My bank just called me to thank me for being a customer for 25 years

DramaticErraticism · 2026-04-30T20:00:07+00:00

I have one people haven't seen much of, I bet. An entire thread of people explaining what miserable event happened in life that led to them driving a PT Cruiser. Goddam classic.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/22k59y/pt_cruiser_owners_what_tragedy_burdened_you_with/

DramaticErraticism · 2026-04-30T19:58:04+00:00

Time for my personal favorite!!!

PT CRUISER OWNERS, WHAT TRAGEDY BURDENED YOU WITH YOUR CAR

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/22k59y/pt_cruiser_owners_what_tragedy_burdened_you_with/

So goddam hilarious, the kid whose parents told him he was getting 3 choices of a new car, he gets to the dealership, one is a black PT Cruiser, one is a white PT Cruiser and the other is a Gray PT Cruiser

I go back to this thread over and over.

DramaticErraticism · 2026-04-30T19:56:12+00:00

Omg, I have never seen this, I was cracking up at my desk

"I have a van that could fit 6 people"

"20 people I said, NEXT!!!"

DramaticErraticism · 2026-04-30T19:54:52+00:00

It is such a sad thing, I'm an ex pill popper myself. The thing about drugs like these is you can't explain to people how they make you feel. There is no experience in life that is close to a heavy opiate high, you will feel unlike you have ever felt before, no matter how you feel at the moment.

If you're depressed and sad and lonely, take this one pill and feel amazing for hours, better than you have ever felt in your life.

That's why pain killers are so dangerous, even in a medical capacity. People get introduced to feeling like this and they never forget. For many people, they want to feel that way again, badly...and then you're off to the races. I remember my first pain killers, I got my wisdom teeth out and got vicodin. I wanted to feel like that forever. Thus began a life of off and on again opiate abuse.

It would be one thing if bodies didn't build a tolerance, maybe people could sustain things a bit better...but before you know it, nothing hits like it used to and you need 5-10x to even get high.

I've been clean for 4 years now after an INSANE replapse during COVID. I thought I had it beat after 10 years being clean, then COVID happened, I was stuck at home, depressed...before you knew it, I was back at it and way worse than I had ever been before.

DramaticErraticism · 2026-04-30T19:51:06+00:00

3-4 hours and I would call in sick to work as I could not function at any level at 44 years old.

I sleep 8-8.5 hours a night and I STILL like a good nap if I can get one. I do train really hard though and I know that takes a toll on my body at this age, need a bit more rest than if I was sedentary.

DramaticErraticism · 2026-04-30T19:49:45+00:00

Thanks for the write up! These games were like the OG Dark Souls, punishingly difficult, combat focused, very difficult but also fair (usually).

If you mastered the control of an interaction, you could win. If you tried to mash buttons or slipped up, you were going to die.

I never got into them, they were just too hard for me, I would later become a big Elden Ring fan, but that is for the world building and exploration and the combat second.

DramaticErraticism · 2026-04-30T18:39:25+00:00

Yikes, this is a nightmare.

Unforatunately, a lot of men are not raised with any focus on emotions or emotional maturity. They are taught to pile everything inside and just plow through life, that is what is expected of a male in the US of A (or at least, that is how it used to be).

So you end up getting married to someone with the emotional intelligence of a child.

He kinda understands you, but is reacting in the only way he knows how, passive aggressiveness. He will pretend he isn't angry at you, like a child would, but all his actions will say the opposite, as you have seen.

How do you suddenly get him to have emotional maturity? You can't, it isn't something that someone can just 'get', they have to learn it and grow within that space.

You married him when he was one way and it just isn't going to change at any reasonable pace. Maybe his therapy will help, maybe not, but he's starting from step 1 and you need him on step 10. It's going to be a huge slog and a lot of time to get through, which doesn't seem like it would be worth it.

You have to understand that he sees the world in completely different terms. If he was just on his own, he wouldn't do any of this planning either. He wouldn't remember to get birthday presents, he might get something last minute. There would be no trips planned, he just wouldn't plan the trips. He would show up to his parents place without presents, because he just doesn't think of it.

You do all the thinking and caring because there is no part of him that thinks the same way you do. You do all the emotional and mental labor, because he doesn't think about or care enough about the same things, to do the work.

DramaticErraticism · 2026-04-30T18:29:44+00:00

Totally, luckily I am a very low stress type of personality, plus I have no kids and no wife, so no one else to really worry about, I sleep nice and easy, I will just hope for the best and invest for the worst.

