AugustusFerdinand's recent activity
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Comment on US Democrats determined to squander advantage on Department of Homeland Security funding in ~society
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Comment on I let my wife have an affair. Do I have to console her now that it’s over? in ~life
AugustusFerdinand Link ParentThere's contradiction in your own response and calling out Name Withheld referring to it as an "affair." Your own, and in my experience typically true, assumption is the wife had already fell for...There's contradiction in your own response and calling out Name Withheld referring to it as an "affair."
Your own, and in my experience typically true, assumption is the wife had already fell for someone and decided to have the affair before asking about it. This is already an affair at that point, just an emotional one instead of a physical one. While the focus has been on non-monogamy, there is/was obviously an emotional connection which makes it more than just sexual and so she decided to be polyamorous without the consensual agreement of her partner. An emotional affair.As it's highly unlikely the wife brought up the topic first, then found a partner afterward, it's possible that it wasn't consensual polyamory/non-monogamy from the actual onset and the betrayal of the affair was already known. Name Withheld says "they knew about it from the beginning", the beginning can be as late as the moment the wife told Withheld about it or from the moment it actually started, which is undoubtedly before the wife asked about it. Since the first paragraph is written in an odd past tense, it's also possible that she had, and Withheld knew about, both an emotional and physical affair prior to her requesting consensual non-monogamy and the request was more a clearing of her own conscience after the fact.
So unless she asked for non-monogamy first, then found a partner, had a year of fun, then broke it off and is sad about now, it was always an affair.
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Comment on Waterparks - ICE (2026) in ~music
AugustusFerdinand Link ParentSo the band and/or people shouldn't express themselves or speak the truth for fear of consequences from an administration that is openly murdering its people?So the band and/or people shouldn't express themselves or speak the truth for fear of consequences from an administration that is openly murdering its people?
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Comment on The Long Winters - The Commander Thinks Aloud (2005) in ~music
AugustusFerdinand LinkSong Exploder interview with John Roderick of The Long Winters about the song The Commander Thinks Aloud. Song plays in full at 15:40 in the podcast, direct link to the song alone can be found...Song Exploder interview with John Roderick of The Long Winters about the song The Commander Thinks Aloud. Song plays in full at 15:40 in the podcast, direct link to the song alone can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdtIjnpeolE
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The Long Winters - The Commander Thinks Aloud (2005)
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
AugustusFerdinand LinkFinished Tactical Breach Wizards probably one of the best tactical turn based games I've played in years. Great story, characters, and gameplay. Highly recommended.Finished Tactical Breach Wizards probably one of the best tactical turn based games I've played in years. Great story, characters, and gameplay. Highly recommended.
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Comment on What did you do this week (and weekend)? in ~talk
AugustusFerdinand LinkReturned from two weeks of vacation (yes, Japan is better than the US in every conceivable way) to spend a week playing catch up at work so that next week will be a normal workload only to be told...Returned from two weeks of vacation (yes, Japan is better than the US in every conceivable way) to spend a week playing catch up at work so that next week will be a normal workload only to be told that the week after that I (and everyone else) will be flown to the corporate headquarters for a mandatory onsite meeting for a week where I'll then return home to play catch up the week after that to then finally get back to what should be a normal workload the week after that.
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Comment on Massive winter storm expected to dump snow and ice across United States in ~enviro
AugustusFerdinand Link ParentYep. Already have the text exchanges from friends back in Texas about how well known Canadian coward and US Senator from Texas Rafael Edward/Ted/Fled Cruz has already flown his ass out of the...Yep. Already have the text exchanges from friends back in Texas about how well known Canadian coward and US Senator from Texas Rafael Edward/Ted/Fled Cruz has already flown his ass out of the state, so you know it's going to be bad.
I on the other hand, being further north now where they know how to handle this, have already applied de-icer to my walkways and the sidewalk in front of my and my neighbors houses and look forward to hearing the plows go by every couple of hours to keep the roads clear.
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Comment on Soen – Primal (2025) in ~music
AugustusFerdinand LinkThe lead vocalist sounds like Weird Al and it's all I can hear.The lead vocalist sounds like Weird Al and it's all I can hear.
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Comment on Godzilla Minus Zero confirmed for North American theatrical release on November 6 in ~movies
AugustusFerdinand Link ParentHaving just returned from Japan, with specific stops to take photos of known Godzilla things along with other photos of unknown Godzilla and Godzilla adjacent things, and with a Godzilla (plus...Having just returned from Japan, with specific stops to take photos of known Godzilla things along with other photos of unknown Godzilla and Godzilla adjacent things, and with a Godzilla (plus others) tattoo. I have done the same.
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Comment on Sony’s TV business is being taken over by TCL in ~tech
AugustusFerdinand Link ParentGood god, I miss MiniDisc. It was the perfect music format. All the tactile feedback of physical media, just right size for portability, capacity that was neither too little to feel limiting or...Good god, I miss MiniDisc. It was the perfect music format.
