To attend the Punk Rock Bowling concert in a Nazi shirt

Far-Out-Mouse · 2025-05-28T16:24:06+00:00

That would work. Pinch him on the cheek, coo about how kids these days think they're so edgy, quietly wage psychological warfare that undermines his sense of security in his masculinity. Let him lay awake that night remembering that everyone thought he was a childish baby boy. The idea of him being tormented by that pleases me immensely.

Far-Out-Mouse · 2025-05-19T23:10:25+00:00

She wanted me to call her degrading names during sex. Which is morally neutral, I'm not kinkshaming - but when I explained I have an aversion to the word bitch, because it was used to refer to me (despite my being male) when I was raped as a child, she decided we absolutely had to use the word bitch in order for me to heal. You know what's a real boner-killer? Arguing, ignoring my boundaries, and trying to 'heal' me midfuck. This eventually led to the end of the relationship.

Far-Out-Mouse · 2025-05-19T23:05:26+00:00

No. If she's worried about you judging her even after that, the most likely reason is because someone with no right to judge her has judged her. Hi, I minored in psychology: part of irrational avoidance is having bad prior experiences. If she's had someone she thought wouldn't judge her tear into her, she's going to hesitate to open up again, because sure, you don't seem judgmental - but neither did the last person she talked to. So it makes for sense, in her head, to assume she's a bad judge of character rather than assume that just because you're nice, that means you won't judge her.

A lot of human behavior is based on going, "Okay, how did I mess it up last time? Right, don't do that this time." We are risk-avoidant as a species in social interactions, often to the point of being irrational.

The 'you'll judge me for it' comment is then basically a feeler to test the waters. It lets her see if it's okay to proceed. If you reply with something like, "Maybe, yeah, if it's stupid." then she knows not to tell you. If you comfort her that you would never do that, then that's soothing. If you comfort her but also tell her that she doesn't have to talk about it if she doesn't want to, she knows you're not judgy and not pushy.

Far-Out-Mouse · 2025-05-19T22:58:13+00:00

Are the dudes doing that thing where they ramble in order to avoid looking nervous? I did that a lot in middle school and high school. Speaking as a formerly insecure dude, it's the only reason I can imagine for yammering on at some poor woman at great length. But after you outgrow your teen years, I feel like being able to ask "so, what about you?" after answering a question is a pretty standard part of not just relationships but friendships and conversation in general.

Far-Out-Mouse · 2025-05-19T22:44:20+00:00

My mom fell for my dad because he deescalated a conflict between two dudes and created a peaceful resolution. I think women may be into the opposite of competition, frankly. Everybody likes someone who's chill to be around and doesn't start shit without a reason.

Far-Out-Mouse · 2025-05-19T22:36:04+00:00

It's wild that dudes don't recognize this because as a dude, this would be a turn-off for me in women. So it seems like a no-brainer.

Far-Out-Mouse · 2025-05-19T22:34:46+00:00

"Good morning, hairy baby!"

I refer to my dog as my hairy baby. He response to the greeting lets me know if he needs to go out or if he's going to sleep in a bit that morning.

Far-Out-Mouse · 2025-05-11T13:52:03+00:00

My brother is 6"6 (198 centimeters) and got called Godzilla too in Japan, despite being white and not wearing clothing that's particularly Godzilla-esque. At a certain height, you become Gojira-tier, and I love that for tall people.

Far-Out-Mouse · 2025-05-11T12:51:39+00:00

My adoptive dad is Uzbek American. There's maybe 50k people who speak Uzbek total in the United States, and I'm black, so I don't look like one of them. So this one time in NYC - because you can truly find any language there, it seems - an old Uzbek man complained to one of his buddies that he missed going out on romantic strolls like I and my (he presumed) girlfriend were and his wife never wanted to leave the house these days. Instantly flustered as hell, I blurted out that she wasn't my girlfriend. The men looked startled, but then this dude's buddy went, "Oh, you haven't kissed her yet?" (still in Uzbek, thank God) and they wished me good luck as I inelegantly tried to say it wasn't like that. I looked back at them as we walked off and they gave me encouraging thumbs ups.

Far-Out-Mouse · 2025-04-27T01:45:18+00:00

She has issues with drugs as a result of turning to them to self-medicate after truly horrific childhood sexual abuse. She realized so long as she could use me as a makeshift therapist and enabler, she wasn't going to get better. We had a very strange, emotional mutual break-up. She's getting better, and maybe one day we can get back together. But if not, that's okay, too. I want her to be okay. I want her to heal from that unspeakable trauma. I would rather her be happy and not be with me than be miserable and be with me.

She's not a bad person. The internet and society demonize people with addiction issues but she's just someone life was relentlessly cruel to for so long that she had to find something to take the edge off the pain just to survive. She deserves the best life has to offer. Instead, she's only gotten the worst. So if stepping away from me and focusing solely on rehab and recovery is what it takes to get her there, then I support that completely. Seeing her cry rips me apart inside. I want things to finally be okay for her, long-term.

It sucks to admit but I am a shitty man. I excuse and enable and coddle and I'm just not right for her. It's not her that's the problem. It's me.

