WeirdGoesPro

If Mythbusters taught me anything, the right answer is to blow it up.

I see now, I missed that qualifier.

If anyone out there is considering heroin, I’d highly recommend giving it a pass. It makes you feel fearless (William Burroughs called it being the “de-anxietized man”), but it also removes all feelings of remorse and regret, until you inevitably become an insufferable asshole. The addiction creeps in slowly, so you don’t feel it for weeks or months, and then one day, you can’t wake up without it.

If you think this story won’t be you, think again. I once thought the same. I’ve been clean now for 15 years, but it still lurks in my mind sometimes.

You sound like you’ve never experienced heroin withdrawal before. Sick is an understatement. It’s more like legs thrashing, everything hurts, you are simultaneously hungry and not hungry, puking, crying…every negative feeling wrapped into one, and the entire time you have the knowledge that one more fix would take it away instantly. That week feels like a year, and everything gets reduced to a second by second basis.

I’ll take my “being bummed I don’t have weed” psychological addiction any day.

I hear so many opportunities in there. He likes painting, you like woodworking, make wood panels to paint, and design the ideas together—you could even paint them while camping and drawing inspiration from what you see. You like gardening, he likes cooking, collaborate on home grown meals together. Hell, you can even design an elaborate garden in the Sims.

There are opportunities to step into each others world and see what fits, but you have to step into his just as much as he steps into yours.

Honestly, from the large list of things you mentioned he likes that you struggle with, and you saying that it would be easy for you to connect with Counter Strike even though other games are on his list, I’m wondering if you are emotionally cut off from your sensitive and creative side. That would definitely make a sensitive and creative kid feel a little lost around you.

Ever been in therapy?

You’re telling me you can’t appreciate art, eating food your son has made, or playing a simple game like the Sims or Minecraft? What do you like then?

And if he’s like his mother, how do you get along with her?

Pretty sure two animals would suffer that day.

Not with a VPN it isn’t.

I feel like this diagram I saw recently says it all. The beige areas are states where “not voting” would have won the most recent election if it were a candidate.

Texas doesn’t have a Republican problem as much as an apathy problem. I firmly believe that a leftist libertarian package would motivate people down here. Beto was doing well until he went after the guns.

I honestly think a Bernie Sanders style candidate that leaves the guns and taxes alone while tackling education, housing, and healthcare would be a winning combination. The biggest issue there is simply overcoming the gerrymandering, so that candidate would need a major majority to actually win.

But anyone who can convince Texans to actually vote will change the course of history.

Pro tip—stick on hand warmers and a stick on fish tank thermometer. If it’s a little too hot, just take the hand warmer off of it and wait 30 seconds until it cools to a delicious 98.6.

That last sentence is cursed.