my boyfriend and I are going on a picnic date later today and are going to make each other’s meal for the picnic as a surprise. anyone have any trader joe’s picnic ideas that I can whip up in the next two hours?? thanks in advance!

Thank you!

Roadside Picnic with it's status as a SF classic has inspired many artists (as well as a film and video game), so (similar to this 'Lord of Light' post) I thought I'd collect some image links below.

If you link to your favourite images/artwork in the comments I'll add them to the post.

Although some images are from galleries such as Wadyyetti's deviantart gallery, I've listed each image separately below for the benefit of those with Reddit Enhancement Suite (just click on the 'view images' tab at the top):

• Cover Images from Librarything and ISFDB

• "Roadside Picnic" by WadyYeti

• "Roadside Picnic_2" by WadyYeti

• "Roadside Picnic_3" by WadyYeti

• "Roadside Picnic_4" by WadyYeti

• "Roadside Picnic" by beaucoupzero

• "Roadside Picnic Part 1" by Feng Zhu

• "Roadside Picnic Part 2" by Feng Zhu

• "Roadside Picnic Illustrations" by tTtroy

• "Roadside Picnic" by i2ebis

• "Carriage" by lukpazera

• "Liquidator IV" by lukpazera

• "Universal Souls" by lukpazera

• "Postcard from the Zone" by lukpazera

• "Postcard from the Zone II" by lukpazera

• ["Postcard from the Zone III" by lukpazera](http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs31/f/2008/223/5/3/Postcard_form_The_Zone_III_by_lukpaz

Hi y'all. My girlfriend and I live in southern CA & are looking for a cooler that can keep our food & drinks cool for short hikes and picnics. We don't have a car which makes a lot of the larger rigid ones with wheels infeasible.

Any recommendations? I know YETI is a popular brand but they also are hundreds of dollars and we see ones that look comparable on Amazon for like $30.

We're considering these:

Option 1

Option 2

This is a roundup of all the leaks and rumors I could find for the Disney+ ‘Ms. Marvel’ series that will be released in 2022. My goal is to spread information and validate leakers and scoopers credibility. Some of the information here might have already been proven real or false. I plan to keep adding new information to this thread until the show comes out. If I forgot to add something, or something is wrong, please tell me in the comments so I can edit it. I also tried to give credit to everyone and provide links to the sources.

Before you proceed I’d like to warn you about spoilers that could reveal surprises or major plot points if any of these leaks end up being true.

Official Synopsis (Source)

• “The Marvel Studios original series centers on fan-favorite Kamala Khan — a 16-year-old Pakistani-American growing up in Jersey City. A great student, avid gamer, and voracious fan-fic scribe, Kamala has a special affinity for Super Heroes, particularly Captain Marvel. However, Kamala struggles to fit in at home and at school — that is, until she gets super powers like the heroes she’s always looked up to. Life is easier with super powers, right?”

DanielRPK

• "Ms. Marvel will still have her embiggening powers but it’d look more like Green Lantern and less Mr. Fantastic" (Source)
• Ms. Marvel comes out on Q4 2022 (Source)
• "From my understanding, Kamala’s powers will be energy based, not magic." (Source)

Charles Murphy/ Murphy's Multiverse

• "Casting for Two More Supporting Characters Ahead of November Start for Ms. Marvel" (Source)

>“Using codenames, the casting call describes a pair of characters who fans of the comics will immediately recognize as Kamala’s friend, Zoe Zimmer, and her eventual sister-in-law, Tyesha Hillman. The studio is searching for a young white actress, 16-20, for Zoe and Black actress, 27-33, for Tyesha.”

