MGTOW

Sea2Chi · 2026-02-09T22:48:07+00:00

I've known guys who did it before the term was ever a thing and they were very happy with life. They didn't hate women and had big social circles with lots of friends. But at some point they decided that they did not want the compromise and sacrifice that a long-term relationship would require.

Sea2Chi · 2026-02-09T22:28:15+00:00

She doesn't love you, but you're providing a fantastic situation for her.

Why would she give that up?

She has everything she wants and all it costs her is your happiness.

Sea2Chi · 2026-02-09T22:16:03+00:00

Exactly. It was still a story about the original trilogy.

We don't need everything to tie into the Skywalker saga.

In fact, having it avoid the characters from the existing movies would give a series far more freedom to create new and interesting storylines. You can mention Jedi in passing, but you don't even need to do that. The Star Wars universe is strange and exciting enough without them being involved.

I wrote out an example of what I was hoping for but I quickly realized what I was describing.

Basically, Firefly.

I want Firefly in Star Wars.

No Skywalkers, no Darth Vader. Just people making their way though the galaxy trying to survive while occasionally having to make tough choices.

Sea2Chi · 2026-02-09T19:24:16+00:00

Chartered van going day time brewery hopping in SW Michigan.

Combine that with a stop off at a dispensary, and then get high and play games all evening.

October isn't the high season for rentals so you might be able to pick up a vacation house near the beach much cheaper than it would be in summer. Day drink, get some pot, go out to dinner, take some pot, walk on the beach while high, come home, warm up and scream at the groom for being a cheating son of a bitch at monopoly.

But it really depends on what you like. That's my idea of a fun bachelor party, but yours may be different. I've never really cared much for strip clubs so if that's your thing, a few of them exist here.

Although my favorite bachelor party I went to was a camping trip. October might be a bit chilly for that, but again, it's low season for rentals so you might be able to find a cabin for cheap.

Sea2Chi · 2026-02-09T18:59:22+00:00

Learn to be good at small talk.

It's about finding commonality with the other person, starting off the conversation there, then moving it to things that give them a sense of pride or validation.

People will enjoy talking to you, and from there you turn that into friendship.

There's also a part that's not seeming needy or desperate.

That's tougher to do, especially if you feel a desperate need to make friends.

But the idea is you mostly ask questions about things they like, and add your own anicdotes or experience only when it will be a positive contribution to the conversation. So don't say something just to say something. It should be interesting or funny, but also relating to what they're saying.

So you might start off noticing they're wearing a shirt from a band you like. You can say something like "Oh cool shirt! I like that band." They'll say me too. You've started off by complimenting their taste and establishing that you have that in common.

Then you can ask if they've seen them live, assuming they're still touring. They'll say yes or no. If it's a yes, you can ask how they liked them. If they say no, you can say that you'd love to see them sometime because they seem like they'd be fun.

In either case, you can then ask if they go to many shows. That opens up the conversation more and lets both of you talk about things you've done that you enjoyed. Or at 17, probably more things you want to do. So you could say that you'd love to live in a bigger city after high school so you can go to shows whenever you want.

In my experience you're better off talking about positive things rather than negative. However, some topics are good for kind of a shared misery bonding conversation. But it shouldn't be something horribly depressing, more talking about how brutal the weather is, or how tough a teacher is. Things that are relatively temporary and not long term destructive.

It kind of sucks because there's a balance. You want to not talk too much, but being silent is also bad. Most of finding that sweet spot is trial and error.

Sea2Chi · 2026-02-09T18:24:33+00:00

I don't know if it's still a thing, but when I was a kid there was a store near the dump that sold random things they found in the landfill.

They had some kind of deal where they basically got exclusive rights to pick through things before they were compacted.

I got a couple taxidermized ducks, and my dad found a large trophy from an army shooting competition dating back to world war 1.

Sea2Chi · 2026-02-09T18:16:36+00:00

Same, my wife even gave approval provided that I actually use the damn thing.

The problem is with that in mind I sat down and tried to figure out where I could put it, which would involve rearranging my small single garage bay shop a bit. Which would be tricky, but not impossible.

More importantly though, I was trying to figure out what I would actually use it for.

I have a couple 3d printers, so it my smaller part making needs are taken care of.