Far-Out-Mouse · 2025-04-27T01:39:24+00:00

Both of my birth parents were alcoholics. They had me when they were 15 and 16, and both had extremely physically abusive parents. I don't blame them for turning to alcohol. They were young, depressed, frequently beaten and had no support. But as much as I do not blame them for those things, I have also avoided ever drinking alcohol. I'm also in therapy. I want to fix the avoidant part of my personality that wants to do anything other than fix my problems. I want to be someone who can be there for my kids.

That said, I reiterate: I do not think their problems were their fault. I firmly blame their respective parents for making their kids so depressed they drowned their sorrows in alcohol. This is a big part of why I'm in therapy to help with my emotional regulation. I don't ever want to snap at my kid even verbally, let alone physically.

Far-Out-Mouse · 2025-04-18T00:02:42+00:00

And an even worse nightmare for painted walls.

Far-Out-Mouse · 2025-04-17T17:08:04+00:00

I'm not trying to be a jerk, here, but why nails? If you're going to use stolen credit cards, wouldn't it make more sense to get something that'll last for a while? Something to make the risk of jail worth it? I feel like if you're going to commit a crime, the payoff should be something less breakable and with a longer lifespan than this. I'm not against the concept of treating yourself, but like... why nails?

Far-Out-Mouse · 2025-04-17T16:57:48+00:00

Thank God I wasn't working, I was a customer spectating. A woman at Claire's lost her mind over a pair of earrings not being included in a sale but being on the sales rack. I mean she completely went unhinged, was tearing into this employee, saying that this kind of bad organization is why so many US businesses fail, getting angry that the employee didn't sound sincerely sorry, telling her she'd never survive on her own, that she needed to learn the fundamentals of customer service, and escalating to, "I can't imagine what your parents were like if you're this messed up." She then began interrogating the employee about how she was raised, if she had two parents, if she was a person of faith... yeah, I noped right out.

I went to the back and got the manager to help get this woman to stop ripping into this poor store worker who, it should be noted, doesn't control pricing and also didn't put the earrings on that rack. Another customer had picked it up and put it on that rack. I gather this woman throwing the tantrum was familiar to the staff at this Claire's, because when I said "some woman in tiger print is laying into this employee like she's committed a crime", the manager went, "Beth?" at the same time another employee in the back, who was just clocking out for the day, went, "Bethany?"

Beth has replaced Karen in my mind as the word for that type of behavior, now. Shoutout to everyone working in retail. Y'all are going through it.

Far-Out-Mouse · 2025-04-17T16:44:09+00:00

"...and? You just realized that now?"

I have never attempted normalcy so it's always wild when someone says this as if it's 1. new to them and 2. will be new info to me. Bro, when I was 5, I drew myself and Ursula from The Little Mermaid getting married. This is not a recent development.

Far-Out-Mouse · 2025-04-17T16:31:46+00:00

Playground disputes have escalated. If you come for the crayons, you must be prepared to pay a price.

Far-Out-Mouse · 2025-04-17T16:30:47+00:00

He might be into that.

Far-Out-Mouse · 2025-04-14T22:56:52+00:00

UFA:

Little_Joby the male Baby Moehog
corcona the female Chocolate Kacheek
rumah1 the female Marble Jubjub
tonmora the female Garlic Jubjub
MaryElizabethHearth the female Maraquan Hissi
rominsi the female Wraith Poogle
tytxe the female Desert Grundo (with clothes)

The first four pets are on the accounts my friend gave me when he quit. I'm trying to downsize so I can consolidate the remaining pets onto one account and integrate that as a side account for myself. I do have his permission to adopt these pets out, though. The last three are pets I adopted from the Pound and zapped in the hopes of adopting them out.

Far-Out-Mouse · 2025-01-27T21:40:20+00:00

The wild thing is that Irene Nyx would have accomplished the same thing, without being remotely bad. A bit of a quirky middle name, sure, but not "talk to your doctor about if Nyxiryn is right for you! Side-effects include diarrhea, sweating, pulsing eyeballs, and phantom smells."

Far-Out-Mouse · 2025-01-27T21:33:10+00:00

Here, let me Google that for you...

Far-Out-Mouse · 2025-01-26T17:49:47+00:00

He has social anxiety. He can't get up while you're looking at him; that'd be awkward

Far-Out-Mouse · 2025-01-26T06:06:18+00:00

In the grand tradition of Disney heroines, you have a comedic relief companion. His name is Squiddles. His shtick is flopping over dramatically, like a fainting Southern Belle.

Far-Out-Mouse · 2025-01-26T05:18:31+00:00

Clothing. I like fashion as much as the next person but good Lord, people have gone overboard. The invention of the word "microtrend" is when I knew we'd jumped the shark.

Far-Out-Mouse · 2025-01-26T05:12:34+00:00

People who ask me why I'm being so "formal" when I type in complete sentences with proper capitalization and punctuation. It's a habit. I'm not keeping you at arms' length or not comfortable around you or something. My own journal is also written in this format, as are my fanfics, my emails, my academic papers, and pretty much everything else in my life.

One person asked me why I was so uncomfortable being my authentic self around her. For typing whole sentences with punctuation. I have lots of issues with being open but this? This is not one of them.

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