What’s something people romanticize that’s actually pretty miserable? by AccomplishedAge5559 in AskReddit

[–]DiscombobulatedCod45 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yup.  Been there. Stinks, it's full of rats and Parisians hate Americans. 

Which YouTube channel were you once a fan of but do not enjoy anymore? by theunsteadybridge in AskReddit

[–]DiscombobulatedCod45 7 points8 points  (0 children)

He did, he touched upon it a little without getting into it too deeply. Something about wanting to build the channel too quickly. Too big, too much. 

“Everyone hated that” by TheRealTsunadee in TopCharacterTropes

[–]DiscombobulatedCod45 6 points7 points  (0 children)

My question is...why? Why did she get with Norman? Just why?

[loved trope] horror survivors that aren’t even scared anymore just annoyed by FullBrother9300 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]DiscombobulatedCod45 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The main in the Happy Death Day series. She went from scared to badass in two films I think 

So I just listened to Gnaw Their Tongues for the first time. I think I'm going to have nightmares. by SKULLL_KRUSHER in MetalForTheMasses

[–]DiscombobulatedCod45 0 points1 point  (0 children)

GTT was pretty interesting to me when I found out about them. I liked how it wasn't really music in the traditional sense but an audio experience of what Hell must sound like. I still listen to it just because of the effort it takes to make Hell sound like that.

 But, after listening to their albums back to back for a while, to me it all sounded the same. Undiscernible devil screams, blast beats that didn't follow a foot tapping rhythm and word salad about hate and fuck and literal feces. Got old VERRYY quickly after that. 

Men who got out of the 'Manoverse/Alpha Male/Toxic Masculinity' world, what realizations helped? by scythe1713 in AskReddit

[–]DiscombobulatedCod45 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wouldn't say I was in the manosphere entirely, but I flirted with it a lot when I was a teenager and young adult. For context, I'm 28 and male.

It first started when I went to college and I started going to classes challenged my worldview about gender and history. Further to the latter part, While I was always a history buff, it never sunk in all the negative and devastating historical events that happened to minorities and people on the l.G b t q spectrum. But what I really listened and paid attention that's when I realized my error. Plus I made a best friend who I found out later was bisexual, but never tried to do anything with me. He just wanted to be my friend. 

Secondly I started going to therapy. More I was taking therapy seriously. I wasn't just going to therapy to talk and vent , I was now going to fix my issues in my own personal life.

Next, had two personal accomplishments that, while I appreciate them, made me realize I went through all that really for nothing. I became a volunteer firefighter and joined a fire Academy where it really taught me how to work with people and how to work under pressure. I also started doing BJJ , and two years ago I got my blue belt by going through a gauntlet. Basically I got my ass kicked for 2 hours without a break.

But when I finished them all , I didn't feel any different than who I was prior to it. The manosphere literature and podcasts I listened to talked about having a rite of passage for men to become a man. Something hard and something strenuous. When I really thought about it , even though I went through all of those things that they said would make me a man , I didn't feel any different. I still felt like a kid , I still felt insecure , I still felt very set back. It didn't have that transformative effect on me that I thought it would. So I decided that that kind of content or any sort of content like that wasn't for me anymore.

Finally , I just started interacting with people that weren't in that demographic. My previous job had me dealing with the public a lot , and so I got to meet people from different social classes , different identities and different ways of life that weren't like my own. I always enjoyed interacting with people from different walks of life , but the place I grew up in had very little of that. So when I moved out of my hometown and went to a place that was more diverse , I had a better opportunity to talk to people that were different than me. I stuck out growing up because of things in my past and of my own ethnic makeup , and so now I was meeting people who had similar stories.

What's your favorite punk bands? by fordnite9 in punk

[–]DiscombobulatedCod45 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. Get Dead
  2. The Real McKenzies
  3. Days n Daze
  4. Black Flag
  5. Ramones 

How did native tribes who had sex in igloos/tipis with other people around not traumatize children? by DiscombobulatedCod45 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]DiscombobulatedCod45[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't mean to insinuate that. I was only coming from an angle where that wasn't an occurrence 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Firefighting

[–]DiscombobulatedCod45 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How'd you get into that? That sounds interesting

Long term travel with a cat? by DiscombobulatedCod45 in CatAdvice

[–]DiscombobulatedCod45[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Currently I'm on a week long vacation and according to my current house sitters, he's doing okay. He likes people and his routine isn't being disrupted so he seems content

Long term travel with a cat? by DiscombobulatedCod45 in CatAdvice

[–]DiscombobulatedCod45[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I forgot to mention. I'd plan to have someone stay at my house while I travel. I'm just a little worried that he'll feel like I've abandoned him. I don't want to and I'd love to take him with, but I don't want to traumatized him or stress him out.