So a month or two ago I was visiting with my dad (always turns into drinking) and his friend. I could say a million things about my Dad and his relationship with alcohol and me but that’s for a different post.
Anyway, my Dad and his friend were just basically praising me for the “cool things” I’ve done in my short 29 years. 6 years in the military, learning languages, living in cool places and doing awesome things. Skydiving, hiking, running marathons, pursuing a college degree, owning my own small business, having a family etc etc. And I looked at them and said “Yeah, I guess that all is pretty cool... too bad I have been drunk for most of it.” They laughed like it was actually funny, I laughed awkwardly... I said it wittily, but it hit me like a baseball bat to the gut. (But I still had a few more beers of course cuz apparently I needed to stew in this epiphany and also fuck up some more before realizing I can’t drink ever again if I want to save my own life)
But damn, How cool would it have been to experience those things sober. Not only remembering the experiences more clearly but actually enjoying them and even expanding on them. Many of those “good times” were ruined or at least tainted in one way or another by alcohol. Not to mention the list of all the shitty things that have happened and that I’ve done through my entire adult life due to alcohol is just as long. Relationship issues/divorce, NJPs and basically ending my Marine Corps career, outpatient treatments, anger management and mental health issues, self harm, suicidal ideation and attempts, I could go on and on and on.
I know I can’t go back but I hope I have enough time left to do some more cool shit while sober ... :)
A friend of mine told me this one some years ago. It is the worst joke I have ever heard in my life.
A mad scientist, up on his secret sea-side mountaintop lair, is working on a life extension serum. He has nearly perfected it, and is about to begin testing it on dolphins.
Unfortunately, he has run out of his miraculous elixir! He needs to whip up a new batch. The main ingredient is derived from the pituitary glands of young birds.
So he drives a few miles down the beach to the rocky cliffs where the sea birds nest and he begins collecting eggs. He is able to fill a couple grocery sacks full, and then he heads home.
When he gets home, he is shocked to discover a lion! It is stretched out, sleeping across the path to the lab's front door!
Very carefully, he tiptoes silently to the lion and gingerly steps over it and the police swoop in and arrest him.
What do they charge him with?
ANSWER: Transporting underage gulls over staid lions for immortal porposes.
Kaieteur News – Dem boys read a sad story bout a lil boy wah sick with leukaemia and who need treatment outside. When dem boys hear story like dis, water does come to dem eyes. To think dat we is now wan oil producing nation and we want set up gas-to-shore plant and can’t even provide de sort of medical care needed for dat lil boy. And de Vee Pee talking about paying back de cost in four years. Which major onshore investment like dat one, which can be de largest ever in de country’s history, does get pay off in four years? Not even Amalia’s Falls would ah end up being paid off before 20 years. So dem boys wan know how come dis one getting pay off in four years? Dem boys watching fuh see de financial model wah dem gat and who gan be de one benefiting from de rapid payoff of de investment. But dem boys mo concern today about de wastage of funds wah tekkin place while lil children nah getting de best health care. Dem boys seh a lot of money wasting pun some of dem constitutional agencies, such as de ERC and dem other Commissions. Dem boys seh is best de government tek dah money wah wasting pun de constitutional commission and spend it fuh help dah lil boy wah deh in pain. Dem boys gan find nuff use fuh de money wah allocating to dem constitutional commissions. Talk half and call fuh de dissolving of some of dem constitutional commissions. - Dem Boys Seh From Kaieteur News Feb 23, 2021 - https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2021/02/23/erc-should-be-dissolved/
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Village Idiots - "#1 and would be even better if it were Village Idits instead"
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Coup d'Ecap - "Hard to pronounce, I like it."
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Rektiles - "Would have been better if it were Erektile Dysfunction but it'll do"
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Stranger Pings - "Spooky"
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WCYDinos - "The classic"
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ALL CAPS - "Very classy"
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Land Before Timers - "The other less good dinosaur themed classic tagpro name"
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Fire Breathing Rubber Duckies - "what"
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The Elite Four - "It's like pokemon...I guess."
