* to some countries. We don’t all celebrate Father’s Day on the same day and we don’t all celebrate Father’s Day at all. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father%27s_Day#/media/File:Fat...
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#32I'm a first time father of an 80 day old. And I can gladly say, these have been the most incredible days of my life. I want to be more ambitious and more active for my kid, in ways I hadn't thought before. Happy Father's day to all.
Congrats! If you can be this positive at day 80, you’re going to love the days to come. Your kid is lucky to have you.
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#33if i had to tell younger fathers one piece of unsolicited advice: buy arch support for your shoes. Plantar fasciitis seems to creep up on a lot of dudes after they have kids. It's also the worst. I love to carry my kid but sprinting around while carrying the extra load did a number on the feet. You can largely prevent it just by spending $50 on a proper insole. My kid is my favorite thing in my life. So tiring, so re…
As a father who is suffering from plantar fascitis (brought on by running), I would rather fix the problem by strengthening my arches than mask it by buying inner soles.
Strengthening the arch is definitely the way to go. Hiking is probably the ultimate way to do it, but walking is good too.
I've had plantar fascitis a couple of times before (decade apart) and I've found that it can be resolved within 3 weeks.
The trick that worked for me is to regularly stretch the foot / arch after a few minutes into a walk when the foot is warmed up. If I do that consistently near the beginning of every walk, the pain quickly fades away and the problem resolves itself.
I think hiking over technical-ish terrain, like stumbling over tree roots and rocks that hit the arch would provide the same action of stretching of the bottom of the feet.
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#34It’s my first as a father of 4 month old. We have traditionally never celebrated Father’s Day, last few years with social media provenance we started sending wishes on Family WhatsApp group.
This morning felt very different though. I have been getting used (gladly) to waking up with her smile and today with her holding my finger.
That was the best gift ever and getting to take photo with her and my dad :)
Happy Father’s Day
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#35Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't care about 90% of the posts on this site, but enough are relevant to make it worthwhile. It'd be silly to reply to the threads that don't interest me.
You are right. Sometimes I do care about overly Americentrist views. But maybe better to now reply, thanks.
Reddit would be a better forum for that. https://www.reddit.com/r/complaints/
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#36As HN sits at the intersection of business and technology, I will share that I received one of the best corporate yet human Fathers Day messages I’ve seen today from a founder of Brunt (a work wear boot and apparel company whose boots I wear for my DIY projects). I felt an urge to share it but I only interact on HN theses days. It resonates with me and if you’ve grown a business while raising a family I think it hits…
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#38Happy father's day! Here's my dad on the front of the very first Dragon User magazine. It's been a bit of a bumpy ride but I loved growing up surrounded by every microcomputer under the sun. https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/4201/Dragon-User-May...
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#39When I was growing up, I watched my dad fix many things around the house. He took it on as a challenge, but you could tell he was genuinely curious about how things worked.
Taking something apart and trying to fix it was his way of figuring it out. I really appreciated that, and I find myself operating in similar ways.
He also had a fearless approach and the belief that he could fix it. I never saw him give up on a project—almost to a fault. There are areas for improvement in that approach, like asking for help.
Thanks, Dad, for inspiring me to fix things, take on challenges, be fearless, and believe I can succeed if I applied myself.
To all dads out there. Happy Father's Day.
I wrote this as I was motivated to fix my espresso machine last week https://x.com/dodeja/status/2068170135911981068
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#40I'm a first time father of an 80 day old. And I can gladly say, these have been the most incredible days of my life. I want to be more ambitious and more active for my kid, in ways I hadn't thought before. Happy Father's day to all.
You only get about 10 of each day.
Obviously not true. But...
Children don't make memories before 4 or 5 and start being teenagers around 15-16. So about 10 years. Sounds like a long time.
But what is today, the solstice, June 21. You only get ten June 21sts. That's it. You start with a handful and it decreases from there.
A 7 year old has 8 or so left.
A 12 year old has 3 of each day left.
Enjoy your kids, you only get 10 of each calendar day with them.