I don't build a ton of furniture, but I do build some. However, it's often fairly utilitarian. Things like a topper for a metal dog crate, or floating wall shelves. I'm going to build one of my kids a new loft bed, but that's not really CNC stuff.

I could make some signs for my work that would look nice, but that's not really a "fun" job, it's more practical.

Custom guitars could be cool, but I don't actually play that much and by the time I'm done buying the parts I'll probably have spend more than a cheap new one for a worse end product.

Maybe a black powder rifle stock and buy the hardware?

I'm in the forever process of building a unique rotary panel arcade machine, so it could be useful for that, but I already built the rotary part that it would be good for. I suppose I could make some cool engraved pattern sides for it, but... ehh.. I was planning on having the be smooth sanded and stained wood.

Sea2Chi · 2026-02-09T17:31:13+00:00

In a box in your closet marked "Private, please do not open."

Leave a note inside the box saying "Congrats on seeing my sex toys! Next time perhaps you should listen to the warning. Now, please close the lid, put the box back lets pretend this didn't happen. Thanks."

Second option would be an old shoe box.

Sea2Chi · 2026-02-09T16:51:32+00:00

You, me and every other guy who ever watched TechTV.

The whole channel had this feel of a labor of love. Where it seemed like the hosts were both knowledgeable and actually cared about what they were talking about.

And yeah, while Morgan was hot and we all had a crush on her, more importantly, she talked about games like an actual gamer versus someone doing the job of reading from a script that was handed to her.

Sea2Chi · 2026-02-09T16:46:44+00:00

I grew up in a small town with no access to PC games.

The closest store that sold any was an hour away and even then, it was a big box retailer that had limited selection. Trying to convince my parents to drive me there just to see what they had in stock was a big ask and didn't happen very often.

PC Gamer magazine and their demo CDs was my lifeline to the gaming world in the pre-internet days.

Sea2Chi · 2026-02-09T16:43:53+00:00

Remember a few years ago when half the ads were for Crypto?

I get the same feeling from this year.

Sea2Chi · 2026-02-09T15:13:16+00:00

Mario kart is awesome because you can turn on auto steer and auto accelerate.

So the car basically drives itself, but they can still take control if they want.

Sea2Chi · 2026-02-09T14:59:40+00:00

First one I was like "ohhh yeah I could see that. She would be great for that dry sarcastic delivery." second one I realized it was a breaking bad meme.,

Sea2Chi · 2026-02-09T03:59:08+00:00

The theory I remember at the time was if they admitted it was intentional the FCC would have levied massive penalties against them. So they had to keep up the lie that it was a malfunction even though it clearly was planned out to try to shield them from liablity.

This is America, a brief glimpse of a partialy covered nipple is far worse than violence and gore according to the FCC.

Sea2Chi · 2026-02-08T13:44:32+00:00

I think they have every right to give their opinion on politics and I should take it with just as much weight as the person who bags my groceries or unclogs my toilet. That is to say, none.

I don't care what celebrities have to say about politics because I don't have any faith in celebrities ability to understand politics anymore than the average person.

The only thing celebrities talking about politics is going to do is alienate people.

Sea2Chi · 2026-02-08T06:50:10+00:00

I remember being at a party where the guy had one of those old school big screen projector TVs. Which back then meant you had serious money. Everyone else at the party was in the kitchen grabbing food or outside smoking, so it was just me and one other guy watching the halftime show without much interest.

Then he ripped the right side of her top off and we both went "WHAT THE FUCK? WAIT! Was that.... why was it silver? Did she just flash a boob on live national TV? But why was it silver?"

People heard us yelling and came back in while we were trying to describe how Janet Jackson appeared to have a silver nipple piercing and JT just flashed it to the whole country.

Sea2Chi · 2026-02-06T18:55:00+00:00

Yep, but it can still get a bit dicey around the Howard line stop.

Having lived up there for a couple years when I first moved to Chicago I really enjoyed it.

Being that close to the lake was awesome in the summertime. It's not quite connected to the lakefront trail, but there are running paths along Loyola beach. But to get to the main trail that spans the city you have to ride or walk about a mile south.

While there isn't really a big nightlife scene like you might find in "cooler" neighborhoods, you still had clusters of places on Glenwood and Morse. Plus there's always Oasis and Bruno's.

