Post by gretchenindisguise on Apr 8, 2024 13:23:23 GMT -5
I gave 14yo the only pair of eclipse glasses I could find this morning (we have another pair somewhere) so I used a collander to see the small partiality we have here. đ¤Ł
I only care because my kid does. I bought a pack for her class because our county sucks and didn't adjust at all or get anything for the kids. The elementary schools are all dismissing right around our best time for it.
Oh, good, my people are in this thread. I've popped outside twice to peek at the eclipse. Cool. I cannot imagine spending 2 hours watching the whole thing.
AITA for not letting DH use my phone to take eclipse photos?
Heâs really into it and all things space (got a minor in aerospace engineering, had an internship w NASA, etc.). We have a few pairs of eclipse glasses. He attempted to take a photo w his phone by putting a lens from one of the glasses over the photo lens. He lamented at the poor quality of the photo and said, âBut we should be able to get a better one w your phone.â (Heâs got an iPhone 8, I think, and I think I have a 13.) I said I donât want to use my phone bc Iâm concerned about damaging it. He said it wouldnât be damaged bc of the glasses lens covering it. I said I just donât want to use my phone. Heâs super pissy bc essentially, my reason isnât good enough - that my concern isnât warranted.
My feeling is - even if itâs true that my phone wonât be damaged, I donât want to risk it. And if thatâs irrational, so be it. I think âBecause I just donât want to use my phoneâ should be acceptable.
AITA for not letting DH use my phone to take eclipse photos?
Heâs really into it and all things space (got a minor in aerospace engineering, had an internship w NASA, etc.). We have a few pairs of eclipse glasses. He attempted to take a photo w his phone by putting a lens from one of the glasses over the photo lens. He lamented at the poor quality of the photo and said, âBut we should be able to get a better one w your phone.â (Heâs got an iPhone 8, I think, and I think I have a 13.) I said I donât want to use my phone bc Iâm concerned about damaging it. He said it wouldnât be damaged bc of the glasses lens covering it. I said I just donât want to use my phone. Heâs super pissy bc essentially, my reason isnât good enough - that my concern isnât warranted.
My feeling is - even if itâs true that my phone wonât be damaged, I donât want to risk it. And if thatâs irrational, so be it. I think âBecause I just donât want to use my phoneâ should be acceptable.
What says ML?
It wouldn't bother me but I think it's perfectly acceptable that you don't want to! Just tell him to grab one of the bajillion pictures posted online LOL
AITA for not letting DH use my phone to take eclipse photos?
Heâs really into it and all things space (got a minor in aerospace engineering, had an internship w NASA, etc.). We have a few pairs of eclipse glasses. He attempted to take a photo w his phone by putting a lens from one of the glasses over the photo lens. He lamented at the poor quality of the photo and said, âBut we should be able to get a better one w your phone.â (Heâs got an iPhone 8, I think, and I think I have a 13.) I said I donât want to use my phone bc Iâm concerned about damaging it. He said it wouldnât be damaged bc of the glasses lens covering it. I said I just donât want to use my phone. Heâs super pissy bc essentially, my reason isnât good enough - that my concern isnât warranted.
My feeling is - even if itâs true that my phone wonât be damaged, I donât want to risk it. And if thatâs irrational, so be it. I think âBecause I just donât want to use my phoneâ should be acceptable.
What says ML?
It wouldn't bother me but I think it's perfectly acceptable that you don't want to! Just tell him to grab one of the bajillion pictures posted online LOL
Thatâs the other part of it! Iâm sure my phone probably *would* take a better picture but itâs nothing like what he can just find online!
DS and I had fun watching the eclipse with 2 of my older neighbors that we gave some extra glasses to. It's a random semi exciting thing that got me out of work on a Monday and breaks up the tedious workweek, so I'm in.
Co-worker and I went out check out the eclipse and it was interesting but not something I'd travel great distances to see - absolutely NOT knocking anyone who did, it's just not really my thing I guess. We went to the roof of a parking ramp but I swear we got a contact high because someone had smoked pot in the elevator - maybe if we had stayed in there longer the eclipse would have been more exciting LOL
I'll always side with rationality over irrationality. But, I also think it's a waste of time to take a picture of an eclipse with a phone.
Can confirm. This was with a filter and clouds. The only one that is close to showing anything.
my friend and I went like 3 houses down to to a picnic table by the lake. Most of the time we were (nerd alert) fencing with our LARP swords. But we did stop and look at some of it.
My dad just called me in a tizzy because he is having an issue with a lazyboy chair he just bought. Their customer service wants to do some kind of video chat with him. They texted him the information and told him that he needs to use Google Chrome if he has an android. He kept asking me "That's what we have, right???"
