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grumpo_potamus

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  • Why do you personally hate Christmas?

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    • Work is always busy with everyone rushing and demanding things so they can meet some arbitrary deadline for their time off.
    • Supposedly the season of peace, love, caring but i see far more commercialism and selfish behavior.
    • Gift giving is awkward. I don't feel worthy of receiving gifts. People spend too much on junk I don't need which oddly makes me feel bad for not being able to match that amount of spending. And it all just usually leaves me with a feeling that the people around me don't really know much about me.

    Oh, and we can only be in one place... with family/in-laws in different places we always miss the ones we can't be with.

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  • I'd love if they reshot that scene with a grown Macaulay Culkin and just about anyone else. Give us the "enhanced edition".

  • Do you buy real Christmas trees or put up artificial ones?

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  • Both!

    Since my kids were young, we've made it a tradition to go out to forest service land and cut down a real tree (with a cheap permit), which helps with wildfire mitigation. The trees are usually kind of scrawny and awkward as they're not grown on a tree farm where they're all spaced apart and tended to during their growth, but the experience is fun. We put our cheap, lightweight ornaments on that.

    Our main tree is a fake one that we can put up earlier.

  • What is the charge? Stealing a pie? A succulent chocolate pie?

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  • I have the same SDRE tee from the Diary anniversary tour. Plus, you've got a cat and chocolate pie - good life choices all around.

  • How close have you ever been to a lightning strike, or related situation caused by a lightning strike?

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  • In my teens in the mountains of Colorado there were tons of lightning strikes. One summer, a lightning strike in our driveway took out our garage door openers and a TV.

    This past summer, I did a 40+ mi bike ride that covered some very open areas of the CO plains. At my turn-around spot I could tell a storm was moving in quick and thought, "ah well, some sprinkles will feel alright." Then I rode for about 9 miles in a downpour with lightning crashing around me while on a dirt road with just about nothing else around me (me swearing aloud the whole time). Finally got to some relative safety of some tight rock outcrops with overhangs. I was still outside and not totally safe, but it felt good to get out of that scary situation as much as I could for a bit while the storm passed.

  • Election Day Megathread! Tuesday, 11/4!

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  • School board elections are about all I've got for this round, but I cast my vote to oust as many of the anti-CRT, anti-mask people as possible.

  • Lauren Boebert's racially charged Halloween costume sparks backlash - ABC News

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  • Boebert is trash.

  • What's a small thing that made you happy today?

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  • It was chilly and rainy most of the day. Had written it off as a do-nothing afternoon/evening and then I got word that I didn't get a job I'd applied for. I knew if I just sat around I'd be miserable, so I got on some warm biking clothes and headed out for a ride. Still bummed but glad I tried to do something to better my day rather than just feeling despondent.

  • What currently ongoing series, if they maintain their current quality level - have a chance to be all time greats?

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  • Bob's had kind of taken a dive for me a couple of seasons ago, but my daughter and I recently watched several newer episodes and we both really enjoyed them. I'm missing some of the side characters though.

  • What currently ongoing series, if they maintain their current quality level - have a chance to be all time greats?

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  • It's no longer ongoing, but I was just thinking earlier today that I really wanted more Somebody Somewhere.

  • Stephen Miller Claims Simply Calling Trump Authoritarian 'Incites Violence and Terrorism' | Common Dreams

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  • Trump is authoritarian.

  • PUT THE TRAINS IN THE BAG

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  • While we're dreaming, can we connect SLC to Boise and Portland?

  • Where'd all the straight-edge people go?

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  • Still here some 30+ years later. For a lot of people it was a passing phase and there was a lot of tough-guy bullshit that I think many people who felt marginalized bought into. But not everyone...

    I read an interview one time (I think with one of the guys from Snapcase) that SE is just the beginning. If all you did was apply that label to yourself but not use that as a stepping stone for anything else in your life, then what good was it. That resonated with me a lot.

    I don't really go around advertising SE because I'm a middle-aged dude at work or at his kid's volleyball game and I don't really define myself by one label or lifestyle choice anymore. Being punk/alt/whatever at almost 50 looks different than it did at ages 16-22.

    I'm grateful for the HC/punk family I grew up with and the memories of that scene I have and that I was able to avoid some of the pitfalls around me in my younger days.

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    I and Charlie Kirk had good plans to help the people of America

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  • Thank you for sharing this drivel with us, now we can all be reminded of the vague memories you hold onto. 🤤

  • Camp Counselor - Manage your bandcamp.com wishlist

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  • Bookmarked to check this out. Thanks

    Bandcamp is great, but man trying to keep track of what's happening there is a chore. I really wish artist store pages would give an insight as to what's already in my library, already on my wishlist or what might be marked down for a sale or pay what you want.

  • Lithuanian parliament observes moment of silence to honour Charlie Kirk

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  • Why? Will there be moments of silence for anyone else who died by gun violence last week? I guarantee there won't be a moment of silence in America for any Lithuanian's killed by gun violence. Stop with the performative nonsense.

  • Charlie Kirk's Alleged Killer, Tyler Robinson, Arrested in Utah

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  • What was your last “impulse buy” and was it worth it?

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  • DJI Mic Mini that arrives today to pair with action camera and cycling.

    I probably won't get a ton of use out of it, but any time I try to capture my rides just for family to see what I'm up to, it's all just wind noise.

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    scholarly evidences for the resurrection

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  • Nah.