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2019-01-05 at 6:53 AM UTC in What in the goddamnI realize now that the ==> M or ==> W notation makes it a bit more confusing than it has to be, since that is irrelevant to the outcome target, but I hope it will serve as a handy cheat sheet the next time you're at your friends' cousins' neighbours coming out party and aren't totally sure what the heck is going on.
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2019-01-05 at 6:45 AM UTC in I just rage quit my bank after 15 years and went to the credit union across the street (DISCUSS: banks vs credit unions)
Originally posted by Rizzo in a box whoa dude cool it with the antisemitism, anti-bank is code word for anti jedi. you're not a racist are you?
I just KNEW either you, or MORALLY SUPERIOR BEING III, would have taken it there.
He did though, first page, ever-so-subtly. It's like a Where's Waldo adventure.
Btw, I'm not antisemitic, some of my best friends are bankers! -
2019-01-05 at 6:37 AM UTC in What in the goddamnWow, that kinda hurt my brain proofreading it and making sure it's logically sound.
I think it is.
But you have to make sure you read it as follows (for example):
(M & T ==> W) === (W ==> W).
This means "individual was born biologically male AND is transgendered ==> attracted to women".
This translates into "woman attracted to woman."
She's a bonafied lesbian, assuming you accept her status as a woman.
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2019-01-05 at 6:32 AM UTC in What in the goddamnThat logically doesn't make sense, unless, like Ghost suggested, there's more to all of this than just TRANSWOMAN + GAY + ATTRACTED TO MEN.
Wait, she's a gay transwoman (i.e. biologically male, identifies as female), but is attracted to men?
Either you, or (s)he, is misusing a term here, or I'm drunker than I thought I was.
Her being gay and a woman negates her possibly being attracted to men.
You can almost represent it mathematically:
Let's say that X can have one of two values (I'm only ignoring bisexual, and asexual, folk for the sake of simplicity here, not out of prejudice).
X ==> attracted to men.
Y ==> attracted to women.
Actually, to make it easier...
M ==> attracted to Women.
W ==> attracted to Men.
You can do some simple binary swapping to figure this out...
Default is (again, not using the term 'default' to imply some kind of moral standard) M ==> W, and W ==> M.
However, if you add any variables to the mix...
T = Transgendered.
O = Sexual Orientation.
(M & T ==> W) === (W ==> W).
i.e. A lesbian woman who happens to have been born male.
(M & O ==> W) === (M ==> M).
i.e. A cis-gendered male who is attracted to other males (AKA: A dear).
(W & T ==> M) === (M ==> M).
i.e. A gay man who happens to have been born female.
(W & O ==> M) === (W ==> M).
i.e. A cis-gendered woman who is attracted to other women (AKA: A "rug muncher").
And then there are of course more possible permutations:
(M & T & O ==> W) === (W ==> W).
i.e. A transwoman who is attracted to other women, but was born male.
(W & T & O ==> M) === (M ==> M).
i.e. A transman is attracted to other men, but was born a woman.
Order of operations is: logical operators (such as "&") before conditional target of attraction. -
2019-01-05 at 6:07 AM UTC in Whipits
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2019-01-05 at 6 AM UTC in WhipitsI think I just did a Brian Cell hollocaust.
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2019-01-05 at 5:58 AM UTC in WhipitsVirtual whippet party up in here.
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2019-01-05 at 5:57 AM UTC in WhipitsAnyone else doing whippets right now?
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2019-01-05 at 5:57 AM UTC in WhipitsWow, less than a minute later and I already regret how I posted.
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2019-01-05 at 5:56 AM UTC in WhipitsIt makes evyerhing sound boouncy!!!
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2019-01-05 at 5:56 AM UTC in WhipitsJust loading up a charger right this second...
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2019-01-05 at 5:52 AM UTC in (Differentially) Diagnosing a Myoclonic Seizure
Originally posted by Ghost God damn that's a chill doc
My experiences with doctors have definitely been mixed.
There are some that are deadset against prescribing anything even remotely abusable; heck, they'd rather send someone in legitimate pain out the door than accidentally "help some junky" get their fix. It's fucked up.
But there are doctors out there who are reasonable and will listen to reason. In fact, I'll bet that it's a sizeable portion. Like I said, I've met some under qualified, or just plain ignorant, M.D.'s, but getting all the way through medical school, you must pick up at least some life experience and wisdom.
And it's life experience and wisdom that make one a truly 'chill doc'. -
2019-01-05 at 5:46 AM UTC in Phenibut - Real Shit or Snake Oil?I have a strong inclination towards GABAergic drugs - I have basically been binging the past ~1.5 months on every GABAergic I could get my hands on (alcohol, various benzos, GHB, GBL, even a little bit of Kava).
