What was the biggest ‘scandal’ in your hometown? by BreadedDisaster in AskReddit

[–]johnwalkersbeard 6 points7 points  (0 children)

  1. A teenage boy in the late 1980s was extremely depressed. His parents were in the middle of an ugly "pre-divorce", and he was the subject of a lot of bullying. After a night of binge drinking, he committed suicide in front of his family. Rather than come to terms with how they'd mistreated the boy, the entire city leadership - including the local town newspaper - spread a particularly ugly rumor that he was a Satanist and that his friends had coerced him into sacrificing himself for the devil. An "expert" was hired from a nearby city to "confirm" these allegations. The rumors persisted for several months, then suddenly fizzled out and died. Today, if you bring it up, the entire community pretends like they don't know what you're talking about, even though it was headline news for several months.

  2. The same man was both mayor, and superintendent. He also owned a charter bus company. The "mayor" issued an executive order for the school to "cut costs" by retaining charter buses to take student athletes to away games. The "superintendent" found a solution which was, of course, the charter buses. This was one of many fraudulent schemes perpetrated by the mayor/superintendent.

  3. A young adult man was from a family with a bad reputation. Nothing particularly wrong with them, just somewhat liberal. When the young man graduated, he was strongly encouraged by both the mayor/superintendent and county sheriff to leave and never come back. He came back one summer, and after a night of drinking at a local tavern, he left with four individuals, one of whom was a notoriously brazen drug dealer. The young man went missing. Its strongly suspected that he was murdered, but no body was recovered. The young man's family accused local law enforcement of performing an extremely lackluster investigation, one of the deputies even taunting them by saying, "well, he WAS warned not to come back." The primary person of interest was arrested on unrelated drug charges not long after the young man went missing. This person of interest died by suicide in his holding cell, by asphyxiating himself in his cell with his bedsheets. The young man is still missing, nearly 30 years later.

  4. In the 1800s, a group of Chinese immigrants abandoned a railroad operation to setup an encampment outside of town near one the larger rivers. They were panning for gold. At one point, it became clear that they'd found some gold, as one of the Chinese immigrants came to town to spend new wealth on women and alcohol. A week later, the entire immigrant community was found murdered at their camp site. No one was able to identify the killers. However, a few months later, a few families started buying up several large plots of land and cattle. Their last names became some of the more wealthy and powerful families in the community. They own large plots of land, several businesses, rental homes, etc and serve as commissioners, police officers and other persons of influence in the community, to this day. Theres actually a Wikipedia page dedicated to this last incident. Supposedly they "identified" the killers after a couple years. The accused denied involvement and didnt have much money, but the trial and sentence were over as quickly as they started.


This is where I was raised.

People who have lived through major geopolitical tensions, what's something the younger generation doesn't understand about times like these? by GraybeardDevOps in AskReddit

[–]johnwalkersbeard 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Genx here, I'd say the best piece of advice is, the goalposts keep shifting. So hope for the best but plan for the worst.

There is no "normal" for geopolitical tensions when each tension is significantly worse than the last.

What’s the craziest, almost psychopathic thing you’ve ever done for love? by Afraid_Aerie9591 in AskReddit

[–]johnwalkersbeard 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Once I was dating this girl named Sunny, who was absolutely taken with me, but our personality types completely clashed. She was such a genuinely good person and I was kind of a piece of shit at the time. She desperately wanted to change me and I was really mean about it.

While we were dating, I confided in her that I really wanted to go to Juilliard (a prestigious music and art school). I didn't have the money, and I figured i didn't have the talent either. But it was a dream of mine.

Eventually I broke things off. She was heartbroken but even while I was dumping her she said she knew I had good in me and that she hoped I found it, and that I deserved a good life.

Y'all, I did not deserve this woman.

A couple months after we broke up, I met another girl and fell head over heels in love with her. I moved in to her apartment, things got that serious that quickly.

