Parker Morgan (u/parker224)

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The trick that got my group to actually read the rules beforehand

I've been running a weekly board game night for about 6 months now, and every time we'd spend the first 45 minutes reading instructions. It was killing the mood. So last month, I started sending a 3-bullet summary of the game's key rules in the group chat the night before. No links, no full PDFs, just the core stuff like how scoring works and what ends the game. It's not perfect but now we're actually playing by 7:15 instead of 8. Has anyone else found a way to get people to prep without sounding like a teacher?

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c/bullet-journaling•

parker224•7d ago

My friend laughed when I told her I was using a color code for my bullet journal

She said 'you're going to spend more time picking colors than actually writing things down.' I insisted it would help me organize tasks by priority and mood. After three days of stressing over which shade of green meant 'work task' versus 'personal goal,' I scrapped the whole thing and went back to plain black ink. Has anyone else had a system that looked good in theory but was a total flop in practice?

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c/diy-and-contractors•

parker224•7d ago

Shoutout to the guy at Home Depot who saved my bathroom reno

I was tiling my shower last week in St. Louis and realized I bought way too few spacers. This older employee in the tile aisle stopped me from grabbing the cheap plastic ones and pointed me to a $8 bag of wedge style spacers instead. He said they'd keep my wall flat and he was totally right. Has anyone else had a random store employee give advice that actually worked out better than what you planned?

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c/buy-it-for-keeps•

parker224•10d ago

That old machinist at the scrapyard who saved me $60 on a vise

Back in 2018, this guy in Buffalo spotted me about to grab a rusty Wilton and just said 'check the swivel base first, kid' - saved me a headache and a broken bolt. He walked off before I could thank him, but I still think about that 30 second interaction every time I use my vise.

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c/cosmetic-procedures•

parker224•11d ago

PSA: Stop letting your injector use the same needle for both cheeks

I was at a medspa in Denver last month and watched a girl get her cheeks done with the same needle the injector used on her chin. She ended up with a massive infection and I heard the injector say it was 'just to save time'. Why is nobody talking about how dangerous this practice is in real clinics?

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c/cybersecurity-tips•

parker224•15d ago

Hit 500 days without a password reset and honestly it's a terrible metric

I work in IT security and my company brags about users going 500+ days without a password reset. Everyone treats it like a win but it actually scares me. All it means is nobody is changing their passwords even when there's a breach alert or a known vulnerability. I checked the logs and saw 40% of those users had the same password from 3 years ago. That's not security, that's just complacency with extra steps. Why are we celebrating people who refuse to update their credentials when we know breaches happen every month?

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c/brake-pad-diaries•

parker224•1mo ago

Used to think ceramic pads were overpriced hype until my 3 year old rotors still looked new after 40k miles.

I was a diehard semi-metallic guy for years because they were cheap and grabbed hard, but after swapping to ceramics on my daily driver in Phoenix, the lack of dust and rotor wear made me a convert has anyone else seen that kind of difference in real world driving?

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c/auto-body-repairers•

parker224•1mo ago

Saw a dent puller ruin a quarter panel at a shop in Phoenix last Tuesday

I was picking up parts at a collision shop I sometimes work with. One of their new guys tried using one of those glue puller kits on a crease that was way too sharp. He ended up stretching the metal bad and they had to cut it out. Made me rethink how I train my own helper. Anyone had a repair that went south from using the wrong tool?

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c/daily-deal-detectives•

parker224•1mo ago

Just figured out I've been stacking coupons wrong for 3 years lol

I was at Target yesterday buying like $80 worth of cleaning stuff and was so proud of my coupon stack. This random lady in line behind me just goes 'you know you can combine a manufacturer coupon with a store coupon on the same item right?' and my brain broke lol. I had been using one coupon per item this whole time like a fool. Apparently I missed that rule back when I started couponing in 2021. Now I'm wondering how much money I left on the table like $200+ easy. Anyone else have a dumb coupon moment where they realized they were doing it all backwards?

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c/book-club-debates•

parker224•1mo ago

That $60 book club membership fee was a huge waste for me

I paid $60 for a year at a local book club and they only read two books I liked before everyone stopped showing up. Has anyone else had luck with cheaper or free alternatives that actually keep people engaged?

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