AThing4String

joined 1 year ago

No, it says the kidnapper gave him to another couple who raised him. The relationship of the kidnapper to those people, what they were told, etc is unclear.

This is legitimately so wholesome from start to finish. No "orphan crushing machine" vibes - just a reminder that most people are generally decent and helpful humans.

[–] AThing4String@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

From the sound of things, he took the money to help an abuser get his rape victim back ----- eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeshhhh

Life hack for OP and anyone else who ends up in this situation:

  • Take boxed cake mix of your choosing.
  • MOSTLY follow the package instructions. However:
  • Add one extra egg (for example, if it calls for 2 eggs use 3)
  • Substitute oil with 2x butter (for example, if the recipe asks for ⅓ cup oil use ⅔ cup melted butter.)
  • Simple, easy, pro-tier cake.
[–] AThing4String@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

How did one look up bad words before the internet? Is "fuck" in the dictionary or like what?? Would librarians share such knowledge??

Genuine question who grew up with Google

Holy shit I'm involved in a similar situation - except we really, REALLY want it gone - it's just a game of "if you give a mouse a cookie" trying to upgrade all the similarly fragile downstream stuff so we don't blow up the entire operation when we switch.

[–] AThing4String@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thank you! Especially appreciate the commentary below the wiki article - otherwise I'm not sure I would know who's "winning" or "losing" in that mess.

Even if no one wins, sounds like he won by not playing.

[–] AThing4String@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Wait I don't follow this stuff - what's the tea on this?

I have a sibling who grew up having 10+ major reconstructive joint surgeries due to congenital issues. That kept them out of a wheelchair, but they were recently told by their current specialist "if you make it to 35 without needing a hip replacement, you and I will high five" (verbatim).

This would be HUGE.

Fun fact: even "regular style" crutches are not actually supposed to rest in your armpits! You are supposed to hold onto the arm portion and use them similarly to the above crutches. When we adjusted that for the spouse, we had to shorten the crutches by like 2-3 inches and he said it was WAY more comfortable.

There are some videos on YouTube by physiotherapists etc that were supremely helpful - recommend giving them a quick watch and readjusting your crutches.

Source: spouse recently broke the hell out of his foot and also Had Shit To Do™.

[–] AThing4String@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

In Canada, A&W has cheaper prices for WAY better quality food. It was a few years back we were enjoying some "as a treat" and realized it was not just significantly better than McD's, but also much cheaper, and we decided we just weren't going back.

My household is partial to a couple of chicken buddy burgers in a time crunch.

[–] AThing4String@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

I have literally never been into a dude with a beard before. Just not a facial hair gal.

I found the exception tho.....

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