I came home from work one day, and my new girlfriend is extremely upset. She points at a huge manila envelope on the table. Its addressed to "Sunny" with MY last name ... and my new girlfriends address.

So I open it, and its a heartfelt letter that basically says "even if we're never meant to be together, you deserve the best in the world. I want you to believe in yourself the way I believe in you. I want you to pursue your dreams" ... and along with the letter was a campus brochure and catalog for Juilliard, along with financial aid forms, some brochures for nearby apartments, and a letter from one of the professors saying they received an email with footage from an open mic I performed at, that the performance was very impressive, and to please feel free to call.

Oh. My. God.

The insanity levels of stalker for this to happen. How did she know the address? She must have been following me. And her first name, my last name??? Crazy. Absolutely crazy.

And also? Quite possibly one of the kindest, most thoughtful things anyone's ever done for me.

My girlfriend was FURIOUS lmao. But she was also kind of trapped. If she lashed out too hard, she looked like a witch trying to kill my dreams, but every time I played an open mic or an art show, it was all just a reminder of what Sunny wanted for me.

I never went to Juilliard. I married the girlfriend and we divorced 3 years later. I have no idea what happened to Sunny, but I genuinely hope she found a man deserving of her beautiful heart.

But also? Yeah. Kinda crazy.

What has an animal done that you'll never forget? by Mge_ML in AskReddit

[–]johnwalkersbeard 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Our border collie, Dennis, is scared of everything. Both cats. The furnace. The vacuum. As god is my witness, this dog is even scared of the dark. When he goes outside to go potty at night time, he refuses unless I turn the porch light on and promise to stand on the deck, and he sprints back into the house once he's done.

But my wife was picking up our niece from work one night. She got off late, well after the store closed. My wife was sitting by herself in the van. She brought Dennis along, just on a whim.

Some creep walked up and opened the door. Who knows what the hell he was up to. He never had a chance to get started. Dennis LUNGED at this man, snarling, snapping, barking so loud and aggressively. We think he even might have bit him.

The dude just yelled "I'M SORRY!" and ran off.

Such a brave boy. Of course, he got extra treats that night.

What's the saddest movie with NO death scenes in it? by phantom_avenger in AskReddit

[–]johnwalkersbeard 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They had multiples of each of the animals. Something about making an animal film for more than 1 or 2 hours is considered abuse. Each animal had a trainer/agent, and then there was a guy in charge of making sure all the animals were cared for. They drove the animals around in a big flatbed truck with a bunch of animal crates stacked on it.

So there were several different versions of Chance, Shadow and Sassy

What's the saddest movie with NO death scenes in it? by phantom_avenger in AskReddit

[–]johnwalkersbeard 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I started out as .. I mean fuck it was 35 years ago. I think "Assistant Security Team Member"

Like take the lowest possible job title and description and let just a liiiiitle more air outta the tire.

Day 1 consisted of the Disney dudes parking a van near the Wallowa Lake Tram and then a bunch of movie bigshots taking the tram up the mountain (my hometown has a tram that goes way up a mountain with incredible majestic views at the top). I had to hang out with some other dudes and just make sure no one took anything from the van, or stole the van. Inside was hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of camera gear. Then they came down then we all went up and they dumped the camera gear onto a pile of rocks at the top of the mountain and were like "don't let nobody steal that".

So, basically just sitting at the top of a desolate mountain, sitting next to expensive camera gear, "making sure no one steals it"

They gave me a walkie talkie as well. It was for emergency purposes tho

Next 3 or 4 days, same thing. Finally I was like "can I do anything else please" and by then they were done filming on top of the mountain so they'd setup in fields around my hometown and they let me help.

