an enormous amount of parenting advice is bullshit, simply because “this works for my kid” is far less universal than we’d all like it to be
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Even much advice from the professionals can be included in this. (Not *all* of it...)
jul 26, 2025, 5:07 pm • 1 0 • view
The only parenting advice should be "Get to know your kid, and know what works today will not work tomorrow. Enjoy the adventure."
jul 26, 2025, 5:04 pm • 5 0 • view
I think advice shaped like this (eg in a book) would be great: Here are 10 very different strategies for problem X, including how easy/hard it is to (a) predict whether it’ll work for your particular kid, (b) actually try it, (c) tell whether it’s working, and (d) stop/recover if it doesn’t
jul 26, 2025, 8:55 pm • 0 0 • view
also you never really know if it worked for your kid until they're in their 20s anyway. short term success doesn't guarantee long term success
jul 26, 2025, 5:00 pm • 3 0 • view
Have you tried 'insert very specific thing that happens to work because a very unique set of circumstances' it's like the kanami code for children.
jul 26, 2025, 4:48 pm • 5 0 • view
Like weighted vests, some kids it works like a magic charm like some dragon ball z containing the kids power level type thing and other times kid is just like nope no weight in fact weight is evil.
jul 26, 2025, 4:55 pm • 4 0 • view
Particularly annoying for the parents of picky eaters. “Have you tried -?” “YES"
jul 26, 2025, 4:59 pm • 6 0 • view
i have one kid who will eat anything and the other who was at constant risk of turning into a giant chicken nugget. fortunately they're both adults now and so they can do their own meal planning
jul 26, 2025, 5:01 pm • 2 0 • view
I’m similar. The judging from other parents, suggesting that their picky habits are your fault for “not introducing a range of foods early”. I tried, and he would have starved himself to death rather than eat them.
jul 26, 2025, 5:02 pm • 5 0 • view
there are other franchises with awesome, iconic ships but Star Wars is the king of spaceship design and it’s not particularly close
jul 26, 2025, 4:57 pm • 122 1 • view
The 4 seconds rule is likely the most precious gift George Lucas gave to the 5th art.
jul 26, 2025, 7:43 pm • 0 0 • view
none of which make aerospatial sense, but this is still correct
jul 26, 2025, 6:38 pm • 0 0 • view
Star Wars clearly exists in a galaxy far, far away, where space isn't a complete vacuum, so aerodynamics is important.
jul 26, 2025, 7:45 pm • 0 0 • view
The Falcon. The Firespay. The Blockade Runner. The Hammerhead. The Star Destroyer. The EXECUTOR.
jul 26, 2025, 5:25 pm • 4 0 • view
I had a friend who thought the Executor was pronounced like “executive” instead of “execute” and we never let him live that down. “Darth Vader’s executive transport ship?!”
jul 26, 2025, 6:35 pm • 1 0 • view
Why wouldn't the word be pronounced like it always is? Executor is one who carries out instructions, like the executor of a will. Executive is the same riot.
jul 26, 2025, 7:17 pm • 1 0 • view
All posts about grammar, usage, or spelling, will contain some errors.
jul 26, 2025, 7:39 pm • 0 0 • view
True. I like a lot of entertainment franchises but when I'm buying new doohickeys for my office, Star Wars stuff always beats out everything else.
jul 26, 2025, 6:22 pm • 0 0 • view
Star Wars ship design is so good that they can take a slice of pizza in space escorting the AT&T logo and make them instantly iconic. And TIE Fighters? Who thought that was a good design? How does it work that well? INSANITY!
jul 26, 2025, 7:36 pm • 1 0 • view
I love that, at least in the old canon, TIE Fighters were well known for killing their pilots in atmospheric flight because of their ridiculous design. A skilled pilot could take out pursuers by just performing a hard juke and if the TIE tried to match it'd go into a death spiral.
jul 26, 2025, 7:39 pm • 0 0 • view
Indeed! I think Rogue One had some TIE variants that weren't capable of space flight and deployed only to ground garrisons? Nice touch, that.
jul 26, 2025, 7:41 pm • 1 0 • view
sound design plays a big part in it too you know the TIE scream, you fear the TIE scream
jul 26, 2025, 7:36 pm • 5 0 • view
Man spitting out damn truths here, you all listen and learn.
