh impractical to do so. \n It's the beauty of the human brain - you can consider multiple scenarios and how it would proceed from then on, but to visualize that in our head take little resources. Whereas to visualize that in a game in a way that make sense to the player and staying within context is a challenge, considering the many action that encompasses a different consequence. \n Basically what you're asking for is a choose your own adventure kind of story. Even then, those type of story requires a repository of the sets of scenarios, actions and consequences thought of before hand and connect the dots together. Say the game allow you to make a yes/no choice for 10 times, you already have 2^10 different outcomes to consider that might involve various settings and characters. Of course you can limit the actual amount of choices that matters and just present a bunch of artificial choices that leads to the same outcome basically (like The Walking Dead series), but that again defeats the purpose of procedurally generating a plotline. At this point you might as well write the story yourself to save the time and storage spaces required for the repository of plot lines to keep the game being profitable. \n The other alternative would be to give very basic command and object identification to the cpu to randomize... Say you can create a character, give it motivation, an action, a goal... But still how would it interact with other characters that are procedurally generated? The interaction set is another thing to consider in order for the story to make sense. Now how would these interaction give a meaningful story that keep the player interested is another challenge. Again you might as well write a story yourself than to set up all these potential sets of characters, actions and reactions because it will definitely take longer to achieve the later with quality and polish. \n I feel like I might not be conveying my points with clarity... then again maybe I'm just over complicating things. Perhaps that's why I'm not a programmer."},"documents":{"kind":"list like","value":["Summary: Went to Catholic school at young age, became atheist due to disliking group-thinks, left atheism due to group-thinks, came to be agnostic to finally able to identify myself as an individual rather than a group. Never cared for religion. \n Edit: holy shit I type a lot.\n\nPost: My memory is not great - but I used to go to a catholic elementary school up till grade 6, but never had any question or particular belief in the religion for some reason. I guess you could call me an apathetic agnostic. I mean we have catholic classes and masses every week or so, but I neither took it as a mere story, nor a fact at that point for some reason. I guess I just didn't care, it just became routine. \n Came to the teenage years, I was this close in joining a church when I went to a church event with this girl I used to like and a bunch of friends. There was a lame, but touchy feely short film that shows you a story of a real life miracle and such. At the end of the short film they asked people to stand if they now believe, and wish to join their community. The girl stood; I was close to standing up but didn't gather the courage to, for some reason. \n During summer times in high school, I went to these church-organized camps as well and were asked a many times if I feel God or something. By that time, I grew tired of the community-like talks, and started to challenge their statements and faith. At that time I would identify myself as an atheist. I quickly grew apart from some of my church goer friends unfortunately. \n Then, after quite a few uneventful years, I reached /r/atheism. At first I was glad to see like-minded individuals who challenges the notion of God, not as an act of defiance, but as a process of enlightenment. Then we all knew what happened - /r/atheism quickly deteriorated into circle-jerks and religious folks bashing, and I question myself, aren't these the same people who I separated myself with back in church, because of their hive-mind, bigger-than-life mentality? \n After some thoughts, I eventually came to the conclusion that I couldn't really care less if there is a God or not - if there is a God and it is truly merciful to its creations, then it will understand why I've came to this conclusion based on logic. If there is a God and it's vengeful against those who do not follow its teachings, then there's not much I can do against the omni power that be to choose my fate. If there isn't a God, then why worry?","Summary: Grammar nazi can be a positive thing if you let it be - i.e. have an open mind, be educated.\n\nPost: I think the problem is not so much that people are being creative with words - it's that they're being creative with it without being aware of the creative process, because they aren't even aware of the correct usage, i.e. ignorance . \n I don't have a problem with people being creative with words, \"verbing\" nouns or vice versa. If I'm bending the rule, I should at least know the rule that I'm about to bend, then at least people will be more agreeable to such purpose. However, If I'm ignoring a rule because I'm not aware of it, I'd love to get educated on it by grammar nazis. \n In fact, if not for all my teachers (official ones and non-official ones from various forums, i.e. grammar nazis), I wouldn't have such an interest in language to increase my vocabulary and grammar techniques. If anything at all, grammar nazi's has been a positive influence in my use of language. \n I think the video is being taken out of context as there are different kind of grammar nazi's - the educators who seek to diminish ignorance, and the superiority complex ones which is a nazi for the sole purpose of putting down people to get a feeling of superiority. I think Stephen is obviously addressing the latter, but did not address the former enough (besides \"there's no correct usage of language\"). \n Face it, if Stephen has not been corrected by his various teachers in life, he wouldn't be as respected as he would be right now. His command over his language skills is one of the many reasons why people are drawn to him. If he'd talk like a regular street thug, no matter how wise he might be, noone would be interested in listening.","Summary: sorry.\n\nPost: To every single redditor with the same question \"Why wait 7.5 years?\": Have you ever considered that there might be financial, parental or other issues for OP and his girl to work out? \n I mean, I've been with my girl for almost 9 years, but we aren't married yet. Is this a crime? We're approaching our 30s, but she's only having a part time job, and I'm working as a lowly office boy who can hardly afford a family on his own. \n Yes, she wants to get married ASAP, but she wants us to have our own place before we get married. Financially speaking, that's another 3 years to go. Now I'm not saying OP is in the same shoes, but given the choice I'm sure he'd have proposed ASAP when he could. Perhaps he just needed to come clean and discuss the difficulties with his girl, and meet their needs on both end so that an approximate time-line can be set for the proposal and marriage. \n So, to everyone if you who's saying \"Why wait so long?\" You're really just saying \"you should give into social standards and biological clocks instead of making the best rational choice that suits your need\". \n No","Summary: She's trying to maintain autonomy while feeling inadequate to explain herself. You can't actually fix this in the way you're thinking. \n I find this to be tragically applicable to my situation. I guess this is more complex than just open/close mindedness... Thanks for the input!\n\nPost: I find that people tend to close up the more they feel threatened \n I concur. She is mostly insecure about herself and starts to use defensive tactics whenever that happens. I noticed that but can't quite get her to get out of her insecurity that everybody is out to get her kinda thing. \n It's really just about conversation in general though, whether it be something that is immediately being affected or just random topics. I like to debate about things but I never had fun debating with her because it always became too personal and my points are rarely considered on face value. \n >","Summary: A gay friend of mine seduces the girl of my dream and slept with her, so that he can destroy our relationships and have me all to himself (at least he believes so), because he's got the gay for me. \n Edit: Shit I need to write shorter and better. TBH though, this is more like the most evil thing John's done to Jane instead of me.\n\nPost: It's not the most evilest thing for sure, compared to the wide scope of evil things that can happen out there... but here it goes. \n Back in high school, I had a pretty messed up triangle relationship with this girl and this other guy. Let's call them Jane and John - we were all pretty good friends with each other. \n So I've liked Jane for almost a year but never went out with her formally. I was almost obsessed with her. I know that she likes John but after a years worth of effort, I've finally gotten an answer from her that she prefers me over John and would like to make this formal. It was a long and hard battle but I felt like I've won over the world. \n Then, I believe it was just a day afterwards, John had a little party at his apartment (he lives alone) and I didn't go because I don't like going over to his place for reasons explained below. Jane went, and because it got pretty late she decided to stay overnight at John's. She promised me nothing would happen. \n The next morning it was raining shit storm (I remember this well), and I called to check on her. She was pretty weird and sounded upset... I knew something had happened. As I was walking her home from John's place, I learning what has transpired on the way. Turns out John woke up in the morning and was feeling pretty uppity, and insisted that they should do it. For whatever reason, or maybe she still loves John more, she agreed, did the deed, and regretted immediately afterwards (as I was told). She was a virgin... \n Needless to say I was devastated. I couldn't even make full sentences without choking up. I swear I loved her and she was the one for me. The fact that I was betrayed by both my love and my friend at the time was heart breaking - it was nothing like I've felt before. So far, this doesn't sound like any epic story, I know, but here me out... \n The twist here is that, John is a closet gay. Rewinding the time two years or so before the incident happened - He had came out to me and confessed his love for me. I told him there's no way and we could still be friends (we were like best friends). He wasn't okay with that and got pretty obsessive... that's when I decided I had enough and broke off all contacts with him. A year later, I met Jane, and because of the circle of friends she has, John is there as well (i.e. she liked him, alot). He seemed fine and is over with whatever that was between us (nothing), so we became good friends again... which led to this incident. \n After the incident, he apologized for what he did and he seemed sincere about it. But I'm sure deep inside he had another reason, and I know because he isn't even remotely interested in women. He told me he had done it with another girl before and he didn't even enjoy it, and that was before I even knew he was gay. If I know John, and I know him pretty well, then he had taken Jane away from me because he wanted me to feel that she doesn't love me, and that the devastation of mistrust and betrayal would prove that only he is the one for me. \n The worst part of it? Jane moved away a few months after that. It was only another year later I'd learn that Jane was pregnant and had to get an abortion. Her life's been kinda messed up ever since (dating other guys getting dumped, turning into a lesbian... etc). \n So there you have it. As an adult, in hindsight, the incident doesn't really seem like a big deal... but as a teenager and when you really believed you loved someone so dearly, that she is the one, only to lose them to another friend in this manner... that's a shitty thing to happen to a teenager.","Summary: We have a shitty voting system.\n\nPost: It's the riding system and wasted votes. Many people are likely skewed towards the more liberal parties, but their votes are dispersed amongst the NDP/Liberals/Green/Independent etc while the Cons will always vote for the one and only Progressive Conservatives that represents their views. As a result most of the ridings will either end with a NDP win, a Liberal win or a Cons Win. Think of a 25/25/50 split to represent an equal left/right split between Canadians, and you'll see why Cons are more likely to win majority.","Summary: procedurally generated plotlines still require a preset of plots to make sense (basically choose your own adventure), or the alternative would be hard to keep the story interesting for players because the interaction are less meaningful. Also human brain is much better at connecting meanings than super computers to write a story.\n\nPost: This is what I said the last time this was mentioned: \n Regarding procedurally generated plots, I don't think it's so much hindered by focus on graphics, but more in the difficulty of achieving procedural plots that are satisfactory. I've toyed around with the same idea in my head and you can quickly realize it's nigh impractical to do so. \n It's the beauty of the human brain - you can consider multiple scenarios and how it would proceed from then on, but to visualize that in our head take little resources. Whereas to visualize that in a game in a way that make sense to the player and staying within context is a challenge, considering the many action that encompasses a different consequence. \n Basically what you're asking for is a choose your own adventure kind of story. Even then, those type of story requires a repository of the sets of scenarios, actions and consequences thought of before hand and connect the dots together. Say the game allow you to make a yes/no choice for 10 times, you already have 2^10 different outcomes to consider that might involve various settings and characters. Of course you can limit the actual amount of choices that matters and just present a bunch of artificial choices that leads to the same outcome basically (like The Walking Dead series), but that again defeats the purpose of procedurally generating a plotline. At this point you might as well write the story yourself to save the time and storage spaces required for the repository of plot lines to keep the game being profitable. \n The other alternative would be to give very basic command and object identification to the cpu to randomize... Say you can create a character, give it motivation, an action, a goal... But still how would it interact with other characters that are procedurally generated? The interaction set is another thing to consider in order for the story to make sense. Now how would these interaction give a meaningful story that keep the player interested is another challenge. Again you might as well write a story yourself than to set up all these potential sets of characters, actions and reactions because it will definitely take longer to achieve the later with quality and polish. \n I feel like I might not be conveying my points with clarity... then again maybe I'm just over complicating things. Perhaps that's why I'm not a programmer.","Summary: Fucking astrologists fucked up my sign. Somebody is gonna pay for this shit.\n\nPost: Astrology might be bullshit, but I still liked having a symbol of some sort that identifies with my existence, namely my birthday. \n Also, I'd like to think of astrology signs as a social function. I can identify myself with groups of individual who falls within the windows of my birthday, so that I can be all like \"Oh cool, you're a Gemini too? Do you like this and that?\" which could act as a topic starter or sometimes even an ice breaker. \n So whether you believe what the astrological readings have to say, I don't think it really matters.","Summary: Notes are worthless without the lecture.\n\nPost: While this is not always true, most of the time the notes are either so cryptic or esoteric that if you weren't in class to listen to the explanation and clarification of the notes, you won't understand a thing. That is unless you read thru the whole chapter in the textbook. And why would you want to spend half a day reading the whole chapter when you can spend just a portion of that time to attend the lecture? \n As a person who learns via interaction, I find it's so much easier to absorb materials with a combination of the notes and what the Professor say verbally or demonstrate visually. Notes alone may help you pass for grades, but will not help you understand the material you paid so dearly to learn. \n Of course there are profs who do jackshit from elaborating on the notes, but from where I studied this was a rarity and even then, you have the chance to ask questions in class on what you don't understand. After class the profs have all the reasons in the world to refuse answering your questions since you so intelligently chose to skip out on his lecture, which you have absolutely no idea if he already clarified the points or not.","Summary: I believe that cinematic trailer has a purpose - it builds and strengthens the atmosphere of the game's world, and the plot, characters, anything that cannot be demonstrated outside of gameplay alone.\n\nPost: I like games that excel on 1.) gameplay, and 2.) story. \n To gamers such as myself, I don't think the trend of cinematic game trailers is as much of a bother as you make it out to be. Sure, I'd love to see actual gameplay sometimes, but a good cinematic trailer to hype up the atmosphere of the game world, and the excellence in its story telling is an A+ trailer to me. Some people like to play games to emerge into the game world, as sort of an escape from reality (not that it's a bad thing...), so a rich game world is equally as important as the gameplay itself. Bioshock's gameplay? Sufficient, but nowhere near excellent. Its atmosphere and story are where the $$$ comes rolling in. \n You make some excellent points, and I've never been a good debater... but I have some rebuttals to share: \n > * The first and most consistent is Never being able to do the things they show in the trailers. \n True, the game characters will never be able to have that kind of complexity to perform such emotions and moves, but it's the imagination that adds to it. Think of Lego - the Lego figurines are always stiffened with one emotion on its face, but while you move it around and interact with different figurines/items, your mind imagines a different face for the scenario and makes the connection, adding flavours to the character. And that's just it - these cinematics adds background and depth to the game characters, thru the sheer power of imagination. \n > * The second annoyance is they misunderstand the principle of show and don't tell when they do this. \n I'll argue this with relevance - what the trailer relates back to the game itself. For example, the excellent Dead Island trailer - it gives you a hint to the premise of the story (set on an island, vacation), the main obstacles (zombies) and what its aiming to do - to evoke your emotions, something that hasn't yet been done in other zombie games. Sure it didn't give you any hint to the gameplay, but did it imply that anything shown in the trailer will act as replacement of the gameplay that's yet to be? As long as the cinematic is not trying to pass off as actual gameplay, I can swallow that much. \n > * Why not just show gameplay footage instead? \n Actually I agree on this, but I don't think that subsequently means there's no room for a cinematic trailer. I think each trailer has its own effect on its audience. \n > * Finally if they can put so much time and money into a trailer, why not instead use that time and money to make a small demo? \n I'm not a game developer by any means, but I think they usually outsource these cinematics to a different team, so that developers are working on the gameplay while another team works on these promotional trailers? Also, I just think there are some things that a cinematic trailer can tell better than a demo does. \n From the gist of it, it seems to me your main beef with cinematics is that you think developers are trying trick gamers into believe it's actually game play. For me, that would be a big issue as well, however I think most gamers are experienced enough to tell the difference. I will agree if there are excessive cinematics a la Deux Ex 3, it'll kill the anticipation because it's all shows and no games. A well made but short cinematic prior to some actual gameplay though? Always works for me, hook, line, sinker.","Summary: Gay guy loved me, I love this other girl and she loved me, gay guy screwed her, destroyed my teenage life.\n\nPost: Warning: Incoming wall of text \n Back when I was a teenager, there was this guy who had a crush on me and confessed, but I rejected him, since I'm a guy and I'm not into guys. I still stayed friend with him as I don't believe in discrimination of gays, or bi's (as he claims he is). \n Fast forward a year, I started hanging out with a small group of people and there was this girl I really liked. You know teenagers - I felt like I could be with this girl forever. Anyhow, our group wasn't that cliquey so eventually the guy was introduced by a mutual friend, and all of us started hanging out. The girl and I was really hitting it off, but she also expressed her interest in the guy, saying she can't decide (as he seemed interested in her as well). Well, whatever, equal opportunity right? But I know deep down that guy was still interested in me. \n So some time after, we've made progress and the girl was much more affectionate with me, and we mutually feel that it is as though we're already a couple, and it was one of the greatest moment in my teens as I've never really gone out with anyone before. Then there was this incident - I forgot what the reason was, but she ended up staying at the guy's apartment for a night. That night she assured me not to worry because she doesn't feel for this guy anymore and will be saving the V-card for me, who's also donning a V-card. \n The next morning, she called me in a strange tone and ask me to walk her home (we all live really close by). I knew something was wrong, and on the way she told me that in the morning he got intimate, and started messing with her. At the beginning she refused but eventually gave in because he was very persuasive. I remember the exact moment I felt my heart ripped out of my body and turned into tiny particles of ashes. I was kneeling down on the road, tears flowing down like an idiot, don't know whether to be mad or sad, don't know what to feel. Later on that day I met with the guy and he sincerely apologized and offered to let me hurt him in return, physically. Still feeling confused from the incident, I didn't do a thing to him. \n After that, the girl left town shortly in the next semester. The group never knew what happened, and scheduled a reunion some year after. It was only then that I met her again, and she reluctantly told me that she got knocked up at that time and had an abortion. She was still very sweet with me, and we had a day of very silly puppy-love-couple-like during the reunion, very secretly. It was very bittersweet - on one hand I never really let go of her, but on another hand I never could forget. I almost felt like a teen again. \n Oh and the guy? He still hinted he likes me every single opportunity he feels like he might have a chance. Funny though, shortly after the incident he was dating another GUY (Guy B), and is still with him to this date. To make things funnier, Guy B and the girl I liked used to be an item the year before, albeit a very short time only. To date I still hang out with guy A and B once in a while, and guy B would occasionally come to me for relationship advice. \n When you're a teenager, you feel like everything is a huge deal. But now that I look back at it, it's really not that big a deal. Just a huge, huge dick move by that gay dude who never admitted he's completely gay.","Summary: I love the experience provided by everything I hate about this game.\n\nPost: The lurking danger is the part that is stopping me from exploring actively, but I can see myself getting bored quickly with peaceful mode on. The end result is that I hide in my house strip mining the bottom at night, and head to surface in just enough time to see the sunset, rinse and repeat. \n I once tried exploring and found a cave with multiple exits. I shat a little when I dug out and found it was night outside, and heard spider noises all around me.","Summary: There should be some deviation to English, but not all deviations make good additions to the language. And Grammar Nazi's exist just as Anti-Grammar-Nazi's exist.\n\nPost: Excuse me for my arrogance, but I'm going to assume you brought up this topic due to [my earlier post yesterday]( which have been receiving varying degrees of admiration and despise. \n That thread was really just a random outburst without any forethoughts. It wasn't a call to arms for all the Grammar Nazi's and wasn't expected to catch such an attention. However I do believe that a good amount of Grammar Nazi's would serve the purpose to correct those who wants to be corrected. As for those who are already aware of the mistakes, they will likely be annoyed (much like yourself). In essence, it's really similar to yelling \"REPOST\" or \"OLD NEWS\" on front page materials. For every person that upvotes a repost since it was fresh to them, there would be another who isn't previously educated by a Grammar Nazi's rant, and would be aware of the issue. \n In the end, of course, it is up to the person to take the advice or leave it. But I don't think that should eliminate the needs for these posts. \n As for your point #2, I don't disagree that we should allow deviation to grow as an Evolution of the language. However, if a deviation is not popular enough with the mass (i.e. if a majority of the people have problem with it), shouldn't we paid closer attention to said deviation, and wonder if it's fitting for the language? If you're talking about Evolution, then think Natural Selection. \n Imagine in the near future where \"there\" becomes a synonym for there , their and they're . I could literally write the following: \n > There are three guys over there. There walking without there shoes, not knowing there are spikes underneath there feet. \n For every deviation, there are the good kinds where it makes for good read or can be counted as an artistic expression (e.g. \"to go boldly where no man has gone before\"), but there are also the bad kinds where it deteriorates the quality of the written, and/or reading language. \n I'm obviously not a language major; and as a non-native English speaker, my language skill is incomparable to those such as yourself. I'm not that capable of debating, so I'll leave it up to the rest who can share their wisdom. \n edit:","Summary: Hey Reddit, Grammar Nazi's Nazis - why do you hate them, or why not? \n \n Edit 1: I stand corrected, thanks. \n Edit 2: Either some of you are genuinely making a collective bunch of tiny mistakes or are just jerks trolling for a reaction. Well played. \n Edit 3: It seems the most hated ones are the ones who use ad hominem attacks and pick on grammar mistakes to invalidate arguments. I agree, those people are jerks, but not every grammar Nazi is like that. At least, I hope not.\n\nPost: I confess - I consider myself a grammar nazi Nazi, but I try not to be. Nowadays I see posts with some common errors and I just try to ignore it, thinking it's none of my business. \n This morning I came across a post that is rather insightful, but is unfortunately marred by a very particular common misuse of phrase (would of/would've), and it bugged me. I told myself it's none of my business, but it got me thinking - why isn't it? why should I be the one restraining myself if I want to help and educate someone about their mistake? Why do people choose to live in blissful ignorance and instead condemn the ones trying to help? I don't understand the logic. \n I mean, I kinda get it - sometimes it's a quick and dirty comment that you don't care about, and sometimes it's an honest mistake. I know it's annoying being corrected for a tiny mistake that you may already know about, but what if you weren't aware why it was a mistake? Wouldn't you want to know about it so you won't repeat in the future? If you disapprove of people who correct your mistakes, aren't you also disapproving educators such as teachers/professors? Why is it cool to hate on proper knowledge and promote ignorance? We may not be in the same position, but the intent is the same - to spread knowledge and educate. \n Grammar Nazis are not perfect either - we make mistakes too. But I want to know when I do, so that the next time I won't make the same. It feels good to know that I learned something and can pass on that knowledge. \n Some may argue that's how language evolve, and I tell myself that too. And it's true, some phrases/words we use today used to be improper slang from the past that only came to be accepted when a majority of people start using it. However just because it happens does it mean we should let it when we have the power to intervene? Is it worse to knowingly ignore an obvious mistake, or is it worse to spread the knowledge and slow down said \"evolution\"? \n One thing I can advocate for the haters is that, yes, ultimately the purpose is more for myself than it is for the person. It's not a sense of superiority, but rather it's a feeling that if I didn't do something, I would've failed the person to inform him/her of something I know to be wrong. The next time I see the same mistake, I would regret that I had the power to help but chose not to. It's a sick compulsion, I admit, but it is a shitty feeling nonetheless. \n Honestly, I was hesitant in submitting this and not expecting this to be a popular discussion at all, but I've seen submissions discussing about the most random things, so I figured, why not?","Summary: GF and I went to line up for TIFF, after waiting for hours we were almost told to leave the line but a random TIFF volunteer behind us gave us free vouchers for the movie. We end up didn't use the vouchers and returned, but he was a pretty nice guy. \n Just wanted to let people of Toronto know that chivalry and human kindness are not dead, and there are pretty awesome people in Toronto too, not just jerks. \n Edit : Smuggler was awesome. Can't hide the smell of fear. \n Edit^2 : Also I witnessed a few people in TIFF giving up their tickets to people waiting in the rushline as well - some were selling, but some were giving. You guys made TIFF pretty cool.\n\nPost: Here be the story to celebrate a man who was almost our hero that fateful day, but we will remain forever grateful for your action. For those of you who don't care, please do not waste your time reading this and move on with your life. \n So last week during the last week of TIFF event... my girlfriend and I went down to see Smuggler at the midnight launch event. We bought these groupon coupons that are essentially 2for1 ticket, and didn't know that we had to redeem these coupons prior to seeing the film. It sucked, but we sucked it up and lined up at the rush line to see if we could get in. \n After 1.5 hours of lining up, while I went to retrieve my car to park closer to the theater, my girlfriend had a rude awakening from the staff at the line and was told that our coupons would not be redeemable at the rush line as well. It was rather unimpressive to know we had lined up for so long for nothing. \n Fortunately, behind her, you stood out as a shining statue of human being in the form of a Jamaican friend (which I could only assume due to the strap he was wearing). You casually gave her a voucher that was given to TIFF volunteers only, letting her know that your friends ditched you and you have no use for the voucher. My girlfriend was taken aback at your gracious offer, and hesitantly let you know that I was also in line so the voucher would be useless to her. You, being the amazing altruist that you are, casually gave her another voucher in strides. \n When I returned to the line she let me know of the situation, and I believe we humbly thanked you (at least I hope we did - we're too reserved to know how to handle these situations and thank people properly). Since we had no cash with us on our persons, we offered you coffee, tea or food from Starbucks as it was the only currency we had. We were sadden that you did not take our offer as you don't like coffee and weren't hungry. There was not much else we could have offered. We stood in line awkwardly as I thought of every possible way to make it up to you for your kindness. \n When we were able to get into the theater, we tried to use our coupon at the ticket booth, and fortunately they had accepted the coupons in exchange for the admission tickets. I had to survey through the entire theater, but I was successful in finding you and returning the vouchers to you. You, again, casually took the vouchers and thanked us. And then we parted ways and proceeded to wait another hour for the movie to begin. \n So thank you, random TIFF volunteer, for your kind acts towards 2 total strangers at the rush line. Your friends were asses to ditch you for the movies. You're the man.","Summary: read title. \n edit: in retrospect, the title should read \"deported\" instead of \"banned\". I don't really know if they banned me, but I was escorted out with two fists of justice . \n edit 2: formatting for readability.\n\nPost: So I wanted to join a public server to have fun with my friend. Now my friend and I are reasonable people - i.e. we don't grief, we respect people's creations, and just basically... hang around. \n Now I just joined bootswithdefer's server, and was cruising around waiting for my friend to join. Didn't even go near anybody's buildings. \n zoom! I got teleported to a hole, almost falling. Some guy said, \"Him\". I thought it was a reference to the infamous HIM, so I just left. Then the same guy said, \"he's getting away!\" \n Then I got teleported again, into the hole, properly this time. Understandably upset, I asked \"wtf?\" The guy, and someone probably with admin power, tells me I get jailed. Here's the basic exchange: \n me: but I didn't break anything? \n guy: yea, but you're jailed. \n me: this is ridiculous, I'm not a griefer. I don't go around breaking people's stuff. \n guy: yea, but you gotta read the rules. types out site \n me: I didn't break any rules though, why would you jail me and force me to read the rule (which is on a external site). I just joined from the public server listing. \n guy: well, you're jailed till you read the rules. \n me: so... you're jailing me and forcing me to read the rule while I already show you that I'm not a griefer? This hardly seems fair. \n guy: it's fair. You wouldn't know how many guys I'd had to ban. \n me: well how do you know you'd ban me? \n guy: just read the rules. \n me: well, I don't need this treatment. (I believe in innocent until proven guilty) I'm heading off to somewhere else then. You guys have fun. \n guy: okay. \n I didn't even get to click disconnect - I was kicked (or banned) quickly. I didn't bother to check if I can rejoin. \n Shortly before I joined this server I joined another, where the rules were put up on signs AND typed out in chat as I joined. Those are CLEAR and USER FRIENDLY rules. This? I get jailed even I didn't do anything and am forced to abide by their will. \n I'm getting punished for their lack of ability to share their rules in a more user friendly method. I'm treated as a griefer before I turned one. \n Server admins, I know you try to maintain your community and such, but seriously, fuck this kind of shit. \n Minecrafters of reddit, tell me, am I wrong to not read the rules when they can only impose their rules thru an external site, forcing newcomers to read by jailing them? I'm really hot headed right now so I can't think straight."],"string":"[\n \"Summary: Went to Catholic school at young age, became atheist due to disliking group-thinks, left atheism due to group-thinks, came to be agnostic to finally able to identify myself as an individual rather than a group. Never cared for religion. \\n Edit: holy shit I type a lot.