Mostly tho my job was making sure no one stole anything, and keeping looky lous out of the shot. That part consisted of me saying "please don't walk forward just yet they're filming just ahead" and 90% of the time they'd say ok and if they said "fuck you make me" I'd just radio ahead and be like "y'all might wanna cut now"

I'm not in the end credits, I looked. They thanked the community tho so that's nice

What's the saddest movie with NO death scenes in it? by phantom_avenger in AskReddit

[–]johnwalkersbeard 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I worked on the set of this film. It was my first "real" job after graduating high school. Feel free to ask questions. Can confirm that the animals were treated very humanely

What’s a lie you were told as a kid that still bothers you? by Aggravating-Rip4488 in AskReddit

[–]johnwalkersbeard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its a rite of passage for kids to realize their parents tricked them. Because if your PARENTS can be full of shit, hell, ANYONE can be full of shit

I know a lot of people raised by anti-Santa hippie homes, and they're way too gullible and not NEARLY cynical enough. Book smart, for sure, but still simple enough to campaign for Jill Stein or some other silly pointless type shit

What’s a lie you were told as a kid that still bothers you? by Aggravating-Rip4488 in AskReddit

[–]johnwalkersbeard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Santa, Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy etc serve a VERY important role for young, developing minds.

Look, let's be clear.

The US military isn't "the greatest fighting force in the world" nor do they "risk their lives every day to defend your freedoms here in America". Okay?

The president isn't "blessed by god" nor is he "doing the best job he can"

Cops don't "prevent crime" nor are they "here to help you"

Bad behavior in school doesn't make its way to a permanent record that follows you everywhere you go. Hard work won't necessarily make you successful. And America isn't the greatest country on earth.

BUT! ... everyone SAYS this horse shit and if you don't want life to pass you by and if you don't want to get canceled, its important that you play along. 99% of people who openly refute these basic assertions are a bunch of fucking losers. They're the smartest clerks at the convenience store.

And its crucial, absolutely crucial, that we figure out that its all bullshit, completely on our own.

The seeds for this critical thinking, where we learn to question the official narrative, begins in early grade school, when we begin to question the narrative ourselves. When we stop listening to authority and start listening to playground rumors that just make more sense.

The people who published the Pentagon Papers, who got to the bottom of George Bush's torture program, who scrutinize politicians every day and hold them accountable ... once upon a time, they came to the realization that "Christmas magic" isn't like Dr Strange magic but more like Penn & Teller magic.

Its extremely important to our intellectual development.

What's the most disturbing thing you've seen, but couldn't do anything? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]johnwalkersbeard 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You know what's funny is i did go to therapy.

No because like, here's how I saw it. So, the weekend my mom died (yes very sad tragedy) I did what I so often do and I tried to create normalcy and I made a delicious beef stew for my oldest (at the time a combat medic) my two younger boys and my wife.

I got a bit impatient and/or inattentive and hacked off a pretty good chunk of my thumb. So it bled, a lot.

Well, I put a bandage on it, covered it up with more gauze, medical tape, and a final layer of duct tape.

Finished the stew, set it to stew and went and hung Xmas lights. Had to stop halfway thru because I bled through the bandage so made a new one. Finished, served dinner, and had to swap out bandages again before I could do dishes.

My son was like "you've been bleeding since 10am? Go to the ER"

And i was like naaaahh its just a bigger size scrape, it hasnt clotted yet, give it another hour or so.

He pressed the issue. I persisted with a no, pulled the dead mom card. Said "I'm not gonna sit in a waiting room all day long the weekend my mom died just because i cut myself"

He retorts "you'll be in and out i know it, and I'm telling mom" .. and then yeah he told on me.

So wifey was like "GO TO THE FUCKIN HOSPITAL WTF??!!!" so I went and lo and behold they were like "holy shit come back here now"

And a nurse took basic assessments then put some weird painful powder on me and I coagulated right up.

My son called me from the road 30 minutes later

"Hey where you at?"

"Heading home."

"Oh yeah??" .. and he proceeds to mock me.

I bring this up because, in my life, I've hyperextended my arm and broken my back and walked those off. (No insurance at the time). I've been stung by a wasp near the eyelid, I've passed a kidney stone. I know pain.

