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My greatest fear is bees, and I don't really know why. When I see a bee, I have to bolt like a little scared girl or stand still like the T-Rex is looking for me if it's buzzing around me. Other than that, I have other usual fears (certain heights, big spiders (small ones don't bother me), public speaking), but they aren't crippling phobias.

I didn't read any of this except the OP, but this is just idealistic fantasy that only works if you assume 100% of people are inherently good people. Reality is, people are selfish and greedy, and will cheat and take advantage of others for their own gain, or there will eventually be perceived unfairness somewhere that makes people bitter (why do we care so much about THIS person's welfare and not as much as my own?). There's a reason almost all good things are eventually ruined by a few bad apples.

Some scrawny dudes rock them pretty well, usually the more surfer/skater type that are more lean and tan.

I've taken it to mean they don't believe in a specific fatherly God or other religious deities, but believe in some concepts of religion, such as meditation, spirits, karma, fortunes, curses, stuff like that.

Jiek_Fafn posted...

I've done both but I actually prefer 5 8hr days. I don't mind going to work and it makes me more productive in my life outside of it if I'm forced to get up and do things.

Once I'm in motion I'm more likely to stay in motion. I don't mind going to the gym immediately after work but I have no interest if that's the main thing I'm going out to do. Same with running errands and stuff.

As much as I would like a three day weekend every weekend, I kind of agree with this. I have a bad habit of getting super lazy on days off or getting impulses to spend a bunch of money just to go out and do something during the day. I don't hate my job, but I still don't like to go to work, but having my free time limited motivates me more to get my ass in gear and do things that improve myself.

I'd be happier if maybe jobs observed more holidays (such as Easter) for more three day weekends or I had more optional days to take off, but I don't think I'd want to do only 4 days every week.

I think they work only on a few select women, most of the time they seem to repulse women immediately. They have to be in a mood to see dicks. I never understood the concept of sending dick picks, to me it seems like an exhibitionist impulse like public flashing, except you're usually not immediately arrested for sending dick pics (unless it's to minors or something).

I voted for Hillary reluctantly, only because I thought she was more qualified than Trump, I was in the "they're both terrible" camp. If there's a qualified woman candidate who reflects my views, yes I would vote for her.

That place is a guilty pleasure of mine, they're a special kind of insane over there. There are a lot of normal people on that site, it's just ruled with an iron fist of very far left-leaning people. You have to be of the opinion of white men are the worst, women are always right, Republican views = automatic every bad word in the dictionary, and mentions of "personal responsibility" is the greatest sin of all, or else you're usually silenced.

Stuff like this, I honestly wonder how someone can sit there and truly say to themselves "this is something I really care about and have to judge people for". Is life that boring?

There's still some good rock music to be heard, but there's really nothing though that's just fun and badass, like listening to AC/DC, or Ozzy, or Queen, or Van Halen, or whoever. Maybe I'm not doing a good enough job finding new bands, but almost all the new rock music I hear on the big rock station in my area all pretty much sounds the same, all with "woe is me" lyrics.

Eh, Bioware's formula and games are getting very stale. I loved the Mass Effect trilogy but until they stop filling their games with bloat, I think I'm passing.

When it gets to above 110 degrees, yeah it can be pretty bad and insufferable. But when it's in the 100 - 109 range, it's really not that bad. Just drink plenty of water, and everything and everyone has A/C. This has actually been a pretty "cool" summer as far as AZ summers go, so far.

Best thing about living here is when you visit another state and everyone is dying in 90 degree weather and you're the only one there thinking "this is nothing".

The thing is that most people who live on the Internet still don't understand is that the Internet is only a VERY vocal but small minority. Most people who have busy lives working a job and raising a family or doing whatever besides spending all free time on the Internet don't really care what a bunch of plump nerds have collectively decided what's good and what's bad.

Plus, movies are expensive now, especially if you have a family. You're going to take your kids to see something that you'll all most likely enjoy, like the latest big dumb blockbuster. No one is going to pay almost $100 in tickets and concessions to see some weird indie flicks.

Didn't really watch much of the video, just skipped around, but I dunno how anyone would take a chick with a face that crazy and psychotic looking seriously.

As cliche as it sounds, just say "no" (or probably better, "no, thank you"). You're allowed to refuse things, refusing doesn't make you a dick.

Vyrulisse posted...

I don't like not being able to be a girl in games. Few exceptions like Geralt or if the male is a good character.

Agree with this. Unless the dude has a super badass personality, I prefer to play as a very attractive woman.

I dunno what happened, it was fun at first, in fact it probably did make me more social. There used to be a time when you'd actually have discussions and post actual statuses on sites like Facebook and just have fun on it, now everything is either just memes or angry activism.

Spooking posted...

Fuparulez posted...

Low skilled jobs are being lost to automation. Clearly the best course of action is to double the minimum wage and accelerate the process.

"We DEMAND $15 an hour, and if we don't get it, we're going on strike!"

