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If we aren't including vacation time, every year for like 5 years. I've called out sick maybe two or three times, only when I'm super ill, and I called out when my dogs died. Since you are including vacation, I intend to use my accrued vacation time and never have perfect attendance for a month again. I'm planning on using at least a paid day off every month of the year.

I don't think average guy not going to the strip club is the same average guy that would pay for onlyfans, most people are wise enough to know porn is free. I'm pretty sure both rely on a very small, lonely minority that happens to also have a lot of money to blow, and from what I've read, it's more like paying for female attention than the nudity (which is just a bonus). It's like free-to-play gaming, 95% of people don't give a shit, but 5% of people donate every buck they have to "earn" a little bit more. It's all predatory stuff on unfulfilled people.

Dated a woman that was a single mother once, when we were both in our early 20s. Definitely would not do that again. Couldn't ever do anything because the kid had to tag along, and she was one of these mothers letting her little baby be undisciplined and free, so I got to share the burden of bad looks from people when the baby was being a terror and she would get pissed if I tried anything to keep the stupid thing under control.

I think it's kind of dumb but I also really don't care. As long as it's syrup and tastes good, I don't give a shit what the bottle or the label looks like.

I have no doubt that there's life on other planets, but I always kind of wonder if there's actually intelligent life or if we were just a massive fluke. I'd like to think that there's a planet out there where giant reptiles/birds didn't get wiped out and still ruled their planet. Or we could be the most intelligent species in the universe, and other "intelligent" life could still be stuck pushing wagons and building temples to gods.

The only fast food I worked was Arby's when I was 19, and I only did it for a few months. It honestly wasn't that bad. Was neither fun nor horrible. I took orders at the drive thru, only stressful thing really was when people would talk like they're garbling on a cock and I couldn't make out what they said. I think we only had one Karen, but I don't remember what she complained about. Usually it would be pretty busy during the lunch hour, but then dead all day until dinner time.

I've been working every day (most of the time without a mask) since the pandemic began, been still taking my dog out and going grocery shopping (where no one wears masks), been to a party (no masks) and a wedding (very few masks), haven't gotten sick. One of my coworkers got it and came back two weeks later as healthy as ever. I'm over this thing, too. Tired of isolated basement dwellers telling me I'm going to kill everyone.

Video games are my sit down and relax time. Plus, motion controls never felt very responsive to me, every game I played I felt like I'd rather just use a real controller.

Yes, and yes. I do feel like I was a bit of a late bloomer developing, though, but I feel like it's more because I never had a father more than being an only child. I've always had plenty of friends, and girlfriends. Living with siblings sounds horrible, honestly. My mother hated her sister, and my girlfriend fights with her brothers all the time.

Yes, we have a dude at work like this. Every day, for two years now, he throws a temper tantrum, even though he does the least amount of work and always leaves the earliest. Dude is like 30, is almost 300 lbs, is obsessed with video games and cartoons, has zero social skills, and thinks he's the most intelligent man on the planet. Pretty much the only thing he does all day is barely work while watching cartoons all day on his phone and cries that he does all the work and bitches if anyone tells him to do anything (it's a Union job, so he pretty much can't be fired).

Like/dislike systems are the worst, and I hate to look at Reddit because of it. There's no discussion, it's either a bunch of attention seekers typing out a tired meme for likes or trying to be really clever, or lots of dislike votes on someone who might have a different opinion on anything.

I don't understand it, either. I live in and work with communities that are pretty diverse, we're all the same human beings with the same wants and fears. Any racist person that I've met, seems to have raised or hung out with a crowd that is only their race, or they've had incidents with maybe one person of a different race and they hold a resentment towards everyone of that race.

I've personally, in my area, have seen cops doing more acts of good than anything else, and they have always been kind to me (I am white, so maybe it's privilege). They're all humans, and I feel like it's like any profession, it's sadly going to attract some real assholes but also have some good human beings trying to do a tough job that they can die anytime at.

I went as soon as mine re-opened.

Everyone involved lived.

It's not just Gillette, but I hate any preachy and/or sappy ads from major corporations. I don't need some corporation that probably under pays and over works its employees telling me that I need to be a better person, and that all starts with buying their razors. They don't care what men do, they probably just want that stupid shit to go viral, which it did, and hashtagged to all the losers on Twitter.

