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  1. Comment on Recommended length of paternity leave? in ~life

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    Congrats brother, just had my first back in October. Unfortunately, at my job they don't offer paternity leave so I had to do all my leave as unpaid FMLA. I took the full 12 weeks of leave because...

    Congrats brother, just had my first back in October.

    Unfortunately, at my job they don't offer paternity leave so I had to do all my leave as unpaid FMLA. I took the full 12 weeks of leave because I wanted the time to bond with my son. It's a lot of work and in my case my wife and I were financially okay that I could take the leave when she went back to work. She had paid maternity leave for three months October - December, I worked during that time and in January I went on FMLA when she went back to work. Then in April she took FMLA leave when I went back to work.

    The bonding is way too important man, it's a huge life change and if you're able to take the time take as much as you need. Hell, I wish I could just stay at home most days since I love the day to day dad work.

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  2. Comment on What is the best way to be involved in a forum discussion in ~tech

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    Honestly the best way to do it is to just go for it, post away. Whenever I join a new community the most I’ll do is post around and get a feel for the community and what the general vibe is....

    Honestly the best way to do it is to just go for it, post away. Whenever I join a new community the most I’ll do is post around and get a feel for the community and what the general vibe is. There’s a time and place for serious discussion but I also don’t think every single post needs to be thirty paragraphs or whatever.

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  3. Comment on AEW Dynamite weekly discussion thread: June 14, 2023 in ~sports

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    Hung Bucks huh? Going to be a fantastic show tonight, I’m always down for some trios action.

    Hung Bucks huh?

    Going to be a fantastic show tonight, I’m always down for some trios action.

    4 votes

  4. Comment on What do you miss the most about the old internet? in ~tech

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    Jcink is great and I’m glad to see them still around. I mostly hung around the IF/ZB support forums mostly. You know the boards that popped up for design and forum help. I know a guy who still to...

    Jcink is great and I’m glad to see them still around. I mostly hung around the IF/ZB support forums mostly. You know the boards that popped up for design and forum help.

    I know a guy who still to this day makes Admin oriented forums, still get emails and everything. I roll my eyes every time I get his emails but there’s still a bit of nostalgia there.

    1 vote

  5. Comment on What do you miss the most about the old internet? in ~tech

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    Back in the MySpace days you could just make a small living if you knew just a bit of CSS. It was awesome.

    Back in the MySpace days you could just make a small living if you knew just a bit of CSS. It was awesome.

    5 votes

  6. Comment on What do you miss the most about the old internet? in ~tech

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    I miss the old forum days so much. Used to frequent a lot of InvisionFree and later ZetaBoards when that was a thing. The closest I get to those days now is being on Something Awful.

    I miss the old forum days so much. Used to frequent a lot of InvisionFree and later ZetaBoards when that was a thing.

    The closest I get to those days now is being on Something Awful.

    6 votes