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Yeah, too much maintainence for what I want to do with my own body. And I avoided pets a long time too for that same reason. I have two cats now that have become very attached, and I spoil those two every chance I get. And it's exactly CPTSD induced anxiety that has me driving hard into the stocks. That passive supplemental income is aiding well into further growth. Eventually it will be enough to cover basic costs. This is somehow therapeutic for me to cope with the day to day building. My fortress of safety.

I had the same plans originally. Once I get on my feet, I would get tats. But then I discovered stonks and like money that grows rather than ink. It's that independent from even shitty jobs security I crave more than decorating myself. I still like tatted ascetics though. Just always something takes a higher priority for me. If you ever feel like showing them off, I'm sure plenty here would love to admire them, myself included. And like you, SG, I remain tatless. Maybe one day I'll get a potato on my ass, but that's about it I think.

I noticed this too, because of our history on here, we seem to be earning badges at a faster rate than if we started from scratch. Kinda like a booster seat to help us catch back up with the newer blood in here.

Hard relate Another hard relate. Not trying to mince your words with the quotes, my thumb slipped and I can't get the quote boxes gone. Serves me right for getting the cheapest upgrade I guess. But I've kept getting renewed subscriptions with PTSD whether I like it or not. I'm sure it's CPTSD. I'll summarize as I can't be as brave and open as you.. A dad who abandoned me, a shitty abusive fucker of a stepdad, 5 years Marines, 3 Years army, 3 shitty deployments between the two of them. Shitty partners, going homeless, wife suicide. The end result is me not wanting to get any closer than a computer/phone screen with anyone. And every step of the way, wether people could see it or not, I was trying to heal myself. I still have some moments where I go wrong off the get right, but it's in real life where I can't just set the phone down. But I do have a good strong solid group of friends who been backing me up for a long long time now also. I just hope you can continue to grow and heal, but holy fucking shit I have to give you respect for belting out everything here. That's far braver than what I am willing to do.

I apparently can't even take the quiz... I just HAD to get the cheap phone this time around..

This is still my favored pic. It's of me and my wife back when things were still good and we would happily fuck around with those goofy filter apps for the giggles.

There used to be a difference.. now I can't tell. One bad apple spoils the whole bunch and all that. Even if they're not MAGA zealots, how can anyone tell the difference since they're all on the same team pretty much? Like I don't know who the Republicans are going to nominate if not Trump. All other potential candidates seem almost as horrible (DeSantis) and their hopes to run fir president seemed to die almost immediately. So my question would be, if there are any conservatives here who also dislike this new breed of Republican, what do you do? How will you vote? See any alternative parties besides the Libertarian party? Or are you gonna back the front man (whoever it may be) no matter how vile they have been?

If I am to chime in now that I can better explain without devolving into shit flinging.... I have principals that I think should be pretty universal. Don't limit other people's personal freedoms. It always seems to be the conservative/republicans that push this. Especially now with SCOTUS. Even if you personally don't believe in oppressing like they do, your vote does. It's acceptable and tolerable to you enough to still vote for these people, and now they stacked SCOTUS for God knows how long. That's tied into the Republican/Conservative machine. You can't say conservative without even sounding prejudice anymore because that prejudice is so accepted and tolerated within that party. Even for fiscal reasons, none practice what they preach, all seem to want to gut social assistance programs and will go to any length they can to fuck people over. So if you have conservative views and can't figure out why people look at you like the bad guy, it's because you've never been on the receiving end of your views and they likely have.

Possibly? I mean this account has been banned for well over a decade and your name also seems vaguely familiar. I was the board's local shit stirrer/starter. If you want we can DM to see if any personal facts ring any bells.

Well things work just fine on Chrome, obviously as I'm posting. But Firefox still thinks I'm banned. This is not a cry for tech help as I'm sure this is the curse of Troy at this point.

That's basically why I block or walk away. Like back after the Marines, yeah I was dealing with PTSD in really toxic ways due to shitty/no help and had to navigate on my own. Now I at least have a self made road map and have figured out a few short cuts around alcoholism and taking it out on other people.

I don't get that lol. When I see those "Fuck Biden" signs or statements it just seems to be part of the cult. And that always leads to racism being the root of it all. That's why I just block it right at the gate.

Yeah the only thing about politics that still gets under my skin is everyone who chooses to die on either hill beyond any reasonable thoughts. It comes off as blind ignorance to me and it's something I've been personally working on myself. I don't know why it annoys me so much. Maybe because I see them as part of the problem that won't allow us to ever open up any remote potential to fix it or find a solution. But I'm trying to see it as yet another force of nature that I must navigate around in life.

I see two parties. They're both over flowing dumpsters with different stinks. But one has been smoldering for a few decades before it turned into a raging dumpster fire in 2016. I only side towards the democrats because they're not republicans. But to be honest, I don't like the Democrats much better either. Neither party seems to care for the general population, and pull favors for corporations and billionaires. The Dems just do the bare minimum to look like they're for the people. I could go on a longer winded rant about this but meh, mostly I've emotionally and mentally checked out from this. I only try to make the best educated guess as what the future might hold and make plans for what is likely to happen to keep my personal growth growing

Nah, it's a common symptom of living in the United States with more than just 2 brain cells dry humping each other.

I would actually like to watch that one day. Sounds hilarious.

No no no, they're fish people. Alex Jones had a whole melt down about it.

Oh man all the married women in here clicking their mice... It's so hot.

Welcome!

Huh huh, you said suck..

I think you're old when your sugar baby says you're old and offers to be on top that night.

One day I'll be able to check this venue out. For now I'm stuck in toddlerville.

Yeah let's get this back on topic. Hunter and Donny Jr will be the next series of alien probes, offered up by everyone. Aliens man, they're here. And I'm sure they're asking why they're here even harder than what we're asking.

It's all on perspective, to each their own. 40 isn't any big deal besides your field of fucks you never knew you had all die off. It's quite liberating in a sense. But does it mean you're old? To a 20 year old, yes. To a 60 year old, no. To a child? You're just an adult, no difference between an 18 year old and up until you turn grey, then you're old. Or maybe it's group perspective, or your circle of friends, you the old man of the group or the young kid? But at 42, I don't think any of it matters at all, but then my field of fucks has been dead and barren for 2 years now.

A lot of it was done behind closed doors, or somewhat low key and passively. Like I would see bits of his moantube channel come across my facebook feed every now and again. It was... bad... It was watching someone slowly go down hill, and feel bad and vindicated at the same time. It's understandably a confusing period of time around this.