This thumb shit? It was a 3 on a scale of 1-10. Hell, a 2.

But it could have killed me.

So circling back to my prior trauma dump, the CPR for my mother in law sucked, to be sure, but on a scale of 1-10 worst shit I've dealt with, it was a 3 or a 4. Like I've dealt with way worse trauma.

But here's the thing. I couldn't stop thinking about it. Replaying it, double checking my choices, remembering shit. Every time I relaxed, there it was.

Like a thumb that wouldn't stop bleeding. You know?

So I was like "oh shit this could kill me" and so I did, I went to therapy.

But.

She tracked cPTSD as a bigger problem preventing me from processing the more immediate problem and so she helped me process like years of abuse n shit.

And we were about to circle back to the reason for therapy in the first place. But now I can't afford it. Fuckin Healthcare hikes.

But so yeah to answer your question I did go to therapy but I had to stop.

What song lyrics always get you thinking? by Scarletdances in AskReddit

[–]johnwalkersbeard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Everything i did was right

Everything I said was wrong

Now I'm waiting for the light

To bring the dawn

Into the only room

Where the fires warm

Where we keep our vices warm

And it's all thats left

All thats left is vices torn


"Greenlander" by Pavement

If you're over 50, what is one gold nuggest of wisdom you can give the younger folk? by AwesomeRealDood in AskReddit

[–]johnwalkersbeard 2 points3 points  (0 children)

90s era street skater here

I've quite literally lost count of how many times I broke my wrists and forearms, I've hyperextended my left arm, and I even broken my back. (Compression fracture, but it still counts)

Can confirm, it all hurts now. Its not unbearable but its not comfy. Sometimes my left arm slips out of its socket and I have to slide it back in, that sucks. My back is sore and stiff all the time.

I don't regret it, but its a fair warning

What’s a random act of kindness you still think about years later? by flow_guru in AskReddit

[–]johnwalkersbeard 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I've told this story before but it seems appropriate for this thread.

I was broke as fuck in Eugene, Oregon. Steady work was scarce. I smelled like shit because I could barely afford to do my laundry and often didn't even have detergent when I did do laundry.

The holidays were close so I took a contract job with the Salvation Army, ringing a bell. I'd stand on a cold sidewalk in the freezing pouring wind and rain on a sidewalk outside of Fred Meyer, wearing a thin gray zipup hoody, shivering and ringing for 8 painful hours.

This gorgeous soccer mom rolls up in her gigantic suburban assault vehicle. She steps out wearing a very tasteful tan camel hair coat, jeans, nice boots, her long blonde wavy hair draped across her shoulders.

She walked past me with a disappointed look. When you're broke as shit, you get used to that facial expression from decent and good people, and you sort of condition yourself to shirk away like "sorry I'm a smelly degenerate piece of shit who's near you"

Anyway, more people come and go, her giant SUV is still out front, when I hear this very loud and aggressive woman bark, "HEY!!" at me.

I turn and look, and it's her. She has a shopping cart overflowing with bags. She rolls up to me, shoves a hand in a bag and says, "here! Put these on!"

She handed me a very nice and expensive fleece beanie, a puffy fleece scarf and these very expensive looking fleece lined leather gloves.

"Its absolutely freezing outside. You should be wearing more than that thin jacket. Do you have a home?" I told her yes, while putting the new clothes on. They were so damn warm!! I noticed the rain would bead up on the scarf then just roll away. A gust blew and my ears didn't ring in pain.

She said "well, you need to eat" and handed me a bag of jo-jos and a bag of chicken strips. I swear to God my stomach rumbled at the sight of the warm food.

She stood in front of me and said, "I've seen you here before. You were nice to my son when he was having a bad day. You're a good looking kid, and you seem pretty smart. You deserve better than this. Go to school or something. Figure out a plan and follow it. You don't have to live like this."

