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  • Lol I never really though of it like that. That is almost morbid, isn’t it?

    That system is more commonly used at airports throughout the US, and I believe it’s widespread internationally, too. Why the fuck don’t we just have frequently running trains that have a stop at airports? I know my local airport technically has a bus service, but they only move directly between there and downtown (an hour away) and only during specific times of day.






  • One just started coming through my neighborhood like 2 weeks ago, and there’s a kid a few houses down who seems to always be ready to run out and stop the truck. Takes easily 10+ minutes for the music to fade out. Like, I hate to be a grumpy old man, but that music drives me fucking nuts! I’m on the verge of trying to beat the kid to the truck just so I can bribe the guy to drive away as fast as possible






  • Water gives you heartburn? I’ve never heard of that, that’s odd. I occasionally get heartburn but oddly enough, it usually means I’ve been sitting down too long. Certainly it’s exacerbated by stuff like pizza or too much coffee, but in any case, simply standing up for a few minutes helps me a lot.





  • I remember I rarely cried as a teen. On one of the rare occasions I did (I was stressed about school), my dad told me to suck it up and would periodically tease me about it for months afterward. My mom, meanwhile, told me verbally it was ok to cry, but if I ever actually tried to come to her to vent about anything, she would brush me off immediately.

    Cut to well over a decade later, living on my own, it’s really helpful to cry. Unfortunately we live in a culture where if you, as a man, cry in front of others, you’re likely to lose respect even if you’re literally in mourning. I teared up when the whole thing with Angella happened in She-Ra, I wept for hours when Trump got elected again. I cried on and off for a long time after my best friend of over 15 years ghosted me out of nowhere, but it was always alone (except for once, which I deeply regret. That’s a long story but it did reinforce what I’m saying).

    If another man came to me to cry about something, I wouldn’t want to discourage him, but I’m not sure I would even know how to react.



  • BremboTheFourth@piefed.catoMemes@sopuli.xyzRelatable
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    12 days ago

    The aughts?? Surely that must have been a particularly ignorant teen, or they were messing with you. High quality phone cameras were far from ubiquitous then. My phone had a camera but I was still buying disposable ones at CVS before going on trips so I could get high quality photos all the way through the aughts. And if that teen is in their mid 30s now, I’m still younger than them…