cough cough No idea what you’re talking about

Oh for real. I’ve been on the bus and people ask questions like what time it is. I just respond with something wildly unhinged like “Quarter past where the past, present and future all have a collective existential crisis. But if you need a more convential and temporally linear answer, tis probably too late for this nonsense”. I’ve yet to have anyone say anything other than the most generic ass “Cool” response. Some even say thanks which is… hysterical.

Lobotomy.

Honestly I have no fucking clue. I do the same thing. Especially bad if I think about something that can cause a laughing fit and then I have to explain a voice clip a friend sent to me.

Most people generally won’t care though. They’ll look over and maybe go “Huh” before they carry on.

You’d be amazed just how little people actually think about anyone other than themselves.

To answer your title? Yes. Aggressively so.

I don’t participate in their activities.

That’s fine. There are plenty of friends I don’t share the same activities with.

I don’t really ask them how they are, or what their interests are.

One of the core things about being a friend with someone is getting to know them. That means their emotional state and their general interests. If you don’t show any interest in them, why would or should they show any interest in you? It’s a wasted investment.

I don’t even engage in deep discussion with them unless I’m up for it.

I mean that’s fine. It’s everything else that’s extremely problematic.

When my friend sends a video that reminded her of me or that she finds funny, I don’t click it and just ignore it.

Your friend reached out to say that they thought of you in a moment when they had no real reason to. They’re saying that because they care and want to demonstrate that. By ignoring that, you are telling them that you don’t care about whether or not they are interested in you. Whether you mean that is something else but that is the story you are telling them.

Maybe my friends are growing apart and they text me less because of this

Oh they 100% are. No one is going to stay in a one sided relationship for long because it’s a waste of their effort. They care and be emotionally open but get nothing in return except pain. By you not engaging with them when they try to engage with you, that comes off as you having zero interest in them. They’re going to start questioning why they keep talking to you when you don’t talk back. They are going to eventually come to the conclusion that you are not demonstrating any interest in them because you just simply are not interested in them. They will stop talking to you entirely and any memories they’ve had of you will become tarnished in their mind as a one-sided friendship.

but I’m kind of okay with that because I know they will be there for me when I need it

You are making an insane gamble here that will not pay off. Why would they ever be there for you? You were never there for them. You didn’t share in the small joys of life that they tried to share with you, why would they want to share in your miseries? They will only see you as a source of negative emotion. They will see you as sucking up their positive vibes towards you and showering them in negative emotion as they get nothing in return. Then they’ll feel used as you only talk to them when you need something from them. They will see you using them for an emotional cushion and realize that the only thing they are to you is a crutch. When they make that realization, they will leave you and never look back.

and because I’m genuinely just tired/bored most of the time.

So are most people but we make time and effort for our friends.

One time, my friend asked me if I’d like to spend time with her, and I just point-blank said “No”.

I can guarantee you that you hurt the hell of their feelings. Whether or not they said it? They were pretty upset. They offered to spend time with you because they like you and wanted to share in that. Asked if you’d like to spend time with them for the same reason and you rejected it. They aren’t going to know the reason unless you said it so they’re just going to invent a reason. With all of your other behaviors? They’re going to assume that you don’t like them at all and stop trying.

IDK if that’s rude just because I’m being honest

No, you’re being a dick. Being honest is telling the truth but that does not mean being aggressively blunt. That does not mean phrasing it in such a way as to hurt someone else or to be emotionally painful. You could have said no in a thousand different ways that would have been just as truthful while also not as hurtful.

and also because it’s not personal, I don’t want to engage with anyone.

Then you better not be surprised when no one wants to engage with you.

Oh I know but he’s also an anti-union shitbird so I don’t associate myself with him.

You ain’t wrong. I like Stamets from Star Trek because first gay main character but also because mushrooms are fuckin cool

Dude is bizarrely funny in general and has some insanely good comebacks.

I feel like things being real or true matters. Maybe that’s just me

So you don’t watch any fictional movies, don’t watch stand up, don’t read books, none of that? Or are you just drawing an arbitrary line?

Moreover, you do not know if it is true or not. You are making an assumption and then insisting that assumption is reality. So why should we trust you? Or even her? We shouldn’t. We should do what I said. Just live your life and stop getting hung up over policing the reality of someone elses world based off of an assumption you’ve made.

This is just sad. If you were going through your own life going “Fake” that’d be one thing. But you’re just actively jumping into a comment section to throw shade and question a post. You are actively using more effort for something you don’t think is real than the thing that happened. You could do what the rest of us do and just move on considering this isn’t remotely important and the veracity of it doesn’t make any difference. Also because it’s a funny story and generally the majority of us don’t start questioning peoples funny stories.