• "Matt Lintz Cast as Bruno Carrelli in ‘Ms. Marvel’" (Source)
• "Additional ‘MS. MARVEL’ Casting Revealed!" ([Source](ht

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

I guess the concept didn't work

intro

hehe, i just need to get some of my thoughts out about in-person vs. remote learning stuff & how i feel about everything. honestly, you are welcome to read this or you can just disregard it! i think my adhd meds are just kicking in & i need to get these thoughts out before i am able to really focus on my work. i am going to split this up into sections in case you do want to see my thoughts on certain topics.

i'm sure many of you have seen me comment pretty actively in this community, & i want to initially thank most of you for actually responding to me & conversing with me in a rational matter, even if we have differing opinions. i really do appreciate it, and it relieves a lot of anxiety i have regarding interacting with people in online spaces that i may not agree with. (please ignore the fact that my typing etiquette improves as this goes on lol)

my thoughts on remote vs in-person

i personally would prefer to spend winter quarter remotely. i have more selfish reasons for this than other people might though.

1: My Pets

My biggest personal reason for wanting to stay online is that I am able to be at home & surrounded by my pets. I struggle with general anxiety, and my cats have been really helpful for relieving stress, especially when regarding school. I have considered seeing if I could get an ESA approval from a therapist or my psychiatrist, but haven't really pursued it since I don't think I could afford to properly care for a pet at school. Along with this, my dog is currently dying. She is a 13-year old lab & we recently found out she has tumors in her lungs and possibly her spleen. They are likely cancerous, and we have been recommended by a vet to not operate or treat through chemo due to her age. She isn't in any pain, so we're treating it as a hospice case. Being home for an extra few weeks has let me spend more time with her, which I'm so grateful for, and I am worried that if her health were to decline while I'm in Santa Barbara, I wouldn't be able to make it back in time to say my good-byes to her. (If I'm able to, I'll include a pic of her! She is honestly such an angel, even with her being so old).

2: Covid

I'm not going to lie & pretend I'm not worried about covid. Some people would consider me to be dumb over this, and that's okay. Since the beginning of the pandemic, I took a lot of precautions to avoid catching covid because my parents are both in their 60's with underlying medical

Alot of great jokes get posted here! However just because you have a joke, doesn't mean it's a dad joke.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT NSFW, THIS IS ABOUT LONG JOKES, BLONDE JOKES, SEXUAL JOKES, KNOCK KNOCK JOKES, POLITICAL JOKES, ETC BEING POSTED IN A DAD JOKE SUB

Try telling these sexual jokes that get posted here, to your kid and see how your spouse likes it.. if that goes well, Try telling one of your friends kid about your sex life being like Coca cola, first it was normal, than light and now zero , and see if the parents are OK with you telling their kid the "dad joke"

I'm not even referencing the NSFW, I'm saying Dad jokes are corny, and sometimes painful, not sexual

So check out r/jokes for all types of jokes

r/unclejokes for dirty jokes

r/3amjokes for real weird and alot of OC

r/cleandadjokes If your really sick of seeing not dad jokes in r/dadjokes

Punchline !

Edit: this is not a post about NSFW , This is about jokes, knock knock jokes, blonde jokes, political jokes etc being posted in a dad joke sub

Edit 2: don't touch the thermostat

My girlfriend (mtf) recently came out as trans to me and it was a total shock to both me and her. I had no idea, and she was just as surprised as me when she figured it out. But now that it’s been about a month and I am used to her “new” identity, I laugh looking back at how oblivious I was.

1. She HATED looking at herself in the mirror, and would always say “ugh I look like such a man”.

2. She always wanted her room to not look to “boyish” but put it off as just liking a softer and more bright aesthetic.

3. One time we went perfume/ cologne shopping and when the sales lady took her to the mens cologne she asked to instead be taken to the women’s perfume section (she wears YSL black opium 🤤🤤).

4. She started wanting to paint her nails super “girly” bright colors, but said it was just because it would make her stand o more.

5. She carried a women’s pink tote bag around to class because she saw a girl using one one day and thought it was cute (it IS cute).

6. She would regularly talk about how much she despised men and that she just has never related to guys as much as she has related to girls.