Guys. He has a flip phone. He can read texts but can't really send them. He doesn't have any kind of web capability on his phone. He just kept repeating that he didn't know what they were asking for. He couldn't figure out how to see the text message while also using the phone to talk to me, so he couldn't read me directly what it said.
My mom does have an android phone, so I told him to ask my mom to take a picture of his text message with her phone and send it to me. I can't help them if he can't tell me exactly what they are asking.
I'm not even annoyed at him. I'm annoyed at companies with policies that assume everyone has a smart phone and knows how to use it. My parents are not the only ones who are finding themselves unable to access things because of technology barriers. It's frustrating.
I'm not even annoyed at him. I'm annoyed at companies with policies that assume everyone has a smart phone and knows how to use it. My parents are not the only ones who are finding themselves unable to access things because of technology barriers. It's frustrating.
I got into a heated teams conversation with our HR when they told me they were going fully remote with all orientation and on-boarding. I told them it was a terrible assumption that everyone had a smart phone and could successfully do a MS teams call.
We hire a ton of fresh out of college interns and I was like "not everyone has family or the means for a smart phone."
The woman did not get it.
ETA: These are all pre-employment things. So they do not have an ID or access to a work computer yet.
My dad just called me in a tizzy because he is having an issue with a lazyboy chair he just bought. Their customer service wants to do some kind of video chat with him. They texted him the information and told him that he needs to use Google Chrome if he has an android. He kept asking me "That's what we have, right???"
Guys. He has a flip phone. He can read texts but can't really send them. He doesn't have any kind of web capability on his phone. He just kept repeating that he didn't know what they were asking for. He couldn't figure out how to see the text message while also using the phone to talk to me, so he couldn't read me directly what it said.
My mom does have an android phone, so I told him to ask my mom to take a picture of his text message with her phone and send it to me. I can't help them if he can't tell me exactly what they are asking.
I'm not even annoyed at him. I'm annoyed at companies with policies that assume everyone has a smart phone and knows how to use it. My parents are not the only ones who are finding themselves unable to access things because of technology barriers. It's frustrating.
I work with the senior population and a majority of them don't have access to the internet or smartphones. The senior apartments in my area are slowly making all their applications online only which is so frustrating because the people you are targeting with your apartments don't have access or a working knowledge of that! It's quite frustrating.
AITA for not letting DH use my phone to take eclipse photos?
Heâs really into it and all things space (got a minor in aerospace engineering, had an internship w NASA, etc.). We have a few pairs of eclipse glasses. He attempted to take a photo w his phone by putting a lens from one of the glasses over the photo lens. He lamented at the poor quality of the photo and said, âBut we should be able to get a better one w your phone.â (Heâs got an iPhone 8, I think, and I think I have a 13.) I said I donât want to use my phone bc Iâm concerned about damaging it. He said it wouldnât be damaged bc of the glasses lens covering it. I said I just donât want to use my phone. Heâs super pissy bc essentially, my reason isnât good enough - that my concern isnât warranted.
My feeling is - even if itâs true that my phone wonât be damaged, I donât want to risk it. And if thatâs irrational, so be it. I think âBecause I just donât want to use my phoneâ should be acceptable.
What says ML?
Sorry, Iâm on your Hâs side here. Iâve also seen some good pics from iPhones with lenses! I didnât even know phone damage was a possibility.
Ok douche, go ahead and call it mud. My husband DID have halitosis. We addressed it after I talked to you girls on here and guess what? Years later, no problem. Mofongo, you're a cunt. Eat shit. ~anonnamus
The highlight of my day so far is nailing the purple category in Connections on my first guess. It's very satisfying when the "hard" one just clicks.
Ugh I figured out the category, but had never heard of one of the words in that context (trying not to give spoilers for people who haven't done it yet). So kept guessing it as part of green. It was a fail for me.
The highlight of my day so far is nailing the purple category in Connections on my first guess. It's very satisfying when the "hard" one just clicks.
I'm having a tough time with this one today! I did get Wordle on the third try and finished Strands with no hints (it was insanely easy today, though!)
The highlight of my day so far is nailing the purple category in Connections on my first guess. It's very satisfying when the "hard" one just clicks.
Ugh I figured out the category, but had never heard of one of the words in that context (trying not to give spoilers for people who haven't done it yet). So kept guessing it as part of green. It was a fail for me.Â
I can understand why you would struggle with that one. It's an old fashioned word/object.
Ugh I figured out the category, but had never heard of one of the words in that context (trying not to give spoilers for people who haven't done it yet). So kept guessing it as part of green. It was a fail for me.Â
I can understand why you would struggle with that one. It's an old fashioned word/object.
AND used in a singular form when it would normally be used in plural. I know it was for misdirection, but that feels like cheating a bit.
My dad just called me in a tizzy because he is having an issue with a lazyboy chair he just bought. Their customer service wants to do some kind of video chat with him. They texted him the information and told him that he needs to use Google Chrome if he has an android. He kept asking me "That's what we have, right???"
