its a very creative system, because it doesnt even have to be horrific or dangerous. It can be just silly, like the bridge that makes you hate Carthage.

If you are interested in getting back into checking these out there is a podcast called the SCP Archives that starts out decent and gets exceedingly better. SCP 1981 is done really well and they have a voice actor that really sounds like Reagan recounted wars that never occured and malevolent powers that that we are…

SCP is a grand example of how creative we can push towards unsettling imagry, so much so that Stephen King probably would blow his head off and containment would be initiated.

This is like one of the best (and increasingly rare and true proper) lifehacks I’ve seen on this site.

I work in banking and trust me when I say this, most people don’t know what’s going on with their bank accounts at all. One of the most common questions we get is something along the lines of:

My son used to charge things directly to his cellphone bill. He did it once and I paid for it, then called support and blocked his ability to charge to his account. The cellphone company removed that restriction without my permission and when he did it again, I pointed out that I specifically asked them to disable…

Looks at my countries’ zero school shootings in years.
Looks at you.
Looks at all the other developped countries zero school shootings in years.
Looks back at you again.

Oh well, it’s y’all kids.
Let’s take a republican saying and turn it around: “But what if Jesus was aborted??”
maybe the next Trump will be school shot ?…

“Do you think that, given the odds, your kids should be doing lockdown drills?”

I don’t. I don’t think there should be a huge security fence around my son’s school either. I think that turning schools into locked down prisons is exacerbating the problem rather than solving it.

“Can I push back on the “new normal” stuff…

I took “new normal” to just mean there’s no shock or surprise left hearing about another school shooting. It’s become so normalized. The same way the existence of devastatingly destructive firearms has become normalized, which, I can only theorize, has contributed to preventing the legislation of stricter gun laws.
And…

So it’s possible that the financial harm is direct, and the son is spending directly from the parents credit card, but I cam imagine multiple other scenarios where the parents can be fucked over by the sons addiction without being that stupid.

article says “adult son”.  I assumed it meant that creditors started coming after them when he started to fall behind on his debts?  

I used to work in Customer Support for a F2P gaming company. The amount of money some people pour in is just horrendous. And though the companies are quick to deny this: The more you pay, the better the support you get, and you also get replies a lot faster, they were sorted in the ticketing system from most-paying to…

For me it’s the complete lack of cruelty on the part of the contestants. If someone is having a terrible time or falling apart, someone helps them. The community of the contestants is heartwarming to see.

Along these lines, I think the most refreshing thing about the GBBO is that the prize is- a trophy and some flowers. Every American reality show makes a big deal about the magnitude of the cash infusion the winner is set to receive, even if it’s not precisely life changing (I mean winning $6,000 on Guy’s Grocery Games…

And, like Marxism, all that gooey goodfeels disguises the fact that at the end of the day, there are still winners and losers and human nature is more Highlander than Kumbaya.

Despite the challenges of his position and era likely making him a man of constant sorrow.

Oof that is a horrible take away from all of this.

When I was a kid, Miracle Blade III had infomercials with Chef Tony. I was completely sold on them. Lifetime warranty, money-back guarantee, what is there not to like? I mentioned it to my aunt (a chef) who said “I’d die before I used one of those knives in my kitchen.” She explained that the warranty only lasted…

The secret to a great over easy egg, for me anyway, is butter, low heat and a lid. My wife hates crisp edges on fried eggs so this is perfect for when I make her a Saturday breakfast in bed.

Nice!! Clean it all up with a...