by strict definition Mercury is not a planet but the IAU grandfathered it in. it's true, look it up
January 13, 2026 at 9:10 PM
by strict definition Mercury is not a planet but the IAU grandfathered it in. it's true, look it up
Kudos to Arizona finally. Not sure if CA is going to be allowed to revoke the 'permanent' groundwater pumping in the Valley from the farms which have been grandfathered tho (and has been causing the entire Valley to sink). news.stanford.edu/stories/2024...
California’s San Joaquin Valley is sinking at record-breaking rates, new study shows
Central California’s vast San Joaquin Valley has sunk at a record pace since 2006. A new study from Stanford researchers explores how the strategic recharging of aquifers could help slow or stop the s...
news.stanford.edu
January 13, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Kudos to Arizona finally. Not sure if CA is going to be allowed to revoke the 'permanent' groundwater pumping in the Valley from the farms which have been grandfathered tho (and has been causing the entire Valley to sink). news.stanford.edu/stories/2024...
This is where I tell you:
I *might* have proximity to a specific beauty standard, but any whiteness I have was grandfathered in after the Civil Rights Act.
Too curvy / thicc. Wrong color eyes. Hair texture + color too dense, wavy, && dark.
I *might* have proximity to a specific beauty standard, but any whiteness I have was grandfathered in after the Civil Rights Act.
Too curvy / thicc. Wrong color eyes. Hair texture + color too dense, wavy, && dark.
January 13, 2026 at 8:26 PM
This is where I tell you:
I *might* have proximity to a specific beauty standard, but any whiteness I have was grandfathered in after the Civil Rights Act.
Too curvy / thicc. Wrong color eyes. Hair texture + color too dense, wavy, && dark.
I *might* have proximity to a specific beauty standard, but any whiteness I have was grandfathered in after the Civil Rights Act.
Too curvy / thicc. Wrong color eyes. Hair texture + color too dense, wavy, && dark.
Indeed!
Student debt, like many regressive laws from 70s on, were "grandfathered" in so that those above a certain age didn't get the penalty or continued to enjoy largesse.
The result was economic stratification along demographic lines, a major schism in society, and dumb names like "Gen-X".
Student debt, like many regressive laws from 70s on, were "grandfathered" in so that those above a certain age didn't get the penalty or continued to enjoy largesse.
The result was economic stratification along demographic lines, a major schism in society, and dumb names like "Gen-X".
January 13, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Indeed!
Student debt, like many regressive laws from 70s on, were "grandfathered" in so that those above a certain age didn't get the penalty or continued to enjoy largesse.
The result was economic stratification along demographic lines, a major schism in society, and dumb names like "Gen-X".
Student debt, like many regressive laws from 70s on, were "grandfathered" in so that those above a certain age didn't get the penalty or continued to enjoy largesse.
The result was economic stratification along demographic lines, a major schism in society, and dumb names like "Gen-X".
I’ve been helping run open-play pickleball out of a local facility, and have been grandfathered in. So long as I go and games happen, I don’t have to pay.
Well, today my wife was off work. She isn’t grandfathered in. So… I paid her court fee in books. Most fun I’ve ever had paying for something 😏.
Well, today my wife was off work. She isn’t grandfathered in. So… I paid her court fee in books. Most fun I’ve ever had paying for something 😏.
January 13, 2026 at 5:59 PM
I’ve been helping run open-play pickleball out of a local facility, and have been grandfathered in. So long as I go and games happen, I don’t have to pay.
Well, today my wife was off work. She isn’t grandfathered in. So… I paid her court fee in books. Most fun I’ve ever had paying for something 😏.
Well, today my wife was off work. She isn’t grandfathered in. So… I paid her court fee in books. Most fun I’ve ever had paying for something 😏.
Today is the final security update for Windows Server 2008 R1 and Server 2008 R2 (based on Vista and 7, but unofficially these updates can be installed on all these versions of Windows), which means the end of support provided by Microsoft, but especially Grandfathered Premium Assurance.
January 13, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Today is the final security update for Windows Server 2008 R1 and Server 2008 R2 (based on Vista and 7, but unofficially these updates can be installed on all these versions of Windows), which means the end of support provided by Microsoft, but especially Grandfathered Premium Assurance.
golly gee rents went from 1100 to 1750 in one year climbed over 2K stood/drop to 2K/you say victory wtf
im on grandfathered lease of 2 bedroom paying 1250
where they be from 1200-1500 depending on size
let me know when its back to "normal"
no one is able to afford that 2K
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
im on grandfathered lease of 2 bedroom paying 1250
where they be from 1200-1500 depending on size
let me know when its back to "normal"
no one is able to afford that 2K
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
Average asking rents fell to just over $2K in December | CBC News
Asking rents in Canada fell 2.3 per cent year-over-year in December to an average of $2,060, marking a full calendar year of declines as prices reached their lowest level in 30 months.