\\n\\nPost: My memory is not great - but I used to go to a catholic elementary school up till grade 6, but never had any question or particular belief in the religion for some reason. I guess you could call me an apathetic agnostic. I mean we have catholic classes and masses every week or so, but I neither took it as a mere story, nor a fact at that point for some reason. I guess I just didn't care, it just became routine. \\n Came to the teenage years, I was this close in joining a church when I went to a church event with this girl I used to like and a bunch of friends. There was a lame, but touchy feely short film that shows you a story of a real life miracle and such. At the end of the short film they asked people to stand if they now believe, and wish to join their community. The girl stood; I was close to standing up but didn't gather the courage to, for some reason. \\n During summer times in high school, I went to these church-organized camps as well and were asked a many times if I feel God or something. By that time, I grew tired of the community-like talks, and started to challenge their statements and faith. At that time I would identify myself as an atheist. I quickly grew apart from some of my church goer friends unfortunately. \\n Then, after quite a few uneventful years, I reached /r/atheism. At first I was glad to see like-minded individuals who challenges the notion of God, not as an act of defiance, but as a process of enlightenment. Then we all knew what happened - /r/atheism quickly deteriorated into circle-jerks and religious folks bashing, and I question myself, aren't these the same people who I separated myself with back in church, because of their hive-mind, bigger-than-life mentality? \\n After some thoughts, I eventually came to the conclusion that I couldn't really care less if there is a God or not - if there is a God and it is truly merciful to its creations, then it will understand why I've came to this conclusion based on logic. If there is a God and it's vengeful against those who do not follow its teachings, then there's not much I can do against the omni power that be to choose my fate. If there isn't a God, then why worry?\",\n \"Summary: Grammar nazi can be a positive thing if you let it be - i.e. have an open mind, be educated.\\n\\nPost: I think the problem is not so much that people are being creative with words - it's that they're being creative with it without being aware of the creative process, because they aren't even aware of the correct usage, i.e. ignorance . \\n I don't have a problem with people being creative with words, \\\"verbing\\\" nouns or vice versa. If I'm bending the rule, I should at least know the rule that I'm about to bend, then at least people will be more agreeable to such purpose. However, If I'm ignoring a rule because I'm not aware of it, I'd love to get educated on it by grammar nazis. \\n In fact, if not for all my teachers (official ones and non-official ones from various forums, i.e. grammar nazis), I wouldn't have such an interest in language to increase my vocabulary and grammar techniques. If anything at all, grammar nazi's has been a positive influence in my use of language. \\n I think the video is being taken out of context as there are different kind of grammar nazi's - the educators who seek to diminish ignorance, and the superiority complex ones which is a nazi for the sole purpose of putting down people to get a feeling of superiority. I think Stephen is obviously addressing the latter, but did not address the former enough (besides \\\"there's no correct usage of language\\\"). \\n Face it, if Stephen has not been corrected by his various teachers in life, he wouldn't be as respected as he would be right now. His command over his language skills is one of the many reasons why people are drawn to him. If he'd talk like a regular street thug, no matter how wise he might be, noone would be interested in listening.\",\n \"Summary: sorry.\\n\\nPost: To every single redditor with the same question \\\"Why wait 7.5 years?\\\": Have you ever considered that there might be financial, parental or other issues for OP and his girl to work out? \\n I mean, I've been with my girl for almost 9 years, but we aren't married yet. Is this a crime? We're approaching our 30s, but she's only having a part time job, and I'm working as a lowly office boy who can hardly afford a family on his own. \\n Yes, she wants to get married ASAP, but she wants us to have our own place before we get married. Financially speaking, that's another 3 years to go. Now I'm not saying OP is in the same shoes, but given the choice I'm sure he'd have proposed ASAP when he could. Perhaps he just needed to come clean and discuss the difficulties with his girl, and meet their needs on both end so that an approximate time-line can be set for the proposal and marriage. \\n So, to everyone if you who's saying \\\"Why wait so long?\\\" You're really just saying \\\"you should give into social standards and biological clocks instead of making the best rational choice that suits your need\\\". \\n No\",\n \"Summary: She's trying to maintain autonomy while feeling inadequate to explain herself. You can't actually fix this in the way you're thinking. \\n I find this to be tragically applicable to my situation. I guess this is more complex than just open/close mindedness... Thanks for the input!\\n\\nPost: I find that people tend to close up the more they feel threatened \\n I concur. She is mostly insecure about herself and starts to use defensive tactics whenever that happens. I noticed that but can't quite get her to get out of her insecurity that everybody is out to get her kinda thing. \\n It's really just about conversation in general though, whether it be something that is immediately being affected or just random topics. I like to debate about things but I never had fun debating with her because it always became too personal and my points are rarely considered on face value. \\n >\",\n \"Summary: A gay friend of mine seduces the girl of my dream and slept with her, so that he can destroy our relationships and have me all to himself (at least he believes so), because he's got the gay for me. \\n Edit: Shit I need to write shorter and better. TBH though, this is more like the most evil thing John's done to Jane instead of me.\\n\\nPost: It's not the most evilest thing for sure, compared to the wide scope of evil things that can happen out there... but here it goes. \\n Back in high school, I had a pretty messed up triangle relationship with this girl and this other guy. Let's call them Jane and John - we were all pretty good friends with each other. \\n So I've liked Jane for almost a year but never went out with her formally. I was almost obsessed with her. I know that she likes John but after a years worth of effort, I've finally gotten an answer from her that she prefers me over John and would like to make this formal. It was a long and hard battle but I felt like I've won over the world. \\n Then, I believe it was just a day afterwards, John had a little party at his apartment (he lives alone) and I didn't go because I don't like going over to his place for reasons explained below. Jane went, and because it got pretty late she decided to stay overnight at John's. She promised me nothing would happen. \\n The next morning it was raining shit storm (I remember this well), and I called to check on her. She was pretty weird and sounded upset... I knew something had happened. As I was walking her home from John's place, I learning what has transpired on the way. Turns out John woke up in the morning and was feeling pretty uppity, and insisted that they should do it. For whatever reason, or maybe she still loves John more, she agreed, did the deed, and regretted immediately afterwards (as I was told). She was a virgin... \\n Needless to say I was devastated. I couldn't even make full sentences without choking up. I swear I loved her and she was the one for me. The fact that I was betrayed by both my love and my friend at the time was heart breaking - it was nothing like I've felt before. So far, this doesn't sound like any epic story, I know, but here me out... \\n The twist here is that, John is a closet gay. Rewinding the time two years or so before the incident happened - He had came out to me and confessed his love for me. I told him there's no way and we could still be friends (we were like best friends). He wasn't okay with that and got pretty obsessive... that's when I decided I had enough and broke off all contacts with him. A year later, I met Jane, and because of the circle of friends she has, John is there as well (i.e. she liked him, alot). He seemed fine and is over with whatever that was between us (nothing), so we became good friends again... which led to this incident. \\n After the incident, he apologized for what he did and he seemed sincere about it. But I'm sure deep inside he had another reason, and I know because he isn't even remotely interested in women. He told me he had done it with another girl before and he didn't even enjoy it, and that was before I even knew he was gay. If I know John, and I know him pretty well, then he had taken Jane away from me because he wanted me to feel that she doesn't love me, and that the devastation of mistrust and betrayal would prove that only he is the one for me. \\n The worst part of it? Jane moved away a few months after that. It was only another year later I'd learn that Jane was pregnant and had to get an abortion. Her life's been kinda messed up ever since (dating other guys getting dumped, turning into a lesbian... etc). \\n So there you have it. As an adult, in hindsight, the incident doesn't really seem like a big deal... but as a teenager and when you really believed you loved someone so dearly, that she is the one, only to lose them to another friend in this manner... that's a shitty thing to happen to a teenager.\",\n \"Summary: We have a shitty voting system.\\n\\nPost: It's the riding system and wasted votes. Many people are likely skewed towards the more liberal parties, but their votes are dispersed amongst the NDP/Liberals/Green/Independent etc while the Cons will always vote for the one and only Progressive Conservatives that represents their views. As a result most of the ridings will either end with a NDP win, a Liberal win or a Cons Win. Think of a 25/25/50 split to represent an equal left/right split between Canadians, and you'll see why Cons are more likely to win majority.\",\n \"Summary: procedurally generated plotlines still require a preset of plots to make sense (basically choose your own adventure), or the alternative would be hard to keep the story interesting for players because the interaction are less meaningful. Also human brain is much better at connecting meanings than super computers to write a story.\\n\\nPost: This is what I said the last time this was mentioned: \\n Regarding procedurally generated plots, I don't think it's so much hindered by focus on graphics, but more in the difficulty of achieving procedural plots that are satisfactory. I've toyed around with the same idea in my head and you can quickly realize it's nigh impractical to do so. \\n It's the beauty of the human brain - you can consider multiple scenarios and how it would proceed from then on, but to visualize that in our head take little resources. Whereas to visualize that in a game in a way that make sense to the player and staying within context is a challenge, considering the many action that encompasses a different consequence. \\n Basically what you're asking for is a choose your own adventure kind of story. Even then, those type of story requires a repository of the sets of scenarios, actions and consequences thought of before hand and connect the dots together. Say the game allow you to make a yes/no choice for 10 times, you already have 2^10 different outcomes to consider that might involve various settings and characters. Of course you can limit the actual amount of choices that matters and just present a bunch of artificial choices that leads to the same outcome basically (like The Walking Dead series), but that again defeats the purpose of procedurally generating a plotline. At this point you might as well write the story yourself to save the time and storage spaces required for the repository of plot lines to keep the game being profitable. \\n The other alternative would be to give very basic command and object identification to the cpu to randomize... Say you can create a character, give it motivation, an action, a goal... But still how would it interact with other characters that are procedurally generated? The interaction set is another thing to consider in order for the story to make sense. Now how would these interaction give a meaningful story that keep the player interested is another challenge. Again you might as well write a story yourself than to set up all these potential sets of characters, actions and reactions because it will definitely take longer to achieve the later with quality and polish. \\n I feel like I might not be conveying my points with clarity... then again maybe I'm just over complicating things. Perhaps that's why I'm not a programmer.\",\n \"Summary: Fucking astrologists fucked up my sign. Somebody is gonna pay for this shit.\\n\\nPost: Astrology might be bullshit, but I still liked having a symbol of some sort that identifies with my existence, namely my birthday. \\n Also, I'd like to think of astrology signs as a social function. I can identify myself with groups of individual who falls within the windows of my birthday, so that I can be all like \\\"Oh cool, you're a Gemini too? Do you like this and that?\\\" which could act as a topic starter or sometimes even an ice breaker. \\n So whether you believe what the astrological readings have to say, I don't think it really matters.\",\n \"Summary: Notes are worthless without the lecture.\\n\\nPost: While this is not always true, most of the time the notes are either so cryptic or esoteric that if you weren't in class to listen to the explanation and clarification of the notes, you won't understand a thing. That is unless you read thru the whole chapter in the textbook. And why would you want to spend half a day reading the whole chapter when you can spend just a portion of that time to attend the lecture? \\n As a person who learns via interaction, I find it's so much easier to absorb materials with a combination of the notes and what the Professor say verbally or demonstrate visually. Notes alone may help you pass for grades, but will not help you understand the material you paid so dearly to learn. \\n Of course there are profs who do jackshit from elaborating on the notes, but from where I studied this was a rarity and even then, you have the chance to ask questions in class on what you don't understand. After class the profs have all the reasons in the world to refuse answering your questions since you so intelligently chose to skip out on his lecture, which you have absolutely no idea if he already clarified the points or not.\",\n \"Summary: I believe that cinematic trailer has a purpose - it builds and strengthens the atmosphere of the game's world, and the plot, characters, anything that cannot be demonstrated outside of gameplay alone.\\n\\nPost: I like games that excel on 1.) gameplay, and 2.) story. \\n To gamers such as myself, I don't think the trend of cinematic game trailers is as much of a bother as you make it out to be. Sure, I'd love to see actual gameplay sometimes, but a good cinematic trailer to hype up the atmosphere of the game world, and the excellence in its story telling is an A+ trailer to me. Some people like to play games to emerge into the game world, as sort of an escape from reality (not that it's a bad thing...), so a rich game world is equally as important as the gameplay itself. Bioshock's gameplay? Sufficient, but nowhere near excellent. Its atmosphere and story are where the $$$ comes rolling in. \\n You make some excellent points, and I've never been a good debater... but I have some rebuttals to share: \\n > * The first and most consistent is Never being able to do the things they show in the trailers. \\n True, the game characters will never be able to have that kind of complexity to perform such emotions and moves, but it's the imagination that adds to it. Think of Lego - the Lego figurines are always stiffened with one emotion on its face, but while you move it around and interact with different figurines/items, your mind imagines a different face for the scenario and makes the connection, adding flavours to the character. And that's just it - these cinematics adds background and depth to the game characters, thru the sheer power of imagination. \\n > * The second annoyance is they misunderstand the principle of show and don't tell when they do this. \\n I'll argue this with relevance - what the trailer relates back to the game itself. For example, the excellent Dead Island trailer - it gives you a hint to the premise of the story (set on an island, vacation), the main obstacles (zombies) and what its aiming to do - to evoke your emotions, something that hasn't yet been done in other zombie games. Sure it didn't give you any hint to the gameplay, but did it imply that anything shown in the trailer will act as replacement of the gameplay that's yet to be? As long as the cinematic is not trying to pass off as actual gameplay, I can swallow that much. \\n > * Why not just show gameplay footage instead? \\n Actually I agree on this, but I don't think that subsequently means there's no room for a cinematic trailer. I think each trailer has its own effect on its audience. \\n > * Finally if they can put so much time and money into a trailer, why not instead use that time and money to make a small demo? \\n I'm not a game developer by any means, but I think they usually outsource these cinematics to a different team, so that developers are working on the gameplay while another team works on these promotional trailers? Also, I just think there are some things that a cinematic trailer can tell better than a demo does. \\n From the gist of it, it seems to me your main beef with cinematics is that you think developers are trying trick gamers into believe it's actually game play. For me, that would be a big issue as well, however I think most gamers are experienced enough to tell the difference. I will agree if there are excessive cinematics a la Deux Ex 3, it'll kill the anticipation because it's all shows and no games. A well made but short cinematic prior to some actual gameplay though? Always works for me, hook, line, sinker.\",\n \"Summary: Gay guy loved me, I love this other girl and she loved me, gay guy screwed her, destroyed my teenage life.\\n\\nPost: Warning: Incoming wall of text \\n Back when I was a teenager, there was this guy who had a crush on me and confessed, but I rejected him, since I'm a guy and I'm not into guys. I still stayed friend with him as I don't believe in discrimination of gays, or bi's (as he claims he is). \\n Fast forward a year, I started hanging out with a small group of people and there was this girl I really liked. You know teenagers - I felt like I could be with this girl forever. Anyhow, our group wasn't that cliquey so eventually the guy was introduced by a mutual friend, and all of us started hanging out. The girl and I was really hitting it off, but she also expressed her interest in the guy, saying she can't decide (as he seemed interested in her as well). Well, whatever, equal opportunity right? But I know deep down that guy was still interested in me. \\n So some time after, we've made progress and the girl was much more affectionate with me, and we mutually feel that it is as though we're already a couple, and it was one of the greatest moment in my teens as I've never really gone out with anyone before. Then there was this incident - I forgot what the reason was, but she ended up staying at the guy's apartment for a night. That night she assured me not to worry because she doesn't feel for this guy anymore and will be saving the V-card for me, who's also donning a V-card. \\n The next morning, she called me in a strange tone and ask me to walk her home (we all live really close by). I knew something was wrong, and on the way she told me that in the morning he got intimate, and started messing with her. At the beginning she refused but eventually gave in because he was very persuasive. I remember the exact moment I felt my heart ripped out of my body and turned into tiny particles of ashes. I was kneeling down on the road, tears flowing down like an idiot, don't know whether to be mad or sad, don't know what to feel. Later on that day I met with the guy and he sincerely apologized and offered to let me hurt him in return, physically. Still feeling confused from the incident, I didn't do a thing to him. \\n After that, the girl left town shortly in the next semester. The group never knew what happened, and scheduled a reunion some year after. It was only then that I met her again, and she reluctantly told me that she got knocked up at that time and had an abortion. She was still very sweet with me, and we had a day of very silly puppy-love-couple-like during the reunion, very secretly. It was very bittersweet - on one hand I never really let go of her, but on another hand I never could forget. I almost felt like a teen again. \\n Oh and the guy? He still hinted he likes me every single opportunity he feels like he might have a chance. Funny though, shortly after the incident he was dating another GUY (Guy B), and is still with him to this date. To make things funnier, Guy B and the girl I liked used to be an item the year before, albeit a very short time only. To date I still hang out with guy A and B once in a while, and guy B would occasionally come to me for relationship advice. \\n When you're a teenager, you feel like everything is a huge deal. But now that I look back at it, it's really not that big a deal. Just a huge, huge dick move by that gay dude who never admitted he's completely gay.\",\n \"Summary: I love the experience provided by everything I hate about this game.\\n\\nPost: The lurking danger is the part that is stopping me from exploring actively, but I can see myself getting bored quickly with peaceful mode on. The end result is that I hide in my house strip mining the bottom at night, and head to surface in just enough time to see the sunset, rinse and repeat. \\n I once tried exploring and found a cave with multiple exits. I shat a little when I dug out and found it was night outside, and heard spider noises all around me.\",\n \"Summary: There should be some deviation to English, but not all deviations make good additions to the language. And Grammar Nazi's exist just as Anti-Grammar-Nazi's exist.\\n\\nPost: Excuse me for my arrogance, but I'm going to assume you brought up this topic due to [my earlier post yesterday]( which have been receiving varying degrees of admiration and despise. \\n That thread was really just a random outburst without any forethoughts. It wasn't a call to arms for all the Grammar Nazi's and wasn't expected to catch such an attention. However I do believe that a good amount of Grammar Nazi's would serve the purpose to correct those who wants to be corrected. As for those who are already aware of the mistakes, they will likely be annoyed (much like yourself). In essence, it's really similar to yelling \\\"REPOST\\\" or \\\"OLD NEWS\\\" on front page materials. For every person that upvotes a repost since it was fresh to them, there would be another who isn't previously educated by a Grammar Nazi's rant, and would be aware of the issue. \\n In the end, of course, it is up to the person to take the advice or leave it. But I don't think that should eliminate the needs for these posts. \\n As for your point #2, I don't disagree that we should allow deviation to grow as an Evolution of the language. However, if a deviation is not popular enough with the mass (i.e. if a majority of the people have problem with it), shouldn't we paid closer attention to said deviation, and wonder if it's fitting for the language? If you're talking about Evolution, then think Natural Selection. \\n Imagine in the near future where \\\"there\\\" becomes a synonym for there , their and they're . I could literally write the following: \\n > There are three guys over there. There walking without there shoes, not knowing there are spikes underneath there feet. \\n For every deviation, there are the good kinds where it makes for good read or can be counted as an artistic expression (e.g. \\\"to go boldly where no man has gone before\\\"), but there are also the bad kinds where it deteriorates the quality of the written, and/or reading language. \\n I'm obviously not a language major; and as a non-native English speaker, my language skill is incomparable to those such as yourself. I'm not that capable of debating, so I'll leave it up to the rest who can share their wisdom. \\n edit:\",\n \"Summary: Hey Reddit, Grammar Nazi's Nazis - why do you hate them, or why not? \\n \\n Edit 1: I stand corrected, thanks. \\n Edit 2: Either some of you are genuinely making a collective bunch of tiny mistakes or are just jerks trolling for a reaction. Well played. \\n Edit 3: It seems the most hated ones are the ones who use ad hominem attacks and pick on grammar mistakes to invalidate arguments. I agree, those people are jerks, but not every grammar Nazi is like that. At least, I hope not.\\n\\nPost: I confess - I consider myself a grammar nazi Nazi, but I try not to be. Nowadays I see posts with some common errors and I just try to ignore it, thinking it's none of my business. \\n This morning I came across a post that is rather insightful, but is unfortunately marred by a very particular common misuse of phrase (would of/would've), and it bugged me. I told myself it's none of my business, but it got me thinking - why isn't it? why should I be the one restraining myself if I want to help and educate someone about their mistake? Why do people choose to live in blissful ignorance and instead condemn the ones trying to help? I don't understand the logic. \\n I mean, I kinda get it - sometimes it's a quick and dirty comment that you don't care about, and sometimes it's an honest mistake. I know it's annoying being corrected for a tiny mistake that you may already know about, but what if you weren't aware why it was a mistake? Wouldn't you want to know about it so you won't repeat in the future? If you disapprove of people who correct your mistakes, aren't you also disapproving educators such as teachers/professors? Why is it cool to hate on proper knowledge and promote ignorance? We may not be in the same position, but the intent is the same - to spread knowledge and educate. \\n Grammar Nazis are not perfect either - we make mistakes too. But I want to know when I do, so that the next time I won't make the same. It feels good to know that I learned something and can pass on that knowledge. \\n Some may argue that's how language evolve, and I tell myself that too. And it's true, some phrases/words we use today used to be improper slang from the past that only came to be accepted when a majority of people start using it. However just because it happens does it mean we should let it when we have the power to intervene? Is it worse to knowingly ignore an obvious mistake, or is it worse to spread the knowledge and slow down said \\\"evolution\\\"? \\n One thing I can advocate for the haters is that, yes, ultimately the purpose is more for myself than it is for the person. It's not a sense of superiority, but rather it's a feeling that if I didn't do something, I would've failed the person to inform him/her of something I know to be wrong. The next time I see the same mistake, I would regret that I had the power to help but chose not to. It's a sick compulsion, I admit, but it is a shitty feeling nonetheless. \\n Honestly, I was hesitant in submitting this and not expecting this to be a popular discussion at all, but I've seen submissions discussing about the most random things, so I figured, why not?\",\n \"Summary: GF and I went to line up for TIFF, after waiting for hours we were almost told to leave the line but a random TIFF volunteer behind us gave us free vouchers for the movie. We end up didn't use the vouchers and returned, but he was a pretty nice guy. \\n Just wanted to let people of Toronto know that chivalry and human kindness are not dead, and there are pretty awesome people in Toronto too, not just jerks. \\n Edit : Smuggler was awesome. Can't hide the smell of fear. \\n Edit^2 : Also I witnessed a few people in TIFF giving up their tickets to people waiting in the rushline as well - some were selling, but some were giving. You guys made TIFF pretty cool.\\n\\nPost: Here be the story to celebrate a man who was almost our hero that fateful day, but we will remain forever grateful for your action. For those of you who don't care, please do not waste your time reading this and move on with your life. \\n So last week during the last week of TIFF event... my girlfriend and I went down to see Smuggler at the midnight launch event. We bought these groupon coupons that are essentially 2for1 ticket, and didn't know that we had to redeem these coupons prior to seeing the film. It sucked, but we sucked it up and lined up at the rush line to see if we could get in. \\n After 1.5 hours of lining up, while I went to retrieve my car to park closer to the theater, my girlfriend had a rude awakening from the staff at the line and was told that our coupons would not be redeemable at the rush line as well. It was rather unimpressive to know we had lined up for so long for nothing. \\n Fortunately, behind her, you stood out as a shining statue of human being in the form of a Jamaican friend (which I could only assume due to the strap he was wearing). You casually gave her a voucher that was given to TIFF volunteers only, letting her know that your friends ditched you and you have no use for the voucher. My girlfriend was taken aback at your gracious offer, and hesitantly let you know that I was also in line so the voucher would be useless to her. You, being the amazing altruist that you are, casually gave her another voucher in strides. \\n When I returned to the line she let me know of the situation, and I believe we humbly thanked you (at least I hope we did - we're too reserved to know how to handle these situations and thank people properly). Since we had no cash with us on our persons, we offered you coffee, tea or food from Starbucks as it was the only currency we had. We were sadden that you did not take our offer as you don't like coffee and weren't hungry. There was not much else we could have offered. We stood in line awkwardly as I thought of every possible way to make it up to you for your kindness. \\n When we were able to get into the theater, we tried to use our coupon at the ticket booth, and fortunately they had accepted the coupons in exchange for the admission tickets. I had to survey through the entire theater, but I was successful in finding you and returning the vouchers to you. You, again, casually took the vouchers and thanked us. And then we parted ways and proceeded to wait another hour for the movie to begin. \\n So thank you, random TIFF volunteer, for your kind acts towards 2 total strangers at the rush line. Your friends were asses to ditch you for the movies. You're the man.\",\n \"Summary: read title. \\n edit: in retrospect, the title should read \\\"deported\\\" instead of \\\"banned\\\". I don't really know if they banned me, but I was escorted out with two fists of justice . \\n edit 2: formatting for readability.\\n\\nPost: So I wanted to join a public server to have fun with my friend. Now my friend and I are reasonable people - i.e. we don't grief, we respect people's creations, and just basically... hang around. \\n Now I just joined bootswithdefer's server, and was cruising around waiting for my friend to join. Didn't even go near anybody's buildings. \\n zoom! I got teleported to a hole, almost falling. Some guy said, \\\"Him\\\". I thought it was a reference to the infamous HIM, so I just left. Then the same guy said, \\\"he's getting away!\\\" \\n Then I got teleported again, into the hole, properly this time. Understandably upset, I asked \\\"wtf?\\\" The guy, and someone probably with admin power, tells me I get jailed. Here's the basic exchange: \\n me: but I didn't break anything? \\n guy: yea, but you're jailed. \\n me: this is ridiculous, I'm not a griefer. I don't go around breaking people's stuff. \\n guy: yea, but you gotta read the rules. types out site \\n me: I didn't break any rules though, why would you jail me and force me to read the rule (which is on a external site). I just joined from the public server listing. \\n guy: well, you're jailed till you read the rules. \\n me: so... you're jailing me and forcing me to read the rule while I already show you that I'm not a griefer? This hardly seems fair. \\n guy: it's fair. You wouldn't know how many guys I'd had to ban. \\n me: well how do you know you'd ban me? \\n guy: just read the rules. \\n me: well, I don't need this treatment. (I believe in innocent until proven guilty) I'm heading off to somewhere else then. You guys have fun. \\n guy: okay. \\n I didn't even get to click disconnect - I was kicked (or banned) quickly. I didn't bother to check if I can rejoin. \\n Shortly before I joined this server I joined another, where the rules were put up on signs AND typed out in chat as I joined. Those are CLEAR and USER FRIENDLY rules. This? I get jailed even I didn't do anything and am forced to abide by their will. \\n I'm getting punished for their lack of ability to share their rules in a more user friendly method. I'm treated as a griefer before I turned one. \\n Server admins, I know you try to maintain your community and such, but seriously, fuck this kind of shit. \\n Minecrafters of reddit, tell me, am I wrong to not read the rules when they can only impose their rules thru an external site, forcing newcomers to read by jailing them? I'm really hot headed right now so I can't think straight.\"\n]","isConversational":false},"profile_size":{"kind":"number","value":16,"string":"16"},"task":{"kind":"string","value":"longlamp_4"},"split_kind":{"kind":"string","value":"user_based"},"id":{"kind":"number","value":1098,"string":"1,098"}}},{"rowIdx":1099,"cells":{"question_id":{"kind":"string","value":"DeSanti"},"question":{"kind":"string","value":"Generate the content for a reddit post Muskox attacked us. We ran \n White phosphorous attacked. We drove away. \n Grenade shell got dropped on the floor. We jumped over a pair of sandbags."