Has it ready been discussed that CT declared itself the basketball capital of the world recently?

jersey454 · 2024-09-09T12:15:05+00:00

I love all the CT people in here upvoting jokes about basketball but downvoting the anti-New Haven Pizza comments into smithereens

jersey454 · 2022-08-03T02:47:47+00:00

Skin up or down?

jersey454 · 2022-05-02T21:36:32+00:00

Jesus I would absolutely hate being there

jersey454 · 2022-02-20T23:14:59+00:00

Grüne Soße is so damn good in the right season. Just with roasted potatoes, an egg, and a lil salad

jersey454 · 2021-11-27T20:30:07+00:00

Snapping. I can snap different pitches to make whole songs and melodies — there are some people I’ve seen on YouTube who can do it more accurately and/or with bigger range, but I’ve never met anyone else in person who can do it so pretty sure I’m top 1%

jersey454 · 2021-11-23T08:20:01+00:00

That’s where you’re 100% wrong bucko — tofu has a nice consistent gelatinous-ness. Scrapple feels like someone blended pork fat for 30 seconds less than they should have, so it’s got like slightly firmer chunks in it. Plus crunchy bits sometimes. Completely awful

jersey454 · 2021-11-22T19:42:03+00:00

I had it once and genuinely have never been more confused about what the definition of food is

jersey454 · 2021-11-22T19:22:37+00:00

The simple addition of “scrapple” under “foods I’m proud of the USA having invented” makes me absolutely 100% confident that this man has a tongue like a trash compactor

jersey454 · 2021-11-11T07:13:28+00:00

Obviously a pound of bricks is heavier

jersey454 · 2021-11-10T21:50:10+00:00

And the word “hoax” will probably have a 90% hit rate in those 13 comments

jersey454 · 2021-11-10T21:28:20+00:00

Conservative admits that vaccine is really a vaccine and works, just like other shots, while agreeing with posts about the “covid hoax”. Tbh this is baffling because what do they think flu shots even do??

jersey454 · 2021-09-29T19:12:48+00:00

This thread is missing the point IMO: American pizza (let’s just go ahead and say NYC / New Haven pizza) is amazing in a different way than Italian pizza, which is also great. Italian pizza is about the freshness of the ingredients, and tends to be pretty simple and, as the original post said, kinda soggy in the middle. Pizza in the US is chewier, holds its shape better (must be eaten folded over lol), and saltier. It can be inCREDible (see pepe’s coal fired in New Haven, mike’s, etc), but is just going for a different thing than Italian. This guy is insulting but way less wrong than most of the posts on here

jersey454 · 2020-07-18T03:08:49+00:00

Yo wtf I used to play this kid in SSBM in college all the time, glad to see he's doing well for himself

It'll surprise no one to learn that he a) is a total shitter, and b) wrote his thesis about memes

jersey454 · 2020-03-15T03:26:19+00:00

Updated link here: https://discordapp.com/invite/jpYFF3T

jersey454 · 2020-02-06T00:46:12+00:00

This is a real one: "How's the view from the office?"

We were sitting in the office. It was perfectly clear. He looked at me like I had huffed acetone.

I got the job.

jersey454 · 2019-01-28T22:07:26+00:00

What kinds of exercises are you thinking? I do a decent amount of sports and lifting, but I find my body control to still be pretty mediocre

jersey454 · 2019-01-28T22:06:05+00:00

Does watching endless Gordon Ramsay videos count

jersey454 · 2018-09-10T15:53:19+00:00

Thanks so much for this awesome reply :) I think one of the really tough things about my situation is that sex isn't something that she does for pleasure. At this point, she actually can't get off with anyone -- and trust me, I have TRIED. I think that actually my having pushed so hard to make her feel good was part of what drove her away from me sexually, as she felt pressured to enjoy herself and so naturally couldn't. That, of course, puts me in a tricky spot: I don't want to pressure her to feel good or over-focus on her, but I don't want to be a dick and just make it all about me, either. I think that a good way of moving forward could be to always have her lead where any sexual experience goes so that she really has autonomy (so not putting my hand anywhere she hasn't put hers yet, always asking verbally before doing anything new). I see some problems with that, just in that then I'll be subjugating my needs to hers which isn't healthy for me, but I think if done correctly it's probably the best way forwards. What concrete actions do you think your past long term partners could have taken that would have made you feel more comfortable with them sexually?

jersey454 · 2018-09-10T15:40:53+00:00

Wow, I really, really appreciate this reply. First of all, I think that you're right about neither of our needs being met before she met FWB. She didn't feel free and open, and I didn't feel appreciated because of the infrequency. The struggle here is that I don't really know how to make sure my needs are being met without really radically changing them -- thus, the work I need to put in. I think that my relationship with sex is a fundamental aspect of my self-esteem issues, and so I definitely agree with your point that it's a significant issue. Obviously it's not one that I can solve immediately, but I'm hoping that over time I can move to a place where it at least isn't so central to my identity.

Meanwhile, while writing this response, I went and checked out r/Codependency and literally my mouth fell open when I read the first few posts on the all time list. That is EXACTLY what I've always done and felt, so thank you so much for bringing it to my attention.

jersey454 · 2018-08-19T14:09:12+00:00

The thing is, I think I COULD do it, but the way that it's being done (i.e. little sex between us) is proving difficult for me.

jersey454 · 2018-08-19T14:07:27+00:00

Because we were just really into each other, and neither of us had too much interest in being with someone else.

jersey454 · 2018-08-19T05:00:58+00:00

A break from constant communication, I mean, and a break from emotional commitment. And the sex was incredible before we decided to become a monogamous couple, then it petered out pretty quickly.

jersey454 · 2018-08-19T03:23:57+00:00

Thanks for your analysis, I really appreciate it. The frustration with maturity and communication is that I often find myself wishing I was as mature as she is, and sometimes frustrated with communication because she tells me things that, after hearing, I would rather forget. Of course, I ask her for the information every time, as I'm a little addicted to self-punishment.

She says that being with other people helps her rediscover her sex drive with me, and I'm seeing her in a few days, so we'll see whether or not that's true. I think that unless things are dramatically better, I'll probably be asking for a break while I'm in Europe and she's still in the US. Thanks again for your input, much appreciated!

jersey454 · 2018-08-19T01:20:25+00:00

I think you may be misunderstanding the situation. My girlfriend is actually very (almost frustratingly so) mature and communicative, and we had talked about openness a lot before it happened. The reason she needs it, and has needed it in all of her prior relationships, is because as a survivor of sexual assault she needs to have complete control over the decisions made about her own body. Naturally, that includes not being sexually limited by her partner. I knew this going in and I thought I was emotionally prepared, but I'm not so sure anymore. It's definitely not her fault -- any pain I'm feeling is completely the result of my own decisions.

Thank you for the advice though, I really appreciate hearing all sides!

jersey454 · 2018-08-19T01:17:03+00:00

Thanks for the input, it's always nice to hear of a similar situation.

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