TheDoozer
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- Comment on Technical debt is probably one of the best dramatic tropes 1 week ago:
Supernatural’s whole story arc was based on this (and it worked for them). Inevitably, to beat this big bad that the brothers have absolutely no business going toe-to-toe with, they must do something that is bound to catch up with them, but it’s either that or the world is fucked. Then the next thing is even worse, and they have to do something that will bite them even worse in order to stop the world from getting fucked. And it just keeps ramping up, they keep losing more and more of themselves and punching so far above their weight class that they end up… well, no spoilers, in case somebody wants to watch (and I don’t know how to do spoiler tags).
There’s a point when Sam has some injury, like a broken arm or gunshot wound or something, and he’s talking to a nurse or doctor who asks him to rate his pain from 0, which is no pain, to 10, which is the worst pain he could imagine. He gets a thousand-yard stare for a second and says “3.”
- Comment on Over the past 5 years, police in the U.S. have killed over 9,000 people 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, they could have at least had a picture of Vegeta.
- Comment on Got a little drunk last week gave money to a cult. Again. 2 weeks ago:
American Civil Liberties Union, and I’m not sure what they’re on about.
- Comment on Even if you develop the worst type of dementia imaginable, please find a way to always remember the events of 11/13/25. 2 weeks ago:
Much better way to organize. It’s how a lot of my files start:
YYYYMMDD-Name-Document-signed
So much easier to keep track.
- Comment on Truth is way more fucked up than fiction 2 weeks ago:
the man who has openly declared since the 2000s that democracy is a mistake and that he wants to destroy the United States and European countries to establish city-states, each governed by a different corporation (fiefdoms), on our ruins
Wait. Did dude read Snowcrash and think “yeah, that future, that’s my utopia!”?
- Comment on Bum trumpet 3 weeks ago:
I’ve heard about deaf people learning with horror that farts make sound.
- Comment on How hard would it be to trap gated communities by crashing dozens of cars into the front of their gates blocking them from leaving ? 3 weeks ago:
An old buddy of mine commented once on the amount if minor havoc you could wreak with a handful of chain bike locks. Cheap, wrap around some door handles and lock, walk away. Yeah, somebody can bust out a bolt cutter, but for the amount of challenge to remove it, the low cost per use, and the speed of application, it’s pretty impressive for minor mischief.
Relatively harmless, too, as long as you aren’t doing any additional nefarious shit. Might work for some gated community gates.
- Comment on A brain transplant is one of those rare cases where you’d rather be the donor than the recipient. 3 weeks ago:
The origin and story of Dogman is certainly dark.
- Comment on pwned: do you pronounce it as "pohned" "pawned" or "owned" 3 weeks ago:
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- Comment on Thank you, Boston 3 weeks ago:
Oh, man, kind and fast. Hands down. Every time.
- Comment on Also pretty poor, with shitty health care coverage...am I getting warm? 3 weeks ago:
I don’t? I don’t think?
I’m honestly pretty light on any emotion except anger. But I don’t care enough to be anxious, and I’m pretty confident I’m not depressed. I’m reasonably unhappy about the state of the world (and my country), but I wouldn’t equate that to depression.
- Comment on What exactly is the reasoning behind Satan ruling Hell? 4 weeks ago:
So ultimately, the punishment for not believing is being destroyed? Like, oblivion?
Shit, this sounds like a win. I have no interest in eternal existence, even supposedly “blissful” existence. I feel like anyone who thinks of eternity on more than a surface level would feel nothing but existential dread.
- Comment on So...I feel like there are a lot of elephants in the room, could i get some help? 4 weeks ago:
- Don’t carry credit card debt. Save money if you can. Get a handle on basic finances
Credit cards are this weird thing. If you need them, you shouldn’t use them (if you can help it). If you make plenty of money and don’t need them, they are a very useful financial tool. I have paid interest on one of my credit cards once in the past 3 years, and it was only to have extra available funds for buying a house. But I have accrued well over 100k airline miles and several hundred (far more than the interest I paid) in cash back. I use credit cards exclusively for everything but my mortgage, and have them set to automatically pay the statement balance prior to the due date. If you aren’t extremely confident you can do that, you should avoid credit cards.
I definitely ran afoul of credit cards in my youth, so the banks have gotten their pound of flesh from me.
- Comment on hurdle 5 weeks ago:
Also middle schoolers are awful. My wife and I kept telling my daughter through Elementary that Middle School age kids are the worst, because they have gotten smart enough to really hurt you (emotionally and physically), but haven’t developed the restraint or understanding consequences yet.