But my goal is to gradually ween myself off so I can go back to a (somewhat) normal life where I have a few (6+) beers or glasses of scotch every night before I lay my head to rest.
So, naturally, during my steadfast devotion to the annals of human experiences with GABAergic drugs and supplements, I came across Phenibut. However, I have tried it before many years ago, and it didn't seem to do anything worth writing home (or here) about.
I figure that it could have just been some weak product, or maybe I'm just too used to going balls-to-the-wall when it comes to stimulating my GABA receptors, or perhaps I just didn't do enough or take it under the right conditions; who knows...
But I ordered some, and have a small plastic container of the stuff right in front of me, and am just wondering if anyone has any positive... heck, I'll even take slightly positively impactful"... experiences with it.
And also, if any of you know any special tips for how to maximize it's effects, that'd be cool.
That all being said, though, I'm gonna be taking it to help stabilize my brain's relaxation/anxiolysis center while I taper off of the heavy-duty marauders that have been squatting in my neurons, trolling my synapses. -
2019-01-05 at 5:27 AM UTC in I just rage quit my bank after 15 years and went to the credit union across the street (DISCUSS: banks vs credit unions)Me IRL:
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2019-01-05 at 5:23 AM UTC in (Differentially) Diagnosing a Myoclonic SeizureAnd it's only like a week's worth (getting lower every couple of days).
In fact, SUPER low, I think he might have mixed it up with clonazepam...
The script I got was 4*2mg diazepam per day for two days, then 3 per day, then 2 per day, etc.
But according to the benzo equivalence table, that's SUPER low.
At first when he said "I'm gonna give you either diazepam or clonazepam - 2mg four times a day at first, tapering down from there"... I was like...
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2019-01-05 at 5:19 AM UTC in (Differentially) Diagnosing a Myoclonic Seizure
Originally posted by Ghost What race was the doc
European - I'm even gonna place my bets on something more specific...
Eastern European most likely, possibly Russian, although he could have been Ukranian or something like that.
He was chill and down to Earth, so I felt comfortable divulging everything.
I told him I synthed a liter of GHB and bought a bunch of benzos off the deep web and have been drinking all day every day for the past month.
I think maybe he appreciated my honesty.
Also, I didn't even ask for a benzo script.
I out right asked for valproic acid (which has like zero abuse/addiction potential).
It was an interesting, but surprisingly productive, visit to the clinic. -
2019-01-05 at 5:12 AM UTC in I just rage quit my bank after 15 years and went to the credit union across the street (DISCUSS: banks vs credit unions)
Originally posted by Ajax I won’t ridicule you too harshly, but comparing a flat rate to a percentage is not a true comparison.
You should have cashed a check to yourself for the maximum amount of overdraft protection (often $1,000). Then you could float yourself with cash and only be out $48.
The thing is though, I have no overdraft protection. I'm not sure I'm getting what you're driving at here because it doesn't seem to matter how much I'm overdrawn, the fee is always going to be $48.
I could literally paypal someone a single cent ($0.01) - if I have $0.00 in my account, that's overdraft, which means $48 fee.
Likewise, I could have wrote a check for $1,000,000,000 - still, $48 NSF fee. -
2019-01-05 at 5:09 AM UTC in I just rage quit my bank after 15 years and went to the credit union across the street (DISCUSS: banks vs credit unions)Something seems wrong, hold up...
According to https://www.calculatorsoup.com/calculators/financial/simple-interest-plus-principal-calculator.php it's r = (1/t)(A/P - 1).
I'm just going to figure out how much of a time frame half a day is in years (decimals)...
t = 365 / 0.5 = 730.
A = total cost (principle plus penalties paid) = $200 + $48 = $248.
r = (1 / 730) * (248 / 200 - 1) = 0.00136 * 0.24 = 0.000329.
Ok, I should cut myself off right about here. -
2019-01-05 at 4:57 AM UTC in I just rage quit my bank after 15 years and went to the credit union across the street (DISCUSS: banks vs credit unions)
Originally posted by gadzooks So, a payday loan that you pay back in two weeks incurs 14 days out of the year worth of interest, thus costing you ~3% interest on what you borrowed (assuming 400%).
I was charged $50 dollars for a debt (of only $200) that lasted 12 hours.
That's 0.5 days out of a calendar year of 365 days.
Interest is calculated via the following formula:
I = P * r * t.
P is the principal (200).
r is the interest rate (unknown).
t is the time period elapsed (12 hours == 0.5 days == 0.017 months).
We know I in this case, it's $48.
Thus, if we algebraically rearrange the above formula, we get…
r = (1/t) * ( (P+I) /P - 1) = (1/0.017) * ( (P+I) /P - 1) = 1,6941.2%/year.
I so could have fucked this up because I'm a bit tipsy at this point.
Nobody ridicule me too harshly if I fucked something up in there.