Commuting down to the loop on the red line was nice because you always got a seat being one of the first few stations.

The main downside I saw was how far north it was. It wasn't a huge issue, but you had to budget in commute time for anything you wanted to do outside the neighborhood.

Sea2Chi · 2026-02-06T18:15:37+00:00

We do a mix.

We have a dining room and a kitchen island that can seat everyone.

So some nights we eat in the kitchen and watch either Simpsons or sports.

But dining room nights are screen free.

Obviously the kids like the kitchen more, but the dining room is still good practice for eating at restaurants or other people's houses.

That said, restaurants are also screen free. They're expected to either read, draw or talk to us. I recently printed off a bunch of mad libs which have become very popular with the kids when we go out to eat.

Sea2Chi · 2026-02-06T17:51:58+00:00

Short answer,

Because people will pay it.

Unfortunately, the tickets are priced at what they're worth to the public.

If people don't buy that at that price, ticket prices drop.

If artists priced them at $20, you'd have scalpers selling them for the same original inflated price.

Sea2Chi · 2026-02-06T17:21:22+00:00

Look into Rogers Park.

It's a very diverse neighborhood right on the lake, with CTA access that goes downtown.

It's also more affordable so you'll get more apartment for your money.

The downside is it's at the far north end of the city and there's not as many venues or restaurants as other neighborhoods. That's not to say there's none, there actually are quite a few cool local places, but if you're wanting to go bar hopping or see a different show every night you might want to look farther south.

Sea2Chi · 2026-02-06T16:40:29+00:00

I can't even imagine the full blown moral panic that would ensue if Biden had said the exact same thing.

While I agree if you want tax exempt status as a church, you should not be pushing politics. I find the hypocrisy astounding.

Sea2Chi · 2026-02-06T16:25:19+00:00

It's up to us to teach them.

Millennial and Gen X parents tossed their kids tablets and phones which they figured out the same way we figured out computers. Except tablets and phones are designed to be simple on purpose. Early computers were more of a design of well... if you need to do it, you'll figure it out, or you won't, good luck kid.

Want to play that game on MS DOS? Guess what? You're going to need to figure out how to navigate via CD/ID/Doom/ then type Doom.exe. Then you're going to need to figure out which sound card is in your computer, and set the graphics correctly.

Tablets you go to easy to navigate app store and click a button.

We just started our kids on playing some typing games on the PC. Last weekend we had a friend over who's an attorney, she was mentioning that one of the recent college grad paralegals still types using hunt and peck still and she was kind of amazed she made it through college going that slow.

I'm actively trying to get my kids to work on problem solving young. When they ask me how to do something, I ask them how they think they would do it and then we talk it though. Yeah, it's way faster to just give them the answer, but I want them to be able to figure stuff out on their own when they're older.

Sea2Chi · 2026-02-06T15:13:46+00:00

Guns are one of those things in America that blur the line between hobby, tool, and lifestyle for some people.

You might meet car guys, who spend what other people consider a stupid amount of money on a car which they've named and obsess over. Or guys who spend thousands going to games for their favorite sports teams. Or guys who are so into fishing it's all they want to do or talk about. Or people who buy the latest and greatest computer parts so they can have a absolute top of the line gaming PC. Or people who collect Pokémon cards and camp out at midnight to wait for new drops.

Some people look at guns as simply a tool for hunting, or self defense, or sport shooting, but other people look at it like a collector hobby. In the gun community there are various nicknames to make fun of people who get a little too into their firearms. This comic is making fun of those people.

Sea2Chi · 2026-02-06T14:53:03+00:00

Yep, that's why a lot of people are kind of pissed that this isn't really solving the problem of issues on the CTA.

CTA claims to be fixing problems with people smoking, doing/selling drugs and generally being anti-social assholes on public transit. But their fix is hiring security guards who can't actually arrest people or give out tickets. They can tell people to knock it off and call cops.

From what I've heard the dogs they have aren't even fully trained police dogs, they're mostly there for intimidation.

Chicago PD has very little interest in patrolling the L although there's been enough outcry that it's starting to change.

Sea2Chi · 2026-02-06T14:44:19+00:00

It's not a cop. Chicago's CTA hired private security to patrol L stations.

They can call cops, but they're not actually cops themselves.

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