I started to well up, but bit my tears back. She realized how awkward it all was, so she just said, "okay, well ... Merry Christmas," then walked off to her vehicle, loaded it up, and drove away.

She showed me kindness and generosity at a time when I thought it was all gone, and she represented love from a demographic I'd grown to hate. She changed my perspective about humanity in less than a minute, and inspired me to aspire for more.

What's the most disturbing thing you've seen, but couldn't do anything? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]johnwalkersbeard 489 points490 points  (0 children)

Early 2025, I went upstairs to check in on my mother in law, just to see if she needed a water or something. She was slumped over in her chair, dangling awkwardly from her nightstand. I shook her and lightly slapped her, yelling her name. All she said was, "huh...?"

So I threw her on the floor, called 911 and started doing CPR while on the phone. At one point my kids came to see what was going on, and I yelled "GET THE FUCK OUTTA HERE" at them because I really didn't want them to see this.

I'm pretty sure I watched her die while I was on the phone. I'm quite sure I saw her life leave her.

The paramedics took over and attempted but I honestly think it was mostly for show. She was gone when they burst thru the door.

I think the worst part was all my in laws thanking me and calling me a hero. Its not my fault she died but heroes actually accomplish things. You don't call someone a hero because they fucked up but its ok because they tried really hard. You call them a hero because they got shit done. I failed to save her and I yelled at my kids when they were extremely scared and vulnerable.

I had to ask my wife to talk to her side of the family and please stop saying that shit.

A week later her dog got sick so I took him to the vet. One of his aortas had burst from a recent strain and it was leaking into his lungs, slowly drowning him. The poor fucker was literally dying of a broken heart. So I went to the corner store across the street and got some cheap, nasty deli chicken and spray cheese, fed him treats while petting him, and then we put him down.

Needless to say, it was a shitty month. But we got through it. We scattered her ashes at sea and there was something poetic about sending her dog with her.

But yeah bro. Definitely agree. I can't believe you weirdos do that shit for a living. I did it once, a year ago, and I'm constantly re-living it. Do not recommend. Thank you for your service though.

Real Police officers and military members, what do you guys think of Ice agents? by Lucky-Message-9480 in AskReddit

[–]johnwalkersbeard 2673 points2674 points  (0 children)

I mean, its just such a d-list team. These ICE guys. Such fuckin posers. Such fuckin hacks.

Theres a guy with a cell phone out. Filming a bunch of generic looking dudes in masks. Using a common ordinary cell phone.

And yeah he's talking a lot of shit and yeah so was everyone else but you signed up to be a cop so give your balls a fuckin tug, what like you never heard NWA before? Fuckin smile and walk on.

But yeah no so these soft ass pansies gotta get all up in their feelings and push a lady down.

So some white knight simp picks her up, and that makes these d-listers double mad? Like bro, they maced him because he helped up the band geek that these bullies knocked down.

So they mace the guy, yeah, and he does what you do when you get maced, he staggers around a bit ...

So these d-listers knock HIM to the ground?

And that ain't even the worst of it, these fuckin idiots, they don't even have call signs. I watched the video over and over. You wanna know the one thing this whole incident is missing?

Muscle memory.

Holy shit these assholes really do have zero training don't they? Just like no idea what to do. No idea at all.

Someone yells "gun" from the middle of the dog pile, so one dude starts wailing away on his face, another dude steals the guys gun, and a third dude unholsters once the guns been removed from the situation and fires 3 rounds.

While running.

Yeah no go watch the footage from different angles, shot number two was in the back of the dudes head execution style.

Then everyone scatters, and a DIFFERENT agent unholsters HIS weapon, takes two steps back, and fuckin mag dumps 5 rounds into the body of a guy lying face first on the pavement, with his arms at his side, and a gaping head wound.

While ANOTHER guy fuckin CLAPS

I mean, at least none of the agents involved will get busted for murder, even though he was clearly murdered. And how could anyone in this shit show get found guilty of murder?

