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CharlestheHammer posted:It’s your wedding you shouldn’t care about what strangers think of it to be honest.
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PancakeTransmission posted:I agree, but If they didn't care what strangers thought, why did they ask Reddit? Well they posted it because one of their family hated it and they need validation from the internet
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Jun 5, 2022 13:20
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The whole point of having my wedding reception was to get a bunch of our friends and family together and feed them good food and drink with some music and dancing. The idea of hosting a party and not providing food at all is just weird.
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Jun 5, 2022 13:26
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If I hosted a party and didn't at least spring for pizza, my great-grandmother would claw her way out of her grave and break me over her knee like Bane breaking the Bat. And then make everyone a goddamn beautiful ham before returning to her slumber.
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Jun 5, 2022 13:30
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The fact they thought vending machines were a sub is actually really funny tho. They shouldn’t care what the internet thinks but I do think her Aunt has a fair point there
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Jun 5, 2022 13:33
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angrily hammering the wedding reception vending machine because my filet is stuck and I don't have another $40 to get another one
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Jun 5, 2022 13:36
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Maybe they're Swedish
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Malcolm Excellent posted:I'm not a big star trek fan, but now I regret not getting a Shatner lookalike for my wedding. I'd get Gowron to officiate
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Jun 5, 2022 13:46
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YOU!!! THE ONE WHO IS MARRIED NOW!!! EXPERIENCE BLISS!!! I know that was a Klingon named Kavok but it's the same actor, just to head anyone off. Brawnfire fucked around with this message at 13:48 on Jun 5, 2022 |
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the holy poopacy posted:angrily hammering the wedding reception vending machine because my filet is stuck and I don't have another $40 to get another one Those little dinner selection RSVP cards, but the choices are Almond Joy or Funyuns
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Jun 5, 2022 14:09
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artsy fartsy posted:Those little dinner selection RSVP cards, but the choices are Almond Joy or Funyuns It’s a wedding, you get both
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Jun 5, 2022 14:10
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AITA My wife wants me to wear a helmet with our son until I die of old agequote:So my wife and I were discussing our son’s future since he’s still a newborn and that’s what new parents do. Wear a loving helmet when biking, ya idiot.
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Jun 5, 2022 14:38
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Only losers and nerds die of old age, I want to die early from severe head trauma
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Jun 5, 2022 14:42
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With idiots like "Helmets are uncomfortable" there, nature is going to takes its course no matter how much you tell them they're being an idiot.
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Jun 5, 2022 14:43
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I never wear a helmet because I lust for death, that loving poser needs to get on my level.
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Jun 5, 2022 14:45
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Honestly I really hated wearing a helmet when biking 20 years ago because it would always tug on my hair somehow, so when I decided to get back into biking earlier this year I was pleasantly suprised to find that modern helmets are really comfortable to wear.
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My partner started skating again during the pandemmy and I had to insist he use a helmet bc skate culture of the past was vehemently against helmets, almost like a badge of pride. It's a Thing, skating and anti-helmet culture. I pulled up videos of modern skate guys with helmets taking bad spills and only making it bc their helmets cradled their delicate brain meats (and a few bad spills without helmets where you finish the video wondering if the person came out of that with speech intact), and he ordered one right after. And people say haunting the Schadenfreude thread is 'creepy' and 'lusting for death'. Pshaw. The constant exposure to body horror helped me convince someone in my life to be safe! StrangersInTheNight fucked around with this message at 15:00 on Jun 5, 2022 |
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Jun 5, 2022 14:57
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A few years ago skiing shifted from primarily a no helmet culture, to now almost universal helmet usage. Even the old curmudgeons went out and bought helmets because they were afraid of standing out. It was really dramatic. There used to be this huge anti-helmet culture and it basically evaporated.
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I'd imagine influence from the no-helmet crowd becoming inevitably smaller and smaller.
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Jun 5, 2022 15:45
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haveblue posted:Is it that weird to maintain a storage unit long-term? It doesn’t seem that different from renting an apartment with a closet Yes. Because a closet is a normal thing that comes with normal housing and a storage unit is a $300+ bill per month for things they typically aren't worth that amount and never will be. Seriously, you should see the absolute poo poo people keep in storage units. Your Ikea furniture from college isn't going to be any good by the time your kids go to school, they don't want it, and you could have paid for new stuff with how much the storage costs. Or "special" furniture. Those are the ones paying even more for climate controlled. When do you think yo'ure going to be able to use this stuff? Is it waiting for your "dream house?" How much longer is that going to take to every be able to afford when you're pissing away an extra $500/mo? There's something completely different going on in the story in question and it's difficult to tell if the OP is a packrat or his wife is a monster. Either way this doesn't excuse a long term storage unit. People WANT you to that it's normal to have long term storage units. That's why they're EVERYWHRE around lovely apartments and condos. They're like printing loving money.
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Dr. Stab posted:A few years ago skiing shifted from primarily a no helmet culture, to now almost universal helmet usage. Even the old curmudgeons went out and bought helmets because they were afraid of standing out. It was really dramatic. There used to be this huge anti-helmet culture and it basically evaporated. Looks like it really took off ~2002ish, maybe a reaction to Sunny Bono's death?
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Jun 5, 2022 15:56
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I don't think keeping a storage unit is weird, but hiding a substantial monthly charge from your spouse is a bad thing. Being so totalitarian over home decor is also a bad thing. They need couples therapy.
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I'm pretty sure I was spared a concussion, if not TBI, twice on account of wearing a bike helmet.