},"answer":{"kind":"string","value":"Lots of comments, so not expecting this'll be noticed, but here are the several escapes I've had during just one, special, week (and one particularly badass): \n Was in the Army, a fine artillerist in the Norwegian Royal Artillery. We've been sent up to this god-forsaken place on a mountain that used to be a firing range for our cannons but now was being processed into a national park so each year some unlucky bastards had to participate in cleaning up duds and metal fragments. \n We walked in a long horizontal line and walked just forward, looking right at the ground and if we found a possible dud we'd mark it and let a demolition guy behind us take care of it. \n Escape #1 - The Muskox Menace \n While we'd walk for several hours, our CO got news from another team that a pack of muskox (the only kind in Norway) were moving towards our line. So the NCO rang the base, the base sent a helicopter that was going to chase them away. Done deal, right? Wrong. \n While were sitting and chilling, waiting to get the all-clear, my CO suddenly got a phonecall and was told quite urgently by someone in the chopper to run like fucking hell. The guys in the chopper had manage to scare the muskox into stampeding and that towards our valley. The couldn't get them to change direction. \n So our CO screamed like hell for us to clear the valley, run uphill. We could already feel them coming before we could see them. So we ran like motherfuckers up the hill, and at point so steep a lot of climbed like hell. \n The Muskox ran past us and we all survived. Some of the muskox had even trampled over one of their own, but we were told to stay clear of the bodies because, uh, they had a plague. . . \n Escape #2 - Playing with White Phosphorus \n A lot of the duds we found was white phosphorus cluster shells. Norway had recently been testing cluster bombs to see if it was tolerable to use it in the Army and I think actually due to the high number of duds they didn't accept it. \n So our bomb export team that was following had been gathering a lot of these white phosphorus duds and after the day was over they gathered all the duds and, eh, exploded them. 80 kilo with TNT, I was told. We were told to keep a safe distance and we could watch. Since we were in the artillery we fucking loved seeing explosions so naturally we watched. \n So after sitting in a hill judged to be safe distance they detonated the explosives and we saw a huge cloud of white phosphorus rising upwards in the air. But then, out of mother-fucking nowhere, a instant rush of southern wind arrived and blew all that damn cloud towards us. At first we were hesitant but when we heard one our NCO say \"RUN GOD-DAMNIT! RUUUUN!\" \n I remember staring almost paralyzed at the incoming cloud before someone dragged me into our [BV]( and drove us the fuck away. \n Escape #3 - Fuck This I'm Gonna Explode On You \n Last day of the week up on Dovre we weren't doing any walking across mountains. We were going to practice close-range firing with our M109 A3 GN self-propelled howitzers. With live rounds. \n I was a loader so we had all the shells with their warheads on strapped in a net in the back of the cannon, so we could easily just grab it and slide it into the breech easily. \n So, we were firing like crazy. Using a lot of black-powder (yeah, we manually load the black-powder) so the cannon vibrated like hell. After third or fourth shots the vibration caused a shell at the net to fall down, the safety muzzle not being properly attached to it. \n The shell landed with the warhead first right on the floor. 43.2 kilos of weight, 20% of that weight pure high explosive, pressing against the warhead. Causing it fizzle loudly. Letting out smoke. \n All five of us stood and gawped at the smoking, fizzling HE shell on the ground. You know when they say seconds turns to hours and that sort of thing? Well it's true. I can remember that scene as if it was just us staring at it for 30 minutes. \n Breaking the pause was our Cannon Commander who cried, so damn high and panicked that his voice made one of the manliest, bearded motherfuckers sound like a high-pitched girl screaming \"OUT! OUT! OUUUUT!\" \n And out we went. The CC literally threw the guy next to him out of the cannon, I took the guy fixing operating the hydraulics (we just call that post Nr. 4) and pulled him after his helmet (being just about stunned , though he always denies it) and got us the hell out of there. \n We even ran like in those action movies, our CC screaming \"GET TO COVER!\" and we jumped over a pair of sandbags (I'm not kidding!). \n It didn't explode it, though. \n Annnnd I realize I've written too much and I apologize for all of this."},"correct_answer":{"kind":"string","value":"Lots of comments, so not expecting this'll be noticed, but here are the several escapes I've had during just one, special, week (and one particularly badass): \n Was in the Army, a fine artillerist in the Norwegian Royal Artillery. We've been sent up to this god-forsaken place on a mountain that used to be a firing range for our cannons but now was being processed into a national park so each year some unlucky bastards had to participate in cleaning up duds and metal fragments. \n We walked in a long horizontal line and walked just forward, looking right at the ground and if we found a possible dud we'd mark it and let a demolition guy behind us take care of it. \n Escape #1 - The Muskox Menace \n While we'd walk for several hours, our CO got news from another team that a pack of muskox (the only kind in Norway) were moving towards our line. So the NCO rang the base, the base sent a helicopter that was going to chase them away. Done deal, right? Wrong. \n While were sitting and chilling, waiting to get the all-clear, my CO suddenly got a phonecall and was told quite urgently by someone in the chopper to run like fucking hell. The guys in the chopper had manage to scare the muskox into stampeding and that towards our valley. The couldn't get them to change direction. \n So our CO screamed like hell for us to clear the valley, run uphill. We could already feel them coming before we could see them. So we ran like motherfuckers up the hill, and at point so steep a lot of climbed like hell. \n The Muskox ran past us and we all survived. Some of the muskox had even trampled over one of their own, but we were told to stay clear of the bodies because, uh, they had a plague. . . \n Escape #2 - Playing with White Phosphorus \n A lot of the duds we found was white phosphorus cluster shells. Norway had recently been testing cluster bombs to see if it was tolerable to use it in the Army and I think actually due to the high number of duds they didn't accept it. \n So our bomb export team that was following had been gathering a lot of these white phosphorus duds and after the day was over they gathered all the duds and, eh, exploded them. 80 kilo with TNT, I was told. We were told to keep a safe distance and we could watch. Since we were in the artillery we fucking loved seeing explosions so naturally we watched. \n So after sitting in a hill judged to be safe distance they detonated the explosives and we saw a huge cloud of white phosphorus rising upwards in the air. But then, out of mother-fucking nowhere, a instant rush of southern wind arrived and blew all that damn cloud towards us. At first we were hesitant but when we heard one our NCO say \"RUN GOD-DAMNIT! RUUUUN!\" \n I remember staring almost paralyzed at the incoming cloud before someone dragged me into our [BV]( and drove us the fuck away. \n Escape #3 - Fuck This I'm Gonna Explode On You \n Last day of the week up on Dovre we weren't doing any walking across mountains. We were going to practice close-range firing with our M109 A3 GN self-propelled howitzers. With live rounds. \n I was a loader so we had all the shells with their warheads on strapped in a net in the back of the cannon, so we could easily just grab it and slide it into the breech easily. \n So, we were firing like crazy. Using a lot of black-powder (yeah, we manually load the black-powder) so the cannon vibrated like hell. After third or fourth shots the vibration caused a shell at the net to fall down, the safety muzzle not being properly attached to it. \n The shell landed with the warhead first right on the floor. 43.2 kilos of weight, 20% of that weight pure high explosive, pressing against the warhead. Causing it fizzle loudly. Letting out smoke. \n All five of us stood and gawped at the smoking, fizzling HE shell on the ground. You know when they say seconds turns to hours and that sort of thing? Well it's true. I can remember that scene as if it was just us staring at it for 30 minutes. \n Breaking the pause was our Cannon Commander who cried, so damn high and panicked that his voice made one of the manliest, bearded motherfuckers sound like a high-pitched girl screaming \"OUT! OUT! OUUUUT!\" \n And out we went. The CC literally threw the guy next to him out of the cannon, I took the guy fixing operating the hydraulics (we just call that post Nr. 4) and pulled him after his helmet (being just about stunned , though he always denies it) and got us the hell out of there. \n We even ran like in those action movies, our CC screaming \"GET TO COVER!\" and we jumped over a pair of sandbags (I'm not kidding!). \n It didn't explode it, though. \n Annnnd I realize I've written too much and I apologize for all of this."},"documents":{"kind":"list like","value":["Summary: I like the Economist, apparently.\n\nPost: I risk going on a rant here, but be that as it may. \n There's always, to me, been a difference between \"being informed\" and \"knowing about current events\" and a lot of it is about context and the depth of what you know. \n If you want to be \"informed\" then you should just follow Reuters, AP or news agencies that just informs basic outlines of what is going on without too much context or story behind it (I'm not talking bad about them, their function is very much crucial for other instances of the media that can then expand and make a piece around it). \n But today you sort of notice that many just copy + paste the entire Reuters story and don't bother by offering too much context. \n My example for context would be the Economists. I might sound smug about it, but as someone who used to simply look on the \"regular\" news site and then starting to read the Economist, it truly gave me so much more out of the story. You understand the political, the economical, the historic and cultural relations, they try to explain what is going on, rather than just stating what has happened. \n And that's where the problem is. People now wants to simply be informed. They want to look at the news and see \"Uprising in Syria\" and then that's pretty much it. That's enough for them. And it sort of ridiculous how skewered this can be. You'd get celebrity gossip that has more context and outlining than global or even local news. And once you start start following up on something important (the 'breaking news' type of stories) you get bombarded by all these continuous yabbering of pundits and newsanchors trying to boil down every unconfirmed, chaotic happenstance with theories and speculations, all in the name of keeping you informed . \n So back to the Economist again, because that's only released once at the end of every week. They take their time, they research and elaborate on the stories they're following on. It's not about being informed as quickly as possible and in the broadest terms imaginable. Sure, the evening's football match is easy to sum up but when it comes to matter of politics, economy and all these horrible tragedies we really can't demand to know everything about or think we know what is going on by watching 2 hours straight of a breaking news report on TV. We get the outline of what is going on and a whole lot of idle chatter to fill the time and to try to sound like they need to tell you more when they honestly don't have anything of worth to say. \n I don't hate or dislike \"regular TV/newspaper news\" and not saying we shouldn't read or watch it. But I must prefer making my judgement or feeling truly informed about the topic by reading news outlets like the Economists or similar. That's all, really.","Summary: Ski trip, minivan, minivan rolled over my feet and door buried me in snow. Ski trip. Pain, pain, doctor, tire-track, laughter.\n\nPost: When I was at senior high-school we were going on a ski-trip. We all loaded our skis in the minivan, got in and went our merry way to the mountains. \n I was sitting up front a long with a fellow girl at class and the teacher who was driving the minivan, and all was going well until we had to drive a sharp uphill road which soon turned out to be quite slippery due to ice on the road. \n So he stopped the van and got out in order to get some chains rigged on the tires and we waited patiently until we noticed the minivan was starting to . . . slide backwards, down the road. The teacher tried to get into the van but slipped on the ice and fell while we were starting to panic and scream. The girl next to me tried to use the handbrake but only manage to unlock it so that the tires were rolling to the momentum as well! \n Someone screamed that there was a river behind us and that we would die, people started to say \"jump out of the van!!\" -- and so the girl next to me screamed for me to open the door, and I did that. I unbuckled my seatbelt and then . . . the motherfucker pushed me out of the van and she jumped on out afterwards. \n I landed on my stomach in the snow, thinking \"this wasn't so bad\" . . . before I felt a sharp pain in my foot as the minivan was rolling over my feet and I screamed in pain before the door that had been opened slammed into my back and dragged me down with the van, burying me deeper into the snow. \n I fell unconscious and just remember people trying to dig me out of the snow while I was still pinned down by the door of the van, which had stopped. As I was free people asked if I was alright and I just weakly nodded and the teacher came down, looked around and said \"Alright then! Let's get back in!\" \n And we went skiing. \n However due to the pain in my feet and back I only managed half-way of the course and my teacher asked if everything was alright, I explained to him that I was in pain and why. So he panicked, got us all in the van and drove down to the Accident & Emergency clinic, a doctor took a look at my feet and started laughing as he saw the tire-tracks covering my feet and said everything would be a-ok. \n And so it was.","Summary: Point is, there are so many variables within feminism, the whole narcissist idea of it being a multitude of ideologies within one, exceedingly bland term that makes it impossible to derive any meaning out of it. I share a lot of the ideas and views that could very well be considered within feminist viewpoints, but seeing the mangled mass of whose claiming that term now, it makes it impossible for me to call myself a feminist if only of fear to associate myself with those sorts.\n\nPost: Like it or not, you're encroaching the real problem with feminism today that many are getting more keenly aware of, especially those who would call themselves feminists. \n After the second wave of feminism you started to see some serious legitimization happening, everything from post-modern academia studies and organizations that developed instead of ad-hoc groups trying combat one, specific instance or example of sexism but rather a conglomeration of feminist agenda and equal gender issues. \n This, in my observation, was all fine and well but then all of a sudden you had the Great Porn War which truly polarized itself in the 1980s and continued well up into the 90s. The Great Porn War, or Feminist Sex War was a mash-up of those who felt sexuality should be liberated, exposed and normalized while the opposing group felt it was 'against feminism' and that sex, especially in porn, was a method of oppression for women. \n This was a time that many might not remember but by the 70s you had a porn-industry that rivals today in terms that it was very accepted , you had cinemas in Broadway which showed pornographic movies and explicit content, it was all interwoven with the \"hippy movement\" in a way. Anyhow, this fight was so huge, so bitter and devastating that it imploded on the entire feminism movement. By then it was largely a 'cohesive' collective of people (with the exception of people in the SCUM radicalism, for instance) but largely tangentially. \n From thereon it's the third wave of feminism and very much contrary to the second and first this was defined during its own infancy and some of the 'official' or accepted definition of third wave is that it deals with more than just de jure (by law) and social practices in work space, but it goes to do with anything . From art, society, culture, music, movies, you name it, it's third wave. \n Problem is that this time around it's not about a feminist organization trying to make a change but it's paradoxically the individuals approach on everything based on 'feminist/gender study'. This is, entirely my opinion here, a very bad move for feminism as a whole as it defractures the entire movement into tiny bits of very different and very opinionated collectives that work not together but by their own approach. In turn this makes calling oneself a feminist extremely difficult if you want to make plain what your view point is because suddenly there's so damn many viewpoints, opinions and approaches. And hardly any of these needs are 'harmonized' and very easily prone to tension between. \n To combat this, one creates the very watered-out and mainstream term of being a feminist but excluding just about any deeper meaning and coherency to that term without actually delving into what that actually means . \n A similar situation you can also find in being a socialist . Now, I harbour a lot of socialist ideas but I would never call myself a socialist . Why? Because it's too damn defuse, it's a term in many ways occupied and taken by the most radical people and most importantly it doesn't actually say a damn about what my viewpoints are . Socialism was , at a point, fairly cohesive but after the whole Leninist, Lenin-Trotskyism, Trotskyism, Stalinism, Maoism, Orthodox-Marxism, Bolhsevik-Leninism, Marxist-Leninism, Leninist-Marxist-Maoism, Neo-Marxism, Post-marxism, Impossibilism, etc, etc, ad naseum you suddenly start to feel that it's just a meaningless phrase co-opted by a horde of other political ideas so vastly different from one and another that it just doesn't say anything .","Summary: To fix the economy you must change it.\n\nPost: Money as a method of bartering has been transferred into a system of dept. The numbers you see in your bank account and the piece of paper you hold in your hand is not anything of real, commutable value. The only reason people allow to give away, for example, a TV for a token amount of paper is because everyone believes it has a value. \n I might be offering just platitudes, I might perhaps be giving away nothing but fleeting concepts and ideas, but confuse me not with a socialist just because I say this: Capitalism, as an economic system, is not the apex of economic theory. It is not the end of the line, we have not reached our highest potential, we have not been given the perfect or best system. It is a system that has worked, it fixed the countries that was stagnated and held back by an overly mercantilist system. \n The transformation of mercantilism to capitalism was not done by revolution, nor the product of a single man (though Adam Smith should of course be credited as is due). Likewise the system we see now is a system that spirals in an endless series of bubbles, crashes, recession, boost, etc. The Keynesian school of Centralized Planning has much to do with this, but there is not one definite cause to all of problems in global and national economy. I simply just believe the free market has grown too complex, too covert for its own good. An unmanageable, rampant beast that wears the banner of freedom and liberty for all but gives only the profit for a select few who understands it. \n You ask how to fix the economy, I say to change the system of economy would be one such course. Certainly, how can such a feat be done? I can only answer truly: I do not know. But I do know that has to. These recessions and economic downfalls, the exploitation of third-world countries newly embraced to an open market and the constant search for profit marginalization is overshadowing what was supposed to be a genuine chance for all citizens to aspire and work for their rightful living. \n The state and the economy is too integral and equally vulnerable. Globalization and the emergence of a genuine World Market makes it almost incomprehensible and we actually offer our trust at people who brand themselves analysts who are in fact just professional guessers trying to guess what will happen next without any data that could really tell the whole pattern. \n As I said before, we are not at the end of the road on social science, political theories and economic systems. We have simply been dormant and complacent for too long to bother looking for greener pastures. We need to change the economy or risk be consumed by it.","Summary: Group bias is inevitable and it is the same everywhere.\n\nPost: Not to crash on the self-loathing and witty-observation party here, but. . . \n You guys do realize that every community of every aspect and interests in absolutely all corners of the whole world share a sense of normative similarities, right? \n These posts sort of make it seem like it is a bad thing and that /r/gaming is dreadfully predictable, but in the end it is just the consequence of a group of people sharing the same interests and preferences. The whole 'bitching' and 'complaining' thing is an absolutely normal aspect of it and I'd be more worried if everyone were completely unbiased or without a set of shared norms, that'd just suggest against it being a community rather than it being one. \n I think it is far more important to advocate and stress the importance on being polite about discussing their viewpoints, rather than bemoaning predictability in a group.","Summary: Car wosh wosh man grah bah me hah hah man bark bark me nah nah car wrooom wrooom away.\n\nPost: I suppose this is a form of road rage: \n When working as a traffic navigator (no idea what the english word is, but I stood on a road and I directed people to the alternative road along a tunnel because that was closed for maintenance) I came upon a car that stopped right infront of me and the driver was furious as hell and wondered why the tunnel was closed. \n I told him the reason and he refused to accept that, saying he had to drive through this tunnel, the alternative road would take too long, etc. I politely explained to him that there were a lot of people working inside the tunnel and no room for cars to drive through. He refused again and said he would drive through that tunnel, so then I told him that I would have to smash his window with my stop sign then. He got even more furious but still not driving, asking why I would do so and I explained that if he tried to drive into that tunnel he would put his own and the life of those working inside there at risk and if his car window was cracked he couldn't drive through (a bit of lie, yes, the glass would have just crystallized) \n It still got his attention and he grudgingly drove the alternative road.","Summary: My dentist pulled my teeth out with what seemed like a pliers while I was feeling the whole thing and I had to go shopping with drool and blood and general belated numbness involved.\n\nPost: I always find these \"laughing gas\" + \"taking out wisdom teeth\" videos funny, because where I'm from and what they did to me . . . Oh boy. \n Now my dentist back home was a real sunofagun, impatient and not the one for small talk. He injected with me a local anesthesia, waited a minute and asked if it worked - I said no, I still felt most of my mouth around that area so he just grunted and put in another injection. Less than a he minute, he asked if it was working - I had to say no, and he cussed and gave me another shot. \n This went on until I had five injection and he finally lost patience and just said \"Fuck it, this thing is going out now.\" and then used what seemed like a glorified pliers and pulled the god-damn thing out without any consideration of my agonized screaming, whatsoever. \n This took less than 5 minutes and he said \"There, all done\" and went out. My mom picked me up after I had been sitting there drooling, bleeding in and pain for a while and THEN the anesthesia started to work and my entire mouth was just a numb mess and I was drooling constantly. \n To make matters worse, she took me shopping for clothes while I was like Frankenstein's monster, capable of only making grunting noises and making a mess around everything.","Summary: When in Louvre, follow the massive crowd to get to Mona Lisa. But honestly, check the rest of it while you're there. It's a stunningly beautiful art-museum.\n\nPost: Hah, I can really relate to that. Was at the Louvre museum earlier in December. \n Now, the Louvre is MASSIVE, it's a huge palace-turned-museum and it's has 4 (I think) wings / entrances that you can access from the main lobby. When I was there you could almost see where the Mona Lisa was because there was a huge crowd walking towards the one entrance as opposed to the others. \n I wasn't that interested in Mona Lisa, so me and my girlfriend went to the Renaissance-statues of greek legends and so on, taking our time in these massive rooms and halls, almost virtually alone save for one tour-guide crowd and some art-students taking pictures. So we spend about an hour and a half walking around, through the statues to historic Mesopotamian art and cultural artifacts, lots of wonderful and truly awesome art. \n Eventually we decided to head at the one wing we hadn't gone to, the one leading to Mona Lisa. So we took our time, went up along with a huge crowd, walking through hall-ways to hall-ways with statues of Roman emperors, artworks of Napoleon and the Revolution. Huge hall-ways and rooms with so much decorative art and interior design that was wonderful. \n But most people just hurried past. \n Probably just 5-10% of everyone there were looking at all these beautiful art-works while an almost continuous stream of people were walking towards the Mona Lisa. Eventually we get there and it's this huge room with massive, massive art-works. \n And in one separate wall in the middle, with a huge rope around it, was the small, small portrait of Mona Lisa, surrounded by a huge crowd of people with cameras, mobiles, with a continuous flash from them. \n Usually they'd spend 1 minute in the crowd, take a picture, leave to the exit and get replaced by another as some sort of weird queue. \n It was odd, but that's how it works I guess. Back here in Norway people just ask \"Where's Munch's Scream?\" when they're in an art-gallery.","Summary: Stuff. I would do godly stuff.\n\nPost: Ah, yes. Some would probably say use them responsibly but I - being but a man of flesh and blood - would undoubtedly use it to manipulate the course of the world. The first thing I would do is to create a Council of Favoured, people who I deem worthy to give me counsel and advice - though if I follow them through is another matter, but they will be given luxuries and a good living. \n Secondly I would start making false deities, false religions. They would not need to worship me personally, I find such petty concerns above my intentions. No, I need some good old dividing. The world would be split into religious groups and they would commit battles against each other for as long as I see fit, spreading the chaos and havoc upon the planet as I see fit. Not solely for amusement, of course. But to make them endure and shed blood in the name of false gods and made-up deities. \n When the time was right I would show myself to them all and would explain to them the hubris of their way, their folly and ignorance. How little they think they know and how useless the so-called clergies of these deities were. \n They would all marvel upon how I have brought them to light and those who have endure and withstood this millennia of pointless war and suffering will be formed into one unity and from there they would prosper together and mankind would find itself a new path to forge while I readily stand behind them and approvingly watch.","Summary: Marx is far more than \"communism\".\n\nPost: Mind you, in Sociology and using Marx, as much as Weber, Durkheim or other academic figures, it's not about 'promoting' or focusing on his work in communism. \n Marx's work is perhaps one of the most comprehensive and first to develop critical methodology, which is scientific and observable approach to studying history, culture, etc. Other works include for instance his view on human nature (though of course not among the first, but very much critical and in-depth analysis) as well as a lot of other works that laid foundation to modern sociology and studies. \n This doesn't mean every work and theory he had was right or that Marx's work together with Engels on communism is 'the best solution' or any of that. Much like how Freud's psychoanalysis is now a mostly defunct practice but it's still important to acknowledge Freud's instrumental role in creating the foundations of modern psychology as well as a lot of other works in that area.","Summary: Loved a lesbian, became best friends, told me she had feelings for a man, turned out to be another, changed her ways and for the better.\n\nPost: Warning: Long story of drama, love and lesbians ahead. \n There was this girl at my work who I thought was rather lovely and cute. She was this slightly \"rebellious\", \"free-spirited\" sort of person without it being overbearing or annoying in that regard. I must admit I was rather infatuated with her the more we hung out after work though it was revealed pretty early that she was a lesbian. \n So out of decency and just common sense I suppressed and did not act on these feelings, though we hung out and soon became something like best friends. Both of us having a culture of heavy alcohol intake we used to drink together just about every Friday and Saturday. \n She had some negatives, she could be a bit spoiled and act as if she was entitled to all of the good in the world. Though I often told her my views on things and she seemed to understand or at least moderate such behavior around me. \n It got to this point that she made me swear that I would come to her funeral if she ever died and she would come to mine if I died first. She seemed very morbidly convinced that she'd die at a young age (though not out of suicide or anything). \n Then one day she wrote to me over Facebook, with a random, out-of-the-blue question that stunned me. She asked \"What would you say if I was in love with a man?\" \n It was like all those feelings I had for her reemerged with such passion. It was like all my secret hopes and wishes were finally to become true and I replied diplomatically that she could love anyone she wished, I'd think no less of her. \n . . . And then she explained how she was in love with this dude she met a week ago. And I supported her. Crestfallen, downtrodden, thinking somehow the world owed me this - but still, of course, I supported her. \n Two years have gone, we don't work together - we rarely hang out (she's busy with hers, I'm with my own). They're engaged now and she's totally changed from the young 20-ish woman who drank heavily, had a messy apartment and terrible eating habits and now into a very self-confident, nicer, kinder and dare-I-say-it soft spoken woman with much for appreciation for life and those around her. \n However much I resent it, the guy she's engaged to is a good guy. Very good to her and clearly they've thrived together. And I guess that's my only solace in this entire sit-com reproduction of a life I've had.","Summary: Ski trip with class. Bus slid downwards and I was pushed out of the bus and got run over and dragged by the bus, burying me in snow.\n\nPost: When I was 17 we went on a ski trip with my class. \n Our teacher drove us in a mini-bus and there were 15 of us classmates participating, I was sitting in the front a long with another girl. \n When we reached a steep, uphill road the bus suddenly started to slip and slide something awful, clearly the ice was rather slippery on the road so the teacher stopped and went out, checking if he should put some chains on the wheels before driving onwards. \n The moment he went out the car started to slide backwards, he tried to jump back in but slipped and fell on the ground. Meanwhile we were panicking and the girl next to me tried to use the handbrake, only managing to take the handbrake off so now the wheels were rolling. Someone in the back screamed there was a river behind us and we had to jump out of the bus immediately. \n Folk started jumping out at the back and the girl next to me screamed for me to open the door. The moment I opened the door, however, she pushed me out so she could jump out. I landed flat on my stomach on the ground in the snow, thinking \"This wasn't so bad\" but then the wheels of the bus rolled over my feet and before I could even react to that the opened door slammed against my back and dragged me along with the bus, burying me into the snow. \n I'm fairly certain I blacked out at that point, but next I remember being pinned down by the door, under a lot of snow and the bus had crashed into a heap of snow. They dug me out, the teacher came and assessed the situation, found that everyone was a-ok and then we continued to drive up to the destination to ski. \n I was pretty much in shock at that moment and I only managed to do the ski-trek halfways because of increasing pain and the teacher asked if something was wrong while we were driving back home and I explained that I was hurting quite a bit. \n When I told what had happened he was stunned and then drove me quickly to a doctor who took a look at my feet which had wheel-tire imprints on them, which made him laugh boisterously. \n Had to spend 3 weeks on crutches with badly bruised feet and a sore back, but other than the absurdity of it all, it was all good.","Summary: Prohibition killed brewing, legalized again in 79 by Carter, young & thirsty Americans wanted better beer in the 80s, 2300 micro-breweries in USA today and kicking flavorful, hoppy ass!\n\nPost: I held a lecture about this -- or rather, homebrewing in general and how to start a brewing guild (here in Norway) and a part of the lecture was about the American Microbrew Revolution. Very fascinating and inspiring stuff! \n Beer had been legal way up until the Prohibition in 1920. At that time it was illegal to sell any beer stronger than 0,5% which became known as \"nearbeer\". Homebrew became illegal on a federal level and it destroyed the brewing communities, beerpubs and a lot of long-standing traditions. \n Wineries, though, didn't suffer as much as the beer breweries because apparently around 1920 there was a huge influx of Catholic \"converts\" and sacramental wine became in high demand! \n Anyhow, the Prohibition ended in 1933 but there were a lot of laws, such as tax excises and penal bonds on those wanting to home brew, that made home brewing impossible for many. Many states still maintained the illegality of home brewing, though (this very year Alabama and Mississippi both legalized home brewing) \n So as the years went the brewery market started to change. Lager started to become to main production for most breweries and an overwhelming amount of breweries either got bankrupt or was bought up larger companies. \n In 1980, at its peak, there was only 44 beer-companies in the entirety of the USA. Hugely regional and most of them had their \"own region\" to sell their beer, making the market extremely monogamous. At that time it was predicted that by the beginning of the '90s, only 5 brewing companies would remain. \n Going a bit back, late '70s, Jimmy Carter opened up for brewing and removed the tax and penal bonds that made hobby brewing impossible. Soon enough the hungry and thirsty market of young, middle-class men and women who was sick and tired of the usual lager wanted a change. Many of them had been to Europe and fell in love with stouts, weissbier, pale-ales, amber ale, etc -- and they wanted them back to the US. At first the US companies started to import European beer into the American market, but due to heavy regulations on beer import the European beers and beverages had to be changed to the market -- making them entirely different from the original sorts. \n Then the beerpubs (pubs selling their own made beers) opened up again, the home brewing, the nichè market expanding and the microbrew revolution finally began. \n From the period 1980 - 2012 the microbreweries grew from 8 to 2300 , and still growing fast! 13,2 millions of barrels of craft-beer was sold last year, constituting a 7,6% of the entire beer market. Employing 108,440 people in microbreweries and they are so prevalent that over 65% of all US citizens are within 16 kilometers from their nearest microbrewery! \n It's truly a revolution and truly astonishing work! Us brewers here in Norway and Europe are eminently glad and encouraged to see such a market explode and grow as it has in the US. All those jokes about US beer being \"piss water\" is just bull-shit now and the fastest selling craft-beer in the European beer market is American Pale Ale. So kudos to these guys!","Summary: Industralized is a defunct term, if we use the more modern developing/emerging market it would fall under that category as \"developing country\".