She just got into 6th grade and came home crying from some fucked up shit some kids were spreading about her, and she was just baffled by it. We were like “yeah, see, this is what we were talking about. It will get better. Let’s have ice cream.”
- Comment on Are there good Movies, TV Shows, Anime, with wholesome family (particularly parent-child) relations? 5 weeks ago:
That fuckin moose, man. I’m a dad, and that shit killed me.
- Comment on Fictional 5 weeks ago:
That’s true. It should really be referenced by the number before 10 (e.g. Base 9).
- Comment on Tea time, innit? 1 month ago:
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
…okay.
Maybe… don’t draw attention to it. Let this one slide. Give him a win. Let’s not make fun of him for doing a good thing, even if it’s for a silly reason. Hell, if it ends the Russia/Ukraine war with no loss of land for Ukraine (I would argue, best case scenario), and they want to give him a Nobel Peace Prize, let him have it. Remember, Kissinger got one, it’s not like it’s meant anything for a loooooong time.
Take what you can get.
- Comment on Why does the GOP think “ANTIFA” is bad? 1 month ago:
So, to your first question (about Antifa), MAGA don’t consider what the current administration (or anything they support) to be fascist. Because they tend to put the conclusion before the question: “I am against fascism. I support these policies. Therefore these policies must not be fascist.”
And because they’ve decided these fascist policies are not fascist, the term “Antifa” to them is similar to “pro-life” for pro-choice people. It’s a term that isn’t exactly accurate but makes the group naming themselves look like the good guys. And in the same way that pro-choice people don’t consider themselves “anti-life” just because pro-life people call themselves that, MAGA people don’t consider themselves “pro-fascist” just because Antifa call themsleves that.
- Comment on "fridging" is honestly the only good motivation to become a superhero or good person 1 month ago:
I would absolutely react more to my child getting killed than literally anyone else on the planet, what are you on about?
Though in fairness, if I had powers, I don’t think it would be a pursuit of justice or launch me on some path of heroism. Somebody would just die badly (assuming the initial killing was either deliberate or through willful neglect).
- Comment on Has this ever happened to you? 1 month ago:
If I remember correctly (it’s been over 16 years), my wife suggested separate checks the first time, and I told her I’d pay this time and she could get the next one if she wanted to go out again.
I think I still ended up paying for the next one (or separate checks), but that wasn’t a cultural norm thing, I just get uncomfortable with other people paying for me.
- Comment on Fear not, and enjoy this mere interlude to its fullest! 2 months ago:
I don’t believe in a soul. That is definitely not religious dogma.
The idea that reincarnation is the default and one would have to be indoctrinated against it is… I would say, a very interesting position to take, if I’m being polite.
- Comment on Lara Croft is a Sociopath 2 months ago:
I remember a comic where one character says “Why are there so many monsters in this dungeon?!”
The other says “because they live here.”
And the first character says “oh. …ooooooohhhh…”
- Comment on Hardest battles 2 months ago:
To your second point:
how often I send an email with a bulleted list of issues that need to be addressed and the response only addresses a fraction of them while the rest are ignores.
I typically will reply with just the bulleted points they didn’t address and then keep sending it with less and less bullets until either they answer all points or stop replying… after the third or fourth reminder email. I make sure the previous emails are in the string and never change the title.
- Comment on How often do guys have a haircut? 2 months ago:
I cut my own hair every weekend. I’m in the military, though (and no, I don’t just shave it). I found that I do it more to my liking (and consistently) than the barbers I’ve gone to, it only takes 20 minutes, I don’t have to pay $30, and I can shower immediately after. I use a 6 (3/4 inch) on top, a 3 (3/8 inch) around the curve transitioning to the sides, and then fade down from there, 2 to 1.5 to 1 and finally .5 (1/16 inch) around my ears, side-burns, and most of the back. Keeps everything clean, I always look good, and I spend about $40 every year or two.
- Comment on Void 2 months ago:
- Comment on The McDonald's employee who called on Luigi has never received their "reward", folks chasing the 100k for Kirk may not either... 2 months ago:
We get it! The metric system is better! Geez.
- Comment on Life of a therapist 2 months ago:
Oh, no, don’t. It wasn’t a serious thing, just pointing out the weird 5 to 1, 1 to 5 thing.
- Comment on Life of a therapist 2 months ago:
Makes sense. Just the:
1: 5 things 2: 4 things 3: 3 things 4: 2 things 5: 1 thing
Throws me off a bit.
- Comment on Life of a therapist 2 months ago:
It… kind of bothers me the order that is in. Is that on purpose?