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hawowanlawow
Jul 27, 2009

eh gently caress it who cares

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Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

Exploration is ill-advised.

Barudak posted:

But both aren't planets?

Of course, but until recently everyone was taught that Pluto was, so it's not the worst confusion to have.

Earth's moon is the biggest moon in the solar system or close to it, right? It's a pretty remarkable object, planets this size normally don't have moons anything like that, they're lucky to have captured asteroids like Mars does.

bell jar
Feb 25, 2009

Ghost Leviathan posted:

Of course, but until recently everyone was taught that Pluto was, so it's not the worst confusion to have.

Earth's moon is the biggest moon in the solar system or close to it, right? It's a pretty remarkable object, planets this size normally don't have moons anything like that, they're lucky to have captured asteroids like Mars does.

It's a remarkable coincidence and you couldn't planet if you tried

Farmer Crack-Ass
Jan 2, 2001

this is me posting irl

Ghost Leviathan posted:

Of course, but until recently everyone was taught that Pluto was, so it's not the worst confusion to have.

Earth's moon is the biggest moon in the solar system or close to it, right? It's a pretty remarkable object, planets this size normally don't have moons anything like that, they're lucky to have captured asteroids like Mars does.

I think Callisto, Ganymede, and Triton are bigger than our Moon.


...I was partly wrong, Callisto and Ganymede are bigger, Triton is not, Titan is, and I guess Io is bigger too.

Rad Russian
Aug 15, 2007

Soviet Power Supreme!

Farmer Crack-rear end posted:

I think Callisto, Ganymede, and Triton are bigger than our Moon.


...I was partly wrong, Callisto and Ganymede are bigger, Triton is not, Titan is, and I guess Io is bigger too.

And Ganymede and Titan (which are moons) are bigger than an actual planet, which is still classified as a planet, Mercury.

Rad Russian fucked around with this message at 06:19 on Oct 24, 2018

blarzgh
Apr 14, 2009

SNITCHIN' RANDY
Grimey Drawer
But the biggest moon of all is Uranus

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

Exploration is ill-advised.

Rad Russian posted:

And Ganymede and Titan (which are moons) are bigger than an actual planet, which is still classified as a planet, Mercury.

Man, just wait til we have to deal with that.


blarzgh posted:

But the biggest moon of all is Uranus

:butt:

Veni Vidi Ameche!
Nov 2, 2017

by Fluffdaddy
Proposed solution: classify all rocky celestial objects as “big mamas” and “bitty babies,” based on mass, and rig Neil deGrasse Tyson’s internet so his embarrasing tweets never leave his house.

Haifisch
Nov 13, 2010

Objection! I object! That was... objectionable!



Taco Defender
Just call all of them round space rocks. Problem solved.

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

Exploration is ill-advised.

Haifisch posted:

Just call all of them round space rocks. Problem solved.

What about the ones that are gas

spookykid
Apr 28, 2006

I am an awkward fellow
after all
Problem is that the definition of a planet involves "clearing your neighborhood", and Mercury has "done this" (mostly by the sun swallowing anything anything it had trouble with/didn't end up in the perfect orbit like it did) but pluto with it's weird angular orbit couldn't do. Never mind there are half a dozen dwarf planets we've found since that act super similar to pluto, it was a thing where we go "oh, and the 10th planet, and oh the 11th! oh and the 12th!" or we go "you must do this thing to ride the rides", and pluto/charon don't fit the criteria.

SniperWoreConverse
Mar 20, 2010



Gun Saliva

Rad Russian posted:

And Ganymede and Titan (which are moons) are bigger than an actual planet, which is still classified as a planet, Mercury.

these cowards can't even clear they own orbits, satellite rear end motherfuckers

Bogus Adventure
Jan 11, 2017

More like "Bulges Adventure"

blarzgh posted:

But the biggest moon of all is Uranus

mllaneza
Apr 28, 2007

Veteran, Bermuda Triangle Expeditionary Force, 1993-1952




ArbitraryC posted:

General logic and trust in authorities suggests this is the beginning of OP's spiral into schizophrenia but experience with therapists in this thread makes the paranoid delusion feel almost likely.

