A number of years ago I took note of how bad I felt after drinking. Even as few as 4 drinks over a few hours out with people and I'd still feel bad the next day. Not necessarily hungover, just low energy and a slight headache. When I noticed this was happening every time I drank, it really made me want to stop. To me the day wasted feeling bad wasn't worth the short time buzzed on alcohol (not to mention the cost if buying from a bar or other establishment). I still remember the last time I got truly drunk, I was out at a friend's birthday lunch and didnt drive so I was stuck there till my ride wanted to leave. Thought, might as well drink while I'm here. Had about 5 or 6 beers and a sandwich + fries entree from the restaurant. Check came and was like $50 for all that. After that day I went over an entire year without drinking. It is nice to have power over the alcohol now. I really dont miss it. I've learned to just be myself and when you can do that you see how external and unnceccary the drinking really is.
A few years back in Christmas Eve, my mom sent me to the store to get some things she needed for our dinner that she was preparing. Expectedly, the store was crowded and I had to park in the very last space of one of the rows. After I had finished shopping and started loading the bags in the car, a middle-aged lady pulled up and waited for me to leave so she could take my parking spot. After I loaded the last bag, I went to take the cart back to the cart return. She rolled down her window and said "You know you can just leave the cart in the grass and no one will care." I said "Merry Christmas," and took the cart to the farthest cart return at the front of the row instead of closest one 5 feet away from my car.
I'm in Texas, I tell any of the mask brigade that I have a condition called acute internasal oxygenitis and if they ask what it means tell them it means you have a hole in your nose that prohibits you from getting full oxygen intake and if you wear the mask you could get brain damage from too low of an oxygen level. Then tell them insurance won't cover it because they consider it elective cosmetic surgery, you've been writing your congressman and they won't do anything for you. Works 100% of the time.
I went to college. Due to liberal brainwashing I dropped out halfway through, was doing more partying than schooling so lost interest. Couldn't get a job that paid enough to pay the bills so I went back and graduated. I have about $6k in student loans because I only borrowed for two semesters. I thought college was a waste of my time until I got my current job, which required a bachelor's degree. I know many young people get worthless degrees that dont transfer well into the market, so their outlook on the experience is pretty bleak. Bottom line is kids dont go to college to learn anymore, it becomes about the social experience real fast. Gotta keep them away from media when they are young because it conditions you to prioritize acceptance from the group over personal growth and your own happiness. Basically you actively betray yourself to believe that people like you. It's pretty fucked up. I've come full circle, I'm basically the same person I was before college now with much more common sense and a higher IQ. I wouldn't say I regret going off the beaten path, there were some fun times, but it was very wasteful and I encourage lots of young people not to make those mistakes. Hopefully they're listening
You're not wrong, but you're definitely not talking any sense into someone with a BLM fist tattoo or a trans flag. Those people are going to weaponize empathy and call you a bad person for not agreeing with them 150% of the time.
I've always said the world ended when Facebook went public. Before that it was just an extension of college life. People making friends, trying to find parties, checking out pics of people they thought were hot. When it went public, then you had family members going through your history and policing everything in posts they were never meant to see. It's the exact moment you can trace everything on the internet skewing toward being politically correct and left leaning.
Very similar to how the big reality TV boom in the late 90s-early 00s was a dry run to see how stupid people had become. Basically where fake news got its playbook. After that, they new how "real" something fake had to look for TV audiences to buy it.
Your attitude is exactly why people hate tipping. You chose a job that has a double paned bullet proof glass ceiling as far as wage growth is concerned, and then you'll complain every time you don't get what you consider a fair tip. When I was a kid tipping was 15%. Everyone I know that's every worked for tips cries like a little bitch if they don't get at least 20%. I get it, I like more money too. But when I want more money I learn new skills that open me up to higher paying job opportunities. People who work service jobs also typically shy from promoting to management positions because you can't hang out with your waiter friends when you're a manager.
TL/DR; act like a child, get treated and paid like one
I grew up a Colts fan and hated this guy, felt like he was always in our way when he played for the Patriots. Now he wins his 7th Super Bowl the night after Peyton Manning gets named to the Hall of Fame. Unbelievable. And to be honest I stopped hating him when he came back from 28-3 in the Super Bowl vs Atlanta. That was pretty epic
The Saints very clearly made a deal with the devil at halftime of Super Bowl XLIV against the Colts. How else did they have the balls to start the 2nd half with an onside kick? Since then they've never been back to the Super Bowl and have had nothing but heartbreaking losses. Marshawm Lynch ran for a touchdown against their entire defense 1 v 11. Stefon Diggs caught a last second TD to give the Vikings the win at the buzzer. Then there was that no call defensive penalty against the LA Rams that sent LA to the Super Bowl. Now Brees turns it over twice in the 4th quarter to lose what may be his last game ever. There's also that story about the Saints and the church in NOLA. I'm not familiar with the details, but its not a good story.
Way too many people here forgetting their passwords after getting logged out. You literally created it when you signed up. Did you just put in some random gibberish to make the account and start posting? Seriously how in the fuck do you just forget your own password that quickly. Seen this thread too many times to take it seriously anymore smh