nickeypants

nickeypants t1_ja3zj84 wrote

Reply to TIFU by texting my ex-wife by LaVieEnRoseLavelle

Unless you have a court order stipulating out of country travel and shared custody, a childs passport should be off the table regardless of the health of your coparenting relationship. You texting your ex about your reservations was the second best thing you could have done. Validating your own emotions and not getting the passport would have been the first. Your fear is not irrational at all. It is based on real stories from real people.

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nickeypants t1_j8oll45 wrote

Reply to comment by Logondo in TIL that the phrase "It was a dark and stormy night" was the opening line to an actual novel published in 1830, but runs on for another 51 words: "It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents — except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which..." by dylancatlow

Once upon a time there was a Giant. The Giant squeezed Jack and said, "Tell me a better storey or I'll grind your bones to make my bread. And when your storey is finished, I'll grind your bones to make my bread anyway! HO, Ho, Ho!" The Giant laughed an ugly laugh. Jack thought, 'He'll kill me if I do, he'll kill me if I dont. There's only one way to get out of this.' Jack cleared his throat, and then began his story.

^(Once upon a time there was a Giant. The Giant squeezed Jack and said, "Tell me a better storey or I'll grind your bones to make my bread. And when your storey is finished, I'll grind your bones to make my bread anyway! HO, Ho, Ho!" The Giant laughed an ugly laugh. Jack thought, 'He'll kill me if I do, he'll kill me if I don't. There's only one way to get out of this.' Jack cleared his throat, and then began his story.)

^(Once upon a time...)

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nickeypants t1_j8jx79f wrote

Reply to TIFU by not telling my partner about my intimate life in the past by HereckMistwalker

>“How could you keep it a secret from me”

Its your decision what information you make known to anybody. That doesn't make everything you don't say a secret, just private. She is not owed all and every piece of information about your history because of the nature of her relationship to you. Absolutely OK and understandable to keep this and other things private imo. You are still allowed to be an individual in your relationships.

>“How could you allow me to sit in discomfort and suspicions for this long”

If she was feeling discomfort, its on her to voice it. It makes no sense to remaining suspicious if you haven't even tried to ask the question.

>“How could you be alone multiple times with past partners and think it was okay”

I think its OK. I think it comes down to personal boundaries and trust. If you don't have it, you don't have a stable relationship. You were holding up your end of the monogamy deal. If she doesn't trust you, that's on her.

>All her questions were justified, all her emotions valid.

Ehh, valid is a strong word. I would say they are understandable, but there is too much projection of her own insecurity for this to smell valid to me. I certainly understand her shock and hesitance to ask and accept the situation, and you could have seen it coming and headed the problem off differently, but I think cutting contact with two good friends because of a partners insecurity is always the wrong move. Pushing people away for the benefit of others is how men end up alone. Think of yourself first.

>If Sabrina doesn’t come back and I remain close with Jake and Lena; what happens if ever I enter another relationship? Do I lie for longer?

You didn't lie the first time. But you can certainly see now how keeping your information private that you know will cause pain in the future is not the best call. Just do it sooner before it becomes a big shock, and probably maintain stricter personal boundaries. I operate on the principle that if someone knows enough to ask a question, then they deserve to know a 'complete enough' truth. How complete is up to my (high, I think) moral standards, as long as it isn't so incomplete to be misleading. Your situation is not something I would reveal on a first meeting, but pretty soon after compatibility is established to give them the opportunity to judge if it is compatible with their standards of what is acceptable behaviour/boundaries in their relationships.

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nickeypants t1_j67b0yz wrote

Reply to TIFU Currently happening: I went to bathroom and didn’t look around first by norfolk82

Desperation will reveal many previously unknown options to you. Necessity is the mother of invention.

  1. Did you get fully naked before pooping? I doubt it, you sound like a dookie rookie and that is a pro pooper move. How attached to your underwear/socks are you?

  2. Anything in the wallet? Your boss's business card perhaps? Any low denomination bills? How much cash is your dignity worth?

  3. when you say the roll is empty, exactly HOW empty? It is technically possible to fully wipe with half of one square. Save a corner to clean the finger nail.

  4. Did you consider unfolding the empty cardboard roll? Cardboard is uncomfortable, but less so than the waddle up the stairs. It still counts as paper. Your gun may be out of ammo, but you can still throw the gun.

  5. I pray you at least chose the master bath. Jump in the shower, grit your teeth, and dig in. It is impossible to be dirty in the shower. Waffle stomp the excess down the drain. Do NOT use the loofah.

Good luck, and Godspeed soldier.

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nickeypants t1_iy5h2q9 wrote

Reply to Who decided on the fine by fireintheskyy

"up to" = "guaranteed to be less than or equal to"

One minor offence should not earn you the maximum.

Better question is why is there a maximum? What if you kill all the TSA agents in the building? Are they limited to how much criminal penalty and fines they can issue because of this sign?

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nickeypants t1_ixgekuy wrote

Reply to comment by SirHerald in Do you agree with Stephen Hawking about Earth being unsustainable? by yaykarin

I fully believe that is why colonizing Mars, or at least attempting to, is so important for humanity. So we can understand how much of an absolute shithole it is for a place to live. Experiencing our options will produce the most ardent protectors of Earth's habitat.

Future generations will revile us forever for what we have done to their planet.

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nickeypants t1_ix9on7n wrote

Reply to When a military helicopter fires thousands of rounds while hovering still, does the operator have to slow the rotor to compensate for weight loss? by Legitimate-BurnerAcc

No, the blades rotational speed always remains constant.

Helicopters have to balance aircraft altitude with the main rotor's collective pitch (controlled by the collective handle), the aircraft pitch and roll with the main rotor's cyclic pitch (controlled with the cyclic joystick), and yaw with with tail rotor's pitch (controlled by the foot pedals). Each part of this balancing act effects the other, and all must remain in balance to hover. The rotational speed of both the main and tail rotors remains constant, it is the pitch of the blades that changes rapidly to produce the amount of lift required for the balancing act. if you mounted a camera on the main rotor that spun with the blade, you would see the blade's pitch or angle of attack change rapidly during each rotation.

Spending ammunition does have the effect of reducing aircraft weight and producing recoil force. Both of these forces would have to be countered by the three controls mentioned above, all of which affect the blade's pitch, not the blade's rotational speed.

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