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Motronic posted:Yes. Because a closet is a normal thing that comes with normal housing and a storage unit is a $300+ bill per month for things they typically aren't worth that amount and never will be. Seriously, you should see the absolute poo poo people keep in storage units. Your Ikea furniture from college isn't going to be any good by the time your kids go to school, they don't want it, and you could have paid for new stuff with how much the storage costs. Or "special" furniture. Those are the ones paying even more for climate controlled. When do you think yo'ure going to be able to use this stuff? Is it waiting for your "dream house?" How much longer is that going to take to every be able to afford when you're pissing away an extra $500/mo? I'm sure someone can point out some exceptions, but really the only time a storage unit makes sense is if you temporarily don't have housing with storage. Do you have three weeks or three months between moving out of somewhere and closing on a new place? Paying for storage is probably cheaper than replacing all of that stuff. Similar situation if you need major repairs made at home, etc. When it's a known end date for a specific reason there's a use case, otherwise basically what you said - people like to pretend that the storage costs aren't going to dwarf the replacement costs (or need) of what they're storing very, very quickly.
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It doesn’t matter if it’s normal or not if you can afford it and want it get it. This is another case where you shouldn’t model your life around what strangers in the internet think is normal
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CharlestheHammer posted:It doesn’t matter if it’s normal or not if you can afford it and want it get it. This is another case where you shouldn’t model your life around what strangers in the internet think is normal Are you new around here? Making fun of people for misguided financial choices like Bitcoin, Funko Pops, lifted trucks, manicured lawns, mismanaged restaurant investments, Disney character cameos, etc is all standard thread fare.
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AreWeDrunkYet posted:Are you new around here? Making fun of people for misguided financial choices like Bitcoin, Funko Pops, lifted trucks, manicured lawns, mismanaged restaurant investments, Disney character cameos, etc is all standard thread fare. I mean yeah but people should never actually take life advice from it
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Jun 5, 2022 16:15
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My buddy worked at a bike shop and if anybody balked at buying a helmet because they were expensive and uncomfortable he'd always say "do you know what else is expensive and uncomfortable? Brain damage." I've been riding for a very long time and when I was younger and a bigger idiot didn't always wear a helmet, now I feel naked without one.
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Jun 5, 2022 16:17
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Bicycle helmets do not protect against car collisions but they do an excellent job of protecting against spills, falls, and the consequences of desperate or stupid maneuvers. The only problem with bike helmets is that municipalities, governments, and institutions present them as the only possible solution to issues with cyclist safety. The absence of a helmet is the ultimate victim-blaming avenue when a collision is caused by an entitled or distracted driver or bad road design. As a result there is some anti-helmet pushback from cycling advocates who refuse to take part in that victim-blaming, pro-automobile propaganda. I'm opposed to helmet laws because they offer a pretext for cops to harass cyclists, who in New York are overwhelmingly poorer and less white than car-drivers.
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Jun 5, 2022 16:26
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Every law exists to harass the poor and minorities so that seems like a poor excuse
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Jun 5, 2022 16:29
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AreWeDrunkYet posted:Are you new around here? Making fun of people for misguided financial choices like Bitcoin, Funko Pops, lifted trucks, manicured lawns, mismanaged restaurant investments, Disney character cameos, etc is all standard thread fare. Forgot to put Something Awful forums memberships on your list. smdh
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Jun 5, 2022 16:32
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The state I live in, Indiana, doesn't have a motorcycle helmet law, and it's insane how many riders don't wear one.
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Jun 5, 2022 16:34
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CharlestheHammer posted:I mean yeah but people should never actually take life advice from it Sage advice from one of the most ignored posters on SA. Have you cracked the top 20 yet? I know you're heading that way.
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Jun 5, 2022 16:36
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Zzulu posted:If you are so mentally disabled you can't even clean up after yourself and you need your mom to fly out to take care of you maybe you should be in special programs and special housing and stuff lol those sure exist and aren't 100% full
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Jun 5, 2022 16:37
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I paid ten dollars for an internet forum account, AITA?
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CharlestheHammer posted:Every law exists to harass the poor and minorities so that seems like a poor excuse Cops in particular despise cyclists in New York City. I wear a helmet for my own protection as a daily commuter but if our bikeshare program mandated helmets it would fail. That bikeshare does tremendous work improving transit equality and outcomes with our crumbling subways and congested, unreliable buses. The real solution is to ban private cars from the overwhelming majority of urban streets and abolish free parking.
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Motronic posted:Sage advice from one of the most ignored posters on SA. Have you cracked the top 20 yet? I know you're heading that way. I think I’m top ten? I don’t think you can check on mobile and I haven’t used an actual computer for that stuff in a long time. Doesn’t really effect my point either way, as the most popular posters turn out to be terrible people anyway
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Yeah, I sometimes see people say “well they don’t wear helmets in Amsterdam!!!” and I’m like yeah, that’s because their infrastructure isn’t homicidally car-centric, and they have actual bicycle infrastructure and not just these bullshit sharrows and maybe a stripe of paint on the road
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Jun 5, 2022 16:41
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CharlestheHammer posted:I think I’m top ten? I don’t think you can check on mobile and I haven’t used an actual computer for that stuff in a long time. You're #30, right behind Three Olives
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I found the ultimate solution: 1. let Mr. dumbass ride around without his helmet. 2. take a big rear end life insurance policy out on Mr. dumb rear end 3. wait for the inevitable to happen 4. collect the sweet payout 5. Collect a new husband I call it the black widow DeeplyConcerned fucked around with this message at 16:47 on Jun 5, 2022 |
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