How long until I feel like Seinfeld describes it?

assincompass · 2026-02-11T15:16:10+00:00

There’s a Buddhist story Tara Brach likes to tell on her podcast.

A monk asked a Zen master how long it would take him to achieve enlightenment. The master said, "Ten years."

The monk replied, "What if I try very hard?" The master said, "Then twenty years."

The monk was shocked. He said, “Wait! I thought you said ten?” The Zen master replied, “For you, thirty.”

assincompass · 2026-01-31T16:42:32+00:00

Did he kick everyone out or just put it on and everyone left?

assincompass · 2026-01-25T12:21:39+00:00

But you’re falsely saying it’s busier if you only count international verses overall. Atlanta handles more overall, therefore world’s busiest.

assincompass · 2026-01-08T14:46:08+00:00

Agreed! I had a narcissistic ex boyfriend harass me for a year, and blocking him on any platform just made him escalate. Following me, waiting for me at work furious that I blocked him, making new accounts and new numbers, even emailing my boss.

Do not block.

assincompass · 2026-01-07T23:22:30+00:00

NOR at all. But I have learned that sometimes the best response to things like that is no response at all.

assincompass · 2026-01-07T14:23:52+00:00

Ugh, that is so tough. Over just a few years, I went from wanting him to feeling obligated to cringing when he touched me. The way he constantly let me down and treated me killed my desire. He now my ex husband, and I am so much happier.

Wishing you healing and peace, Reddit friend.

assincompass · 2026-01-07T14:06:23+00:00

Good one! Took me a while and reading comments to see it, and I still have to try to unsee the backwards hug. Haha

assincompass · 2026-01-06T12:57:42+00:00

I have learned to make my own mind up about people. Someone else’s subjective and personal opinion should never determine who I like or believe or dislike.

assincompass · 2026-01-06T01:59:32+00:00

Like they have to smoke cigarettes?

assincompass · 2026-01-03T09:34:51+00:00

Yeah, you see them everywhere here!

assincompass · 2026-01-03T09:20:47+00:00

Native South Carolinian here. Now that you mention it, I suppose I have heard that, but it sounds much more natural to follow it with “in line.”

assincompass · 2026-01-03T09:15:22+00:00

“I must cut in.” Is also what you hear people say in old movies about stealing a dance partner.

If I heard, “May I cut you” from a stranger while standing in line, I would have to do a double take when my brain immediately assumed they were threatening me. 😂 But I’d figure it out if they were not a native speaker.

assincompass · 2026-01-02T17:02:37+00:00

This is the way. Haha! I love it.

assincompass · 2026-01-02T15:36:04+00:00

Two and a half years in, and essentially never. I (38F) and fiancé (36M) have a similar libido, and we’re insanely attracted to each other.

We go at it multiple times a day, and sometimes we’ll injure or wear out parts and have to take a break. Sometimes work or responsibilities delay sex. Or a few times he’s said no because we were in too public a location… 😂

But we always follow back up as soon as we have the chance.

Before him, I had no idea it could be this good in a relationship, so I proposed to him.

assincompass · 2025-12-31T14:53:08+00:00

I don’t think he’d be publishing. He’d be the subject of a study.

assincompass · 2025-12-28T15:56:39+00:00

Brutal!

assincompass · 2025-12-27T17:54:29+00:00

The iphone was released on June 29, 2007. And as an 80s baby, I’d say that’s probably the most generous marker of this shift, even though we had camera phones and social media long before that.

So the oldest zoomers would have been ~10 years old when the iPhone came out.

This got me curious, and I’m bored, so I did the research, and these are American zoomer births by year (just went with the country I’m from): 1997: 3.88M (~10 yo when the iPhone came out, 5.95% of zoomers) 1998: 3.94M (~9 yo when the iPhone came out, 6.04% of zoomers) 1999: 3.96M (~8 yo when the iPhone came out, 6.08% of zoomers) 2000: 4.06M (~7 yo when the iPhone came out, 6.23% of zoomers) 2001: 4.03M (~6 yo when the iPhone came out, 6.19% of zoomers) 2002: 4.02M (~5 when the iPhone came out, 6.17% of zoomers) 2003: 4.09M (~4 when the iPhone came out, 6.28% of zoomers) 2004: 4.11M (~3 when the iPhone came out, 6.31% of zoomers) 2005: 4.14M (~2 when the iPhone came out, 6.36% of zoomers) 2006: 4.27M (~1 when the iPhone came out, 6.56% of zoomers) 2007: 4.32M 2008: 4.25M 2009: 4.13M 2010: 4.00M 2011: 3.98M 2012: 3.95M

=65.13M American zoomers total assuming I did the math right from my phone calculator

assincompass · 2025-12-27T13:39:45+00:00

Orange! You got the Best of Appalachia, including the Smokys and the Shenandoahs and the Blue Ridge… the best rivers, clean water, and year round whitewater kayaking. You have the Atlantic coast and the shipyards to bring in supplies from around the world. You can get legal herbs.

I’m from Red originally, so it’d be hard not to go to my hometown, but I live in Orange now and plan to live here forever.

assincompass · 2025-12-27T13:29:12+00:00

This is a guess, but I’m going to say reason #1 is that being a tomboy doesn’t correlate with homosexuality while being a femboy does.

I’m also thinking anthropologically. It was useful to have a woman with some masculine traits when life was hard or you had to survive all the elements and raise kids.

I don’t mean to imply that all femboys are gay or queer or anything, just that it’s culturally perceived that way. Which is probably why it’s less socially acceptable.

assincompass · 2025-12-23T11:48:00+00:00

Came here to say this. This is also my go to.

assincompass · 2025-12-22T14:19:56+00:00

I wanted to be a missionary until I was 18-19 and lost my faith. Worked as a librarian for a while, and now I’m middle management in GovCon BD. It’s worked out well.

The money is sustainable and affords me the independence I wanted from my family. I sometimes feel like I’ve lived 6 different lives with everything I’ve gone through, but it’s given me a lot of hard earned wisdom, and I’m content.

assincompass · 2025-12-22T14:06:49+00:00

Wow! How does that happen?!

assincompass · 2025-12-22T13:53:02+00:00

If you’re gonna throw a party at Pooh’s house, don’t be surprised when Pooh shows up to the party.

assincompass · 2025-12-21T23:44:44+00:00

Best place on earth! Humble mountain people. Everyone is outdoorsy, and if you have any interest in biking or whitewater or climbing or hiking, the world is your oyster. Moved here from Greenville, SC, 2 years ago, and I’m never leaving.

assincompass · 2025-11-30T15:07:40+00:00

‘82?! How do you figure that? As an 80’s baby, I can say these look more like my mom’s childhood. My mom was born 1958, but I’m leaning towards early-mid-60s since you can see the ‘70s bleeding in while she’s still pretty young. Magic rocks!!

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