Pyr_Pressure

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[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 hours ago

I'm actually re-reading this comment kind of drunk and feel like my typo just came up with the perfect gener neutral term of "hem"

He(m)

He~~r~~(m)

~~T~~hem

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 2 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

What's going on with this photo?

Did Trump's hairstylist quit? When the fuck did the died blonde hair turn grey??

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I don't think it's necessarily the text books that are the issue but rather the physical act of writing your own notes.

I think it's that now people type all their notes into a laptop rather than write it down.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 16 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Except tax payers now get to send their hard earned money directly to the leeches that work at insurance companies.

No matter if the system works out for individuals with insurance Americans get screwed with the way it is at the moment.

You all need to fight for universal health care so that shit isn't marked up 5000% so that insurances companies make billions for doing nothing but complicate everything

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 10 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Is it possible that healthy people typically also live lives that involves more dangerous activities such as mountain biking/hiking/watersports that would end in death prematurely?

Whereas unhealthy people might die of heart disease at 60 instead of 80, they also probably aren't dying from a sporting accident at 30-40

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yes, I am never buying a Tide product again since it seems they were the only ones to pay Amazon for ads. I was trying to watch a show that I was having difficulty pirating and every damn ad was either for tide or bounty for some damn reason so never buying anything from them again since I had to see like 30 of those ads repeatedly. I usually muted the tv and just browsed my phone but for that first second the ad played I could tell it was for one of them.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

He contributed capital! The hardest thing to do in this world!

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

No suggestion but I just closed my one and only WS account that I was forced to use from a previous employer as a group RRSP.

I was never a fan of WS. They pulled some stuff which I am not entirely sure was legal and then made a giant mess of my RRSP which was a pain in the arse to deal with due to a mistake my employer at the time made.

Employer was matching my contributions but accidentally deposited twice as much as they were supposed to. When it was noticed wealthsimple just removed a couple thousand from my RRSP without even notifying me or providing and explanation so I had no idea where all my money went.

Then at tax season I get the surprise that they wanted me to pay tax on the thousands of dollars that were "withdrawn" from my RRSP and sent straight back to my employer.

It was not fun to deal with, especially since they have no physical branches and it was all over email and phone which they rarely answered.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Not sure if there's been anything more official or recent but I definitely remember hem talking about guns shouldn't be allowed near protests after Alex pretti got murdered by ICE

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Wait, if the researchers don't know who got the pal ebo but placebos can cause actual effects how do they know which effects are from the medication and which are from the placebo? If someone got a placebo and experienced headaches but no one on the medication did do they still have to warn that the medication may cause headaches?

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 days ago

Their electrical companies don't exactly have the best record for maintenance and repairs...

 

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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