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boofhead posted:The confusion over the fatality metric seems to come from using two different ways to measure it: It's much safer if you ignore all the sherpas who will die hauling your rear end up the mountain!
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Happy birthday honey! I know you play a lot of first person shooters so I signed you up for a tour as a mercenary in the Congo
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Arsenic Lupin posted:I think this is a UK vs US (I have no idea what other countries do) thing. In the US, wedding cakes are usually iced with some kind of buttercream-like frosting, and no marzipan is involved. Furthermore, American wedding cake isn't a fruit cake; it's a standard egg-raised sponge cake in a variety of flavors. Yeah, UK wedding cake is traditionally a fruitcake dense enough to knock chunks off concrete, with marzipan covering that and a thin layer of hard icing over that for the decorations. It's foul. I'm surprised to hear the USA has cake cakes; I'd always heard  it has to be that solid to support the tiers! but then again I always thought that sounded like bollocks anyway.
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Runcible Cat posted:I'd always heard We use wooden scaffolding to hold up the structure. The real hell ingredient for US wedding cakes is fondant, which is slightly prettier and slightly less edible than play-doh.
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AITA for being uncomfortable with my girlfriend sleeping with her dead best friends hoodie?quote:Ive been dating this girl for a few months and she has suffered a lot of loss and keeps mementos of those people. Random knick knacks in her room or pieces of clothing hung up, etc. However, one specific one is a hoodie with a stuffed animal inside of it and she keeps it on her bed, with her while she sleeps. Its her old friends who passed away. The first and only time I asked about their friendship, she was super super vague about it and ended up changing the topic and just telling me about some random story they had, which made me think there was more to this friendship. Yes, the sweatshirt is the most significant problem in this relationship.
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Runcible Cat posted:Yeah, UK wedding cake is traditionally a fruitcake dense enough to knock chunks off concrete, with marzipan covering that and a thin layer of hard icing over that for the decorations. It's foul. I'm surprised to hear the USA has cake cakes; I'd always heard The fancier US cakes have rigid non-edible supports inside them. Sometimes you get a fun gif of someone trying a hilarious wedding prank and encountering that instead of soft, yielding cake
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Danaru posted:I genuinely can't tell if this is an ad
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haveblue posted:The fancier US cakes have rigid non-edible supports inside them. Sometimes you get a fun gif of someone trying a hilarious wedding prank and encountering that instead of soft, yielding cake Or getting toothpicks in the eyes because they're used to hold poo poo together.
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Jun 22, 2022 22:48
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Wasn't Toothpick Eyes in the Great Piggy Bank Robbery?
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boofhead posted:The confusion over the fatality metric seems to come from using two different ways to measure it: “How deadly is this mountain?” “Well, it depends on what metric you want to use. Some metrics count the poors as people.”
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Jun 22, 2022 22:56
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Foo Diddley posted:AITA for throwing away my gf's old shorts?
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Jun 22, 2022 23:04
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AngryRobotsInc posted:Never had anyone OD in the actual store when I worked at McDonalds. Did have two people OD in a van in the parking lot. Which we didn't notice for about a week or so. In the summer. An RV 50 feet from my apartment caught fire two days ago, and I'm really glad the people living out of it got out. Until I confirmed that I was flinching at every smell assuming the worst.
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Blue Moonlight posted:“How deadly is this mountain?” Interestingly, "do they have to explain whether the metric counts poors" is a metric of its own.
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DACK FAYDEN posted:it did get me to check, Prime's going up to (is already?) $140/year, gently caress that's a lot If you think that's a lot you're going to be really surprised at how much an "all the sports" cable TV package costs (hint: more than that amount per month)
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Foo Diddley posted:AITA for throwing away my gf's old shorts?
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The Bramble posted:My (27M) partner (26NB) will not watch tv or movies unless there is a queer character in the main cast and it’s meaning I don’t get to pick what we watch together anymore Get a TV with picture in the picture and just have some hot steamy stuff going on down in the corner bing bong so simple.