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Capital City Bombers - "I understand that the bomb is a thing in TagPro but this is wasted pun potential. Very disappointing."
Hi everyone, i'm not sure where to start but I woke up this morning in full blown hopelessness after completely blowing off what I had planned as a nice night in to go for a drink for a friends birthday - obviously it was a lot more than one drink.
I have been doing really well thanks to therapy and I have dialed my drinking way back from where it used to be both in quantity and days spend drinking. I thought I was close to being done with it but I can feel it creeping back in again. I am now 28 and I have been drinking this way since college.
I feel so shitty today because I knew what was going to happen and did it anyway - I also missed a half a day of work - on top of the full day I missed last week (I work for myself so I can get away with it).
I want to drink like normal people but I can only do it like 3/10 times. The second I get the first one in I am on a tear and will not stop until I can't drink anymore or I'm throwing up. The times I do stop after 3-4 drinks I am filled with anxiety and just want more.
Part of me thinks if I wasnt such a pussy I could control it and just say no when I have had 1-2 drinks. But by drink 3 that control is completely gone. It makes me feel really bad about myself.
I remember feeling repulsed by the idea of being drunk last night... as I bought a tall boy and 2 shots. I didn't even think about the shots the words just came out of my mouth and I obviously wanted it but it was like a reflex. Then came more beers, more shots, sneaking back to the bottle for little pull, and then panic grabbing a beer as I was leaving to go home.
I was loving every minute of it too.
I have put on so much weight - I feel like my potential is being wasted (pun intended) - I don't even like booze that much I just love the feeling of getting drunker.
I have 3 good friends who have recently gotten sober and I am so envious. We are all pretty involved in the local scene which revolves around drinking more or less and it makes it doubly hard. But they did it. And I feel like I need to spend more time with them instead. Doing things that are not drinking.
So I am reaching out here too because I think I need more than just me. I don't really know what I'm asking. I just know i want to take like 30 days off and just start there. I am alo uncomfortable with the idea of not drinking for a while becuase in the past 3 weeks or so I have had more control. Just not all the control.
I got us tickets to his show in Vegas, he's paying for dinner and the Uber to/from the show (because parking in Vegas SUCKS) and I am SO freaking excited.We'll both be sober so we can actually appreciate the jokes and just enjoy each others company instead of wondering when we can get the next drink/fix in his case.
My rehab friends have saved my life. I can't believe I wasted all those potentially nights like this one is going to be just getting wasted (pun definitely intended)
I love being sober.
First time poster. I’d done extensive research trying to find an answer that satisfied me, but that answer was never found (it had to do with shrink/stretch of inseam in trying to determine if I should go 30 or 32 inseam). I THINK I’m looking for something between a slight break to a half break (trying to keep with the times).
So here are the 511 Sequoia 31x32. From my vantage point (looking down) they seemed too long. Finally had a friend take a pic which gave me a much better reference. I’m looking for feedback. Do they seem too long for 2019? If not: Will they shrink in length just from wearing? Without washing? Is it safe to go and try to shrink the length of cotton99/elastase1? I can put on the 31x30 later for contrast. When I wore those, people said, “they look very well tailored!”, but that was pre-wash of any kind. When I’d sit, they felt like they rode up too much over my feet, I felt. But maybe this is something I’m just not used to, and to be as stylish as 2019 allows, I should get used to it.
Note, I’ve recently gone down in weight, so while I’d usually do 34, or at the smallest, 32 (I’m 175lbs/6’), the 31s were definitely very tight in the waist, then giving enough that they were only snug (though on the inside of the waist I could tell the button was being pulled to the left slightly, based on the back rivet of the button).
I know there is a lot of info in this post and tons of questions. I may even have more! I need to return by Friday so with a super busy week, just trying to sneak a feeler post in, at least!!
I did “try” and do my measurements to try and get a better sense of which I should be wearing: I find the waist sizes so peculiar. My hips are like 36”, smallest of my waist (above navel) is 34.5”. So knowing my waist measurement seems like a total waste (pun intended) of time.