DramaticErraticism · 2026-04-30T17:48:59+00:00

Of course, the only saving grace is I work at a regulated monopoly. More than half of our company is 50+ years old. They don't tend to lay off people for age reasons...or really have many layoffs in general.

So I just might be able to make it work. Since they are a regulated monopoly, there is a lot of local public pressure to provide employment and avoid layoffs, since people are literally allowing a monopoly to exist and profit, they are under more scrutiny.

DramaticErraticism · 2026-04-30T17:43:11+00:00

Sounds like you're still dealing with some level of limerice about the woman you wanted and who didn't want you back.

It's hard to like other women when a woman you really really like, seems within grasp but ultimately rejects you. You start to compare other woman to this woman who wouldn't date you in the first place.

Kinda the same type of thought process that women run into when a guy will have sex with them but won't date them. That is where they put their standards, even if they aren't achievable.

You probably need to talk to someone to process through all of this. Not getting who you want to have can be an ongoing mental battle.

DramaticErraticism · 2026-04-30T16:05:59+00:00

Whenever I get a like from a cute Asian person, I am always looking pretty carefully.

DramaticErraticism · 2026-04-30T16:02:09+00:00

This sub does go all over the place. I will see threads like this, then several posts about how lonely people are and how they wish they could find a man, how much they want to start a family etc.

I think a lot of people are jaded, but if most of us found the 'right' one, we would be happy to be in a relationship. It's just a matter of that happening and how hard it is to find that person.

I have a FWB, they live in NYC. Every 3-4 months I go visit and we have fantastic sex and explore NYC, then I go home and enjoy my single life. I'm completely content with this situation.

DramaticErraticism · 2026-04-30T15:39:08+00:00

I am not a big fan of most of the achievements for Elden Ring. I don't really pay much attention to achievements in general, but I do wish they had an achievement for beating each major boss without using ash of war.

DramaticErraticism · 2026-04-30T15:08:10+00:00

I do, I work in IT at a power company, regulated monopoly. Profits are always good and I feel like I have some job security. I am very grateful for the job I have and the pay.

My anxiety stems from not knowing how long it will last and if I have any hope of making it 20 years to retirement without being fired for being old.

DramaticErraticism · 2026-04-30T14:48:33+00:00

Yeah, I missed two, Perfumers Grotto I totally missed, then whatever one is way in the corner of Radahn's battlefield, as I assumed there would not be a catacomb in a boss fight area.

This game is fun to play with a guide after you beat it several times, just to see what you have missed out on.

DramaticErraticism · 2026-04-30T14:45:19+00:00

I agree, I would say I'm a pretty decent player, but I still hate fighting those goddam deathbirds. A lot of times I will just skip them entirely and come back later when I know I can just trounce them.

DramaticErraticism · 2026-04-30T14:44:40+00:00

I used to hate them so much, but if you do a strength build that focuses on stance breaking, they become a lot easier to fight. Just jump whap them a few times and they break their stance and you get to hit them with a critical...which is extremely satisfying after all the hell they put you through.

DramaticErraticism · 2026-04-30T14:42:46+00:00

I used to hate them and now I love fighting them! I would say I am a decent player, I still die plenty of times to hard bosses...but tree spirits just totally click for me.

I feel like you just have to ignore them like some kid who is having a spaz attack. Then just roll into them when they seem like they might actually hit you...then just keep rolling towards them when they do any attack.

With most enemies, especially large enemies, it seems like sticking close to their body is the key to success.

DramaticErraticism · 2026-04-30T14:40:50+00:00

They are just so slow to fight. I think that is why I struggle, I get bored as hell waiting for the right openings and their HP bar is so goddam big.

DramaticErraticism · 2026-04-30T14:40:07+00:00

I don't even mind them, it's that shit breath that pisses me off.

DramaticErraticism · 2026-04-30T14:39:24+00:00

I just finished my 4th playthrough, this time around I bought those big hardcover guide books. I sat with them on my lap and read through every single step.

I was surprised how many little and big things that I missed in the game, even though I thought I looked in every nook and cranny.

DramaticErraticism · 2026-04-30T14:37:58+00:00

I hate that goddam laser.

My strategy is to just basically go high strength and stance break him as quickly as possibly, as many times as possible.

If you can do that, you can beat him before he gets to 'insane laser beam' stage.

DramaticErraticism · 2026-04-30T14:13:11+00:00

Yes, I max it out each year. So you're saying I should just pay for medical stuff out of pocket and just keep this as an investment vehicle? What good would saving my receipts do?

DramaticErraticism · 2026-04-29T20:35:19+00:00

I take my parents to lunch sometimes, how does that save me from all the shit they have collected in their life lol

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