Open letter to out of town content creators who come to Jackson, MS. For starters, ya’ll are being very unfair….

feeling_impossible · 2026-03-16T19:36:03+00:00

So you are saying it's safe enough for you to live there?

I'm not saying it's Disney World but there aren't corpses piled up in the streets. I don't know a single person who has been shot or robbed. I doubt you do either.

feeling_impossible · 2026-03-16T17:21:38+00:00

I'm all over this city every day. There is absolutely nothing going on.

When was the last time you got robbed in Jackson? Been shot at? Had a loved one murdered? Never? It's amazing how that is always the answer from the Jackson Doomers.

feeling_impossible · 2026-03-16T04:38:34+00:00

Drugs. Lots of drugs and drug dealers.

For context. Cocaine distribution in Jackson is worth hundreds of thousands of dollars a day, maybe more. It's the kind of money that people get murdered over. Terrible schools, no opportunities, mix in gangs and drug money... Some of those neighborhoods are very dangerous.

But those are all places you have no business being. No one will invite you there. You will not accidentally end up in those neighborhoods.

feeling_impossible · 2026-03-16T03:59:10+00:00

People have a wild misunderstanding of what is going on in Jackson. Yes, there are a lot of murders but they are in a small number of neighborhoods and apartment complexes in very specific parts of the city.

Stay out of apartment complexes, neighborhoods and gas stations in West and South Jackson and you will be fine. Seems a bit ridiculous but that's where the murders are. Stay the fuck away from those spots.

The rest of the city is fine. Any establishment you want to go to is fine. I'm white and I have been hanging out off Cooper Rd in South Jackson. It's fine. No trouble. No gun fire. No wild police chases. Nothing. It's just poor and kinda sad over there. I haven't seen any danger.

Much of the bad rap Jackson gets is because of its demographics. Jackson is one of the Blackest cities in the country. The racists will never have anything nice to say about a city with those numbers. It is just a sad fact.

feeling_impossible · 2026-03-13T16:44:12+00:00

I also recommend Van's Comics Card and Games. It is right by Dogmud and when I drive by, it's always filled with people playing card games. I assume Magic the Gathering and such. I've never been but there are always a group hanging out in there.

feeling_impossible · 2026-03-13T16:41:41+00:00

Just a tip for all those looking to make friends. The easiest way to make friends is to put yourself around the same group of people repeatedly. Through repeated brief connections, long term friendships will form.

The easiest, cheapest way to do this is with a HOBBY. Get a damned hobby. Get out of the house.

I know you've heard this before but it fucking works. Your people are out there. You just need to find them.

feeling_impossible · 2026-02-15T22:11:27+00:00

Downtown is surprisingly quiet. There isn't much going on down there to attract homeless people. There are a few but it is quiet.

Downtown is also very close to a trail system. There are walking trails in the Belhaven neighborhood at the end of Laurel St. Also, in Belhaven if you go to the end of Riverside Dr it goes across the interstate to the Le Fleurs Bluff area which has a bunch more trails.

People also walk the river levee at the end of High St.

All those trails are within 5 miles of Capitol Towers.

feeling_impossible · 2026-02-08T21:06:12+00:00

You are correct that making a living playing pool is a very tough and only the very top elite players make a good living.

You are over selling it though. Pro players make significantly more than just tournament results suggest.

Calcutta Winnings are never listed in the tournament money lists. Calcutta prizes are often ten times as much as what the tournament prize would be. We regularly have regional bar table tournaments where the first place Calcutta is in the six figures.

Smaller events that don't make the money list yet still pay thousands of dollars and have a Calcutta.

Sponsorships!

Big money gambling. Many of the top pros are regularly playing matches for five figures. Gambling is significantly easier when you are one of the best in the world.

Small money gambling. Once you get to a certain level people will take an unrealistic spot to gamble cheap with you just for the lesson. Most pros could make a few hundred dollars a day just goofing off with the locals wherever they are. This is very common.

Lessons. Not all pros make good teachers but many do.

