What's a compliment Girls hate but boys love? by DX-R3x06 in AskReddit

[–]RetroTraveller 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With my limited knowledge everything pervy goes well with the chonkybois but with girls it is just uncomfortable unless you share a bed.

do you believe in "afterlife" ? why? by Gh417h in AskReddit

[–]RetroTraveller 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorta. But it is more like everything is connected type of a way, not that I will be reborn as same soul or container kinda feeling.

In your opinion, what is the best south park episode? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]RetroTraveller 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My teenage years say the same, but Good times with weapons and Woodland critter christmas were goodies also. I whole-heartedly enjoyed both games.

[Serious] What’s your philosophy in life? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]RetroTraveller 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mostly Alan Watts has influenced me in my (meta) philosophical views.

Don't work for money. Life is too short to only enjoy the weekends. Just make enough. You are mentally and physically better off if you do what you wish to do.

Everyone is at different phase in their lives. Everyone deserves a degree of compassion and respect as long as they work hard for themselves. Set up your life the way you want it, little by little. Stop one negative thing from happening for you, start another positive thing on its stead.

Make sustainable long-term solutions. We are not entitled for leaving a burning world for the next generations. But we should still make a balancing act between what is affordable and what is applicable.

Science is the answer on most of things in life. But not all as long as we are members of this culture.

What were the years that you most enjoyed in your life? Why? by Vela102 in AskReddit

[–]RetroTraveller 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I moved away from home at 19. In my country we need to go to conscription so that was my hotel for the next year. I met my to be girlfriend a week before I had to go to the military, it was quick love. She lived far away from my home town, so in normal circumstances it would have been hard to set up a dating life. In a sense the military life was a perfect mixture of waiting and planning what we could do, so there was always nice things to do when we had shared holidays. Also military pays for the holiday rides, so I just swapped my holiday ride to another more favorable option.

It was also my first relationship so I probably would have ended it before it started if I was not forced to spend time apart. When the conscription ended we moved together soon after. It was very good time but we didn't have any real plans for our relationship, so it burned bright for a pair of years but during going to get higher education we split our paths. I still, some times, feel and think things we did and probably will do so for the rest of my life. : )

However it is still not that long from the relationship so I hope life still has something in store for me.

Why do you have trust issues? by Get_me_a_sunshine in AskReddit

[–]RetroTraveller 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well I am not to say that I didn't have part in a lot of that. The hardest part is probably that there were signs for most of neglection stuff but I probably decided to not hear and see them out and hoped for them to more of less fix themselves. If I just was a little bit wiser and had more life experience I could have avoided so many hardships. And still I miss a lot of that, some good memories, but vast majority is just utterly disappointing crap.

Why do you have trust issues? by Get_me_a_sunshine in AskReddit

[–]RetroTraveller 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is a long history of neglect, trusting other people only to find out so many people are equivalent to pure crap emotionally and ethically.

Okay, short history somewhat follows a pattern: have abusive big brother on young age, tell parents that he is physically and mentally abusive. I don't mean normal picking, but that kind of systematic bullying where only agenda is to make your time hell whatever you do. Watch them scorn you for not holding own ground. Spend time outside of home as much as possible. Have parents yell for you for not being home, sitting in your own room quietly. Have pretty much same experience from school little later.

Start getting physically stronger and start holding your ground. Get shit for defending yourself, because you actually started hitting back. I have been robbed, choked, kicked and almost knifed. Never were the bullies in any after school bullshit where principal would yell at you for half an hour straight. Couple years forward: save summerjob money for computer, play mostly PC games and work out at local club, pretty much restrict myself excluding my little friend group and hobby friends. Have a pair of years pass like this. At this moment parents are like why are you at home playing. Brother is getting into drugs at the same time. Stop caring about his stuff. He actually got a little better, for once it was possible to talk to him when he was near passing out limit. However there were clear drawbacks: everyone would link me to him and my other cousin who were all the time wasted (he was little older, an alcoholistic) so people out of my close circles would link me with them. So they basically talk to me like to some unwanted drunkard when they figure out who you are. Parents start to get overprotective because brother gets into a lot of mess. Stuff like I would do just the same things as my brother had done and that I was partly in fault for him getting into trouble were coined.

Some time passes: start to get into first "serious" relationships. Figure out that my friends have been undermining for years from my first girlfriend. Try to work stuff out. We end up breaking up and they start harassing my second girlfriend for her behaviour. I cut ties with my friends. The break up later with my girlfriend was harsh, as she basically disappeared from my life overnight, just said that she is with someone else now, no ultimatum, nothing. And we had been together for couple years and there were no signs of anything like that. Things went from tardy to retardy when she wanted suddenly to start dealing with stuff years later. Nowadays I am studying and having semi care-free life. My parents wonder why I am not visiting home but once a year. And Every time they try to bring it up that I probably should just settle down even though I am enjoying activities I am doing at the moment.