*gets replaced by a kiosk*

There's still people that need to cook the food and serve the food and take orders at the drive-thru. The kiosks only replaced like the one or two cashiers that even worked the front, and more than likely their job now is to stand by those kiosks and instruct old people and foreigners how to use them.

And I dunno, maybe other places are different, I rarely go to McDonald's, but last time I went, the kiosk was a pain in the ass to use and the cashier still had a long line.

Do I choose my favorite or does it have to be a 5 star match?

Pretty much all of my favorites involve Mick Foley:

Dude Love vs Stone Cold with Vince as ref (underrated match)

Mankind vs Undertaker Hell in a Cell

Triple H vs Cactus Jack in a Street Fight at Royal Rumble

Cactus Jack vs Triple H on RAW (the one after the Three Faces of Foley promo)

Mick Foley vs Edge at WM with the flaming table spot

I love watching Mick Foley. I don't think any would be considered 5 star matches but they're all uniquely brutal in ways I can watch over and over again.

Lmao, I'll take the money. I've lived in AZ all of my life, I'm pretty used to 110+ degree weather.

Eh, it depends. I've known some people who've worked those kinds of jobs for 8 - 10 years and bitch about having no money and I kind of wonder how they never got promoted to at least Team Lead or something. So, I do kind of look down on ones who just settle on the job, IF, they're also bitching about it. But there's some people who settle into that kind of work and it fits into their lifestyle and they enjoy it, I don't look down on that at all. Some of these fast food places actually pay pretty damn good now for what it is (places like In 'N Out and Chik-Fil-A, at least).

I also agree with looking down more on people who are "above" certain jobs. Unless I can walk into a room with a bunch of random people and say your name and everyone knows who you are, you're not above shit. People who say that, in my experience, are either usually lazy as fuck or incompetent at the jobs that are on their "level".

I think it's just a young person thing to say, but I think it's usually said more by people who are depressed and they see the kinds of seniors that are crippled, frail, and sick and for reason think that's the norm for people that age.

I tip my mailman during Christmas time because I know during that month period, all shipping businesses are swamped and the employees have to work extra. But any other time, no, they make pretty decent money already.

None of those. I had some fun moments in school but probably the best part of my life so far was working at a movie theater. The job blew, but I met tons of amazing people, met my long-term girlfriend through a co-worker there, and probably the period of my life where I had the most growth as a person.

If I watch, it's only important games like the playoffs. I used to watch basketball more when I played basketball with friends, just to study how they played, but I haven't played with them in years and don't care to watch anymore.

I'm gonna break from the majority here, and say in my years of working at a movie theater, traditionalists were the worst. My theater was close to a retirement community, so we got tons of senior customers. Most were pleasant, I will admit, but the bad ones were very annoying. They didn't understand anything, some thought haggling was still a thing, had to bring up how popcorn was like 50 cents in their day, and would just get angry-confused. The most annoying thing is that they would show up literally 2 hours before their movie started, loiter around the theater, and then would sit around inside the theaters before the cleaning staff could go in (usually they'd enter during the last half of the previous movie) and smile at you as they sat in your way.

Had a lot of terrible boomers too but I think traditionalists brought about my worst memories.

I can leave my doors wide open and my dogs never run away. Animals only care about the essentials in life; so long as they're fed, have water, feel safe and sheltered, and exercised, they don't care about much else. Plus, dogs are bred and live to be loyal to humans.

You can probably make that case about more "wilder" animals, though, like reptiles or bunnies or turtles or whatever, but they still usually live longer and safer lives in captivity.

KarmaMuffin posted...

Centrism is for the lazy. It means you don't have to think critically about the issues and you can make broad claims about everyone else.

Lol, feel like being extreme is the lazy path. Just echo what other liberals say or what Fox News says and say it loudly.

I've noticed I do get the best sleep when I follow the recommended sleep tips most sites give. I go to bed by 1 am and always set my alarm to 9 am (usually wake up, though, around 8 to 8:30). By midnight, I enforce a zero technology rule on myself, and usually just try to read in another room in dim lighting until I get sleepy.

I used to read in bed, but I stopped doing that cause they say you should only use bed for sex and sleep so that your mind associates laying in bed with sleep. If I have trouble sleeping, I try to focus on my breathing so that I don't overthink in bed.

I used to use apps to help me sleep but most of them only worked for a few nights and then not as well. I used to use one that measured my sleep quality, and I would get a few great nights, but then I think I would get anxiety if I couldn't fall asleep, I wouldn't get a great night sleep score, and it'd screw me up.

SavenForever posted...

Nice guys, very easily. It is muuuuuuuuch harder for a guy to get laid than a girl.

Guys say this a lot but women don't put as much value on sex as men do, women are usually looking for an emotional connection. Nice guys think "nice things" will grant them sex and nice girls think being easy will grant them an emotional bond; both are people that allow themselves to be stepped on and used.

