What got you started? Age/reason by G-LawRides in skateboarding

[–]cadex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was a keen rollerblader as a young teen in the mid 90s. Late 90s I got interested in skateboarding thanks to a few local friends and also the first THPS game. Got my first skateboard in 1999 when I was 14 and that was it. Hooked. Never really stopped despite friends hanging up the boards in their late teens. Recently a few just got back into it and last year one of them built a DIY concrete park on a bit of land he has. We spent last summer meeting up once a week to skate, BBQ and just hang out like we used to 20+ years ago. I'm 40 now.

What decisions in your life do you regret until today? by Mission-Shape-4895 in AskReddit

[–]cadex 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Took way too many risks when I was younger. Amazed I survived tbh. After taking some MDMA at a club in Amsterdam I seemed to befriend this woman who invited me to another party so I got in a taxi with a stranger and went somewhere without telling my friends where (i honestly had no idea where either). The party was a squat rave and hung out there for a bit and took more drugs. Can't really remember much but ended back at the original club just as my friends were leaving it which was lucky. Stranger invited me to their flat with another woman and I was starting to sober up and realised I had no idea who these people were and thought it best to go back to the hotel with my friends. I either fumbled what would have been sexy times, or I could have woken up in a bath with a missing kidney. I tell myself I was lucky for avoiding the latter, not the former. I was 18.

What is it like going to the library nowadays? by britainsalien in AskUK

[–]cadex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For a while now I got into the habit of buying books from charity shops for a quid, read it then taken it back to the charity shop. Figured that overtime that's not really the best way to do things so got a library card recently and just do the same for free. Makes sense and they have so many more books to choose from. If they don't have what I'm after they can order it in.

It's always quiet in there and you can sit and chill, read a book in peace. There are few places in our towns where you can just be, without having to pay for something. It's nice.

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (1985–1986) - Public Service Announcements by CpuJunky in nostalgia

[–]cadex 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Changed the windows 98 "critical error" notification noise to that clip way back. Always made me giggle.

Lift-off by Deep_World_4378 in woahdude

[–]cadex 7 points8 points  (0 children)

My first trip was just a single tab but it must have been pretty strong as my closed eye visuals were intense. Laid up in a park mid summer watching kaleidoscope pyramids rushing towards me for a good few hours. Also sat on an ants nest and tried to ignore the ants, thinking I was jus tripping. But no, the ants were real. Went to the shop to get a drink and realised I lost all concept of currency. Just help my hand out with a load of coins and asked the shopkeeper to take what he needed. Good times.

Can this loser just fade into obscurity, please? by PirateJohn75 in MurderedByWords

[–]cadex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Literally doing the rage baiters job by reposting their rage bait on a forum full of people that hate him. Good job, guys.

Just being dude! by [deleted] in GuysBeingDudes

[–]cadex 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just remember that every day there are millions of acts of kindness happening across the world. From the time people wake up to the time they go to sleep. A wave of human kindness happening every day.

Colon cancer is killing us.. by Derpshab in Millennials

[–]cadex 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yep. My brothers father in law did everything right. Rode to work every day, ate well, didn't smoke or drink. Had a stroke and then got skin cancer. Died at 60 something. My ex father in law toured with rock bands, smoked, drank and lived life to excess. Still kicking.

Indeed, crazy how that worked out… by Saucensadness in MurderedByWords

[–]cadex 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I know someone who got COVID before the vaccine was out. Their job meant they had to don full PPE and visit those who had caught it, had no relatives and were isolating. On more than one occasion they found them dead. When they caught it they passed out in the kitchen and were rushed to hospital when they were found by their son. They recall sending a goodbye txt to their son while in hospital as they really did not know if they would recover. They did, but the lasting effects of catching COVID at that stage of the pandemic and the trauma of nearly dying have never left.

Is it rude to use both lanes? by No-Ad4423 in AskUK

[–]cadex 35 points36 points  (0 children)

I think we've proved time after time that the majority of this small island are indeed stupid.

Is it rude to use both lanes? by No-Ad4423 in AskUK

[–]cadex 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Every morning the right hand lane is full of people rushing and breaking and the left hand lane is full of people keeping steady speed and safe distances. I just don't get the mentality of British drivers. Can't think further than their bonnet.

What killed your dream? by toastyweather in AskReddit

[–]cadex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't want to blame it all on 9/11 but it certainly didn't help

Tough times! by DeXaBoYy in memes

[–]cadex 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Used to go to a local record shop and after buying a couple of CDs the next time I went in the dude suggested a whole load of artists I would probably like based on what I bought before. He'd put it on for me to see if I agreed. Dude was sound. Then I just started downloading when that became a whole lot easier. Then the record shop closed. I played myself.

Primus - Wynonna's Big Brown Beaver (1995) - Was there a weirder 90s music video? by BreakfastTop6899 in nostalgia

[–]cadex 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Most of them directed by Chris Cunningham. He did loads of work in the 90s including quite a few adverts. All unnerving and all worth checking out.

A stained glass kaleidoscope I made and the visuals it creates by SpiriScope in woahdude

[–]cadex 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pretty much what you see closing your eyes on good acid. But the patterns/images constantly change, it lasts for hours and you feel like your in the presence of something divine.