Guys. He has a flip phone. He can read texts but can't really send them. He doesn't have any kind of web capability on his phone. He just kept repeating that he didn't know what they were asking for. He couldn't figure out how to see the text message while also using the phone to talk to me, so he couldn't read me directly what it said.
My mom does have an android phone, so I told him to ask my mom to take a picture of his text message with her phone and send it to me. I can't help them if he can't tell me exactly what they are asking.
I'm not even annoyed at him. I'm annoyed at companies with policies that assume everyone has a smart phone and knows how to use it. My parents are not the only ones who are finding themselves unable to access things because of technology barriers. It's frustrating.
I work with the senior population and a majority of them don't have access to the internet or smartphones. The senior apartments in my area are slowly making all their applications online only which is so frustrating because the people you are targeting with your apartments don't have access or a working knowledge of that! It's quite frustrating.
Adding on to this, CVS now wants you to use a barcode in the app. To pick up prescriptions. They just scan it rather than asking your name and birth date.
I have twice been at the pharmacy when they have been rude and condescending to elderly people trying to pick up their meds.
I wrote an email and the response was basically, âthis new procedure is for your convenience! K thanks, bye.â
MIL told us E is invited cousins destination wedding.
Save the date just had the 2 of us.
Itâs at the TWA hotel, 3 days after Christmas, so we need to make airline reservations.
MIL is now telling DH she doesnât know and to contact bride. We kind of need to know, but this isnât a close cousin.
Is DH an asshole for reaching out so we can figure out travel to NYC for a wedding right after Christmas?
No, none of you are the AH here. I would, however, just avoid it all and send an rsvp no now though. 3 days after Christmas with someone you arenât close with that includes travel at that time? Hell no. Itâs going to be no fun for any of you and not worthy of any trouble.
MIL told us E is invited cousins destination wedding.
Save the date just had the 2 of us.
Itâs at the TWA hotel, 3 days after Christmas, so we need to make airline reservations.
MIL is now telling DH she doesnât know and to contact bride. We kind of need to know, but this isnât a close cousin.
Is DH an asshole for reaching out so we can figure out travel to NYC for a wedding right after Christmas?
I wouldnât reach out. If the STD was only addressed to you and your DH then your DD isnât invited. If you were all invited it would have been addressed to the âssm familyâ
I was just catching up on my city FB page and someone asked what schools were doing with the kids - are they going outside, staying in.....
one wackadoodle responded with "I kept all of my kids home today. I do not want them exposed to any of that hocus pocus stuff the media is pushing today."
I was just catching up on my city FB page and someone asked what schools were doing with the kids - are they going outside, staying in.....
one wackadoodle responded with "I kept all of my kids home today. I do not want them exposed to any of that hocus pocus stuff the media is pushing today."
ummmmmmm, I have no words.
lol, I mean... what do you do with that but laugh???
MIL told us E is invited cousins destination wedding.
Save the date just had the 2 of us.
Itâs at the TWA hotel, 3 days after Christmas, so we need to make airline reservations.
MIL is now telling DH she doesnât know and to contact bride. We kind of need to know, but this isnât a close cousin.
Is DH an asshole for reaching out so we can figure out travel to NYC for a wedding right after Christmas?
I wouldnât reach out. If the STD was only addressed to you and your DH then your DD isnât invited. If you were all invited it would have been addressed to the âssm familyâ
While this is the way it *should* be done, lots of people are clueless to this etiquette.
ssmjlm I would clarify if you are interested in attending the wedding.
MIL told us E is invited cousins destination wedding.
Save the date just had the 2 of us.
Itâs at the TWA hotel, 3 days after Christmas, so we need to make airline reservations.
MIL is now telling DH she doesnât know and to contact bride. We kind of need to know, but this isnât a close cousin.
Is DH an asshole for reaching out so we can figure out travel to NYC for a wedding right after Christmas?
I wouldnât reach out. If the STD was only addressed to you and your DH then your DD isnât invited. If you were all invited it would have been addressed to the âssm familyâ
While that is supposed to be the case, I didnât bring my oldest to a wedding because their name wasnât on the invitation and the bride, groom, and families all expressed disappointment that we didnât bring them (they were under 2, I was happy not to lol!), so while thatâs supposed to be the etiquette I think a lot of people donât realize it. I donât think itâs a jerk thing to ask. Iâd phrase it as âI assume sheâs not, but will anyone be disappointed if she isnât thereâ so it doesnât sound like hunting for an invitation.
I was just catching up on my city FB page and someone asked what schools were doing with the kids - are they going outside, staying in.....
one wackadoodle responded with "I kept all of my kids home today. I do not want them exposed to any of that hocus pocus stuff the media is pushing today."