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Zedetrix t1_j2ebsi8 wrote
I care, I care alot
7r3m0r45 t1_j2ebhdx wrote
Reply to comment by Fretti90 in LPT request: Moving out of the city for the first time at 18 in a rented apartment, any tips? by GauravxAg
Was coming here to say this, when I moved into my apartment, I took pictures of every square inch of the place. Then, I emailed the pictures to the apartment complex. That way, you have a time dated proof if anything was damaged upon moving in so they don't try and blame you for any pre-existing damage. Even take pictures of the AC closet. They tried to get me for water damage that happened because of a leaking AC unit. I then directed them to the email I sent when I moved in, where I had picture's and even raised concerns about it. I was able to get my full deposit back because of that email.
jiminy_cricks t1_j2eaxbr wrote
Reply to comment by Alucard624 in LPT: Use a damp cloth to remove dead pixels from your tv or monitor screen! by Alucard624
I can accept that reasoning. Silly me assumed it was implied not to use a rough dry cloth or hard object lol.
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Life_Park t1_j2eagl9 wrote
Reply to LPT request: Moving out of the city for the first time at 18 in a rented apartment, any tips? by GauravxAg
Take pictures of everything when you move in. Then take pictures of everything when you move out. This will help if there is a security deposit issue. Have copy of all of your important documents (birth cert. Vaccination records, social security card) and keep them in a safe place that you can grab easily if you have to run or evacuate. Take time to enjoy doing nothing. It's OK to spend a whole day in bed once in a while.
sleeplessjade t1_j2eacg4 wrote
Reply to LPT request: Moving out of the city for the first time at 18 in a rented apartment, any tips? by GauravxAg
Make sure your apartment has rent control. In Ontario Canada for instance, any building that was occupied Nov 2018 or before is safe. New buildings have no rent control so your landlord can raise the rent to whatever they want. Even doubling the rent or worse. Thanks, Doug.
Edit: Added Location.
savvybabyxox t1_j2ea8ds wrote
I write my problems out in my notes app on my phone and that helps too.
Or when I want to send an angry text to someone, I’ll write the message out in notes and then I never end up sending it as I feels good just writing it all out
Y_Gath_Ddu t1_j2e9ec5 wrote
Reply to comment by illcrx in LPT: Admitting when you are wrong, directly and succinctly, is not only being a great teammate, but also a great way to determine friend from foe in the workplace. by AdministrativeAct902
My boss is very open about his errors and weaknesses and where he is dependent on us. I've got his back every time
dreddllama t1_j2e97eu wrote
Reply to comment by appollyon_11 in LPT, always be present where you are by [deleted]
Oh, well, la-di-da
JaveThomas t1_j2e95cy wrote
Reply to LPT: If you have young kids who want to see the ball drop but you don’t want them to stay up until midnight, find a video of a past year and play it at whatever time you want on NYE. by eggraid101
We just watch the utter nightmare that is KidsBop New Years
Shizz-happens t1_j2e8ymz wrote
Reply to LPT request: Moving out of the city for the first time at 18 in a rented apartment, any tips? by GauravxAg
Absolutely! Don’t call your parents the minute you have a problem. Seek advice from “seasoned” adults and/or professionals who have, most likely, encountered that problem before. Narrow down some good options and then tell your parents the problem you’re dealing with, and the options you’re considering. For example, if you realize you lost your credit card and you call mom in a frantic state, you’re basically dropping that problem on her. Or, you call and tell her you lost your credit card so you called the bank, and found out there were 2 fraudulent charges so they reversed them, cancelled that card and are reissuing you another. Now you’ve told her about the problem but showed you’re capable of handling it, effectively, yourself. * Also, by “seasoned” adult, I mean, not a twenty something. Ask an older person or someone in the business. Don’t ask someone with years and experience </= your own.
vormittag t1_j2e8wh8 wrote
Reply to LPT REQUEST: What to say when someone brings up the death of their loved one that happened years ago. by Interesting_Ad7785
It depends. If it was about someone that you also knew well, you could say something sympathetic like "Such a lovable man" or "Such an admirable lady".
bmanley620 t1_j2e8ttu wrote
Reply to LPT REQUEST: What to say when someone brings up the death of their loved one that happened years ago. by Interesting_Ad7785
I reduce the sincerity of my empathy 3% for every year that has elapsed
OKR123 t1_j2e8oeh wrote
Reply to comment by Blue_winged_yoshi in LPT: For the ladies. If your BF/Husband is possessive and isolates you from your family and friends, it means he knows you can find better. It's time to GTFO of the relationship. by Clazzo524
Nope. Leaving is actually always easy. You also NEVER know what comes next. Even staying and working with a flawed partner, who may not even realise how controlling their behaviour is, is a tougher choice, and not an always wrong choice. You seem strongly invested in narratives of irredeemable extreme narcissistic personality disorders, which are very rare, and even as a disorder there are people on the milder ends of the spectrum who can be helped not to be so controlling and steered away from manipulative behaviours. Sacrificing absolutely everyone's perfectly navigable relationships just because there are some people some people out there that are psychopaths is too severe a point of view to count as an LPT.
DiscoStu303 t1_j2e8kyx wrote
Reply to LPT REQUEST: What to say when someone brings up the death of their loved one that happened years ago. by Interesting_Ad7785
What were they like?
