Around here they don’t ask they just fucking light up. So I would actually appreciate that. Sounds like a decent person.

Not sure why you’re being shit on so hard in the comments. Speaking as someone who’s pretty guilty of soft ghosting people, including longtime friends. I don’t really mean to do it. I lie to myself and say I’ll reply later. Reason why I’m not replying at the time usually being lack of energy. My worldview is so bleak and warped from what it used to be that it’s unrecognizable. Sometimes I feel like why bother replying, I’ve got nothing new and if they ask how I’m doing it’ll just bring them down with the same old shit. My texting is mostly mechanical. Order ready for pickup, meeting location/time, etc. And I’m getting tired of tacking on positive lies to keep the vibe acceptable. “…but I’m making things work”, “…but I’m doing alright”, “…but things will get better soon I’m sure.”

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It sounds like they’re already doing the work.

My driving playlists are usually about 30h long, and I switch them up drastically once or twice a year. If it’s any shorter I start to notice the repetitions too often. My masterlist of everything is about 150h. I wouldn’t say I like everything, but my taste is pretty diverse. I do get “taken” by a single song at times, but I like to mix it up as much as I can. Most people’s taste is formed and set to what they were listening to in their teens and 20s. There’s nothing wrong with that, I just have a fear of stagnation myself.

Possible? Sure. Likely? Nah.

“What the fuck Richard?!”

Like many others I will strongly recommend brother laser. Epson ecotanks are pretty decent too, but you have to print at least once a month, depending on your environmental conditions. The print heads can become clogged, difficult to DIY fix and often necessitates replacing the entire unit. Also avoid canon inkjets at all costs, especially the cheap ones.

I would definitely appreciate that, it’s been a while but I used to read and share poetry and lyrics with some close friends pretty often. It’s been a while.

Understandable, I’d definitely be interested in reading though. Hope things get more manageable for you 🤙

Your description sounds more than interesting enough to me, glad to hear you didn’t destroy it. Is there somewhere I can view your work? Assuming you want to share.

I believe it’s partially because the national debt has always been high and keeps getting higher. It’s been a little while since I checked or heard anything about it, but it got a lot of press time in the 2010’s. I feel like that affected how americans view debt. I’ve also heard the financial advice espoused by banks “it’s financially healthy to have some debt, it helps you build credit”. Which is partially a crock of shit and regardless of the veracity of that statement, it mostly leads to people digging a hole they can’t get out of.

You’re absolutely right!

That’s interesting. I have to think more about this but it certainly makes sense, I certainly don’t feel 100% pure male based on… many things. Thank you for explaining.

How is everyone a tiny bit trans, as you say? Genuinely curious since everything else you said resonates quite strongly with me, I’m just not sure what you mean by that point in particular.

Speak for yourself. As a proud Nazi-Hater descended from generations of Nazi-Haters, you are acting fucking insane. This is a valid question.

The most masculine thing possible is to give zero fucks about anyone else’s definition of masculinity. You speak the truth. I’ve been watching some older cartoons from the 50s, and it’s been a bit strange honestly. Because a lot of that material has a much healthier depiction of ‘being a man’. There was a lot of emphasis on treating others with respect and carrying yourself with dignity. Obviously, a significant amount of behavior at the time didn’t actually line up with most of those ideals. But somewhere along the path, empathy was divorced from manliness, and that’s the root cause of the problem imo.

Classism applied to tops/bottoms has been around since the greeks, it seems hard for society to escape that as a whole.

I’m with you there, the modern (currently most popular when counting by volume) take on manliness is very weird and gross overall. Whenever I see guys glom on to that idea of manliness it’s always been a bit bizarre to me. I primarily smell good for myself before anyone else, who wants to smell shit all day? Besides that, I was always told that “being a man” includes looking clean, sharp, and fresh. It has it’s own form of toxicity to be sure (it’s okay to have bad days/off days) but ultimately taking care of yourself with proper grooming breeds healthy confidence and self-image so long as you don’t obsess over it.

Personally I think your ending statement sounds correct. Yeah you fucked up but you’re acknowledging it. The self appointed cop sounds like a real prick, I’ve met the type. You said early on there were no leaders out there, yet this guy decides to call himself an authority. Sounds like he only made things worse, maybe the two of you could have come to a better understanding together. Or not. But a possibility at least.

There is one other thing I wanted to comment on - she said you had no right to comment on her body like that and you’re saying she misunderstood what “that” was. Give her the benefit of the doubt. Assume she understands correctly and work your thoughts from that standpoint. Things will be easier that way, I feel.

If anyone was abused there, it’s you.

Lmfao thanks for the amusement. Your victim complex is deafening, and overflowing into your entire worldview.

But some are just eager to be abused

It’s hilarious how self-blind you are.

I’ve always managed to lose them before they die. Current senior partner of the group is a 4gb HP drive circa ~2013. My loyal document carrier.