Odd confessions.

They're just making sure you're not cheating them, dude.

edited 26th May '17 7:09:25 AM by BaconZorp

One thing I like to do when playing or spectating games of Mario Kart is to think about where the spectators for that track would sit, especially if the track doesn't have any spectators on-screen.

And they want you to know that they're not cheating you. And it's how they're trained, so it's what they're supposed to do.

I've heard people (usually older people) complain that they don't want servers in restaurants to introduce themselves, because (they say) they feel it's intrusive. The only thing I can think to say to such people is that the servers do it because it's what they're trained to do, not out of any desire to annoy you. If they're boss hears them not doing it, they'll get a talking to about it.

So throwing out random ass numbers is supposed to help me?

...From personal experience, they're not random-ass numbers.

This isn't very debatable. They count the money to see you paid the right amount. That's it.

They are to me.

It's never helped me any.

The example someone gave me was paying for a $5.22 order with $11. Cashier goes "$5 is 10.22, then 23, 24, 25, 50, 75, 11." They were trying to use that to help me figure out how to do problems like 1100-522.

My question is... How do you know to start with the $5?

My ten-year-old daughter drinks coffee and I am okay with this.

Reason: A can of pop has 40 grams of sugar. A cup of coffee with cream and four sugar packets has 16 grams of sugar.

To each his or her own, of course. Might be good to be mindful of the caffeine, though. I had to stop drinking coffee because the caffeine was doing nasty things to my digestive system. ]

They start with the 5 dollars because that the largest part of what the item cost. You have to understand, none of this is done for your benefit specifically, nor is it done to annoy you. It's how the servers are trained in order that the average customer will know that they're getting back all the money to which they're entitled. No one says you have to pay any attention to it.

She has Coffee Rules: Maximum two cups per day, don't drink it every day, and no coffee after 12:00 noon. And there's no coffee maker at her dad's house, so she doesn't get it there. Thank goodness.

"Don't drink it every day" is a big rule for her. When I was her age, I drank a few cans of Coke every day, and I felt it! Until I didn't. And then I needed caffeine.

Being addicted to caffeine sucks. I mean, it's fine, until something happens to deprive one of their caffeine (running out of coffee, stomach bug, major surgery, pregnancy, etc.). It's not exactly a Berserk Button, more like a Wangst button, and that just makes it suck even worse! I can't even take my whiny self seriously!

Again, this was used as an example, because I suck at subtraction, of how to do a problem like 1100-522 by counting up from 522 by adding up incrementally. And I'm just not getting it.

I've been told that I have a confident, outgoing personality, but I actually have crippling self-esteem issues & blame myself for every little thing that goes wrong.

Same.

Hey, make that three!

Related to drinks, I wasn't allowed to have soda, coffee, or even juice (except on special occasions) as a kid. As a result, I never developed a taste for any of that stuff. It's so sweet. >.< And caffeine just makes me fidgety.

Whereas I was drinking my dad's coffee when I was 3. Mom never worried about me whenever I drank pop or coffee, just that I not do it in excess. She wasn't worried about me being hyper or getting the diabeetus.

Same. Thankfully, it was diet, so it wasn't that much of a risk.

Because cancer is so much better than the 'beetus, right?

I mean, diabetes is still bad.

As a person who has a family member with diabetes and had one with cancer, I can safely say both can be (and more often than not are) total hell.

Also, note, why the hell are you trying to bring cancer into a discussion that had nothing to do with cancer?

edited 31st May '17 7:15:57 AM by BaconZorp

There's a common misconception that artificial sweetners can cause cancer. The actual scientific literature on the subject can only show an association in rats. Studies in humans haven't shown such an association. But after the panic over saccharine in the 70s over studies finding that it was associated with bladder cancer in rats the link has been etched into the public conscious

Source: National Cancer Institute

So getting back to that fiction thing...

What should I be getting out of any fiction I partake of?

I've never had anything more than "this was kinda cool for two hours or so" and then forgetting it even existed the next day.

I just don't get how fiction can move anyone. How it can make them feel passionate, scared, motivated, squicked out, whatever.

People have tried to explain it to you multiple times already. Some people just don't really like fiction much, and that's fine.

Then why do I like creating my own so much?

Maybe it's because you put so much time and effort into your creation that you become emotionally invested in it, whereas it's difficult for you to recognise the efforts other people put into their creation?

For me, escapism is why I like both reading/watching/playing fiction as well as creating it. I care less about the logistical plot elements and who "wins" at the end and more about just letting my imagination get lost in the experience