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  1. Comment on What would you change about your past if you could? in ~talk

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    I would've let an adult know that I wasn't receiving an education after being taken out of school in 3rd grade to be "homeschooled," because my parents were offended that a teacher thought I was...

    I would've let an adult know that I wasn't receiving an education after being taken out of school in 3rd grade to be "homeschooled," because my parents were offended that a teacher thought I was was ADHD. I wouldn't have made losing my virginity my main objective when I went back to school for 8th grade after being taught that sex is the main focus for the teenage characters in all the sitcom reruns I had to watch because I wasn't being taught in the meantime. I would have given academics more of a focus when I got back to school than girls and friends. I would've spoken up to my working dad about how my mom didn't teach us anything.

    I would've learned more so I could participate in the high caliber discourse on sites like this.

    7 votes

  2. Comment on Tildes Video Thread in ~misc

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    Easily my favorite youtuber of all time. Shame that he only produces maybe a video a year now. Incredibly well-read and hilarious.

    Easily my favorite youtuber of all time. Shame that he only produces maybe a video a year now. Incredibly well-read and hilarious.

    4 votes

  3. Comment on What did you do this week (and weekend)? in ~talk

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    I've been pining for a leadership position at my company for a year or so, and yesterday and today I've been asked to train new employees training for my position! It might not sound like much,...

    I've been pining for a leadership position at my company for a year or so, and yesterday and today I've been asked to train new employees training for my position! It might not sound like much, but as someone without a degree, getting into middle management has been a goal of mine and it feels like I'm making progress!

    I've also been consistently adding to my Roth and child's college fund. I swear something about turning 30 makes something change in your brain.

    12 votes

  4. Comment on The Reddit protest is finally over. Reddit won. in ~tech

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    It was a very helpful community 6 or 7 years ago. Extremely welcoming to newcomers and able to be self-aware and joke about itself and silly fashion ideas (like always joking about capes coming...

    It was a very helpful community 6 or 7 years ago. Extremely welcoming to newcomers and able to be self-aware and joke about itself and silly fashion ideas (like always joking about capes coming into style, everyone get a cape). Not to mention being very diligent about sharing sales.

    It's changed so much. Frankly bad and silly fashions are being pushed and any criticism over the look or price of an item is met with backlash. r/frugalmalefashion is alright though.

    4 votes

  5. Comment on Among US whistleblower claims: Nonhuman biologics have been recovered in ~news

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    This was my biggest takeaway from it all. The representatives got much more serious and acted unusually bipartisan once they became concerned about being left out, and that money might be going...

    This was my biggest takeaway from it all. The representatives got much more serious and acted unusually bipartisan once they became concerned about being left out, and that money might be going places they weren't aware of. Representative Tim Burchett's comments were particularly charged, even going to say that if this type of tech were available, that it could end the pentagon and implied the military industrial complex would not want it revealed. https://twitter.com/UAPJames/status/1684242797367263232

    8 votes

  6. Comment on Twitter is now X as the little blue bird disappears in ~tech

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    I think he may be the first person to try and buy a letter.

    I think he may be the first person to try and buy a letter.

    5 votes

  7. Comment on How do you keep track of expenses/budget? in ~finance

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    Winging it until the week before the morgtage is due, collecting myself, become fiscally smart, paying it and bills, then repeat.

    Winging it until the week before the morgtage is due, collecting myself, become fiscally smart, paying it and bills, then repeat.

  8. Comment on When did you learn you had ADHD? in ~health.mental

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    I appreciate it, I didn't mean to come across as a victim. I do feel robbed of an actual education, but there's no point in making my parents feel guilty about it now. My entire purpose now is to...

    I appreciate it, I didn't mean to come across as a victim. I do feel robbed of an actual education, but there's no point in making my parents feel guilty about it now. My entire purpose now is to make sure my daughter has a good upbringing and a great education, so that is good.

  9. Comment on 'Fuck Spez': Reddit users unite to turn r/Place mural into a protest in ~tech

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    It's actually impressive how horrible the app is. I tried it out because, as others have said, it's really hard to quit after 10+ years there, but it's actually unusablely bad. They should be...

    It's actually impressive how horrible the app is. I tried it out because, as others have said, it's really hard to quit after 10+ years there, but it's actually unusablely bad. They should be embarrassed.

    20 votes

  10. Comment on When did you learn you had ADHD? in ~health.mental

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    When my parents pulled me out of school after 3rd grade when I was diagnosed, because they didn't believe it was real.

    When my parents pulled me out of school after 3rd grade when I was diagnosed, because they didn't believe it was real.

    1 vote

  11. Comment on Lazarus is a new Adult Swim anime from the directors of Cowboy Bebop and John Wick in ~anime

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    Fantastic news. I'm not interested in most anime, but there's an itch I get that only Bebop and Samurai Champloo can scratch. I can't wait to hear the soundtrack.

