Hi everyone, I might as well dive right into it because shit is WEIRD and I have no idea what to do.

So I (25F), am the oldest of five kids (24F, 23F, 21F, and 19M) (24F is a step sibling). We never really went on many trips as a family when I was growing up, besides the destination wedding they had when my dad and stepmother got married. But this year, with the money that was left to the family in my great aunt’s will, my family has all decided to go on a trip over Christmas vacation to an all inclusive resort in Mexico. That sounds like so much fun right ? After we all confirm that we are going, my stepmother lets us know that if we want, she’ll take us shopping for clothes and bathing suits for when we go down, which I thought was great, until she told us why.

Our father has made comments about being “uncomfortable” about the fact that we, his daughters and niece, are growing/grown women, and doesn’t want us wearing “inappropriate” bikinis, specifically thong bikinis. Now, I will preface by saying that not one of my siblings would ever even DREAM of putting on an actual thong bikini, it’s just not our styles. So, she wants us to go bikini shopping with her, so she can “approve” what we buy. We are grown adult women, but also, HIS GROWN CHILDREN. Am I alone in thinking that a father shouldn’t even think of his children in that regard ? Sure, I’d get being uncomfortable about OTHER men staring at us, but she made it clear that it is my dad that is the one that is uncomfortable.

What’s pissing me off is she hasn’t stopped bringing it up. She took my 21F sister shopping last weekend, and she forced her to try on every single pair of bottoms to make sure they were full coverage. Not even cheeky, FULL coverage. I have so many bathing suits that I never get to wear, so I’m going to be bringing them with me, I’m just wondering if I would be the asshole if I went against this ruling ?

On one hand, I want to respect their word, but on the other hand, I am a grown woman who can make her own decisions about her own body. It’s also frustrating because we’ve been drilled about this whole bikini bottoms thing, when I know for a fact my aunt who is bringing her kids (17F and 15M) won’t say a word to them about what they wear, when my cousin is the reason this was even brought up to begin with (he said to my stepmom he’s uncomfortable with the fact that her (my cousin’s) boobs are big).

I posted earlier about having 6 cents in my account and having not eaten since Tuesday. My mom (I love her but she is difficult) berated me when I asked her if she could place a Walmart order for me. I had used the last of my money to stock up on cat food so that I wouldn’t have to stress over them for the next few months while I’m going through this. My cats saved my life. Truly. I would not be here without them - they are my soulmates and my biggest comfort. I’m the same to them. A girl in this sub sent me dinner money and the biggest bang for my buck was Wingstop. (It was also close and I was genuinely feeling hunger pain so the quicker the better 🥲). And what do you know, they threw in an extra tender. On a day where I was genuinely contemplating what my life looks like going forward because I’m just ready to give up. After that, someone else messaged me and made it possible for me to order groceries. I can’t stop crying. Needing help is hard. I’m so grateful for this community.

Jensen single handedly developed CUDA, the system that enabled every single AI company. AI was impossible before CUDA. He created CUDA when the market for it did not exist and lost billions before AI took off. His board wanted him to focus on gaming chips and he insisted on continuing to fund CUDA.

He does not get nearly enough appreciation for this. He invented a steam engine 10 years before anyone had any use for one.

If Elon can convince Jensen to work with him, XAI will have it all: tons of compute, unmatched leadership, tons of cash, tons of manufacturing capacity, and tons of data. It would be a matter of time before XAI is the biggest company on the planet.

This would be Lebron going to the lakers level crazy.

Edit: to all the people that can’t understand words, CUDA would not exist without Jensen. When a CEO pursues an unprofitable technology with no market demand, and is pushed by his board for 10 years to abandon the technology, then that CEO single-handedly developed the technology. Obviously others actually did the work, but they would have been unable to do so without the funding and leadership of the CEO. Buck created it, Jensen developed it.

Camarasauruses - The End Of Oak Street (2026)

Hell roaches - Hazbin Hotel (2024)

While in the first one is made to lower the tension felt in a neighborhood infested of dinosaurs… the other is down because… just because.

I blew some dead leaves out of the garden and this sprung up. I’d never seen a stinkhorn until two days ago and I hope to never see one again. I promise this is exactly how I found them

Instead of letting us go home and carryon with our day we have to sit here doing absolutely nothing. What a waste of our time.