7. She would joke about how when she was younger she used to try to dress like the girls in her dad’s surfer magazine when she was alone (lol).

8. She would talk about how when she looks in the mirror she feels such a disconnect with the dude she saw in the mirror and how she felt inside, but never understood why. I just thought she was insecure!

9. She hated when I called her handsome but loved it when I told her she was pretty in some way or that she was beautiful.

10. We used to joke that we were in a lesbian relationship because our relationship functioned more like two girls in love than a guy and a girl in love (we would regularly go on picnics, bake together, do each others nails, go foraging etc). Even my close gay friends used to say that out relationship was too perfect for her to be my BOYFRIEND of all things, and would joke about us being lesbians too 😭.

11. A few months before she came out to me she told me that she doesn’t feel like the term boyfriend fits her in our relationship, and that she thought that lover or partner worked better.

I just feel so silly sometimes, and thought this was funny and wanted to share!

Do your worst!

How the hell am I suppose to know when it’s raining in Sweden?

Mathematical puns makes me number

Ants don’t even have the concept fathers, let alone a good dad joke. Keep r/ants out of my r/dadjokes.

But no, seriously. I understand rule 7 is great to have intelligent discussion, but sometimes it feels like 1 in 10 posts here is someone getting upset about the jokes on this sub. Let the mods deal with it, they regulate the sub.

They were cooked in Greece.

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

Looks like I've been developing this weird habit of making these huge lists of the stuff I've watched. This is the ranking of every show I watched this year. Every show in here I have completed except for the ones that are still on going. I organized them in groups of the scores I gave them on my mal and in the order from worst to best. I don't expect any one to agree with me and some of the reasons I gave for I why x show ranked the way they did is completely subjective and I'm not even sure I made any sense with the explanation I tried to give. Well without any further ado let's go.

If you don't want to get spoiled don't read my thoughts about a show you haven't finished yet.

3/10

54-The Promised Neverland 2 - I don't usually give shows scores this low. I actually tried to like it even when everyone was saying it was shit. But that ending was one of the worst things I've ever seen and really believe that this is the worst anime of the year.

4/10

53-Kemono Jihen- Didn't come with any expectations for this one but was pleasantly surprised by the first episode. It gave me the wrong expectations of what the rest of the show would be like, and I was just disappointed. The story and the characters were not interesting at all, some were even kinda annoying (mc and the blue haired trap guy).

52-Urasekai Picnic- This show actually had some scenes that made me feel very uneasy, like the train one. But I don't really have much to say except that it's bad. Didn't have high expectations for it and it didn't surprise me either, same for the next one.

51-Tatoeba Last dungeon*- It had some funny scenes and characters but in the end it's just your generic bland fantasy show with an op mc.

50-The hidden dungeon only I can enter*- A very horny show, less horny than I expected, however. The opening is surprisingly catchy but it's still a bad show with a bad harem.

49-Hige wo soru- This is another one that ended up being a disappointment for me. I really liked the first couple of episodes where it's more of a SoL show but the rest of the show didn't hit for me. I could not care the least for the main character and, as a result, I couldn't get invested in all the drama, and this show has a lot of drama. I actually dropped it once but picked it back up a few days after it finished airing and the ending wasn't any better.

48-Takt Op. Destiny- Surprised to see this show so low? Well, there will be a few other surprises as

Now that I listen to albums, I hardly ever leave the house.

He lost May

Don't you know a good pun is its own reword?

Two muffins are in an oven, one muffin looks at the other and says "is it just me, or is it hot in here?"

Then the other muffin says "AHH, TALKING MUFFIN!!!"

With summer approaching and restrictions easing across much of North America I've seen a few posts and comments asking about camping while one bagging, as well as how to pack tents/sleeping bags/XYZ.

As I have experience in this, I'd like to delve into it a bit.

