What Made you Smile/What Ticked you off Today?

[marurun]

Why don't you just call them all your brother's kids? Does it matter which girlfriend or relationship they're from?

[REPO Man]

Personally I just call them "munchkins", though at some point I use the term "tiny human" when referring to babies and toddlers.

[marurun]

Personally I just call them "munchkins", though at some point I use the term "tiny human" when referring to babies and toddlers.

Not here you don't. You use convoluted stuff like "my brother's ex-wife's kids" instead of just "my brother's kids".

[Limewater]

Not here you don't. You use convoluted stuff like "my brother's ex-wife's kids" instead of just "my brother's kids".

I think he's trying to distinguish between the two households because they don't all live together.

It really is more minute detail than is generally needed to get the point across.

"Some of my nieces and nephews," or "some of my niblings" would likely be sufficient and cleaner.

I can say, "A guy I know" instead of "my father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate."

[Gucci]

I know a guy who knows another guy who can get you the thing from some other guy

[prfsnl_gmr]

Personally I just call them "munchkins", though at some point I use the term "tiny human" when referring to babies and toddlers.

Not here you don't. You use convoluted stuff like "my brother's ex-wife's kids" instead of just "my brother's kids".

It’s OK. I did ask him to clarify the relationships since I wasn’t sure about them. And, regardless, I’m glad he’s a relatively stable, generous person in these children’s’ lives.

[marurun]

It’s OK. I did ask him to clarify the relationships since I wasn’t sure about them. And, regardless, I’m glad he’s a relatively stable, generous person in these children’s’ lives.

My main concern is that the more convoluted language sounds very gossipy and doesn't really lead to any improved understanding.

[REPO Man]

Got the phantom power supply for my microphone...

...it didn't fix the weird sound.

It looks like I might be able to give my other niblings their Christmas presents this Monday.

[marurun]

The problem is buying a no-name crap microphone.

[Ziggy]

I don't know the back story on this, but you're clearly doing something wrong. Phantom power isn't going to "fix" something with a mic. A microphone either requires phantom power, or it doesn't. Adding it to a mic that doesn't require it doesn't give it any benefits.

It's kind of weird to even need a phantom power supply in this day. Pretty much any worthy mixer or interface with a mic preamp is gonna have built in phantom power, even the cheapest ones. Unless you're trying to plug a condenser mic straight into the mic input on a computer. But in that case, why did you even get a mic that requires phantom power? Just get a cheap PC mic in that case.