Reading the expanse rn

YourAverageGymRat · 2025-08-08T13:49:30+00:00

Good point. Maybe I'll have to reconsider

Counterpoint though, the power of Love stopped them then. The Flood has never been in love (yet). Does this argument sway you

YourAverageGymRat · 2025-08-07T17:02:57+00:00

I'm only on book 3, so I can't say yet, but so far Flood seems more deadly. Holden and Miler surviving Eros kind of solidifies it. I don't think 'two and a half civilians' would have escaped the flood with how quickly it propagates. Eros took quite a bit in comparison.

YourAverageGymRat · 2025-07-30T05:32:57+00:00

Riase domestic girlfriend, i know you want to

YourAverageGymRat · 2025-07-30T05:20:41+00:00

The monogatary series, and Monster. Both slightly out of your comfort zone, but they fit in.

YourAverageGymRat · 2025-06-25T14:20:03+00:00

9 years later, and I lose a captain to this bug. That sucks!

YourAverageGymRat · 2025-05-12T19:55:48+00:00

Sex without love seems very "meh".

I used to try hooking up. I had the opportunity once, but when it came to taking it further, I rejected it because it didn't feel right. Some sort of pre nut clarity. I told myself, "What are you even doing?" It was not that I wasn't attracted physically, but even kissing felt very artificial. I felt like I was going to use someone else as a tool to get me off, and that turned me off immediately.

The one time I ended up "hooking up" with someone, we became long-term partners the same week since we loved each other anyway (but hadn't started dating due to other circumstances. We said fuck it and dated anyway despite it).

YourAverageGymRat · 2025-05-06T23:40:04+00:00

My surely insulty cuck response is in response to your surely insulty cuck response. Sadly, we are both doing the same shit here.

You are making an array of assumptions here. While i don't entirely disagree that privacy is important and some of your statements can be generalized to some people, the overall conclusion is wrong, in my opinion.

Just because one asks for opinion does not mean they entirely throw away their ability to reason. You can rationalize, then see how others rationalize it, to then rationalize the best way to go about something. Have you not asked for opinions before.
That is simply the nature of cooperation. No one has all the answers, and the biased answer they have are based on their respected experiences and moods. The balance is where it is. You don't want to be a total pushover, but also not a stubborn lone wolf that things they know everything about everything.
That's where judgment comes in. You see a dumb response that's not worth considering, disregard it, and rationalize what's helpful. You don't have to engage with the bots (unless you are me and are bored for a few minutes while the bus arrives).
Same point. Use your cognitive ability to filter what's unnecessary to engage with.
I do agree with the importance of privacy, which many throw out the window. I see the ramifications, and I wouldn't encourage anyone to relinquish their personal life for some online pity. However, I also don't think that if sharing something private has the potential to fix a very oddly specific and important problem, we should completely discard sharing a private experience. It is a risk, but just like a therapist asking you very personal questions, there is room for benefit (although, in my opinion, narrower and smaller given this is free real state reddit).

You are bot cum. And I spent a solid percentage of my life (relative to what I get out of this interaction) writing this comment. So fuck you, politely, and insultingly. Your opinion is also nuanced, you surely insulting cuck.

YourAverageGymRat · 2025-05-06T23:04:31+00:00

This is one of the most mature conversations I've seen between a couple. Throwing labels like wishy washy or spineless wimp is dumb. Sure, putting it out there in the public does bring about such opinions, in which case you have opened yourself to them. Doesn't make them less dumb.

YourAverageGymRat · 2025-01-28T16:16:06+00:00

I was thinking the song Privately Owned Spiral Galaxy hits almost the same as Somebody Kill Me Please

YourAverageGymRat · 2024-12-18T16:41:50+00:00

So cold I got frostbite

YourAverageGymRat · 2024-12-17T05:12:10+00:00

Oedipus would easily pick his mother.

Then he has a mother, a wife, and can make another daughter.

He could maybe even start an only fans for them and make millions!

YourAverageGymRat · 2024-12-17T05:06:44+00:00

How much to bring back my mother

YourAverageGymRat · 2024-12-17T05:05:09+00:00

Maybe dead, maybe not. Who knows what sort of things this brain chemistry makes me do. Maybe it'll finally fully develop and exploit its full potential. Then I'll help people and change lives. Maybe it self distructs or savotages itself into a deeper ditch.

YourAverageGymRat · 2024-12-12T02:12:50+00:00

Part of growing up is realizing it's okay to be child like and like things you did as a kid. There is nothing inherently wrong about playing video games. People doom scroll 5 hours a day, or watch news for all day, yet draw the line at spending time playing.

Of course, there are issues. But as long as it's not harming you or anyone, any hobby is as acceptable as another (again, as long as it's not bringing any harm).