My inseam, however, was the thing I found important. Measuring myself (only option), I went from the base of my jewels to the floor (trying to hold the tape as I corrected my bend so I could take the measurement. I found my right leg to be 30.75” - 31” (78cm-79cm) and my left leg to be 30.25” - 30.5” (77cm-77.5cm).
I measured both the 30 and 32 inseams of the Levi’s 511:
31x30 Inseam: 29.75” (75.5 cm) Waist: 16.5” (42 cm)
31x32 Inseam: 31.5” (81 cm) Waist: 17.25” (44 cm)
32x30 Inseam: 30.25” (76 cm) Waist: 17.5“ (44.5 cm)
32x32 Inseam: 31.5” (80 cm) Waist: 17” (43.5 cm)
TL:DR are these 31x32 too long according to 2019s style trends? Will the len
... keep reading on reddit ➡Well, as a few of you (if even) may know, I had a minor setback at day 41, now it's day 2 all over again - but not as bad as my FIRST day 2. The entire 41 day period hasn't been wasted (pun intended) because this day 2 feels a heck of a lot better than my FIRST day 2 did, I also slept like a baby both last night and the night before that.
Back to drinking tea again. Come to think of it, I'm not sure - but it seems to be important for me to always have my favorite tea at hand, the 3-5 days before I "fell off" my path I had actually ran out of my favorite Caramel tea which I'm hopelessly addicted to. I decided to wait until they're half price again...which haven't come this month as they usually do...so I've been too stingy to pay the premium of 4 dollars per 20 bags of Caramel tea...I know it sounds kinda petty, but that's how I got my house and KEPT it in the first place, even with YEARS of joblessness...simply because I'm really good at keeping costs down and not spending on expenses I don't need.
Those principles I took up over 15 years ago - brought me from being heavily indebted to total freedom...except the booze, that was the last thing of those "loads" in life I had left.
Still working on that...
Hi everyone, I've had to change travel plans so I can't make the Lima show. Is anyone needing a last minute ticket? I would rather the ticket get put to good use rather than it going to waste (pun intended).
Today is day 3. I didn't really set out on Day 1 to stop drinking, but what-with New Years and a horrible hang-over on the 1st, it was pretty easy to not drink that day. But then Day 2 happened.
I've been what I would describe as a functional alcoholic for many years. Probably 20 (nearing 40 years old here..). I've achieved a modicum of success. Have a nice house, car, wife, stuff. I also own my own company (with my wife) and it's been doing OK. But this year we missed almost all of our business and personal goals.
Now, this is not something that I can point to any one thing and say "Yep, alcohol related". But when you look at the entire year, I've finally realized that drinking has led to a total stall in my life. I don't know who I am anymore, I live in a constant state of "catching up" and have let a lot of goals slip by.
On average, I was drinking 6-8 drinks per day in the evening. Quite buzzed to fall asleep. When I'm honest, I had a hangover every day. Got frequently dehydrated and had headaches. But hey - I'm the boss, and can let a few things slide. I could put in a B- job and nobody would complain.
I'm not sure if anyone has actually noticed or put two-and-two together that my excessive drinking is (largely) responsible for my total flatline of a year, but I've known it for some time and just didn't want to give up the "fun" of drinking.
On Day 2, my wife and I had a fight. Same stuff for the last year. I'm not paying enough attention, I'm letting goals slip, She doesn't feel loved and lots of other stuff. I had promised to "get better" over and over but have really let her down. We went on long drive together (nearly 8 hours for some awesome sightseeing) and hardly spoke the entire drive. Really sad.
That drive gave me a lot of time to think. I decided that I was going to find ways to experience the same "highs" and relaxing feelings that I got from drinking in new ways. I mean, c'mon... There have to be other means of winding down, relaxing, dealing with a bad day or just plain old living life, right? (The answer is yes).
