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Cake day: July 4th, 2023

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  • They said in the comment I replied to

    but as far as I can tell, for it to be useful either I’d have to be with them or one of them would have to be a member of my household and an “Associate Member” on my account, none of which is the case.

    But with AAA, it’s not about payment. I’m not sure if you know or not, but AAA is a membership service some people pay for annually in North America and it provides access to towing.

    In my case, I pay about $50 each year and have 3 slots for the year to get towing, battery service, gas delivered if I run out of gas, tire changes if I get a flat, among other tow services. If I need one, I call in to AAA and they contact a local tow truck driver to come on behalf of AAA but they are not employees of AAA. There is no payment needed when the tow truck driver arrives under this service as AAA handles that on their end from membership fees from members.

    But when the tow truck driver arrives, someone on scene with the troubled vehicle needs to show proof that they are the AAA member who called for the tow truck driver. If no one has that AAA card to prove membership, the tow truck driver can leave without doing anything for the vehicle.

    So my comment was suggesting that one of OP’s parents downloads the AAA app to their phone which may be treated the same as the plastic card and they can provide that when the tow truck driver arrives as if they are OP and called for the tow, themselves.

    Edit: apologies for the duplicate comments. No idea what happened







  • I was the same, but I caught and watched the more recent adult version (it’s an actual conclusion to the entire series, as a whole, not just some spin off) that came out on Adult Swim a few years ago. I had never really took time to watch the original, more kid-friendly version, especially when I was a kid. I kind of stuck my nose up at it when I was younger.

    But I gotta say the adult version was enjoyable and it’s got me thinking I should go back and watch the more kid-friendly version now too.



  • It’s not just the lack of availability but that was a part of it. Microsoft and Sony’s lack of proper response is part of the reason.

    I remained “patient” to some extent as I only just got to build my PC this year. The GPU “shortage” was a part of it too.

    But I felt that Sony and Microsoft could have done more for customers. Sony had a program to get actual PS users a PS5 but that too was still sold out. Scalpers had no issue buying pallets of consoles but actual fans couldn’t. It was insane.

    But besides that, I’ve since realized that, at least for myself, a PC is the better way to go. Consoles are a waste of money for me in the long run as a PC will be used for more than just gaming and the longevity of the parts and upgradeability is incomparable. I likely wouldn’t have felt this way had I just been able to get a PS5/Xbox Series X like I wanted.

    But Microsoft and Sony don’t seem to care about their actual fans and them getting consoles in their homes, which is what soured it for me. Though, yeah, same could be said about Nvidia and AMD as well to an extent too, but there are more manufacturers under them that make the actual cards and you had some like EVGA that had programs that tried to get a GPU in actual customers’ hands and not the greedy scalpers.



  • Nearly all restaurants have done this and it is so irritating.

    But the costs of food delivery is ridiculous in general. I was working from home all day Sunday and figured I’d order a pizza to be delivered. $10 for the pizza, so delivery should be about $15? Maybe a few dollars more? Nope, shit was $25. Because it was just one pizza (so “small cart cost”), plus the tax, plus the service charge, plus the delivery cost…and this is excluding the tip the driver will expect when they roll up.

    Fuck that.

    Probably a sign anyway, as I went and made some mixed veggies and a chicken wrap at home instead.