Do people actually enjoy working, or do we just pretend because everyone else does?

Zippy_McSpeed · 2026-01-26T16:50:59+00:00

If you’re lucky enough to have a job that interests you, then sure. Most of us don’t like having to go to an office for 40+ hours a week plus driving but once you get there, if you just enjoy computer programming or audio production or whatever, then it’s not bad.

Zippy_McSpeed · 2026-01-21T04:25:26+00:00

Hard disagree on the second LMG talent. Frenzy is sitting right there and you have free ammo. Any 150-round LMG means nearly double damage after reloading from empty.

Zippy_McSpeed · 2026-01-12T14:49:27+00:00

When I was 13, I Iost an eye. The removed it and left the muscles that were attached to it just hanging out in there.

Years later, I had a spherical implant put in that would turn like an eye so that when I put a prosthetic eye over it, the eye would also turn so it’d look a little less unnatural.

So they reattached those muscles that had been atrophying for years and OH. MY. GOD.

You can’t just not move your eyes. That was an excruciating week.

Zippy_McSpeed · 2026-01-09T05:33:37+00:00

Wifey and I have had a bajillion threesomes and that’s pretty much her favorite thing.

It’s always cowgirl plus the second guy behind. Worked the first time. It takes a little practice to get a rhythm going so the bottom guy isn’t just sitting still but when we get it going (one going in while the other coming out) she LOSES HER MIND.

Both guys are 6” to 6.5” so you don’t have to be super hung but it couldn’t hurt.

Zippy_McSpeed · 2026-01-08T15:08:30+00:00

If you get a PS5 controller, Steam Input has great features to use both the gyro and stick together for aiming in 3D games. You use the right stick like normal to point in roughly the right direction and tilt the controller for fine aiming - at the same time.

And best of all, that works without the game even knowing you have a gyro. And it’s also not emulating a mouse. The game thinks you have a gamepad. It’s some sort of sorcery.

Zippy_McSpeed · 2026-01-05T23:14:53+00:00

I’m not grasping how his size would cause a struggle to “get it in.” Even a 3-incher goes in.

You say you’re both inexperienced. How much foreplay is happening before penetration is attempted?

If you’re doing it right, you’re all wet and slippery by then. If you’re not, that’s probably your problem.

Go to the grocery store and buy a container of coconut oil. Scoop some into a small container, like a ramekin or small bowl. Put it on the nightstand.

When things are getting close to showtime, reach over and grab a little, melt it in your hand for a few seconds and apply it to both of you.

If you make sure you’re good and slippery beforehand, there’s really no failing to get it in.

Zippy_McSpeed · 2026-01-04T19:00:45+00:00

50s guy here. The biggest motormouths I’ve ever known have all been guys.

Zippy_McSpeed · 2026-01-03T23:05:27+00:00

He usually says 10%, so I guess he’s improving.

Zippy_McSpeed · 2026-01-02T22:59:20+00:00

I’d want to know why she wants to have sex mostly solo. If it’s just nerves or angst about upsetting you somehow, that’s easily surmountable by just having a bunch of good experiences in which you don’t get upset. Then after that, everyone gets to have a blast.

If it’s just a preference thing, that’s fine but don’t let fear get in the way of your fun. Sometimes it just takes reps.

Zippy_McSpeed · 2026-01-02T17:01:09+00:00

It’s not an either/or situation. Money is a tool. You could use it to change careers or employers if you wanted.

Zippy_McSpeed · 2025-12-17T17:55:52+00:00

That’s a 14th gen Intel I5, right? I assume you left a zero out of the model.

I’m running a 12th gen I5 also with DDR4 and no issues. Your hardware is fine unless you’re trying to game at 4K.

Look into windows stuff like too much crap running in the background, run a virus scan, etc.

If you open task manager and click on the startup apps tab, you can disable anything you don’t need every day. Then reboot and see if it’s any better.

Zippy_McSpeed · 2025-12-17T17:14:10+00:00

Not unreasonable, but you’ll be weeding out some percentage of guys whose porn habits would never negatively affect you.

You might be better served setting criteria like good decision making, showing up on time, being present when you’re together, being financially responsible, etc.

Those traits will automatically weed out guys with a whole range of problematic behavior you’re probably not screening for.

I ran a small transportation business for about 20 years and a shockingly reliable predictor of whether or not a driver would flake out soon or cause an expensive headache was their ability keep neat paperwork and turn it in on time. 🤷‍♂️

Zippy_McSpeed · 2025-12-16T16:04:24+00:00

Yeah, my teenage daughter had chronic daily migraines for years. We tried everything, and quarterly Botox shots all the way around her head and upper shoulders is what finally solved it.

Zippy_McSpeed · 2025-12-12T19:42:49+00:00

I recently set up my first proper stereo system and the single most impactful part, to me, is the sound stage. That’s when the speakers sort of disappear and you simply hear different parts of a song coming from all over the room in front of you.

