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It seems to me that the simple fix for this guy is to make a new account and get the guts to tell his wife to stop calling work.
On Wed June 25, 2008 ********* wrote:
"Is it possible to take all of my account information and insert it into a new account? I ask because my wife has started to check on me through Slashdot while I'm at work. She doesn't think I am working if I post during the day. It has reached the point where she will call work if she sees that I have posted. My boss doesn't like it and I can't get her to stop. I'd hate to have to get my karma back up to where it is now or have my posts (which are very good mostly) not associated with a new account. I know I could just start posting anonymous coward but I have a problem with having what I write linked to the word coward. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you in advance."
On Sat July 7, 2007 ******** wrote:
"If I become someone's friend can I see everything they post even if they post anonymously? I think my wife is having an affair with one of your users. I have no direct proof but she doesn't talk to me when I get home like she used to, she doesn't seem interested in what I have to say or planning trips. Worst of all she gets upset at me when I try to touch her. I know she is very attracted to geek types (I can be a bit of a nerd) and she shuts off the screen when I come in. I thought at first she was talking to someone on a singles site or was looking at something inappropriate but when I made her show me one night it was Slashdot. I asked why she didn't want me to know she was looking at Slashdot and her excuse was ridiculous. I assume she's been talking to someone on your site and It would be a great help if you could let me know how to find out what she has been doing. I would be willing to get a subscription if you could help."
I think the obvious solution is that he should leave his wife and marry the first guy. That way there wouldn't be any question as to why anyone was reading Slashdot. They could live the rest of their lives commenting together. It's kind of romantic. Finally, we have a guy who should shut off his machine and play with his damn kids before they come home wearing black mascara and sporting a new face tattoo. His wife is right. They are a lot more fun when they are not telling you how you ruined their lives.
On Sun Jan 20, 2008 ****** wrote:
"I have 2 young kids and it would be great if you made a Slashdot kids section. Your readers are getting older and most are going to have kids soon if they don't already. I'm not sure if you have children but in case you don't let me tell you how hard it is to get anything done in your free-time that doesn't involve yelling at them and putting them in timeout. My wife is always complaining that the kids just want to play with me and that I should be grateful, when they get older they may want nothing to do with us. It would be awesome if I could plop them down in front of a computer next to me and look at kids stuff on Slashdot. That way we would be doing something together. Just a thought. I love the site but would really love it if I could use it to spend time with the kids."
Yeah, I loathed moving accounts without being able to take my karma with me, but it's really not that bad. If you behave yourself, you should get that +1 bonus back pretty quickly.
Since this thread will soon be filled with the tortured whining of socially stunted geeks who can't figure out how to set up their preferences to not display "idle" submissions, let me be the first to celebrate this week's episode of the best thing about /.
Bring it, haters: I have karma to burn.
You catch enchiladas by picking them up behind the head and holding them underwater until they don't kick anymore -VeGas
I am sleeping with that guys wife.
"Being in a relationship is not easy, more than half of all first marriages fail in this country. That statistic doesn't improve if you spend most of your time reading your favorite website and not tending to the needs of your family."
A coworker & I were discussing the alarming amount of people around us who are divorced. It's really crazy.
... probably New York or California I had thought. We decided to look up the annual divorce rates by state and were shocked to see that some states in the bible belt states are relatively high. One of our most cherished institutions indeed!
:)
... but as the decay continues for--say Ohio with 4%--you have a group of 100 couples over ten years ending up (exponential decay formula) with 33 divorced couples
Our conversation continued to speculate what the hell has changed. We were wondering if it had to do with the fact that the world is getting smaller. I come into contact with way more people today than 20 years ago. Do I find a suitable mate and then find a more suitable mate later? Is it ebbing morals? Is it growing equality of the sexes? Is divorce rewarded in some way? Most importantly, I thought, there is less of a social stigma associated with it. Most likely it's influenced by all of these things.
We bagan betting which state would have the highest divorce rate
We both had forgotten about Vegas!
These numbers look really low because it's yearly
Personally I think it's a shame but there's not a lot to be done about it.
My work here is dung.
Do I have to register an account in order to ignore all the Idle feeds, or can I just set cookies?
IDLEisDIGGforTACO
Christ. Tell her to stop calling and get back in the goddamn kitchen and make you a sandwich.
That way the whiners don't have to see idle.slashdot.org stories anymore.
hilarious! When love turns sour the only friend myopic geeks can reach out to is slashdot.
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No matter how thin you slice it, its still baloney.
Please ban the iups the guy with the kids posts from. Maybe he will start playing with his kids out of sheer boredom.