Right off the bat, I'd advise against packing a tent for a number of reasons, the first of which is weight, and often that certain items are prohibited from flying on Airlines within the United States in carry-on baggage. However if you intend to go this route, I'd highly recommend that you indulge in the Dan Durston Xmid series of tents, or any other trekking pole based non freestanding tent. When it comes down to it, your main differentiation between tent options will be double wall or single wall. Personally, I follow Dan Durston's ideology of lighter isn't always the best choice and 100% prefer double wall as it is not only makes for a more durable tent than single wall but also allows your tent to handle moisture and condensation much more comfortably. I own the Dan Durston Xmid 2P and I'll vouch for the quality and durability of it 110%.

So besides tents, you're left with two options. Hammock camping, and tarp camping.

Your choices will largely reflect what environment you expect to be in.

If space is at an absolute premium I'd recommend going with a Tarp and possibly combining it with a bug bivvy.

Bug bivvy wise? Borah makes a helluva product and I can vouch for their quality. But don't take my word for it, here's a review and I encourage you all to do your own research and browse forums in conjunction with smaller youtubers to get an accurate idea of what a product is like. Too many astroturfers and soulless influencers nowadays. Borah's product packs down small to about the size of a small water bottle but much flatter and more compressible. I dig these because they're lightweight, compact, and relatively free of setup. Sometimes you're drunk and laughing around a campfire later in the evening and don't feel like setting up a tarp. If the weather is clear you're free to cowboy camp and stargaze as you fall asleep. I'd recommend sizing up if at all possible, Borah does make their gear to order specifications so feel free to chat them up before pulling the trigger.

Tarp is entirely preference. If you're going with a bug bivy I'd recommend going with a multi purpose tarp that can also be us

Welcome to the Official r/aclfestival 2022 Lineup Speculation Thread!

Last update: January 17th @ 7:00pm EST

And…WE’RE BACK!!! I am now on year SIX of doing this speculation thread and I'm proud to keep this train rolling. This will be our subreddit's ongoing hub of all things rumors, predictions, who’s in/who’s out, etc until we get the lineup. Also, slightly new format & categories this year in an attempt to make this more digestible as possible!

Quick notes on my process:

1. While we’ve been able to traditionally track musicians via years of understanding patterns and trends, COVID and an ever-changing festival landscape have thrown a wrench in our prior assumptions. That said, we will do our best!
2. I am assuming acts that play in Central Texas before May to be in play. There is precedence (albeit a limited one) for acts to play in May and still make it on the bill but 99% of the time, if they play May or later, they are out for ACL.
3. I will not include any acts that played ACL in the past two years (2019 or 2021). While I know there are some very limited cases of artists playing twice in a three-year span (a la Billie Eilish or Meg Thee Stallion last year), it would be overkill to track over 300+ acts when 99% of them are out. Only in very obvious cases will I track a 2019 or 2021 act.
4. I will use my discretion to determine the validity of a source/rumor. Sorry in advance if you disagree.

Lastly, if you have any updates you’d like to be reflected, feel free to comment below or DM me.

Confirmed

Official confirmation directly from ACL, the artist, or any other related entity

• Nothing here...yet

Expected

Strong evidence to suggest they’ll play, including obvious tour gaps and any reputable leaks

• Asleep At The Wheel: They play every year. Next!
• Chvrches: What Podcast mentioned on a recent episode they were playing ACL. While the guys from the What Pod have some good insider knowledge, they're not 100% accurate nor are they directly affiliated to anything ACL. Still, with Chvrches already confirmed to play a lot of major festivals, we can probably expect them to be at Zilker.

Logical

Not enough evidence to mark as Expected but enough to raise interest beyond Possible; would make sense to see them on the lineup but one could make a plausible case either way

• Barton Hills Choir: Duh! Although not 100% duh because they oddly were not on the lineup

This is a question of needing advice about a situation that just happens to relate to my last one but only tangentially

You guys who said T1 on my last post were right. I’m an idiot. Let’s not mince words and waste time on I told you so’s, please?