www.cbc.ca
January 13, 2026 at 1:05 PM
golly gee rents went from 1100 to 1750 in one year climbed over 2K stood/drop to 2K/you say victory wtf
im on grandfathered lease of 2 bedroom paying 1250
where they be from 1200-1500 depending on size
let me know when its back to "normal"
no one is able to afford that 2K
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
im on grandfathered lease of 2 bedroom paying 1250
where they be from 1200-1500 depending on size
let me know when its back to "normal"
no one is able to afford that 2K
www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
Windows Server 2008 and Server 2008 R2 (unofficially includes Windows Vista and 7) has fully reached end of support as its Grandfathered Premium Assurance finally comes to an end, no more security updates will be released. 🪦
Windows Server 2012 and Server 2012 R2 is next... 💀
Windows Server 2012 and Server 2012 R2 is next... 💀
January 13, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Windows Server 2008 and Server 2008 R2 (unofficially includes Windows Vista and 7) has fully reached end of support as its Grandfathered Premium Assurance finally comes to an end, no more security updates will be released. 🪦
Windows Server 2012 and Server 2012 R2 is next... 💀
Windows Server 2012 and Server 2012 R2 is next... 💀
Huh. I must be grandfathered in to an older policy… 😅
January 13, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Huh. I must be grandfathered in to an older policy… 😅
Aaaaaaaaand this is why two point chin straps shouldn’t have been grandfathered.
January 13, 2026 at 4:28 AM
Aaaaaaaaand this is why two point chin straps shouldn’t have been grandfathered.
@insanityreport.bsky.social and @dpalm66.bsky.social which digital comic app are y’all using? I know Global Comics is a thing and it’s by former comiXology folks but I got years of stuff on that punk ass kindle app now from being comiXology grandfathered in.
January 12, 2026 at 11:45 PM
@insanityreport.bsky.social and @dpalm66.bsky.social which digital comic app are y’all using? I know Global Comics is a thing and it’s by former comiXology folks but I got years of stuff on that punk ass kindle app now from being comiXology grandfathered in.
This is true but I also think that’s reductive of the real world. Like ok in SW you have the grandfathered neo imperials and you have abducted stormtroopers. In the real world people get lured and indoctrinated outside of family. Like I dunno I have trouble putting into words but FA has this /1
January 12, 2026 at 11:18 PM
This is true but I also think that’s reductive of the real world. Like ok in SW you have the grandfathered neo imperials and you have abducted stormtroopers. In the real world people get lured and indoctrinated outside of family. Like I dunno I have trouble putting into words but FA has this /1
On my team we have a checker that yells at us for having excessive layers of if statements due to “cognitive overload.” Unfortunately we have some “grandfathered” projects that get exempted from said checks 🫠
January 12, 2026 at 8:14 PM
On my team we have a checker that yells at us for having excessive layers of if statements due to “cognitive overload.” Unfortunately we have some “grandfathered” projects that get exempted from said checks 🫠
State workers gotta be in state within a year of employment unless you’re grandfathered in a PA residency, so stemming the bleeding into Bucks
January 12, 2026 at 5:53 PM
State workers gotta be in state within a year of employment unless you’re grandfathered in a PA residency, so stemming the bleeding into Bucks
having worked on the show many times, I can add that the Hilton has a grandfathered deal with the fire marshal to add more tables than is ordinarily approved for the floor. it is unbearably tight & then also
alcohol.
alcohol.
January 12, 2026 at 5:54 AM
having worked on the show many times, I can add that the Hilton has a grandfathered deal with the fire marshal to add more tables than is ordinarily approved for the floor. it is unbearably tight & then also
alcohol.
alcohol.
Housing is the bigger scam. Mortgage self-cert fraud was very common prior to the GFC and all that fake money was just left in the system and, like you say, the cost was grandfathered in (austerity) so the burden of paying for it was felt by non-Tory voters, which is basically everyone working now
January 11, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Housing is the bigger scam. Mortgage self-cert fraud was very common prior to the GFC and all that fake money was just left in the system and, like you say, the cost was grandfathered in (austerity) so the burden of paying for it was felt by non-Tory voters, which is basically everyone working now
... and Tibet? I mean, that came with the Mongols! We can't really be blamed for that. Plus, sometimes they've done some weird shit there. They're grandfathered in...
January 11, 2026 at 9:08 PM
... and Tibet? I mean, that came with the Mongols! We can't really be blamed for that. Plus, sometimes they've done some weird shit there. They're grandfathered in...
a true stealth tax. enormous rise in income tax on the top half of the distribution, but grandfathered in so it didn't hit Tory voters.
Student loans went from 'zero' to 'not zero but largely repayable' to 'large and largely not repayable'
January 11, 2026 at 7:57 PM
a true stealth tax. enormous rise in income tax on the top half of the distribution, but grandfathered in so it didn't hit Tory voters.
