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I've considered just outright quitting my job anyway. I'd use that to cushion myself while looking for something else. It's also roughly 3x my current salary.

I've never cheated on anyone. Cheating is absolutely despicable in my eyes and I've ended friendships over it. Two of my exes cheated on me and it wrecked me.

I did lie and tell a guy I was dating in high school that I cheated on him. I didn't actually do it though. I had a habit of compulsively lying at that age. I was also going through a host of emotional issues and just wanted to lash out and hurt him. Doesn't make it right, but that's why I did it.

DrizztLink posted...

Get fucked science boy I'm licking the rock

It was salty.

(He did say that you could lick your finger, touch the rock, and then lick your finger but he kinda suggested... not doing that either.)

Dakimakura posted...

It is dull because it is one of the most scientifically accurate Hollywood films. That is up until the volcano erupts then it is just inaccurate trash Hollywood escape scenes. There was about a 0% chance of them surviving that situation.

I took a geology class in college and it was a delight to hear the professor just go off on inaccuracies in movies. He took particular issue with an old movie called Krakatoa, East of Java largely because the titular formation is actually west of Java. Fun class though. Cool professor. He gently encouraged us to not directly lick the salt rock to identify it for the lab portion.

I kinda liked Dante's Peak. I have a fond memory of watching it: I became friends with my chem 111 lab partner and she invited me over to hang out. Me and her roommate ended up watching it while she had to go run an errand. The roommate warned me about the lake scene and it still kinda got me tore up.

greenjeans posted...

qPC?

Quarter Pounder (with) Cheese

bigblu89 posted...

Both of the articles you listed say nothing about how counting calories doesn't work, just that there's BETTER ways to lose weight.

I don't think anyone is debating that "Eat Healthy and Exercise" is the best wat to lose weight. But eating at a calories deficit will also make you lose weight. It may lead to a heart condition and diabetes, but you'll still lose weight.

It's generally easier to cut 500 calories out of your diet than to burn 500 calories through exercise.

I should probably look into some of the side effects of calorie restriction. I'm kinda going through one of my "one small meal and six cups of black coffee a day" phases and I'm lowkey worried it's gonna kill me.

He'd probably just be astounded that I was still alive at all. I like to think that would make him happy.

It makes me mega-uncomfortable when people pay for stuff for me, so I would, at minimum, pay for my own food unless they were absolutely insisting.

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Pretty much. They did an interview on the Today Show about it.

https://youtu.be/Re5o2I1t5co

You could kinda see the exasperation on Matt Stone's face talking about it lol

I was hyped to the moon for it. I was absolutely loving it when I got hit with a depressive episode about 2/3 through and put it down because I could tell that it was going to poison the experience.

I haven't gone back to it.

It was a fajita chicken quesadilla with chips and salsa. Absolutely scrumptious.

I don't like ranch, so it's a yuck for me.

I used to like to dip my pizza in Italian dressing. Both because I thought it tasted good and because a girl I used to have a crush on showed it to me. It's a bit too acidic for my taste now though.

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I remember hearing this for the first time in a Zelda AMV of all things.

I stayed with my cat in her final moments about a year ago.

I was going through a tremendously difficult time (dissolution of my marriage, moving out of my apartment, struggling to finish out the lease on my own) when she suddenly took a turn for the worst one morning. I dropped close to $600 at the emergency vet and had to make the decision, sitting there completely alone in a freezing cold office, to put her to sleep. I held her head in my hand and told her how wonderful she was, how much I loved her. I watched the light leave her eyes.

As difficult as that was for me, I'd do it again in a heartbeat. I couldn't leave her alone at that moment.

I hate being around anyone taking any sort of mind-altering substances. I don't even like myself when I take allergy meds.

Every time I've ever had a job that involved working with children, I stayed sick.

I was a teacher's aide for a first grade class during my senior year of high school. Little kids love to come up and hug you with zero warning. They were sweet, but they were also nasty. My grandmother still remembers how frequently I had the cold or some other form of illness that year.

In college, I worked in the children's department of my local library for a summer. Similar issue: pretty much had a cold the entire time.