Like… do you do this at parties? Or is it only acceptable because it’s online?

Grow up dude. Seriously. This is some just childish behavior with a good helping of narcissism. I’m just gonna go ahead and block you now because if this is the type of content you’re just putting out there immediately then I seriously doubt you’re going to have anything to contribute later that will be constructive.

Who cares? Just enjoy things for what they are. Believing this isn’t tantamount to saying the sun revolves around the earth and we dunno if it is fake or not.

Just be, my guy. It doesn’t add anything to the conversation, it doesn’t build on anything, it just tears down and is deconstructive over a funny post for no reason whatsoever. It’s just you personally rolling up, pointing and going “FAKE.” You appear to be new here so lemme just say to leave this type of toxic and unhelpful garbage on reddit.

I can’t really speak for America outside of what I hear friends say but they seem fairly similar. I’m Canadian and it’s almost the same here as it is in Germany, with the exception of therapy. Psychiatrists are often covered by healthcare but have obscene wait times. Psychologists rarely are. There are some free intake ones and what have you but otherwise you’re paying.

America also seems similar to us in that regard too. Sometimes certain docs might be covered by your insurance but if so their wait times are insane. The ones who aren’t cost an arm and a leg. People like 35 and younger seem more open to talking about mental health issues than any of the older generations.

Because cogs/gears are still used pretty regularly while a floppy disk was made obsolete almost instantly when you look at a developmental timeframe, even by itself at one point.

Haven’t been sleeping super well and my back is burning because of it. Stressed to high heaven about rent but luckily not awake enough for a panic attack yet

D… does it?

Minus the initial part about F2, this is basically how I feel. Stuff is always happening. I never get to enjoy the apocalypse.

Oh it’s not a game I’ve ever called bad (or maybe I have in a fit of nerd rage, but never meant it), it’s just a game that has never appealed to me after my first playing of it. I loved Fallout 3 because it allowed me to get my rocks off on one specific thing I love. Exploring a fucked up, post-apocalyptic, dystopian world. I loved sifting through the rubble and going into places no human has set foot in for a very long time. Exploring. Fallout 3 offered a lot of this. There were scattered settlements and a couple big cities but mostly just fucked up areas with monsters and secrets.

Then there was New Vegas. I do need to play it again to enjoy it for what it is, because I did enjoy it for what it was when I played it a while ago. I was just resentful because your options for exploring desolate areas are pretty far and few between. Most locations on the map have people already there of one faction or another or just a straight up town with bars, shops, etc. It is a great game for building those connections and the questy stuff and I do enjoy that type of game. But I was so hoping for more of the exploration that I got so let down I’ve just been avoiding the game ever since.

It’s like Gunn forgot how to write for an individual character and NEEDS an ensemble now.

This is going to be awful and I’m kinda looking forward to gloating when it is.

No, I’m saying it’d be relegated to the same position on the shelf. Metaphorically. It looks like trash and I have zero hope for this when it’s giving me the exact same low-energy, low-effort garbage vibes as Superman Returns did.

I’m apparently the only one who thinks this looks fucking awful. The suit looks like shit which is a pretty major no no. The effects look on par with Ryan Reynolds Green Lantern. The casting leaves an enormous amount to be desired. I’ve never seen the chick playing Lois be believable in anything, nevermind good. The dude playing Clark looks like a teenager and the guy playing Lex somehow looks worse than Eisenberg which I didn’t think was possible, also looking like a damn child. They decided to full on rape the John Williams theme into something horrific. And that’s just criticising what’s in the trailer, not the trailer itself which is barely watchable garbage that gives way too fucking much information about the movie away.

James Gunn is hit or miss, rarely with a meh. This does not look like a fucking hit to me. This looks like a confusing jumble of a movie and trying to slap the same Guardians of the Galaxy energy to it. Please explain to me when the hell Superman ever had the same energy as Peacemaker or Guardians of the Galaxy?

This is a joke. It isn’t Superman. It’s a James Gunn self-congratulatory, masturbatory piece of garbage. This looks like shit. Just another cranked out Superman movie I’ll put on the shelf next to Superman Returns.

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It’s two terms period. They do not have to be consecutive. There are ways for a President to serve more than 8 years but it’s very specific and not really applicable in Trumps case. Unless they decide to toss out the constitution, which honestly seems kinda likely, then it’s two terms.

But he’s also a 80 year old man who eats McDonalds and coca cola while painting himself with orange, probably lead based, paint. I don’t expect him to survive the next 4 years to be able to run again.