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  • My dad almost died of a massive heart attack 5 years ago. It was bad enough that we agreed to a NDA DNR after his 4th crash in the ICU. We joke that he heard us talking and said "screw that" because he didn't crash again and made a recovery.

    He's now in the final stages of renal failure, and every extra day we got these last 5 years has been precious.

    If you have family you love, go give them a hug. They won't be around forever, even if it feels like it sometimes

    *edit: DNR, I'm dumb

  • You may or may not be aware of composer Aaron Copland. You've probably heard his work, or something inspired by it, at some point. In fact, if you remember the 90's (edit: in the US) you most certainly know one of his works, from the Rodeo suite. Specifically "Hoe-down". You just associate it with a particular food

    https://youtu.be/dYdDYSTEuWo

    Just past the 1 minute mark is where it gets real familiar

  • You have to go faster to get on top of the snow. Like a speedboat. Especially in a rear wheel drive vehicle. I recommend the Dodge Viper

    (/jk, in case it wasn't obvious)

    All jokes aside, there's a vast difference between driving slower in inclement weather and doing 10 mph in a 40, as the top commenter suggested. Now, was my original comment a bit of a shitpost? A little tongue-in-cheek? Sure!

    At the end of the day, we just want to get home safe. But if conditions are bad enough to be doing 1/4 of the speed limit just to be safe? Stay home. People that drive that too slow in the snow are just as dangerous as those that drive too fast. And it's not just ability, but equipment as well

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    I'm not out there tailgating people and passing, but I'm sure as hell wishing they'd piss off back home and let those that know how to drive get where they're going

    I don't care what you think, and I'll die on this ditch.

    HILL! This… damnit

  • So you're the dickweed out on the roads doing 10 mph in the snow.

    Stay home

    Some of us know how to drive in the snow

    (Slow on ice is acceptable, but if it's an ice storm, stay home anyway. No reason to wind up in a ditch because you wanted Twinkies)

  • ‘Was there anything else on the dinner menu?’

    ‘Vole-au-vents and Cream of Rat,’ said Gimlet. ‘All hygienically prepared.’

    ‘How do you mean, “hygienically prepared”?’ said Carrot.

    ‘The chef is under strict orders to wash his hands afterwards.’

    The assembled dwarfs nodded. This was certainly pretty hygienic. You didn’t want people going around with ratty hands.

    • Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett
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  • I learned to read a tape measure, covert fractions to decimal, practical application of the Pythagorean theorem, and quite a bit about the application of dimensions and measurement in three dimensional space.

    I didn't think it's bad for a kid to have a job, provided the hours are limited, do not interfere with schooling, and are integrated into school curriculum. Parents also have a duty to monitor the employer, and the employer should view the teenager as a trainee who might make the company money as an adult, not a source of direct profit.

    So, you know, a fantasy

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  • This is gross negligence by the boss, and it's very very common in smaller construction companies and crews. Allowing a minor to operate heavy machinery is dumb illegal to start with, but the kid learned unsafe behavior from his coworkers, who likely never had any proper safety training themselves. Garbage in, garbage out. (Walk behind trenchers are shite anyway, pay the extra $50 to rent a ride-on trencher)

    There is a place for teenagers on a construction site, but it's not in high risk areas or work. So much can be learned about work ethic, practical skills, and the challenging realities of construction without risking life and limb.

    I grew up in a construction household. My dad was a small time contractor. Custom homes, spec builds, one at a time, bank financed, that sort of thing. I go into that detail to say we weren't rich, not even middle-class until I was almost graduated from high school (secondary school). Also this isn't an endorsement for how I was raised, just my lived experience.

    I learned to run a skid-steer at 13. I was cutting lumber for the framers by the time I was 15. In many ways the skills I learned as a child set me up for success as an adult. But I also learned so many unsafe practices and endangered myself from a young age because of that casual familiarly with dangerous work and locations. The entirety of my twenties was spent unlearning bad habits and practices. I'm still working at it now.

    The only time teenagers should be working on construction sites is if the company has a very strong safety culture, which means they won't put kids in high risk situations. Parents should absolutely be checking these things before allowing their kids to work

  • I have a friend that grew up reading the Wheel of Time series. He talked it up a lot. I got through the first two books and couldn't keep going. He said, "It gets really good at the end of book three. Book four is amazing. Books five, six, and seven are only okay. There's a couple more that are really good, but the last book falls flat."

    And I realized that's probably how people that never watched Star Wars experience it after we recommend the movies to them. "This one specific movie is amazing, and those two are pretty okay. That one was good in its time and I like it for nostalgia. We didn't talk about how the movie series ended. Want to watch the cartoons?"