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I find hearing my own voice to be maddening, so it limits the kind of content I can make. I did alright for a while just posting low-effort pictures though.

That's always been my position.

thx1138 posted...

Ive always worked like that

This but only when I worked for other people who did not pay or treat me fairly. I decided very early on in my working life that I break my back for no one. Having a "good work ethic" is a neon sign for someone to take advantage and I won't tolerate that.

Being self-employed and working directly with customers is a different, much better story though. I actually enjoy doing thorough and competent work when it's mostly on my terms. The shittiest customer I've dealt with has been infinitely better than the best boss/manager I've had, especially because I've never had to crawl back to a customer I didn't like and kiss their ass.

Title gave me a vietnam flashback to that one topic from that weirdo and his dog.

I'll usually mix up some beetroot powder in a glass of water about an hour before a workout but I don't think it does anything. I just have a lot of it left over from a baking endeavor that I don't want to spoil and figure why not.

Only 1.

Sometimes leaving a person alone is the apology.

10

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9O94UTDAJQ

Like, 8PM, if I can help it. I don't have very many good reasons to be out after that these days.

Cars are dangerous, more so when driven by an even more stressed, anxious, distracted, and angry populace than usual.

Yeah fuck that one. I always start with SPARE and I got to six and was ready to accept my streak was over. I knew it was some bullshit, so I just threw out PARER as a "fuck it, get over with it" guess and actually yelled "Fuck yeah!" when it hit <_<

beans

There's a big one but I found it more unsatisfying than anything given the show's cancellation <_<

I think you should just watch it tbh. Or maybe look around for an essential viewing list. I liked the show outside of its TVD/TO connection so that never bothered me. If you don't care about all that, just watch the last couple of episodes.

You already saw what were probably its top three episodes, and I don't think anything else from where you stopped to the end is half as good, but there are some cool moments here and there. I'd say finish it but I'm also a staunch completionist when it comes to TV shows.

There's an asshole in my neighborhood with a Gadsden flag who's had it at half-mast since she died.

I got it noon Friday after maining Pfizer for my first three doses. The first two beat the fucking shit out of me with damn near every side effect while the third gave me almost no problems.

For the Moderna, my arm was sore as fuck like an hour later. By the evening, I had a killer headache, was running warm but not feverish, and very tired. Woke up fine the next day but my arm hurt worse and didn't ease up until Monday. Still way better than the first two Pfizers though.

Patchwork posted...

Were as far apart politically as possible.

Not really.

I don't want to assume too much about his other views but from what you've said about him and his reasons for opposing the police (not that they're wrong, just limited), you're both still firmly entrenched in liberalism, although at different points of it. You more than likely have more agreements about bigger issues than you realize and that's why you're able to put aside the relatively small differences, the importance of which has been exaggerated.

And that's not to say that those aren't striking disagreements, especially in today's political climate. It's cool that y'all can get along but it's not like you're actually being challenged on any fundamental level by anyone whose worldview is all that distinct from your own. The only way that's the case is if you're further right than you let on.

Billy Talent - Reactor

The other day, my mom told me she's not disappointed in me even though she thinks she should be.

Her mind is going though, and it was probably the most positive thing she's said to me amid a constant stream of vitriol, so I don't entirely know what she meant. I also have to hide aspects of myself from her that would absolutely change that to certain disappointment, so it's meaningless anyway.

Don't know or care what my dad thought.

lennethsoki posted...

I mean he's not wrong.

That's how you get tested, learn new stuff, and come out with an even stronger bond than before.
It's why best friends argue: trust and they know each other can take it. Basically the opposite of CE.

This is also how people realize they're no longer compatible. Not every relationship is a lifelong one and there's nothing wrong at all with ending things because of "differing political views," especially when such a vague phrase can encompass serious issues that understandably cause a wedge. People change and grow, especially in long-term friendships and the idea that someone should be willing to maintain friendships despite that or there is something wrong with them is silly.

Personally speaking, it was doing exactly what y'all are preaching that led me to realizing a lot of my friendships were functionally over. I got outside of the bubble we were in, broadened my horizons, gained a whole new perspective on virtually everything in life and realized I had no place among them anymore. I would be doing all of us a disservice by pretending things were the way they used to be or otherwise forcing the relationship, especially myself if I were to willingly associate with the company they insist on keeping these days.