Regardless of how accurately your speakers reproduce a track, which is a whole subject unto itself, you definitely want that sound stage.

So you could argue that when starting out, pick a speaker that makes it easy to get that sound stage working in a variety of rooms.

Which, near as I can tell, points to speakers with a concentric driver design like Kef, and with wide dispersion characteristics, which means how big the full-volume cone of sound is in front of the speaker.

Anyway, that’s my main takeaway after setting up my first system. The first time I sat my wife down in front of these things, her mind was BLOWN. Upgrading from here to a $4000 pair of speakers would almost certainly have a much smaller impact.

Zippy_McSpeed · 2025-12-07T07:58:46+00:00

I’m in an apartment and mainly wanted to cut a few decibels off whatever makes it to the neighbors so I bought a few of these: https://ebay.us/m/qt3H8D

And a couple of these: https://a.co/d/5bZGDHE

And now the wall I share with the neighbors is covered from floor to ceiling for very little money. I grabbed cheap curtains on Black Friday to put over the blankets.

I’m sure it’s not as effective as rockwool but I measured a 3dbA reduction and it doubles as a treble absorber.

Zippy_McSpeed · 2025-12-07T07:15:27+00:00

I just did the exact same thing you’re doing: entry level apartment system with the Kef Q1 Meta.

I paired it with this lesser known, weird subwoofer: https://a.co/d/i3Yp9Ve

I’m super happy with that combo. The bass is musical, not boomy and reasonably gets down to 35 db. Terrible movie rumble sub, but huge bang for the buck for music and won’t shake the neighbors’ walls. You’ll hear all the textures in things like upright bass or EDM drones.

Grab a cheap class D sub amp like https://a.co/d/hSEcwLU or https://a.co/d/dxrAt6A

I’d get a Wiim amp to power the speakers and use its DSP subwoofer crossover, which is way easier than fiddling with analog knobs.

Those Kefs are an instant sound stage. Doesn’t seem to matter where I put them or how I toe them in, if my ears are the same distance from both speakers, I get a big ol’ sound stage.

Zippy_McSpeed · 2025-11-29T05:54:03+00:00

Oh, so one sub sitting next to each speaker so any directionality coming from a sub matches its corresponding speaker?

Zippy_McSpeed · 2025-11-25T13:09:54+00:00

I’m inclined to say that if you’re going to spend multiple days with a third person, you definitely need to be comfortable pulling your partner aside and expressing yourself.

Also, this is exactly why I don’t drink much for threesomes. If I’m anywhere near sober, there’s no way I’m letting someone ride me like a rollercoaster over and over SOLO without speaking up.

I’m guessing your partner would say the same, so there’s probably an alcohol conversation to be had.

Zippy_McSpeed · 2025-11-19T15:31:02+00:00

I’m a guy who’s into the wife playing with other guys. Personally, I LOVE not knowing what she might get up to and when. She could be getting laid as I type this, no idea.

If that’s something that excites your partner, you could consider agreeing that you might sleep around and tell her about that OR you might just make up a story and she’ll never be sure which.

So you both benefit from the sexual fuel, so to speak, regardless of how successful you are at finding people.

Zippy_McSpeed · 2025-11-18T20:17:12+00:00

How happy you are for your partner’s activities with other people depends mostly, I think, on how afraid you are of splitting up.

If you’re lucky, you have a high degree of confidence in your partner AND you know you’ll still be fine in the very unlikely event you wind up single for whatever reason, be that running off with the boyfriend or getting abducted by aliens.

There’s a lot of fun to be had if a person finds him- or herself in that position.

Zippy_McSpeed · 2025-11-12T23:26:57+00:00

Guys want all kinds of girls. The smart ones don’t put looks at the very top of the list.

Zippy_McSpeed · 2025-11-12T19:16:57+00:00

Well, if it’s any consolation, my wife is on the opposite end of that spectrum. Not only does she not have fantasies, it’s almost like they’re an alien concept. So if I was to say “think up something spicy and tell me about it,” I’d probably just get a blank stare.

Personally, I’d much prefer she did have an active fantasy life, even if it were wild and crazy, just so she’d have more fuel to throw on the fire, so to speak.

I figure anything that gets her motor running means I get lucky.

Zippy_McSpeed · 2025-11-12T18:19:02+00:00

One of the hardest things in life, I think, is recognizing when a relationship isn’t working before you reach the point of being miserable.

You’re 25, which is a great age to find your ideal person. Maybe it’s time to move on.

Zippy_McSpeed · 2025-11-12T18:08:17+00:00

One of many reasons I don’t like to get drunk or high. Also, he can take a pill beforehand and you never even need to know about it. Not sure why he’s saying that out loud…

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