jul 26, 2025, 7:40 pm • 0 0 • view
I thought Battlestar did a nice job
jul 26, 2025, 5:12 pm • 3 0 • view
Basestars, Cylon fighters, and Vipers are all S-tier, and Galactica herself, Raptors, and the civilian fleet are all at least good.
jul 26, 2025, 6:40 pm • 1 0 • view
Iconic Star Wars ground vehicles and no AT-AT or AT-ST? They set the entire theme!
jul 26, 2025, 7:34 pm • 2 0 • view
Star wars might not always be great cinema but of all the sci Fi universes it has become the most cohesive
jul 26, 2025, 5:06 pm • 1 0 • view
The most iconic Star Trek designs are all variations on a single (strong) theme, but Star Wars ships all have their own thing going on while still looking like they belong in the same world
jul 26, 2025, 5:16 pm • 4 0 • view
The Bird of Prey is quite iconic as well.
jul 26, 2025, 7:44 pm • 0 0 • view
It is a good and distinctive design; I don’t think I’d personally rate it as high as something like the Star Destroyer, but it’s just a matter of taste.
jul 26, 2025, 7:51 pm • 0 0 • view
Star Wars also has the advantage of an almost infinitely more successful toy and video game lines as well.
jul 26, 2025, 7:56 pm • 2 0 • view
the people who designed those ships gave us a rare instance of something having both quality AND quantity and I will always be grateful for that
jul 26, 2025, 5:03 pm • 2 0 • view
platforming sections in games that are not designed to be platformers are almost universally terrible and should not be added
jul 26, 2025, 6:30 pm • 86 2 • view
Similarly, if your game was not built as a racing game, your vehicle physics are awful and you should not ask me to race with them.
jul 26, 2025, 7:07 pm • 3 0 • view
Turok did it well especially with the Nightdive remaster.
jul 26, 2025, 7:29 pm • 0 0 • view
Prime example of a rule that should absolutely be followed until you are good enough to know that for creative works there are no rules, just very strong suggestions, some of them surrounded with electrified barbed wire
jul 26, 2025, 6:38 pm • 2 0 • view
sure im a demigod armed with weapons that can slay The Elders themselves but some dipshit level designer felt jump puzzles were necessary 140 hours in
jul 26, 2025, 6:35 pm • 2 0 • view
you didn’t like that part of god of war either huh
jul 26, 2025, 6:42 pm • 0 0 • view
Add to this forced stealth sections in games that up until thst point had none at all. Biggest offenders are the spider-man games on ps4/ps5
jul 26, 2025, 6:33 pm • 3 0 • view
you don’t have to have great range to be a great actor if you’re good enough at a specific type of role see: Reeves, Keanu
jul 26, 2025, 7:18 pm • 85 0 • view
“we need an insufferable asshole for this role, get me James Woods”
jul 26, 2025, 8:11 pm • 1 0 • view
Boris Karloff loved being typecast because it was a tacit admission that he was the best in the world at the role he always played.
jul 26, 2025, 8:15 pm • 1 0 • view
True for singing too; see: Dylan, Bob
jul 26, 2025, 7:26 pm • 1 0 • view
I also just think it’s sincerity for specific actors. I don’t think it’s a hot take to say that Meryl Streep is Meryl in every movie. Same affectations, minimal tweaking for characters. But she is that character and the character is her. There are few actual actors who morph completely.
jul 26, 2025, 8:21 pm • 1 0 • view
in-n-out is good, actually
jul 26, 2025, 7:23 pm • 54 1 • view
As an East coaster, it is all meaningless to me.
jul 26, 2025, 7:29 pm • 0 0 • view
It's good but not as good as the persistent lines/wait would indicate.
jul 26, 2025, 7:57 pm • 1 0 • view
For my nearest one, I would say that's correct. I pretty much never go to it because it's so absurdly crowded.
jul 26, 2025, 8:33 pm • 0 0 • view
That's most of them in my experience. I went to one near Pismo Beach that was only as crowded as a regular ultra crowded fast food place once. I'm sure there are chiller ones in other parts of CA.
