Everything posted by Snake Diggity
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Wives and the Stupid Shit They Say/Do
Iām not sure how my wife is juggling 2 families but Iām certain we married the same person.
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Houston Astros 2024 Season Thread
Problem is there arenāt any good options to spend that $25M/yr on. $125M/5yrs is gonna buy somebody like Anthony Santander or Tyler OāNeill. Theres probably a way to use $25M to patch together upgrades at both 1B and LF but itās risky (it likely means signing older guys like Canha or Santana or JD Martinez or guys with warts like Joc Pederson). Itās mostly just a bummer that they donāt have a better sample from Whitcomb or Dezenzo to see how good they might actually be. That combined with McCormickās fall off has exacerbated the issue of losing Bregman.
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
In a āgreatā America, Trump is not on the ballot. In a āsane againā America, Harris wins 350+ EV. In a ārecoveringā America, Harris wins 319+ EV. In a āsurvivingā America, Harris wins 270+ EV. In a āfailingā America, Trump wins 270+ EV. In a āfailedā America, Trump wins 300+ EV. It really sucks that our country is stuck somewhere between surviving and failing.
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Houston Astros 2024 Season Thread
Bregman is a moderately better hitter but most importantly he is a year younger. He will get a 7 year deal in free agency if he ends the year healthy (big question as Iāve read his elbow might require surgery after the season). Iām guessing $220M/7yrs is his ceiling with $190M/7yrs my estimate assuming he has a clean physical. Houston isnāt paying that. Best case for Houston is if teams get scared by his elbow and he has to take a pillow deal in which case the Astros have a shot to sign him.
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
One month of daycare for one of my kids cost me more than an entire semester of tuition and fees when I went to Texas. I had 2 kids that required over 70 combined months of daycare. I probably paid 10x in daycare vs what I paid in total tuition/fees during my 5 years at UT.
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
The Snake Diggity Education Bill: Public education starts at age 2 Mandated student:teacher ratios no greater than 5:1 for preschool (age 2-4), 10:1 for Elementary, 15:1 in Middle school, 25:1 High School Guardians receive a total of 6 months paid parental leave from their employer plus an additional 18 months unpaid parental leave (for a total combined 2 years leave), and can borrow up to 75% of their prior yearās income interest free, with the principal being deducted from future social security payments spread over the first 5 years of receiving SSI.
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
Fuck no itās not actually right. But at least he could say the ānormalā bullshit that Republican politicians can say that people can understand (if disagree with). What he said should throw off even the most red voter. NO ONE who heard that was like āyep, thatās what we need to do to address childcare costsā.
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Houston Astros 2024 Season Thread
Astros have done Dezenzo a disservice calling him up to only play him every 4th game at a position heās not used to. Heās been brutal at 1B but heās a better player than what weāve seen.
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
Holy shit. 6 year degree requirements to work at a daycare? I need to let Childrenās Courtyard know theyāre WAY out of compliance. What an absolutely stupid answer to that question. The ārightā Republican answer to that question is so obvious: ā2 things Charlie: first, weāve got to cut taxes so that dads keep more of their money and can afford for mom to stay home. Second, weāve got to cut taxes so that families with 2 working parents keep more of their money and can afford daycare.ā
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Washing Machine Built Like a Tank?
One cool thing that happened (or might happen) is that I might get the ice maker replaced for free. Turns out there was a class action lawsuit against LG for those craft ice makers breaking so often. Thereās a site where you just enter your serial number and model number and they send someone out to replace it free of charge. The site is difficult to find (I found it in a Reddit thread on the topic) but shockingly within 10 minutes of entering my info I had an email confirming an appointment for this week. If it actually gets fixed for free I will be very happy, as I was quoted $500 to replace it by the repair man.
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
The fact that Trump won in 2016 was shocking but understandable. A lot of shit came together. But the fact that 2020 was close, and that he is the GOP nominee in 2024, and that the race is still projected to be extremely close (PA +1 for Trump?!?! Wtff?!?!)ā¦itās such a brutal indictment of our electorate. Everyone knows what kind of shitbag he is. How little character he has. How quick he is to denigrate the vulnerable and blame others for his problems. Everyone knows how heāll govern. How can this race be close?????
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Washing Machine Built Like a Tank?
We bought some LG shit (washer, dishwasher, fridge) 2 years ago during our remodel. The ācraftā ice maker went out last month. Yāall got me tripping now reading the litany of complaints.
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2021 - Is inflation finally back in the conversation?
Yeah I may be wrong too (goes without saying lol). But my current guess is they cut 50 this month then see if that momentum carries thru to October while trying to manage expectations against another cut. If the momentum carries, theyāll leave it alone in October but regardless I think they will overreact to sentiment each of these next 2 months.
