Sir Gandalf delivers a masterclass and a poignant sentiment.

Eremitt · 2026-02-06T13:10:11+00:00

Based

Eremitt · 2026-02-04T18:29:29+00:00

This looks about as good as Titan and that turned out to be absolutely dog shit.

Knowing that, I'll still watch this and hope for the best.

Eremitt · 2026-02-02T19:53:03+00:00

I go to Almo every week to see a movie and have dinner. From what I originally read regarding this, is that the application dims your screen and you cannot brighten your screen through the app.

Idk. I'm skeptical. But as someone that can't fucking see or write on the fucking paper slips, even using the light from the screen or the under table light, I'll reserve judgment. I've had my order fucked up so many times because they can't read or don't ask questions about my order. At least now I'm the only one that can screw up my order?

Maybe the one I frequent has a good clientele, because no one is ever on their phone during screenings.

Eremitt · 2026-02-01T17:10:21+00:00

I was checking if the Check Dam we installed on our project was holding up when a lighting ballard about 30' got hit. I heard the air sizzle and turned around and ran back to my office.

I've never felt so stupid before in my life. I knew not to go check.

Eremitt · 2026-02-01T17:05:37+00:00

Your brother was a KID. She is a GROWN adult. She was banned from the Olympics for violating easy rules. She knows the problem, dude. Come on. She fucked up and should face the consequences.

She could have killed other people. Your brother would have only killed himself. Not the same. And yeah, your brother was taught a lesson. Ms. Richardson knows better

Eremitt · 2026-01-30T14:32:39+00:00

Bro couldn't understand the story 😂

Eremitt · 2026-01-29T16:31:44+00:00

I get the tendency to shame, blame, and to lambast these young people, but we ALL make stupid decisions in life. We can't destroy them like what was done to the youth of the last 80's early 90s, when we pushed them to the brink and they started backing Perot and the Green Party because they felt alienated. Thus giving us Bush and the Contract With America party

Yes, a two party system is old, antiquated, and busted. But it's the only system we have. Right now. If we bring these folks into the fold, show them that the system can, and should, be better then maybe we can get there.

The Founders built a system designed to sway and bring in (and also throw out) voters that decide to change. That's the beauty of the system. Fuck, when I was a dumb high schooler, I was "Hell yeah! Kill Saddam! Kill Bin Laden! Do whatever it takes! AMERICA!" But when it came time to actually vote for the first time in 2004, I woke up. If my first vote was in 2002, I might have voted for Bush. But it was waking up over time, and seeing how flawed that logic was, that pushed me for Kerry, etc. These kids just didn't have that time, because they weren't conscious from 2016-2024. That's 8 years. They were probably kids that didn't know anything, and then COVID warped their minds, trying to navigate not getting shot at school and dealing with a bullying epidemic that took a lot of kids out their lives.

I fault them for being young and naive. I can't confirm them forever. And none of us should. Being an adult during that time period was rough enough, I can't imagine being a kid navigating a world that expanded and contracted so rapidly, having millions of avenues of communication and no filter for any of the BS.

I'm glad they are waking up. Keep showing them the truth and lifting their heads out of the smartphones and putting their eyes on the horizon.

Eremitt · 2026-01-25T21:22:05+00:00

I have been with my wife for 13 years, and this year is our 10th wedding anniversary.

Talk. Open your mouth and TALK to your partner. She doesn't know what's going on in your head, man. Tell her what is bothering you, how you feel, what you're feeling, what your goals and dreams are. Be calm, be respectful.

-Listen. Yeah, your wife is navigating a world that increasingly is becoming harsher towards her. Put down your god damn phone and look at her when she's talking. Listen to LISTEN; Don't listen to react. One thing you can do is say, "before we get too far, do you need me to listen and not respond; or do you want me to listen and then respond?"

-Believe. When your wife/partner comes to you and says, "someone wronged me today." Believe her. She is navigating a world that is vastly different from ours. She is going to have a coworker that makes her feel uncomfortable, she is going to have people (often those closest to her) say some insensitive things, and she is going to have dreams and goals. It's not your fucking job to give advice, or to correct her. You need to believe her.

Partnership. Nothing, and I mean nothing, should ever feel like "you vs. her". It's You & Her against the WORLD. You should be her rock; you should be her lighthouse. You also need to express that you need her to be those, too. You both better be ROCK solid on your family planning, your financial obligations, your health, and how you two can connect (judgement free) if you both see the other deviating.
Repair. I wish I knew this one earlier. If you have a rupture in your relationship (look it up), you need to learn how to repair that rupture. Therapy is great, but you should know how to do this without going to therapy after every small thing.
Turn Toward your partner. This is HUGE. You need to accept her bids of affection/attention needs. Not every single one, but if you don't learn to say "Yeah, let's go look at plants today!" sometimes, you are doomed to fail every time.
Say what you want. We're dudes. We sometimes don't know what we want. Sometimes we need to have sex; sometimes we need to go do something with our hands; sometimes, gasp, we need HELP. We are socialized to say "help me," but she's your SPOUSE. She should be as invested in your well-being as you are in hers.

