cld1984

cld1984 t1_jbajopw wrote

Reply to Podcaster saves boy and his brothers from being abused by their adoptive father by montanoj88

My God this is disgusting.

We have a 5 year old little girl. My wife became chronically ill about a year after she gave birth. Turns out it was probably the pregnancy that caused it. It’s ruined her life. She can’t work and gets fatigued very easily. Obviously more kids are off the table.

I never wanted kids until I found out she was pregnant. Even then it took some time for me to warm to it. Now I can’t imagine a day without her. I want more but making them is not an option. Adoption would be our only recourse.

I’ve always heard about how difficult, time consuming, and expensive adoption can be, but then you see stories like this. How does this sick fuck get entrusted with the lives of, not just children, but the most vulnerable children who need stable guidance from a normal adult. Not someone using it to build a damn harem. Disgusting

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cld1984 t1_jaej317 wrote

Reply to When I grew up my father used to always play Ratchet & Clank 1-3, when he finished one he would just replay it immediately and probably finished each one 200 times, at least. He is getting older now so to speak and so I got this tattoo in his name today. by SwiftIy2

This is one of the greatest things I’ve seen in a while. You must really love your dad. As a father, that makes my heart happy. It looks awesome, friend!

On a side note, I knew I would encounter a post like this eventually. But now, knocking on 40 years old and faced with a post from someone old enough to get a tattoo talking about their dad playing games I played, I’m not sure how to feel 😂

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cld1984 t1_j9yzi73 wrote

Reply to LPT: If a small business gives you discounts or free item/service to resolve a genuine issue you had with them, don't mention it in public reviews/forums, people will try to take advantage, they'll use your review as precedent and an excuse to be a shitty customer by InevitableNothing460

100%. I worked in retail for ages and my retailer had a policy that every employee in the store was empowered to satisfy a customer’s problem up to $50 at their discretion.

I saw an article years ago while still working there where someone decided to let the world know about this’d. Except their point wasn’t that if you do happen to have an issue, any employee will be more empowered to help you there than elsewhere. Their point was that you can get $50 worth of free shit whenever you went there. I fought people in the comments for a few minutes before giving up.

People suck. Dangle a fucking carrot in front of the average person and they’ll eat it, the fishing pole, and your arm before asking for more.

Just take a fucking bite and leave it for someone else to find…

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cld1984 t1_j3f8kom wrote

Reply to Earliest evidence of the use of the Mesoamerican 260-day calendar, ‘centuries earlier than its previously known use in textual records,’ revealed by the orientations of newly-uncovered ruins along Mexico’s southern Gulf Coast by marketrent

I never considered it before, but seeing them mention hundreds of structures set up to facilitate astronomical observations makes me wonder if, before the advent of time measurement devices, other buildings were positioned based at least partly on the Sun and Moon.

Like, would the local shop position his building so the sun shines through his front door right when he plans to open. Of course this would be at different times during the year, but maybe it could work.

I dunno though. Seems like a lot of work for convenience.

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cld1984 t1_j2gm1fa wrote

Reply to Painting Tips by Urban_Nugget

Couple things:

1.) how dark is the yellow? 2.) what color are you changing to? 3.) get off TikTok 😂

If the existing color isn’t too dark you may get away with a coat or two of a high-solid content paint, depending on the new color. I would recommend using a primer anyway though.

When it comes to the actual act of painting, you’ve probably seen best practices on that in your research. A good rule of thumb is to zig-zag to cover, then back roll for uniformity. The most important thing is to make sure the last stroke of the roller/brush be in the same direction across the room

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cld1984 t1_j072wtn wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Cancer mRNA vaccine completes pivotal trial by ILikeTasks

It’s expensive to make but all signs lately seem to point to individualized medicine being the future. Just look at cancer. There are tons of new treatments that target cancers with specific genes.

This style of medicine will save so many lives and will only get cheaper

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