This is hard to answer, though, I have a bunch of nice guys and nice girls on my facebook. I would say nice guys are worse, just because they have the potential to act out much more aggressively with their inadequacies, but women are much more annoying about it. The nice girls go hardcore posting all of the "I'm a basket case with tons of problems I won't ever try to fix, but that means I'm just hard to love and soooo much more worth it" crap.

I work out to look good all year.

Hell yeah. I have little problems here and there, but life feels almost perfect right now.

I usually only use Twitch/Mixer as background noise when I'm on my computer or something, or to check out a game I'm on the fence about to see some gameplay. I think it's just a generation thing, kids seem to love to watch them, and I don't know anyone my age that watches them for a long period of time.

2008 is like the only specific year I really remember because it was pretty shitty. I got fired from a dog day care place because my mom was let out of the hospital with a concussion and I was ordered to be with her for 24 hours (it's just me and her, so no one else could watch her while I worked), and I couldn't make it in to work. That's also right when the housing crisis hit, gas went up to like $5 a gallon, and I couldn't find employment for 6 months. I finally settled on a movie theater job that only paid $5.90/hr and only gave you like two shifts a week (the dog day care place was run by a psycho bitch, but payed $9/hr which was pretty damn good in 2008), so even though I had a job I still struggled to pay bills.

Since then, life has been good.

What's with runners and pooping? I remember that one chick who was a serial public pooper and jogger, and this dude was apparently running the track and pooping.

Some chicks like hugging chubby/fat dudes and some others like being wrapped up in strong arms.

I bet you're also the guy now who has a million more stupid questions after your boss goes "anymore questions?" after an hour long boring meeting and everyone just wants to leave.

CarlGrimes posted...

Cleo_II posted...

Some men (too many) literally feel entitled to a womans body.

Its scary af.

Combine that with society telling people if they are alone they are pathetic and you end up with what is happening now.

I think this is a big problem. I get sick of shows showing men as pathetic, desperate, disgusting pieces of shit if they don't have a girlfriend, and unfortunately, some of this "alpha" and "beta" culture crap makes it worse. Young guys see this stuff and get down on themselves and consider things like suicide or committing crimes like this instead of improving themselves and enjoying their own independent lives. Even if they do get a girlfriend, they're conditioned to be dependent on another person for all of their happiness that it creates terrible relationships. It's sad to see that we have an empowering "you don't need no man" thing going on for women but a "you need a girlfriend, you fucking loser" culture for men.

Bullshit it does. I watch porn every day that I don't see my girlfriend, and I still fuck the shit out of her the days I do see her (and we don't have to do crazy fetish stuff for me to get hard). Maybe if you're talking about hardcore addicts that jack off 3+ times a day to porn in their dark rooms eating only junk food then yeah, the drive is probably gone. If I don't watch porn, I start making decisions with my penis and that never goes well.

I only shower 2 or 3 times a week. The days that I don't shower, I've actually been complimented several times by girls for smelling good which shocked me.

I worked retail for like 2 weeks. It was ok, it wasn't horrible, but I quit for a better job.

I dunno, I've done both fairly successfully, but I guess I find losing weight to be a bit harder. You have to be more disciplined with eating habits and exercise, while when I gained weight I just ate a lot and was more sedentary.

You meet very few people actually like this in real life, and when you do, you either ignore them or mock them to their face. Only in the world of the Internet do they have some kind of voice, and you make it worse by sharing it.

Yeah, why not? Like others have said, I'd be dead, and I don't plan on having kids so it's not like they'd be exposed to their father's fetishes. They'd just see super weird shit I used to look at in high school when I went down the Internet rabbit hole too far, but nowadays my viewing habits are pretty tame.

Nah, I didn't go. Didn't feel like I missed out then, and I have no regrets now. I'd been to plenty of dances before that (Homecoming and all the other random ones), and they were all kind of boring to me, even when I did have a date. It must have sucked because I don't even remember anyone talking about prom afterwards.

Fuck no. My girlfriend and I aren't ass people in the slightest. Nothing goes in or near my ass, nothing goes in her ass.

Most people I've seen who self-diagnosis take it to extremes. They read some of the symptoms and think things like "oh yeah I've been sad before, I must have heavy depression. Oh look, do I get anxious in unfamiliar situations? Yep, I have massive anxiety and I shouldn't do anything. Sometimes I like to straighten things, sure thing I have crippling OCD." I would think the professional could distinguish normal bouts of sadness from things like actual chronic depression. Yeah, it's up to the patient to disclose the information, but the professional is assessing it from an objective standpoint instead of a subjective one.

Not much, probably because when I go out I'm usually with my girlfriend. When I used to go to school some girls flirted with me, and at work I have a supervisor who always tells me she'd love to fuck me but we're both taken (she's not very hot but she does have big boobs).

Depends how much money. Obviously someone making a comfortable income is going to have less problems than someone in poverty, but if you're very wealthy you run the risk of people using you for your wealth and some of these people live way above their means just because they think their money is unlimited.