I feel like shit for even saying something like this, but I’m not sure how else to phrase this so she can understand my side, or if I’m actually being unreasonable, you guys will knock sense into my thick skull. Again.

After my diagnosis, she took on the mantle of “girlfriend of a diabetic”. She’ll ask waiters and hosts what the glycemic index of a food dish is. She even asked a takeaway place one time. She got me a (new) medical ID for my birthday... and that’s it. I’d already gotten one after my diagnosis, with all the information required and even my allergies. It was my 21st birthday and I didn’t expect much but that stung a little. Especially since she was asking me what I’d want to do or what I wanted, even made it seem like she was going to go a certain route (even down to asking for specifics on what I’d want to bring on the picnic) and then it sucks for her to seemingly disregard all of it and just present me with yet another thing related to my illness. I try not to focus on that seeing as she didn’t have to get me anything at all, I know, and I don’t want to sound ungrateful but I can’t help but feel a little disappointed and like it’s just yet another thing that’s become about my diagnosis and not me.

When discussing anything she’ll interject with her perspective “as the girlfriend of someone with diabetes” and then suddenly all eyes are on me and her, or people will start asking her questions about how we’re handling this, rather than talking about whatever we were before. If we have a disagreement about anything, she’ll stop the conversation and tell me to go check my blood glucose, even if I try to tell her I just did, but she’ll insist that I’m acting too irrational to overlook so forgive her for being a worried, loving girlfriend. I’ve tried telling her that it’s really condescending and a little manipulative actually but she’ll just point out that I waited three months before doing anything. She won’t listen when I say that we both agreed to wait, saying I should have pushed and explained that I was actually thirsty and not just drinking too much, because I’m the one in my body, not her, so I should have overruled her and gone sooner. She points out that I eventually brought myself t

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

Hello fellow dads. I'm here to mostly vent, but also just get some general support and solicit any advice from anyone who's been in the same boat.

My son is 9 years old and has been diagnosed ASD since he was 3. It was smooth sailing (relatively speaking) from 3-7. I felt adequate as a father, providing all that I could in terms of therapies (ABA, OT, Speech, Special Education, etc) and opportunities for him to grow into the most self sufficient adult possible. We started to see some behavior challenges around his 7th birthday. This manifested as self injurious behaviors and daily tantrums and meltdowns that would disrupt our lives. This was addressed through a combo of behavior interventions, and medicinally (Risperdal) when that failed. We got things to a manageable level from Aug 2019 until Dec 2021, even taking him off Risperdal over a year ago.

So flash forward to mid December 2021, and things have completely fallen apart. His aggression and irritability are becoming unmanageable and I can feel the cracks forming in my foundations. I'm trying my best and putting on a strong face, since my wife is caring for our newborn daughter. My son lashes out violently every day, either towards himself, his mom, his sister, the dog, or really anyone or anything that is within his reach. He screams and screeches, kicks, bites, head butts etc. In public, in private, night or day, it doesn't matter. He has nightly sleep disturbances, waking from 1am-4am and anywhere in between and staying up running around and yelling in his room. It is worse with him than the newborn, sleep wise. I struggle to keep him safe and keep myself calm while he is lashing out at me. Feelings of resentment are creeping into my head as he melts down because I took him to a park to eat lunch at a picnic table.

I'm trying to address this with any and all options. We have a team of behavior interventionists we've worked with for years. His developmental pediatrician is prescribing Abilify. I'm looking into medicinal cannabis. All I know is that the status quo cannot continue because I don't think I have the strength to keep it up. I feel inadequate. I feel like I'm failing as a father because I don't have answers anymore on how to help him.

Thanks for listening to me. If any of you have had similar issues, I'd love to chat about what did or did not work for your. Or I'm really open to any fresh ideas at this point.

It really does, I swear!

And now I’m cannelloni

Because she wanted to see the task manager.

But that’s comparing apples to oranges

And boy are my arms legs.

Put it on my bill