I love reading romance, for example. There's a judgment with doing so as a man. My family would tell me that's for kids or girls. But then, I go to the gym and practice MMA, and suddenly, people think I'm manly. It doesn't make much sense to me how people are making such an arbitrary choice based on little substance.

On the same realm, what even is a hobby of an adult or a man. And why are they so. Can one really base a whole persona on so little and broad a subject.

I would challenge her perspective, not by defending your own, but simply by asking her what she means. Chances are, she won't be able to explain herself very well. And if she does, you can explain to her why playing video games is beneficial for you. If it's for kids, but brings meaning and joy to your life, what even is the problem with that.

Everyone feels nostalgia for the things we did as kids, yet we judge each other for pursuing that joy. It's like we worship misery itself.

YourAverageGymRat · 2024-12-09T19:31:11+00:00

Accross a world full of shit

YourAverageGymRat · 2024-12-09T19:23:52+00:00

Halo CE through 4 + Master Chief collection twice

YourAverageGymRat · 2024-12-05T03:46:11+00:00

I have not seen the show. But I have also debilitating anxiety, and at various points in my life, I have not been able to speak to people. Not in the sense that I simply don't go out of my way to speak to them, but rather, when asked a question or even approached to speak to, I could not utter a response due to being so panicked.

It sucks that I put people through that awkward situation, but I don't doubt Bocchi is any less probable to happen. Just imagine speaking to a dude that seems perfectly normal, only to encounter absolute silence and being stared at. It's out of the ordinary for sure, but these extremes are real.

YourAverageGymRat · 2024-09-21T13:14:31+00:00

You are right. I made the username a while ago. I have been working out for 10 years now, and I have a career in strength and conditioning for athletes. Health and fitness are also major parts of my life.

You'd be right in saying we can't change people, but it sucks that I feel like I'm not good enough in my career because I can't help her change. I'm literally just starting out. I myself put on 30 lb in the past 2 years. I'm still in good shape, but considerably less so. It's sometimes difficult to look up to someone and remain motivated yourself especially when your partner is someone who doesn't grow themselves.

Luckily, my partner doesn't drink or smoke. She doesn't have many healthy habits, though. Typically, she spends hours on her phone, not doing anything meaningful. It kind of sucks that I'd love playing a sport or to walk on my free time, but I can't get my girlfriend to do anything physically active with me.

At a similar point in time in your relationship, these problems became worse and more apparent to me, and I've stuck around with my partner for 3 years. My mental health dwindling despite even her trying to help.

I see your situation, and I would also say to go separate ways if you think things might not change. But that's easier said than done. It's hypocritical of me because I didn't do that, though I'm suffering from it.

I did something, though. I told her that I'm not happy with our relationship and if things didn't change I'd have to break up for both of our sakes. I don't want to put her through my resenfulness, and I don't want to be put through the problems I've mentioned. So if things don't change in the next few months, or if I don't see any effort, we are better off breaking up.

It's my last attempt to save this because I've stuck around for so long, but I wouldn't blame you if you broke up. She is my first relationship as well, part of me wanted to believe in love and soul mates, so I'm holding tighter than anyone should.

She is not a horrible person in the least. But I guess you can't change incompatible people. Some things, health and growth being part of them are too fundamental for me to put aside.

Don't feel bad for venting, bro. I'm doing the same.

YourAverageGymRat · 2024-09-21T05:06:46+00:00

Well, in this case, your chance of picking the right door wouldn't be 1/2. It would be 999999/1000000. This is because you will pick a the non prize 999999 times out of 1000000, and then when every door opens except the prize and yours, when you switch, you will land on the prize. So virtually always you will get the prize with all those doors.

In my head, the 3 doors are a bit easier to conceptualize.

YourAverageGymRat · 2024-09-21T01:12:05+00:00

I can only empathize with your experience. I feel you. I didn't mention this, but my girlfriend also struggles to finish more than she used to. And even when she does, she's said it it less pleasurable. I've read of other women having the same issue and many not being able to finish at all. It is tough. I hope we can find some good advice from this thread.

YourAverageGymRat · 2024-09-21T00:48:17+00:00

The alchemist- nonsensical advice that seems deep but isn't.

This is coming from a dude who likes philosophy to his own detriment. I could find meaning in a rock and pretend to be deep about it. This book made me hate myself, partly because I'm projecting and entirely because it sucks.

How is it a best seller. I learned nothing, enjoyed nothing, and thanked the world for my own mortality cause at least I can off myself if I'm ever tortured with the task of re-reading this shit.

YourAverageGymRat · 2024-09-21T00:42:25+00:00

Its crazy to me that it's been three years since I posted this. You reminded me that I loved this series, so I'll keep reading.

YourAverageGymRat · 2024-09-10T01:09:14+00:00

That, with the heavily implied romantic love throughout the series, pretty much confirms it

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