\n\nPost: I'm not trying to defend/attack South Africa, Michael Moore or anyone - but the terms industrialized is somewhat difficult to interpret these days. \n Back in the days it was used for countries that had undergone industrialism and therefore considered \"civilized\", using industry and manufacturing in an industrial level. \n These days, however, this doesn't necessarily imply much concerning a nation's wealth, development or societal progress as foreign companies and globalism have made it easier and more lucrative to use developing countries as manufacturing hubs to be shipped away, essentially outside their economy. \n So we often confuse it with the outdated terms \"1st, 2nd and 3rd worlds\" or the more newer \"Developing and Developed\" countries, which social-scientists and IMF prefer when ranking countries economically (and therein often societal). \n IF we use the terms developed and developing, then South Africa would be on the developing side - a part of the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa), which includes the fast emerging economies and developing nations. Of the BRICS countries, South Africa has the second lowest rate of literacy (86%), lowest life expectancy (51,2), second lowest HDI rank (.629) and by far lowest GDP ($390.9) \n [Source.](","Summary: A friend of mine drank cod-liver oil. He didn't like it\n\nPost: Oh I got loads of these, but I will start with a grand tale that I recite every once in a while . . . \n 'twas a hallowed day of celebration, though its particular festivity eludes me. A good deal of my friends and me were going to congress and journey upon a road to drunkenness. Two of my friends, one I shall not name and the hero of this tale called Yngve decided they would try something very, very clever. For they had heard that if you mix just a tiny spoonful of cod liver oil into the particular beverage you would experience a great deal more alcohol inducement than what one normally would. \n So cod liver oil was purchased! And merrymaking was underway, wassail for all and so on! But quickly they realized that cod liver oil was not something pleasant to the tongue and just as quickly abandoned any more addition of cod liver oil to their vodka punch, leaving a full bottle and a half to itself. \n So hours become . . . more hours and eventually we were headed out. Flippantly I mentioned to my intoxicated friend Yngve that it was a damn shame to waste so much money on two bottles of cod liver oil and not to use it all. He agreed! So with the might and fury of a drunken oaf he took both bottles in hand, let out a bone-shivering cry and drank its content in a way no man would have ever gorged upon the taint that is oil made out of a cod's liver. \n . . . And so we went to a different locale to party. But suddenly! Yngve took ill! The cod liver oil did not agree with his stomach and sallied forth a raging storm as its content escaped out of Yngve's mouth, making him vomit a magnificent orange-coloured liquid stream. This particular nastiness continued twice, then thrice, then a fourth time! And so he admitted defeat and went home. \n The tale ends with him telling me that when he woke up the day after he was sweating orange liquid, smelling of cod liver oil and the sheets of his bed soiled by orange spots of cod liver oil. \n And then he went to school.","Summary: Uncle was kinda a commie, didn't do much about it, police said \"OH SHIT YA'LL\" and took photos of him, wiretapped him and had generally a fun time. Got found out. My uncle sued. Got money. Didn't get his dossier deleted. Fucked up my record.\n\nPost: I'm Norwegian so this wont be about the FBI but the Norwegian equivalent to that agency, which would be the PST (then POT) and the Military Intelligence Agency. \n My uncle in his younger days were what he described as a \"hobby communist\". He didn't have any strong views on it or anything but he was serving his national duty in the Army and hung around with a bunch of communists there. They did pranks like mailing a bunch of Stalinist leaflets to their NCO and stuff like that. \n Well, unbeknownst to him, for some reason the military intelligence agency picked up on it and thought he was somehow a die-hard commie. They tracked his movement ever since and handed it over to the POT (police agency) who would for 17 years straight follow him, take pictures of him while he was in the 1st of may parade (worker's day) and keep a tab on him. \n He was doing nothing out of the ordinary. He studied being a kindergarten teacher and lived his life with a wife and three kids. When they first bought their house a bunch of repairmen arrived and said they were there to fix the telephone. My uncle said there was no need for that and he hadn't ordered any (fearing some sort of scam) so they left. The day after his wife told him when he came back from work that two repairmen had come to fix their telephone. She'd let them in 'cause she thought my uncle had requested their help or something. He was a bit angry and checked the telephone but finding nothing odd he didn't think about it anymore. \n Some years later though the telephone broke and he had to call for a repairman. He arrived and told him rather promptly that he had no idea why there was a box right next to the telephone cord plug and later found out it was used to wire tap his phone. \n This provoked a huge scandal (and other people had found out this too) and he sued the state successfully and got some money and an apology out of it. They even let him see his dossier and when he requested to have it deleted they declined. Because of this dossier he got I wasn't approved by the same police agency when I served in the military (which is needed for some fields of service).","Summary: That's one large piece of toast crunch you got there, bro! Congrats!\n\nPost: It's an ill omen, a sign of woe and the end of Times! When cereals become wrought by the need to promote more horrible, sugary products wherein not even cornflakes survives! Hark ye my words, sojourner, that is a sign of the carrion of cereal! Hedonism and rot that festers upon our very breakfast-routinely souls! We are doomed! We are spat upon by the Pantheon of Cereal; no longer does Lord Kellogg bother to hear our prayer, no longer does Lady Nestlè love her faithful servants - her back as turned and the fury of The Dread Quaker Oats has been unleashed upon us all! \n We are at the end times, my brethren! The end of ambrosia, the end of cereals, the end of the world!","Summary: version: If first generation immigrants suffers low-income, unemployment, poverty and rehousing into council flat blocks, how is that not a valid example to use as to show an area with high poverty rate?\n\nPost: Excuse me, but are you to imply that we're not to categorize immigrants at all as social group in the function of economic power and prosperity? I'd say it's very relevant and not at all racist to make claims such as \"immigrants are poorer than other social groups in the area\" (this is an example, not meant to be factual) - which allows us to identify why and what exactly causes those statistics. \n And I'm not talking about inherent properties or race, I'm talking viable social dynamic on culture, perception by other cultures, social mobility, education, integration, etc. How is that not a valid way to work and operate with? \n I honestly don't want to leap around and defend people who make snide and jib remarks about other races, cultures and portray xenophobic values, but I just as honestly believe there's a very dangerous and pitiful trend going on where people abuse these words just in order to brand other people and their argument as null and void, in turn lessening the meaning and extent of something I consider a very serious flaw of perception and mentality. \n Edit: The two first paragraphs became a bit convoluted, but I'm a bit too rushed to redo them, so here's a sort-of-","Summary: Chill out, bro. I was just teasing. I didn't mean any harm or serious implication ya know?\n\nPost: Dear mister Flapjackdj, \n Thank you for your reply. \n I ought to begin with saying that as a Norwegian, I have very few opportunities in an international perspective to ascertain a cultural superiority. Our products, our movies, our artists and so on are generally not on the top list of cultural influence in the world and thus I do not get a chance to point at that if I want to make myself seen as a cultural imperialist. \n The fact that these of Norwegian descendance are proud of their ancestors, history from the \"old land\", however, gives me an excellent chance to be a cultural elitist that tries to sully their identity and heritage by assuming a sort of disdainful \"ignorant snob\" and mock them on sites like Reddit. \n Of course, you quite rightly point out that I might not have authority nor the foresight or knowledge to even by a minuscule fragment be fit to judge them by accent or culture. Culture being such a wondrous mistress that changes at the whim of time and location. \n To this end I can only say in defense that it was only through guilty pleasure I found glee in provoking such whimsical notions that I did. And for that I ought apologize, but instead I shall just admit that it is my burden and my flaws, that I suppose I must work with in order to gain acceptance from esteemed fellows such as yourself.","Summary: Ski trip with class. Bus slid downwards and I was pushed out of the bus and got run over and dragged by the bus, burying me in snow.\n\nPost: When I was 17 we went on a ski trip with my class. \n Our teacher drove us in a mini-bus and there were 15 of us classmates participating, I was sitting in the front a long with another girl. \n When we reached a steep, uphill road the bus suddenly started to slip and slide something awful, clearly the ice was rather slippery on the road so the teacher stopped and went out, checking if he should put some chains on the wheels before driving onwards. \n The moment he went out the car started to slide backwards, he tried to jump back in but slipped and fell on the ground. Meanwhile we were panicking and the girl next to me tried to use the handbrake, only managing to take the handbrake off so now the wheels were rolling. Someone in the back screamed there was a river behind us and we had to jump out of the bus immediately. \n Folk started jumping out at the back and the girl next to me screamed for me to open the door. The moment I opened the door, however, she pushed me out so she could jump out. I landed flat on my stomach on the ground in the snow, thinking \"This wasn't so bad\" but then the wheels of the bus rolled over my feet and before I could even react to that the opened door slammed against my back and dragged me along with the bus, burying me into the snow. \n I'm fairly certain I blacked out at that point, but next I remember being pinned down by the door, under a lot of snow and the bus had crashed into a heap of snow. They dug me out, the teacher came and assessed the situation, found that everyone was a-ok and then we continued to drive up to the destination to ski. \n I was pretty much in shock at that moment and I only managed to do the ski-trek halfways because of increasing pain and the teacher asked if something was wrong while we were driving back home and I explained that I was hurting quite a bit. \n When I told what had happened he was stunned and then drove me quickly to a doctor who took a look at my feet which had wheel-tire imprints on them, which made him laugh boisterously. \n Had to spend 3 weeks on crutches with badly bruised feet and a sore back, but other than the absurdity of it all, it was all good.","Summary: Morrowind was a ground-breaking game that set a standard that few other games (elder scrolls or not) has managed to match in terms of making me, the player, feel a sense of huge immersion and joy of exploration. It was brilliant for what it was in its time.\n\nPost: Well you can say nostalgia, sure, though I feel that's a bit unfair to just pin it on that. \n I don't quite think any game made me go 'wow' or immersed into the beautiful, fanastical and downright strange land that was Morrowind. At that time it was usually either a 2d game or isometric 'faux' 3d game that covered the genre of fantasy and exploration like that (and don't get me wrong, they did a good work!). \n But when you had Morrowind running on your computer and you get out of that boat and witness first hand the landscape of Morrowind in all its 3d , first person glory you suddenly realize that this is leagues beyond anything comparable at that time. Might and Magic was first person fantasy but even their faux 3d was nothing to the world of Morrowind. \n The sound were great, the landscape was strange, mysterious but beautiful in the same time. And it could have just let it be just that; a dazzling pretty game to play. But no, they made the main-storyline really stick out, made you want to find out what was happening on Morrowind and yet at the same time encouraged you to do all sorts of side-quests that actually mattered (to this day I've never played an Elder Scroll game that managed factions as good as Morrowind, especially the Imperial Legion). \n Morrowind raised the bar in so many ways. Including paving a way with a super-user friendly modders' developers' kit and was really encouraging people to toy about. ES:M and the Total War series were pioneers at that, though Elder Scrolls seemed to encourage it even more. \n Oblivion, the next game, embodied (to me) the very essence of how just making a game try to capitalize on being 'pretty' (and oh boy in so many ways it wasn't either) and was the lazy man's version of the genres. I really want to like Oblivion but it doesn't hold a candle to Morrowind. \n Skyrim is much better than Oblivion, but I still think the Elder Scroll games have difficulties balancing the 'open and immerse' world with actual, meaningful consequences and story. The factions quests are a joke, imo, as they don't really matter at all and you're still inexplicably just a sweet roll thief and a loiterer to the city guards. I felt actually Morrowind was better in that regards and was much more challenging and fun. \n God, this became a rant. Sorry about that, here's a","Summary: What sort of work personality do you believe your colleagues regard you as, or what you hope you seem like being?\n\nPost: Bad phrasing, perhaps, but in essence I mean to ask how do you feel you are seen as by your colleagues? Are you the work-ethics man, the wisecrack fellow, the efficient loner, etc. . . \n For instance, I believe I'm the \"Jovial, bearded Security Guard\" - I sit at a reception area where this is most relevant and grin hugely, welcoming people in many different ways I can. Chatting with the people walking by, making a point of knowing each and everyone's name and just generally laughing out boisterously. I try not to be too overbearing by it and it seems people often find me in good humour when I for instance search the bags of employees, who gets randomly searched when leaving the warehouse, I stand up slowly and either groan and say \"Oh gods in the heavens, I'm not paid enough for all this standing up.\" or shake my head ruefully in a sort of \"Tsk, tsk\" manner whilst I say \"Oh dear, oh dear. Might just call the cops straight away!\" and often just ends it with \"Well! Nothing illegal here! Perfect!\"\nSo anyway, what kind of \"type\" are you?"],"string":"[\n \"Summary: I like the Economist, apparently.\\n\\nPost: I risk going on a rant here, but be that as it may. \\n There's always, to me, been a difference between \\\"being informed\\\" and \\\"knowing about current events\\\" and a lot of it is about context and the depth of what you know. \\n If you want to be \\\"informed\\\" then you should just follow Reuters, AP or news agencies that just informs basic outlines of what is going on without too much context or story behind it (I'm not talking bad about them, their function is very much crucial for other instances of the media that can then expand and make a piece around it). \\n But today you sort of notice that many just copy + paste the entire Reuters story and don't bother by offering too much context. \\n My example for context would be the Economists. I might sound smug about it, but as someone who used to simply look on the \\\"regular\\\" news site and then starting to read the Economist, it truly gave me so much more out of the story. You understand the political, the economical, the historic and cultural relations, they try to explain what is going on, rather than just stating what has happened. \\n And that's where the problem is. People now wants to simply be informed. They want to look at the news and see \\\"Uprising in Syria\\\" and then that's pretty much it. That's enough for them. And it sort of ridiculous how skewered this can be. You'd get celebrity gossip that has more context and outlining than global or even local news. And once you start start following up on something important (the 'breaking news' type of stories) you get bombarded by all these continuous yabbering of pundits and newsanchors trying to boil down every unconfirmed, chaotic happenstance with theories and speculations, all in the name of keeping you informed . \\n So back to the Economist again, because that's only released once at the end of every week. They take their time, they research and elaborate on the stories they're following on. It's not about being informed as quickly as possible and in the broadest terms imaginable. Sure, the evening's football match is easy to sum up but when it comes to matter of politics, economy and all these horrible tragedies we really can't demand to know everything about or think we know what is going on by watching 2 hours straight of a breaking news report on TV. We get the outline of what is going on and a whole lot of idle chatter to fill the time and to try to sound like they need to tell you more when they honestly don't have anything of worth to say. \\n I don't hate or dislike \\\"regular TV/newspaper news\\\" and not saying we shouldn't read or watch it. But I must prefer making my judgement or feeling truly informed about the topic by reading news outlets like the Economists or similar. That's all, really.\",\n \"Summary: Ski trip, minivan, minivan rolled over my feet and door buried me in snow. Ski trip. Pain, pain, doctor, tire-track, laughter.\\n\\nPost: When I was at senior high-school we were going on a ski-trip. We all loaded our skis in the minivan, got in and went our merry way to the mountains. \\n I was sitting up front a long with a fellow girl at class and the teacher who was driving the minivan, and all was going well until we had to drive a sharp uphill road which soon turned out to be quite slippery due to ice on the road. \\n So he stopped the van and got out in order to get some chains rigged on the tires and we waited patiently until we noticed the minivan was starting to . . . slide backwards, down the road. The teacher tried to get into the van but slipped on the ice and fell while we were starting to panic and scream. The girl next to me tried to use the handbrake but only manage to unlock it so that the tires were rolling to the momentum as well! \\n Someone screamed that there was a river behind us and that we would die, people started to say \\\"jump out of the van!!\\\" -- and so the girl next to me screamed for me to open the door, and I did that. I unbuckled my seatbelt and then . . . the motherfucker pushed me out of the van and she jumped on out afterwards. \\n I landed on my stomach in the snow, thinking \\\"this wasn't so bad\\\" . . . before I felt a sharp pain in my foot as the minivan was rolling over my feet and I screamed in pain before the door that had been opened slammed into my back and dragged me down with the van, burying me deeper into the snow. \\n I fell unconscious and just remember people trying to dig me out of the snow while I was still pinned down by the door of the van, which had stopped. As I was free people asked if I was alright and I just weakly nodded and the teacher came down, looked around and said \\\"Alright then! Let's get back in!\\\" \\n And we went skiing. \\n However due to the pain in my feet and back I only managed half-way of the course and my teacher asked if everything was alright, I explained to him that I was in pain and why. So he panicked, got us all in the van and drove down to the Accident & Emergency clinic, a doctor took a look at my feet and started laughing as he saw the tire-tracks covering my feet and said everything would be a-ok. \\n And so it was.\",\n \"Summary: Point is, there are so many variables within feminism, the whole narcissist idea of it being a multitude of ideologies within one, exceedingly bland term that makes it impossible to derive any meaning out of it. I share a lot of the ideas and views that could very well be considered within feminist viewpoints, but seeing the mangled mass of whose claiming that term now, it makes it impossible for me to call myself a feminist if only of fear to associate myself with those sorts.\\n\\nPost: Like it or not, you're encroaching the real problem with feminism today that many are getting more keenly aware of, especially those who would call themselves feminists. \\n After the second wave of feminism you started to see some serious legitimization happening, everything from post-modern academia studies and organizations that developed instead of ad-hoc groups trying combat one, specific instance or example of sexism but rather a conglomeration of feminist agenda and equal gender issues. \\n This, in my observation, was all fine and well but then all of a sudden you had the Great Porn War which truly polarized itself in the 1980s and continued well up into the 90s. The Great Porn War, or Feminist Sex War was a mash-up of those who felt sexuality should be liberated, exposed and normalized while the opposing group felt it was 'against feminism' and that sex, especially in porn, was a method of oppression for women. \\n This was a time that many might not remember but by the 70s you had a porn-industry that rivals today in terms that it was very accepted , you had cinemas in Broadway which showed pornographic movies and explicit content, it was all interwoven with the \\\"hippy movement\\\" in a way. Anyhow, this fight was so huge, so bitter and devastating that it imploded on the entire feminism movement. By then it was largely a 'cohesive' collective of people (with the exception of people in the SCUM radicalism, for instance) but largely tangentially. \\n From thereon it's the third wave of feminism and very much contrary to the second and first this was defined during its own infancy and some of the 'official' or accepted definition of third wave is that it deals with more than just de jure (by law) and social practices in work space, but it goes to do with anything . From art, society, culture, music, movies, you name it, it's third wave. \\n Problem is that this time around it's not about a feminist organization trying to make a change but it's paradoxically the individuals approach on everything based on 'feminist/gender study'. This is, entirely my opinion here, a very bad move for feminism as a whole as it defractures the entire movement into tiny bits of very different and very opinionated collectives that work not together but by their own approach. In turn this makes calling oneself a feminist extremely difficult if you want to make plain what your view point is because suddenly there's so damn many viewpoints, opinions and approaches. And hardly any of these needs are 'harmonized' and very easily prone to tension between. \\n To combat this, one creates the very watered-out and mainstream term of being a feminist but excluding just about any deeper meaning and coherency to that term without actually delving into what that actually means . \\n A similar situation you can also find in being a socialist . Now, I harbour a lot of socialist ideas but I would never call myself a socialist . Why? Because it's too damn defuse, it's a term in many ways occupied and taken by the most radical people and most importantly it doesn't actually say a damn about what my viewpoints are . Socialism was , at a point, fairly cohesive but after the whole Leninist, Lenin-Trotskyism, Trotskyism, Stalinism, Maoism, Orthodox-Marxism, Bolhsevik-Leninism, Marxist-Leninism, Leninist-Marxist-Maoism, Neo-Marxism, Post-marxism, Impossibilism, etc, etc, ad naseum you suddenly start to feel that it's just a meaningless phrase co-opted by a horde of other political ideas so vastly different from one and another that it just doesn't say anything .\",\n \"Summary: To fix the economy you must change it.\\n\\nPost: Money as a method of bartering has been transferred into a system of dept. The numbers you see in your bank account and the piece of paper you hold in your hand is not anything of real, commutable value. The only reason people allow to give away, for example, a TV for a token amount of paper is because everyone believes it has a value. \\n I might be offering just platitudes, I might perhaps be giving away nothing but fleeting concepts and ideas, but confuse me not with a socialist just because I say this: Capitalism, as an economic system, is not the apex of economic theory. It is not the end of the line, we have not reached our highest potential, we have not been given the perfect or best system. It is a system that has worked, it fixed the countries that was stagnated and held back by an overly mercantilist system. \\n The transformation of mercantilism to capitalism was not done by revolution, nor the product of a single man (though Adam Smith should of course be credited as is due). Likewise the system we see now is a system that spirals in an endless series of bubbles, crashes, recession, boost, etc. The Keynesian school of Centralized Planning has much to do with this, but there is not one definite cause to all of problems in global and national economy. I simply just believe the free market has grown too complex, too covert for its own good. An unmanageable, rampant beast that wears the banner of freedom and liberty for all but gives only the profit for a select few who understands it. \\n You ask how to fix the economy, I say to change the system of economy would be one such course. Certainly, how can such a feat be done? I can only answer truly: I do not know. But I do know that has to. These recessions and economic downfalls, the exploitation of third-world countries newly embraced to an open market and the constant search for profit marginalization is overshadowing what was supposed to be a genuine chance for all citizens to aspire and work for their rightful living. \\n The state and the economy is too integral and equally vulnerable. Globalization and the emergence of a genuine World Market makes it almost incomprehensible and we actually offer our trust at people who brand themselves analysts who are in fact just professional guessers trying to guess what will happen next without any data that could really tell the whole pattern. \\n As I said before, we are not at the end of the road on social science, political theories and economic systems. We have simply been dormant and complacent for too long to bother looking for greener pastures. We need to change the economy or risk be consumed by it.\",\n \"Summary: Group bias is inevitable and it is the same everywhere.\\n\\nPost: Not to crash on the self-loathing and witty-observation party here, but. . . \\n You guys do realize that every community of every aspect and interests in absolutely all corners of the whole world share a sense of normative similarities, right? \\n These posts sort of make it seem like it is a bad thing and that /r/gaming is dreadfully predictable, but in the end it is just the consequence of a group of people sharing the same interests and preferences. The whole 'bitching' and 'complaining' thing is an absolutely normal aspect of it and I'd be more worried if everyone were completely unbiased or without a set of shared norms, that'd just suggest against it being a community rather than it being one. \\n I think it is far more important to advocate and stress the importance on being polite about discussing their viewpoints, rather than bemoaning predictability in a group.\",\n \"Summary: Car wosh wosh man grah bah me hah hah man bark bark me nah nah car wrooom wrooom away.\\n\\nPost: I suppose this is a form of road rage: \\n When working as a traffic navigator (no idea what the english word is, but I stood on a road and I directed people to the alternative road along a tunnel because that was closed for maintenance) I came upon a car that stopped right infront of me and the driver was furious as hell and wondered why the tunnel was closed. \\n I told him the reason and he refused to accept that, saying he had to drive through this tunnel, the alternative road would take too long, etc. I politely explained to him that there were a lot of people working inside the tunnel and no room for cars to drive through. He refused again and said he would drive through that tunnel, so then I told him that I would have to smash his window with my stop sign then. He got even more furious but still not driving, asking why I would do so and I explained that if he tried to drive into that tunnel he would put his own and the life of those working inside there at risk and if his car window was cracked he couldn't drive through (a bit of lie, yes, the glass would have just crystallized) \\n It still got his attention and he grudgingly drove the alternative road.\",\n \"Summary: My dentist pulled my teeth out with what seemed like a pliers while I was feeling the whole thing and I had to go shopping with drool and blood and general belated numbness involved.\\n\\nPost: I always find these \\\"laughing gas\\\" + \\\"taking out wisdom teeth\\\" videos funny, because where I'm from and what they did to me . . . Oh boy. \\n Now my dentist back home was a real sunofagun, impatient and not the one for small talk. He injected with me a local anesthesia, waited a minute and asked if it worked - I said no, I still felt most of my mouth around that area so he just grunted and put in another injection. Less than a he minute, he asked if it was working - I had to say no, and he cussed and gave me another shot. \\n This went on until I had five injection and he finally lost patience and just said \\\"Fuck it, this thing is going out now.\\\" and then used what seemed like a glorified pliers and pulled the god-damn thing out without any consideration of my agonized screaming, whatsoever. \\n This took less than 5 minutes and he said \\\"There, all done\\\" and went out. My mom picked me up after I had been sitting there drooling, bleeding in and pain for a while and THEN the anesthesia started to work and my entire mouth was just a numb mess and I was drooling constantly. \\n To make matters worse, she took me shopping for clothes while I was like Frankenstein's monster, capable of only making grunting noises and making a mess around everything.\",\n \"Summary: When in Louvre, follow the massive crowd to get to Mona Lisa. But honestly, check the rest of it while you're there. It's a stunningly beautiful art-museum.\\n\\nPost: Hah, I can really relate to that. Was at the Louvre museum earlier in December. \\n Now, the Louvre is MASSIVE, it's a huge palace-turned-museum and it's has 4 (I think) wings / entrances that you can access from the main lobby. When I was there you could almost see where the Mona Lisa was because there was a huge crowd walking towards the one entrance as opposed to the others. \\n I wasn't that interested in Mona Lisa, so me and my girlfriend went to the Renaissance-statues of greek legends and so on, taking our time in these massive rooms and halls, almost virtually alone save for one tour-guide crowd and some art-students taking pictures. So we spend about an hour and a half walking around, through the statues to historic Mesopotamian art and cultural artifacts, lots of wonderful and truly awesome art. \\n Eventually we decided to head at the one wing we hadn't gone to, the one leading to Mona Lisa. So we took our time, went up along with a huge crowd, walking through hall-ways to hall-ways with statues of Roman emperors, artworks of Napoleon and the Revolution. Huge hall-ways and rooms with so much decorative art and interior design that was wonderful. \\n But most people just hurried past. \\n Probably just 5-10% of everyone there were looking at all these beautiful art-works while an almost continuous stream of people were walking towards the Mona Lisa. Eventually we get there and it's this huge room with massive, massive art-works. \\n And in one separate wall in the middle, with a huge rope around it, was the small, small portrait of Mona Lisa, surrounded by a huge crowd of people with cameras, mobiles, with a continuous flash from them. \\n Usually they'd spend 1 minute in the crowd, take a picture, leave to the exit and get replaced by another as some sort of weird queue. \\n It was odd, but that's how it works I guess. Back here in Norway people just ask \\\"Where's Munch's Scream?\\\" when they're in an art-gallery.\",\n \"Summary: Stuff. I would do godly stuff.\\n\\nPost: Ah, yes. Some would probably say use them responsibly but I - being but a man of flesh and blood - would undoubtedly use it to manipulate the course of the world. The first thing I would do is to create a Council of Favoured, people who I deem worthy to give me counsel and advice - though if I follow them through is another matter, but they will be given luxuries and a good living. \\n Secondly I would start making false deities, false religions. They would not need to worship me personally, I find such petty concerns above my intentions. No, I need some good old dividing. The world would be split into religious groups and they would commit battles against each other for as long as I see fit, spreading the chaos and havoc upon the planet as I see fit. Not solely for amusement, of course. But to make them endure and shed blood in the name of false gods and made-up deities. \\n When the time was right I would show myself to them all and would explain to them the hubris of their way, their folly and ignorance. How little they think they know and how useless the so-called clergies of these deities were. \\n They would all marvel upon how I have brought them to light and those who have endure and withstood this millennia of pointless war and suffering will be formed into one unity and from there they would prosper together and mankind would find itself a new path to forge while I readily stand behind them and approvingly watch.\",\n \"Summary: Marx is far more than \\\"communism\\\".\\n\\nPost: Mind you, in Sociology and using Marx, as much as Weber, Durkheim or other academic figures, it's not about 'promoting' or focusing on his work in communism. \\n Marx's work is perhaps one of the most comprehensive and first to develop critical methodology, which is scientific and observable approach to studying history, culture, etc. Other works include for instance his view on human nature (though of course not among the first, but very much critical and in-depth analysis) as well as a lot of other works that laid foundation to modern sociology and studies. \\n This doesn't mean every work and theory he had was right or that Marx's work together with Engels on communism is 'the best solution' or any of that. Much like how Freud's psychoanalysis is now a mostly defunct practice but it's still important to acknowledge Freud's instrumental role in creating the foundations of modern psychology as well as a lot of other works in that area.\",\n \"Summary: Loved a lesbian, became best friends, told me she had feelings for a man, turned out to be another, changed her ways and for the better.