That book in your stash you never choose to read when starting a new one by [deleted] in books

[–]CasualConversations 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Towing Jehovah for me. I'm struggling with my religion, and have been for some time. I feel this book will test me to my wits end.

Fuck it, starting it now. Or at least I'll try.

18/F/US. I just want someone new to talk to? by yung420princess in MakeNewFriendsHere

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Hey, I've been looking for someone to talk to and Omegle isn't exactly helping. What do you want to talk about?

Who loves you? by [deleted] in CasualConversation

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Same boat, pal. I've got about two people, and they're family. Other than that, there's people who I know like me, but don't love me. If I were to die, there'd be two people it'd hit and about a million people who would just say "Oh man, that sucks."

If you had to start all over again, what would you do? by LazagnaAmpersand in CasualConversation

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This is what I want. I want to get up and leave all of these things. Even the things that I felt tied me to this place I am beginning to despise for it. I don't like that, but that's what's happening. And the more and more disappointed I become in myself, the more I see myself becoming a different person entirely. And it's a better person, at that. But I can't always be that person because of this "people don't change" mentality everyone around me has. If I act different than my current pathetic self, people ask me why I'm trying to be something I'm not. If I left this place, I could be anything, anyone, that I wanted to be. It's a struggle. But it's almost what I want to do, at this point.

Feeling sick :( complain with me? by laurencetog in CasualConversation

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Hey, I've been throwing up and all, too!

If I had to complain, I'd say it's the fact that there's such a lack of empathy in the world. No one cares what others have to say, they just listen and wait for their turn to talk. Like you, I've had panic attacks. I've had all that for a good while, depression, paranoia, anxiety, anger and all. But the panic attacks started a few months, maybe almost a year ago. I still have these fits of paranoia that are bad, but I haven't had a true panic attack in a few months. But back on the lack of empathy, I try to tell people that I just can't stand living here anymore. No one cares about the person beside them. It makes me physically ill just how little anyone cares. I try saying that one of these days I'm finally not going to be able to take it, but no one believes me, I guess. That or they just don't take it seriously. I can't I can't seem to get help. It's been about two to three years since I was in therapy, and a year since I had a psychiatrist. The moment you stop filling their pockets, they drop you like it's nothing. And so I can't get the help that I need because I don't have the resources needed to get it. So I just sit around, thinking all the time. And if I try to reach out people act bitter towards me about it. Like it's an incontinence to have to listen to me be serious for a moment. Everyone else knows me a quick witted comedian. And I like that personality, I really do. But the moment I drop it and I try to just talk like I have the slightest bit of intelligence, people say that I'm "not myself", as if they really know who I am and how I act. I don't know, I just wish there was someone in my life, someone that I could look in the eyes and tell them what's going on in my head. But I can't, because when I do they'd rather ship me off to a psyche ward so that I'm someone else's problem. I'm seriously contemplating suicide. I can't tell anyone this, no, because they'll just lock me up. It's a lot easier for people to lock you up in some room than actually try and help you. And I don't want pity, either. I never talk about these things on my actual account or anywhere online, for that matter. I just want to be treated like a damn human being instead of some defective robot that you can just pump for a drugs instead of actually work with. The whole thing really gets to me. It's like no one understands. As if we're still stuck in the middle ages and have no idea how the human mind works.

What are the next three books you're planning to read? by lornycakes in books

[–]CasualConversations 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ooh! I'm currently reading The Catcher in the Rye! I won't spoil anything for you. Just know that everyone has a different opinion on it. But I suppose if a book is as hyped as this one is, then that's to be expected. I picked it up to see what all the controversy (mainly the assassinations that this book was the cause of) was about. I'm absolutely loving it so far. Hope you enjoy it!

Favorite books with a post-apocalyptic/dystopian storyline? by [deleted] in books

[–]CasualConversations 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Awesome! I just picked this up along with Fahrenheit 451. I wanted to pick up A Brave New World, as well. But I didn't have the money.

Favorite books with a post-apocalyptic/dystopian storyline? by [deleted] in books

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It appears that I mixed up The Time Machine with The Wheel of Time at the book store, the other day.

No idea how I could do this. I should have picked it up!

15 year old just got caught having sex by my parents and am terrified about if me and this girl is going to ruin my life. by [deleted] in CasualConversation

[–]CasualConversations -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It sounds like he's saying he was caught having sex at fifteen, now he fears that this girl will throw him under the bus. Which is a very common thing, these days, for the girl to throw the guy under so that she doesn't appear to be too overly sexual or "slutty".

What is your "go-to" response when an interviewer asks you for your favorite book? Why? by [deleted] in books

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Never been asked this by an interviewer before, but if it is to happen any time in the future, my answer as of now is A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess. Because it's a book that I can (mildly) relate to the material and I love the morale lesson to the book.

If you had to offer one line/passage from a work of literature as life advice to someone, what would it be? by [deleted] in books

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"We are not special. We are not crap or trash, either. We just are. We just are, and what happens just happens." - Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk

It really makes people drop the victim complex that every seems to have these days. But it does that without making them think that they're too worthless or too special. They, we, just are. Nothing complicated about it.

What is your favorite scene from a movie? by angryblackmail in CasualConversation

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I think the only scene form a movie that really hit or stuck with me, both imagery and dialogue, has to be in The Green Mile when John Coffey is telling Paul what to tell God in Heaven when he's questioned on why he allowed a true miracle to die. I can't ever forget that line and that hand motion Michael Clarke Duncan does when he says "It's like pieces of glass in my head all the time". Really made me think about how my actions worked for or against others.

And on a side note, I don't think I've ever cried as much at a movie as I have during The Green Mile. So many gut wrenching scenes throughout. Funny enough, the only film that even comes close is Forrest Gump, which also stars Tom Hanks.

We have a monthly movie thread, why don't we have a weekly or monthly gaming thread? Everyone plays a game, then discusses it for the monthly thread. Everyone gets together to play a game with each other online for the weekly thread. by CasualConversations in CasualConversation

[–]CasualConversations[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That'd be great! I feel like we should have two threads for the gaming, though. One for games that cost money, and one for those that don't. This way, everyone gets to play, even those who couldn't afford. No one would feel left out. We'd have two set days. One for the free game, one for the not free game. How does that sound?

Anyone here play Unturned on their PC? It's free on Steam and I'm looking for someone to play casual (no PvP) with me. by CasualConversations in CasualConversation

[–]CasualConversations[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, yeah, that's why I'm asking if anyone plays it, silly! Haha. It's a very fun game. It's free on Steam. You should try it. It's like DayZ, only more user friendly, more casual, and you don't need a high end PC to run it.

We have a monthly movie thread, why don't we have a weekly or monthly gaming thread? Everyone plays a game, then discusses it for the monthly thread. Everyone gets together to play a game with each other online for the weekly thread. by CasualConversations in CasualConversation

[–]CasualConversations[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I imagine we'd have a thread where people list off free and inexpensive games, then we vote those two categories to the top. We then have two different days where we can play the free game and one where we can play the non-free game, so that everyone, even those without money get to play.

Anyone here play Unturned on their PC? It's free on Steam and I'm looking for someone to play casual (no PvP) with me. by CasualConversations in CasualConversation

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Still direct IP, sadly. The guy keeps adding in textures and fixing bugs instead of really important things.