That "exhausted after spending the day in the water" sleep is the best.

thronedfire2 posted...

he was 19, he probably didn't read it. and it's doubtful the contract mentioned how poorly built the sub was

Honestly, at nineteen, you're still kind of a dumbass kid that will implicitly trust your parents. I remember having an experience accompanying my father on a "business deal" while I sat in the car. I remember thinking, "Oh yeah, I'm eighteen now - I'd totally go to real prison if a cop came by," and promptly stopped spending any measure of time with him.

I feel bad for the kid.

I'm actually going through some 401k shenanigans at the moment. Found out that my ex (who I'm still legally married to) is getting 168k from closing out hers. I had to sign a notarized consent form for it to go through and she paid me my share of 6.5k.

I've already heard an endless amount of bitching from my mother that I should have dragged my ex through court to get half. I (probably) would have been legally entitled to it, but just being in the room with her for five minutes to sign off was enough to trigger a panic attack when I got home. She lorded her money over me when we were together, and it's honestly left a bad taste in my mouth to even get this much. I guess my dignity costs about six grand.

I'm doing okay on my own, but I don't begrudge anyone who gets what they're entitled to as far as alimony/marital assets. A lot of people sacrifice for their spouses and they deserve to be compensated for that..

LinkPizza posted...

So, its more for hygiene in your case? Though, it seems like hair is more of a hassle for you, too

Sorta. I don't like the feeling of hair snagging on clothing. I actually kinda generally don't enjoy the sensation of clothing on my skin, so I wear baggy stuff. I must look an absolute sight in my 2XL shirts and cargo shorts, but it's comfortable.

I have to argue with the voice in my head telling me to shave my head on a daily basis.

I shave my underarms. I have a (probably clinical) sweating problem and shaving plus extra strength deodorant is the only thing that seems to even slightly help.

Yes, I've tried growing it out. I sweat. Like crazy.

I don't mind though. If I could be hairless from the nose down, I'd be pretty happy.

Nope. I cringe at the thought of the person I'm having sex with watching me as it is.

ZannoL posted...

You have high tolerance.

I can only get away with 1 cup.

That's just my breakfast. I've been weaning myself off my usual eight cups throughout the day. I'm down to four cups in the morning with two to four cups of decaf at night.

Four cups of coffee and a heaping spoonful of peanut butter.

CedarPointcp posted...

Would any of you ever go on one of those submersibles to the titanic?

No. Hell no. I have horrible anxiety just going through my everyday life - walking on the sidewalk is a constant exercise in quelling the voices in my head screaming that a car is going to veer off the road and plow into me. I'd never get in a tin can and go down into the ocean. Just the thought of it makes me feel a bit short of breath.

Gringo Bandito

It's not really hot at all; I just like the flavor. I need to get a new bottle, but there's only one grocery store near me that sells it.

I used to keep a pen on me, but I would write on the back of my left hand. Homework assignments, phone numbers, appointments, etc., basically anything I might need to remember. Keep in mind that this was before cellphones were commonplace. People thought it was strange. I remember being like... fifteen and having a grown man remark how weird it was.

I do keep a small sketchbook and pencil on me at all times now. I'll scribble notes down if need be but usually I just jot that stuff down on the notes app in my phone. I kinda miss the way my hand looked covered in names, dates, etc., but if people thought it was weird when I was a kid, they'd find it hella strange now that I'm a grown ass man.

Chicken Nuggets

That, fries, and a chocolate frosty are my go-to order.

Someone uploaded a video of my high school graduation. Pretty sure I show up at some point.

NeonTentacles posted...

Castle Super Beast? >_>

Yeah. <_<

Darkninja42 posted...

I like her videos but I would not call her charismatic in the slightest. But I like her despite her dry delivery lol

She's been on a podcast I listen to a couple of times and I always find her interesting.

theAteam posted...

My brother was with his girlfriend for 14 years and finally decided to get married. They broke it off like 2 months before the wedding and completely separated. It's nuts how much it changes some people.

I feel really lucky that my wedding went off with almost zero issues. There was a bit of chaos towards the end because we only had like 30 minutes to clean everything up after our cutoff time but the wedding itself I don't think I would have changed anything.

