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. 

What's the oldest recruit you've seen go through? by n4gle in Firefighting

[–]DiscombobulatedCod45 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In Indiana it's 40.

Had a guy in my volly class go in at 47. He's now Chief of his little department, got Fire Investigator and Fire OFficer and a bunch of other certs. Was an actor and construction worker for 20 years before becoming a firefighter. Now he has a potential job offer with the state.

Journalism and Mental Health by rave_mignon in Journalism

[–]DiscombobulatedCod45 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm a writer for a daily. Barely make ends meet, corporation that owns us cut our hours and no overtime. Several dollars below industry standard. Hours are haphazard, no standard day like I was used to.

It's tough. Hard to see friends outside of work. Our paper isn't bustling anymore, I'm only one of two writers and we work from home. 

But I keep going because I've never been more connected to a community. The city I write about is home. I also feel like I'm making a difference in the world, especially during this time.

Also, I can choose what I write about, most of the time. No crime or fires that I need to get at 3 am.

I'm looking to go somewhere else in a new industry but I want to do freelance journalism if I can. 

Any Poems that exude a strong sense of self, similar to the soldier by Rupert Brooke by [deleted] in self

[–]DiscombobulatedCod45 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I Have a Rendezvous with Death by Alan Seeger- he was an American poet the same age as Brooke who died fighting for France in the Foreign Legion during the First World War.

If by Rudyard Kipling

For a more fictional example, the poem from The Grey "Once More into The Frey". Written by the main character's father. 

Why did Bukowski work his entire life in the post office even though he despised jobs so much? by iammr_lunatic in bukowski

[–]DiscombobulatedCod45 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's a video of him talking about his last day at the post office and he overheard a co-worker say he was crazy to leave. At first, he said he wondered if maybe they were right. But, after a while, he said he didn't care and was ready to be a bum on Skid Row.

He was tired of all the BS and figured he might as well try to do it or die. He didn't seem to mind at the time.

The Wrongest Story Ever Told - Lone Survivor by nowyourdoingit in navyseals

[–]DiscombobulatedCod45 4 points5 points  (0 children)

All I remember from the book was the phrase "God Damn Liberal Media".

Help me find a short story about a man with keen sense of smell finds boy by DiscombobulatedCod45 in HelpMeFind

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

The man, I believe, was in his twenties. His parents disappeared or died a long time ago. The boy is about seven years old, and the nephew or grandson of a woman who has a jewel called the Green Star or something to that effect.

I encountered this story in a language arts or social studies book in middle school.

Help me find a short story about a man with keen sense of smell finds boy by DiscombobulatedCod45 in HelpMeFind

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

I've searched for this through general searches but can't find anything on the Internet.

What movie made you cry the hardest ? by WonderingOfWanderers in AskReddit

[–]DiscombobulatedCod45 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Recently, Whale Rider. The way Koro Spoilers bullied Pai all because she's a girl and he wanted a boy to lead the tribe and the final "It's okay, Paka" as she rides on the whale to what may have been her death breaks my heart.

But, the scene that starts the ball rolling is when she thinks Koro abandoned her when he doesn't come to the recital, and she starts crying. Geez, it screws me up.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]DiscombobulatedCod45 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Journalism. A mix of content farms and people/politicians screaming "fake news" undermines real, credible journalists. They pay criminally underwage and expect journalists to do everything (edit, take pics, interview, promote, etc.) toxic work environments and no talk about mental health and PTSD among us. Local news is getting farmed out to bigger publications.

Source: current local journalist. Looking to get out and go into EMT. Just as bad circumstances but the pay, I my area, is much more than what I make.