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Blue Moonlight posted:“How deadly is this mountain?”
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Blue Moonlight posted:“How deadly is this mountain?”
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Bruceski posted:An RV 50 feet from my apartment caught fire two days ago, and I'm really glad the people living out of it got out. Until I confirmed that I was flinching at every smell assuming the worst.
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Peaceful Anarchy posted:It is weird that that's the focus of the article, when the real problem is not counting all the people who bail rather than die. The correct way to measure would be total attempted climbs, including assistants, vs deaths of any of those people. But I guess that would be too sensible. That was the metric I seen used. Everest is an interesting one because it attracts the amateurs that push too hard at summitting rather than turning around (and also bottlenecks getting back out of the zone) and so shoots back up the deadliness stats because of that. Reminds me, there used to be a yearly "guess the deathcount on Everest this year" thread on SA for years. Probably has gone the way of the dodo as SA users got old.
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Electric Wrigglies posted:Reminds me, there used to be a yearly "guess the deathcount on Everest this year" thread on SA for years. Probably has gone the way of the dodo as SA users got old. it got super gross
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Electric Wrigglies posted:That was the metric I seen used. Everest is an interesting one because it attracts the amateurs that push too hard at summitting rather than turning around (and also bottlenecks getting back out of the zone) and so shoots back up the deadliness stats because of that. The last one I saw was in 2019, I'm guessing summitting activity dropped off quite a bit for the next season because of reasons. e: Maybe that was just an occasionally morbid thread rather than a deathcount one, now that I think about it
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There's still an Everest thread in GBS: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3933688 It's not really a deathcount thread AFAIK more general Everest news and chat, with some forays into other dangerous pursuits
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Dr. Stab posted:You mean 3, right? 3 people won't be attending. Or are you also mad at the boyfriend for dying? The one person who wants their family to bring a Tinder date to the wedding. Phuzzy posted:All of the wedding cakes I've encountered have been buttercream monstrosities without marzipan I always went for the groom's cake, which was generally chocolate. I don't know if that's a common thing, but it was for the weddings I went to.
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Dear Prudence with another winning answer:quote:Q. How Can I Let This Go: Like many, I have decided to spend some time working on my mental health. During my sessions, I have figured out that some of my personality issues (think trying to please everyone all the time) tie back to a lengthy period in school when I was the victim of some serious bullying. I am older now, in my 40s, but as a kid, schools didn’t take this as seriously as they do now. My family ultimately moved away and I was able to escape my bully. After a recent therapy session, I decided to look up my bully—maybe out of morbid curiosity. What I discovered was that she was a teacher, and it appears a good one. She’s been nominated more than once for teacher of the year honors in her state. She strives to create an environment where all children can succeed. I think this is a great thing, but it chaps me a little—she absolutely terrorized me. Part of me wants to reach out and let her know how much her terror has followed me, but the adult in me says let it go, she’s clearly a good person now. How can I let this go? Don't. Reach out to her and let her know she bullied you. (Like she didn't know that?) and re-open old wounds again.
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Midnight Voyager posted:I always went for the groom's cake, which was generally chocolate. I don't know if that's a common thing, but it was for the weddings I went to. The wedding creeps ever further forward on all fronts. Another cake has manifested. It leers from atop a perch, a matrimonial Elf on the Shelf.
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Invisible Clergy posted:AITA for asking my brother "Doesn't everyone have Amazon prime?" The number of people who simply can't comprehend how someone can live without Amazon is pretty hosed up. (no need to respond with how you were born without arms or legs or an anus and literally can't live without amazon, thanks)
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Fatkraken posted:There's still an Everest thread in GBS: You know why people post in that thread? Because it's there.
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Verdugo posted:Dear Prudence with another winning answer: What the actual gently caress, Prudie? That's the absolute last thing they should be doing. There is absolutely no way this is going to end well. The bully probably doesn't even remember what she did by now, at least not in as much detail as OP, so she's most likely going to laugh it off. "Oh, you're right, we were so naughty as kids!", "Haha, did I really say that?". She might apologize to get the crazy person off her back, but that's about the best case scenario I can think off.
