So my brother. The one who kicked me out of our apartment when he got insanely irresponsible in life and thus I had to move to Texas for a long while.
He was going to the hospital today for an appointment to setup a series of tests to figure out why his hearing is the way it is and what can be done to fix it. What I got was a phone call just a few moments ago informing me he's being taken to a special facility for 72 hours because he's on suicide watch.
At face value that sounds extreme. But my brother is more manipulative than these people think. He's BAD at being manipulative when you see how it happens and how he contradicts himself over time. But I dunno. At any rate, even if this is real, I am really, really unsure of how I'm supposed to feel about a guy who is my brother but also kicked me into the most miserable phase of my life.
Speaking from someone who's 3/4ths family members are total raging assholes, always better to find family among good people than good in your family.
That was my philosophy for a while. But over the last few years my surrogate family (friends, mentors, etc) have been abandoning me for various reasons.
So maybe I just have asshole in my blood and I don't see it, even though I try REALLY hard to avoid all the shit my family does.
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DynagripBreak me a million heartsHoustonRegistered User, ClubPAregular
Old family ring with a huge sapphire sounds awesome to me, assuming said family is not totally fucking insane.
Half and half. Her dad loathes me, her mom likes me.
y does her father hate on u
is he just a hater
Dude, how did you miss this story? Lets see the reasons he hates me:
1. I grew up poor. Not quite white trash but poor.
2. My politics.
3. My sexual orientation.
4. That I was raised Catholic which I didn't think was a thing any more but apparently it still is in his mind.
5. That I'm a Yankee.
6. That I've been married once already.
7. That I'm taller then him.*
*This is conjecture. But he's short so I think we can safely assume it.
That scorpion tail moves remotely to place the monitors just where yo want them. The whole thing reclines as a unit too, so you can lean back and still be comfortably at eye level.
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ChanusHarbinger of the Spicy Rooster ApocalypseThe Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered Userregular
The whole mindset and history behind Sweet 16/Quinceañera is really disturbing to me, and nothing moreso about that than it's still a thing.
Always kinda odd when I go to the Galleria on a Saturday and have to remind myself that's not a group of kids coming from their prom.
It just seems like such a gross condoning of oppressive objectification and sexualizing of young girls.
But, I mean, that's definitely a thing that people do.
not to apologize for the sheer grossness of quinceaneras but the tradition is based on the idea that a 16 year-old girl is now a woman
it's exactly the same thing as a bar/ bat mitzvah
It can be, depending on how religiously-tinged the ceremony is, but Bar/Bat Mitzvahs tend to be much more about the person's transition into the religious community.
In that way, S16/Quince is much more akin to debutante balls, being little more than a patriarchal expression of permission given to another person for control of their own body, performed in front of a crowd of their closest friends and family.
i mean that is kind of the anthropological basis of all coming-of-age ceremonies i think
this person is an adult => this person has agency over their lives => this person has bodily and sexual agency
the thing i hate about quinceaneras is that they're incredibly crass, what with the preening and the pinning of money on the dress and all of that.
but i think the anthro subtext is nearly universal.
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DynagripBreak me a million heartsHoustonRegistered User, ClubPAregular
Earlier chat talk of science and stuff has me in the mood for a pop sci book.
unfortunately it's just a field of anthropology concerned with technology, that my friend is phd'ing in in Paris. Look at last page for a look at the college's delightful cat that likes to hang out and interrupt lecturer's
that still sounds awesome imo
oh definitely
not as obviously descsque as the other concept though
That scorpion tail moves remotely to place the monitors just where yo want them. The whole thing reclines as a unit too, so you can lean back and still be comfortably at eye level.
if you dereference a null pointer the whole assembly convulses and stabs you in the gut
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ChanusHarbinger of the Spicy Rooster ApocalypseThe Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered Userregular
"The only way to get rid of a temptation is to give into it." - Oscar Wilde
"We believe in the people and their 'wisdom' as if there was some special secret entrance to knowledge that barred to anyone who had ever learned anything." - Friedrich Nietzsche
huh, I have never been exposed to any of this sweet16/quinceanera sexualization thing. It's always just been a catchy name for a birthday party to me.
Interesting.
life's a game that you're bound to lose / like using a hammer to pound in screws
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
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That scorpion tail moves remotely to place the monitors just where yo want them. The whole thing reclines as a unit too, so you can lean back and still be comfortably at eye level.
if you dereference a null pointer the whole assembly convulses and stabs you in the gut
All is as it should be.
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Old family ring with a huge sapphire sounds awesome to me, assuming said family is not totally fucking insane.
Half and half. Her dad loathes me, her mom likes me.
y does her father hate on u
is he just a hater
Dude, how did you miss this story? Lets see the reasons he hates me:
1. I grew up poor. Not quite white trash but poor.
2. My politics.
3. My sexual orientation.
4. That I was raised Catholic which I didn't think was a thing any more but apparently it still is in his mind.
5. That I'm a Yankee.
6. That I've been married once already.
7. That I'm taller then him.*
*This is conjecture. But he's short so I think we can safely assume it.
Throw him into a bullpen during the rodeo.
He doesn't live in Houston thankfully.
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"The only way to get rid of a temptation is to give into it." - Oscar Wilde
"We believe in the people and their 'wisdom' as if there was some special secret entrance to knowledge that barred to anyone who had ever learned anything." - Friedrich Nietzsche
in my experience, the vast majority of sweet sixteens and quinceanaras are just 'hey you're the age where we're supposed to throw you a really big party so that's what we're gonna do'
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ChanusHarbinger of the Spicy Rooster ApocalypseThe Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered Userregular
Old family ring with a huge sapphire sounds awesome to me, assuming said family is not totally fucking insane.