Yeah, this is a "get a second opinion, take your medication" before :sever: situation. Could turn out to be either.

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

Exploration is ill-advised.
Like apparently half of people become shrinks to figure out their own loose screws and the other half do it to learn how to manipulate people, probably with plenty of overlap, so who the hell knows.

Miserable Maid
Apr 22, 2010

:minnie: Cat Army :minnie:

Smirking_Serpent posted:

The wives [f] of many of my coworkers [m] are jealous of me [23f] for no reason, I have no interest in these men. It’s causing my career to suffer.
submitted 3 hours ago * by bonbonbommmm

Ugh, the comments on this one are infuriating.

They're all things like "lie and bring fake boyfriends" "lie and wear a wedding ring" "lie lie lie" "hit on the wives! Then you're not a threat with the husbands!"

It's really disgusting. A ton of sitcom plot level actions and constantly trying to prove innocence, for the horrible crime of.... Being a woman.

Megillah Gorilla
Sep 22, 2003

If only all of life's problems could be solved by smoking a professor of ancient evil texts.



Bread Liar

Beachcomber posted:

I want to know what happened to that son who was suddenly shipped to his grandfather's house and no one would tell him why he wasn't allowed to go home.

I subscribed to his account and there haven't been any updates, sadly.

Fatkraken
Jun 23, 2005

Fun-time is over.
A moon is a satellite of a non stellar body. If you're going round something bigger than you which is not a star but is itself going round a star, you a moon baby! Planet vs dwarf planet vs big asteroid is more of a spectrum with fuzzy edges. I guess for ringed planets, moon vs moonlet vs shepherd moon vs big rear end ring object is a similar spectrum, but what's certain is nothing orbiting a planet can also be a planet.

At least in the sol system, there's probably mad binary and trinary planet type bodies somewhere out there, and eccentric rocky bodies in multi star systems that have chaotic orbits taking them round the various stars and other rocky bodies in some kind of crazy dance.

Astronomy is cool.

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

Exploration is ill-advised.

Fatkraken posted:

A moon is a satellite of a non stellar body. If you're going round something bigger than you which is not a star but is itself going round a star, you a moon baby! Planet vs dwarf planet vs big asteroid is more of a spectrum with fuzzy edges. I guess for ringed planets, moon vs moonlet vs shepherd moon vs big rear end ring object is a similar spectrum, but what's certain is nothing orbiting a planet can also be a planet.

At least in the sol system, there's probably mad binary and trinary planet type bodies somewhere out there, and eccentric rocky bodies in multi star systems that have chaotic orbits taking them round the various stars and other rocky bodies in some kind of crazy dance.

Astronomy is cool.

There's a polyamory metaphor in here somewhere.

Fatkraken
Jun 23, 2005

Fun-time is over.

Ghost Leviathan posted:

There's a polyamory metaphor in here somewhere.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-body_problem

Theophany
Jul 22, 2014

SUCCHIAMI IL MIO CAZZO DA DIETRO, RANA RAGAZZO



2022 FIA Formula 1 WDC

LadyPictureShow posted:

'What do you need, a loving pussy clock?!'

Is that what Flavor Flav used to wear?

Sedisp
Jun 20, 2012


Ghost Leviathan posted:

There's a polyamory metaphor in here somewhere.

quote:

My [10billion Class M]cannot accept that I [7million rocky planet] am in love with my moon and refuses to open the orbital mechanics.

Ghost Leviathan
Mar 2, 2017

Exploration is ill-advised.
At least we can all agree that we all love the moon.

