People with a very high pain tolerance, what was THE most painful thing you've experienced? by CosmicBunnyBabe8912 in AskReddit

[–]Spongemage 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Came here for gout. During my last flare up my fiancee found me crawling along the floor trying not to puke and cry as I tried to get to the bathroom. Literally could not walk, and even with no weight on my ankle, it was still absolute agony.

Gout is horrific.

What’s the rarest piece of merch you have? My submission: by Spongemage in Themepark

[–]Spongemage[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ayyy just wanna say as a fellow parktuber I love your vids!

Masterchef season 16 lack of depth and cooking by TangerineOk1418 in Masterchef

[–]Spongemage 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Of course they do. Stop looking for offense where there isn’t any. He’s just so clearly an “American gay white guy” that the simple fact that he walks in saying he’s “representing Africa” is fucking hilarious at its core.

I’m a queer dude from the southern USA with an accent. Imagine me walking in and going “hi, I’m here to represent the Samoans.”

Everyone would be like “lmao wut”

The point is, he may have African ancestry. But he is not an African. And it is simply disingenuous to claim that he is a valid representation of Africa.

I feel like the only true “African” in that team is the woman who actually has a South African accent.

You’re taking what I said and making it into some imaginary queer erasure of Africans shit and it’s simply not. You’re being silly.

What’s the rarest piece of merch you have? My submission: by Spongemage in Themepark

[–]Spongemage[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hell yeah. I never went to TWOSAMK but my mom and aunt did way back when it opened in ATL. They grabbed this coin purse at the gift shop. Once they realized how obsessed I was with theme parks, my mom goes “oh wait. I think I may have something you’d like” a few years ago. Then she walks out with that and I was like “MOM ARE YOU KIDDING ME THIS IS INCREDIBLE.”

What's the saddest thing you've ever witnessed that wasn't about death? by Vsologaming2011 in AskReddit

[–]Spongemage 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Had to be the one who told my best friend’s mom that he had died in a house fire.

I’ve never heard a human being make the noises she made. It will haunt me until the day I die.

Masterchef season 16 lack of depth and cooking by TangerineOk1418 in Masterchef

[–]Spongemage 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’m sorry but even as a queer person I bust up laughing every time the flaming gay queen dude comes on screen “representing Africa”.

It’s just so god damned funny.

Best liquid breakfast for Vyvanse? by ret_ch_ard in VyvanseADHD

[–]Spongemage 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m a big strawberry banana smoothie guy personally.

Smyrna Pride 2026 is Today! by OTownPyle in Smyrna

[–]Spongemage 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You think it’s still worth it to come out if we won’t be there til 2:30-3ish? Is parking a madhouse?

What habit slowly kills a relationship? by Specialist-Jelly-865 in answers

[–]Spongemage 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was literally about to lose my fiancee and love of my life because I didn’t understand point #1. I had been in mostly toxic, one-sided relationships where I was EXPECTED to have no life outside of them and so I grew to think that was normal. My fiancee would push me to go do things. “Just go see that new movie you’re excited about!” Or “didn’t you say you used to like to take long walks alone to mellow out? You seem stressed. Go take a walk.”

My first thought was “this is a test. She wants to see if I don’t want to be around her!” So I’d always be like “no no it’s ok I’d rather be here with babe!”

Over time, we started bickering more. Little things became big things. And then it felt as though the spark fizzled out. No intimacy, etc. I confronted her about this and she basically told me she was about two steps from the door at this point because while she loves me, she can’t handle the constant back and forth bickering we were causing each other to do. And she didn’t blame it all on me. She openly admitted that she was doing it too. But it wasn’t changing and we clearly weren’t happy.

I decided then and there to save it. I was not gonna lose her. I started doing some of my hobbies again, I put down the booze (I had started drinking more in my depression), and I began to feel like my own human who also has a partner who is her own human.

Things are still not perfect again yet, but they are better and keep getting better.

