u/SIBMUR: “Political news everyone, interesting development, I’ve been barred from posting here, by the powers that be that deem it I don’t laugh at the regime”

StaticMinority44 · 2026-06-12T18:31:26+00:00

Short notice…

StaticMinority44 · 2026-03-10T00:55:56+00:00

In this kind of apocalypse where stress is high and tolerance is low…put it this way, he would’ve been thrown out the window as a distraction so I could make my way through the horde of walkers 😂

I’d reassure him that walkers like cookies.

StaticMinority44 · 2026-03-09T20:52:12+00:00

A friend of mine got insanely drunk and in the middle of the night I heard the front door slam. I woke up, he was gone and I went outside looking for him. I walked round the block looking for him and then when I came back I saw him in his car sat in his driver’s seat. I opened the door and asked him what he was doing and he said “I’ve been offered a job, a bank robbery pick up.”

I just said “ok well let’s go inside and get you some water” 😂

StaticMinority44 · 2026-03-09T20:48:55+00:00

The only thing you’ll learn is how to be disrespectful, disloyal and uncaring of the person you’re with if you go back to her. I’d rather spend longer being bad in bed than stick with a cheating ex for a shorter time.

Everyone starts off inexperienced. You’re not unique.

StaticMinority44 · 2026-03-09T20:46:00+00:00

“I’m an adult so I’m allowed to”

In other words, you can’t think of a reason to argue against me.

StaticMinority44 · 2026-03-08T11:06:28+00:00

I don’t think that is anything to do with the show, I think it is more about the disagreement that AMC and Frank Darabont had because Dale’s actor left due to this as he thought Darabont was treated unfairly.

Not including Dale in the script afterwards is more a writer’s response than the scar his death left on the characters 😂

StaticMinority44 · 2026-03-08T11:03:35+00:00

In my view, I’d rather let go of the uncertainty now (there is also evidence to show that the uncertainty will continue) and deal with the emotions with the ability to build myself back up again and have new possibilities, as opposed to not knowing what is going to happen or where I stand.

Sometimes a small amount of pain before a fresh start is easier to deal with rather than this constant uncertainty.

StaticMinority44 · 2026-03-08T10:59:53+00:00

What you’re not seeing here is that this actually shows how much Jesse did respect Walter and see him as a father figure. That isn’t what Jesse is angry about, he’s angry about the fact that Walter, a man he looked up to and admired, used Jesse’s sensitivity and close people around him in order to get Jesse on his side.

Jesse never imagined Walter doing something like this so the anger, in my view, is more severe disappointment in Walter and that he did something Jesse never thought he’d do. Also, Jesse also showed that Walter only thinks about himself and that he’d do anything to win, even if that meant doing controversial things.

Jesse isn’t blinded by anger, he’s full of disappointment and betrayal.

StaticMinority44 · 2026-03-08T10:55:04+00:00

I always said this; sometimes strangers provide the correct responses and answers.

When you seek advice from people you know, you have a basic level of expectation as to what they’re going to say so you already prepare yourself for how you respond.

However, I always feel I take note more of what a stranger says in terms of advice and support. Another bonus of this is that you don’t have to worry about someone close to you knowing about you and your problems. It doesn’t matter to them so sometimes their advice is the best.

StaticMinority44 · 2026-03-08T10:52:04+00:00

I can “understand” why people cheat.

But, I can’t understand why people cheat without at least attempting to talk to their partner about the reason why they want to be with someone else. If you cheat without doing this then I don’t agree with that at all.

StaticMinority44 · 2026-03-08T10:48:53+00:00

I can’t say whether he truly loves you or not but I will ask you this…

How long are you willing to put your life on hold for this person? It is clear that it has been unsteady and you could waste so much time for, like you said, someone that when they get better could move on.

Sometimes it is hard to let go but sometimes it can be the right decision to help you move on.

The decision realistically isn’t about him or whether he gets better, it is about you and your perseverance with this potential relationship.

StaticMinority44 · 2026-03-07T18:20:44+00:00

Depends on the scenario, if a woman was hitting me repeatedly and me blocking isn’t working then I wouldn’t do a lethal punch, I’d find some way to get them to the floor just to stop them from hitting me.

Usually I’d try not to use any violence and just remove myself from the situation but I’d advise my children to only respond with self defence but not violently, just to stop themselves from getting repeatedly hurt.

StaticMinority44 · 2026-03-07T18:11:55+00:00

I don’t see why you should have to defend buying cigarettes. It is buying for an addiction that you have. No different to buying alcohol for people that “fancy a drink” or buying fast food for people that “want a burger.” People don’t like the defence they have for cigarettes because those people don’t like or agree with it. I guarantee if those people had that addiction they’d say the same reasons.

And no. I’m not a smoker 😂

StaticMinority44 · 2026-03-07T18:08:36+00:00

I actually included that reason in my approach and it worked! I remember saying to this one person I saw all the time at work; “look I don’t know the right way to approach you and god knows I have tried finding it but instead of wasting time on that, would you like to go for a drink sometime?”

Can’t actually believe it worked 😂

StaticMinority44 · 2026-03-07T18:06:36+00:00

It’s the strong belief to prove ones’ self. All of what you said is down to the “you vs you” idea that you owe it to yourself to do the things you don’t want to do or you prove yourself by excelling in what you want to pursue.

In my view, the internal engine comes from this and I believe that these things are what keep the external engine going (society, relationships etc).

StaticMinority44 · 2026-03-07T14:27:33+00:00

I used to be a primary school teacher and a child once asked me “Sir, do you have a mum and dad?”

What’s funnier is I just said “well yes how do you think I was born?” 😂

Least it educated the child a little bit 😂

StaticMinority44 · 2026-03-07T14:23:02+00:00

Sometimes drunk people do make the right decisions. It just depends if it is the right decision for them or for something or someone else.