\\n\\nPost: Warning: Long story of drama, love and lesbians ahead. \\n There was this girl at my work who I thought was rather lovely and cute. She was this slightly \\\"rebellious\\\", \\\"free-spirited\\\" sort of person without it being overbearing or annoying in that regard. I must admit I was rather infatuated with her the more we hung out after work though it was revealed pretty early that she was a lesbian. \\n So out of decency and just common sense I suppressed and did not act on these feelings, though we hung out and soon became something like best friends. Both of us having a culture of heavy alcohol intake we used to drink together just about every Friday and Saturday. \\n She had some negatives, she could be a bit spoiled and act as if she was entitled to all of the good in the world. Though I often told her my views on things and she seemed to understand or at least moderate such behavior around me. \\n It got to this point that she made me swear that I would come to her funeral if she ever died and she would come to mine if I died first. She seemed very morbidly convinced that she'd die at a young age (though not out of suicide or anything). \\n Then one day she wrote to me over Facebook, with a random, out-of-the-blue question that stunned me. She asked \\\"What would you say if I was in love with a man?\\\" \\n It was like all those feelings I had for her reemerged with such passion. It was like all my secret hopes and wishes were finally to become true and I replied diplomatically that she could love anyone she wished, I'd think no less of her. \\n . . . And then she explained how she was in love with this dude she met a week ago. And I supported her. Crestfallen, downtrodden, thinking somehow the world owed me this - but still, of course, I supported her. \\n Two years have gone, we don't work together - we rarely hang out (she's busy with hers, I'm with my own). They're engaged now and she's totally changed from the young 20-ish woman who drank heavily, had a messy apartment and terrible eating habits and now into a very self-confident, nicer, kinder and dare-I-say-it soft spoken woman with much for appreciation for life and those around her. \\n However much I resent it, the guy she's engaged to is a good guy. Very good to her and clearly they've thrived together. And I guess that's my only solace in this entire sit-com reproduction of a life I've had.\",\n \"Summary: Ski trip with class. Bus slid downwards and I was pushed out of the bus and got run over and dragged by the bus, burying me in snow.\\n\\nPost: When I was 17 we went on a ski trip with my class. \\n Our teacher drove us in a mini-bus and there were 15 of us classmates participating, I was sitting in the front a long with another girl. \\n When we reached a steep, uphill road the bus suddenly started to slip and slide something awful, clearly the ice was rather slippery on the road so the teacher stopped and went out, checking if he should put some chains on the wheels before driving onwards. \\n The moment he went out the car started to slide backwards, he tried to jump back in but slipped and fell on the ground. Meanwhile we were panicking and the girl next to me tried to use the handbrake, only managing to take the handbrake off so now the wheels were rolling. Someone in the back screamed there was a river behind us and we had to jump out of the bus immediately. \\n Folk started jumping out at the back and the girl next to me screamed for me to open the door. The moment I opened the door, however, she pushed me out so she could jump out. I landed flat on my stomach on the ground in the snow, thinking \\\"This wasn't so bad\\\" but then the wheels of the bus rolled over my feet and before I could even react to that the opened door slammed against my back and dragged me along with the bus, burying me into the snow. \\n I'm fairly certain I blacked out at that point, but next I remember being pinned down by the door, under a lot of snow and the bus had crashed into a heap of snow. They dug me out, the teacher came and assessed the situation, found that everyone was a-ok and then we continued to drive up to the destination to ski. \\n I was pretty much in shock at that moment and I only managed to do the ski-trek halfways because of increasing pain and the teacher asked if something was wrong while we were driving back home and I explained that I was hurting quite a bit. \\n When I told what had happened he was stunned and then drove me quickly to a doctor who took a look at my feet which had wheel-tire imprints on them, which made him laugh boisterously. \\n Had to spend 3 weeks on crutches with badly bruised feet and a sore back, but other than the absurdity of it all, it was all good.\",\n \"Summary: Prohibition killed brewing, legalized again in 79 by Carter, young & thirsty Americans wanted better beer in the 80s, 2300 micro-breweries in USA today and kicking flavorful, hoppy ass!\\n\\nPost: I held a lecture about this -- or rather, homebrewing in general and how to start a brewing guild (here in Norway) and a part of the lecture was about the American Microbrew Revolution. Very fascinating and inspiring stuff! \\n Beer had been legal way up until the Prohibition in 1920. At that time it was illegal to sell any beer stronger than 0,5% which became known as \\\"nearbeer\\\". Homebrew became illegal on a federal level and it destroyed the brewing communities, beerpubs and a lot of long-standing traditions. \\n Wineries, though, didn't suffer as much as the beer breweries because apparently around 1920 there was a huge influx of Catholic \\\"converts\\\" and sacramental wine became in high demand! \\n Anyhow, the Prohibition ended in 1933 but there were a lot of laws, such as tax excises and penal bonds on those wanting to home brew, that made home brewing impossible for many. Many states still maintained the illegality of home brewing, though (this very year Alabama and Mississippi both legalized home brewing) \\n So as the years went the brewery market started to change. Lager started to become to main production for most breweries and an overwhelming amount of breweries either got bankrupt or was bought up larger companies. \\n In 1980, at its peak, there was only 44 beer-companies in the entirety of the USA. Hugely regional and most of them had their \\\"own region\\\" to sell their beer, making the market extremely monogamous. At that time it was predicted that by the beginning of the '90s, only 5 brewing companies would remain. \\n Going a bit back, late '70s, Jimmy Carter opened up for brewing and removed the tax and penal bonds that made hobby brewing impossible. Soon enough the hungry and thirsty market of young, middle-class men and women who was sick and tired of the usual lager wanted a change. Many of them had been to Europe and fell in love with stouts, weissbier, pale-ales, amber ale, etc -- and they wanted them back to the US. At first the US companies started to import European beer into the American market, but due to heavy regulations on beer import the European beers and beverages had to be changed to the market -- making them entirely different from the original sorts. \\n Then the beerpubs (pubs selling their own made beers) opened up again, the home brewing, the nichè market expanding and the microbrew revolution finally began. \\n From the period 1980 - 2012 the microbreweries grew from 8 to 2300 , and still growing fast! 13,2 millions of barrels of craft-beer was sold last year, constituting a 7,6% of the entire beer market. Employing 108,440 people in microbreweries and they are so prevalent that over 65% of all US citizens are within 16 kilometers from their nearest microbrewery! \\n It's truly a revolution and truly astonishing work! Us brewers here in Norway and Europe are eminently glad and encouraged to see such a market explode and grow as it has in the US. All those jokes about US beer being \\\"piss water\\\" is just bull-shit now and the fastest selling craft-beer in the European beer market is American Pale Ale. So kudos to these guys!\",\n \"Summary: Industralized is a defunct term, if we use the more modern developing/emerging market it would fall under that category as \\\"developing country\\\".\\n\\nPost: I'm not trying to defend/attack South Africa, Michael Moore or anyone - but the terms industrialized is somewhat difficult to interpret these days. \\n Back in the days it was used for countries that had undergone industrialism and therefore considered \\\"civilized\\\", using industry and manufacturing in an industrial level. \\n These days, however, this doesn't necessarily imply much concerning a nation's wealth, development or societal progress as foreign companies and globalism have made it easier and more lucrative to use developing countries as manufacturing hubs to be shipped away, essentially outside their economy. \\n So we often confuse it with the outdated terms \\\"1st, 2nd and 3rd worlds\\\" or the more newer \\\"Developing and Developed\\\" countries, which social-scientists and IMF prefer when ranking countries economically (and therein often societal). \\n IF we use the terms developed and developing, then South Africa would be on the developing side - a part of the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa), which includes the fast emerging economies and developing nations. Of the BRICS countries, South Africa has the second lowest rate of literacy (86%), lowest life expectancy (51,2), second lowest HDI rank (.629) and by far lowest GDP ($390.9) \\n [Source.](\",\n \"Summary: A friend of mine drank cod-liver oil. He didn't like it\\n\\nPost: Oh I got loads of these, but I will start with a grand tale that I recite every once in a while . . . \\n 'twas a hallowed day of celebration, though its particular festivity eludes me. A good deal of my friends and me were going to congress and journey upon a road to drunkenness. Two of my friends, one I shall not name and the hero of this tale called Yngve decided they would try something very, very clever. For they had heard that if you mix just a tiny spoonful of cod liver oil into the particular beverage you would experience a great deal more alcohol inducement than what one normally would. \\n So cod liver oil was purchased! And merrymaking was underway, wassail for all and so on! But quickly they realized that cod liver oil was not something pleasant to the tongue and just as quickly abandoned any more addition of cod liver oil to their vodka punch, leaving a full bottle and a half to itself. \\n So hours become . . . more hours and eventually we were headed out. Flippantly I mentioned to my intoxicated friend Yngve that it was a damn shame to waste so much money on two bottles of cod liver oil and not to use it all. He agreed! So with the might and fury of a drunken oaf he took both bottles in hand, let out a bone-shivering cry and drank its content in a way no man would have ever gorged upon the taint that is oil made out of a cod's liver. \\n . . . And so we went to a different locale to party. But suddenly! Yngve took ill! The cod liver oil did not agree with his stomach and sallied forth a raging storm as its content escaped out of Yngve's mouth, making him vomit a magnificent orange-coloured liquid stream. This particular nastiness continued twice, then thrice, then a fourth time! And so he admitted defeat and went home. \\n The tale ends with him telling me that when he woke up the day after he was sweating orange liquid, smelling of cod liver oil and the sheets of his bed soiled by orange spots of cod liver oil. \\n And then he went to school.\",\n \"Summary: Uncle was kinda a commie, didn't do much about it, police said \\\"OH SHIT YA'LL\\\" and took photos of him, wiretapped him and had generally a fun time. Got found out. My uncle sued. Got money. Didn't get his dossier deleted. Fucked up my record.\\n\\nPost: I'm Norwegian so this wont be about the FBI but the Norwegian equivalent to that agency, which would be the PST (then POT) and the Military Intelligence Agency. \\n My uncle in his younger days were what he described as a \\\"hobby communist\\\". He didn't have any strong views on it or anything but he was serving his national duty in the Army and hung around with a bunch of communists there. They did pranks like mailing a bunch of Stalinist leaflets to their NCO and stuff like that. \\n Well, unbeknownst to him, for some reason the military intelligence agency picked up on it and thought he was somehow a die-hard commie. They tracked his movement ever since and handed it over to the POT (police agency) who would for 17 years straight follow him, take pictures of him while he was in the 1st of may parade (worker's day) and keep a tab on him. \\n He was doing nothing out of the ordinary. He studied being a kindergarten teacher and lived his life with a wife and three kids. When they first bought their house a bunch of repairmen arrived and said they were there to fix the telephone. My uncle said there was no need for that and he hadn't ordered any (fearing some sort of scam) so they left. The day after his wife told him when he came back from work that two repairmen had come to fix their telephone. She'd let them in 'cause she thought my uncle had requested their help or something. He was a bit angry and checked the telephone but finding nothing odd he didn't think about it anymore. \\n Some years later though the telephone broke and he had to call for a repairman. He arrived and told him rather promptly that he had no idea why there was a box right next to the telephone cord plug and later found out it was used to wire tap his phone. \\n This provoked a huge scandal (and other people had found out this too) and he sued the state successfully and got some money and an apology out of it. They even let him see his dossier and when he requested to have it deleted they declined. Because of this dossier he got I wasn't approved by the same police agency when I served in the military (which is needed for some fields of service).\",\n \"Summary: That's one large piece of toast crunch you got there, bro! Congrats!\\n\\nPost: It's an ill omen, a sign of woe and the end of Times! When cereals become wrought by the need to promote more horrible, sugary products wherein not even cornflakes survives! Hark ye my words, sojourner, that is a sign of the carrion of cereal! Hedonism and rot that festers upon our very breakfast-routinely souls! We are doomed! We are spat upon by the Pantheon of Cereal; no longer does Lord Kellogg bother to hear our prayer, no longer does Lady Nestlè love her faithful servants - her back as turned and the fury of The Dread Quaker Oats has been unleashed upon us all! \\n We are at the end times, my brethren! The end of ambrosia, the end of cereals, the end of the world!\",\n \"Summary: version: If first generation immigrants suffers low-income, unemployment, poverty and rehousing into council flat blocks, how is that not a valid example to use as to show an area with high poverty rate?\\n\\nPost: Excuse me, but are you to imply that we're not to categorize immigrants at all as social group in the function of economic power and prosperity? I'd say it's very relevant and not at all racist to make claims such as \\\"immigrants are poorer than other social groups in the area\\\" (this is an example, not meant to be factual) - which allows us to identify why and what exactly causes those statistics. \\n And I'm not talking about inherent properties or race, I'm talking viable social dynamic on culture, perception by other cultures, social mobility, education, integration, etc. How is that not a valid way to work and operate with? \\n I honestly don't want to leap around and defend people who make snide and jib remarks about other races, cultures and portray xenophobic values, but I just as honestly believe there's a very dangerous and pitiful trend going on where people abuse these words just in order to brand other people and their argument as null and void, in turn lessening the meaning and extent of something I consider a very serious flaw of perception and mentality. \\n Edit: The two first paragraphs became a bit convoluted, but I'm a bit too rushed to redo them, so here's a sort-of-\",\n \"Summary: Chill out, bro. I was just teasing. I didn't mean any harm or serious implication ya know?\\n\\nPost: Dear mister Flapjackdj, \\n Thank you for your reply. \\n I ought to begin with saying that as a Norwegian, I have very few opportunities in an international perspective to ascertain a cultural superiority. Our products, our movies, our artists and so on are generally not on the top list of cultural influence in the world and thus I do not get a chance to point at that if I want to make myself seen as a cultural imperialist. \\n The fact that these of Norwegian descendance are proud of their ancestors, history from the \\\"old land\\\", however, gives me an excellent chance to be a cultural elitist that tries to sully their identity and heritage by assuming a sort of disdainful \\\"ignorant snob\\\" and mock them on sites like Reddit. \\n Of course, you quite rightly point out that I might not have authority nor the foresight or knowledge to even by a minuscule fragment be fit to judge them by accent or culture. Culture being such a wondrous mistress that changes at the whim of time and location. \\n To this end I can only say in defense that it was only through guilty pleasure I found glee in provoking such whimsical notions that I did. And for that I ought apologize, but instead I shall just admit that it is my burden and my flaws, that I suppose I must work with in order to gain acceptance from esteemed fellows such as yourself.\",\n \"Summary: Ski trip with class. Bus slid downwards and I was pushed out of the bus and got run over and dragged by the bus, burying me in snow.\\n\\nPost: When I was 17 we went on a ski trip with my class. \\n Our teacher drove us in a mini-bus and there were 15 of us classmates participating, I was sitting in the front a long with another girl. \\n When we reached a steep, uphill road the bus suddenly started to slip and slide something awful, clearly the ice was rather slippery on the road so the teacher stopped and went out, checking if he should put some chains on the wheels before driving onwards. \\n The moment he went out the car started to slide backwards, he tried to jump back in but slipped and fell on the ground. Meanwhile we were panicking and the girl next to me tried to use the handbrake, only managing to take the handbrake off so now the wheels were rolling. Someone in the back screamed there was a river behind us and we had to jump out of the bus immediately. \\n Folk started jumping out at the back and the girl next to me screamed for me to open the door. The moment I opened the door, however, she pushed me out so she could jump out. I landed flat on my stomach on the ground in the snow, thinking \\\"This wasn't so bad\\\" but then the wheels of the bus rolled over my feet and before I could even react to that the opened door slammed against my back and dragged me along with the bus, burying me into the snow. \\n I'm fairly certain I blacked out at that point, but next I remember being pinned down by the door, under a lot of snow and the bus had crashed into a heap of snow. They dug me out, the teacher came and assessed the situation, found that everyone was a-ok and then we continued to drive up to the destination to ski. \\n I was pretty much in shock at that moment and I only managed to do the ski-trek halfways because of increasing pain and the teacher asked if something was wrong while we were driving back home and I explained that I was hurting quite a bit. \\n When I told what had happened he was stunned and then drove me quickly to a doctor who took a look at my feet which had wheel-tire imprints on them, which made him laugh boisterously. \\n Had to spend 3 weeks on crutches with badly bruised feet and a sore back, but other than the absurdity of it all, it was all good.\",\n \"Summary: Morrowind was a ground-breaking game that set a standard that few other games (elder scrolls or not) has managed to match in terms of making me, the player, feel a sense of huge immersion and joy of exploration. It was brilliant for what it was in its time.\\n\\nPost: Well you can say nostalgia, sure, though I feel that's a bit unfair to just pin it on that. \\n I don't quite think any game made me go 'wow' or immersed into the beautiful, fanastical and downright strange land that was Morrowind. At that time it was usually either a 2d game or isometric 'faux' 3d game that covered the genre of fantasy and exploration like that (and don't get me wrong, they did a good work!). \\n But when you had Morrowind running on your computer and you get out of that boat and witness first hand the landscape of Morrowind in all its 3d , first person glory you suddenly realize that this is leagues beyond anything comparable at that time. Might and Magic was first person fantasy but even their faux 3d was nothing to the world of Morrowind. \\n The sound were great, the landscape was strange, mysterious but beautiful in the same time. And it could have just let it be just that; a dazzling pretty game to play. But no, they made the main-storyline really stick out, made you want to find out what was happening on Morrowind and yet at the same time encouraged you to do all sorts of side-quests that actually mattered (to this day I've never played an Elder Scroll game that managed factions as good as Morrowind, especially the Imperial Legion). \\n Morrowind raised the bar in so many ways. Including paving a way with a super-user friendly modders' developers' kit and was really encouraging people to toy about. ES:M and the Total War series were pioneers at that, though Elder Scrolls seemed to encourage it even more. \\n Oblivion, the next game, embodied (to me) the very essence of how just making a game try to capitalize on being 'pretty' (and oh boy in so many ways it wasn't either) and was the lazy man's version of the genres. I really want to like Oblivion but it doesn't hold a candle to Morrowind. \\n Skyrim is much better than Oblivion, but I still think the Elder Scroll games have difficulties balancing the 'open and immerse' world with actual, meaningful consequences and story. The factions quests are a joke, imo, as they don't really matter at all and you're still inexplicably just a sweet roll thief and a loiterer to the city guards. I felt actually Morrowind was better in that regards and was much more challenging and fun. \\n God, this became a rant. Sorry about that, here's a\",\n \"Summary: What sort of work personality do you believe your colleagues regard you as, or what you hope you seem like being?\\n\\nPost: Bad phrasing, perhaps, but in essence I mean to ask how do you feel you are seen as by your colleagues? Are you the work-ethics man, the wisecrack fellow, the efficient loner, etc. . . \\n For instance, I believe I'm the \\\"Jovial, bearded Security Guard\\\" - I sit at a reception area where this is most relevant and grin hugely, welcoming people in many different ways I can. Chatting with the people walking by, making a point of knowing each and everyone's name and just generally laughing out boisterously. I try not to be too overbearing by it and it seems people often find me in good humour when I for instance search the bags of employees, who gets randomly searched when leaving the warehouse, I stand up slowly and either groan and say \\\"Oh gods in the heavens, I'm not paid enough for all this standing up.\\\" or shake my head ruefully in a sort of \\\"Tsk, tsk\\\" manner whilst I say \\\"Oh dear, oh dear. Might just call the cops straight away!\\\" and often just ends it with \\\"Well! Nothing illegal here! 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rube | Generate the content for a reddit post NGS+ is a fantastic game and I don't regret at all buying it for the fifth time (Original, NG:Black, NG:Black digital, Sigma, Sigma+).
NGS2+ definitely has it's issues in graphical and framerate departments but I personally still loving have it on the go on my Vita.
Somewhat u... | I'll try to keep this short...
When Ninja Gaiden came out on the Xbox I tried to get into it. I loved the DOA games (which feature RYU) and the original NES classic games, so I wanted to love the new one. But I just couldn't enjoy it. It was too damn hard.
But then I learned how to play thanks to one little tip:... | I'll try to keep this short...
When Ninja Gaiden came out on the Xbox I tried to get into it. I loved the DOA games (which feature RYU) and the original NES classic games, so I wanted to love the new one. But I just couldn't enjoy it. It was too damn hard.
But then I learned how to play thanks to one little tip:... | [
"Summary: Accidentally sold a guy a can of spray glue that could have killed him.\n\nPost: Worked at a retail office supply store. Some sketchy looking feller in his 30s or 40s comes in and asks me for something. I don't remember the exact wording but it was something in a spray can and it turned cold. \n I worke... | 114 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,000 |
coconjut | Generate the content for a reddit post Get a (sleep) EEG. Fear is the mind killer. Stress less? Caffeine is awesome. Pm me anytime to chat about how much our bodies suck. | Edit: Sorry about the novel and lack of proper paragraphs, succinct answers are not my specialty.
I'm on the same level with the open mind and trying to learn as much as I can (although I haven't gotten past the first chapter of any molecular chemistry/pathology books I've started)
The 'wtf is wrong with me' syndro... | Edit: Sorry about the novel and lack of proper paragraphs, succinct answers are not my specialty.
I'm on the same level with the open mind and trying to learn as much as I can (although I haven't gotten past the first chapter of any molecular chemistry/pathology books I've started)
The 'wtf is wrong with me' syndro... | [
"Summary: Don't fuck with Glucagon when drunk. Eat early. Get high. Party on, Wayne.\n\nPost: No it doesn't! One of those things they forget to mention at diabetes 101 class! \n After checking up on my facts... apparently it's commonly accepted (health professionals and other diabetics) that glucagon doesn't work a... | 18 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,001 |
choc_is_back | Generate the content for a reddit post same-night sex still often means there was plenty of time to build a connection, so people who never had it imagine it as more 'meaningless' than it really is | Just to share my honest first thought when reading your title:
... is AWESOME.
What people always seem to forget is, that 'same night' does not mean 'did not say a word to each other'. You can meet while going out, spend an hour really connecting more and more (either/both physically and mentally), then going to yo... | Just to share my honest first thought when reading your title:
... is AWESOME.
What people always seem to forget is, that 'same night' does not mean 'did not say a word to each other'. You can meet while going out, spend an hour really connecting more and more (either/both physically and mentally), then going to yo... | [
"Summary: don't settle for 'friends' with the girls you connect the best with, get relationships with them even if it means you can't 'game' anymore.\n\nPost: I've had the same happen, but I have one thought for you: don't hold back on going for it if you like her too much, man. Better to have loved and lost, just ... | 15 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,002 |
panek | Generate the content for a reddit post Write a good, formatted script first.
Focus on SEO second. | This is seriously the best advice. Your format is completely off. Your writing, while funny at times, needs some polishing, as does your story. You NEVER want to push an unfinished project, and this is largely unfinished.
Aside from that, this isn't exactly a novel idea. Plenty of writers have written scripts circul... | This is seriously the best advice. Your format is completely off. Your writing, while funny at times, needs some polishing, as does your story. You NEVER want to push an unfinished project, and this is largely unfinished.
Aside from that, this isn't exactly a novel idea. Plenty of writers have written scripts circul... | [
"Summary: fast roach + stalker push \n delayed roach + stalker/colossi push \n fast ling/bling + stalker \n ultras + whatever\n\nPost: Fast roaches + stalkers do very well against TP... Especially if there is a back destructible rocks (use overlord for vision). Terran is usually quite susceptible to the back door. ... | 19 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,003 |
mitch13815 | Generate the content for a reddit post Demon's Souls had a lot of human sized bosses, Dark Souls has too many colossal bosses that you just widdle away at their toenails.
I'm curious to know what you guys think as well. | Okay this is my opinion, if you don't agree with it, that is perfectly fine. I have played over 800 hours of Dark Souls so don't get me wrong, DkS is my favorite game on the current gen consoles.
I've played Demon's Souls recently and I found a problem with Dark Souls, it seems the game is almost "too" big in scale, ... | Okay this is my opinion, if you don't agree with it, that is perfectly fine. I have played over 800 hours of Dark Souls so don't get me wrong, DkS is my favorite game on the current gen consoles.
I've played Demon's Souls recently and I found a problem with Dark Souls, it seems the game is almost "too" big in scale, ... | [
"Summary: I rolled into the barrel and it didn't break.\n\nPost: With my barrel breaking habit, I actually wondered why one of the barrels wouldn't break? \n I pondered it. I had been rolling through barrels since Demon's Souls. There had never been a barrel that I couldn't break by rolling through it. At first I t... | 20 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,004 |
I-have-feet | Generate the content for a reddit post talk about it. Being secretive and ashamed is not healthy for either of you. | What's lousy is being dishonest and hiding your feelings in a relationship.
I guarantee you that you will not have a happy or long-lasting marriage if you keep trying to protect her from your feelings "for her own good".
Mutual honesty in a relationship isn't about "making them worry to relieve your guilt", but abo... | What's lousy is being dishonest and hiding your feelings in a relationship.
I guarantee you that you will not have a happy or long-lasting marriage if you keep trying to protect her from your feelings "for her own good".
Mutual honesty in a relationship isn't about "making them worry to relieve your guilt", but abo... | [
"Summary: the problem isn't that you were sold 34 bands that are too small, but that you were (as with most women) sold bands that were really too big and cups that were too small.\n\nPost: Your band needs to stretch around your body to be snug and actually provide support. If it just sat on your skin without stret... | 20 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,005 |
Camreth | Generate the content for a reddit post Bought FFIV for DS, was disappointed. Found it again while moving and loved it. | Final Fantasy IV for the ds, I was in town for something and found a gamestop (keep in mind the closest game store to me is about 1 1/2 hours by car, so to not at least look around would be a waste) and found it in the used section. It looked kind of interesting and I had played ff X and a few hours of 1-3 (the nes one... | Final Fantasy IV for the ds, I was in town for something and found a gamestop (keep in mind the closest game store to me is about 1 1/2 hours by car, so to not at least look around would be a waste) and found it in the used section. It looked kind of interesting and I had played ff X and a few hours of 1-3 (the nes one... | [
"Summary: Insane rambling witch would probably have been longer if I weren't hungry.\n\nPost: You can change your champions, masteries, runes, server, you can even change your name. However your summoner icon is forever, once you have chosen a summoner icon you WILL NOT change it, to do so is to forsake all that ha... | 16 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,006 |
phate_exe | Generate the content for a reddit post Introverted but otherwise mentally stable ADHD-PI adolescent male is switched from ritalin-based medication to straterra. Suddenly realizes for the first time that he wants to kill himself. Puts himself into a depression attempting to figure out why. Not realizing this is just ... | Straterra is bad news. I was put on it in middle school after I had problems with most other ADHD meds (having no affect what so ever, not eating, grinding teeth at night, etc) on the market. Things were great for a while, then I had what could most easily be described as "persistant thoughts of suicide". I had neve... | Straterra is bad news. I was put on it in middle school after I had problems with most other ADHD meds (having no affect what so ever, not eating, grinding teeth at night, etc) on the market. Things were great for a while, then I had what could most easily be described as "persistant thoughts of suicide". I had neve... | [
"Summary: Go fuck yourself\n\nPost: easy to distract oneself from the point being made if you just stop at a simple spelling mistake (or it could even be a typo. \"w\" and \"e\" are right next to each other, and laptops make it easy to fat finger a pair of keys) and don't read any further. Some people are articul... | 24 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,007 |
RivahLiving | Generate the content for a reddit post you don't have an incest problem, you have a meeting girls problem. Had you just manned up and shagged any other branch snapper in the first place, sis would have been off the table as an 'option'.
Edit I: branch snapper=ugly girl in every pub in the world who is at that pub sim... | No one can answer your question because you don't include the "why" you fucked your sister. We don't do things because we are drunk. When we are drunk our inhibition is weakened so we do the things we wouldn't otherwise do. If I got drunk, I wouldn't fuck my sister because, despite removing inhibition, I don't have a w... | No one can answer your question because you don't include the "why" you fucked your sister. We don't do things because we are drunk. When we are drunk our inhibition is weakened so we do the things we wouldn't otherwise do. If I got drunk, I wouldn't fuck my sister because, despite removing inhibition, I don't have a w... | [
"Summary: It sounds like you and your friend simply have a 'need' to define athletes and entertainers so you can argue about something.\n\nPost: Your debate with your friend is without parameters here. You are debating about how to define something without including why it is being defined. For example: \n \n If I ... | 15 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,008 |
12358 | Generate the content for a reddit post Prohibiting political donations is a better solution than term limits. | Term limits are not a well thought out solution. Term limits will only serve to increase the revolving door between industry and government, and make elected officials even more opportunistic. If we were to pick from the two extremes of single-term office vs. career politicians, the latter would probably be less corrup... | Term limits are not a well thought out solution. Term limits will only serve to increase the revolving door between industry and government, and make elected officials even more opportunistic. If we were to pick from the two extremes of single-term office vs. career politicians, the latter would probably be less corrup... | [
"Summary: Sociopaths get further ahead.\n\nPost: I think the problem is that in general men are more likely to ruthlessly step on others or compromise values to claw their way to the top, and since women are more likely to be altruistic than men, their own career does not gain the power or attention. Unfortunately... | 24 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,009 |
hi-imma-chameleon | Generate the content for a reddit post As an adult/college student Eau Claire is a good town but if you're a high schooler you're pretty much fucked. | Eau Claire Wisconsin
Upside: The town is really cool and nice, there's a lot of things to do and the downtown area is a really good place to hang out with friends.
