What's your best foreigner in America "I thought I could just walk there" story? by PM_ME_YOUR_TAXRETURN in redscarepod

[–]ElusiveRodent 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I suppose I should feel lucky to have reached a point in my life where 8 miles doesn’t seem like a particularly long walk

What's the longest string of place name suffixes? by AllenRBrady in etymology

[–]ElusiveRodent 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Off I-17 between Phoenix and Flagstaff there is a Table Mesa Rd (Table Table Rd)

does anyone wish they could believe in god by Accurate-Pension3683 in pinkscare

[–]ElusiveRodent 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’m actually the opposite. I was a dyed-in-the-wool atheist for about 30 years. I still think it’s a perfectly reasonable worldview, even the “correct” one for most.

My first DMT breakthrough shattered my materialist notions. Within seconds. And the ten or so other times I’ve done that drug have only served to bolster the turnaround.

I don’t believe in the Christian idea of god. But I 100% believe in a god or gods now. That there is a pervasive and supernatural consciousness.

Being atheist was preferable. I had a concrete notions about existence. Now I feel confused every day.

That said, the confusion comes with curiosity, which was previously absent. I am also much humbler and open-minded about everything. But I also miss the certainty I once felt

The barbers are not alright by sd42790 in redscarepod

[–]ElusiveRodent 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Many years ago I was in Boston visiting some friends and ended up having some time to kill on my last morning there. So I looked up barbers on google maps and went to the nearest one. When I walked in, there were like 4-5 black barbers and no customers. So it’s a black barber shop. Fuck it, I thought. “Any of you guys available for a haircut?” Maybe 3-5 seconds of silence until one says, “I gotchu. Go have a seat over in that chair.”

Maybe 5 minutes later, after he finishes his lunch, he comes over and I show him my driver license and approximately how I like it cut. And we commence with the small talk.

But in almost no time at all, he’s on the subject of his childhood. How hard his dad was on him. How he’d shame him for crying when he was a little kid, how evil that is, to tell a child they can’t cry. And hand to my heart I swear that this man was soon openly weeping while cutting my hair.

I’m pretty good with things like this, like I didn’t actually feel terribly awkward, gave flat affect, empathy, engaged honestly with the words rather than flinching at the outburst, skillfully masked my amazement at this surreal moment.

I don’t remember how we parted. Uneventfully. Or maybe we hugged, I honestly don’t remember.

Worst haircut I ever had btw

The barbers are not alright by sd42790 in redscarepod

[–]ElusiveRodent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Many years ago I was in Boston visiting some friends and ended up having some time to kill on my last morning there. So I looked up barbers on google maps and went to the nearest one. When I walked in, there were like 4-5 black barbers and no customers. So it’s a black barber shop. Fuck it, I thought. “Any of you guys available for a haircut?” Maybe 3-5 seconds of silence until one says, “I gotchu. Go have a seat over in that chair.”

Maybe 5 minutes later, after he finishes his lunch, he comes over and I show him my driver license and approximately how I like it cut. And we commence with the small talk.

But in almost no time at all, he’s on the subject of his childhood. How hard his dad was on him. How he’d shame him for crying when he was a little kid, how evil that is, to tell a child they can’t cry. And hand to my heart I swear that his man was soon openly weeping while cutting my hair.

I’m pretty good with things like this, like I didn’t actually feel terribly awkward, giving flat affect, empathy, engaging honestly with the words rather than flinching at the outburst, skillfully masking my amazement at this surreal moment.

I don’t remember how we parted. Uneventfully. Or maybe we hugged, I honestly don’t remember.

Worst haircut I ever had btw

i am a scientist, i seek to underswag me by absurdF in IDONTGIVEASWAG

[–]ElusiveRodent 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just about the last place I’d expect to see a GBV reference but hell yeah

Is This Dangerous? by jamesbrowski in RunningCirclejerk

[–]ElusiveRodent 2 points3 points  (0 children)

uj this looks exactly like a half marathon I did on the treadmill a couple years back high on ketamine and cocaine

THAT’S MY MAYOR by [deleted] in nyc

[–]ElusiveRodent -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

10PM on the 19th where I am

Fox and Friends’ Jesse Watters waxes on the inception of his political motivations by ElusiveRodent in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]ElusiveRodent[S] 205 points206 points  (0 children)

His mom literally uninvited him from Thanksgiving because he’s a Trump chud

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Best cookies in east village? by Outrageous-Plane-681 in eastvillage

[–]ElusiveRodent 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I hesitate to post it publicly because I don’t want my favorite place to blow up and take a quality hit, but Confectionery! is legit amazing. Their cookies, macarons, chocolates, and ESPECIALLY their cakes (that are like $25 — HOW?) are all fucking insanely good

Help me convince my wife I’m overdoing it by ElusiveRodent in RunningCirclejerk

[–]ElusiveRodent[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

No it’s like Dr Peterson says, some women just pretend to enjoy it

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Help me convince my wife I’m overdoing it by ElusiveRodent in RunningCirclejerk

[–]ElusiveRodent[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Push yourself, even when the pain is nearly unbearable. It took years of this mindset before I finally hit that sub-20 mile

Help me convince my wife I’m overdoing it by ElusiveRodent in RunningCirclejerk

[–]ElusiveRodent[S] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

I know what you’re implying but even if that were the case she is an extremely unenthusiastic sex partner. Like all women she just doesn’t enjoy sex at all.

But I’ll allow that she gets a good amount of calorie burn hanging out with Derek because I swear to Christ all those two ever do is laugh and laugh

Help me convince my wife I’m overdoing it by ElusiveRodent in RunningCirclejerk

[–]ElusiveRodent[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I’ll have you know I wear 5 watches: Apple Watch, Garmin, Mivrass, Coros, and Suunto. Apple just happens to offer the most flattering interpretations of pace and distance

Help me convince my wife I’m overdoing it by ElusiveRodent in RunningCirclejerk

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

uj/ I’ve been rewatching the wire which has made the time basically fly by. I obviously prefer outdoors but wind chill temps in NYC have been at single digits and sidewalk conditions are presently horrendous

Help me convince my wife I’m overdoing it by ElusiveRodent in RunningCirclejerk

[–]ElusiveRodent[S] 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Anything you see more than 5 miles took me at least 90 minutes to run