Hint:
"that doesn't involve yelling at them and putting them in timeout"
You are not doing it correcetly.
A) You should be yelling at your kids.
B) If you are yelling at them and then putting themin timeout, you are doing it wrong.
Not to be surprised becasue most Americans don't seem to understand how to do timeuts.
When done right, they are a great tools.
I know becasue I was doing it wrong. When I realized I was frustrated and going nowhere, I talked to some professionals. Now we do it right and the temper tantrums have pretty much gone away. My kids are 8 and 10, so the occasional tantrum flairs up.
You should never hit your kids. It is harmful and ultimately makes life worse.
Please look into how the man you inventer time out implemented them. they work very well.
Also, you should never count down, that just turns into a battle of the wills.
The Kruger Dunning explains most post on
One-- You seriously need to grow a pair. Fast.
Two and three-- Looks like the obvious train doesn't stop in their town.
Seriously-- web usage is a perfect mirror of who we are inasmuch as it shows what's important to us. Don't blame the mirror for the image it shows because you don't like it. Fix the subject. Or (if you're into short-term solutions) get rid of the mirror. In the latter case, though, don't be surprised if what's in the mirror doesn't go away.
Okay-- I'm into seriously over-extended metaphor mode. Time to stop.
I have geat advice for the contributors to this article:
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1) quit being a bitch (mod -1 karma)
2) You married the girl for a reason, if shes not satisfied with you, its YOUR FAULT!
3) instead of whining that slashdot doesnt have a kids section, why dont you get off your ass and play with your kids!
my baby girl is due in a month and i cant wait cuz i get to hang out with her, Although im ready for the disapointment of her not being a C programmer, i know ill have the chance to show her all the great things that life has to offer, hunting, fishing, mechanics, math, hating boys.
Honestly, if you have a wife and child and you go home and play on your computer, maybe you should divorce her, get rid of the child, and move back to your parents house!
Go go Gadget Nailgun!
I predict the parent will be the most entertaining post in the discussion of this article. Idle is less than useless.
I ask because my wife has started to check on me through Slashdot while I'm at work. She doesn't think I am working if I post during the day. It has reached the point where she will call work if she sees that I have posted. My boss doesn't like it and I can't get her to stop. I'd hate to have to get my karma back up to where it is now or have my posts (which are very good mostly) not associated with a new account. I know I could just start posting anonymous coward but I have a problem with having what I write linked to the word coward.
Where to start.
Which country is that? India? China? Indonesia?
Oh, yeah, you're referring to Intercountry, right?
With the high divorce rate, I have given up on my wife and instead have cats. It would be great if you could add a section for cats. Sometimes my cat wants to play, but I want to read /., so she sits on my keyboard and meows at me. It would be awesome if I could plop her down in front of a computer, so we could be doing something together.
Also, when I am at work she monitors me on slashdot. This is why I have to post AC. Sometimes she even responds. You know all the comments that seem like the poster couldn't type at all? That's her.
It has reached the point where she will call work if she sees that I have posted.
You could start with syaing, "Iron my shirt Bitch" and go from there.
I usually enjoy the disagree mail because they tend to be funy. This last one today, though, is just very sad. Some people have no business having children. Makes me want to offer to go play with the guy's kids. Moron.
Still a waste of space.
"On Sun Jan 20, 2008 ****** wrote: "I have 2 young kids and it would be great if you made a Slashdot kids section."
"Slashdot Announces Idle Section"
- CmdrTaco, Aug 14, 2008
Ask, and you shall receive. Took a while, though. His wife probably took the kids and left already. Way to put family first, Slashdot.
This space reserved for administrative use.
Stare at the kids, play with my wife, and talk to my computer, and--
[MARRIAGE FAIL]
I know what I did wrong. I know what I did. I need to talk to the kids. That's it. Talk to my kids, stare at my wife, and play with the computer and--
[MARRIAGE FAIL]
Oh, I know what I did wrong. I know what I did. It's play with the kids. OK. Play with the kids, talk to my wife, and stare at the computer and--
[walk in on brother having sex with my wife]
Ah ha! So you're the reason why--
[SHOTGUN TO FACE]
Oh, say does that Star-Spangled Banner entwine / The myrtle of Venus with Bacchus's vine?
In the first message. Can this guys wife really be that stupid? Her Husband's job is his income. If she gets him fired for being on Slashdot, it affects her as well. Once the Bills can't get paid, they start loosing things, cars and services and then where they live. Unless of course she's having an affair and just "needs" a reason to leave her Husband. being an unemployed bum is a great reason in the eyes of the court.