    Fantastic news. I'm not interested in most anime, but there's an itch I get that only Bebop and Samurai Champloo can scratch. I can't wait to hear the soundtrack.

    6 votes

  12. Comment on Iraq tells Sweden it will cut ties if Quran burned again in ~humanities

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    Welp, guess relations are going to be severed.

    Welp, guess relations are going to be severed.

    5 votes

  13. Comment on What is your favorite small internet forum? Whats your favorite story/drama from it? in ~tech

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    I was on a forum dedicated to discussing Megaman games in the mid 2000s. There was a very active female user (Remember the 2000s, girls being interested in video games was nowhere near as common...

    I was on a forum dedicated to discussing Megaman games in the mid 2000s. There was a very active female user (Remember the 2000s, girls being interested in video games was nowhere near as common as now.) who mostly hung out in the general sections more than the game discussion sections, just chatting, and she was very popular and flirtatious on the forum.

    Guess who wasn't really a girl. They posted a photo of themselves that was a picture of some japanese model and got called out. It hit some users she had been flirting with like a ton of bricks. She was banned, but the forum wasn't the same after that and eventually shut down.

    17 votes

  14. Comment on What is your favorite small internet forum? Whats your favorite story/drama from it? in ~tech

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    So many exciting megaman fanmade games that just never, ever worked out.

    So many exciting megaman fanmade games that just never, ever worked out.

    2 votes

  15. Comment on How can I leave Reddit? in ~tech

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    Because I'd have to use the app or website, which are just, so awful. RIF still works but you can't log in, so you can't control your feed, and like some others have mentioned, Holy cow there are...

    Because I'd have to use the app or website, which are just, so awful. RIF still works but you can't log in, so you can't control your feed, and like some others have mentioned,
    Holy cow there are so many bots.
    I had no idea it got that bad. Every day there's some moronic but engaging bot askreddit question at the top of the feed with a bunch of bot responses.

    3 votes

  16. Comment on What are some hilarious moments you have experienced in games? in ~games

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    Playing as Kirby in any smash bros game, just floating above everyone off-screen while they fight eachother, and then dropping down on them as a rock or an anvil while they're distracted, shooting...

    Playing as Kirby in any smash bros game, just floating above everyone off-screen while they fight eachother, and then dropping down on them as a rock or an anvil while they're distracted, shooting them off the map.
    Good times.

    1 vote

  17. Comment on Free Talk Tuesday (ish) in ~talk

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    I used to think rabbits were cute and appreciated the intelligence of crows, and then i built a garden. Crows will literally break the stems of your sunflowers and attack the flowers. Rabbits ate...

    I used to think rabbits were cute and appreciated the intelligence of crows, and then i built a garden. Crows will literally break the stems of your sunflowers and attack the flowers. Rabbits ate all of my damn onions and now they're breeding like rabbits..

    So the first item on the docket for 2024 planting season are building a fence(which I think I can do myself but may splurge to have it done 100% right with a fencing company) and hanging CDs around my smaller garden fence because apparently that scares crows away. I don't want to scare away the cardinals, bluebirds, and robins we have, but we'll see if it has the same effect on them.

    And I'm making a scarecrow that looks like the terminator. I'm going to war.

    23 votes

  18. Comment on Do you have a style? What (if anything) lead you to adopt it? in ~life.style

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    They're the gold standard now. I miss ès shoes though. Square Ones were perfect but they aren't produced anymore.

    They're the gold standard now. I miss ès shoes though. Square Ones were perfect but they aren't produced anymore.

    2 votes

  19. Comment on Do you have a style? What (if anything) lead you to adopt it? in ~life.style

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    Casually, "skate" clothing. Skate shoes are incredibly comfortable, supportive, and stylish, and there are tons of different brands that are trying their own styles. You can throw a flannel on any...

    Casually, "skate" clothing. Skate shoes are incredibly comfortable, supportive, and stylish, and there are tons of different brands that are trying their own styles. You can throw a flannel on any t-shirt. Skinny pants are so comfortable as well, chinos or jeans.

    Professionally, button-down shirts with the correct fit never fail. Throw a tie on if you have a meeting. Just need to make sure everything is ironed and fits well. I'm a sucker for english boots such as Clarks which can match anything as well.

    10 votes

  20. Comment on What have you been eating, drinking, and cooking? in ~food

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    I think this is a good opportunity to make sure everyone is aware that low-carb/keto bread and buns are GOOD now. I cannot tell the difference between it and normal bread and it's available almost...

    I think this is a good opportunity to make sure everyone is aware that low-carb/keto bread and buns are GOOD now. I cannot tell the difference between it and normal bread and it's available almost everywhere now for maybe a dollar more than sara lee.