"The fuck you doing? Do some fucking work, asshole".

I work in a warehouse, that's normal dialogue between coworkers.

No one in Arizona took it seriously from the start. Everyday I go to work, I see big groups of old people out golfing, or kids playing in the skate park.

Pretty much every single interaction you have at work is just being "fake nice".

Fuck no, and I honestly look down on anyone who does.

My account has been here since 2002, but I've been coming to this site for longer than that. I've never changed my name, I just come here, shitpost when I'm bored or to kill time, then come back another day.

No, she sucks. Every time she comes on the radio, I'm instantly annoyed. I tried to sit there and listen to her song once, thinking maybe it has value and I judged too harshly too quickly, but nope, it sucked.

Going by from what I read on the Internet, USA does everything wrong all the time. China is second, but they have this weird thing of it's racist to put any blame on the virus on them, but also any company or person that supports them is evil, too. The only hate I see for Russia is that they get blamed for trolling and rigging US elections.

Agree. I can't stand most of the 80s inspirational type songs. Don't Stop Believing grates on my nerves, too.

It's just like everything else, huge Internet support by a bunch of basement dwelling weirdos who don't go outside to either vote or work doesn't translate to the actual real world.

51, I'm surprised I even have that many

I've been to both, but I feel like World is much more underwhelming. It costs a lot more and there's more parks I guess, but it's so spread out and I feel like there's less to do there than at 'Land. Universal Studios, on the other hand, is much more amazing in Florida than it is in Hollywood.

By summer, we'll probably have a recession and it might adjust some habits of individuals and businesses, but it's not close to the end of the world.

Maybe you guys are strictly staying home, but I still have to go to work and there's still a shit ton of kids playing in parks and playing basketball in big groups.

I've seen the most admiration for abs and butts. Some women like big arms, some don't.

No, my job is "essential", and I'll probably be getting more hours now.

Yes I do. I have a dog who gets hair and mud and dirt and food all over the carpet, it's not like going barefoot is keeping it much cleaner. I find it weird when people freak out about shoes inside when they have animals that have free roam over everything.

I haven't been to Costco or Walmart in a while, but I've heard Walmarts are being raided pretty hard, too. I just shop at my local Albertson's, they have plenty of toilet paper last I saw, but they were almost completely out of hand sanitizers. Home Depot had toilet paper, too, but they were charging double the price for them.

I kind of understand the fear of quarantine, but I don't understand buying SO MUCH toilet paper instead of anything else, like canned food or cereals. I mean, if you run out of TP you can still wash your ass, it's not vital to the existence of mankind.

I don't think it's the main reason but I do think it's one of many reasons why people are depressed. I still think the main reason is that people spend too much time online, reading things that upset them but don't directly have an effect on them, arguing with people they'll never meet, and chasing for online validation from those very same people. Also, seeing so many memes about how miserable you should be as if it's a normal thing doesn't help, either.

I think Warren is. People cite that Bloomberg wasted $500m, but dude is worth billions. For him, this is like going to the casino with $20, losing it in a slot machine, and shrugging it off. Not only does Warren have the Pocahontas thing, she tried to make some lame spectacle of the whole "Bernie said people won't vote for women" BS and then now she and everyone else is blaming sexism for her loss, like we are morally obligated to vote for her just because she's a woman.

Good, manager should be fired. Most managers I've had in service jobs are all spineless cowards that will never say no to a customer and throw employees under the bus for absurd demands. I understand the concept of a customer is always right, but many times managers are open to scammers and public nuisances and that's the point where customers should lose their "always right" privilege.

The only place I've heard it's lame is on the fringes of the internet, probably made up by weirdos who want to pretend they're better than the crowd or something. Every concert I've gone to, I've seen a lot of people wear the band's shirt. And hell, if I pay $60 for a band shirt at the venue, I'm fucking wearing it right then and there and at all future concerts of that band.

I haven't played CC in like 25 years, but I liked it. I remember my main criticism was it having too many characters, more bad ones than good ones, and it just wasn't overall as interesting or memorable as CT. I still remember CT like I played it yesterday; I barely remember a single thing from CC.

General rule from what I've heard: if it's above the neck (sneezing, runny nose, whatever) it's ok but keep it light. If it's below the neck (chest pains, breathing issues) it's best not to work out.

Fuck no. I've dated hella clingy people, it's the worst, no matter how hot they are.

