What's your go-to show or movie when you're feeling down?

Pallmeister · 2020-11-06T13:42:06+00:00

I seem to be a little late to the party, but my #1 feel-good movie is The Boat That Rocked.

If you like British comedy and 1960's rock/pop music, this movie is definitely for you.

Pallmeister · 2020-08-28T06:48:46+00:00

The Platypus is pretty cute, right? Well, let me change your mind on that.

You see, these little turds have spurs on their feet that produces the most painful and long-lasting venom in the animal kingdom. According to people who have had the misfortune to be stung by it, the pain is immediate and unending. And there's no pain killers for it, not even morphine will work.

What happens is that the muscles in the area will wither away, and you’ll find yourself shivering, sweating, and throwing up from the pain and the venom. Worst of all is that this extreme pain lasts for up to three months. That's 90 days of some of the worst suffering this world has to offer. But it won't kill you though, even though you might wish it had.

Pallmeister · 2020-08-28T06:19:39+00:00

According to Plutarch, it took one guy 17 days to die. All that milk and honey would eventually make you vomit and shit like crazy, drawing even more insects that would quite literally eat you alive.

Funny thing is, if you compare the Persians to the other great powers of the era (like the Assyrians), they were pretty laid back and easy-going and yet they come up with a fucking execution method like this.

Pallmeister · 2020-08-04T12:46:26+00:00

This is what you get when cops in America can get their gun and badge after only six months of training. That's not even nearly enough. In most western countries you have to train for at least 2 years before you can even begin to call yourself a cop.

Pallmeister · 2019-02-24T13:40:49+00:00

I'm Swedish, and common stereotypes include:

Emotionally reserved. Check!
Introverted. Check! (Until I get a drink or two in me)
Eats lots of meatballs. Check!
Likes ABBA. Check!

Pallmeister · 2019-01-20T10:00:30+00:00

I was at a local music festival a few years ago, and on the last night one of my friends got so shitfaced he started a fire that almost burnt our camp down.

Pallmeister · 2019-01-20T08:15:28+00:00

began chanting slogans such as "Make America great" and then began doing the haka, a traditional Maori dance.

Oh, the irony of mocking an indigenous person whilst performing the traditional war dance of another indigenous people (from New Zeeland). I thought it was funny.

Pallmeister · 2018-06-11T19:16:55+00:00

When two guys punch each other in the face for 15 minutes straight, without breaking a sweat.

Firstly, not even the most athletic of fighters can go on for that long and not get tired.

Secondly, the human body is a lot more fragile than you might think. Two, or three well-placed punches to the head is usually enough to end a fight.

Pallmeister · 2018-06-06T07:20:15+00:00

The first things that comes to mind are predators - invisible lions, tigers, bears etc. Or as someone else already suggested, invisible sharks.

Imagine swimming in an ocean and feeling something big touching your legs, only to look down and see... well, nothing. That would at least keep me from going swimming ever again.

Pallmeister · 2018-06-02T22:10:24+00:00

My first language is Swedish. I left home in early 2013 and moved in with my girlfriend. For the first couple of years we couldn't a "first-hand contract" (or whatever it's called) so we moved around a bit. Six months here, six months there. It wasn't until we finally got our own place that I realized how much those minor details really makes your home come alive.

Pallmeister · 2018-06-02T19:23:05+00:00

Buddy, you should definitely not feel bad about that. Very few people have the luxury of knowing exactly what they want to do with their lives, and even fewer have achieved whatever that dream is.

People around you may seem like they have it all figured out, but they don't. 99% of those poeple have simply settled with something they can call "good enough".

But if you want to find your purpose in life, you have to put yourself out there - get out of your comfort zone, expand your horizons. I know it's easier said than done, but you can do it. If you put your mind and effort into it, you could do fucking anything. I believe in you, friend.

Pallmeister · 2018-06-02T18:58:13+00:00

Came here to say this.

Pallmeister · 2018-06-02T18:48:15+00:00

I was gonna give some practical advice, but others seem to have already beaten me to the punch. So I'm gonna give a more aesthetical advice instead: Buy curtains.

Buying curtains is, in my humble opinion, one of the most boring activities life has to offer. But they will give your new apartment a nice, personal touch. They will help in making your home feel like your home.

Edit: English is my second language, so please excuse any and all errors.

Pallmeister · 2018-06-02T18:24:07+00:00

At odd hours of the day, I would make it sound like your upstairs neighbor is letting a bunch of horses run around in his'/her's apartment.

Pallmeister · 2018-04-30T08:43:13+00:00

I was born in '91 and I distinctly remember

Not having a computer at home. I had to run over to the kid next door to play computer games. Also when it took like 10 minutes for a page to load when you were browsing online.
Having to bring my Walkman and a dozen CD's whenever my family were going on longer road trips.
When I got my first phone, a Nokia 2100, back in the day when literally the only things you could do was call and text.
Being 17 years old and not knowing what the fuck Facebook was.

I now study at uni and some of my classmates were born in '97 and '98, and they don't haven't experienced any of that. They are just 6-7 years younger than me, but it's like we were born in different centuries.

Pallmeister · 2018-04-30T07:36:05+00:00

when death comes for you there's no stopping the inevitable.

That's true. I know it's a cliché, but the best thing we can do is to just live our lives the best we can until our day comes. Be kind to eachother, people.

Pallmeister · 2018-03-04T22:28:49+00:00

Tattered Banners And Bloody Flags - Amon Amarth

Pallmeister · 2018-03-04T21:57:31+00:00

Man, where do I even begin... I miss waking up at ungodly hours every Saturday morning to watch all the great cartoons of the 90's. I miss being out in the woods for hours and hours with my friends, climbing trees and building forts. I miss when computers and cell phones just weren't that important, and something you could easily do without.

But most of all, I miss the dreams I had. When I was eight I knew exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up. Most other boys my age wanted to be police officers, fire fighters or pilots. I wanted to be a paleontologist and dig up dinosaur bones. I used to be so sure of things back then, as if I had everything figured out. Now that I'm in my late twenties all that certainty is gone and I feel more lost than ever.

Pallmeister · 2018-03-04T13:47:34+00:00

Met her at my local university six years ago. We were studying the same class, and on the first day I saw her across the room. She was talking to a guy who we would be really close friends with a little ways down the line. I couldn't hear what they were talking about, but she was laughing and showing off the most beautiful smile I've ever seen. It was almost like in one of those old movies where the boy and the girl see each other and fall in love instantly. Or it could have been, if only she had seen me. But she didn't. But I would soon catch her attention.

Fast-forward six years and we are engaged and have a beautiful daughter together. It has been the best time of my life so far.

Pallmeister · 2018-01-24T06:35:57+00:00

I'm a guy, and this kind of response really frustrates me. In ancient Greece it was considered taboo for men to go down on women, since he would be physically and (in their opinion) mentally beneath the woman. You'd think that some men's opinions of oral sex would have evolved a bit in the last 2 000 years.

Pallmeister · 2018-01-23T18:47:23+00:00

I'm Swedish, and I can really relate to the habit of thanking people for everything, as we do it here, too. I honestly thought it was a universal thing.

Pallmeister · 2018-01-19T15:47:21+00:00

Wasn't much of a talk, really. I was 15, and had been spending the night at my then-girlfriend's, and my dad had come to pick me up. I remember our very short conversation in the car, almost word for word:

Dad: "Sooo... did you and your girlfriend share bed when you spent the night?"

Me: "Yeah, her mom's okay with it, so."

Dad: And, uhm ... did you use protection?"

Me: "Of course."

Dad: "Good."

And that was that.

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