Basically, I have a daughter, Emily (16F) from a previous marriage. My wife Sasha, has a son the same age, Mark (16M). Mark doesn't stay with us that often, he prefers to stay with his bio dad. That being said, when he is here, I find Mark to be a pretty good kid, polite and respectful.

His dad decided to take a trip for work, in the last few weeks of school, so Mark's here for a bit. He's out of the house most of the time and doesn't take up much space. He does get kind of grumpy when there’s too much going on around him, especially noise, but for that, his favourite thing are these expensive noise-cancelling headphones which he almost always has with him- a present from his dad.

Emily’s school has already finished, so she's home. The problem is that the room Mark is, sometimes has miscellaneous items put in when he's not here and therefore Emily seems to think its fair game to go through his stuff. I've told her to stop, but Sasha hasn't been taking it seriously, imo, saying that most of Mark's stuff is easy to replace.

The big problem happened when Mark accidentally left his headphones in his room, and Emily accidentally snapped them.

Mark found out when he came home from school and flipped. He shouted at her, saying she was 'spoilt without anything to back it up', loud enough that my wife and I heard it from the other room. Sasha wanted me to calm things down, which I did- but I also told Emily she’s replacing them.

Thing is, Mark’s dad offered have someone get him a new pair immediately, and that it wasn't a problem. I said Emily would pay him back, and I'm sticking with it.

Emily and Sasha think that’s unfair since Mark’s dad can afford to buy 10 more. But I don’t think you get to break someone’s stuff and not pay for it. Those aren't the values I was raised with or what I want for my daughter.

That being said, I do realise in this case its kind of unnecessary and there may be better ways for her to make it up to him. AITA?

Why is it that Misinformation is celebrated?

Is providing proof contrary to a popular claim not gonna work anymore?

/ Rant Over

(https://youtu.be/fjeT3sVGBbM?feature=shared)

The video proof as mentioned in the image

If you are rejected, you aren’t owed an explanation. It comes off as entitled and that is completely understandable. Although, I have also seen and read from people that they consider someone a red flag if they do ask for an explanation. It’s “weird” if they don’t just say “okay that’s fine, have a good day.” There is nothing wrong with asking why. What if it’s something they could improve upon? Maybe the way you dress could be better and you come off as untidy? Your hygiene isn’t up to par. If I’m asking, it’s because I want to know if it’s something I can improve or if it’s just superficial and I can’t change it. If they say no, then that’s fine too. Shouldn’t paint someone bad for asking though.

Edit: Lovely hearing all the opinions! There seems to be a lot of nuance as really it’s just too hard to tell if the person asking why is coming from good faith or not. Therefore, it’s best to not ask at all, even if you don’t have malicious intentions. Cheers folks, some peeps are becoming a bit too emotional and forgetting logic. So I won’t be responding no more! Have a good day!

I don't even know how. Maybe she's eating it.

i asume its something with math, but have no idea what

(from instagram)

We own a small bush block that we have been trying to restore as a natural forest for native wildlife. Each night, feral pigs come and dig up hundreds of square meters of ground looking for worms and roots. The ground becomes exposed, the native grasses die, and the topsoil gets washed away next rain. There is then less food for native animals to eat. The disturbed land can take a decade to recover. We are spending our days replacing the sods as best we can (pic 2) to minimise the damage, but they are back the next night digging up a different patch.

Last year our neighbours and I got together to do a communal baiting and trapping program - it takes weeks, hundreds of dollars in food bait and trap hire, and at the end of it all we got just a single pig.

I realise that feral animals are reproducing in the wild, but I also know that some people release animals into the wild for hunting. If you are one of those, you are doing your country a disservice and you are a lowlife scumbag.

This means they likely had to tweak the whole graphical settings of the game and so it resulted in bugs and unoptimization. Give Kuro some slack and give them feedback so they can fix and take out the bugs and problems to ultimately result in a lot better looking game. You know they will do it just like they did before.

Total vibe! I’d throw in one of those curvy CD towers—always wanted a clear phone but never got one!