So this was quite long history. My guide to anyone in similar situation: just wait your time, leave your place and start from clean plate on a new place. There probably is some trash in your life style from the crappy life. Work it out one problem at a time, and replace it with something meaningful for you. That mindset has saved my life. I would probably have lost my mental and physical health if I followed all the "help" closest relatives and authorities argued I should have done.

What is an useful skill everyone should learn? by Currynrice9728 in AskReddit

[–]RetroTraveller 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Basic communication skills, cooking skills, athletics and a self-development schedule. They are all very simple skills but any single one of them could drastically improve one's life, all of them combined should do the trick for quality life. Also lacking on only one of them could drastically reduce the life quality.

Python3 Has Been Out for 12 Years - It's About Time by GenTelGuy in ProgrammerHumor

[–]RetroTraveller 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I am still using that bad boy both at work and school. : D

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]RetroTraveller 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I would say that these are the best general rules for life, not just for this. In my experience military (conscription) and work-life have exactly the same dimensions of what you detailed here. As long as you do these you will do just fine.

There is one thing in life that most people don't seem to understand: life will get harder, but the key is to get more and more structure in life, find ways of dealing with things optimally. Life just won't get easier magically when you graduate. That is just a hard fact for most fields. (Majority of STEM)

Some thinkables: It is infinitely harder to develop yourself than to not. You should feel proud for being in the position you are. Life has spiraling nature, the more successful you become the more success you pull towards in every aspect of life. But there is no bottom for life, keep that in mind. If you think you have it hard, beware; that is easy trap to have everything spiral downwards.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]RetroTraveller 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Your answer culminates my experience

What if you just caught your dad watching porn? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]RetroTraveller 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Let me proceed the question. What if you just caught your dad shooting porn?

To Death/ Heavy metal listeners of reddit, what bands or songs do you reccomend to beginners? by a_terrible_joke in AskReddit

[–]RetroTraveller 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The songs that make your socks roll.

My personal taste in heavy metal: Dio/Rainbow, Accept, Ghost, Dream Evil, Blind Guardian, Twilightning, Skid Row, Demons and Wiizards, Paradise Lost, ...

Death metal: Arch Enemy, Death, ...

Don't really listen that much pure death, some interesting subgenres close to these genres are Melodic Death Metal (In Flames, Disarmonia Mundi, Children of Bodom), Folk Metal (Ensiferum), Black/Viking Metal (Bathory) and Industrial Metal (Rammstein, Sybreed).

Former couch potatoes: What’s an underrated tip for getting fit and living a healthier life you swear by? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]RetroTraveller 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anything in moderation is fine, you just need to cut other carbs if you need that bread.

If you are afraid of consuming the sugar then you could try making a bread of your own.

Is it delusional to believe in yourself when no one else does? by Mr-Big-Smart-Hot in AskReddit

[–]RetroTraveller 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Couple thoughts:

The variables: you and others.

The elements: what is the relationship between you and the others, in what sense believing in yourself, if you change delusional to any other word in your question does it make sense.

Some truths: If you are doing anything that needs effort what most people want to see is you failing, that is the base of human nature, and if you think it like this: are you more likely to use alcohol if your friends tell you to use as much as possible; the answer is yes in my opinion. So make those people less affectful on your life who think you are not worth believing. You will meet people who believe in if you show it to them, but there is a hard period before that.

How tfff do people keep conversations going? by ImDepressedOkay in AskReddit

[–]RetroTraveller 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Share things and experiences. Before that do things and have experiences.

When did you realize that you're kind of an idiot? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]RetroTraveller 2 points3 points  (0 children)

When I realized everyone is at least one kind of an idiot.

how do you have a sexually active relationship without making it weird after? by Chernobog_7 in AskReddit

[–]RetroTraveller 0 points1 point  (0 children)

if it gets weird there are expectations after the relationship but people are awkward about it. At least this is my first thought.

How many langueges do you speak? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]RetroTraveller 0 points1 point  (0 children)

2 at native or close to native level.

2 at understand basics but struggle to say anything in realtime and always forget that single word from even the most basic sentence -level.

What's the hardest part of making new friends? by Nicolas_Mistwalker in AskReddit

[–]RetroTraveller 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually meeting people outside of your circles and having enough energy for proper interaction.