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AITA for not having any kid friendly beverages at my house?quote:This situation involves me (28nb), my husband (40m), our 2 year old, my SIL/my husband's sister Wendy (27F), and her 4 kids ages 3 to 11 quote:I think part of why I blew up is because they come over 2-3 times per week, most of the time unannounced, and destroy my home. I've had to kid proof my house more for her kids than I've had to for my 2 year old. We had to replace a toilet and have major plumbing work done earlier this year because her 11 year old decided to squirt a bunch of silly string in it to "see what happened". We would've banned her a long time ago but my husband has a soft spot for her cuz she's the baby of the family and struggles financially since 2 out of 4 of her baby daddies refuse to pay child support and she refuses to take them to court. I feel like I'm responsible for 5 kids instead of 1. We pay for her 3 school age kids school lunches during the school year since she can't afford it. We've also been paying childcare costs for her 3 year old for the past 4 months while she's allegedly searching for a job. quote:The 3 school age kids are able to get reduced tuition at one of our local Catholic private schools since my FIL has been a teacher at the school for the past 33 years, but he still pays the rest of the cost of tuition. He's planning on retiring once he hits 35 years and I'm a bit scared my SIL is going to expect hubby and I to pay for her kids to stay in the school after he retires. quote:The school age kids are enrolled in a private catholic school my FIL pays for. They don't qualify for subsidized lunches because it's a private school. But that's a whole can of worms that is hosed up. SIL lied for years about her kids being in public school and needing access to resources the schools couldn't provide so we'd write her a check no questions asked. "Wendy, it's not my fault you got your kids addicted to sugar." OP did you get Wendy addicted to your bank account and the feel of your back under her feet as she stops at the door
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What is a rainbow juice?
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edogawa rando posted:What is a rainbow juice? I'm guessing either some specific brand, possibly with a rainbow on it, or a blend of various different types of juice. Possibly it's a Pride Month Exclusive variant of some juice.
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edogawa rando posted:What is a rainbow juice? Whatever it is, it almost certainly is another step towards type 2 diabetes
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Mx. posted:AITA for not having any kid friendly beverages at my house? i don't have any rainbow juice but there's pirate juice under the sink, it's the stuff with the skull and crossbones on the bottle
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My niece was not allowed to drink fizzy sugary soft drinks, and had her juice intake greatly monitored/restriicted by her mum, (my Sister in Law), and it was never an issue if/when she was round at other peoples houses. She drank water. And pretty much every house has water. Either from the tap or bottled. It was not a big deal for her, as she got something to drink when she was thirsty, and it was not a huge deal for the people whose house she was at coz it's not hard to fill a cup from the tap, or just keep a jug of water in the fridge for hot days. Now she's 10 she can drink anything she like. And she likes juice, but thinks soft drinks are too sweet. Again, perfectly fine and normal. But in this story there are so many issues. An 11 year old that throws himself on the ground and chucks a tantrum because there is no "rainbow juice"? A mum that says "I didn't want to buy him it, so I stoked the tantrum. Hoping that you would see a crying 11 year old and immediately cave." An 11 year old that caused major plumbing damage. (although this is the one thing I can forgive. an 11yo squirting silly string down the toilet for gags seems like the thing an 11yo would do). And this is discounting all the financial support that OP gives to the sister. Which bring up their own can of worms.
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We didn't have much sugary drinks around growing up but I managed to be kind of a hummingbird anyway. That said, she's definitely gotten her kids addicted to processed sugar and probably caffiene, they probably throw tantrums because they're overstimulated and going into withdrawal.
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Them teeth are probably not in great shape either. Young juice/soft drink/dutch milk drinkers tend to sip the sweet drink all day which means the teeth are soaked in liquid enamel remover and end up with cavities in baby teeth.
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Electric Wrigglies posted:dutch milk Wait what
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