Full moon out there tonight!

white sauce
Apr 29, 2012

by R. Guyovich

Pick posted:

I dunno, my parents have made it work and their politics are pretty different. My dad is a strident libertarian whereas my mom only objects to socialism on a practical, Pooh-bear-related basis. Like she resents Pooh not because she hates communist thought, but because Pooh is a significant barrier to its successful implementation. Meanwhile my dad thinks Thatcher gave poor children too much milk or whatever

Is this why you loved :shillary: so loving much

Freudian
Mar 23, 2011

white sauce posted:

Is this why you loved :shillary: so loving much

nice burn, glad you workshopped that for 16 days, the effort really shows

Freudian
Mar 23, 2011

Mom is charging me $600 a month for rent, soon to be $700. Is this legal?

quote:

So my mom and I have been having a pretty serious feud for the past 10 months or so. At one point she decided to start charging me $600 rent every month to live under her roof. She says it also covers medications, health insurance, food (though sometimes she refuses to let me eat), and she also claims that it is compensation for her having to live with me. Also, my health insurance is about to get more expensive, so she'll raise my rent by $100.

Is it legal for her to do this to me? I'm still a minor, and since I'm in school, I have to find a way to get my schoolwork done while working enough hours to pay for the rent.

Should I try to find a new place to live with a lower rent (and yes, I am aware that anything that cheap will be pretty low in quality) and then get emancipated, or should I just wait and see what happens? My dad doesn't want to interfere, but he's told me that he doesn't think she's spending my money. If I wait until I turn 18, she might give me my money back as 'seed money.' If I get emancipated, I'm afraid she'll keep all of the money because she feels that I don't deserve it.

If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know, and fast. I'm almost out of money.

I am 17 years old and I am located in Adam's County, Colorado.

From the comments:

quote:

If you're under 18, your mother must house, feed and clothe you. She can ask you to pay rent, but she can't kick you out if she doesn't.

OP posted:

You know, speaking of clothes, she wants to burn my pants and make me buy new ones.


:siren: :murder: :siren:

LadyPictureShow
Nov 18, 2005

Success!



I (F/21) am very jealous towards my boyfriend (M/39) and don't know what to do.

quote:

I (F/21) met my boyfriend (M/39) a year ago in a bar in France where I study and he works . It was originally just supposed to be a one-night-stand, then turned into a casual arrangement. About the third or forth time we met up (all these meetings happened at my place) he told me he was living with his girlfriend and that they were considering having a child together and the prospect of that freaked him out. He had in fact just moved to Paris from the UK to close the distance with this girlfriend a year prior and had learned at around that same time that she had cheated on him on two separate occasions but forgave her and they stayed together anyway. He told me that since he learned about this he had not felt guilty and approached women in bars all the time and had already cheated once before he met me.
After this revelation we did continue seeing each other. He eventually moved out of their apartment (around a month into knowing me ) and broke up with her one more month later. Our relationship status remained unclear for a while . He expressed on several occasions that he had never really been single in his life (he was married once and had two long term relationships) and that this was maybe the time to experience it. Oddly he didn't sleep with any other women during this time though. When we finally got together one of the conditions was that there would be a semi open arrangement , mainly that I would be okay having a threesome with him and an other girl.

For a while really nothing happened. Until he met a girl at a bar and introduced her to me as a potential sexual partner. I pretended not to be attracted to her. When he met someone again and proposed it to me again I just broke down crying and told him that I know I promised something but that I am just too jealous, especially knowing he met these girls behind my back. He was understanding and said that he didn't want to put pressure on me and thought it was something we both wanted. He then never spoke of it again.

Generally we have a really, really nice relationship. I am very in love and I have the feeling he is too. We hardly ever argue and when we do it is never a huge drama like I know from previous relationships. He is very affectionate and loving and always has an open ear for my problems. He even agreed to meet my parents. 2 weeks into us being officially together because they got worried about the age gap. My family, despite having some reservations at first, absolutely loves him.

Now the problem. I know my bf is a very handsome guy. Like very very handsome. He gets hit on regularly, even when I am standing right next to him. He is also way more social than I am. He goes out often and has a large circle of friends, while I really have one good friend and him. Whenever he is out with his friends or even when he just meets for dinner with a coworker , I am so sick with worry and jealousy. I don't trust him at all. I often wonder if he maybe told his exgf that he was going out for dinner with a colleague/ staying late at work/ going out with friends when he was really hanging out with me. Maybe he might be using the same excuses with me now. Also I have asked him on multiple occasions if he still wants to sleep with other women and he has always said yes but that he wouldn't do it behind my back. His ex never found out about his affair with me though, so he obviously proven himself to be very capable of lying.
Additionally I find it though to talk to him about these jealous feelings as when I did once he seemed really hurt hearing that I don't trust him and don't see how I ever will. I am also scared of pushing him away with jealous behavior.