What exactly is that tag referring to? It's on every idle story and I havent been able to find it's origin?
Did the editors get tired of "pleasestop"? Way to kill the messenger.
My sphincter squeezes shut with superhuman strength, pinching your trolling cock right off your body
1 - Didn't your wife told you not to post?!? Get back to work bitch! Just kidding. C'mon man, talk to her!
2 - Why don't you ask her directly instead of trying to caught her in the act? You know, some relationships actually benefit from being honest to each other... some even are based on that!
3 - You should have thought about that BEFORE having kids! Put your sh1t toghether, act like the father you are supposed to be and spend time with your kids. And you better enjoy it.
Being a 35yo bachelor, and no closer to being married than I was 10 years ago, this story is depressing.
I'm going to go spend time on weebls-stuff.com until my mood improves.
3. Profit!
2. ???
1. On Soviet Slashdot, a Beowulf cluster of alien Natalie Portman overlords welcomes YOU!
I've never needed help forgetting passwords and stuff. I can do that on my own.
http://www.geoffreylandis.com
He IS a trolling cock, you insensitive clod! There IS no body.
Read faster. Compliment the wife and boss in posts. Post short replies.
Problems solved. You are free to play with the wife and kids.
Marriage is not for everyone, it's not supposed to be a natural step in everybody's life.
If you want to have a relationship that works, make sure that you are willing to compromise a lot(sacrifice!) and have transparent discussions on any issue.
You can blame computers, or slashdot, or any other kind of distraction, but the problem is the people involved in the relationship.
The guy whose wife calls his work to check if he is posting on Slashdot sounds like an absolute train wreck of a person and probably needs to get a job of their own, or some kind of hobby that will stop them from constantly being involved in someone elses career. Callblock your home phone number if you have to, but it is very unprofessional to have repeated social calls to soothe the anxiety of a bored housewife.
As for number two, if you can't confront your wife about it and ask them point blank why they are acting this way, and why they are so secretive about their actions in this "bliss of holy matrimony" perhaps you should just divorce her and find someone who is not poorly concealing an affair.
And for number three, if you can't find an activity to do with your children that does not involve computers, maybe you should not have had kids. Raising children is more than bringing home a paycheck. Your wife is clearly trying to point this out to you and you are failing to meet the needs of your children. If they want to play with you, make the sacrifice of leaving your computer for an hour or two and go outside with them, it sounds like it will do you some good too.
So looks like the end result is two divorces, and one bad father.
Go Slashdot, Go!
I thought this batch of disagree mail was an interesting look into nerd psychology.
#1) Terrible irony: you don't want to post as a "coward" but you appear afraid to stand up to your overbearing stalker wife. Or maybe you're not afraid and have stood up, but you're stuck with an unreasonable spouse.
#2) Sorry dude, she hasn't been fooling around on Slashdot. She's fooling around alright, or at least looking at sites that she doesn't think you'll approve of. But you know how you leave an Excel window open all day so you can quickly hide Slashdot if your boss comes by? Well she opened a Slashdot window to hide what she was really doing.
#3) Some people aren't meant to have kids, at least not yet. Unfortunately you have kids you don't want. And anyways, would having your kid reading kids.slashdot.com next to you really be any better than having them surf pbskids.org next to you?
ALL) Not only do Slashdot readers have girlfriends, but they have wives and kids (you insensitive clod)!
I'm not so sure it is laziness. Getting divorced is a hassle. Heck, getting *married* is a hassle. Neither is necessarily cheap either. There are probably lots of lazy people who drift from relationship to relationship but I am not convinced that they are responsible for the divorce rate.
Rather, I think that people are deluded. They pumped full of bogus sitcom representations "marriage", they have unrealistic views about their own desirability and unrealistic expectations of others. As such, they fail to appreciate a perfectly serviceable relationship when they are in one. They constantly think that they can do better and they always believe that they *will* do better -- thus they get divorced and re-married.
The electronic world is completely fascinating to many of us, and unfortunately it can indeed interfere with real-life responsibilities and relationships. Tongue-in-cheek sarcasm aside, relationship problems due to neglect, sometimes regretfully due to computer time but certainly other hobbies and interests as well, is no laughing matter. Break away from the computer if your significant other is getting moody or "jealous" of your computer time. It is okay to limit your evening computer time to spend more with your family! If you kid is glued all day to the computer or game console, take him outside and introduce him to sunlight.
Oh, and if your wife turns off the computer display when you walk into the room, yes there is a problem. Talk about it heart to heart. If that fails install a keylogger. Not that I would ever do such a thing myself ...