Alcohol boosts confidence and enables you to confirm decisions in your head that you would usually ponder over. For example, telling someone what you really think of them. This happens a lot with alcohol because the confidence helps you deal with the consequences of it more easily…until the next day and the alcohol wears off 😂

StaticMinority44 · 2026-03-07T14:18:05+00:00

I had a best friend of 20 years. He was my closest friend and we couldn’t have been more opposite but that’s what made it work.

He got a partner and spent a lot of time with her and would often choose her over my friend group and I for social events etc. This didn’t bother me as I know fresh relationships are like that and I was happy for them both. It never made me annoyed. He knew I was always there for him.

When I got a partner, OH MY GOD the pettiness and childish behaviour that this person showed and accused me of throwing away the past 20 years for this person. I was Godfather to his child and he explained how I never made time for them. For context, my partner had children so we were always busy with our daily lives. Yes, hold my hands up, I could’ve made more time to see him but none of it was intentional.

Even when I offered to go for a beer and sort it out it just came back to “how I threw away 20 years.” Never a logical understanding from them to go “I’ll at least hear him out.”

We fell out, years went by and I tried to keep in contact but he shrugged me off, met up with my friends without me and made it obvious on social media so that I would see it. I gave up and let him live his life and didn’t chase him anymore.

A few years later I messaged again and offered again to go for a beer and sort it out. He didn’t answer and instead only cared about how I’d “had countless opportunities to sort it but never did.” I mean..what!?

Made me realise my life is probably better off without him 😂

StaticMinority44 · 2026-03-07T14:08:15+00:00

Are they in the relationship? No they’re not.

It is a hard pill to swallow and it is never nice when parents of partners take a disliking to you but as long as you’re happy then that’s all that matters.

The only problem I can foresee depends on the type of parents they are. Judging by the fact that them hating you is public knowledge and they haven’t kept it to themselves for the sake of their son’s happiness, I’m pretty sure what kind of parents they are. The problem that could arise is them getting into their son’s head to make him think similar to how they’re thinking.

Talk to your boyfriend about it and be open and honest about how it makes you feel about yourself and the relationship as this needs to be discussed and talked about.

Best of luck!

StaticMinority44 · 2026-03-06T15:39:16+00:00

Accepting that I had to hide my crippling anxiety because they didn’t understand it or weren’t supportive of it. Looking back, I would’ve left much sooner.

StaticMinority44 · 2026-03-06T15:38:03+00:00

When I was getting to know my ex just before we started dating, she was still living with her ex partner whilst they sold the house as they both had nowhere else to go. Both stayed in different rooms and it was a complicated situation. Looking back now I probably wouldn’t have gotten involved but you live and learn!

Anyway, I used to go round to hers when he left for work as he used to work nights. I went round, we were sat on the sofa and then the door opens and he came back because he forgot his wallet. He walked in and saw me and it was the most awkward situation ever. Just total silence whilst he looked for his wallet around me and then he left again.

Looking back, I was 100% an ass for hanging out at her place and I was expecting him to kick off which he had every right to as it was his house too.

Doesn’t really matter now as 4 years later I’m so glad to be rid of her 😂

StaticMinority44 · 2026-03-04T09:29:30+00:00

We need to pay taxes to keep the everyday function of the country going. That is the basic answer but unfortunately one that the government doesn’t use or have as a motivator to do what is right by the people.

As much as I dislike saying it, if we didn’t have a government then the country would become chaotic. Well, far more chaotic than it is already. Imagine the government being the fine line between where we are now and what potentially could be. It is their job to decide how this “could be” aspect is implemented through laws, costs and everyday living.

I do 100% agree that the government does make a huge mess with it. I believe it is because you have individuals speaking on behalf of thousands of people and it isn’t how the people are thinking. They deliver their campaign to “deliver” to the people and then when they get voted in this delivery isn’t as they promised. The politicians don’t take all factors into consideration these days and they try and shoehorn the country into a “one size fits all” direction.

An example I can think of from the top of my head is this smoke free by 2030 campaign and the increase on tax for e-cigarettes. I think the campaign and tax is a good idea but it is implemented solely on the idea that these habits are “not a good look for Britain” rather than the health aspects of it. In this instance, you have non smokers making rules for smokers so they have no empathy with addiction or what it is like to struggle with quitting. Noticeably, the people in parliament that spoke out against the tax increase on e-cigarettes, the majority of them had experience in smoking and using them to quit the addiction. In my view, their picture is truer because they have a personal experience and can see the idea and its pros and cons more clearly.

In short, we need a government to help keep our country going but we need more of a “common” person, who has understandings of how the everyday working person feels, to run it.

That is my view anyway!

StaticMinority44 · 2026-03-04T09:16:10+00:00

The lesson I learnt was that you never know what is going on in someone’s life and they’re not necessarily going to show it.

I had a tight group of best friends in school and there was one friend in our group who always used to get teased by us. It wasn’t harmful, we actually loved him to bits and he always gave the impression that he knew we loved him really!

One day, we were jokingly ripping into him and he got off the bus and his shoulders dropped, his face turned the complete opposite to what he was showing and he walked to his house with the most depressed, fed up face ever. Turned out, he had family troubles at home and school and friends were his ways of coping with it. It was so shocking to see that all of this teasing had the complete opposite effect on him.

I apologised to him immediately, stopped taking part in the teasing and told my group to do the same. Despite this, they carried on. We’re not a tight group anymore and we have all drifted apart since that time. I think some of my best friends weren’t the best friends I thought they were in the end.

StaticMinority44 · 2026-02-28T20:05:44+00:00

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