KaiReeve

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Well America used to be just a handful of colonies along the eastern seaboard, but then there was the whole manifest destiny thing. Going west meant heading out to the new frontier. Midwesterners are people who gave up midway.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I went through a period of severe depression following some life-changing events. These changes caused me to suddenly become isolated from my family so my wife was really all I had. I lost my job and struggled to find another one in the industry which only made things worse and made it so that we didn't really have money for therapy. It was a rough few years, but we made it through.

The best thing you can do for him right now is to be there for him and remain his ally. Try to make him smile when you can and give him hope for a brighter future. If you want to do something more pro-active then you could try to keep his space clean or cook healthy meals for him as these things will help with his mental hygiene, but it's mostly up to him to make the necessary effort to get better.

Make sure you take care of yourself, too. Practice good mental hygiene so that you can stay positive and motivated to make it through this. You got this.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Compelling villains are written with a deeper motivation for their actions than just 'hurt people' or 'be evil' and they have a tendency to challenge the status quo in some way. Such villains become sympathetic because the current status quo is oppressive.

It must be very difficult to write a villain for a contemporary piece of media because they can very quickly become a hero of the people.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You never know. Someone could make a time travel movie with it one day and then collectors will pay an arm and a leg for the left door.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Time to update my CV

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

That's a good point, but I'm definitely paying more taxes now than I was before. My new state has income tax and tangible property (vehicle) tax that Florida didn't have. I looked up tax distribution for my county and the majority goes into education, so I can't complain too much.

[–] [email protected] 72 points 5 months ago (6 children)

I recently gave up my 3% mortgage from 2013 in exchange for a 7% mortgage. It hurts, but it was worth it to get out of Florida.

In the end, my housing costs actually didn't change that much because my home insurance rates were skyrocketing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I never called for a ban. I said maybe go out and explore the forest before climbing up the family tree. And it's my understanding that most women understand the risk of procreating after 40 and typically avoid it.

But I'm not your daddy. You don't need my approval to fuck your uncle's kids.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (3 children)

It's not because it's "icky", it's because if you both have the same grandma then you only have one snickerdoodle recipe for Christmas cookies, genetically speaking.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 5 months ago (45 children)

There are 8 billion people on this planet now. Surely you can find someone other than your cousin.

It really shouldn't need to be illegal, but I guess residents of the volunteer state require a little more incentive to find dates before the holidays, rather than during them.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Man, just existing on Tatooine is hard work.

-It's a desert planet run by crime lords.

-The natives carry rifles and kidnap people just to torture them to death.

-There are little goblins driving tanks around the countryside stealing anything that isn't sand.

-The sand is rough and coarse and irritating and it gets everywhere.

-Krayt Dragons

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Quit flying that drone over my lawn.

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