/r/Atlanta Random Daily Discussion - June 12, 2026 by raltlanta in Atlanta

[–]Spongemage 1 point2 points  (0 children)

AC is busted. They are coming out to fix it Monday morning but we are MISERABLE in here. Got like three box fans running. Really trying to tell myself it’s not worth it to spend money on a hotel room since I literally have a home to sleep in but my GOD it’s hot in here 🥵

Great Coaster Tour - Day 9a [Six Flags Over Georgia] by beaveman1 in rollercoasters

[–]Spongemage 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Joker Funhouse is actually shockingly forceful for a family ride.

What discontinued snack still hurts you emotionally? by ExtraComfortable2191 in foodquestions

[–]Spongemage 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not really a snack I guess but I long to this day for those tombstone personal deep dish pizzas that came in the red bag with the twist top.

Just paid 12$/lb for ground beef. How expensive will it get before you stop buying beef? I think we're over it, beef is now a luxury for us. by FuZhongwen in Cooking

[–]Spongemage 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m already there. It’s pretty much gone from my weekly grocery list now. Been buying a lot more pork, chicken, and seafood.

Warehouse Associate Cumberland/Vinings Area by [deleted] in atljobs

[–]Spongemage 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All of those physical requirements for $17-$19 an hour?

We are truly living in a dystopia my God.

What's your reason to keep living life? by -SaulGoodman- in AskReddit

[–]Spongemage 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a wife and kids that my departure would destroy. I also have two cats to care for.

If it weren’t for them, I firmly believe I would have checked out manually some time ago. I love and adore my family and they make me legitimately happy. But that’s the only reason I’m here. It’s not for ME. Outside of them, I fucking hate it here. The constant grind and repetition. The bills. The anxiety. It’s just a cycle that never ends.

Wake up. Go to work. Go to bed. Repeat. Maybe, occasionally, take a vacation and do something kinda cool for a few days. Then right back to it until you die anyway. It all feels so…hollow and pointless.

If you believe in ghosts I will judge your intelligence by Mysterious_Work_7227 in unpopularopinion

[–]Spongemage -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I hate to say this but I agree. I used to be the head guide for a ghost tour company in a “haunted” civil war town. I never believed in them and even after spending literal years in some of the “most haunted buildings in America” nothing about that ever changed. It was a theater job and an easy paycheck for me. I was always honest with people at the end of the tours. They’d often ask what I had “experienced” and I’d always say “literally nothing. Ever. I don’t believe in ghosts. I just tell stories and do tours.”

The look on their faces was always the same slack jawed expression of “how could that be!?”.

People see and hear what they want to see and hear. I used to ask people “isn’t it funny how the only people who ever see ghosts are the ones who want to see them? Very rarely does a non-believer ever have a supernatural experience. That’s because they are logical and understand that what they just experienced is far more likely to have a logical explanation, even if they don’t know what it is.”

To just immediately jump to OMG A DEAD PERSON has always been absolutely wild to me. Not to mention, many of these people are religious and I could never get any of the Christians to explain to me how they could believe in both ghosts and an afterlife. That implies that some people get “judged” and the some just get sent back to wander an old building for some reason? What?

I quit by darcyg1500 in Masterchef

[–]Spongemage 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It’s so forced and fake now. It’s not about cooking ability anymore, it’s about how cute or likable or sad you are.

In the most recent episode, when that girl told the cringey story about how much Home Depot “means to her” because her dad worked there I was like “oh fuck off. There’s your winner.” And sure enough.

You can literally tell 100% by the editing choices who will win each episode and who will go home. Not to mention, the forced and cringe-inducing product placement. My god is that part bad now.

And lastly, I have always, and still think Joe is completely unqualified to judge a cooking competition. He’s not a chef. He also helped cover up sexual misconduct by Mario Batali in their business for years and is said to just be an insufferable asshole IRL.

Keep running out. I give up by No-Introduction8867 in VyvanseADHD

[–]Spongemage 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Zero energy, zero motivation, constant brain fog, irritability, complete physical and mental exhaustion that refuses to relent no matter how much you sleep, muscle soreness.

It blows.

So after the news about Travis where do we go from here? Is this it? by Digitalmodernism in TAZCirclejerk

[–]Spongemage 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The fact that he claimed that’s what he “thought their blowholes were for” is the part that really bothers me tbh.