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TheApexPredator posted...

Should a neckbeard really be nitpicking how someone else looks?

I think this is a gripe about how Negan in the comics is a bit buff and from an athletic background, so I would say in this instance, yes.
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D but that's a preference and you generally get a feel for that kind of thing early on in a relationship, at least in my experience.

TBH, I'm cheap as fuck and make it known that I don't want a relationship where either person is financially dependent on the other, either by choice or by necessity.
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It wasn't particularly scary but the tension and creepiness were good.

The ending caught me off guard, although it probably shouldn't have.
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I was pretty much disowned by my mom (and ultimately much of the rest of my family because they would never pick me over her) because I'm an atheist. She is a generally very abusive and manipulative person and had known about it for over ten years but she went through an emotionally turbulent time and decided to take it out on me.

The breaking point was when she tried to humiliate and demonize me to my little nieces and nephews on Christmas morning a few years back. She didn't just tell them that I wasn't going to get presents, though, she said I wouldn't get good things in my life.

Joke's on her, though, because forcing us out of each other's lives has been the best thing she's ever done for me. I only wish it happened sooner.
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My mom got $3000 from an AT&T settlement in 2011 I think, but the time and money they ripped her off for was worth more than that.
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I really can't think of a situation in which they didn't know. There was a trial and everything.
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I thought this day would bring me happiness but it really didn't do anything. He died with family surrounding and loving him.

I knew better than to invest myself in this but I couldn't help it and now I feel robbed. I do not know if his family knew about this but I imagine they couldn't not.

I will now make sure they knew what a piece of shit he was but I that's hardly a consolation.
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What the fucking hell
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hockeybub89 posted...

Fuck smokers

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I don't feel like they're forcing it on me but it does seem like a one trick pony kind of thing. I know it's their preferred treatment but I've made it clear to them that I will not take the meds and why and it seems like they're lost after that. I don't expect them to pull a rabbit out of their asses and magic up an alternative but I also can't accept the paltry amount of information about any alternatives is all they have. If it is, I'd much rather prefer to be told, "hey, the meds are all there is and if you can't accept that, gtfo" than continue wasting time and money to go there and hear everything come back to "well the meds would really help that."
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shockthemonkey posted...

Consistent low dose of edibles has kept me functional and focused before but it ain't great for learning.

I would love to give that a try but it's not really an option.

fenderbender321 posted...

Lots and lots and lots of exercise.

That has stopped helping me as much.



weapon_d00d816 posted...

I've been on Vyvanse for about 7 years and it's been pretty much nothing but helpful. No negative side effects aside from reduced appetite (which is only a negative now because I'm trying to gain muscle).

Though in recent years I've started questioning if some negative aspects of my behaviors and thoughts are due to the medication. It's hard to tell because I was severely depressed before taking it so I don't know what my normal self is. It's a pretty complex issue that's very subtle if it's there. I feel like it may have exacerbated my anxiety due to its tendency to make me overthink anything I deem important, and it may have heightened my introversion and asociality in general because I already mostly live in my head. And something I've taken note of most recently, it may be making me anhedonic (lacking pleasure in things) and experiencing avolition (lacking motivation/initiative to achieve goals). Like depression without the sadness or fatigue.



I would highly suggest it for any short term goals (as in a handful of years), but it might not be something to use for life.

The middle part is what I'm concerned about with the medication. I also suffer from depression and anxiety, more lifelong struggles that I was only recently officially diagnosed with, so I don't have any baseline to aspire to. I don't know what to expect from them or even what it is I'm hoping to achieve other than "anything but this surely is better" but I know that's not true and that there are side effects, both physical and mental, that I feel I cannot risk. The ADHD sucks and it's negatively affecting my life but shit, I can deal with it if it means I have a life.


LotrMorgoth posted...

i appreciate looking for more organic support, but please talk to a professional about your concerns and don't rely on CE

I have been and today's visit is what prompted this topic because she's adamant about medication being the answer and has suggested some supplements and reinforced exercise but other than that she wasn't any use. This is also the second therapist I've been to and she said the same as the last, leaving me feeling like they're not really interested in anything other than prescribing medication. I'm not one to undermine the efficacy of medication for some people in these situations but as far as I go, I'm really not seeing it. Figured it wouldn't hurt to ask anyone here.
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I'm 29 and was diagnosed last year but have apparently struggled with it since middle school. For a number of reasons, I'm not comfortable taking prescription medication but holy fuck, I'm strongly considering it because my ability to focus and function has taken a massive nosedive. It's probably worse than ever and all my tricks to cope are not helping at all.

