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[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 hours ago

I don't think they care if it's gambling or not.

They are trying to make the point that they shouldn't be targetted if other obvious known sources of illegal gambling are being actively ignored.

Either they need to go after everyone or no one. Since going after everyone is probably unlikely, targeting Valve for it would be unfair and may be dismissed.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 hours ago

According to google maps it's about 7200 miles to hit the east coast or 7800 miles to hit the west coast.

So yeah technically closer but surprisingly close.

Plus going for west coast is mostly over ocean or China so less US military bases that would maybe be able to intercept it.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I mean, it's sort of preparing them for the real world.

Once they finish school it's not like people won't immediately start judging them and labelling them as failures if they can't compete / keep up.

If you don't change society before changing the school system you aren't really doing the kids any favours by sheltering them.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)

Why has she not quit? She insists on spewing lies for the Trump administration?

If she is getting threats now, does she think it will just stop one day?

If Trump dies and the admin decides they want a new face, does she think they will show any loyalty to her? She will be kicked out on military housing the next day and then need to fend for herself as people still threaten her for all the bullshit she did.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 days ago

Israel can target anywhere the US can reach since Trump is Bibi's bitch.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

If it were a total of 50,000 and dropped 1,000 that would be a 2% drop.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

It's curious why they would want to implement this because although it affects poor people, it would probably also disproportionately affect poor Republicans.

Many voters in states like Mississippi/Arkansas do not have passports because they are both poor and have no intention to travel internationally so don't bother with passports.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 days ago

The only way I would believe Iran did it is if Trump claimed America did it on purpose.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 27 points 4 days ago (10 children)

I bet if they can they will only be conscripting Democrat voters, black people, Hispanics, etc.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Is that the new saying? Just replaced the word shit with Trump wherever you can?

I can get behind that Trump.

Wait, no it only works if shit has a negative connotation. The economy has Trumped the bed.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 days ago

I'm 6' and fly quite often in regular flights, probably a dozen or so times a year. Never have I thought "man I'm too tall for this, I don't want to fly"

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

That seems quite fast.

How long have plastics been around? A century? Less?

When lignin in wood first evolved and trees became a thing 400 million years ago, it took about 100 million years before fungi evolved the ability to digest it.

There was 100 million years where wood wasn't unable to decompose and just sat around or burned, creating all of our coal deposits.

100 years for something to evolve and decompose plastics seems lightning quick.

 

I live in Canada, so I'm sure there are plenty of nice ones available in Japan or Europe etc but I fear where I live I can't trust if something is an actual good brand or just paid shills advertising things on Instagram or mass paid 4-5 star ratings on Amazon.

Any recommendations for good Bidets? It will be my first, so I don't know exactly what I'm looking for, but I don't need it to be a rocket ship with a different program from every day of the week or some shit.

I am not afraid to spend money on it and don't necessarily want to go for the cheapest option but I also don't plan on spending $1000 on a toilet seat either.

I have access to power nearby and have the capability of modifying plumbing if need be for hot water.

Anyone have any ideas for some options?

It's for an elongated toilet btw not round.

 

Recently bought a house with my parents and looking to turn the basement into a basement suite.

A problem I have run into though is at the base of the stairs, there is a width of 36" wall to wall and we want to put a door there to seperate the two floors.

However the basement entry door to outside is only 32". Does anyone have any ideas on how to close off the bottom of the stairs while maximizing the width of the opening? I feel like we can only fit a 32" door there is we still want it to look decently.

But then good luck ever getting furniture in and out of the basement.

I'm starting to think I might have to cut some foundation out and make the basement door entry wider, but I would rather not if it can be avoided.

We thought maybe sliding barn door but it wouldn't be very sound proof and I think my dog would figure out how to open it.

 

Hello,

I'm posting this to see if anyone has any advice as to what I might be able to do in order to improve communication/relations between my family members.

My sister and mother are currently in tension, where both will confide in me their feelings about the other but I'm not sure how I can try to help without betraying trust in one or the other.

No one in my family is good at communicating, unless it's judgement, criticism, or sarcasm. I know that's not all there is because they will say nice things behind everyone's back but never to their face.

My sister is a fairly recently new homeowner and about to have her first child (my mother's first grandchild). She feels disappointment that my mother never congratulated her on her success and achievement in purchasing a home.

My mother is excited to be a grandmother and wants to help my sister with her child, but is of the generation where physical possessions and items outweigh anything else so constantly buys things for the baby which my sister does not appreciate having to store in a box for two years before the baby can actual use the things. She also wants to be a good mother to my sister but everything she does is tailored towards physical things and items which my sister is fairly minimalist. My mother also gathers resentment towards my sister for never showing any appreciation for the things she tries to give her, as well as feeling like she can never do anything right.

My sister gathers a bit of resentment whenever my mother gifts her things, and has said as much on multiple occasions which hurts my mother's feelings as she is just trying to help in her own way. She is also not exactly the nicest person towards my mother, criticizing quite a lot (like house decor, etc) which makes my mom feel even more like she can't do anything right.

This all spills over onto my dad who doesn't care for how my sister makes my mother feel but I also understand how my mother makes my sister feel and why she responds the way she does sometimes.

So now I'm kind of stuck in the middle of things where everyone tells me how they feel about the other person, and I'm not sure how to help improve things without making someone feel hurt or betrayed.

I try and encourage one to say nice things to the other but then they respond with something along the lines of "well they never say nice things to me".

Any one have any similar situations or advice?

 

I have a grounding wire that is connected to a copper pipe in my house.

Originally, I imagine said copper pipe connected all of the way to the pipe which goes into the ground towards the well.

However, at some point, the previous home owners installed a filtration system and replace a lot of the copper with PVC pipe, so it goes Copper > PVC > Copper > Ground Wire

Is that ground wire still useful? Or do I need to extend it to where the original copper pipe extends into the ground towards the well?

 
 
 

So involved in right wing American politics, it's sad.

 

Bought a house - previous owner moved to a town home so we kept the chickens. There is a decent amount of space on the property, and half of it is a forested hillside.

Any suggestions for a newbie? A new coop is definitely first thing on my list. And a fence around the property.

One of the chickens is an outcast and I feel bad for her, doesn't leave the coop when the others go out in the yard and doesn't eat treats from the ground just food from the feeder. The other chickens get along well it seems.

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