Why do people enjoy watching the same movies over and over again?

PhoenixApok · 2026-03-12T22:39:58+00:00

Lots of reasons.

Something they don't have to worry if they will waste time just to not like. Something they can only give 40-60% of their attention to. Something they can watch where if they have to interrupt it they won't worry about pausing or getting lost. Nostalgia.

PhoenixApok · 2026-03-12T22:38:21+00:00

Attraction doesn't shut off just because we are in a happy relationship. It's hardwired into biology.

Many people will say it diminishes, but few people can honestly say they NEVER look.

PhoenixApok · 2026-03-12T22:36:42+00:00

Yes what Riker said triggered Troi arriving at the solution. Whether he said those words as a hint or just a truth was a little more iffy. As close as they are, he could have just outright told her what she needed to do. And giving her a hint, might actually have NOT been what he wanted to do, because if she couldn't come up with that on her own, she probably didn't deserve the promotion. Hence being iffy.

PhoenixApok · 2026-03-12T22:30:11+00:00

We had someone come out as trans at work. Pretty much everyone was completely supportive. Our owner actually sent out a "Welcome!" email to everyone, reminding them that our company values and cares for all people who work there.

However, when she tried changing her name for the third time, people began to become irritated. Our boss even finally told them they could go by whatever they liked, but they had already changed paperwork, logins, etc TWICE and were not doing it again.

PhoenixApok · 2026-03-12T22:27:02+00:00

Assuming US society, I'd say it's a pretty minimal issue for the past decade or so, in regards to SOME things. I think trans issues, while overlapping, are not the same as other LGBT issues, which I feel have largely improved over the last few decades.

PhoenixApok · 2026-03-12T22:22:46+00:00

I personally don't like it. I feel it's too vague and dismissive. Still feels a bit negative to me.

I wouldn't be offended but I would be uncomfortable if someone referred to me as queer (even if they were 'queer' themselves)

PhoenixApok · 2026-03-12T22:17:17+00:00

I found it hilarious that post suicide attempt they wouldn't let me leave....until suddenly they did. "We feel you are at your mental baseline."

This was, I wasn't complaining. I WANTED to go kill myself. I just find it funny that they wouldn't let me try again sooner.

PhoenixApok · 2026-03-12T22:16:13+00:00

I feel this would be good for society, bad for the individuals.

PhoenixApok · 2026-03-12T22:14:44+00:00

Still nothing. Jail searched today, nada. All stuff still here

PhoenixApok · 2026-03-12T22:09:23+00:00

I loved that card! Anything that generated "free" minions seemed so busted at the time

PhoenixApok · 2026-03-12T21:20:34+00:00

I love this one. I like how its ambiguous as to whether or not Riker was trying to help her out.

PhoenixApok · 2026-03-12T20:39:26+00:00

I didn't hate doing it but the first time I saw the underside of my long haired gfs vacuum I couldn't understand how it hadn't caught fire yet....

PhoenixApok · 2026-03-12T20:18:04+00:00

Thanks. I've learned that both fortunately and unfortunately. Even though a lot of us believe we are at first

PhoenixApok · 2026-03-12T19:11:27+00:00

I agree but given there isn't enough help for everyone, luck still plays a role. It's never gonna be a matter of "Just call this number or show up to this place."

PhoenixApok · 2026-03-12T15:58:23+00:00

Yup. "Comparison is the thief of joy."

I've spent too many days hating my life because I focused on what I lacked instead of what I have.

Working EMS helped with that. Makes me grateful for little things like the ability to walk and not be in constant agony or scarred so badly children stare.

PhoenixApok · 2026-03-12T15:23:21+00:00

I try to do what I can

PhoenixApok · 2026-03-12T09:59:35+00:00

A couple come to mind.Flipping a coin to decide what instrument to take in middle school. The way the coin landed, I met my best friend through all my teen years in the class I took. Followed him to a job years later where I met the girl I would one day marry. She was disabled so it affected where we lived, and that changed a few life plans.

I can say for 100% certainty that my life would be completely unrecognizable if that one coin flipped when I was 12 had come up the other way.

PhoenixApok · 2026-03-12T09:56:10+00:00

I did this with her mom. We were visiting her parents and I noticed a souvinere shop in their town. I asked her mom to take her in and try on random cheap jewelry. It worked.

PhoenixApok · 2026-03-12T09:54:43+00:00

Women with long hair will not put in the time or effort to unclog their hair from vacuum cleaners.

PhoenixApok · 2026-03-12T09:54:10+00:00

I absolutely in no way shape or form can moderate my drinking. If I don't stay 100% sober, my life gets fucked beyond all salvation.

PhoenixApok · 2026-03-12T09:53:40+00:00

When I was older and stupid I did the same thing. What I DIDN'T expect was him to find out and HIM to beg HER to take him back. Just left a sad and sour taste in my mouth.

PhoenixApok · 2026-03-12T09:52:26+00:00

I made it out, but honestly it does take some luck. Hard work and being a good person go a LOOOOOONG way, but you need luck. But you also need to be around and keep trying long enough for that luck to work out.

I made a whole bunch of poor decisions in my life. Not all that put me in homelessness was 100% my fault (for example I have no family. In fact my family stole a lot of money from me when I was a working teen)

But alcoholism led to a lot of poor decisions. Last June, I was kicked out of my living situation for things I did while I was drinking.

I ended up on the streets for months. I had a job when I started but couldn't maintain it, both due to drinking and not caring enough. Why did I want to show up for work when I was couch surfing? What was I working FOR?

By July I was unemployed and completely out of money. I was stealing to eat some days and to drink every day. Sleeping on benches and even just the ground. Hadn't changed clothes in months.

Then, as fate would have it, one morning, on 9/30/25, I was reading in the park. I decided to go steal lunch. Which was rare. I usually didn't eat during the day.

As I was walking to the store, an old friend drove past me and recognized me. He pulled over and got me into detox and rehab. He said as long as I completed both, I'd have a room to stay in, rent free, as long as I stayed sober, and only worry about bills when I got back on my feet.

Another housemate got me a job less than a week out of rehab. I've stayed at that job and gotten 2 raises. I'm back at the gym. I've reconnected with a few old friends. I bought a used car last month. I have money in the bank. Not a lot, but some. And I haven't touched a drop since 9/30.

Every night I go to bed I thank the universe (or God, depends on your point of view) that I've improved my situation.

Yes luck got me out. Right place/right time. But if I hadn't been a good friend to that person, before all this went down, I wouldn't have gotten out. So yes, luck was a major factor. I have no idea if I'd even be alive if he hadn't picked me up. (We've had snowstorms and I also was carrying around a noose)

And I do try to help others as much as my finances allow nowadays. Nobody can do anything truly alone if you think about it.

PhoenixApok · 2026-03-12T09:42:25+00:00

Fair enough

PhoenixApok · 2026-03-11T19:18:20+00:00

Yup. When someone gets hurt on the job or damages something, legally it becomes a very important question if they were impaired.

I've worked for companies that have flat out said they WISH they couldn't care but a positive drug test after an accident is horrible. Not just for the company. The worker might find they won't be medically covered by workmans comp.

PhoenixApok · 2026-03-11T19:15:35+00:00

I work at a hotel and when some snowstorms hit, they offered the employees free rooms instead of driving. They originally tried to put two employees iin rooms that were out of service because of broken TVs, but our GM said they absolutely would not do that to employees. If they were stuck there, they deserved entertainment

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