Downside: 60% of the drivers here are pants on head retarded, we have a huge heroin problem, and the school system does jack shit to stop bullying cause... | Eau Claire Wisconsin
Upside: The town is really cool and nice, there's a lot of things to do and the downtown area is a really good place to hang out with friends.
Downside: 60% of the drivers here are pants on head retarded, we have a huge heroin problem, and the school system does jack shit to stop bullying cause... | [
"Summary: Cafe that sells non big brand sodas were people can game.\n\nPost: It's a cafe that sells sodas (non corporate (basically hipster sodas) in glass bottles) and it also houses a bunch of flat screens to play video games on and there's Magic the Gathering tournaments their. The 3D printer belongs to the frie... | 19 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,010 |
misinformed66 | Generate the content for a reddit post This road leads to what Amercia was never meant to be. And it sickens me. | As a vet, I feel the same way. Although, it made me look further back into my career. When we let bush pass the patriot act, we failed our oath. And honestly, it makes me feel filthy. As a civillian now, I still believe in that oath. And it drives me mad to no end. More and more I think about immigranting out of... | As a vet, I feel the same way. Although, it made me look further back into my career. When we let bush pass the patriot act, we failed our oath. And honestly, it makes me feel filthy. As a civillian now, I still believe in that oath. And it drives me mad to no end. More and more I think about immigranting out of... | [
"Summary: go to the Spec Ops community. Feel free to message me if you've got any questions. As far as I can tell. There's only one other 45 on here. Its a small community. You tend to get to know everyone. My last boss in the military was head of the bravo committee and was my boss at the civilian job I too... | 19 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,011 |
Chirimorin | Generate the content for a reddit post I suspect the problem isn't the amount of current, but the fact that your device or cable somehow only works with the USB data connection. | Devices pull power from the charger, the charger does not push it into the device. Meaning that a higher amp (almost always the case for wall chargers) will never cause failure to charge.
The difference between a wall charger and USB is that USB has a data connection while wall chargers put a certain static voltage o... | Devices pull power from the charger, the charger does not push it into the device. Meaning that a higher amp (almost always the case for wall chargers) will never cause failure to charge.
The difference between a wall charger and USB is that USB has a data connection while wall chargers put a certain static voltage o... | [
"Summary: People have no clue what a dispute does other than \"they will help me faster so it's good for everyone!\"\n\nPost: A paypal dispute is basically escalating your issue to a point where you can force to get your money back. \n If OnePlus does not respond to the dispute in time, paypal will return the money... | 26 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,012 |
southpaw19711 | Generate the content for a reddit post Water is a bitch. It can screw up your house many ways. These are the ways it has screwed up mine in my 15 years of home ownership. | When you go on vacation, turn off the water supply to your house. Otherwise, your toilet could overflow or a pipe could burst and you could do $35,000+ worth of damage to your home.
If you have an air conditioner on an upper floor, get it inspected annually and have them install a "kill switch" should the condensat... | When you go on vacation, turn off the water supply to your house. Otherwise, your toilet could overflow or a pipe could burst and you could do $35,000+ worth of damage to your home.
If you have an air conditioner on an upper floor, get it inspected annually and have them install a "kill switch" should the condensat... | [
"Summary: Pets come first in a brand new relationship.\n\nPost: So am I - VERY allergic (top of the scale for cat dander). I take Zyrtec for my seasonal allergies though and it takes care of my cat allergies. I have two cats and a dog and never buy the \"I'm allergic\" excuse because if I can manage it, others who ... | 17 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,013 |
Skitrel | Generate the content for a reddit post There's no idiot sue culture in the UK because it only gets directed against people(all businesses) that have Public Liability Insurance (PLI). | The only people these idiots have to go to for things such as this are things like "Claims Direct", those are more for workplace injury type claims though and focus upon hitting the insurance that all companies legally have to have.
Those companies all make their money by suing the other side for costs as well, the '... | The only people these idiots have to go to for things such as this are things like "Claims Direct", those are more for workplace injury type claims though and focus upon hitting the insurance that all companies legally have to have.
Those companies all make their money by suing the other side for costs as well, the '... | [
"Summary: gets pushed out by the rubbish.\n\nPost: Rage comics are easily digestable tripe that can be churned out in huge numbers and over dominate a subreddit not allowing the quality content to come through, the same goes for almost all memes, and often most (though not all) picture posts. \n What happens is tha... | 58 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,014 |
religion_idiotizes | Generate the content for a reddit post Can I effectively toggle infinite (more difficult) enemy spawns on and off by joining and abandoning the Covenant of Champions? | I just read something in a thread that gave me a semi. (Forgive the crudeness, ladies.)
Is it true that enemies will spawn infinitely when a player is a member of the Covenant of Champions?
If so, does joining the covenant put the current number of remaining spawns of a given enemy on pause, toggle infinite respawn... | I just read something in a thread that gave me a semi. (Forgive the crudeness, ladies.)
Is it true that enemies will spawn infinitely when a player is a member of the Covenant of Champions?
If so, does joining the covenant put the current number of remaining spawns of a given enemy on pause, toggle infinite respawn... | [
"Summary: I'm looking for a balanced PvE build at lvl 33 with some inclusion of Guild skills, Dual Wield and Bow/Destro Staff (which are totally untrained), and one of each class tree to level them.\n\nPost: I'm returning for the first time since release, and several times I've logged in, looked at the daunting pro... | 34 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,015 |
dancing_leaves | Generate the content for a reddit post It doesn't feel anywhere near as polished as Uncharted 2; from the controls to the flow of the story. It has not gripped me at all like U2 did, I haven't had any real inclination to play it today or yesterday which is pretty sad considering I loved the first two games. I admit tha... | As someone who adored Uncharted 1 and 2, Uncharted 3 has barely interested me at all. I'm about halfway through, and the controls seem to be worse than Uncharted 2's for some reason. The aiming is worse, and the movement of Drake is inconsistent between being forced into walking speed or on the other extreme, moving th... | As someone who adored Uncharted 1 and 2, Uncharted 3 has barely interested me at all. I'm about halfway through, and the controls seem to be worse than Uncharted 2's for some reason. The aiming is worse, and the movement of Drake is inconsistent between being forced into walking speed or on the other extreme, moving th... | [
"Summary: We're all on a ride that we didn't ask to get on, and we have to deal with constant obstacles for even the smallest things, so I would unequivocally choose to live in an imaginary world without those constraints.\n\nPost: I think that the truth for most of us is that we're constantly coming to terms with ... | 76 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,016 |
Cyridius | Generate the content for a reddit post You're both right. Arguments stand on their own merits but being Asian gives you a better perspective on racism towards Asians than being, say, white or black etc. | On the internet we may appear to be "raceless" but we're real people discussing real issues with a real life perspective.
A black person is definitely more of an authority on what racism against black people is as opposed to a white person. But of course, just because one is black and the other is white does not make... | On the internet we may appear to be "raceless" but we're real people discussing real issues with a real life perspective.
A black person is definitely more of an authority on what racism against black people is as opposed to a white person. But of course, just because one is black and the other is white does not make... | [
"Summary: Don't waste time trying to turn cops, but don't waste time fighting them if they're on your side.\n\nPost: The police are a counter-revolutionary force. They will resist revolution because it's against their material interests(Police only exist to preserve status quo and as such become redundant as a resu... | 46 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,017 |
Boogiddy | Generate the content for a reddit post To play support:
Stay up on wards and purchase flying courier ASAP
Make sure you counterward with sentries, counter-stealth with dust.
Skill 1 point in gale to start, then max Plague wards
Use plague wards to check blind spots and create a larger area of vision around yo... | support is all about supplying the wards, courier, detection, etc.. Then just use the character's abilities to assist in the Carry/nukers getting kills. For veno this means using Gale appropriately (i.e. not overlapping it with stuns to give maximum crowd control) and dropping Plague wards everywhere (whether to scout,... | support is all about supplying the wards, courier, detection, etc.. Then just use the character's abilities to assist in the Carry/nukers getting kills. For veno this means using Gale appropriately (i.e. not overlapping it with stuns to give maximum crowd control) and dropping Plague wards everywhere (whether to scout,... | [
"Summary: Search times will get better once this community gets better.\n\nPost: I dunno how you want them to fix that for you. Get the UN to issue a resolution commanding people to play? \n Maybe there's not that many players because the community is excessively negative all the time. People flock to positivity. I... | 19 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,018 |
jvainio | Generate the content for a reddit post Add a toxic gas area to the game which would require the player to acquire gas masks and environmental suits to enter, and the area would have Special, Rare loot. | I posted this earlier to the issue tracker:
Please vote for it there , if you think my idea is a good one. The suggestion is below.
THE CLOUDED FACTORY / CLOUD CITY / TOXIC CAVE EXPANSION
There could be a city or a part of a city/area in the normal game that would be contaminated with the same poison gas you see ... | I posted this earlier to the issue tracker:
Please vote for it there , if you think my idea is a good one. The suggestion is below.
THE CLOUDED FACTORY / CLOUD CITY / TOXIC CAVE EXPANSION
There could be a city or a part of a city/area in the normal game that would be contaminated with the same poison gas you see ... | [
"Summary: When you think the cheater problem has been taken care of, another player might experience the exact opposite, hence why this game will only have time to develop Anti-Cheat, and other game development will be pretty much halted.\n\nPost: Just for the record, rain was in the game before they removed it. \n... | 30 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,019 |
Slinger17 | Generate the content for a reddit post Play a lot wider range of hands, and play very, very aggressive | 4 bet relentlessly
In HU, most players will raise with A2C, especially from the button. In HU against an aggressive player I'll try to get it all in pre with hands like K10+, any A, or a PP > 66. Most action in HU is preflop, or at least in my experience. In most HU matches I've played, I see a flop < 20% of the time... | 4 bet relentlessly
In HU, most players will raise with A2C, especially from the button. In HU against an aggressive player I'll try to get it all in pre with hands like K10+, any A, or a PP > 66. Most action in HU is preflop, or at least in my experience. In most HU matches I've played, I see a flop < 20% of the time... | [
"Summary: only casual fans who regurgitate ESPN's bullshit really believe that he's unclutch and/or sucks in the 4th quarter\n\nPost: Most people simply remember the fumbled snap from his rookie year (or 2nd year?) and think omg he's not clutch. It also doesn't help that he's the leader of \"America's Team\" and is... | 38 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,020 |
Learjet45dream | Generate the content for a reddit post So, I'm reaching out to you recent grads and experienced engineers: What is the earliest I can reasonably start applying for full time positions as a student entering my final year of school? | First off, let me apologize if this sort of question is not allowed. When rearing the rules in the sidebar, I didn't think this sort of topic fell under any of the topics that are not supposed to be discussed here.
So, my question for all you recent grads and experienced engineers: When is the proper time to start ap... | First off, let me apologize if this sort of question is not allowed. When rearing the rules in the sidebar, I didn't think this sort of topic fell under any of the topics that are not supposed to be discussed here.
So, my question for all you recent grads and experienced engineers: When is the proper time to start ap... | [
"Summary: Not all valets are the stupid, young, joy-riding fools everyone seems to think. As long as you use common sense when choosing to valet your car, you'll be fine and avoid situations like the one OP linked to. \n Edit: Added the stuff in italics\n\nPost: Hi there. 20 year old male valet attendant here. I wo... | 26 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,021 |
thatthatguy | Generate the content for a reddit post droids don't want to hurt you. When they have to try, they usually miss.
Post Script:
A Quarren I knew worked (briefly) on the HK model combat programming. Those things are a menace. One of the engineers came up with a brilliant workaround for one of the sapient identificat... | Droid intelligences are wildly complex. They're never simply calculating the distance to target, accounting for projectile velocity, and accounting for relative movement. There are nigh endless layers of behavioral protocols, and user protection programming installed in the deeper run-times.
The simple projectile c... | Droid intelligences are wildly complex. They're never simply calculating the distance to target, accounting for projectile velocity, and accounting for relative movement. There are nigh endless layers of behavioral protocols, and user protection programming installed in the deeper run-times.
The simple projectile c... | [
"Summary: establish population, achieve sovereignty, avoid revolution. None of these things are easy.\n\nPost: The first obstacle is establishing some sort of presence in the area, attracting residents. That means building sufficient infrastructure to support a population large enough to be taken seriously. Infr... | 38 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,022 |
johnfoof | Generate the content for a reddit post People can be assholes on the phone because I have an annoying job.
proof in title | It's fine we get stuff like that all the time. We had a problem with our DNC list once and for whatever reason we kept calling this one guy. So he started calling us randomly through out the day and just ask how we are doing and what are day was like. It was pretty funny for the time being and he was actually a cool gu... | It's fine we get stuff like that all the time. We had a problem with our DNC list once and for whatever reason we kept calling this one guy. So he started calling us randomly through out the day and just ask how we are doing and what are day was like. It was pretty funny for the time being and he was actually a cool gu... | [
"Summary: it's sad when most people die, don't be an asshole.\n\nPost: I'm a recovering heroin addict and I've lost alot of friends to overdoses. It's sad when someone you care about dies. I didn't watch Glee, I didn't even know who this guy was until he died. But he had friends and family that loved him. I feel ba... | 17 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,023 |
kylecina | Generate the content for a reddit post LoL always puts my duos against much higher elo/mmr - summoners always troll on duos: at fault or not. | I am beginning to hate duo queue more and more for none of these reasons. I have been running duo queue with friends recently, and for some reason (even if we are ~elo OR ~division) LoL will automatically place us with 3+ divisions or even jump tier when we play together. Then when we don't destroy face in lane, we g... | I am beginning to hate duo queue more and more for none of these reasons. I have been running duo queue with friends recently, and for some reason (even if we are ~elo OR ~division) LoL will automatically place us with 3+ divisions or even jump tier when we play together. Then when we don't destroy face in lane, we g... | [
"Summary: I love it.\n\nPost: Well, according to /u/_Bombies, it's best >day 5. I rebuilt and re-wicked my Mutation X and on a .5 dual coil build, at 75W, it is pretty damned good. Light on the strawberry, creamy, but not Kiss the Ring strong in the custard department. Other reviews have been pretty spot on to s... | 17 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,024 |
BassheadPanda | Generate the content for a reddit post E-sports will continue to grow with or without shitty reality television shows for teenagers. | I'm sorry, but e-sports will continue to grow regardless of whether or not we have television programming associated with it. I'm not going to invest any time in a shit product that is simply a money grab. It's a reality television show. I didn't care for them before and I certainly don't care for them now. | I'm sorry, but e-sports will continue to grow regardless of whether or not we have television programming associated with it. I'm not going to invest any time in a shit product that is simply a money grab. It's a reality television show. I didn't care for them before and I certainly don't care for them now. | [
"Summary: Quantum mechanics reveals faster-than-light communication which is traditionally thought to be impossible.\n\nPost: Terrible analogy. The \"spin\" of the particle isn't established until measured. For your analogy to work (better), you would have to explain that heads or tails isn't actually decided until... | 15 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,025 |
Lilwystynyra | Generate the content for a reddit post I am moving out asap and never having a housemate again | So my housemate is bipolar depressive and a perpetual liar/attention seeker.
Shes desperate for attention and so lies about herself and everything to be someone people will love.
This not only means she lied to me about smoking, alcohol etc when we moved in, it also means she is constantly seeking self gratificatio... | So my housemate is bipolar depressive and a perpetual liar/attention seeker.
Shes desperate for attention and so lies about herself and everything to be someone people will love.
This not only means she lied to me about smoking, alcohol etc when we moved in, it also means she is constantly seeking self gratificatio... | [
"Summary: I care... so so much what an internet random thinks\n\nPost: Wait, you're passing judgement over the internet? \n Let me laugh. HAHAHAHAHAHAJAHAHAJHA \n Oh wait, youre making this judgement with only a teensy bit of knowledge about me?\nLet me laugh even harder.\nHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA \... | 17 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,026 |
skgoa | Generate the content for a reddit post No sane/non-depressed/non-douchebag woman would say this, ever. | LPT: if someone warns you on the first date that they're bad news and you're going to regret getting into a relationship with them, consider that they might know what they're talking about.
Well, when she says this there are only three possible outcomes:
she knows what she is talking about and you should stay awa... | LPT: if someone warns you on the first date that they're bad news and you're going to regret getting into a relationship with them, consider that they might know what they're talking about.
Well, when she says this there are only three possible outcomes:
she knows what she is talking about and you should stay awa... | [
"Summary: the soviets wanted to land on the Moon at some point but they didn't think they were in a race until it was to late to do anything about it.\n\nPost: Yes and no. It depends on the point in time you are asking about. \n For quite a while the soviet space program was aimed at doing science while not costing... | 21 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,027 |
InABritishAccent | Generate the content for a reddit post I really like ziggs, but he's not the strongest character nor what you'd want to pick if you just want to advance up the board. | I've played him a fair bit in the lower leagues. The range on his q is just incredible and the bounce means you can really catch people off guard by aiming it between the minion waves. You can also punish people with the aoe for getting near minions. I find him to be a lot of fun but he does feel a little bit weak. Tha... | I've played him a fair bit in the lower leagues. The range on his q is just incredible and the bounce means you can really catch people off guard by aiming it between the minion waves. You can also punish people with the aoe for getting near minions. I find him to be a lot of fun but he does feel a little bit weak. Tha... | [
"Summary: How sure are you that you are Asexual? Did a doctor tell you? If not, you might just both be bad at sex\n\nPost: How do you know that you are Asexual? Have you been diagnosed? Have you searched for other explanations? Have you talked to doctors? Have you played with yourself with a vibrator and tried the ... | 16 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,028 |
PubliusPontifex | Generate the content for a reddit post the difference between a truly independent homo sapiens and a wild animal seems somewhat more limited | And animals live pretty much like that now.
Many anthropologists consider there to be a sub-species demarcation to exist at the point that humankind gained persistent (over generations) technology and knowledge. One could easily consider your view of humanity to be a slightly different sub-species altogether.
Techn... | And animals live pretty much like that now.
Many anthropologists consider there to be a sub-species demarcation to exist at the point that humankind gained persistent (over generations) technology and knowledge. One could easily consider your view of humanity to be a slightly different sub-species altogether.
Techn... | [
"Summary: don't do that. \n edit: jesus christ, 11kw, if you tried to wire that up the building inspector will send a swat team.\n\nPost: Err, we actually have 220v in our houses, you need to talk to an electrician. \n Yes, you could do what you're saying, but you'll almost certainly either constantly blow fuses/br... | 38 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,029 |
Gyroisabot | Generate the content for a reddit post eat right, lift heavy, move around | Varied diet with things you know are better for you (fruits, vegetables, lean proteins, fats), mobility work, a bit of steady state cardio, listening to your body, fish oil.
Or really, just common sense. I started this whole 'stop being stupid' stuff a bit late (Probsbly at 30yo) and just 2 years later I'm in the bes... | Varied diet with things you know are better for you (fruits, vegetables, lean proteins, fats), mobility work, a bit of steady state cardio, listening to your body, fish oil.
Or really, just common sense. I started this whole 'stop being stupid' stuff a bit late (Probsbly at 30yo) and just 2 years later I'm in the bes... | [
"Summary: enjoy the hike, remember the baby\n\nPost: In general it's hard to accurately gauge caloric burn with exercise (so many sweet, sweet variables). Assuming you're trying to lose weight, no, don't eat the estimated calories back. But then you mention an 8 hour hike...which means you'll probably want to eat m... | 20 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,030 |
dontragemebro | Generate the content for a reddit post bought collection for shift 2 which has several problems, but it should be worth it because of the other games included.
on a related note...can anyone recommend me an online racing game that has people playing it? Something somewhat realistic, maybe something with a cockpit vie... | Need For Speed Collection ($35): I bought this because of Shift 2. I had pirated it and I really enjoyed it. I was really looking forward to getting a whooping in multiplayer, but when installed the game I found out that the game has some issues following a recent DLC patch. I guess EA gave Steam the wrong patch so the... | Need For Speed Collection ($35): I bought this because of Shift 2. I had pirated it and I really enjoyed it. I was really looking forward to getting a whooping in multiplayer, but when installed the game I found out that the game has some issues following a recent DLC patch. I guess EA gave Steam the wrong patch so the... | [
"Summary: RO has changed since the mod days for the better\n\nPost: as someone who has been playing the mod since around the 3.0 release I can say that it has changed a lot. first of all the engine is a highly modified version of unreal engine two (UE2.5), which makes for things like bloom and hdr or whatever. The ... | 17 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,031 |
Mr_You | Generate the content for a reddit post This is normal functionality to help maintain longer battery life and to maintain IP connectivity which is required for streaming services to function properly and as expected. | There is no fix because there is not a problem. He just explained that this is normal and why its normal.
Perhaps maybe your "fix" will be that LTE will be more widely available across Sprints spectrum allocation (800Mhz, 1900Mhz, and 2500Mhz) AND you're using a Sprint Spark phone. But you would have more problems ... | There is no fix because there is not a problem. He just explained that this is normal and why its normal.
Perhaps maybe your "fix" will be that LTE will be more widely available across Sprints spectrum allocation (800Mhz, 1900Mhz, and 2500Mhz) AND you're using a Sprint Spark phone. But you would have more problems ... | [
"Summary: Most likely not because phones are cheap and carriers/customers benefit from the latest technologies, but it might be possible with the next wave of LTE-based wireless tech and long-term third-party Android OS updates. \n EDIT: To answer your question directly, the phone is probably going to be a multi-b... | 20 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,032 |
DarthRTFM | Generate the content for a reddit post it's a clone. | Yeah, so a couple months ago a lot of the vape groups on FB got copper Panzer clones made. I have a sick Attack of the Clones one that is amazing. If you do a clone group buy, generally over 50 units, you can request custom engraving, and that is EXACTLY what this is. I passed on their version because it looks like ass... | Yeah, so a couple months ago a lot of the vape groups on FB got copper Panzer clones made. I have a sick Attack of the Clones one that is amazing. If you do a clone group buy, generally over 50 units, you can request custom engraving, and that is EXACTLY what this is. I passed on their version because it looks like ass... | [
"Summary: AW IMR Protected batteries are great, but protection causes issues with advanced electronics on occasion.\n\nPost: They come with a lot of devices and are highly recommended, especially for mechs due to the protection fuse. This is great in devices that are not regulated or don't have circuit protection, ... | 20 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,033 |
dute | Generate the content for a reddit post There are lots of complicated attitudes, and these attitudes are rarely monolithic. But there is a common thread of publicly ridiculing the subject while secrelty spending time, money and energy trying to study the UFO reports. | Can you give a general summary of what you perceive to be the view of the military/government/aviation community of what they believe is going on?
This is another huge question. It depends on who you're talking about (the military, government and aviation communities are very different). It also depends on what time ... | Can you give a general summary of what you perceive to be the view of the military/government/aviation community of what they believe is going on?
This is another huge question. It depends on who you're talking about (the military, government and aviation communities are very different). It also depends on what time ... | [
"Summary: Data > quotes.\n\nPost: Talking UFOs with /r/Skeptic is a fool's errand. But they are right: your website does not seem to have any actual evidence but instead is full of appeals to authority. Emotionally, appeals to authority work for many people, particularly people who have no firm opinion about UFOs. ... | 66 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,034 |
hoppityhoppity | Generate the content for a reddit post High carbs, in whatever form, come at a high price! Ditch them, find alternatives, and you'll feel better! | I'm insulin resistant, secondary to PCOS. It was so hard, giving up most of what I loved (I have a serious sweet tooth).
Here's the thing. If you don't give these up, and you allow your blood sugar to be uncontrolled, or if you don't manage it well, there are going to be long-term problems. I've seen patients in t... | I'm insulin resistant, secondary to PCOS. It was so hard, giving up most of what I loved (I have a serious sweet tooth).
Here's the thing. If you don't give these up, and you allow your blood sugar to be uncontrolled, or if you don't manage it well, there are going to be long-term problems. I've seen patients in t... | [
"Summary: Losing weight will likely help to some degree, but if you require more assistance to get your body in line (I do), that's okay! Like many chronic conditions, it'll probably take a few tries to find what works for you.\n\nPost: Hey! I'm glad you were able to be diagnosed fairly early - I was in my mid-tw... | 20 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,035 |
GayAtheistLiberal | Generate the content for a reddit post 1v1 me brave irl m8 | What the fuck did you just fucking say about me raping everyone I meet because my religion tells me to, you little bitch? I'll have you know I graduated from a religion that literally required me to rape every person I come across, and I've been involved in numerous secret rapes on Al-Quaeda, and I have over 300 confir... | What the fuck did you just fucking say about me raping everyone I meet because my religion tells me to, you little bitch? I'll have you know I graduated from a religion that literally required me to rape every person I come across, and I've been involved in numerous secret rapes on Al-Quaeda, and I have over 300 confir... | [
"Summary: Armor isn't any more expensive, chaotics are free, you aren't poor even if you don't flip/host-even though flipping is perfectly legitimate and easy to do, you are just being lazy because there are a TON of ways to make good money out there that don't require expensive prerequisites.\n\nPost: How is the R... | 17 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,036 |
nailz1000 | Generate the content for a reddit post Get off the excuse train and do your workouts. | by the 4th or 5th day my body is exhausted and doesn't feel like it can go anymore.
Just keep going and do as much as you're able to do. It's going to suck for the first 2 weeks, but that's the whole point. You don't necessarily have to push as hard or do as many reps as the people in the video at first, but the idea... | by the 4th or 5th day my body is exhausted and doesn't feel like it can go anymore.
Just keep going and do as much as you're able to do. It's going to suck for the first 2 weeks, but that's the whole point. You don't necessarily have to push as hard or do as many reps as the people in the video at first, but the idea... | [
"Summary: He's not interested in cheating on you, he's interested in getting his rocks off.\n\nPost: Alcohol impairs judgement and strips away self control. It also affects mood differently for people. For example, I know people who become downright obnoxious, incredibly violent (once I see this one I don't talk to... | 15 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,037 |
Santos_L_Halper | Generate the content for a reddit post everyone has their limits and everyone has gone past it at one point in their life. | Everyone has a boiling point, would you agree to that? Simply saying "control your emotions" is easier said than done if you're reaching your limit. You can't tell me you haven't gotten mad at someone or something where later you thought to yourself "I should have handled that better, but I just had enough with their... | Everyone has a boiling point, would you agree to that? Simply saying "control your emotions" is easier said than done if you're reaching your limit. You can't tell me you haven't gotten mad at someone or something where later you thought to yourself "I should have handled that better, but I just had enough with their... | [
"Summary: share the loot and don't go out of your way to screen peak although it's hard to resist the urge.\n\nPost: There's already 115 comments so mine will probably be buried but ethics in multiplayer games has been an issue for me for quite some time. \n WoW, I think, is the largest smorgasbord of unethical gam... | 24 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,038 |
Quoar | Generate the content for a reddit post there are languages that I enjoy speaking, sometimes just to say random things, because they just sound good. | I would like to ask here the question of WHY we find a specific language attractive.
I sometimes say useless things out loud just for the sake of saying something ("why did I not write to her earlier" or "I didn't have time to have breakfast" sound lame in Italian, but awesome in Russian).
It is commonly said that ... | I would like to ask here the question of WHY we find a specific language attractive.
I sometimes say useless things out loud just for the sake of saying something ("why did I not write to her earlier" or "I didn't have time to have breakfast" sound lame in Italian, but awesome in Russian).