It's in part toxic masculinity but women help in encouraging gender roles as well. Cry in front of your girlfriend/wife or express extreme emotional weakness, many will tell you "be a real man" as well. Society in general still expects men to adhere to strict gender roles as they break down for women. I feel like just stating these things too would elicit many "oh boohoo, quit your whining, bitch" from both men and women, maybe not on this forum but elsewhere.

But yes, I believe it does contribute to suicide. I work with 95% dudes, most aren't "tough guys" but the few that are you can tell are pretty fucked in the head. If you talk to them, every once in a while you see some vulnerability squeak out before they "correct" themselves and go back to talking about bitches they want to bang and how no one should fuck with them. I feel like a lot of these guys feel powerless in a certain situation (a lot either struggle with money and/or with their marriage and kids) and overcompensate in a different aspect of their lives pretending they're an alpha male.

Well, like you said, single player games are meant more to appeal to you emotionally and artistically, while multiplayer games are meant to be just fun, usually. Plus, it depends on where you go on the Internet and ask questions like this: a place like this has a lot more introverted Sony/Nintendo fans that thrive on single player experiences. You go to a primarily MMO or fighting game or sports game forum, it's probably an entirely different Top 5.

My top 5 probably would be single player games because they appealed the most to me personally, more in a role-playing or story aspect than pure fun; but, multiplayer games such as No Mercy, Goldeneye, NBA Jam, Halo, Rocket League, Unreal Tournament, Monster Hunter, etc. definitely hold many fond memories as far as having fun goes over single player games.

It's probably a pretty easy career path. Just tell people eat better, sleep better, meditate, work out...now pay me.

I don't think that much money would make me happy, no. I feel like you'd suddenly have many "friends" and family would come out of the woodworks wanting your money, and it's too easy to slip into the mentality of thinking you have unlimited money to spend. I think the best amount of money to have is enough to make you wealthy and secure for a very long time, but not so wealthy that you're a target.

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So now its two deaths vs the millions of regular drivers?

Sounds good to me

There's also millions of regular drivers driving all the time vs how many "auto-pilot" cars on the road driving for what distance/how long? Of course the statistics are going to be skewed towards more deaths for regular drivers, there's a drastically higher amount of them, and it's not a good look when the few self-driving cars being tested can't account for variables and are already causing fatalities.

Even if in the next 20 years it's nothing but automated vehicles on the road, how do they account for different variables, such as: jaywalkers, children/pets bolting into streets, detrimental weather like flooding and ice skidding cars around the streets, debris in the road, etc. I feel like full automation only works if we pretend everything runs perfect and smoothly at all times.

If you're getting that kind of breakfast from diners and restaurants, of course it's gonna be bad for you. The portions are always way too much and they're made as unhealthy as possible to remain delicious. An egg omelet with veggies inside with fruits on the side or even whole wheat toast with a healthier spread ain't that bad for you.

You can also make protein pancakes, too. You don't have to be the epitome of health, just cut back on portions and/or choose healthier alternatives. Even if you go to diners, just eat half of it and save the next half for tomorrow morning.

I think they are villainized a bit too much; most are just naive, insecure young dudes that don't really understand their behavior and not slobbering monsters that hate women (like I said, most, there's certainly some that just hate women). I think the problem is, too, there's a lot of media out there where the overly nice, shy, quiet dude gets the hot chick in the end and a lot of dudes think that reflects onto realty as well.

I've been with my girl for 7 years, we both have no desire to be married. Unless there's kids involved, I don't really understand the point of it. Seems like it's just a very expensive, symbolic thing. I've seen many of my friends end up in divorce or break up long-term relationships or be stuck in abusive marriages; people change sometimes and I don't want a messy situation if we both don't like each other in 15 years time or whatever.

I don't think it has much to do with the female leads. The marketing is pretty bad, I didn't know this was out until my girlfriend saw an ad and said she wanted to see it (haven't seen it yet, but I'll take her). It looked like another Suicide Squad which was a pretty abysmal movie. It confused me, too, cause they mostly show HQ and I didn't know if I'm supposed to care about the other women or if they're even anyone I would know or just random women.

It's pretty much the same advertising as Charlie's Angels..."here's this movie starring the chick you know from Twilight doing sassy, action movie things! And there's other women in it probably, who knows, maybe a plot somewhere".