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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's 54 degrees Fahrenheit (12 Celsius), raining moderately hard, the rain is cold, and there's a guy blowing around wet leaves with a leaf blower. What the hell is the obsession with leaf blowers?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re having a rough day. Seems like everybody wants a piece of you and they aren’t kind about it. So you put on some ear protection, grab your leaf blower and step outside. Nobody bothers you out there. The leaf blower yells nonstop the way you wish you could and even though you aren’t doing the yelling, there is still something cathartic about the noise. It creates a bubble where you are left alone. As the minutes pass and the debris collects into neat little piles, you can slowly regain your calm. The urge to explode, unleashing your anger and frustration, in an irreparable way ebbs and you feel like you can hold your shit together for a little while longer.

  Or they are in a feud with their neighbors and are trying to piss them off.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are kings almost always redheads?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Do they? Most cartoon kings I can think of have either white or gray hair.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Soup help needed⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So many questions:

  • Is the soup hot or cold, in the hole?
  • What type of soup is it?
  • Is it gluten free?
  • Is it vegetarian or vegan?
  • Did they even taste the soup to know that it is, in fact, soup?

  It is the lack of these type of details that make me suspect that this is not real.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are the best anti-work movies?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
  • Office Space
  • Clerks
  • 9 to 5

  More anti establishment than anti-work, but still worth mentioning:

  • Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
  • Fight Club
  • Falling Down
  • They Live
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨who is part of my family and who isn't??⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Personally, I consider family to be a social group more than a biological relationship. I have relatives that I’ve never met in my adult life that I don’t consider family. Conversely, there are people I consider family that were brought into my life through marriage, adoption, and close friendships.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ah, the old family favourite⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Was the first too coincidentally⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I can’t stop staring at the dent he made in the hood of that car. 🙄

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are there any historical or modern day true stories (like the story of The Buddha) of someone born rich and privileged who just walked away from their family and turned down money and an inheritance?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Not born wealthy, but there was Ronald Read who lived a modest life resulting in a multimillion dollar estate when he passed in 2016. He left most of it to local library and hospital.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the term for someone that likes Jesus of Nazareth, but doesn't identify with church, religious dogma, or whatever?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  While not a term maybe a short blurb like “While I am not religious, I admire many of the lessons of Jesus as portrayed in the Bible, and I try to model parts of my life after his example.”

  If applicable you can also add “Along with others I consider to be positive examples for leading a good and virtuous life.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the term for someone that likes Jesus of Nazareth, but doesn't identify with church, religious dogma, or whatever?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes. Thanks for catching that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the term for someone that likes Jesus of Nazareth, but doesn't identify with church, religious dogma, or whatever?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There is a lot of good messaging in the Bible, the Quran, the Torah, etc. You don’t need to be religious to appreciate that. Just like how somebody who appreciates in the mission and words of The Amazing Randy does not need a special label.

  The labels start to come into play when discussing your belief or disbelief in a god or gods.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ubisoft comes crawlin' back to Steam⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Until I hear that they have dumped the requirement to log into Ubisoft Connect or Uplay or whatever they are calling it noe, then Ubisoft will remain dead to me.

  Makes me sad. I really enjoyed the Assassin’s Creed series and have waited for Shadows for what feels like a decade now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reminder: Sly Stallone’s name is Sylvester⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  70s, 80s, 90s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Calling in healthy⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Relevant Ferris Bueller Wisdom

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google’s ex-CEO blames remote working on the company’s AI woes⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This guy is a complete tool who sounds angry at Google for personal reasons.

  I have worked for several successful startups with remote work policies. The employees don’t “work like hell” because they are in an office. They do it because THEY HAVE EQUITY. If the startup prospers and does well then so do the employees. I’ve never had a coworker decide to stay late because of access to a communal fridge and public bathroom. I have, however, known them to work harder to improve their chances of an early retirement.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump's answer today reminded me of his infamous "Nuclear" quote.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What was he supposed to be responding to? I assume it was at least some sort of question, but beyond that I have no idea.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How am I supposed to decide who to vote for in local elections?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Have you tried contacting them with questions about issues that concern you?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Oddly specific question⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  One side is fearful while the other is merely worried. Does that feel like loaded language to anybody else or am I being paranoid about subconscious manipulation by the media?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Panhandling is just asking for money. Every celebrity, politician, school, charity, church, library, little league sports team, etc I can think of has done that at one point or another. I have worked in office environments where people have come around looking for donations for this thing or that.

  How are you defining panhandling and why would it be any different than other forms of soliciting for donations? Because it sounds like your question is about policing a group of people and not an action.

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is this it? Is there anything more to life, am I missing something?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It sounds like you are describing depression. Here are some things that help me when I get to feeling like this. It’s not easy to do when battling with low energy and a lack of motivation, but they help.

  • Do more outdoor activities. Normally in the form of walks, or biking to nearby locations instead of driving.

  • Drink more water. Basically, I just have a glass of water before drinking anything else.

  • Eat better. Nothing too extreme, I make an effort to prepare more foods at home and include more vegetables.

  • Change things. I’m not talking about a life change. Rearrange furniture, put up some different wall art, change your lighting, swap out the background images on your computers and / or mobile devices, etc.

  • Spend time with your thoughts. I would try to spend about 15 minutes to an hour each day sitting in silence, with no distractions. I don’t force any thoughts. I just wait to see what bubbles to the surface. It usually helps me identify problem areas that I need to focus on.

  It is also possible that you have started down a life path that you feel you are “supposed” to pursue and not necessarily a path that you want to pursue.

  It could also be that you are burned out between school, work, and social obligations. Making more time for yourself or taking some time off, if that is an option, might help.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why actors are smoking in movies and tv shows?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Here’s my theory that is based on no research whatsoever:

  Cigarette companies used to pay to have characters smoke in movies and TV shows. This would cultivate a social acceptance and “cool factor” around smoking. During the 80s and 90s, this practice came under fire and smoking in movies and TV dramatically dropped to the point of almost being non-existent.

  Then time passed, vaping became popular, and people stopped caring about the impact of normalizing or even glorifying smoking. So the practice of paying studios to have characters smoke started to return. Nobody said anything, so it is becoming common place again.

  It doesn’t matter if it is unhealthy, it is profitable.