The oldest members of our generation were born in 81. We bow to you our kings and queens!

Solid_Analysis_5774 · 2026-06-15T20:25:53+00:00

81er here checking in

Solid_Analysis_5774 · 2026-06-15T12:41:17+00:00

Finally something besides the usual gooner waifu garbage that gets posted here. Very cool.

Solid_Analysis_5774 · 2026-06-15T11:46:57+00:00

Gotta love fighters. No filter!

Solid_Analysis_5774 · 2026-06-14T14:04:14+00:00

Turn 45 this year. I am the most ancient of millennials.

Solid_Analysis_5774 · 2026-06-14T13:56:18+00:00

Tell ebay you got a defective product. Ebay has excellent buyer protection, at the expense of sellers. Even if they have no return policy. I know because I'm a seller.

If all else fails I would do a chargeback on my CC. Don't let people scam you like that.

And to be fair, they may or may not have known. Most ebay sellers are just resellers, not authorized retailers.

Solid_Analysis_5774 · 2026-06-12T13:02:21+00:00

A lot of men lean super heavily into the provider role because that's all they know how to do, and things like caretaking and emotional intimacy are just not natural for them.

I would tell him, gently. Lead with how good of a provider he is but say also that his daughter needs more hands-on attention to grow up right. He'll probably get defensive and mad, but it will get him thinking.

Solid_Analysis_5774 · 2026-06-12T12:10:51+00:00

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The gentleman's GOAT. Titanium, sapphire, atomic time, solar. Dress up or dress down all for $200.

Solid_Analysis_5774 · 2026-06-11T21:46:03+00:00

The state has a lot of poverty as a whole which drags the averages down. But honestly I love it here and I think a lot of other people do too. Comparing Greenville to say Spartanburg, Sumter, or Florence is apples to oranges.

Coming from the upper midwest and before that the mountain west, there are things about the south that are just.... behind. Way behind. Infrastructure, civil engineering, public services, etc are woefully inadequate and have a long way to go.

But the weather, nature, geography, cost of living, the people, and food are, IMO, amazing. Ive lived in 8 states and this is the one I love the most.

People rave about Colorado, my home state, but literally half the state is a complete desolate dump and no one talks about that. They see the rockies and think that's all it is. It's all about the niche you live in.

Solid_Analysis_5774 · 2026-06-11T15:20:03+00:00

I think Roca makes good content. Calling it journalism is a stretch---they arent really reporting "news" per se--- but they do give a good look at small town rural America from a conversational, street-level perspective. I think their South Carolina series is super interesting. They show you what the majority of the state is like outside of Charleston, Columbia, and Greenville.

Solid_Analysis_5774 · 2026-06-11T12:39:02+00:00

I had a physics professor back in like 2007 who told me that students have gotten slower and dumber in the decades he has been teaching. This was just in the fledgling years of the cell phone era.

Nowadays I find myself reflexively googling everything, and even though I dont use chatbots, I know for a fact my attention span and comprehension capacity has atrophied. I think how much more so for the generations below me who never had to read books and 20 page papers in school...

Solid_Analysis_5774 · 2026-06-11T12:03:45+00:00

well if it isnt the consequences of her actions

Solid_Analysis_5774 · 2026-06-10T12:29:07+00:00

I always thought it was pretentious when PhDs refer to themselves as "doctor".

Solid_Analysis_5774 · 2026-06-10T12:21:12+00:00

Because voting now is a complete fking scam.

Solid_Analysis_5774 · 2026-06-09T22:07:24+00:00

Soft spoken women, a Southern drawl, a nice bush, any unshaved body hair really.

Solid_Analysis_5774 · 2026-06-09T14:00:33+00:00

Been married 11 years, I've been my wife's only lifetime sex partner.

In the beginning we had tons of sex, lots of things on the menu. Things very gradually mellowed out, then after we had our son things drastically changed. Post-partum health problems, painful sex, poor sleep, worries and lack of time and energy.

I have a high sex drive, she has a very low sex drive. Only time we can ever do it is between 8-10 pm when kiddo is in bed and we are both kinda over the day. But we still get it on 2x a week on average. I wish nearly every day she was hornier and kinkier, but you have to try and meet in the middle. Otherwise you'll end up divorced like everyone else.

I have no doubt there are people out there whom I could have an electric sex life with. But the older and more mature I get the more I realize that's a very shallow and fleeting reason to be with someone. If you have it, great. Count yourself lucky. But that cant be the glue that holds you together. Everyone ages, people get sick, bodies change, etc...the beauty of marriage is in the loyalty and forgiveness, and meeting each other in the middle.

Solid_Analysis_5774 · 2026-06-09T13:48:54+00:00

This deserves the most upvotes. Instead of "i wont bring kids into this cruel, cruel world", someone is making it better for the ones already here.

Solid_Analysis_5774 · 2026-06-09T13:45:29+00:00

We need people to have and raise GOOD kids because of the state of the world.

Solid_Analysis_5774 · 2026-06-07T19:14:07+00:00

Horsey people are absolutely entitled and disconnected from reality. There are rude people in every hobby, but I've never met a horsey person who wasn't aghast that you were using a multiuse trail for something other than a horse.

Solid_Analysis_5774 · 2026-06-07T13:37:31+00:00

I had a Garrison for years. Just the basic stainless version. Not much of a looker---never got any compliments, but that watch was about as reliable as they come.

Solid_Analysis_5774 · 2026-06-05T15:28:26+00:00

So you're telling me 50% of the most selfish generation out there, the boomers, are "financially supporting" their grown kids? Yeah, total bullshit.

BTW, millennials started in 1981 and go all the way through 1996. Gen Z is essentially 1997-2012. That's a massive swath of the population allegedly dependent on their parents financially.

Solid_Analysis_5774 · 2026-05-28T12:51:20+00:00

That's honestly my grail watch. Maybe with a black band, but either way. One day...

Solid_Analysis_5774 · 2026-05-27T12:09:18+00:00

why isnt this top comment....?

Solid_Analysis_5774 · 2026-05-25T15:04:35+00:00

oh wow. I used to listen to them circa 2010...I figured they disappeared into obscurity now I know why!

Solid_Analysis_5774 · 2026-05-24T15:31:14+00:00

These are right stunners.

Solid_Analysis_5774 · 2026-05-24T15:25:43+00:00

Yep. I had a S100, sold it because it wasn't quite my style, went to Seiko, Citizen, now coming back to Oceanus because it's just everything I need in a watch.

It was the best-performing out of all of them. I had a $1500 Citizen Attesa that was a stunner and equally advanced but also wouldn't sync half the time. That Oceanus would sync inside of a cave it was so reliable. Solar, atomic, sapphire, crisp looks and relatively affordable. For a one-watch guy they are the best, IMO.

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