HatchetHaro

with that tight of a budget, you have two choices.

1. you can get a mechanical keyboard from taobao for as low as CN¥80 (€9.5) plus shipping. be careful of listed pricing on taobao, because if it’s too good to be true, that’s because that pricing may reflect a lesser default option like a barebones kit with no switches or keycaps.

2. you can go with any cheapo dell or hp office keyboard that you can scrounge up for free, and save up for something better that you can find a review on from keyboard content creators.

I used to be that way, but the extra mouse space is undeniably better for me, so I just learned to top-row number. I still very much miss my numpad, though, and I do want to get a separate numpad one day.

Replace sex with alcohol and maybe the issue will be more obvious for you. Knowingly providing a minor who is not my child with a “safe place” to drink is actually a larger liability.

Trying to compare safe sex with alcohol consumption is wild. One is actively harmful to the human body (and even more so to a developing one), and the other is not. I’ll let you guess which one is which.

There many places to have and enjoy sex. The key is not telling them to go fuck in the car or a pubic bathroom. It’s far more likely it will occur regardless. I have walked into my kitchen and interrupted oral sex.

Not worth the trouble, wouldn’t allow them in a bedroom door or no door ever.

So you know it would occur regardless, but you also don’t want it happening behind closed doors. Given those constraints, the kitchen scene is only natural.

This didn’t result in high fives but insteads discussions and and me informing the other teen’s parents. To be clear there was also no punishment.

Discussions on safe sex, great. Discussions on privacy, cool, though you could have just offered the privacy they needed. Informing on the other party’s parents, oh boy; unless you actively know their parents to be knowledgeable and reasonable, you may have placed that teen in danger. They were lucky to not have been in any trouble.

The condoms are the safety net.

I have made it very clear to my children that I cannot know because then I am legally required to intervene.

Condoms are a safety net against STDs. Sexual safety extends beyond protecting against STDs, and you, as a parent, are responsible for that. If anything goes wrong (e.g. emotional discomfort after the act, physical discomfort, broken condom, etc.), you would want to be the first person your child approaches; this “I cannot know” mentality is actively harming that.

My state has zero exceptions around this.

I am sorry to hear that. However, based on that and your previous statement about walking in on oral sex between (I presume) your then-underaged teen and their then-underaged partner, you were complicit in helping those juvenile criminals avoid legal persecution by not informing law enforcement.

To be clear, I’m just making light of your heavy focus on legality and liability.

It’s a nuanced approach. It’s possible they are being used for water balloons.

You are making excuses to justify offering condoms while still disallowing sex. Water balloons? Come on now.

And before you quote me on “disallowing sex” and say that you’ve never said that, saying that you “cannot know” or else you “would intervene” is very clearly doing that.

My state has laws that I do not agree with but which I must abide by.

The entirety of your arguments have been rooted in concerns about legality and liability. With that in mind, are you saying that if your state does have a Romeo and Juliet law, you’d be fine with offering a private and safe space for your children (I.E. their rooms) to have safe sex with anyone they want within the confines of that law?

Morality vs legality is an entirely different subject that I’m not going to delve in right now, but based on that statement, it shows which one you value more.

I am approaching the issue without emotion or judgment.

“I am being logical” is such an overdone excuse used to justify arguments. It’s also a highly reductive mindset to use in regards to your children.

I literally said others are free to choose their own liability risk which you chose to ignore.

Oh, I’m not ignoring it. It’s just that being free to choose my own “liability risk” does not automatically exempt me from giving my own opinion on how you are dealing with this issue.

Or you can get another kitchen scene. Right in front of your salad.

Your feelings on the topic are not going to sway me.

Fun!

Then you’d just be discouraging sex in your own home. Congrats! They decided to do it in the car or public bathroom instead, without your knowledge, and without the safety net you could have provided if anything went wrong.

Contributing to the deliquence of a minor is broad law.

You should check the local statutory rape laws applicable to you. In many places, there’s an exception if both people are close in age and are both willing.

The main worry is how the other child’s parents would react were something to occur. Also, your co-parent if they not on board with your decision.

There’s something called “talking with your partner”.

I’ve definitely done the talk, “box of condoms under the bathroom, no questions asked, give them to your friends if needed” but that is vastly different than tossing a box of condoms at a minor and telling them to have fun.

