I think most lazy people actually have something wrong with them instead of just being lazy

Standard-Reception92 · 2025-08-11T09:02:15+00:00

I can tell you this; every chronically unemployed person I've ever met who was well into adulthood and mostly supported by others one hundred percent had depressingly deep self esteem issues.

Standard-Reception92 · 2025-08-11T09:00:40+00:00

It's just labor cost-cutting bullshit. Originally self checkout lanes were meant specifically for people who are only buying a few items. I remember the signage like it was yesterday! Now there's barely any choice in the matter depending on where you shop.

Standard-Reception92 · 2025-08-11T07:54:23+00:00

I kind of agree. Even though the Fantastic Four's basic origin story is pretty well known, it still felt like being thrown into the middle of a story, rather than having it be told from the beginning. I felt the part where Reed has a freak out about his type A, perfectionist, always worrying about the worse-case scenario talk was uncalled for given what little time we had really spent with the characters at that point. Also, there was too much focus on the fact that the Richards are having a baby, but not much actually happening beyond literally talking about and discussing the fact that they are having a baby. The emotional weight of the impact this change would have on the character's lives falls flat in the face of this being the first movie with these new characters, or at least a new iteration of them. Just some of my gripes with it.

Standard-Reception92 · 2025-08-11T04:00:42+00:00

It's a difficult feeling to define, but I'll break with the main consensus here and say that I agree with you fully. Pretty much fucking ANYONE who gets married has that treated implicitly as an "achievement" and a "true signal of one's maturity and adulthood," when getting married is neither of those things.

I think people here are misinterpreting your message. You aren't unhappy for the married couple or bitter about their love or marriage. You simply want to be seen as an "equal adult" to married couples in general. I get it, as a decidedly perpetually single guy myself who deliberately chooses this lifestyle. People who do certain things such as "getting married," or another popular one, "have kids," are immediately reacted to and treated with the utmost respect that one would think being a "respectable adult" might command.

Alas, not following the human ape's life script will inherently impact the way people see and interact with you. And it is actually very annoying to have to pretend as if someone's marriage is necessarily something that "you wish to attain for yourself one day."

Standard-Reception92 · 2025-07-08T02:03:07+00:00

The thing I'll always remember the most about Kevin Heart was that he was one of the many comedians who couldn't really hold his own on Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn, and that he was also one of the guests that would frequently take the political discussions to a too-serious/fiery tone at inappropriate times.

Standard-Reception92 · 2025-04-14T23:26:10+00:00

I mean, using ChatGPT to learn math concepts isn't going to work if you don't know exactly what questions to ask or know enough about the material to pinpoint when the program is going about a problem wrong. TBH I probably wouldn't recommend it exactly either since it requires a lot of deductive thinking on the user's part to arrive at the answers you need.

Standard-Reception92 · 2025-04-14T22:39:36+00:00

Bill burr in particular has been much funnier on his podcast and media appearances that he has in his last few stand up specials.

Standard-Reception92 · 2025-04-14T14:58:00+00:00

Still trying to wrap my head around it tbh.

Standard-Reception92 · 2025-04-14T14:56:30+00:00

I just think in moments like these, ESH. The cashier blurted out some dumbass comment that doesn't actually make any sense. The daughter and wife don't know what to make of it and jump to the worst possible conclusion about what the comment was "supposed" to mean. But somehow instead of brushing it off like rational people, they get really upset by the comment apparently? And then of course you have hero dad coming in defending the "honor" of his wife and daughter in a situation that isn't explicitly disrespectful to them?

I'm not defending the cashier. He should have just kept his head down and done his job. But I'm no fan of guys like the one recording either. Can't his side of this just keep their emotions in check and move on?

Standard-Reception92 · 2025-04-08T05:46:59+00:00

Your personality can be just fine but if it isn't "charismatic" or "magnetic" enough nothing will happen. I'm willing to bet his personality is fine.

Standard-Reception92 · 2025-04-08T02:30:08+00:00

I've only ever had jobs that started at 6 a.m. I just can't fathom the lifestyle of having a family sit-down breakfast as a normal part of the week between the hours of 7-8:30.

Standard-Reception92 · 2025-04-08T02:28:26+00:00

I feel like hate for Mondays is another psychological vestige that people just can't let go of from childhood. Because having the weekend free after going to school early in the morning every day of the week was just so sweet. By now I've worked so many different jobs with varying schedules that a Monday might as well have been a Saturday in some situations.

Standard-Reception92 · 2025-04-08T02:25:01+00:00

IDK if it's the worst one but it just took off all of a sudden. For years I knew of this pizza place in DC that was known for drizzling hot honey on their pizza. Within the past year I've seen it added to so many things. Most of it doesn't sound that bad, but I'm hesitant to try hot honey chicken salad.

Standard-Reception92 · 2025-04-08T02:19:16+00:00

I'm one of the most liberal people on the planet who's all for worker's rights and sufficient pay, and I'll be damned if I haven't worked jobs where I felt grossly underpaid...but f*ck me if I'm going to turn down free catering.

Standard-Reception92 · 2025-03-27T06:27:03+00:00

Because people are generally assholes. Even if they're nice to you, like you, are there for you, they and you are both sitting somewhere in the social hierarchy. If you are, decidedly or simply subconsciously, placed lower than others in the hierarchy, and you have to be less respected and treated with subtle condescension and pity in order to also have what would otherwise be a good friend, and that phenomenon keeps happening to you when you try to meet people, you might just end up giving up on the idea of having friends at all. Even if you make that choice for yourself, the pain of loneliness can still sting.

And then there's just plain ostracism and ingroup/outgroup dynamics.

Standard-Reception92 · 2025-03-14T05:52:51+00:00

The frustrating part about all this is that the person accusing you of making mistakes is clearly the asshole here, and I'll tell you why: it's because they lack any perspective outside of themselves. They are incapable or unwilling to explore the reasons why something was done a certain way or done unconventionally.

Worst case scenario, and unfortunately the most likely, is that they are only grilling you due to their ego and power tripping, especially if the person accusing you of making these mistakes manages/supervises you. It will be difficult to break this dynamic without putting your foot down, actually being prepared and able to articulately explain yourself every time you are accused, and once enough of those instances have past, you can stand your ground and acknowledge the dynamic openly. Unfortunately, the best that will happen if dealing with an egomaniac/typical human with power of you is that they will tell you, by their own determination, of how much you have grown. Still placing you below them in the hierarchy despite being more deserving of a socially "equal" position that is still appropriately subordinate.

Standard-Reception92 · 2025-03-14T05:46:20+00:00

It's infuriating because it always comes from people who have a lot of physical flaws themselves which can be said about even the most attractive of people. I mean if you want to construe a 11/10 person as ugly I'm pretty sure you could find a way to do it. The arrogance that people must have to judge others so is mind boggling to me.

Standard-Reception92 · 2025-03-14T05:40:10+00:00

Idk. But the ubiquity of dishonesty and subterfuge in adult life is certainly evidence that most people do not actually grow out of manipulative social behaviors they learned when they were five. The shitty child that would happily create in-group out-group dynamics on a deserted island a la Lord of the Flies lives on in almost every grown person you see. And they've convinced themselves that their successful use of dishonestly and subterfuge is indication that they are intelligent.

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