I made a list of goals for 2016. Stuff that's been floating around in my head for a long time, but, of course, I've never had time to even think about them due to the 5 hours every night wasted (pun not entirely intended) with a glass in my hand on the couch watching TV. So now, I'm going to do those things. Some are work related, some are personal new-and-former hobbies (re-learn the piano any
... keep reading on reddit ➡(insert white-girl wasted pun here)
I'm going to pick up a bunch of pumpkin beers this weekend and would like a consensus on the top 5 (opinion, obviously) or so available in town. Wasn't that impressed with Terrapin IPPP.
Hello everyone I have a free ticket on the floor to giveaway I will pick someone randomly in the comments tonight.
It is a will call ticket so we will have to meet in order for me to give you the ticket. Leave a comment explaining why you want the ticket and maybe you'll get lucky! Good luck!
I'll contact you around 11:00pm via private message for your phone number if you've been chosen and if I don't get a response in the next 10 minutes I will go to the next one (sorry the concert is tomorrow I don't want the ticket to go to WASTE (pun intended)).
--jj
results : https://i.imgur.com/IUj0FAL.png
I was helping out in my aunt's restaurant and some medical staff I knew and who abused me asked some food. I got it but literally pissed in their soup. I got a cup from the toilet and poured it in and served it to them.
They used to say to me I was nothing and I was a bad person. And if I ever deserved a transplant I wouldn't get it since I was a nothing person. And how I was a nothing since I didn't go to church. They deserved everything wasteful (pun intended) they got.
A few months ago I received a letter from BWW about a repair management corporation, don’t have the name with me right now, but basically if any pipes outside of my house were to break This third party company would cover repair costs. I did end up signing up seeing as it wasn’t that expensive, but now I’m receiving another letter about a similar service for the interior plumbing and drainage system. Just curious about why this has been sent now, a decade after we purchased the home, and seeing if anyone had any advice on wether or not this is a good idea or a waste (pun intended) of time.
It was grounds for dismissal!
I thought I would be going to Dublin, but the trip fell through. I have 2 tickets to the June 20 show. Apparently the tickets are linked to my name, and the only way to make sure they get used is if somebody buys or takes them from me, and I submit their name in my place.
If you will -- or can -- be in Dublin on June 20th I am willing to give you these 2 tix for free. Seriously. I just really dont want them going to waste (pun).
I was playing Pokemon Platinum and was on the way to Lake Acuity. When I reached snowpoint city, I talk with a trainer named Mindy and was surprised to hear that she wanted to trade her Haunter for a Medicham. Immediately after hearing the word Haunter, I set out to find a Meditite. To those of you who don't know, Haunter evolves into Gengar after trading and Gengar happens to be one of my favourite mons. I've never used a Gengar before because I didn't have any friends to trade with. So, after hearing this lady is offering a Gengar, I scour Mt. Coronet for a Meditite. After finally catching a Meditite, I began training it for 6 hours using the Vs Seeker. I basically battled every trainer from twinleaf city to snowpoint city. After evolving the Meditite, I go to the lady's house looking forward to use a Gengar finally. I do the trade and after hearing she made it hold a f*cking everstone, I basically deleted the game. Never have I had the urge to kill a NPC before till now.
Moral of the story: Don't take everything for granted.
P.S. English is not my first language, so please overlook any errors.
https://maximumfun.org/episodes/adventure-zone/the-adventure-zone-ethersea-prologue-i-our-wasted-world/
Travelers from four war-torn kingdoms congregate at the edge of a fearsome storm, following a divine invitation emanating from deep within the Ethersea.
Join us as we build our next campaign while playing The Quiet Year, a brilliant mapmaking game designed and written by Avery Alder. Learn more about The Quiet Year and purchase it for yourself here: https://buriedwithoutceremony.com/the-quiet-year
Final map from McElroy site: https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/Af0lwxHdvHWa5-qv8BlVr1bcgKk=/0x0:1953x1136/1320x0/filters:focal(0x0:1953x1136):format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22494153/session_1_quad.jpg
As a big fan of the comic books I was really excited for this show.