All the tactile feedback of physical media, just right size for portability, capacity that was neither too little to feel limiting or too much so that decision paralysis kicks in with a limitless music supply, mix "tapes" still a thing, form factor that protected the media and looked good doing it, creative playback devices. It makes sense, often the end of a technology line sees a perfection of it. -
Comment on What's something you're "in too deep" on? in ~talk
AugustusFerdinand Link ParentAs someone that prefers the JDM and the less common and has a Z32 (the racecar) I'd vote Z31 and probably encourage importing a RHD example.As someone that prefers the JDM and the less common and has a Z32 (the racecar) I'd vote Z31 and probably encourage importing a RHD example.
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Comment on Texas becomes first state to end American Bar Association oversight of law schools in ~society
AugustusFerdinand LinkThe tl;dr of why: Cheeto-in-Chief is racist and ABA has DEI requirements.The tl;dr of why: Cheeto-in-Chief is racist and ABA has DEI requirements.
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Texas becomes first state to end American Bar Association oversight of law schools
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Comment on What did you do this week (and weekend)? in ~talk
AugustusFerdinand Link ParentThanks for all the suggestions, added to my list of places to check out!Thanks for all the suggestions, added to my list of places to check out!
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Comment on What did you do this week (and weekend)? in ~talk
AugustusFerdinand LinkTry to plan and get as much as possible planned before leaving for Tokyo in a few hours for a solo trip. Feel like I'm forgetting something, but at this point I'm screwed if it's something major....Try to plan and get as much as possible planned before leaving for Tokyo in a few hours for a solo trip.
Feel like I'm forgetting something, but at this point I'm screwed if it's something major.Anyone in here in Tokyo?
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Comment on What's something you're "in too deep" on? in ~talk
AugustusFerdinand LinkSo some of you have heard me talk about my 1983 Toyota Tercel SR5 Wagon Big Block Project for awhile now. If I go back through comments I've made here, I've been talking about it for five years...So some of you have heard me talk about my 1983 Toyota Tercel SR5 Wagon Big Block Project for awhile now.
If I go back through comments I've made here, I've been talking about it for five years and while I am in the final stages of getting it going, it's also been five freaking years that I've been building the car.
A car I got for free.
A car that might be worth $4k when I'm done (not that I'm selling it).Sure, I pretty much only work on it on the weekends.
Sure, a year of that was with me in a different state than the car and so I couldn't work on it at all.
Sure, I skip a lot of weekends because of other commitments, weather (all but about 8 months of this time it was in Texas where 6 months of the year are too hot to do any work on it), and any other thing that might get in the way.
Sure, the weekends I do work on it are only a few hours at a time, so collectively if I cut the 5 years down to 4 for the year I was away from it, down to 2 because 6 months of each year in Texas are unusable, multiply that by 52 weeks in the year, then double it for two day weekends, then multiply by four hours per weekend day, I've got maximum of 832 hours working on it, which is about 21 full 40 hour workweeks. It's a lot for a car that's still not running and has been moved to different places thrice.At multiple points I've hit a roadblock and needed to find a solution. Original engine exhaust was on passenger side, now it's on the driver's side and the clutch cable exists where the exhaust manifold does as well. Original carburetor throttle plate rotated clockwise, new throttle body rotates counter clockwise with a spider's nest bracket to change its direction. Original brakes are unvented, small, and underpowered, new brakes were never meant to be on this car and required parts from four different vehicles to work properly. Original fuel pump is engine driven, new is in-tank, doesn't fit original tank, lines are too small and go right where the new exhaust will be and are on the wrong side of the engine bay. The list goes on and on and that's just the latest on my mind...
Ultimately, it'll be a car I've touched on nearly every single aspect of in order for it to be as new and refreshed as possible when it is completed. Every suspension component is new, every bushing replaced with polyurethane, a new engine that's never been installed in this chassis, larger brakes, fuel injection, new wiring, custom-made-or-adapted-by-me nearly everything on the car to make it as close to an OEM+ build as possible and all done properly.
At the end it'll be a fully restomodded classic car, but it's still one long ass road for what amounts to a funky Japanese econobox off-roader that I got for the low low price of "come and get it".
Did I mention I have a racecar waiting in the wings for a similar treatment? -
Comment on One piece of news from every country in the world in 2025 in ~news
AugustusFerdinand Link ParentUnfortunately, the Animaniacs list would be quite outdated. I, too, am old.Unfortunately, the Animaniacs list would be quite outdated.
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Comment on One piece of news from every country in the world in 2025 in ~news
AugustusFerdinand LinkPart 2 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU58bHm7GlEPart 2 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU58bHm7GlE
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One piece of news from every country in the world in 2025
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It's the only answer that's possible at this point. Because the only other answer that has been floating around for decades is they're too stupid and they've shown to be the inverse of Hanlon's razor.