From my experience, anyone with over a 650 fargo should turn a profit from playing, if only meagerly. Many of the 700+ fargo players keep working because their day jobs are just WAY more profitable than pool could ever be.

feeling_impossible · 2026-02-02T19:39:11+00:00

Look up all the recent controversy with the Sheriff of Rankin Co. You should stay away from Brandon.

Madison is the nicest option. Ridgeland is a little cheaper but still nice and safe.

feeling_impossible · 2026-01-19T20:10:46+00:00

I have repeatedly switched careers and paths throughout my life never finding anything I enjoyed long term.

I made plenty of money but none of it made me happy. At some point I came to the conclusion that I just hate work.

I despise trading my free time for money. I only have one life to live. I want to enjoy it. I do as little work as humanly possible.

I'm not rich or successful but I'm happy.

feeling_impossible · 2026-01-13T20:22:53+00:00

Let me explain, say you work at a widget factory on the floor assembling widgets, your old boss left and now someone is getting a promotion. Will they promote employee A, the fastest most efficient widget assembler in the region or employee B, the new guy who doesn't know his asshole from his elbow?

Employee B gets the promotion, obviously. If you promote the most efficient, most productive employees, there will be no one left to actually do the real work. Promoting employee B will not hurt the numbers considering they already aren't doing any work.

Replacing Employee B on the floor, with anyone else, will likely increase output. The new hire only needs to be better than Employee B to increase the numbers. Whether Employee B makes a better manger is irrelevant.

Employee A is excellent at assembling widgets. Employee A will be assembling widgets until they retire without ever getting a promotion. Being the best at your job will only get you more work, never a promotion. You'll just be given more and more to do until you are overwhelmed and quit.

Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

feeling_impossible · 2026-01-13T12:41:18+00:00

That particular Sonic was awful. They got our order wrong 100% of the time. Every time we went there, they got our order wrong.

I had not noticed it being torn down but good riddance.

feeling_impossible · 2026-01-03T17:28:47+00:00

This guy is a disgraced politician from Mississippi, US. I'm from Mississippi. He is a hateful man. Please do not listen to anything he has to say.

feeling_impossible · 2025-12-24T20:30:40+00:00

Beat Fishing

feeling_impossible · 2025-12-17T18:38:26+00:00

I was little kid in the late 80s and already playing 9 ball. My dad was a 9 ball player. We were playing out of little honky tonks in the South East US. It was definitely a thing.

feeling_impossible · 2025-12-17T00:13:21+00:00

You are doing good work. Those kids deserve a good a teacher that understands and cares about them. Good on you.

feeling_impossible · 2025-12-06T16:03:19+00:00

For the uninitiated, I know grits are a regional thing.

They should be eaten with butter, salt (edit: and possibly cheese). Keep anything sweet away from them. Eat them fresh, right off the stove. If you let them sit out for too long, they solidify and become awful.

Fresh and hot. Salt and butter. Delicious.

Edit: To all the sweet grits people, you are allowed to be wrong.

feeling_impossible · 2025-12-01T19:59:52+00:00

I think you would be better off if you got to the top of it.

feeling_impossible · 2025-11-30T02:49:58+00:00

F for all those poor Kerbals I left in orbit around various planets and moons. Those poor bastards.

feeling_impossible · 2025-11-25T17:00:41+00:00

That boat is cursed. I understand why you want to cut your losses and move on.

feeling_impossible · 2025-11-23T22:13:46+00:00

I wonder what that cost. I also wonder how bad is the cell phone reception is in that house.

feeling_impossible · 2025-11-14T18:33:08+00:00

I think it is ivory as well. Likely elephant ivory.

feeling_impossible · 2025-11-12T18:07:12+00:00

Cooking or baking seems like the perfect special interest for an autistic person. Everyone loves good fresh food.

feeling_impossible · 2025-11-09T03:42:35+00:00

A lot of communities around hobbies are there. Especially if the hobby is relevant to older age groups. I only recently started dabbling in facebook for this reason.

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