With all the hype going on around alternative superhero stories(The Boys, Invincible) it was a really good opportunity for Netflix to get in on the action.
I wasn’t expecting a masterpiece but kinda Punisher or Daredevil level of quality, which would have been excellent.
Unfortunately they seem to have fallen a bit short. While it’s not terrible, and still somewhat entertains it’s hard to feel as if Netflix hasn’t left a lot on the table with this one.
It just seems like it was done on a shoestring budget without quality writers, directors and special effects people.
Hopefully they entirely rethink season 2 because it can still blossom. The story and concepts are great but need to cut a lot of the power rangers esque delivery.
Word to those just starting: LEARN GIT
I’ve been slowly teaching myself web design and web development for the last 7 months, and when I first got started I read that using GitHub was important. It showed your progress for future employers and how active you are in your code. So of course I made a profile and did a quick look on how to make repos and upload stuff, but I did not understand at all what I was doing.
I started going through several casual classes and working on my own projects and I learned so much about basic html css and vanilla js. A lot of the projects demonstrated that, but I wasn’t tracking them correctly in GitHub. The last two days I sat down and REALLY learned Git and GitHub; I was horrified. I realized all my hard work didn’t reflect on my page. I realized all the times I completely restarted a site from scratch was unnecessary. It almost feels like starting from scratch.
The good part about this is that I know how to use Git effectively in all my future projects, and I think it’s the coolest tool in my arsenal. Plus, I can share my failure with others who might fall into the same trap. So yeah, if you’re just starting out, PLEASE LEARN GIT AND GITHUB.
Here’s a few links to some awesome tutorials and pages!!
Learn GitHub in 20 Minutes Video
Edit: thank you all so much for the positive feedback!! Something else I should clarify and help breakdown confusion: Git and GitHub are two totally separate things! If you’re just starting definitely begin with Git, and then transition to GitHub. This is probably a duh for most of the seasoned programmers here, but for me as a beginner it was the greatest source of confusion!!
I just finished reading some comic from the ‘80s about a trans person and I just feel so damn empty. The first 23 years of my life feel so twisted up that they don’t mean anything coherent to me, and instead I just feel this intense emptiness where memories and formative moments should be. I’ve been transitioning for uhh three or so years now but I don’t really feel like I’m getting any where. When I bumped up to 4mg of estradiol I felt pretty good for the first time in pretty much as long as I can remember but after a few weeks that dissipated. Now I’m only taking roughly 2mg a night because of my anxiety issues and I think I may be permanently fucking up my transition lool...
Uhh I think I got off topic. I tend to feel this way when I read stories about younger people because it makes me think about my past and how I didn’t really live it. And I’m not really living my life as it is now. Not just because OCD and the pandemic have me trapped inside my bedroom 24/7 these days... I feel like my personality’s warped from what it should be and I’m struggling to fix it. I have a few memories of myself as a child and the kind of person I was growing up to be... But I’m so far from that now that I don’t know how to fix it. I suppose I should accept the troubles I’ve had as important to who I really am now. But it doesn’t really feel like me, like I didn’t feel like myself when I went through all that. I don’t feel like me. And sometimes I know how I want to feel, but I don’t know how to get there.
Lol sorry for the ramblings but yeah like is anyone else having one of those days?
Edit: Thank-you everyone for the responses and the awards! I'm grateful for all of the feedback and stories, slowly making my way through all the comments. I'll remember and carry them all with me as we all try to work through this novel time in our lives <3
Welcome to the TAZCirclejerk episode discussion thread, for your dose of McEelnoise!
The Adventure Zone: Ethersea – Prologue I: Our Wasted World
Travelers from four war-torn kingdoms congregate at the edge of a fearsome storm, following a divine invitation emanating from deep within the Ethersea.
Join us as we build our next campaign while playing The Quiet Year, a brilliant mapmaking game designed and written by Avery Alder. Learn more about The Quiet Year and purchase it for yourself here: https://buriedwithoutceremony.com/the-quiet-year
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Next ep: Thur 13 & 20