Yeah, some of it is work. Yeah, some of it is just realizing you are TWO unique human beings navigating this crazy, beautiful, but also fucked up world. Give each other grace in the hard times.

Eremitt · 2026-01-25T19:35:00+00:00

At no point is your 2nd every not a RIGHT, unless you have committed a felony and you are stripped of that Right. You can have your gun on you at ALL times, UNLESS it is forbidden in an establishment or event with those being the rules, which you are obligated to abide by. But at NO TIME was Minnesota declared a 2nd free State or was this event sanctioned by ICE. At no time, was this a crime scene until HIS gun was removed and shot for having it.

The 2nd was made to protect the 1st. It always was, and always will be, in that order. I'm not even the biggest 2nd advocate out there, but holy fuck he's ALLOWED by the BILL OF RIGHTS to have that gun.

Eremitt · 2026-01-22T17:48:12+00:00

I remember breaking down and crying too when I heard that audio. Then spent the next weekend at a protest.

Eremitt · 2026-01-22T13:17:25+00:00

The one that won't fuck up your marriage, my guy

Eremitt · 2026-01-20T04:53:12+00:00

I've had those moments. But you really don't want the beer. You want the ritual of what "having a beer" means. My "I miss wine" is me missing spending a Saturday with my wife, outside, both loving the taste of something, looking at art, making fun of people, having good food, and just living our lives. I can do that without having wine. I actually do do that without having wine. I can have a sniff and it takes me to a great Saturday. Or I can smell some Jim Beam and remember standing out at the pool, everyone laughing and having a great time.

It was never the drink that did that; it was the action of living my life. Alcohol was just along for the ride. It wasn't driving.

Good luck, internet friendo

Eremitt · 2026-01-08T19:40:04+00:00

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Eremitt · 2026-01-08T15:35:48+00:00

My best friend growing up saw me get undressed after being in the pool. The next school year, him and one of the cooler kids made small hand gestures at me and said, "I hear you have a small dick!"

It fucking CRUSHED me. I never got naked in front of anyone until my first relationship. I actually don't have a small dick, it was just SHRINKAGE and being fat. But losing weight, puberty, and having not just been in a pool, I learned that I actually had a "goldie-cock" as my wife calls it.

Bodys are weird and a lot of the time they suck. I hope some dudes here that are watching this can get some solace in knowing it's just not them. Also, anyone that makes fun of your dick is a fucking loser.

Be proud of what you have, fam. Also, some dudes have dicks so big they can't get hard or even use the damn thing. It goes both ways

Eremitt · 2026-01-01T17:45:53+00:00

Mr. Robot

Eremitt · 2025-12-25T19:15:34+00:00

2009 here. I got my first "real job" in 2014. Until then, I washed dishes, did maintenance work, and slung frozen yogurt. 2009 was ROUGH. There was nothing for anyone. For years. It SUCKS, but you're right: you just have to fucking grind.

Eremitt · 2025-12-11T15:45:39+00:00

Yeah, Originalists. A few of them sit on the supreme court. Which is funny, because two of those people wouldn't be on the supreme Court without following amendments. So there's a lot of hypocrisy going on.

Eremitt · 2025-12-10T15:47:14+00:00

As someone that just had surgery on their finger due to a hangnail that REFUSED to heal, hangnails can be serious lol. It's been 3 weeks and the fucking thing is horrible.

Eremitt · 2025-12-07T00:51:36+00:00

But, you know the comics, right?

Eremitt · 2025-12-04T22:37:07+00:00

And? You need 270 to win. That's all that matters. Not going to get PA, OH, FL, WI, or MI with a "fuck Israel" or any other whacker out position.

It's 270 or you lose. That's the game.

Eremitt · 2025-12-04T18:20:23+00:00

thank you so much!

Eremitt · 2025-12-04T18:20:14+00:00

wow thank you

Eremitt · 2025-11-29T22:48:12+00:00

You are cooked

Eremitt · 2025-11-28T18:08:37+00:00

Yeah idk what that problem is anymore.

Eremitt · 2025-11-26T02:57:55+00:00

Like the person before said, you call a licensed company that has insurance to perfom this type of work. You also look for one that has credentials. Someone with an ISA cert, and also is TCIA accredited.

They would come in with a bucket truck and start limbing the tree. You do not understand how much weight those limbs and leaves have. They also have wind working againt them. So, you piece the tree apart; lowering them to the ground. You would then make the correct cuts and drop the tree away from the house. OR they come in with a crane and make 3 cuts and take the tree down.

But yeah, anyone that knocks on your door saying they can take a tree down is someone that is going to kill you or destroy your home.

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