Half and half. Her dad loathes me, her mom likes me.
y does her father hate on u
is he just a hater
Dude, how did you miss this story? Lets see the reasons he hates me:
1. I grew up poor. Not quite white trash but poor. <-- fair enough poverty is sin
2. My politics. <-- hmm yes politics are bad
3. My sexual orientation. <-- ur not a lesbian, qed
4. That I was raised Catholic which I didn't think was a thing any more but apparently it still is in his mind. <-- papist monstrosity
5. That I'm a Yankee. <-- u monster
6. That I've been married once already. <-- ur clearly whatever the opposite of a black widow is
7. That I'm taller then him.* <-- hitler
*This is conjecture. But he's short so I think we can safely assume it.
look ill be honest it seems like hes right about u
u shud probs try to work on these things
also lol is he some hardcore protestant bible bashin mufuka
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ChanusHarbinger of the Spicy Rooster ApocalypseThe Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered Userregular
look at my horrible chair that I sit in all day : (
aaaaah that desk is all wrong. Keyboard so high.
How have your wrists not exploded?
life's a game that you're bound to lose / like using a hammer to pound in screws
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
Me: "Oh that guy I know who is cool and was college roommates with my other totally cool game designer friend just added me on Google+"
*adds him back*
Dude's Name
Software Engineer @ Google
Me: "Oh yeah he has a really cool job."
Background picture - him with his cool wife* and new baby.
First post is about trying out his Google Glasses.
Me: "You win this time....and apparently at life in general."
Skippy this looks like back pain central. You should fix that.
I am TRYING but SLOTH is the only one with ADVICE and he's telling me to sit on MY BALLS and I'm not gonna do that or spend NINE HUNDRED DOLLARS on a fancy chair
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when i turned 16 i played dungeons and dragons with a big group of my nerd friends
actually i don't even think it was dungeons and dragons it was rolemaster or something
and actually i think there were too many people - maybe 10 - and we never actually got to playing
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That was my philosophy for a while. But over the last few years my surrogate family (friends, mentors, etc) have been abandoning me for various reasons.
So maybe I just have asshole in my blood and I don't see it, even though I try REALLY hard to avoid all the shit my family does.
Throw him into a bullpen during the rodeo.
if you're going to sit all day you might as well just work in a toxic waste dump while punching yourself in the ass
i mean that is kind of the anthropological basis of all coming-of-age ceremonies i think
this person is an adult => this person has agency over their lives => this person has bodily and sexual agency
the thing i hate about quinceaneras is that they're incredibly crass, what with the preening and the pinning of money on the dress and all of that.
but i think the anthro subtext is nearly universal.
oh definitely
not as obviously descsque as the other concept though
sarah sits on a ball
this does not seem great
if you dereference a null pointer the whole assembly convulses and stabs you in the gut
you could do like a sidecar
and also have a minifridge for donuts and soda pop
Who's dick do I have to suck for that?
"We believe in the people and their 'wisdom' as if there was some special secret entrance to knowledge that barred to anyone who had ever learned anything." - Friedrich Nietzsche
Interesting.
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
you can try mine
it's never not worked
All is as it should be.
He doesn't live in Houston thankfully.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjK4_sAl904#t=25
twitch.tv/tehsloth
close enough.
twitch.tv/tehsloth
60% more boring disappointment!
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That's just logic!
"We believe in the people and their 'wisdom' as if there was some special secret entrance to knowledge that barred to anyone who had ever learned anything." - Friedrich Nietzsche
you like it when i touch your turbo button, computer?
there was a dude with an electric wheelchair in a couple of my CS classes, but he just had a little fold up desk thing with a laptop on it.
not 1337
twitch.tv/tehsloth
*fans frantically try to cool down the ever-increasing processor temperature*
look ill be honest it seems like hes right about u
u shud probs try to work on these things
also lol is he some hardcore protestant bible bashin mufuka
skappy this is an insult to your butt
aaaaah that desk is all wrong. Keyboard so high.
How have your wrists not exploded?
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
YOUR RELIGION IS DOUBLE MADE UP, PROTESTANTS
Skippy this looks like back pain central. You should fix that.
*adds him back*
Dude's Name
Software Engineer @ Google
Me: "Oh yeah he has a really cool job."
Background picture - him with his cool wife* and new baby.
First post is about trying out his Google Glasses.
Me: "You win this time....and apparently at life in general."
I wish I worked for Google
*Not as cool as my wife but still pretty cool
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I am TRYING but SLOTH is the only one with ADVICE and he's telling me to sit on MY BALLS and I'm not gonna do that or spend NINE HUNDRED DOLLARS on a fancy chair
actually i don't even think it was dungeons and dragons it was rolemaster or something
and actually i think there were too many people - maybe 10 - and we never actually got to playing
so
kinda spendy ($70 a month after taxes etc.)
doesn't have the equipment I want (boxing / wrestlin' stuff, so most gyms don't have it)
but it is super clean and has really nice facilities and new machines and fucking 19 inch tablets attached to basically everything and free wifi
and its 3 blocks from my house
so overall lookin' forward to it, opens in about a week
time to unsoft myself.
hmm good plan frosteey
1) get drunk
2) order chair