It is commonly said that ... | [
"Summary: the reward is always there, it's thinking that there is no reward that is wrong. \n ps: these are examples and anecdotes, I obviously do have stories of Brits/Americans speaking foreign languages too...\n\nPost: You can hardly blame us for not putting in the effort when the reward isn't there. \n I neve... | 49 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,039 |
notpandora | Generate the content for a reddit post economy of scale | If you live on a massive continent that has a drug store every mile or so on average, you can buy millions of units for pennies each, then rent a massive container ship to transport them from the manufacturer, then spread them across your hundreds or thousands of stores. If you live on an island, with a smaller populat... | If you live on a massive continent that has a drug store every mile or so on average, you can buy millions of units for pennies each, then rent a massive container ship to transport them from the manufacturer, then spread them across your hundreds or thousands of stores. If you live on an island, with a smaller populat... | [
"Summary: You're my tv dad and I'm your long lost daughter.\n\nPost: Hi Drew, \n I grew up watching The Drew Carey Show, it aired in the years from when I was 8 until I was about 17. For me, it was basically that show that came on every evening between dinner and homework that I would always stop changing channels ... | 59 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,040 |
HemHaw | Generate the content for a reddit post Get one. It's just as awesome as you think it might be. Fuck the haters. | This might be unpopular opinion, but I completely agree with you.
I do wear a kilt (not traditional, just green) in public when it's nice out pretty often. It may just be where I live (hipsterville USA), but the only comments I get about it are positive ones, and the women hit on me like mad when I go out in the kil... | This might be unpopular opinion, but I completely agree with you.
I do wear a kilt (not traditional, just green) in public when it's nice out pretty often. It may just be where I live (hipsterville USA), but the only comments I get about it are positive ones, and the women hit on me like mad when I go out in the kil... | [
"Summary: LEARN the NEWEST STUFF NOW\n\nPost: I knew I was going to be fired, and that it was just a matter of time.. for about 6 months or so. The owners of the company I was working for were so afraid of technology that NOTHING I told them was going to work out well for me. \n During those 6 months I put my fing... | 69 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,041 |
Delheru | Generate the content for a reddit post Hitler saw the United States and how incredibly successful that had been for the "anglo" race (remember: his view of race was kind of odd by modern standards). He wanted to replicate the success and the vast expanse of the Soviet Union was going to be his American Indian territori... | ELI5 (if you know US history).
In this scenario, Hitler runs Massachusetts and the year is 1800 (and there is no Federal government - all the states are countries).
Hitler feels that most of new England (Eastern Europe) is really just different versions of Massachusetts and that they might as well get incorporated.... | ELI5 (if you know US history).
In this scenario, Hitler runs Massachusetts and the year is 1800 (and there is no Federal government - all the states are countries).
Hitler feels that most of new England (Eastern Europe) is really just different versions of Massachusetts and that they might as well get incorporated.... | [
"Summary: It could be a Western terror group as well (the mansion dwelling kind, not the cave dwelling kind)\n\nPost: Well... it certainly smells of western origin, which - from a government side - implies CIA and/or Mossad. \n What increases complexity that there are a lot of rather radical billionaires in the Wes... | 31 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,042 |
rps215 | Generate the content for a reddit post Talent isn't everything, and there are a ton of young rising stars. | I completely disagree. Stars are becoming more and more common every year. John Wall emerged as one this year, as did Goran Dragic, Anthony Davis, and DeMar DeRozan. The young group (2010 draft class to now) is very good, it's just a matter of when they break out. I don't think the Kings sucked because of no talent. A ... | I completely disagree. Stars are becoming more and more common every year. John Wall emerged as one this year, as did Goran Dragic, Anthony Davis, and DeMar DeRozan. The young group (2010 draft class to now) is very good, it's just a matter of when they break out. I don't think the Kings sucked because of no talent. A ... | [
"Summary: had to stop my two friends make out session\n\nPost: I was leaving for a big trip the next day, but a few of my friends were out bowling so I joined and took my best friend. When I had to leave I had to take him home. Unfortunately, I had to break he and this girl he was making out with up otherwise I was... | 21 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,043 |
ChingShih | Generate the content for a reddit post Yes, these resolutions are accepted and should be easily scaled given the aspect ratio. Actual resolution scaling will be left up to the TV/video device. | Except 2048x872 isn't a standard resolution.
Sure it's not. But it is one of [many standard aspect ratios]( That means that most 4:3 TVs would be able to scale the viewable area of the screen to best fit the width of the screen. There will still be some bars at the top and bottom of the screen because this is a ful... | Except 2048x872 isn't a standard resolution.
Sure it's not. But it is one of [many standard aspect ratios]( That means that most 4:3 TVs would be able to scale the viewable area of the screen to best fit the width of the screen. There will still be some bars at the top and bottom of the screen because this is a ful... | [
"Summary: of the book is spoiler There literally isn't any more depth than that. I don't want to ruin the ending for anyone, but if you've read Twilight, then you already know what's going to happen because both authors relied on the same poor style of concluding the story.\n\nPost: American Gods is pretty awf... | 28 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,044 |
onegaminus | Generate the content for a reddit post it's super important to have a discussion on how ideas, no matter how seemingly innocuous, can be incredibly dangerous in the wrong hands; Bible's a fine jumping-off point for this. | I'd have to disagree. I think using such a doctrine and saying to people, "hey, shit that was said in this book was used to convince the willfully ignorant/easily led/psycopathic into doing truly terrible things" would make them necessarily aware of what blindly believing in something can cause. The Bible itself has so... | I'd have to disagree. I think using such a doctrine and saying to people, "hey, shit that was said in this book was used to convince the willfully ignorant/easily led/psycopathic into doing truly terrible things" would make them necessarily aware of what blindly believing in something can cause. The Bible itself has so... | [
"Summary: People hate religion because it gives people an excuse to be shitty. But what they don't realize is religion is a calling for us to not be shitty, and that shitty people like to use dumber people to be shitty for their own gain, and that God has no say in this. So it's not exactly His (or religion's) faul... | 15 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,045 |
Bossman1086 | Generate the content for a reddit post Vote here: and please read the referendums before voting for them. | Welcome to our newest weekly rule addition vote. Hope you're all ready to go. Vote for one or more options. Anything you like and would be okay seeing win, go ahead and check it off. And just like last week, you also have the option to vote for no new rule changes.
Suggestion to everyone reading this: upvote the ru... | Welcome to our newest weekly rule addition vote. Hope you're all ready to go. Vote for one or more options. Anything you like and would be okay seeing win, go ahead and check it off. And just like last week, you also have the option to vote for no new rule changes.
Suggestion to everyone reading this: upvote the ru... | [
"Summary: there are a lot of different types of libertarians. Plenty of us are practical. But we still see government as an initiator of force in almost everything they do - which is morally wrong and makes it harder to compromise. Extremists exist in every group.\n\nPost: You can find extremists anywhere. I person... | 123 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,046 |
Eaglesfan815 | Generate the content for a reddit post Teams really coming together, I'm not ready to draft a QB over Foles and our interior Defence is a mess. Draft Safety!!! | Personally I think Foles shows promise, and who knows what an offseason of First Team Reps could result in. For this reason i'm not ready to say we should be drafting a QB. Personally I think the most important thing is Defence. Realistically i want our first two picks to be defence. We desperately need to find a playm... | Personally I think Foles shows promise, and who knows what an offseason of First Team Reps could result in. For this reason i'm not ready to say we should be drafting a QB. Personally I think the most important thing is Defence. Realistically i want our first two picks to be defence. We desperately need to find a playm... | [
"Summary: There's no way of knowing what the answer is, it may as well be 42. So chose the school of thought that is open, thinks critically and adapts its perceptions to what it sees. Not trying to make what we see fit our fixed perception.\n\nPost: First off you have to understand we don't know the answer, and th... | 15 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,047 |
SmartSexSlave | Generate the content for a reddit post The reasons that lead me to believe that your GF is lying is that guilt doesn't seem to be present nor has she actively sought help. No one begins hearing voices without freaking out. We tell at least one person the first time it happens because we're terrified of ourselves. | Your GF is lying. I'll tell you why.
The first time I felt like I was going "crazy" (years ago), I immediately went to the hospital. I was fucking terrified. I was diagnosed as bipolar, borderline, and possibly mildly schizophrenic. I was then put on meds, and life was so much better . Most importantly, I felt like ... | Your GF is lying. I'll tell you why.
The first time I felt like I was going "crazy" (years ago), I immediately went to the hospital. I was fucking terrified. I was diagnosed as bipolar, borderline, and possibly mildly schizophrenic. I was then put on meds, and life was so much better . Most importantly, I felt like ... | [
"Summary: When you already know that your sex-life is important to you, 21 is too young to settle for someone who doesn't care to make theirs a priority.\n\nPost: I think another user already pointed out the heart of the problem: \n \"The problem isn't that she doesn't desire sex, but rather that she doesn't care t... | 22 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,048 |
menschmaschine5 | Generate the content for a reddit post this poster doesn't encourage sex, it encourages proper precautions when having sex. | The fallacy that kids will have more sex if educated about it is one thing seriously holding back sex ed in this country (and pretty much disproven by the fact that places that teach abstinence only tend to have higher than average teen pregnancy rates). Teenagers are horny by nature, and if they're going to have sex, ... | The fallacy that kids will have more sex if educated about it is one thing seriously holding back sex ed in this country (and pretty much disproven by the fact that places that teach abstinence only tend to have higher than average teen pregnancy rates). Teenagers are horny by nature, and if they're going to have sex, ... | [
"Summary: talk to your priest.\n\nPost: For the latter, talk to the Priest of the parish you've been going to. Is it in the Anglican Church of Canada or another denomination? If the former, you may be received or confirmed in the ACoC or need to be re-baptized if your previous baptism was not in the name of the tri... | 22 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,049 |
MrWinks | Generate the content for a reddit post I agree with you, which is why I choose to stop, but you drink it too! So I feel like I'm not sure who is delusional about the right choice. | This is exactly my point. Years of learning to properly diet (for a flatter stomach) and working out have helped me be able to kick habits like a light switch, especially ones i'm not addicted to. I stopped caffeine, and it seems everyone agrees with the choice, but no one follows that same advice. Why? Am I REALLY ben... | This is exactly my point. Years of learning to properly diet (for a flatter stomach) and working out have helped me be able to kick habits like a light switch, especially ones i'm not addicted to. I stopped caffeine, and it seems everyone agrees with the choice, but no one follows that same advice. Why? Am I REALLY ben... | [
"Summary: Veganism is avoiding the exploitation of animals, not just specifically cruelty/slavery/whatever.\n\nPost: I'll answer your question: It's about equal consideration. People talk about equal rights in race, sex, gay marriage, and even equal rights in animal rights, but the truth is we are all different. So... | 29 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,050 |
severoon | Generate the content for a reddit post Best desktop switch that meets these requirements:
8 to 16 Gbps ports (and fast!)
managed, for learning and fun
not huge or noisy | I just bought a Synology DS1815+ and I'm looking to do get near-Gigabit speeds when I back up to it. It has 4 LACP LAN ports, so I'd like a switch that can make use of that (preferably all 4).
Here's the [compatibility matrix]( for switches with this NAS, though it's clear that as long as the switch is 802.3ad compli... | I just bought a Synology DS1815+ and I'm looking to do get near-Gigabit speeds when I back up to it. It has 4 LACP LAN ports, so I'd like a switch that can make use of that (preferably all 4).
Here's the [compatibility matrix]( for switches with this NAS, though it's clear that as long as the switch is 802.3ad compli... | [
"Summary: Subverting normal human sexual urges by labeling them impure is a powerful way to manufacture demand for a faith that provides a process of atonement and cleansing.\n\nPost: I've posted some of this info in previous discussions, reworked much of it to help make the connection between the rise of religion ... | 43 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,051 |
DaHozer | Generate the content for a reddit post Yes, yes they do. | Yes, car batteries are lead-acid. Its antiquated technology but still the best way to deliver the huge power surge necessary to crank an engine and have thousands of charge/discharge cycles.
The acid solution can over time evaporate water, if the solution is low you can bring it back to a specified level by adding pu... | Yes, car batteries are lead-acid. Its antiquated technology but still the best way to deliver the huge power surge necessary to crank an engine and have thousands of charge/discharge cycles.
The acid solution can over time evaporate water, if the solution is low you can bring it back to a specified level by adding pu... | [
"Summary: kill one violent, none offspring producing male rhino while helping to fund years of conservation.\n\nPost: When an alpha male becomes old and loses the ability to impregnate the females he oversees he doesn't just step down and let a new male take over. He still fights and kills younger males and could k... | 18 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,052 |
taranaki | Generate the content for a reddit post Stop getting caught up with the connotation of "Entitlement". His actual point has some merit. Once something is given to a racial group (special protection, special advantages to help them), if the time arises where it isnt needed anymore, it is politically almost impossible to c... | Without jumping on the word and the connotations behind "entitlement" he has a point. Once somethign has been given to one racial group, be it special protection, affirmative action, extra money, etc etc, it is VERY hard to take it away even when the situtation arises where it is no longer needed. To try and remove it ... | Without jumping on the word and the connotations behind "entitlement" he has a point. Once somethign has been given to one racial group, be it special protection, affirmative action, extra money, etc etc, it is VERY hard to take it away even when the situtation arises where it is no longer needed. To try and remove it ... | [
"Summary: You're the type of atheist I hope my family and friends never meet so that I dont have to give the whole, Im not a total asshole just becauseim atheist, talk\n\nPost: No no it doesnt. It has to do that there are a bunch of horny sexually repressed people out there who have authority and are willing to wie... | 104 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,053 |
adelie42 | Generate the content for a reddit post Whether something is a "means of production" or a "good" is not only subjective, but speculative. A statute to "clear things up" is really only a fetish of consensus. | A price system excels at providing rapid information of the relative value of goods and services. It is not apparent to me why the ownership of the means of production has anything to do with the pricing system.
Because the difference between capital goods and consumer goods is entirely conceptual, it is a difference... | A price system excels at providing rapid information of the relative value of goods and services. It is not apparent to me why the ownership of the means of production has anything to do with the pricing system.
Because the difference between capital goods and consumer goods is entirely conceptual, it is a difference... | [
"Summary: best cooking variation: Toast then \"steam shock\".\n\nPost: I do something similar. I melt some butter into a pan then toast toast the noodles until brown on each side. Then take about 1/4c water and pour right into the middle. Cover immediately. After about 20 seconds or so it will have stopped sizzli... | 200 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,054 |
klg301 | Generate the content for a reddit post put down the bible and go read Nietzsche's Genealogy of Morality. | And bringing an unwanted child into the world at age 19 is responsible? Being an unwed pregnant teenager is very challenging.
Not only are pregnant teens and unwed mothers deemed undesireable, socially unacceptable, pitiful or ignorant but they are also bullied, called sluts, whores... These teens face difficult cho... | And bringing an unwanted child into the world at age 19 is responsible? Being an unwed pregnant teenager is very challenging.
Not only are pregnant teens and unwed mothers deemed undesireable, socially unacceptable, pitiful or ignorant but they are also bullied, called sluts, whores... These teens face difficult cho... | [
"Summary: killing my cat\n\nPost: This'll get buried but here goes: \n It was a tragedy; that last, finite moment when I held my dying cat in my arms. She was sick with cancer and had lived a full life. And I, a 20-something nietzsche-quoting \"nihilist\" was forced to confront death head on there in the veterin... | 21 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,055 |
myrtle0501 | Generate the content for a reddit post anxiety is a bigger bitch than most mother in laws. | Before I got pregnant, I went through a 12 week CBT program for my panic disorder. It helped me immensely; I still had occasional panic attacks but I recovered much quicker and they weren't as severe.
My anxiety/panic ramps up when I am sleep deprived. Usually a couple nights in a row of better sleep and I've got thi... | Before I got pregnant, I went through a 12 week CBT program for my panic disorder. It helped me immensely; I still had occasional panic attacks but I recovered much quicker and they weren't as severe.
My anxiety/panic ramps up when I am sleep deprived. Usually a couple nights in a row of better sleep and I've got thi... | [
"Summary: almost everyone I told at 6 weeks told at least one other person, but everyone respected our no social media request.\n\nPost: We told our immediate families at 6 weeks and asked them all to keep it a secret. My mom asked if she could tell her best friend (who is my best friends mom) and I said that was f... | 15 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,056 |
sjhalestorm | Generate the content for a reddit post If Ohio State can avoid a negative five turnover margin in a single game, I don't expect much of a contest. | I don't have a lot of confidence in MSU's defense. They haven't faced a team this year that was built to score - They've beat teams who want smash mouth possessions, field position, and solid defense of their own.
My main reference of their defense is the Nebraska game because, as you might guess, it's the game I wat... | I don't have a lot of confidence in MSU's defense. They haven't faced a team this year that was built to score - They've beat teams who want smash mouth possessions, field position, and solid defense of their own.
My main reference of their defense is the Nebraska game because, as you might guess, it's the game I wat... | [
"Summary: The network big picture leans SEC and the marketing/management teams handle that. But nobody is anti-B1G or any other conference. They've shot themselves in the foot and, for the most part, don't deserve much coverage.\n\nPost: You're straddling the line of truth and tinfoil hat conspiracy theory here. ... | 17 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,057 |
AzzyIzzy | Generate the content for a reddit post Contact support (if that fails), try to contact Slumber Jack on the Lol Forums (if that fails), try to contact lyte? | There's always a chance for errors, or false positives even when the tribunal was up. But even then at least what was admitted it was less than 1% (which is probably alot of players compared to the Lolreddit playerbase, but as a whole to the whole Lol player base it is insignificant).
More so, there are so many peop... | There's always a chance for errors, or false positives even when the tribunal was up. But even then at least what was admitted it was less than 1% (which is probably alot of players compared to the Lolreddit playerbase, but as a whole to the whole Lol player base it is insignificant).
More so, there are so many peop... | [
"Summary: Good idea, but limited time and resources towards an idea that would hardly help the already successful rate the tribunal has, makes it a later side project.\n\nPost: This feature has already been suggested, along with other favorites like including post/pre chat logs. It isn't a matter of Riot not liking... | 29 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,058 |
themisanthrope | Generate the content for a reddit post Evidence-based medicine, dawg. | Listen to this guy. An osteopath is a much better bet. They have a great deal more knowledge of pathology, anatomy, etc. The tough thing about neck/back injuries is that there isn't always a quick/easy fix. Osteopaths operate under "best practice" standards that are adjusted all the time based on evidence. Chiropr... | Listen to this guy. An osteopath is a much better bet. They have a great deal more knowledge of pathology, anatomy, etc. The tough thing about neck/back injuries is that there isn't always a quick/easy fix. Osteopaths operate under "best practice" standards that are adjusted all the time based on evidence. Chiropr... | [
"Summary: The long-lasting, negative effects that come from combat sports are from sustained punishment more than anything else.\n\nPost: Boxing is more dangerous in that a boxer can withstand far more blows with 8-10 ounce gloves than an MMA fighter can with 4 ounce gloves. What I mean by this is that they ca... | 33 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,059 |
karmahawk | Generate the content for a reddit post If you see the phrase "Internet Marketing" mixed in with a shady job offer assume they rake in the dosh with scams. | Unfortunately I've got a lot of experience with these companies. My mom's dealing with the early stages of Alzheimer's, has been spottily employed as it gets worse, and because she is only her late fifties she does not want to acknowledge there's even a problem. Now that the days of her being employable have long passe... | Unfortunately I've got a lot of experience with these companies. My mom's dealing with the early stages of Alzheimer's, has been spottily employed as it gets worse, and because she is only her late fifties she does not want to acknowledge there's even a problem. Now that the days of her being employable have long passe... | [
"Summary: There's more to planning this to ensure maximum lulz than you'd think, but more importantly nothing good happens from touching the poop.\n\nPost: Because if the average contribution was $5 we'd need 1,000 participants to create an initial 24hr backlog. From that point the cost of maintaining the log jam i... | 28 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,060 |
thebellmaster1x | Generate the content for a reddit post 1500/1600 means she was a pretty damn good student*.
* Note: This argument eschews typical controversies of whether standardized tests actually
measure intelligence or scholastic aptitude. Just tryin' to give an overview of the SAT. | The S cholastic A ptitude T est (though I think it may be one of those initialisms that don't actually officially stand for anything anymore). It's a standardized test you take in high school (typically grade/year 11), whose score gets looked at when you apply to a university, along with your grades, etc.
Today,... | The S cholastic A ptitude T est (though I think it may be one of those initialisms that don't actually officially stand for anything anymore). It's a standardized test you take in high school (typically grade/year 11), whose score gets looked at when you apply to a university, along with your grades, etc.
Today,... | [
"Summary: o)/¯\n\nPost: Mmmm...I suppose, but there is still what one believes the Bible can teach us. No, yeah, the Old Testament is pretty much bullshit, but at least Jesus had a few nice things to say, like the whole idea of \"hey, stop being dicks to other people.\" \n \"Biblical scholar\" in the secular sense,... | 22 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,061 |
hbomberman | Generate the content for a reddit post summary: The thing that has changed the most about cameras in over 2000 years is probably the method/medium used to capture the image. | A lot of people are surprised when I tell them how old the camera is.
At it's most basic, a camera is basically a black box with a hole in it. The Chinese philosopher Mozi/Mo-Ti is the first recorded person to use a camera-obscura (pinhole camera), back in the fifth century BC . That makes it older than paper ([... | A lot of people are surprised when I tell them how old the camera is.
At it's most basic, a camera is basically a black box with a hole in it. The Chinese philosopher Mozi/Mo-Ti is the first recorded person to use a camera-obscura (pinhole camera), back in the fifth century BC . That makes it older than paper ([... | [
"Summary: Creepy clown at Johnny Cupcakes' house.\n\nPost: We were shooting a fake-trailer for a Johnny Cupcakes Halloween thing , and crazy decor (including a [full-sized portrait of the bad guy from Ghostbusters 2]( Our actress goes upstairs to look for a bathroom, we hear a scream, she comes down a little later... | 20 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,062 |
stoicme | Generate the content for a reddit post you're awesome. | I know many of you feel down. And that's okay, it happens to everyone. But here's the thing. You have no reason to be down and out. You have no reason to think you are anything except what you really are. So what if what's-his-ass doesn't like you? Who cares if that bimbo doesn't know your name? So what if you feel you... | I know many of you feel down. And that's okay, it happens to everyone. But here's the thing. You have no reason to be down and out. You have no reason to think you are anything except what you really are. So what if what's-his-ass doesn't like you? Who cares if that bimbo doesn't know your name? So what if you feel you... | [
"Summary: fucking your best friends mom is like waiting for updates. it's so fucking good that no matter what you do, nothing compares to when you get to do it again.\n\nPost: Angry Birds... waiting for those updates is like sleeping with your best friends mom (providing you're at least 18 years of age). \n one day... | 15 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,063 |
elcheecho | Generate the content for a reddit post you're wrong and you're ridiculous. Feel free to be pissed about me pointing it out. | dude, i don't know what you're so angry about. In no way can you avoid the recoil of the first shot before the second, in a recoil-operated handgun. It's physically not possible to strip a round, chamber, or reset the striker/hammer without recoil happening, much less send a second bullet downrange beforehand. Also,... | dude, i don't know what you're so angry about. In no way can you avoid the recoil of the first shot before the second, in a recoil-operated handgun. It's physically not possible to strip a round, chamber, or reset the striker/hammer without recoil happening, much less send a second bullet downrange beforehand. Also,... | [
"Summary: I get you think that through some fancy hand-waving suggesting the guy is gay (whether to his face or to each other) has some use. I'm simply asking you to present evidence or a reasonable argument. \n I'm still waiting.\n\nPost: Like I said I don't know and do not have the expertise or education \n look... | 28 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,064 |
Engineroom | Generate the content for a reddit post Don't watch a 30 minutes special on Fox or read an "article" written by someone who doesn't know their CO2's from their O3's and think you understand why climate change is a load of hot cock. | People who don't really understand the science behind what they're being told read/watch mass-media stories/articles funded, in no small part, by bodies that have a vested interest in fossil fuels being used" is what happened. In some cases, companies that own such media outlets also own a great deal of fossil fuel ba... | People who don't really understand the science behind what they're being told read/watch mass-media stories/articles funded, in no small part, by bodies that have a vested interest in fossil fuels being used" is what happened. In some cases, companies that own such media outlets also own a great deal of fossil fuel ba... | [
"Summary: There seems to be a black and white perception of behaviour (i.e. either you accept responsibility for your actions or you do not) but there is lots of emerging data that suggest a grey area where heritability (by definition outside the individuals control) plays a huge role. \n PS \nI sincerely hope no-o... | 16 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,065 |
Hazelnutqt | Generate the content for a reddit post stop inventing problems and stop witch-hunting. | Listen, if a streamer wants to stream in god damn nipple tassles, that ain't none of our business. Whether you're good or shit at LoL, whether you're a Grimer or a super-model, it is not and never will be our responsibility to tell these girls what to wear.
No, I'm not white-knighting, but this entire thread is slly a... | Listen, if a streamer wants to stream in god damn nipple tassles, that ain't none of our business. Whether you're good or shit at LoL, whether you're a Grimer or a super-model, it is not and never will be our responsibility to tell these girls what to wear.
No, I'm not white-knighting, but this entire thread is slly a... | [
"Summary: bigger rewards require bigger risks.\n\nPost: Well with bigger rewards comes bigger risks. The old system was a constant series of small, mundane kicks. The new system is much cleaner, it has clear values and points of risk, but it's because you can clearly see where the rewards lie, that failing here bec... | 17 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,066 |
Motivation_Man | Generate the content for a reddit post Girl keeps giving off signs, but don't know if she's flirting or being friendly. Which is it? | So I am kinda crushing on this girl. I'm 17, and she turned 17 not long ago for reference. Even though I'm on good terms with her friends, we are still kinda in different social circles, so really my only chance to talk to her is during school. But even from that, she must be able to tell I'm into her. I'm not very goo... | So I am kinda crushing on this girl. I'm 17, and she turned 17 not long ago for reference. Even though I'm on good terms with her friends, we are still kinda in different social circles, so really my only chance to talk to her is during school. But even from that, she must be able to tell I'm into her. I'm not very goo... | [
"Summary: I tried to SLAP MY GIRLFRIENDS ASS while she was in COWGIRL POSITION, and instead slapped my balls so hard I almost threw up. HAD LOTS OF SEXY SEXY SEXY SEXY SEX. I REALLY FUCKED UP THIS TIME, RIGHT GUYS?\n\nPost: I recently starting HOOKING UP WITH A GIRL I knew from high school. We are 22 now, and just ... | 30 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,067 |
skeletonmage | Generate the content for a reddit post You are effectively gimping your build by running full AD. You're rushing an item that you could essentially have out of the gate (Last Whisper) meaning you can build AD and survival items to supplement the LW that you start with.
I realize that a lot of this is going to go thro... | But you're already doing 31 + 10%, so now you can stack AD on top of it to do damage. You said it yourself your abilities scale, so once you've eaten away at half of there armor through Armor Penetration runes, you can start to stack some damage and grab that LW a little later (That is all assuming mid game).
You als... | But you're already doing 31 + 10%, so now you can stack AD on top of it to do damage. You said it yourself your abilities scale, so once you've eaten away at half of there armor through Armor Penetration runes, you can start to stack some damage and grab that LW a little later (That is all assuming mid game).
You als... | [
"Summary: Made up a bullshit story to get out of sex, met another girl at a bar that same night.\n\nPost: Good or bad? Nearing a year ago, I was seeing this girl, she was just OK. You know the type you use to get your jollies off with and kick out the door? Well, it was our second or third time hooking up and we we... | 18 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,068 |
Popular-Uprising- | Generate the content for a reddit post I had a poo cataclysm in a closed park in the winter. I'm sorry if you had to clean it up. PS. Don't touch the hammer. | I was once sent up to a job site in the mountains in the winter to fix a malfunctioning remote radio at a national park. (We had keys to get in and service our equipment.)
When I got there, I had to poop powerfully. I rushed to the bathrooms, but they were locked for the season. After a frantic search, I finally spot... | I was once sent up to a job site in the mountains in the winter to fix a malfunctioning remote radio at a national park. (We had keys to get in and service our equipment.)
When I got there, I had to poop powerfully. I rushed to the bathrooms, but they were locked for the season. After a frantic search, I finally spot... | [
"Summary: Voters are stupid and don't pay attention.\n\nPost: Because average people don't pay attention to politics unless it's a dire emergency or it's about an election. Even then, the average person doesn't have the time or inclination to become very informed on the issues. Politicians know that and know that m... | 15 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,069 |
rustymontenegro | Generate the content for a reddit post found perfect house way cheaper than market, smells super fishy, hoping on the 1% chance it's legit.
