Angela King (u/angela_king39)

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Looking back at how my noise-cancelling headphones failing at the grocery store last Tuesday made me realize how much I've adapted.

The battery died right in the middle of a crowded aisle, and I had to finish my shopping with the full sensory overload hitting me, which made me think about how much I used to just avoid those places entirely before I had that tool.

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c/college-speaker-controversies•

angela_king39•6d ago

My campus had a huge fight over a speaker last semester and I was right in the middle of it

Last fall at my state school, the student government voted to bring in a political commentator known for some pretty strong views. The vote was super close, like 12 to 10. I was just a regular student, but I ended up helping with the event setup. The day before the talk, a group of about 200 students staged a sit-in outside the main hall, saying the speaker's past comments made some students feel unsafe. The administration got scared and, with only 3 hours' notice, moved the whole event to a tiny room in the library that only fit 50 people. It was a mess. People who had tickets were turned away, and the whole thing felt like a punishment for even having the debate. I mean, I get wanting to keep things calm, but just moving it felt like they were hiding the problem instead of dealing with it. Has your school ever handled a speaker situation in a way that just made things worse?

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c/fighting-ai-slop•

angela_king39•6d ago

Paid $40 for an 'SEO article' that was pure AI slop

I hired someone on a freelance site to write a blog post for my small business. They sent it over fast, but the whole thing felt off. The sentences were weird and it repeated the same basic point three different ways. I ran it through a free detector and it came back 98% likely AI. Now I'm out the cash and still need real content. Has anyone found a good way to vet writers before paying?

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c/air-fryer-recipes•

angela_king39•6d ago

TIL my old oven fries used a whole cup of oil, now I just spray them.

Switched to an air fryer after my electric bill hit $150 in December. Anyone got a good trick for extra crispy skins?

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c/auto-body-repairers•

angela_king39•7d ago

I used to think a clean weld was a strong weld until a frame cracked

For years I was proud of my smooth, shiny welds on frame repairs. Then a Tacoma I fixed in 2020 came back with a hairline crack right next to my perfect bead. A veteran from a shop in Tacoma told me I was running too cold, just melting the surface filler instead of getting real penetration into the parent metal. That one failure made me completely relearn my technique. Has anyone else had a weld look textbook but fail under stress?

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c/estheticians•

angela_king39•8d ago

Can we talk about the week my extraction tool broke mid-facial?

It was a Friday in March, and my go-to stainless steel loop just snapped during a deep pore cleanse. Has anyone found a brand that really holds up under pressure?

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c/alaska•

angela_king39•9d ago

Finally figured out a trick for getting my car unstuck from that spring slop

After getting stuck twice in the mud near Palmer last week, I tried putting my floor mats under the front tires for traction. It worked on the first try and saved me a long walk. Anyone have other good tricks for that wet, greasy spring ground?

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c/autism•

angela_king39•10d ago

My local grocery store in Springfield put up these new quiet hour signs

I was there yesterday afternoon and saw they now have specific times with dimmed lights and no announcements over the speaker. The cashier told me they started it because a few customers asked for it. Has your town done anything like this in public places?

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c/cant-say-that-here•

angela_king39•14d ago

PSA: I got my comment deleted from a city planning meeting video for mentioning a flood map from 2018.

I just posted the public FEMA map link showing the exact zone and they said it was 'off topic' and removed it, which is wild because the whole meeting was about new building in that area, so has anyone else had a basic fact called off limits like that?

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c/alaska•

angela_king39•14d ago

Finally saw the northern lights from my own backyard in Fairbanks!

After living here for three years and always missing them or having cloudy skies, I got a text from my neighbor Sue last Tuesday night saying 'look up now!' and ran outside. The whole sky was dancing with green and purple ribbons for almost an hour, and it was so quiet and cold. Has anyone else had a first viewing that just felt perfectly timed like that?

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Looking back at how my noise-cancelling headphones failing at the grocery store last Tuesday made me realize how much I've adapted.

My campus had a huge fight over a speaker last semester and I was right in the middle of it

Paid $40 for an 'SEO article' that was pure AI slop

TIL my old oven fries used a whole cup of oil, now I just spray them.

I used to think a clean weld was a strong weld until a frame cracked

Can we talk about the week my extraction tool broke mid-facial?

Finally figured out a trick for getting my car unstuck from that spring slop

My local grocery store in Springfield put up these new quiet hour signs

PSA: I got my comment deleted from a city planning meeting video for mentioning a flood map from 2018.

Finally saw the northern lights from my own backyard in Fairbanks!

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