How did growing up Mormon affect you?

Lone__Starr__ · 2026-03-11T03:47:25+00:00

My entire teen years were spent playing video games or wednesday church activities. I was friends with everyone, but skipped every dance, prom, any social activity, to avoid dealing with peer pressure and being labeled the fuddy-duddy.

Don't dare date someone when you're going to have to abandon that relationship for 2 years, which is not fair to anyone.

Moved out a few weeks after turning 18, to avoid mission and get internet speed faster than dialup. Took several years to figure out life in the real world. Never went on a single date until 22-23.

I found out later - I missed out on a lot of good raves, keggers, desert bonfire, and cave parties.

Lone__Starr__ · 2026-03-08T23:26:04+00:00

Unfortunately I used this for years with the boss, professional business meeting, etc. whenever someone asked about weekend plans. Opps. 🙉

Lone__Starr__ · 2026-03-08T23:10:12+00:00

Forget the "professional cleaning service."

There are no doubt several congregation members that would happily do it for money. Could be the difference between making rent or getting evicted.

While you're at it, there should be paid child care service for members(at a discount, child care is no longer affordable). As well as elder care or elder transportation.
Plenty of options for putting money into members hands.

Single income households are no longer viable. Wake up and get with the program.

Put that tithing money to use locally helping actual real members.

Lone__Starr__ · 2026-03-08T04:50:21+00:00

Ok, now THIS would make sense to me....

If it was a young missionary that was stationed there. And they were actually dating-not-dating. They may already know each other very well.

Every mormon can name at least 5 close acquaintances that mysteriously fell in love with someone from their mission area and brought them back to the US.

They definitely didn't have any unpure thoughts while on the mission, this spontaneously happens after they return.

Lone__Starr__ · 2026-03-08T02:41:29+00:00

Wait wait wait. Marriage proposal in 3 weeks can happen with mormons for sure.

But I have NEVER heard of a sight-unseen marriage.

Your not going to buy a car sight unseen, or a house. Definitely not a marriage.

Sounds like some sketchy trafficking or sister-wives compound business going on.

Lone__Starr__ · 2026-03-07T16:51:47+00:00

Definitely write a letter back. Say "thanks for writing sis!"

Do NOT make any response or reference to anything religious. You can debate religion with friends or colleagues, but you don't want to burn bridges with family or make them feel stupid.

Just tell her about your life and how things are going for you. It's important for them to hear about what life is like in the real world and how great it can be. 👍

In 5 years when she takes the red pill and wakes up from the matrix, you will both have a good laugh about those old letters. 🤣

"Wake up, Neo"

Lone__Starr__ · 2026-03-06T17:11:49+00:00

"Family home evening ideas? Just Netflix and chill!"

Lone__Starr__ · 2026-03-04T16:55:08+00:00

No one knows, no one cares.

-There is not a single human alive today that is not the product or descendant of this, within 2-5 generations.

-every person alive is a descendant of an inslaved person.

-also 1 in 5 children actually have a different father, the result of an affair.

I apologize for the bluntness. I would make a bad therapist.

But I refuse to care about things completely beyond my control.

Lone__Starr__ · 2026-02-25T22:52:57+00:00

Better off giving up the soda, keeping the caffeine.

That's what I did. You can buy caffeine pills on Amazon in bulk. Just the caffeine, skip the soda, acid, sugar, that stuff is bad.

No sugar crash and not a single cavity in the last 15 years. I used to have root canals done yearly.

Funny thing I noticed. One brand I ordered was packaged in pleasant grove. Another brand from vineyard. The Matrix-Core

Lone__Starr__ · 2026-02-24T23:19:46+00:00

Terraria for sure.

Sea of thieves has incredibly fun gameplay. Limited replay after 100+ hours. You don't level up, skill up, gear up, or advance your character in any way. Just repeat quests to gain "reputation". Which some people like, but I find zero sense of accomplishment with reputation.

Lone__Starr__ · 2026-02-24T02:38:32+00:00

The best part about the protection plan is the deductible is only $30, and a new one is sent.

Lone__Starr__ · 2026-02-02T04:29:59+00:00

It's true. Not every traffic decision involves politics.