EDIT So I did some more sleuthing, and found out that it is actually for rent, but at much higher (market) rate. So yes, it was too good to be true. I called and informed the r... | Ok, so I'm trying to find a rental for myself, my partner and his two kids. Our budget is tight but we would love to find a house (currently in an apartment and the kids share a room) but so far no luck and I doubt I'll find anything that works. I found a house on craigslist that was perfect and we could afford it, but... | Ok, so I'm trying to find a rental for myself, my partner and his two kids. Our budget is tight but we would love to find a house (currently in an apartment and the kids share a room) but so far no luck and I doubt I'll find anything that works. I found a house on craigslist that was perfect and we could afford it, but... | [
"Summary: My dad shot himself, I heard it, and saw him being wheeled out under a sheet. I was 9.\n\nPost: I didn't see it directly, but I heard it. My dad shot himself in the head when I was 9. He came home, looked wild eyed and distant, with bloodshot eyes and a glazed look... I ran up to hug him, and my mom pulle... | 17 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,070 |
masterwit | Generate the content for a reddit post Google it, your comment causes noise, Reddit is a noise filter, so is the doctor, rambling about metaphors, some opinions/theories, I typed this while taking a shit, have a nice day | Reddit is fickle but there is something deeper to the downvotes you have received...
We are sitting in /r/doctorwho where The Doctor is a point of fascination: a character encompassing the human spirit of adventure, travel, spontaneity, abandonment, curiosity, and much more. The show, in part, is a celebration of ... | Reddit is fickle but there is something deeper to the downvotes you have received...
We are sitting in /r/doctorwho where The Doctor is a point of fascination: a character encompassing the human spirit of adventure, travel, spontaneity, abandonment, curiosity, and much more. The show, in part, is a celebration of ... | [
"Summary: It doesn't matter what brand of window you have if the view is the same...\n\nPost: The use of a non recent box implies that OP could have been using an old picture or lying. \n >Then what was the point of your comment? \n Clearly OP was at the point where he was ready to kick back and relax. Almost as a... | 37 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,071 |
ceemarie007 | Generate the content for a reddit post If you’re interested in changing or growing with us, subscribe to /r/90daysgoal. Day 1 is January 4th and the final day will be April 12th. There will be informational posts throughout the first couple weeks to get everyone started toward their goals. We'll have a progress/recover... | Hello C25k-ers! If you're looking for an extra jolt of encouragement and motivation to start off 2016, we're about to start a new Round at /r/90DaysGoal and would love for you to come join us!
What 90days is and what it isn’t
90daysgoal is a community that is all about self-improvement and support. Whether you wa... | Hello C25k-ers! If you're looking for an extra jolt of encouragement and motivation to start off 2016, we're about to start a new Round at /r/90DaysGoal and would love for you to come join us!
What 90days is and what it isn’t
90daysgoal is a community that is all about self-improvement and support. Whether you wa... | [
"Summary: once again almost shat my pants while running. At this point, I'm almost amused. almost .\n\nPost: Twas the first day of the year and all through the town \nThe blue skies were clear, the sun shining down. \nOur hero awoke, she checked the forecast, \n“It’s time for a run, time to get off my ass”. \nIt w... | 24 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,072 |
meatmacho | Generate the content for a reddit post I have a lot of JavaScript experience, but I don't feel like I'm an effective JS developer. I think I'm held back by my lack of a real "how to program like a programmer" foundation. How should I resolve this so I can move forward and build on my skills like a real software engin... | I'm pretty good with HTML and CSS and JavaScript. I use them pretty regularly on the job. But I'm no expert. I could stand to learn a lot more about HTML5 and CSS3 and PHP. And my JS ability is limited mostly to basic functions, objects, and DOM manipulation, and utilizing existing handy libraries like jQuery, Boot... | I'm pretty good with HTML and CSS and JavaScript. I use them pretty regularly on the job. But I'm no expert. I could stand to learn a lot more about HTML5 and CSS3 and PHP. And my JS ability is limited mostly to basic functions, objects, and DOM manipulation, and utilizing existing handy libraries like jQuery, Boot... | [
"Summary: Chicks dig dead gay hobos; teachers do not.\n\nPost: This may not be the venue, but I'll tell the story anyway. In the 7th grade computer lab, typing a poem for an assignment. Sitting next to girl I liked. \n The poem was about a trip to the zoo. Don't remember the details. The last line went somethin... | 27 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,073 |
Says_Pointless_Stuff | Generate the content for a reddit post I can't stay on topic to save my life. Plenty of fish in the sea, the right person for you is out there too. Or something. | Similar to you, I've had one girlfriend. I knew before we even started dating that it wasn't going to work.
I've met one person who I thought things would work with, and she turned out to be another INTP. Funnily enough, I particularly liked the traits we shared; she was intelligent, logical, calm, and collected, but... | Similar to you, I've had one girlfriend. I knew before we even started dating that it wasn't going to work.
I've met one person who I thought things would work with, and she turned out to be another INTP. Funnily enough, I particularly liked the traits we shared; she was intelligent, logical, calm, and collected, but... | [
"Summary: I hate my older brother. He's 22 and beats up our youngest brother who is 13, and our mother lets him do it.\n\nPost: One of my older brothers. He's 22, still at home, and he picks on our youngest brother (who is 13) relentlessly. He'll punch him for not doing every single thing he orders him to. \n He tr... | 20 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,074 |
ClintHammer | Generate the content for a reddit post The more of her own money a woman has, the less motivated they are by money (duh) | Actually there are a shitload of women who are gold diggers, but you tend to find them at the lower end of the socioecconomic ladder. Like the more financially desperate a woman has been throughout her life, the more interested they tend to be in money. You can see the same behavior in men, but men tend to be more li... | Actually there are a shitload of women who are gold diggers, but you tend to find them at the lower end of the socioecconomic ladder. Like the more financially desperate a woman has been throughout her life, the more interested they tend to be in money. You can see the same behavior in men, but men tend to be more li... | [
"Summary: Because Apple fanboys are obnoxious\n\nPost: I don't know if it's as arbitrary as sports. \n It's definitely a preference, but a great deal of the issue surrounding the PC vs Mac debate has to do with the backlash against the apple users themselves. \n First of all, a mac is an apple brand PC. Second, th... | 22 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,075 |
SkaTSee | Generate the content for a reddit post what I'm saying is that I've messaged damn near every girl around me and have gotten 0 and I mean that in the most literal sense, 0 replies . I' am clueless and despite not believing in the paranormal, I feel cursed. | To make matters simple, I'm 23, I am from the US, but I live in the UK. I'm not (what I think is) attractive, but I've been told I'm not ugly as sin. In fact, when I go out in person, I actually fair pretty well when it comes to talking to girls. I get a little bit of attention from what I consider attractive girls,... | To make matters simple, I'm 23, I am from the US, but I live in the UK. I'm not (what I think is) attractive, but I've been told I'm not ugly as sin. In fact, when I go out in person, I actually fair pretty well when it comes to talking to girls. I get a little bit of attention from what I consider attractive girls,... | [
"Summary: was up in seoul, drunk off my ass, was stupid and ran across the crosswalk of an intersection and got hit by a car going around 60km/h. I sprinted away like I was superman because I didn't want to get in trouble\n\nPost: a little late, but this past new years, I was super drunk up in Seoul. It was our b... | 20 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,076 |
GalacticInquisitor | Generate the content for a reddit post I have tried many bikes stock and lowered, some are bad, some are fine, some are great. | NOPE! =D I have ridden the following bikes lowered: 08 gsxr 600, 10' r6, 07-09ish ninja650r, 09 ninja250, 09cbr600, 06gsxr600, 2012 gsxr750, and a hyabusa. and here is my rundown
current bike 08 gsxr 600: love it both ways but doing lots of commuting I prefer it lowered for stops, its adjustable links and takes maybe... | NOPE! =D I have ridden the following bikes lowered: 08 gsxr 600, 10' r6, 07-09ish ninja650r, 09 ninja250, 09cbr600, 06gsxr600, 2012 gsxr750, and a hyabusa. and here is my rundown
current bike 08 gsxr 600: love it both ways but doing lots of commuting I prefer it lowered for stops, its adjustable links and takes maybe... | [
"Summary: The CBR feels like a sportbike, the GSXR feels like MY sportbike.\n\nPost: I have owned both ( cbr was stolen etc. It felt a littttttle on the clunky side (compared to my gsxr) but it was awesome. It was how I thought a supersport should be... \n Fast forward to get getting stolen and me getting the gsxr... | 21 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,077 |
dorkofthepolisci | Generate the content for a reddit post Good idea in theory, not sure how it would work in reality. | While I agree in theory - if you're actively engaging in activity that can reasonably be seen to be a physical/military threat to that country, that's a pretty clear sign you have no interest in being part of that society.
But how does this work if these people don't hold any other citizenship? some international ... | While I agree in theory - if you're actively engaging in activity that can reasonably be seen to be a physical/military threat to that country, that's a pretty clear sign you have no interest in being part of that society.
But how does this work if these people don't hold any other citizenship? some international ... | [
"Summary: Injured myself, had travel health insurance saved maybe $500.\n\nPost: If this woman's doctor, who arguably knows far more about her health history than an insurance company, is saying it wasn't a high risk pregnancy, and she was able to buy insurance, she should challenge Blue Cross. \n That said: alw... | 24 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,078 |
proddy | Generate the content for a reddit post aliens in the fourth movie wasn't so farfetched after all. | Actually I hadn't seen the Indiana Jones movies since I was a kid and watched the fourth one. I thought the aliens were really farfetched and the story shitty (surviving a nuke in a fridge). But then I watched the older movies, and they had shit like ripping out a beating heart and somehow bypassing the ribcage, the ar... | Actually I hadn't seen the Indiana Jones movies since I was a kid and watched the fourth one. I thought the aliens were really farfetched and the story shitty (surviving a nuke in a fridge). But then I watched the older movies, and they had shit like ripping out a beating heart and somehow bypassing the ribcage, the ar... | [
"Summary: I agree.\n\nPost: If we teach and encourage our kids to use logic, reasonable thinking skills, to question and research what they're told, they have the tools to cut through the BS. We can give a helping hand here and there, but our own beliefs should stay out of it. \n We should teach them obvious truths... | 28 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,079 |
Siofsi | Generate the content for a reddit post Baking from scratch can allow us to be on the"healthier" side of gluttony. :3 Also the tastier side! | Yes, but the sense of reward when you bake from scratch makes the cake tastier! Plus if you get more practice in, you can start fiddling the recipes to make them extra special.
The main attraction for me is knowing what I'm eating or serving to others. Hand selecting ingredients from the supermarket ensures I know ... | Yes, but the sense of reward when you bake from scratch makes the cake tastier! Plus if you get more practice in, you can start fiddling the recipes to make them extra special.
The main attraction for me is knowing what I'm eating or serving to others. Hand selecting ingredients from the supermarket ensures I know ... | [
"Summary: helplessness is not empowerment!\n\nPost: That's not feminism at all, this thing is just bullshit. It's trying to be feminist but failing miserably at it and giving feminism a bad name. Feminism should never be about removing a woman's responsibility to look after herself, it's about giving her the chan... | 25 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,080 |
RuafaolGaiscioch | Generate the content for a reddit post I completely realized I didn't have a point halfway through, but by then I didn't want to delete the comment. | This reminds me of a bit I saw in a Louis Sachar math book. Basically, the teacher said there will be a pop quiz next week, and one of the kids says, "Well, it can't be Friday." When the teacher asked why, the student responds "Because if we don't have a quiz Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday, then we'll know i... | This reminds me of a bit I saw in a Louis Sachar math book. Basically, the teacher said there will be a pop quiz next week, and one of the kids says, "Well, it can't be Friday." When the teacher asked why, the student responds "Because if we don't have a quiz Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday, then we'll know i... | [
"Summary: Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn.\n\nPost: The big ones that Lovecraft wrote about were Cthulhu, Yog-Sothoth, and Azathoth, all three of which would be instant game overs if they woke up/turned their attention on us. Never are they ever directly approached, as all of the human character... | 17 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,081 |
IEatRoflWafflz | Generate the content for a reddit post help other lanes, teleporting and ganking at opportune times can really win the lane for your allies, making the game easier for everyone. | Is that just experience or skill?
One in the same. One of the greatest things to have in dota is map awareness IMO. The ability to teleport to turn a gank around and effectively win another lane for your team is amazing and I almost never see it. Ganking and roaming early when you are playing supports is very good ... | Is that just experience or skill?
One in the same. One of the greatest things to have in dota is map awareness IMO. The ability to teleport to turn a gank around and effectively win another lane for your team is amazing and I almost never see it. Ganking and roaming early when you are playing supports is very good ... | [
"Summary: went to late for your team to win. With their lineup (Reverse Polarity + 3 other VERY hard carries) it is hard to solo win in this game.\n\nPost: Not too much you could do that late. Their team is just clearly stronger then yours in the late game, pushing and ending earlier is the big goal. I think your i... | 26 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,082 |
kashiman290 | Generate the content for a reddit post I want to perfect a maelstrom build for Ember Spirit even though battlefury is like 99% of the time a better pickup. | Hi everyone. I know that Maelstrom on Ember Spirit is not nearly as good as Battlefury, but he's my favorite hero, and even though I know that going:
ring of aquilla -> bots -> bf is wayyyy better than going
ring of aquilla -> bots -> maelstrom,
I would like to figure out what build I should do to scale later int... | Hi everyone. I know that Maelstrom on Ember Spirit is not nearly as good as Battlefury, but he's my favorite hero, and even though I know that going:
ring of aquilla -> bots -> bf is wayyyy better than going
ring of aquilla -> bots -> maelstrom,
I would like to figure out what build I should do to scale later int... | [
"Summary: ride the wave. Aka stay under his belly\n\nPost: Yes, it is possible to solo him, in high rank only gear as well, in fact. I forget exactly what this set gave me but I BELIEVE it was:\nSharpness + 1 \n Spirit + 1 \n Biology + 1 \n Attack up Large (possibly medium) \n This quest is very soloable, and I bui... | 15 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,083 |
deep_sea2 | Generate the content for a reddit post Signed means you and another country agree. Ratified means your own government agrees. | Let's say you are the President. You meet with the Prime Minister of England and you want to come to an agreement. Let's pretend you want to allow travel between your country and the UK without needing a passport. So, you negotiate with the Prime Minister and you agree. After working out the details, you sign the t... | Let's say you are the President. You meet with the Prime Minister of England and you want to come to an agreement. Let's pretend you want to allow travel between your country and the UK without needing a passport. So, you negotiate with the Prime Minister and you agree. After working out the details, you sign the t... | [
"Summary: Hanged = rope and Hung = hook\n\nPost: A history professor once explained me the difference. Hanged is when you execute someone by hanging, wrapping a piece of rope around their neck and suspending them in mid air. Hung is when you suspend something in the air with a hook, like a jacket or a slab of mea... | 15 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,084 |
GyantSpyder | Generate the content for a reddit post Food matters in ASOIAF because (and there are other reasons too):
- Sensations matter in fantasy
- Food matters more in real life than books usually talk about, and the books are pointing that out
- The POV structure is about qualia and the characters' subjective experience,... | The main reason is the passage I quoted from GRRM. The purpose of fantasy is to evoke sensation.
To explore further, this happens to a varying degree across several axes at once:
Food is a huge focus of sensation in human life -- it's a big deal among the pleasures of most days that are going well, and among the ... | The main reason is the passage I quoted from GRRM. The purpose of fantasy is to evoke sensation.
To explore further, this happens to a varying degree across several axes at once:
Food is a huge focus of sensation in human life -- it's a big deal among the pleasures of most days that are going well, and among the ... | [
"Summary: It's a reference to a Phil Collins song.\n\nPost: Sexual assault and rape are really rampant in America right now. About 1/8 to 1/4 of college girls get raped before graduation. Women have of course been raped a lot in the past, too, but unlike in the past, women now have the legal protections, money and ... | 60 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,085 |
Kupkin | Generate the content for a reddit post My boyfriend half sister is a selfish troll who likes to push buttons. | Warning: Wall of text incoming.
I love my boyfriend. I love his family.
Except for his youngest half-sister, whom we'll call D. I am rapidly starting to hate her.
She contributes nothing to the household. She has a full time job now that she's done with school, and doesn't pay any money towards the utilities o... | Warning: Wall of text incoming.
I love my boyfriend. I love his family.
Except for his youngest half-sister, whom we'll call D. I am rapidly starting to hate her.
She contributes nothing to the household. She has a full time job now that she's done with school, and doesn't pay any money towards the utilities o... | [
"Summary: Personal anecdote illustrating why being wasted used to be fun.\n\nPost: I used to be a big party girl in my hometown when I was 21-25. I mean, if there was a club, I was at it and I was soooo over it. I'd drink, surrounded by my horde of friends, like some Cobra Starship song. I knew all the DJS and a... | 48 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,086 |
foxymcfox | Generate the content for a reddit post Don't do this. Also, use networking to get a job, not blindly submitting your résumé to black holes. | Career Coach here: Most ATSs are designed to ignore header and footer text unless it's clearly your name and contact information.
Also, they pull ALL formatting, so even if the ATS does read the word, your plaintext resume now has a SHIT TON of words in a list in Courier New after your résumé and if seen by a human, ... | Career Coach here: Most ATSs are designed to ignore header and footer text unless it's clearly your name and contact information.
Also, they pull ALL formatting, so even if the ATS does read the word, your plaintext resume now has a SHIT TON of words in a list in Courier New after your résumé and if seen by a human, ... | [
"Summary: You've done even less examination of my condition than the initial PA did, please don't try to diagnose me or my attitude towards others.\n\nPost: So glad you're able to diagnose me and my case without every examining me. You must be the best doctor ever. \n Yes, it's a pilonidal cyst, you got that part ... | 15 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,087 |
Space_Lobster | Generate the content for a reddit post I once used a pogo stick while eating a popsicle covered in cornpops with molasses syrup. I couldn't find the elevator. | Like usual I get a ticket, "Left monitor not working".
I call the user, they told me they tried the checking the cables and even switching them, still wouldn't work. At this point I didn't even bother going to the site, I just had a monitor sent, gave the user my number, told them to call me when it came in. I go in ... | Like usual I get a ticket, "Left monitor not working".
I call the user, they told me they tried the checking the cables and even switching them, still wouldn't work. At this point I didn't even bother going to the site, I just had a monitor sent, gave the user my number, told them to call me when it came in. I go in ... | [
"Summary: The management all depends on the location.\n\nPost: The company I do IT for is very large across many buildings. I travel by car most of my time. I work out of home when it comes to admin paperwork (I start at home/end at home) and I am stationed in one of the small buildings where I can do some work in.... | 17 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,088 |
Wojtek_the_bear | Generate the content for a reddit post money | because of this:
the difference from top1 to top 10 is huge. also, if you include the other races, you drop down even more in earnings. there's a lot of top x players that are stopped dead in their tracks on a tournament because of a build order / cheese / metagame. (mc comes to mind lately, dropping in code a, but ... | because of this:
the difference from top1 to top 10 is huge. also, if you include the other races, you drop down even more in earnings. there's a lot of top x players that are stopped dead in their tracks on a tournament because of a build order / cheese / metagame. (mc comes to mind lately, dropping in code a, but ... | [
"Summary: i miss squad rush from bf3\n\nPost: the mcoms have so many access points that you can't possibly defend. either you split up and get outnumbered, or somebody will find a way to flank you. or worse, flank and outnumber you. also, the defending base is too far from the mcoms. in hardcore, if the squad leade... | 18 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,089 |
blessedhellfire | Generate the content for a reddit post Dan cheated on Roseanne, but they made up. They never actually got divorced. Dan also technically never cheated if you're going with the 'true' ending. | Bit of a long read but I've watched this series start to finish at least 6 times, so I know my shit and I love talking about it.
/u/Iyamnotdead mostly got it right; The part you're probably remembering is that after they won the Lottery (which in reality Dan is dead and she never won), Dan used some of the money to p... | Bit of a long read but I've watched this series start to finish at least 6 times, so I know my shit and I love talking about it.
/u/Iyamnotdead mostly got it right; The part you're probably remembering is that after they won the Lottery (which in reality Dan is dead and she never won), Dan used some of the money to p... | [
"Summary: Mom used to hit me. It sucked, but I lived and still love her. That said, I don't condone what she did, and don't plan to treat my children like that.\n\nPost: I was spanked as a child. Quite often, actually. And the thing is, my parents were being worn thin and they were probably just scared and not sure... | 16 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,090 |
3200math | Generate the content for a reddit post American people are responsible for controlling their elected government, as it is run by people they fucking elected | People like this on reddit are why reddit is seen as politically ignorant and not much more than armchair protesters to a perversion of what the government actually is. You elect people. You .
The "rich people" are doing nothing different than the poor. All their money comes from either working hard, or inheriting i... | People like this on reddit are why reddit is seen as politically ignorant and not much more than armchair protesters to a perversion of what the government actually is. You elect people. You .
The "rich people" are doing nothing different than the poor. All their money comes from either working hard, or inheriting i... | [
"Summary: The effects are not mistakable. Either it was, or was not, cannabis laced with PCP.\n\nPost: I've seen a friends girlfriend smoke PCP dipped cigarettes. It wasn't laced, but it was definitely PCP. \n I think a lot of people who haven't done strong disscociatives make this claim. No one who's done ket, hea... | 32 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,091 |
OvereducatedSimian | Generate the content for a reddit post Atheists aren't after you, some guy who happens to be an atheist is. | Indeed he may be one of ours but none of us feel any obligation to support him as if he were a teammate or fellow soldier. His comments seemed pretty nut bag and I have a mental image of a guy frothing at the mouth and banging on his keyboard. | Indeed he may be one of ours but none of us feel any obligation to support him as if he were a teammate or fellow soldier. His comments seemed pretty nut bag and I have a mental image of a guy frothing at the mouth and banging on his keyboard. | [
"Summary: All women of childbearing age are supposed to take folate. It's a low-cost, high benefit intervention. \n Edit 2: Dare cite major scientific bodies in a supposedly science-oriented sub in response to a clearly false and baseless assertion? That's a downvotin'.\n\nPost: This isn't true. All women of child... | 20 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,092 |
ameya2693 | Generate the content for a reddit post If you have never coded before, do not presume it is easy to put in a good-looking UI, some times (hell, most times) it is harder to implement this whilst trying to maintain the full functionality. | Because people do not understand the difference between coding and user-friendly coding. Facebook, if designed by scientists, would look like absolute crap. I am talking Orkut levels of crap, if not more than that. Some of the earliest social-networking sites were horrendous and some of the worst UI I have ever seen.... | Because people do not understand the difference between coding and user-friendly coding. Facebook, if designed by scientists, would look like absolute crap. I am talking Orkut levels of crap, if not more than that. Some of the earliest social-networking sites were horrendous and some of the worst UI I have ever seen.... | [
"Summary: Dominoes app won't fuck up my order unlike the local shop who might especially if its on the phone then, its a hassle for both the business and the customer. In UK, we have JustEat which is the same as Dominoes but for local takeaways. You should look for something similar in the US, if you want local shi... | 16 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,093 |
dethb0y | Generate the content for a reddit post appealing to safety is no reason to get rid of freedom of speech. | shrug freedom of speech is freedom of speech. It's up to the listeners how to react to the speech. If someone's so unstable that they choose to physically attack someone over something they've heard, then i would hope that that person's support system would get them help before it came to that. If not, i would hope th... | shrug freedom of speech is freedom of speech. It's up to the listeners how to react to the speech. If someone's so unstable that they choose to physically attack someone over something they've heard, then i would hope that that person's support system would get them help before it came to that. If not, i would hope th... | [
"Summary: friend thought we were to poor to afford shampoo, gave us her left overs.\n\nPost: Went to a friend's house. This trip cost 80$ total in gas money, and took up most of a day of driving . We got dinner while we were out, and that cost extra to. Which is all to say: this was not a cheap trip or a quick one... | 35 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,094 |
thatguy3444 | Generate the content for a reddit post Changing algorithms only blocks scrypt ASICs; it does not fix the 51% attack, which will be a problem regardless of our algorithm. | No offense, but I think you are misconstruing the problem. Any algorithm that can be mined by GPUs poses the same 51% attack problems as scrypt.
The issue is that hashrate is bound to block payout (as a % of market cap). Right now we have a little under half the hashrate of litecoin, even though we have a tenth the m... | No offense, but I think you are misconstruing the problem. Any algorithm that can be mined by GPUs poses the same 51% attack problems as scrypt.
The issue is that hashrate is bound to block payout (as a % of market cap). Right now we have a little under half the hashrate of litecoin, even though we have a tenth the m... | [
"Summary: Merged mining will literally not change anything except making our coin more secure.\n\nPost: No offense, but why do you think this? \n It won't change anything... you will combine the hash rates and combine the payout. So the difficulty will go up, but so will the payout. \n Further, Doge is not signific... | 15 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,095 |
NoOnesAnonymous | Generate the content for a reddit post Parents don't want their kids. So sad... | The relationship between education and income and parenting is, sadly, very strong. When I worked as a cashier, I used to guess who would pay with food stamps based on how they treated their children.Although I did see low-income families who were good with their kids, smacking/screaming at children was a stronger ind... | The relationship between education and income and parenting is, sadly, very strong. When I worked as a cashier, I used to guess who would pay with food stamps based on how they treated their children.Although I did see low-income families who were good with their kids, smacking/screaming at children was a stronger ind... | [
"Summary: there are a lot of jerks on Reddit.\n\nPost: There seems to be a lot of stupid downvoting of people in this thread who shared their battle with depression, and I can't figure it out either. I upvoted you and all the others. I've been annoyed with this sub for a while, but I think the stupidity that is g... | 16 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,096 |
Andrroid | Generate the content for a reddit post you really shouldn't buy this thing | If you're up for custom roms, the Kindle Fire is the choice over this refurbished first gen (and quite outdated already) tablet. I'm quite sure they already have CM7 running on the Kindle Fire.
If you don't plan on running custom roms or you have faith that the bootloader on the NT will eventually get cracked and all... | If you're up for custom roms, the Kindle Fire is the choice over this refurbished first gen (and quite outdated already) tablet. I'm quite sure they already have CM7 running on the Kindle Fire.
If you don't plan on running custom roms or you have faith that the bootloader on the NT will eventually get cracked and all... | [
"Summary: knowing Revit is a powerful niche in the industry right now. Now is the time to get ahead of the game. If your school offers a class/seminar in it, jump on that shit.\n\nPost: Fundamentals of Engineering Exam. You need a bachelors from an accredited program to take it (why I haven't taken it yet). Its 8 h... | 18 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,097 |
Etheo | Generate the content for a reddit post procedurally generated plotlines still require a preset of plots to make sense (basically choose your own adventure), or the alternative would be hard to keep the story interesting for players because the interaction are less meaningful. Also human brain is much better at connect... | Regarding procedurally generated plots, I don't think it's so much hindered by focus on graphics, but more in the difficulty of achieving procedural plots that are satisfactory. I've toyed around with the same idea in my head and you can quickly realize it's nigh impractical to do so.
It's the beauty of the human br... | Regarding procedurally generated plots, I don't think it's so much hindered by focus on graphics, but more in the difficulty of achieving procedural plots that are satisfactory. I've toyed around with the same idea in my head and you can quickly realize it's nigh impractical to do so.
It's the beauty of the human br... | [
"Summary: Went to Catholic school at young age, became atheist due to disliking group-thinks, left atheism due to group-thinks, came to be agnostic to finally able to identify myself as an individual rather than a group. Never cared for religion. \n Edit: holy shit I type a lot.\n\nPost: My memory is not great - b... | 16 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,098 |
DeSanti | Generate the content for a reddit post Muskox attacked us. We ran
White phosphorous attacked. We drove away.
Grenade shell got dropped on the floor. We jumped over a pair of sandbags. | Lots of comments, so not expecting this'll be noticed, but here are the several escapes I've had during just one, special, week (and one particularly badass):
Was in the Army, a fine artillerist in the Norwegian Royal Artillery. We've been sent up to this god-forsaken place on a mountain that used to be a firing ra... | Lots of comments, so not expecting this'll be noticed, but here are the several escapes I've had during just one, special, week (and one particularly badass):
Was in the Army, a fine artillerist in the Norwegian Royal Artillery. We've been sent up to this god-forsaken place on a mountain that used to be a firing ra... | [
"Summary: I like the Economist, apparently.\n\nPost: I risk going on a rant here, but be that as it may. \n There's always, to me, been a difference between \"being informed\" and \"knowing about current events\" and a lot of it is about context and the depth of what you know. \n If you want to be \"informed\" then... | 22 | longlamp_4 | user_based | 1,099 |
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