InTheEndEntropyWins t1_j2e82hx wrote
Reply to comment by dantodd in LPT never make an argument based on logic with someone who thinks squeezing the air out of a 2liter bottle keeps the drink from going flat. by dantodd
I think I agree with pretty much everything you said, but it seems like that supports the idea of removing any air or space for the CO2 to escape to.
By squeezing out the air you are effectively removing the volume of 1 atmosphere pressure for the CO2 to escape to. With the extreme case you are effectively increasing the atmospheric pressure to many magnitudes/infinite.
>The gas still inside the soda is going to continue coming out of solution until it reaches equilibrium with the pressure in the bottle but a lot more gas will have to come out before that happens because there is less air inside the bottle to begin with.
Go out to where? It's gong to have to overcome the pressure of the physical bottle, which is going to be way over 1.
Let's use the example of a metal bottle, how does a drink go flat in a metal bottle without any air in it? You don't even need a metal bottle, just use a normal unopened bottle, how does a normal bottle of coke go flat? It doesn't since there is only a tiny amount of air for the CO2 to go into.
What's your explanation for how an unopened bottle of coke doesn't go flat?
appollyon_11 t1_j2e7wdn wrote
Reply to comment by dreddllama in LPT, always be present where you are by [deleted]
Nor would I, I don't eat at chain restaurants.
Disaster777fight8 t1_j2e7uwh wrote
Reply to LPT REQUEST: What to say when someone brings up the death of their loved one that happened years ago. by Interesting_Ad7785
I think you should ask this question in r/relationshipadvice not here
MermaidStone t1_j2e7rfc wrote
Reply to LPT REQUEST: What to say when someone brings up the death of their loved one that happened years ago. by Interesting_Ad7785
My sibling was killed years ago when we were teenagers. All I need to hear (if ANYTHING) is “I’m sorry to hear that” or something similar.
SuperKamiGuru824 t1_j2e7bpc wrote
Reply to comment by nilogram in LPT, If you’re having trouble with a problem, explain it out loud by nilogram
Yup, came here for this. Programmers and rubber ducks are proof of this concept.
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80_HD t1_j2e6shn wrote
Reply to LPT request: Moving out of the city for the first time at 18 in a rented apartment, any tips? by GauravxAg
Make your bed every morning. Do your dishes every night. Change your sheets once a week. Divide the housework into wet and dry.
Dry is dusting top to bottom then vac or sweep. Get the ceiling and floor corners.
Wet is kitchen and bath. Once a week. Use DIY products to save$ and your health. Peroxide and baking soda for tiles. Dilute vinegar for everything else.
Newspaper as a “rag” and vinegar water to clean windows once a month.
This is essential self-care and self respect. Keep your home in order and your life will be better.
tragiktimes t1_j2e6olc wrote
Reply to comment by Skyblacker in [LPT] if you're too broke to tip you're too broke for delivery. You never know what number stiff you will be for that driver... I am on my 10th stiff out of 11 deliveries today. All future stiffs for the day will have their food sitting in front of my AC the whole drive. by productoffallout
Just cook this doesn't require a Freudian analysis.
dreddllama t1_j2e6li6 wrote
Reply to comment by appollyon_11 in LPT, always be present where you are by [deleted]
Well you’ve never been to P.F. Chang’s
dantodd OP t1_j2ebuif wrote
Reply to comment by InTheEndEntropyWins in LPT never make an argument based on logic with someone who thinks squeezing the air out of a 2liter bottle keeps the drink from going flat. by dantodd
>Go out to where? It's gong to have to overcome the pressure of the physical bottle, which is going to be way over 1. The gas will go into the bottle. The squeezed bottle will just be filled with CO2 to the point of deforming until it either reaches the equilibrium pressure. Of course if you remove almost all the air the CO2 will escape the soda but the pressure in the bottle will not go over one atmosphere so you have perfectly flat soda.
>Let's use the example of a metal bottle, how does a drink go flat in a metal bottle without any air in it? You don't even need a metal bottle, just use a normal unopened bottle, how does a normal bottle of coke go flat? It doesn't since there is only a tiny amount of air for the CO2 to go into.
The CO2 doesn't go "into the air" it goes "out of the soda" which may seem a small difference but it is the gas pressure in the bottle that keeps the CO2 dissolved and this the soda carbonated. If you placed that in an open vacuum with no air at all it would go flat even faster because of the pressure differentiall. (There is less pressure holding the gas in solution) the CO2 will continue to leave the soda until the gas itself builds up enough pressure to hold what's left in solution. If there is a lot of air in the bottle it will take less CO2 to build up that pressure. If you remove the air it will take more CO2 to build up that pressure. Squeezing a bottle didn't reduce its volume, only the volume of air inside that must be filled by CO2 if it is ever going to reach equilibrium pressure. If you squeeze a bottle from the store before opening it you will know how much pressure it takes to keep CO2 in solution for "full carbonation" there is no way for a bottle with the air evacuated will resist anything close to that much pressure so as the CO2 is released the bottle will start expanding to accept the CO2 but there is not enough CO2 to replace all the air quizzes out do the dogs hours flat long before at reaches equilibrium pressure.