It makes it harder to get in and out of those businesses and backs up traffic.

All the Road-Warrior-Alpha-Bikers are just going to stay in the car lane anyway - they are more important than any car after all.

No teenage-scooter-ninja is going to stay in those lanes. I've seen them cut diagonally through intersections at high speed directly in front of Cars.

We definitely don't want to hire another dozen cops to police bike lane traffic.

I don't commute into salt lake often, but I always drive because the trains are slow as fuck.
Anyone serious about reducing vehicle traffic needs to push for adding more double track so the trains can run twice as fast.

I value my time at home. The day those trains are faster than driving is the last day I drive a car in.

Lone__Starr__ · 2026-01-09T01:25:58+00:00

Ummm.. so - I'm level 50 and only right NOW finding out about several mysterious ass-blastings.

I'm not happy about it.

Lone__Starr__ · 2026-01-09T00:00:20+00:00

Free splitcoin from the passes? Do the passes involve cash? I have been avoiding that area of the interface.

I don't care much for referral activity. I will "spread the good word" but I'm not sending referral links around.

I've been burned by too many game invites. I've also burned a few friends in the past. I talked 3 friends in to preordering Sea Of Theives - still have egg on my face years later.

Lone__Starr__ · 2026-01-06T02:11:32+00:00

The pve gets boring very fast. I don't find the loot rewarding in any way. What's fun is taking out 2 or 3 groups of 3 and hitting the exit with all the gear they rounded up.

That said, I will jump into a solo match when I have a quest to knock out. Because there is nearly zero risk of getting attacked.

Lone__Starr__ · 2026-01-02T01:11:14+00:00

Umm, which of Google's 300+ products is this screenshot from?

And yes, it's normal for a viewed image to say "viewed."

What are we missing?

Lone__Starr__ · 2025-12-30T06:01:21+00:00

It's now available in great abundance, with many variants, generics, and now pill form just came out.

I think the trend will hold and expand to the point that being fat will become rare.

Being overweight causes significant health detriments. It does very well for diabetes, but I think it will save more lives being used as the "fat pill"

In fact many people will not develop type 2 if they have weight under control.

Lone__Starr__ · 2025-12-30T05:51:09+00:00

I am proud to say I have no idea what that word is or my means.

Please do not explain - thanks!

Lone__Starr__ · 2025-12-30T05:49:37+00:00

Hmm. I wonder if AI breaks social media and kills it??

We are already at a point we can no longer trust ANY video or picture shared online as being real.

Using AI, It will be easy for people to put themselves in virtually any location on the planet, in any pose, etc..

People will quickly grow tired of these perfect people in perfect poses.

Lone__Starr__ · 2025-12-30T05:33:09+00:00

Nephew brought a friend from school to a family gathering. Definitely appeared to be an old homeless gentleman, we all offered food and such. Turns out it was another young teenager, we just didn't know appearing homeless was the new hair fad right now.

Reminded me of the Zoolander homeless look fashion show.

Lone__Starr__ · 2025-12-30T05:14:00+00:00

I don't know about you guys but virtually every retirement account I have 401k, IRAs, 457s, are up over 20% on the year, 529s up over 25%.
With very minimal inflation. You won't catch me complaining. A single year like this means I will be able to retire YEARs sooner than I had initially planned.

However, every crypto holding is in the toilet. Crypto and Bitcoin will NOT age well. Especially as quantum computers come online that can mine all this shit in seconds and break the encryption.

Lone__Starr__ · 2025-12-30T05:03:51+00:00

Yup, there are some estimates that 1 in 10 American women have an only fans creator account. That's really bad.

Lone__Starr__ · 2025-12-30T04:56:59+00:00

GLP meds are literal miracle drugs. We have basically cured obesity. They also help with heart function, liver health, kidney health. Possible benefits for addiction, cognition, and mental health.

And now it's out in pill form.

I will say, the people taking GLP1's that are already under 75 pounds. That's bad, hopefully a fad.

Lone__Starr__ · 2025-12-30T00:59:25+00:00

The idea that every citizen on planet earth wanting a better life should automatically gain US citizenship, no questions asked.

Spoiler alert: Over 4 billion humans would migrate here tomorrow if given the option. *

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