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2021 - Is inflation finally back in the conversation?
If they donāt cut, the stock market will crash. If they cut .25, I think the market will suffer some. I would bet heavily on a .50 cut this month. Wouldnāt bet against another cut (maybe even another .50) in October.
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
No. His idiotic followers who refuse to hold him accountable for anything he says or does is what gets him out of so many logical logjams.
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It sure seems like the US is playing referee in a war between our ally and our enemy. If weāre gonna do that, we should either say āthere are no rules outside of no nukesā, in which case Ukraine can use our shit however they want with no restrictions, or we say āno attacks on civilian infrastructure from here forwardā in which case we will almost certainly have to get directly involved since thereās no way Russia will comply with that. As is stands, our ally is not able to prevent our enemy from destroying our allyās civilian infrastructure because of limits we are imposing on them.
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[Special Moderation] Why I'm excited to vote Republican this cycle.
Yes, all Pro-life voters are religious voters, but itās the issue that doesnāt necessarily involve religion, and itās the one they cling to when justifying their vote. And I understand it. If you believe that human life begins at conception, and that human life deserves equal protection under the law from the moment it begins, then abortion is basically genocide. That gets into what defines āhumanā life, which is really subjective and complicated. But I really do understand single issue pro-life voters. The best counter to that line of thinking is actually something I read that was taken from Barbara Bushās personal notes. She was pro choice, and her thinking was that human life doesnāt begin until the āsoulā descends into the body, and her belief was that the soul did not enter the body until birth, that the souls was essentially bestowed on a baby by its mother. Not sure I agree with all of that, but the idea that the āsoulā is what differentiates human life from all else, and that thereās no necessary connection to when a soul enters a body and any biological process makes sense to me as a good justification for a pro-choice stance.
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
Dude you need to chill with the optimism.
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[Special Moderation] Why I'm excited to vote Republican this cycle.
I hate Donald Trump and proudly voted for Joe Biden and will proudly vote for Kamala Harris. The majority of my extended family and most of my friends from childhood are Trump voters. Many of them are the cliche rural racists that take in Fox News brain poison and lack even the most basic critical thinking skills. They represent Trumpās most loyal base. Theyāre not worth talking about. From the others, here are the 2 main reasons I have been given for why they vote Republican: āI am a single issue Pro-life voter.ā āI vote for whoever I think is going reduce my tax burden because I think the government is a very poor steward of resources.ā I have also been told by otherwise reasonable, moderately intelligent people who vote Republican that they believe the Republicans will be better on border security, the economy, and foreign policy, but those people havenāt wanted to or been able to provide any detail for why they believe that.
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
Nah I donāt think thatās what heās doing but if it is, it wonāt work. At this point I assume Allred is just there to take in donations and funnel them to actual competitive races elsewhere.
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Blastfurnace 2024
I wouldnāt say I trust them but being 8 degrees off when youāre forecasting 9fucking6 should face some consequences.
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Blastfurnace 2024
Like 4 days ago the high in Austin for today was forecasted for like 96, now itās 104?! Wtfff
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Blastfurnace 2024
Wifeās car thermometer read 118 at about 5pm yesterday. My car thermometer read 111 when I picked up my kids from school at 3pm today. This is fucking crazy.
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Time for another āmy dog is awesomeā thread
We got a F1B Aussiedoodle back in November. Neither my wife nor I are/were really ādog peopleā but wanted our kids to have the experience. My 8 year old had been asking for a dog non stop for 5 years. 8 year old came up with the name Mason after reading about Mason the brave tornado dog, a true story of a dog who found his way back to his family after getting sucked into a tornado. We have really struggled at times adjusting to the added responsibility of a dog, and tbh we really didnāt have the bandwidth for this shit. But goddammit if this isnāt the best dog ever born. I have been the only person in the house to train him so I have a fuckload invested in him. He was potty trained by 10 weeks (within 2 weeks of us getting him). Heās NEVER shit in the house, even thru several bouts with chronic diarrhea. He is >90% responsive to sit, come, stay, fetch, fetch to pile, heel, spin, down, up, and play dead. Heās a great running partner. He plays great with the kids although my 35 lb 6 year old doesnāt know how to handle him so sheās gotten banged up rough housing with him a couple of times through no fault of his (we expected him to be 25-35 lbs, he ended up ~55 lb). I am working on getting him to enjoy the swimming pool. At this point he and I have a bond unlike anything Iāve ever experienced. His ability to read my mood and adjust accordingly to make me feel better or at least avoid making shit worse is uncanny.
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
Yep. I normally hate fireworks, but the day that bag of shit dies, Iām putting on a show.