I bet they would love a kid section too.
Love many, trust a few, do harm to none.
Actually, I can relate to that guy and his feelings ... even if perhaps, it wasn't worded as well as it could be.
I'm divorced and have my kid full-time, so there's no other parent for her to go to, and there aren't even any kids in the neighborhood she can really count on playing with. (Most of them are only around every other weekend or so, since they're part of divorced families too.) Since she's an only child, I'm pretty much her only source of entertainment, when she's not playing by herself.
It gets old QUICKLY.... and to retain my sanity, I have to try to encourage her to keep herself occupied with her own activities as much as possible. Sure, we do lots of stuff together. I even taught her how to play chess. (She's only 6 so she's not exactly good at it, but she knows all the basic rules of how the pieces move, which is a start!) But there are times when I'm on the computer and she wants to do the same thing, so she gets on the other one. Currently, her only web sites of interest are ones with Flash based games, like Playhouse Disney or Nick Jr. I wish somebody would offer another alternative to those, though. I don't like how in order to get any educational value from a site, it seems like you have to accept the commercial characters and branding they bundle with it.
socially stunted geeks who can figure out how to set up their preferences to not display "idle" submissions, but doesnt do so and actually read those 'idle' submissions ?
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Who needs a wife? I've got Karma :P
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Pair bonding is pretty natural for humans. Marriage is a construct created by religion and borrowed by governments to keep producing new membership for religion or resupplying the labor force. Why do you think most religions look dimly on marriage between people of different religions, and have codified admonitions against divorce? Why do you think married couples get a tax break? Why do you think it has become only a relatively recent development that divorce is not fraught with all of the stigma it used to be, and that children born out of wedlock are no longer considered pariahs? It's all about control by means of incentive, social pressure, and religious admonition to continue the flow of warm bodies into the meat grinder to fill the needs of power.
"I have a problem with having what I write linked to the word coward" "but i don't want to confront my wife about this issue directly as that could be a big confrontation and i'm afraid to deal with that."
truth hurts don't it?
She told me she only had eyes for the women of slashdot.... both of us.
That's it I'm going over there and getting my Star Wars figures back. She better not have taken Yoda out of his package!
Don't anthropomorphize computers. They *hate* that.
hilarious
"Can't get her to stop" pretty much covers (not) having the guts to "tell her to stop". Do you read what you write? I can't imagine a lesser level of trying to get her to stop than telling her. I can imagine more, but not less. Do you think telling you not to make yourself look so oblivious will work, or do we need to try more drastic measures? At least let the disagree mail speak for itself. Your editorializing is backfiring.
No this isn't flamebait. If it were I'd have said "your petty sniping while hiding behind the /. logo ought to get you bitchslapped" rather than "Your editorializing is backfiring."
"I may be synthetic, but I'm not stupid." -- Bishop 341-B
Hey, while your at it ... can you start a dating service. I am a bit of a nerd ... I prefer a nerd to a "hot woman". Actually, there are allot more "hot women" (or woman trying to be hot) then there are people who are just comfortable with who they are. Nerds typically fit into the "I know it's not en vogue but it's how I like it." camp.
However desirable it is find a nerdy chick, it is becoming more and more difficult to find one roaming the streets. So if you get a chance, a dating service for nerds could be a good thing. :)
Kinda sounds like a troll.
...but I have a problem with having what I write linked to the word coward.
Oh the irony!
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Irony, it's like Goldy and Bronzy, only it's made of Iron. -Baldrick
wtf is wrong with these people?
gessuss, the wife that checks slashdot for her husbands posts and then calls in to work? where do you find these women? and why would you marry one?
and to the guy that wants a kids section, eff me. slashdot is slashdot. its a friggin website. who cares if you don't respond to replies immidiately? go play with your kids, and stop giving us nerds a bad name. christ. if your life is governed by a public forum website, you need to figure out what is really important to you.
i think the scary thing is that these poeple are out there, with the power to vote, drive, and as prooven, re-produce.
I do not have kids of my own yet, but I've been very involved (thankfully) in seeing my sister raise two boys and a girl. And yet, I recognize that never involved enough to fully relate or appreciate what that is really like. But I have a pretty good idea. She jokes that it's all fun and games until you have to clean up a pool of vomit at three in the morning, and she's right. You sir have my unrelenting respect.
I don't think you're doing anything wrong, on the contrary. And I don't think your situation is anything like the one referenced in that email. That guy just wanted his kid to stop bugging him so he could post to Slashdot.
Keep up the good work, seriously. Your daughter is lucky to have you.
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