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Got_Bent , to pics in I was summoned for jury duty and all I got was this pretty photograph. [OC]

Oh. You like brutalism.

Well look where I went to school.

Got_Bent , to science_memes in Hero

I was thinking of this video as soon as I saw the post. She’s really an interesting person.

Got_Bent , to noncredibledefense in Nigerian Civil War

I know nothing of this, but Israel backs both sides?

Got_Bent , to science_memes in Protons

As a long time teacher of ESL back in the day, I’d say that depends heavily on the native language.

European languages generally do well

Asian languages generally struggle

Middle Eastern languages, well, things don’t translate well on paper

Conversely, I found the middle Eastern students to have excellent speaking abilities.

The difference in how the mind processes speaking vs writing was truly fascinating to me.

Got_Bent , to memes in Truly a bittersweet moment

In my fifties and still have that dream, but it’s worse.

I went to boarding school, so my dreams involve fifty something year old me having to go back to live in the dorm with a bunch of kids.

Got_Bent , to news in Trying to buy a house is 'playing a game you can't win'

So I was you. I wasn’t financially stable until well into my forties. I would say I wasn’t raised by anybody. Forget about no parental money. I had no parental guidance, and from that I made a TON of beyond stupid decisions.

Fast forward, and I finally got my shit together. I was able to get my daughter through college without debt and her mother sold her a car for a reasonable price.

So now she’s in her early twenties making more money than I do, and she’s always concerned with mismanaging it. But being who she is, she’s also constantly worried that she’s not doing enough good for others.

Her first house will be with her own money, but I was fortunate enough to help her get into that position.

Just on principle, I’m hell bent on leaving an estate to her even if she won’t need it. From there, I just hope it further supplies her with the tools to realize her ultimate altruistic ambitions.

This being Lemmy, I’m sure something about this is wrong or evil or selfish. I can’t accommodate every random Internet criticism, so I do the best I can.

As to the daughter, I’m just so proud of her. Aside from the line of work, she’s artistic and empathetic and caring. You know, an exponentially better person than I could ever hope to be.

Got_Bent , to news in Trying to buy a house is 'playing a game you can't win'

My visit to my daughter’s apartment did concern me in that I saw not one but two Scrabble sets on her shelf.

And she doesn’t have means to make coffee. That part will get immediately remedied.

But seriously, she and I are quite close. I was telling her that my biggest concern going forward is living alone and going full blown dementia as I failed in securing long term care.

I also told her to never, under any circumstances, sign anything remotely related to my healthcare because the fine print will make her assume financial responsibility. Fuck that. Dump my withering winkled ass in a storm drain before I let that happen.

Got_Bent , to news in Trying to buy a house is 'playing a game you can't win'

I had a long talk with my daughter about this last week.

I bought a small 700 square foot house about a year and a half ago. I’ll have it completely paid off in ten years.

My daughter made all the right moves and is making more money in her early twenties than she knows what to do with.

So here’s the plan:

When my house is paid off, she’ll have a house of her own.

I’ll retire and go live with her.

Then we rent out my house, but not in the traditional way. We’re going to look for somebody who is genuinely looking but unable to buy. We’ll go in the rent to own model, so eventually the tenant owns my house and the daughter has cash from the proceeds to go buy another house and rent it to own.

I’m sure somebody on lemmy will find reason to punch holes in this plan and call us horrible capitalist pigs, but short of outright giving everything away, this was the best we could come up with to use family assets for the good of others without starving ourselves.

Got_Bent , to insanepeoplefacebook in Can YOU Pass This Test?

I did think about that, but I don’t know how surface tension works. I’ll certainly take mostly correct. Not bad for an amateur who just watches physics videos for fun.

Got_Bent , to insanepeoplefacebook in Can YOU Pass This Test?

First, the globe would have to be solid and sufficiently dense to scale.

Then, it would have to be removed from any other significant gravitational field - such as the actual earth.

Then, the layer of water would be as deep as about half the width of a pin.

Then yes, it would work and the water would settle on the globe correctly.

(I am not a scientist and have probably missed a variable or twenty in this summation)

Got_Bent OP , to foodporn in Burger with caramelized onions and Swiss. No fries because I've had a couple drinks and don't need a grease fire

It’s rare that I fry anything but when you get a good French fry down, the oven or air fryer just doesn’t compare.

Got_Bent , to workreform in Every damn day

So when we switched over to the unlimited PTO scam, there was an option to get paid out for the PTO you had accrued. Naturally I was like two hours short of the threshold, so at the end of the year, around December fifth or so, I was like, “later bitches! See ya in January!” and there was nothing they could do about it. It was beautiful.

Got_Bent , to workreform in Every damn day

While it’s not the area I ended up working in, I learned in accounting school that the employees who never take vacation are held as highly suspicious. People who are in a position to skim off the top tend to never take days off so nobody gets opportunity to see what they’re doing.

As to me personally, I remember one year taking all the PTO that was due to me and getting shit on in writing at evaluation time for doing so.

The following year I took zero PTO and got shit on in writing at evaluation time for doing so.

I went to management with copies of both evaluations and said, “since you’re gonna shit on me in writing at evaluation time regardless of what I do, you can expect me to take every minute of PTO going forward.”

They were at a loss for words and just found other reasons to shit on me in writing at evaluation time.

I spent five and a half years in that environment.

Never again. Not for any amount of money.

Got_Bent , to science_memes in Calc 🥰

My daughter came home from middle school once.

She plopped down in a chair, let out a sigh, and said, “Math is the only thing in the world that makes sense.”

I’m surprised I still have a tongue after biting down so hard to suppress the laughter.

Got_Bent , to technology in Samsung forces repair stores to destroy customer smartphones, iFixit ends cooperation

Funny you mentioned that. I was out with my daughter a couple days ago and she got a flat that had to be replaced. She was legitimately worried that Toyota would void her warranty for not buying a tire from the dealership. Nevermind that we were out in rural nothingness with no Toyota dealership to be found.

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