Ugh, the worst part about that bullshit argument: we shouldn’t pay for immigrants, we should be paying for our own people!?¡

Ok, then let’s start paying for our own people…?

BuT tHaT’S sOcIaLiZeM!? #ButteryMales

Empathy fatigue.

I’m an obnoxiously empathetic person. I spent a week in a “mental health facility” last year, and it was an emotional nightmare. I hate seeing people in pain, so being involuntarily admitted into a dumpster filled with people in the worst pain, and at the lowest point of their lives…

Not amusing to say the least.

By day four, I didn’t even look up when someone screamed screamed, or i heard the “thud” of someone succumbing to the “let’s try you at this dose” reactions of the drugs.

Sometimes you just don’t have the empathy to deal with these people, and the older I get, the less empathy and more ‘hatred’ I have for people that just constantly hurt themselves. Their actions are their own, I’m done trying to empathize or ‘understand’ their perspective. /rant

We, as a species, failed to learn anything from the “gps told me to drive into a lake!?” debacle; so here is history, just flat out repeating itself…

This situation kinda reminds me of a Bill Burr bit (before the whatever-the-hell happened):

He was walking along somewhere and suddenly saw two guys kissing. He described it as, his animal brain kicked in because he wasn’t expecting it, but after his ‘people’ brain kicked in and he was fine with it

I see you dude… Born to narcissists and forced to raise myself and my younger brother.

I’m so touch starved, that when a coworker came back after extended leave, I hugged her without even thinking. Just needed human contact, even if it was with someone I had only exchanged pleasantries with, until she had to “leave of absence” for a work injury. (Note: I’m gay as the rising sun, and she’s got grandkids older than me)

As much as I don’t like to admit this; I’ve recently been “fantasizing” about petting a dog… Any dog, as long as they got that puppa belly I crave! My Buddy Boy of 14 years passed away last April, and I just can’t find a replacement for that puppa love. Isn’t that just fundamentally wrong? For a human being to actually close his eyes, and fantasize about tickling the tummy of a (preferably female, more belly!) dog, rather than try to form a relationship with someone else!?

I don’t even fantasize about sex anymore. Hell, the last time I had sex, Obama was still president, and it was a random Grindr hookup; get in, get out, no emotional connection.

I’m tempted as hell to look into “cuddle clubs”. Places where you get dressed up in pajamas and lay in a big cuddle pile. Most places I’ve heard/read/googled about have a strict “no nudity” and absolutely “no erections!”, but shit, at least it’s human contact…

Edit: I can’t afford the hotel I’m living in, so my parents have to subsidize… My best advice: force every fiber-of-your-being into focusing on the positives. I’m trying, but to your point; it’s exhausting sometimes, and there are very few things available to you that will improve your mood more than a good cry. Go for it! Sob like a child that just dropped their ice cream! Scream your frustrations into a pillow! Back when i could afford therapy, the dude told me that those were perfectly acceptable as stop-gap coping mechanisms.

Can you see if there are hobby groups around you that meet up and socialize? From my experience, any group that can come together under one hobby, will totally understand a quick “hi, I’ve got a little anxiety…”

I just picked up a package from the front desk of the “extended living” hotel I’m starting at, and the overworked front desk lady was frazzled having to deal with me and a screaming infant…

Me too kid, me too…

Unfortunately, I can’t afford therapy anymore, so it’s a six pack, a tub full of scalding water and lavender bubble baff, and yelling at people i haven’t seen in decades; to ease my emotional burden.

No. It requires a 2/3 vote from Congress. And the midterms (if they happen…) will (hopefully) be brutal for republicans…

She’s streets ahead in other subjects though…

Unless it’s Warren Peace, no one should be doing this!?

The only thing i truly miss about Reddit was Doom scrolling the raised by narcissists sub

Edit: I just remembered a quote that your reply reminded me of; The axe doesn’t remember every swing, but the tree remembers every cut.

My DNA donors like to insist that they did “so many nice things” for me as a kid… Funny thing though, i only seem to remember the “Dad’s in a bad mood” beatings, the “you don’t need glasses, you’re just being dramatic” gaslighting to keep me blind for my first 17 years.

There’s more, but enough trauma dumping for today

You’ve already spun up a spam community I’ve blocked due to conspiracy laden posts, please don’t spam a real community unless you have a source other than “trust me bro”.

The four years I spent in high school still feel like the longest chunk of my life so far, and i was married for ten years…

Judge a man not by the words he speaks, but by the company he keeps.

Well, if it isn’t little Lisa Slopson! The tech bros answer to a QUESTION NO ONE ASKED!?

Just one more data center, bro! Promise!

Best comment about this was from a video posted yesterday:

Nvidia keeps saying that this tech is still a work in progress, yet they made the decision to release a demo in its current state…

Yeah, this is some of the laziest “ragebait” I’ve ever seen…

How it’s done - Huntrix

Watched k pop demon hunters two weeks ago and can’t get the earworms out

Ugh, I felt this. My sperm donor would “take over” anytime I asked for help, which led me to hating asking for help as an adult