#lysnk2

[starspangledsoldiers]

lysnk2 replied to your post: my queue ran out hours ago because NOT ONLY did i...

I feel u. I had a stomach bug for like 10 days over the summer. I was so dehydrated and miserable, I really hope yours doesn’t get that bad!

me too, my mom had a 24 hour bug last week and i’m hoping that’s all this is. my best friend had it too so it’s going around.

[ahnsael]

wait is there no yeti in Expedition Everest anymore? I could've sworn it was there in 2008/2009

Oh, it’s still there, but it doesn’t move anymore. They just have fans blowing on it and a strobe light so it’s not as obvious that it’s just sitting there.

When Expedition Everest was built, the animatronic yeti was touted as a marvel of Disney’s technology:

And when the attraction opened in 2006, the yeti was very impressive indeed.

The trouble is, when Joe Rohde was talking about what a marvel of engineering the yeti is, he apparently didn’t realize the massive failure in engineering that actually happened with construction of the attraction.

Expedition Everest is three different structures: the track is its own structure, the mountain is its own structure, and the yeti is its own structure. In order to fit them all together, there was some very complicated engineering that had to take place -- so complicated that a computer program was used to figure out what parts of construction needed to be done at what times.

And I forget whether the program was wrong, or ignored, or if delays in some parts of construction combined with trying to rush the next step was the cause, but they got it wrong. The movement of the yeti actually poses a structural danger to the entire attraction. The last time the yeti moved as intended was in March of 2009. Some smaller movements were tried, but even that proved too stressful for the foundation, so now the yeti just sits there, unmoving, with fans and a strobe light being the only things giving it the (sadly unconvincing) illusion of movement -- and the reason for the animatronic now being mostly referred to as “Disco Yeti.”

The trouble is, due to the complicated nature of the attraction’s construction, there’s absolutely no way to fix the yeti without tearing apart the entire mountain. They’d basically have to tear the attraction down and rebuild it from scratch. And Animal Kingdom just doesn’t have the attraction lineup to handle its biggest attraction being out of commission for probably multiple years for that to be done (not to mention the fact that it cost $100 million to build incorrectly, so Disney would have to be willing to shell out the cash to tear it down and rebuild it correctly).

So with all those factors in play, it’s likely that we’ll never see that yeti move again. I read somewhere that Joe Rohde has said that it’s his mission to see the yeti move again, but I’ll believe it when I see it.

[teachingfeelslike]

I work as an aide in an elementary school and have had three 5th graders in the past day and a half try to friend me on instagram. I've never worked with these kids. I didn't accept obviously, but is that all I do? I don't want to completely mortify the kids by calling them out on it, but I also don't want them to continue doing this. Should I maybe mention it to someone higher up at the school? (classroom teacher/social worker/principal)

I had 4th/5th graders add me on Instagram, but I just ignored the requests (because if you deny them then they can just keep requesting, but if you just ignore it then there’s nothing they can do about it). I didn’t mention it ot them unless they said something like “Why didn’t you accept me on Instagram?!” and then I just told them that I don’t let students follow me. None of them seemed mortified, it was just like “Oh, okay!” I never mentioned it to the principal…but she let the kids follow her on Instagram so she obviously wouldn’t have cared anyway.

[has-lee-pace-noticed-us-yet]

lysnk2 replied to your post “I imagine Lee Pace is big enough of a start to know he’s talked about…”

What if I told you I’m Lee Pace?

What if i told you I’m Lee Pace?

I mean… I’m not.

But wouldn’t that be the plot twist of the century?

[we-are-all-eventual-ghosts]

lysnk2 said: Has she not left yet??

Nope. And she is rude and arguing with me that I owe HER money. What bullshit!

I told her to get out by Saturday. She said she would be out by Tuesday (tomorrow).

I am so done.

[we-are-all-eventual-ghosts]

lysnk2 said: ???

My roommate is an asshole to my cats. She doesn't clean. She is rude and disrespectful to me and my cats. She thinks she knows everything. I'm a REGISTERED NURSE. I know WAAAAY more about the medical field than she does with her silly six months as a nursing assistant and she SUCKED at it. She complains about working two jobs and not having enough money, but she wastes it. I pay for all the food, I pay the rent, I pay the electricity, I pay the cable, I clean the apartment, I clean the kitchen and vacuum and put the dishes away and USE A FUCKING DISH RAG OH MY GOD.

And yet she has all the audacity to say "yeah, this place is such a mess." And DOESN'T LIFT A FINGER. And when I try to explain something I'm talking about, she is rude and brushes me off and says either "i don't care" or states some shitty incorrect nonsense. I was trying to explain about the Theory of Everything, which I can now watch on Xfinity, but she was all rude about it. I'm trying to see most of the Oscars nominated movies. But who cares. She's just rude.

I hate her. I was nice for TWO MONTHS letting her live with me.

I am DONE.

[officialcarlislecullen]

a best friend is someone who not just accepts your love for ghost adventures but shares it

[frogmanslightschool]

Hi there! I just recently got a Canon Rebel T5. I was wondering what settings would be best for photographing fast moving subjects (specifically marching band and track meets).

Hey!

This is fairly straightforward, just throw your camera into Shutter Priority mode and select a shutter speed of 1/1000th of a second. You can go a little slower if you need to but that’s a good speed to freeze motion.

Answered  by Iain A

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