I tried a google search but came up with a bunch of those sketchy health blogs and didn't want to wade through all that shit.
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ChromaticAngel posted...

Most of the beer I drink comes in 4-packs and costs more than $14.

But yeah states/counties might have wildly different levels of taxes that factor in as well.

A $14 six pack is not likely to be as abhorrent a beer as you're acting, is what I'm saying.
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As has been said, the craft market is changing the industry. Big Beer is terrified of this and have been scrambling to do anything they can to keep their grip, most notably buying out successful microbreweries but the sheer number of breweries popping up offsets that. What they want to do is buy so many small breweries and keep them as fronts that people don't know what they're really buying. Before long, they'll be able to crowd out small brewers and maintain their grip.

Lots of breweries are thankfully resistant to those kind of predatory practices that help them do that and keep all the pluses of local breweries going. I have I think nearly 20 breweries within an hour drive from me with a huge variety of products far preferable to Budweiser and the like. I do not buy anything from AB and limit how much I spend on other Big Beer companies' products, which is easy as hell because of the sheer number of choices I have. Anything I could get from them I can get from another brewery and have a much better experience.

ChromaticAngel posted...

I'd rather piss into my own mouth than drink beer that was so cheap it cost $14 per half gallon.

A half gallon is not even a six pack. $14 for a six pack is either a quality beer or a store with shitty prices.

ManSpread posted...

piss beer is cheaper than wine or mixed drinks to get fucked up on

Not if you're including bum wine. That's usually not much more expensive than malt liquor and has a much higher abv than any of them.
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Avoision. It's a crime, look it up.
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I appreciate a lot of Van Halen songs but I have a greater appreciation for a few GNR songs.
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No one ever taught me how to change a tire. I just kinda... knew.
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The cat seemed fine, so I stopped an oncoming car and carried it onto the side walk. I then realized the front of its face was smashed off but the rest of its body was intact. It kept jumping around and hopping until it fell over. Another car was coming so I stopped it and picked it up out of the street.

I put it down and pushed it onto its side. I have no problem putting an animal out of its misery but I just had no way to do it. I put on some gardening gloves and tried to cover the hole where its nose and mouth would be but since the rest of its body was still working, it started thrashing and scratching and kicking at me with its back legs. Same thing when I tried to push down on its chest and keep any air from getting it.

It started hissing, so I just sat there and pet it until it died. It just kept looking at me. Felt so bad for it. If I'd realized how badly it was hurt, I would've left it to get hit by another car. Probably would've been less suffering.
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Racial, ethnic, and cultural slurs are all a big part of his psychological warfare and he's so far been an equal opportunist. I find it incredibly distasteful and wouldn't be surprised if he's truly racist, but people do and say all kinds of shit for money.

FWIW, Mayweather made racist remarks about Pacquiao so meh.
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The season before was mostly meh but the last season was utterly fucking horrendous. Easily worse than the worst of Simpsons, Family Guy, or Futurama. It was so terrible.
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vomit inducing
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huh?
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Yes.
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I have the hugest chip on my shoulder because of this. It's not just that I didn't have a mentor, it's that all of my siblings had someone great. My two siblings closest to my age had fucking amazing people in their lives and I had seriously shitty people and then no one. So I had to sit by and watch them get all this guidance, some of them even wasting it or taking it for granted, while I was dealing with damaged caused by my supposed mentors.

My life, for many reasons, turned into a very deep shit pit that I had to claw my way out of but I know it would've been extremely different if I had half the help they did from their mentor figures. I try not to have a pity party about it but it's fucking hard. They never realized what they had and what I didn't but always ridiculed me and put me down, which made it so much harder. Mostly why I don't talk to any of them fuckwads anymore lol.
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That was basically how my mom, aunts, and their friends were with babysitting, cooking, rides, clothes, food stamps, etc. when I was growing up. If you needed something that someone you know didn't offer, chances were that someone they knew did and it brought more people into the community. Money pools were also a big thing.

It's getting by, and I probably wouldn't be where I am today without it, but I honestly couldn't live like that at this point.
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lol is this a joke?

