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He's the one on the left
Jeff had severe self-confidence issues
Jeff
Almost all genuinely funny people do.
I so wanted to hear Dan's "I can't eat this" stories
I mean it makes sense, I can't remember what it was on but I know he's talked on the past about early game spot/giant bomb video days where he was putting on like a stage persona and got to the point where he wasn't sure who was the real Jeff, him or the persona or something like that.
I mean I have tons of self-confidence issues and like there's no way I could do some of the shit giant bomb does. My brain would never let me be free enough to go truly dumb.
Steam
I think it's hard to be truly self-confidence without having had issues with it in the past. Like, it's something you have to confront and deal with and work on, I think. Or at least it was in my experience. I am a very self-confident person these days but when I was younger? No way! And people will always tell me that I can't believe I have not always been confident. It's something I've had to focus on and work on.
I forgot jeff and patrick lost their dads and ryan within a year
sorry dude I love you but
"no I will never do a joint account everyone must pay their share"
good luck with that one
Those do not look like the same people to me, but ok.
Well except he is a bigger man than I and can drink a lot more
you may be suffering from prosopagnosia
Nah. I'm way better at remembering faces than names even.
Like, to the extent that when folks on here change their avatars I forget who they are for a bit sometimes.
He just doesn't look at all the same in those two pictures to me.
care to share what those experiences/opinions are?
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My dad and step mom got drunk nearly every night, with my dad frequently passing out in his arm chair at 9 PM
My grandma (birth mother's side) and uncle get drunk at every possible occasion, with only my other uncle who went through AA and got his shit together and has stayed sober abstaining from alcohol
so basically I thought if I started drinking I would fall down a deep hole and basically be a horrible drunkard and abstained from alcohol until I was about 20ish
but even then I don't really like drinking like a lot of my friends do and did when I was first starting out, largely because alcohol is fuckin gross so if I am gonna drink it I am gonna drink enough of it to get proper drunk. So if we're hanging out and watching Netflix or something I'll drink Orange Soda or Pepsi. If we're gonna be capital D drinking, I am gonna drink like 3 mixed drinks and do some shots.
but I know that's a good thing to do often and have only done it, god, like maybe 2 times in the past 6 months?
Basically, I was paranoid that I'd become an alcoholic and turned out to not really like drinking often at all and only get drunk when the stars align and the hellgate beneath my apartment springs
this episode also features being terrified and confused about where to actually socialize with people as a young adult
dealing with loss and specifically dealing with a father passing
having weird food hang-ups, specifically with shit on sandwiches and whatnot
this is basically ZACK'S PROBLEMS: A DANSWERS SPECIAL
I'm kind of glad that my antidepressants give me an easy way to avoid drinking
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I still have a certain degree of separation between David Cross and Tobias Funke, even though I know full well that it's David Cross he just kinda vanishes into the character
thank you for sharing!
it's interesting that your experiences are sort of the opposite of mine. Only one member of my family is an alcoholic (at least that I know of), and my parents have always had a healthy attitude towards drinking. They typically have one or two drinks in the evening and that's it, so I've always been pretty comfortable around alcohol
then when I was in college, I went through some real bad times. A bad relationship ended with a bad breakup that exacerbated my untreated issues with depression and anxiety. I started drinking to deal with it
I started drinking a lot
we're talking "being at a shitty dive bar from 2 in the afternoon until close" and "sneak home for a shot of whiskey before dry social engagements" levels of drinking. I was dangerously, dangerously close to being a fully fledged alcoholic
fortunately I was able to recognize that what I was doing was incredibly dangerous and unhealthy, so I started going to therapy. Therapy led me to a psychiatrist, who helped me properly medicate my mental health issues. I was able to cut back on my drinking, and walk away from the abyss. I don't have that compulsion to drink anymore
but consequently, I hate getting drunk. I hate the way it makes me feel, and I hate that I can't trust myself. Past a certain point, I completely lose my ability to stop. I will quite happily tear through an entire bottle of liquor if nobody stops me, and I hate that
so if I'm out at a bar or hanging out with friends, I am strictly a two-or-three beers kind of guy. Enough to loosen up and enjoy the moment, but not so much that things get dangerous
also I like to have a beer or two with dinner, because I like the taste
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The closest I ever got was when my brother talked me into doing a couple shots of this 80% alcohol shit he had, but that tasted like murderous chalk so I only did 2.
The fact that, between weird work schedules and medication stuff, I'm the only person in the house that can deal with family/friend emergencies a lot of the time has also contributed to that.
yeah like...he has a beard now. and his hair is flipped up.
they were incredibly on point this week, really really funny all the way through
James Bond In: Too Many Donkeys!
It sounds like its one thing his upbringing drilled into him, which is great and super useful
His ideas about how money should work in a relationship are
Well he hasn't been in a really serious one so perhaps that will change
Yup.
Its one of the best ones they've ever done
Up there with oogieloves for me, especially with how boring the movie seems compared to that one
That's an enjoyable bad trip you can have in the comfort of your own home right there
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Just listened to the "Entanglement" episode of Invisibilia and the three noises Maria Bamford makes was wonderful.
this is a super good podcast, you guys.
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
I think it was