Sounds very hypocritical. I mean, why are you disallowing it in your home when you already offer condoms “no questions asked”?

You need to understand that giving permission is not encouragement, and that withdrawing permission is not discouragement.

You may not want your kids to have sex, but if they understand the risks and still want to, the best thing you can offer is safety and privacy.

Because I’m not physically able to try the IEMs myself before I buy them? I’m not made of money, so I can’t keep buying and trying things until I find a perfect pair.

Look, I’ve bought stuff he has tuned, and I liked them enough to continue buying things he recommends. I also don’t mind tuning differences because at the end of the day as long as it still sounds great I’m not fussed.

I mean, I’d take the professional opinion of an audiophile with actual tuning experience over ten tech reviewers any day.

Also, I’ve had no issues with my Moondrop Chu 2 DSP, but if for any reason I don’t want the DSP I can just swap the cable out for one with a 3.5mm jack.

If you’re looking for in-ear monitors, I really, really recommend Crinacle’s The Hangout. Dude’s a legendary audio reviewer and The Hangout only stocks things that are good to him. Yes, that means that even his lowest-priced offerings are awesome. You won’t go wrong at all with anything in that site.

For USB-C IEMs, I highly recommend the Moondrop Chu 2 DSP. It’s $28, and phenomenal for the price.

They don’t exist where I am now, but RC Cola, Dr. Pepper, Kroger Cherry Cola, and European Orange Fanta.

My new favourite that I can have is Vita Sparkling Lemon Tea!

I cannot believe buttplugs have phones beat in this area.

That’s not meat.

It’s okay if you don’t eat meat, and it’s okay to just say that; I’m just more annoyed at the whole trend of “meat substitutes” when you can just… not eat meat.

Tofu is an awesome ingredient, used in an incredible variety of dishes. To reduce it to something it isn’t trying to be is such a waste of a good ingredient.

No. Look, it’s reference; as long as it’s reference and not a study or copy, no one should care. In the same way that if you pose a 3D model that someone else made, rendered it out, and used that as reference, you don’t have to mention it.

If you like museums, get the Museum Pass, which grants you access to 30 museums over the course of 3 days. Just a heads up that some of the museums (especially the ones on Museum Island) are so popular you have to book a reservation the day before. Only 2-4 hours of free time per day is quite limiting, though.

Pergamonmuseum is the most popular museum in Berlin, but I believe it’s under renovation work right now (which sucks; it has the best collection of hot naked muscular statues and reliefs). My personal recommendations are Altes Museum, Bode-Museum, the Gemäldegalerie, and the German Spy Museum.

Rüyam Gemüse Kebab makes my favourite döner kebabs. I got addicted to the one on Hauptstraße back when I was there. Other people have different favourite döner stores, so try them all out while you can!

technical art and programming for video games

Oh man, I had that phase in my teenage years where I was absolutely obsessed with all that EDM music. My tastes are more varied now but I still enjoy those absolute headbangers.

• I.Y.F.F.E - Jurassic
• Lock N Bounce - Illusions
• Rameses B - Full Force
• xKore - Full Russian
• RIOT - Overkill

Monstercat Uncaged is still a great label to search through if you want more of this high energy stuff.

hong kong do be like that a lot of the time

avoid ceiling lights. keeping lighting closer to eye-level can help make the space feel way cozier, so try floor lamps and desk lamps.

i once bought a random led light bulb for my desk lamp from a dollar store back when i was in college, and that thing was just bright enough to light up a room while still keeping it cozy. loved it to bits.

I got two identical messages from her on separate accounts lol.

Feng Shui, though I mostly credit it to the Dear Modern channel breaking the concept of qi and energy down into stuff like human traffic flow, activities, scenery, and noise, and using that to optimize spaces for comfort. It’s mostly psychology, and some of the superstitious stuff I’m not really into.

yes, and i even got enrolled (unwillingly) into water polo courses by my older sisters. understandably, the coach hated me because i was overweight and a slow swimmer.

there was a bit of inappropriate verbal harassment from the older members of the water polo team. after that, i got self-conscious and eventually stopped swimming.

maybe i’ll try swimming again.

everything in english

i’m better at english than my native language lul