I've simply seen enough to know I don't really stand to gain anything positive from choosing to have conservatives as friends. They're not some exotic specimen I don't know or understand. I was raised in a very right-wing environment and was a conservative for the first quarter or so of my politically conscious life. I live in Texas, so I regularly interact with right-wingers of all flavors and have to go way out of my way to fraternize with someone whose idea of leftism goes beyond the Beto sign in the front yard. Touching on something another person said, I would love to be in an actual leftist circle jerk or echo-chamber but that's actually quite difficult, not just because of my geographical constraints but because the leftist stereotype about infighting has quite a bit of truth to it <_<

Anyway, my comment to him was more about the claim that he has friends all across the political spectrum, what with him being in a right-wing profession (both in who they tend to support politically and who they serve) in a country that has a very abbreviated perception of the political scale. I'd be very interested to know what he considers his furthest left comrade and his rightmost boy/i, and how they all get along. I can't shake the suspicion that it's not as diverse as he thinks.

Patchwork posted...

If you cant maintain a friendship despite differing political views, then there is something wrong with you.

I have friends all along the spectrum. Youll have some tough conversations at points, but you should. It does you no good to surround yourself with people that think exactly the same as you do.

Can you do a podcast of you and your communist friends discussing the abolition of the police force?

I didn't cut ties with my "conservative" friends because of their views but because of how their views impacted their actions, and I don't just mean voting for GOP politicians and other right-wing extremists but actual real world altercations. I had way too many instances with the company they keep where I realized they're not on my side and I would be endangering myself with further contact.

Angela, Pamela, Sandra and Rita

Horribly overrated game. No Mercy >>>>

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Yes, that's why D&D fucked off the end of GoT and then it didn't even happen.

Far be it from me to gloat at another's downfall, but I have a feeling no children are gonna be crying... when this puppy is put to sleep.

Decorum is a joke.

Not really afraid, usually just too exhausted to bother these days.

I focus on my immediate environment and making things as unmiserable as possible but outside of that, don't really have or need one. I only want to fill my days with pleasurable things that enrich my life and make the next day easier while working as little as possible. Anything beyond that is hell.

Yuck, obviously. It's just a meme. No one irl does it.

Neat.

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TC should 100% be put on some kind of watch list.

I'll try any plant-based food once.

Guide posted...

I haven't had fake chicken that tasted remotely good, let alone like chicken.

Daring is a brand a lot of people have been high on lately. It's been long enough since I've had meat that I can't really accurately judge it anymore but a lot of meat eaters I know were pleased with its taste and texture.

I know a lot of people who've chosen to raw dog COVID-19 and they pretty much have gotten it almost every wave. Some of them are seriously on their 3rd and 4th symptomatic cases. A couple I know who had it in late winter/early spring just got it again when one of their kids brought it home from school literally the first week back.

Vaccines, masks, and social distancing will help avoid situations like that but if you're thinking you'll ever get it and be done with all that, even for a while, that's not very likely.

I tell myself no but I have like 600 hours spent passively playing Dorfromantik, so I guess that's not entirely true.

It was probably Halo 3 tbh.

Can you elaborate on this?

SodomInsane posted...

Cardi's is go do drugs... and go through life as a brain dead moron.

Didn't have a problem when it was the Cesar Gracie fight team living that life, including his own PED failure.

Ready in the sense that I have no desire for survival beyond what a few cans of food and a jug of water will do for me.

>_>

I had a pot of oil erupt in my face a few years ago. By some insane chance I only had minor burns, not even as bad as a sunburn. It was a really good thing I wear glasses though.

I was admittedly doing it wrong though. Too small a pot, too much oil, too high a temperature, and what I put in was too wet. I've only deep fried a few times since then and did things right, so there was no issue. I still didn't like it and do get a tingle in my spine when I hear oil frying but I typically avoid oil for health reasons, so it's not like it's that big of a deal.

MuttonBurger posted...

TC has an unhealthy obsession with LGBT issues. Careful keyboard warrior, don't wanna bust a key while furiously typing.

Post on your main.