jul 26, 2025, 11:35 pm • 0 0 • view
If In-N-Out really wasn’t that good, we’d be seeing another chain be the comparison used. But no one claims a burger is better than Whataburger or Shake Shack. They always try to claim it’s better than In-N-Out.
jul 26, 2025, 7:25 pm • 3 0 • view
playing sports is really good for most kids
jul 26, 2025, 8:29 pm • 41 0 • view
the quality control on LEGO bricks is actually worth a price premium, decades old pieces still work just fine
jul 26, 2025, 8:32 pm • 126 3 • view
I have really enjoyed buying some of the 18+ sets, they just fit so well as house decorations.
jul 26, 2025, 8:33 pm • 1 0 • view
My little one is benefiting from all the Lego I had when I was a kid.
jul 26, 2025, 8:39 pm • 2 0 • view
This is so FR. I bought a Not Lego interlocking brick set exactly once (bc it had a character Lego didn't have license for) and I never will again. None of the bricks stayed together, I am a full on Lego-snob now.
jul 26, 2025, 8:57 pm • 0 0 • view
lifting heavy things is fun as hell
jul 26, 2025, 8:33 pm • 88 1 • view
I like your opinions
jul 26, 2025, 9:06 pm • 1 0 • view
Heavy things hurt my elbow.
jul 26, 2025, 10:01 pm • 0 0 • view
nothing wrong with chicken nuggets for dinner every now and then
jul 26, 2025, 8:52 pm • 82 1 • view
it may be slightly healthier to instead have chicken nuggets for dinner some now and thens
jul 26, 2025, 8:59 pm • 1 0 • view
Breakfast for dinner is always an option. Pancakes, bacon and eggs, even cereal.
jul 27, 2025, 2:42 am • 1 0 • view
I'm gonna take both these bits of advice.
jul 26, 2025, 9:00 pm • 1 0 • view
Actually, excuse me, I only took the first. Had a healthier early dinner.
jul 26, 2025, 11:13 pm • 0 0 • view
you are allowed to say the word ‘fuck’ on the internet you wouldn’t think this one is controversial, and yet
jul 26, 2025, 11:15 pm • 115 5 • view
And don’t come here with your ‘f**k’ and false sense of decorum. Either say fuck or don’t say it at all.
jul 27, 2025, 12:08 am • 0 0 • view
I can’t fucking believe it.
jul 26, 2025, 11:16 pm • 1 0 • view
THE FUCK YOU SAY!
jul 26, 2025, 11:18 pm • 3 0 • view
jul 26, 2025, 11:19 pm • 1 0 • view
My mom disagrees
jul 26, 2025, 11:34 pm • 0 0 • view
TV guy VJ Boyd grew up in a very Christian household and was home-schooled. He said he had never heard or seen the word fuck until he got on the Internet in high school or college. He thought it was just an internet word.
jul 26, 2025, 11:33 pm • 0 0 • view
Fuck is such a versatile word. Why would you ever fucking stop saying "fuck?" I mean, "Fuck the fucking fucker" is a grammatically correct sentence using variation of that word almost exclusively.
jul 26, 2025, 11:24 pm • 1 0 • view
folding laundry is the worst chore
jul 26, 2025, 11:17 pm • 107 1 • view
Put a salad or some other veg next to 'em and you got a healthy meal! I've been doing the morningstar farms fake nugs occasionally in the air fryer. Highly recommend!
jul 26, 2025, 10:00 pm • 0 0 • view
Partner and I move furniture very well together. Walk ups, staircase turns, odd door angles, beefy wood. All of it. It’s my new criteria for ‘So you think they’re the one. Ok. Haul a sleeper up three flights then through a narrow door to finish.’
jul 26, 2025, 8:58 pm • 1 0 • view
The one exception to this I've always held is The Old Republic, where heavy platforming was involved with some "collectibles" because it was funny to watch friends fall repeatedly.
jul 26, 2025, 7:22 pm • 1 0 • view
counterpoint: fuck the Makeb datacron to hell
jul 26, 2025, 7:25 pm • 1 0 • view
Lmao, i mostly remember the tatooine hot air balloon or whatever it was one where if you fell you had a serious wait
jul 26, 2025, 7:26 pm • 1 0 • view