Far as I can recall, I never had a comic book discussion without some marvel buttboy talking shit about DC. Even way before the movies, Marvel fans were insufferable.
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Public transportation to work
Lyft for going out.
Less than a mile walk to grocery store and beer store, so I just pick up things as I need them. Good way to make sure I get some exercise.

I drove my car to the post office cuz I had to sign for something and it was urgent, drove to a funeral that I could've taken public transportation to but didn't want to, and to give someone a jump.

Outside of shit like that, I just don't even drive and have no desire to. I'll keep it because I mean it's good to have a car but damn. I never thought I'd be driving so little.
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'I never thought leopards would eat MY face,' sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party.

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BignutzisBack posted...

2017 and people still believe Crimson is girl

I didn't know either way. That's why I shared because I'm finding very little support for guys who could inherit it from their family.


Honestly, though, I'm not even mad about this. At first I was sad because it's another person dealing with this shit but now I'm relieved that he doesn't have it but it's also just kind of a stupid reprieve from it. My uncle just died of cancer. Another one is about to go. My mom has breast cancer. My grandma died of mesothelioma. I can't even explain it. It's extremely contradictory but at this point I just like the opportunity to not take it uber seriously, even if it was a dick move TC lol.
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I found a playlist on youtube lol. I think those are all on it.

but holy shit, this ariana grande song with future... I really like it.
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Place near me has a bomb ass coconut fish soup that alternates the fish with the catch (which is presumably whatever they could bargain the cheapest lol).

I like Thai curry but Indian curries, that's my food bae.
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Sometimes I'm legitimately bummed that she's not really with Chris Pratt.
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I used to love snapping into a slim jim but holy shit, had one about a week ago and it tasted like plastic spices and gave me heartburn from hades.
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It costs the movie and music industries more money than has ever existed in the planet's history. Is that not reason enough for you?
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lol
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I like pop music but never listen to the radio much.

What's the big thing right now?
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Very sorry to hear that. My mom has breast cancer and is refusing treatment, but she's older. I'm a guy but I've had boy bosoms since I was young due to the side effects of a medication and I'm kind of worried about chances I could get it.

What will you do now?
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"greatly hurt you" in this context is abuse, etc.
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Money. My shits are good enough.
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Explain to him that those dolls cause boys to grow up thinking that they can never be more than vacuous ninnies whose only goal is to look pretty, land a rich husband, and spend all day on the phone with their equally vacuous friends talking about how damn terrific it is to look pretty and have a rich husband!

Then buy him a Lisa Lionheart doll with my life savings.
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Skye Reynolds posted...

DuffBeer posted...

If y'all are mad about this, wait until you see the shit they pull with Mayweather vs McGregor...

McGregor gets knocked out in the third round because he has no boxing experience and the judges nod their heads in acknowledgement of the fact that he lost?

>implying Mayweather and McGregor aren't in on it
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Was thinking Jane Lynch at first and was confused.
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If y'all are mad about this, wait until you see the shit they pull with Mayweather vs McGregor...
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ip ban for anyone who votes no
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Giant black titty unleashed as wardrobe malfunction exposes innocent children to obscenity:


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I was just thinking the other day how I feel about wrestling now the way people used to feel about it back when I watched it. I won't insult it but man, I literally cannot watch it these days and do not understand how anyone else can, especially if they watched it (and other orgs) in the past. I watched pro-wrestling for seriously two thirds of my life but I can't sit through ten minutes of it anymore. Even watching Bryan win at WM was an exercise in tedium.
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I only have a big ass freckle on the underside of my dick. I'll let someone else figure out that death.
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faizan_faizan posted...

DuffBeer posted...

faizan_faizan posted...

Out of curiosity, are you a runner?

Lol no. I think I've run probably 1 mile total in the last ten years.

It's unusual for a non-athlete to drink that much.

I live in Texas and I'm somewhat active. I just don't run. Or can't, really. I walk a lot and occasionally hike.
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faizan_faizan posted...

Out of curiosity, are you a runner?

Lol no. I think I've run probably 1 mile total in the last ten years.
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I drink 96-128 oz of water a day, depending on how hot it is, how active I am, fresh fruit/veggie intake, etc. but I also use it to control my appetite. I usually end every meal with about 16 oz of water.

You have to pay attention to your body, though. If you're drinking water just to get to a certain amount, especially if you're chugging large amounts quickly, you risk doing your body harm. A few years back, I had an electrolyte imbalance and got pretty sick because I was drinking too much water too often.
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