My situation was probably a bit unusual. I had been with my ex for ten years when we got married. We'd actually gotten engaged after two years of dating but kept putting it off for financial reasons (primarily health insurance/student loans). She had a rapid change in personality about two years before we got married. She wasn't perfect before, but she became incredibly selfish and destructive (skipping work, overdrafting her checking account, etc.). She ended up cheating on me and then literally begged me to take her back. She insisted we still get married and she promised that she would be better.

The entire time we were back together was miserable. She shaped up for about two weeks before slipping back into her old ways. I was deeply unhappy and couldn't let go of what she had done to me. I didn't tell anyone that we were getting married until it was done because I knew that literally anyone with a brain in their head would beg me not to go through with it.

From what I can tell, she's gotten worse since we split. I recently had to meet up with her to sign off on some documents and she looks like a wreck. She confided that she was "no longer with" her old job and, combined with what I've heard through the grapevine, I strongly suspect she was fired. She also tried to pull that, "I miss your friendship," nonsense with me.

It's so weird to go from loving someone and waiting to spend your entire life with them to feeling nauseated from standing next to them for five minutes and having a panic attack afterwards. I genuinely hope, from the bottom of my heart, that she never contacts me again.

Oh yeah, I was at a wedding where the groom was crying and filling out job applications on his phone while they waited for the officiant to show up. He asked his bride-to-be, multiple times, if she was sure she wanted to do this. She insisted. They got into an argument as they left the venue and he cried even more.

The groom was me. I cried pretty much the entire day because I was so stressed out/unhappy. She asked for a divorce approximately three months later. She was the one who insisted on getting married.

apolloooo posted...

Why do they get married if they are so miserable / hate each other like that??

Inertia. Sometimes you don't realize that you can't stand someone until you're at the altar and it feels like you can't back out at that point.

As someone who went something sorta similar (tl;dr: my fiancee cheated on me and literally begged for forgiveness/a second chance):

There is no saving this. You will feel no vindication for confirmation of the cheating. You will never be able to quell the anxiety of wondering. I've been there. It eats at your soul and you aren't happy. The relationship is like a broken vase: you can try to glue it back together, but it'll never be as strong as it was before and you likely won't even realize that you've permanently lost some of the pieces.

Biology

Not at all. I was never able to find a job in my field and pretty much everyone I know who had a similar degree is making peanuts. I also still owe about 20k in student loans.

I enjoyed my time in college for the most part, but if I could go back in time and go to a different school or just major in something different, I would.

Some people in this topic are really outing themselves as creeps.

I have a major crush on someone who's 20+ years older than me. 12 is nothing.

I hate him because of that one episode of Rugrats that gave me nightmares as a child.

CaptainStrong posted...

Jackal

The_Wheelman1 posted...

Jackal 2

My brethren

(nobody ever remembers Jackal)

I'm not in a relationship at the moment, but I was acutely aware of a lot of that for my last one. The summer I started dating my ex was the best time of my life (for a lot of reasons, not just her). So much of that specific summer is burned into my brain that a lot of it still makes me happy despite everything that's happened since then.

Yes, but I think in my case it's that from the ages of roughly 23-29, I went through some intense depression/trauma where I both 1) don't remember huge stretches of time and 2) probably should have been under some type of medical/psychiatric supervision. Like, I genuinely don't feel like I've grown much past the age of 23. I'm not a child by any means, but I don't feel my age, if that makes sense.

I sleep in a bed with a pillow and sheets. I don't even let my cat in the bedroom when I lie down because he'll wake me up throughout the night.

Yup! It was a frequent summertime creation at my father's house.

mercurydude posted...

You're lucky that you're either in a time warp or are around some more old fashioned people, because those are conservatives from like ten years ago.

I'm more used to hearing from the ones who say 100% of gay and trans people are groomers and therefore every person who's gay or trans should be locked up or put to death.

It comes up in my line of work because I'm often talking to contractors who bitch endlessly that they can't find anyone to work for them.

I mean, she has a point about feeling unsafe. Sometimes at work, people will just start going off on tangents about how Joe Biden has ruined the economy and no one wants to work and yadda yadda yadda. It makes me uncomfortable.