I submit we could hire half as many so trained and paid and get far superior law enforcement. Oh, and nobody gets grandfathered in...
January 11, 2026 at 5:29 PM
I submit we could hire half as many so trained and paid and get far superior law enforcement. Oh, and nobody gets grandfathered in...
Aave is a language. And yes sometimes English steals from languages or uses terms as a comparison but somes it translates well wrong.
Look at the origin of certain phrases commonly used, master bedroom, grandfathered in, no can do, peanut gallery or cake walks.
Look at the origin of certain phrases commonly used, master bedroom, grandfathered in, no can do, peanut gallery or cake walks.
January 11, 2026 at 4:48 AM
Aave is a language. And yes sometimes English steals from languages or uses terms as a comparison but somes it translates well wrong.
Look at the origin of certain phrases commonly used, master bedroom, grandfathered in, no can do, peanut gallery or cake walks.
Look at the origin of certain phrases commonly used, master bedroom, grandfathered in, no can do, peanut gallery or cake walks.
Those who want to lift the two-child benefit cap, which was grandfathered in, claim it will reduce child poverty. The opposite is true. "...there are 1.7 million fewer people living in absolute poverty - including 400,000 fewer children - compared with 2010." www.bbc.com/news/uk-6799...
Two-child benefit cap: ‘Every month is a struggle’
Half a million households are now affected by either the two-child limit, the benefit cap or both.
www.bbc.com
January 11, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Those who want to lift the two-child benefit cap, which was grandfathered in, claim it will reduce child poverty. The opposite is true. "...there are 1.7 million fewer people living in absolute poverty - including 400,000 fewer children - compared with 2010." www.bbc.com/news/uk-6799...
That would be the perennial challenge, yes.
I wonder if term limit legislation could pass if incumbents were grandfathered in? It wouldn't be ideal, but even term limits for the next generation and the opportunity to vote out incumbents might be better than the nothing we've got.
I wonder if term limit legislation could pass if incumbents were grandfathered in? It wouldn't be ideal, but even term limits for the next generation and the opportunity to vote out incumbents might be better than the nothing we've got.
January 11, 2026 at 3:14 AM
That would be the perennial challenge, yes.
I wonder if term limit legislation could pass if incumbents were grandfathered in? It wouldn't be ideal, but even term limits for the next generation and the opportunity to vote out incumbents might be better than the nothing we've got.
I wonder if term limit legislation could pass if incumbents were grandfathered in? It wouldn't be ideal, but even term limits for the next generation and the opportunity to vote out incumbents might be better than the nothing we've got.
I'll never have a straight answer whether I like G Gundam, Gundam X, or Unicorn best.
Nor a straight answer whether Dragon Ball Z counts as top 5 or if it's just grandfathered into a place in my heart.
Do I count Ghost In The Shell if I've long forgotten what half the episodes were?
Nor a straight answer whether Dragon Ball Z counts as top 5 or if it's just grandfathered into a place in my heart.
Do I count Ghost In The Shell if I've long forgotten what half the episodes were?
January 11, 2026 at 2:51 AM
I'll never have a straight answer whether I like G Gundam, Gundam X, or Unicorn best.
Nor a straight answer whether Dragon Ball Z counts as top 5 or if it's just grandfathered into a place in my heart.
Do I count Ghost In The Shell if I've long forgotten what half the episodes were?
Nor a straight answer whether Dragon Ball Z counts as top 5 or if it's just grandfathered into a place in my heart.
Do I count Ghost In The Shell if I've long forgotten what half the episodes were?
Honestly, in a just world Falling-Block games should get grandfathered in as "Puzzle-Game" and Myst, and Portal would be "Environmental Puzzle-Games" - but that won't happen.
Society let FPS steal "Shooting Games" from SHMUPs, after all
Society let FPS steal "Shooting Games" from SHMUPs, after all
January 10, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Honestly, in a just world Falling-Block games should get grandfathered in as "Puzzle-Game" and Myst, and Portal would be "Environmental Puzzle-Games" - but that won't happen.
Society let FPS steal "Shooting Games" from SHMUPs, after all
Society let FPS steal "Shooting Games" from SHMUPs, after all
Marvel used to be awful with queer rep. Northstar was never a character, and people have finally admit that Hulkling and Wiccan have somehow even less going on.
DC was slow on the draw but had a far better roster of weirdos, grandfathered-in Vertigo bisexuals and Gotham lesbians aside.
DC was slow on the draw but had a far better roster of weirdos, grandfathered-in Vertigo bisexuals and Gotham lesbians aside.
January 10, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Marvel used to be awful with queer rep. Northstar was never a character, and people have finally admit that Hulkling and Wiccan have somehow even less going on.
DC was slow on the draw but had a far better roster of weirdos, grandfathered-in Vertigo bisexuals and Gotham lesbians aside.
DC was slow on the draw but had a far better roster of weirdos, grandfathered-in Vertigo bisexuals and Gotham lesbians aside.