Has anyone been in a similar situation and learned to build trust over time ?

TL;DR : I was my boyfriends affaire before becoming his girlfriend. I now have problems building trust. What should I do ?

:allears:

loquacius
Oct 21, 2008

Freudian posted:

Mom is charging me $600 a month for rent, soon to be $700. Is this legal?


From the comments:




:siren: :murder: :siren:

"My dad doesn't want to interfere"

I've met plenty of people with parents like this, where one of them is a complete psychopath and the other one just kind of lets them do whatever because they've been thoroughly beaten down

it dont matter
Aug 29, 2008

its name is the moon. Did he not know it was called the moon, or did he know and just think it was a planet called Moon?

loquacius
Oct 21, 2008

RE that's no moon guy: Intensely dumb people need love too, but if this particular OP stays with him for that reason she's gonna go loving nuts trying to explain poo poo to him all the time

Some people actively enjoy being The Smart One in a relationship, which is of course questionably healthy in and of itself, but regardless this OP is obviously not one of these people

Leon Einstein
Feb 6, 2012
I must win every thread in GBS. I don't care how much banal semantic quibbling and shitty posts it takes.
21 year olds are soooooooo dumb.

My sister in law is 20 and in the military and wants to marry her boyfriend of less than a year. I told my wife to just let her make her own mistakes. At least the guy isn't 40.

Barudak
May 7, 2007

LadyPictureShow posted:

I (F/21) am very jealous towards my boyfriend (M/39) and don't know what to do.


:allears:

How gormless to travel all the way to France when there are perfectly good cowardly cheater replacement father figures in the US.

Tiny Timbs
Sep 6, 2008

Are massive age gaps really that common in partners or are they just a feature of the most broken relationships?

white sauce
Apr 29, 2012

by R. Guyovich

Freudian posted:

nice burn, glad you workshopped that for 16 days, the effort really shows

Holy poo poo you’re a monster, you workshopped this burn in like 10 minutes :prepop:

Yawgmoth
Sep 10, 2003

This post is cursed!

Palemdromes posted:

Gather info on the shrink and when they try to replace you, pull the old switcheroonie and you’re set for life with a psychology degree, practice, possibly a new and more loving family etc while he’s stuck with your lovely parents and gf
I would totally watch this movie/netflix series.

Leon Einstein
Feb 6, 2012
I must win every thread in GBS. I don't care how much banal semantic quibbling and shitty posts it takes.

Fallom posted:

Are massive age gaps really that common in partners or are they just a feature of the most broken relationships?

There are plenty of broken relationships without age gaps, but not many healthy ones with age gaps.

You're broken somehow if you think a 20 year age gap is nbd.

andrew smash
Jun 26, 2006

smooth soul

white sauce posted:

Holy poo poo you’re a monster, you workshopped this burn in like 10 minutes :prepop:

No

Business Gorillas
Mar 11, 2009

:harambe:



Barudak posted:

They make blowjob trainig videos unironically for women because all self improvement is womens work, and Id hazard a guess she watched it.

It's me, I'm the Blowjob Training Video Meninist

Business Gorillas
Mar 11, 2009

:harambe:



What about a video on working a big ol hog, but just for the fellas?

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therobit
Aug 19, 2008

I've been tryin' to speak with you for a long time

loquacius posted:

"My dad doesn't want to interfere"

I've met plenty of people with parents like this, where one of them is a complete psychopath and the other one just kind of lets them do whatever because they've been thoroughly beaten down

That's not really an excuse for not protecting your child. I have no sympathy for people who let their partner or spouse abuse their child. All kinds of parenting failures can be forgiven, but if you are failing to protect your child you have failed at the primary function of a parent.

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