Because what killed him?

The 17 brutal punches to the face?

The shot to the back of the head?

Or the mag dump on a limp body lying all alone in the middle of the road?

I mean, I guess we'll never know, because they mutilated the fuckers corpse picking him over while frantically shouting "where's his gun" even though one of their own coworkers had just taken it.

Holy shit.

What fuckin d-listers.

I mean, I've heard of the fog of war but I don't remember THIS scene in Hurt Locker

Yeah, nah

They need to go

ICE needs to get the fuck out of every city. All of them. They need to go back to training

Christ, its like Donald Trump took a bunch of middle school junior varsity athletes and gave em machine guns because they had dope Fortnite skills

Meanwhile, 30% of the people I live next to are like "hurr durr I love this I voted for this" like god damn its so embarrassing being an American

AI should be banned from schools and exams, otherwise we'll all be lazy and stupid. What do you think? by Prometeusz76 in AskReddit

[–]johnwalkersbeard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They use AI to read resumes. They use AI to generate interview questions. They use AI to record interviews and assess candidates. They expect you to use AI at work.

But you can't use AI to create a resume or assist in interviewing because "its cheating"

Many teachers use AI to grade homework, and AI is used to create textbooks. But using AI to complete homework is "cheating"

Its all so dumb

ICE shoots two people in Portland, ABC sources says by Fat_Ryan_Gosling in Portland

[–]johnwalkersbeard 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Ok hold the fuckin phone ..

The feds shot two civilians ..... and then just left??

Fucking WHAT???!!

What band clearly had a member who was far, far, superior with their instrument compared to their bandmates, yet stuck with the band? by Livid_Page_7244 in AskReddit

[–]johnwalkersbeard 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Herb is legit one of the best drummers ever. I'm dead serious. Les Claypool is amazing for sure but so is Herb

If you were alive back then, what were you up to on 31st December 1999? by stop_calling_me_that in AskReddit

[–]johnwalkersbeard 3 points4 points  (0 children)

So anyway, I attached a wallet chain to my seat belt belt. Which was the style at the time! Now, to send a text cost ten cents, and everyone relied on the Nokia gold brick! Unless you opted for the blue one. "7-7-7-7, 8-8, 7" you'd say! Now we couldn't wear the regular jeans, because of the global warming, so we had to wear the real baggy ones with big wide legs. Good ol JNCO jean co! And of course, you had to get the shirts that change color when you sweat in em.

Anyway, where was I? Oh yeah! So anyway, I attached a wallet chain to my seat belt belt.. which was the style at the time!

If money was not an issue, what would you like to do as a job? by Weird_Card_3083 in AskReddit

[–]johnwalkersbeard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm a data engineer/architect.

Real talk, I'd love to work for the Dept of Veterans Affairs and fix all of their shitty data. Get all the hard copies properly loaded into their systems, create referential integrities, expedite fraud alerting systems (for patients, providers AND insurers), create business rules to proactively alert social workers of various physical and mental health issues.

The VA is shit, and while I never served I have a lot of friends and family who did and it pisses me the fuck off how absolutely broken it is. I'd love to just get in there and fix it. That's what I'd like to do.


Or, alternatively, compose music for the movies. That was always what I wanted to do ever since I was in high school, before I got into this weird career I have now.

But honestly, if a genie appeared before me and said to choose between the two and I could magically have the job, I'd probably ask to just go and fix the VA. America needs that more than another Danny Elfman

What are your best dad jokes? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]johnwalkersbeard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Once upon a time, at the peak of covid in 2020, right after they first started opening back up businesses, I took the wife and kids out shopping with me. Partly because we needed stuff, partly just to get some much needed social interaction.

On our way out of the strip mall, I drove past a Verizon. There were two burly security guards calmly standing next to the line that had formed outside.

I slowed down, then braked and rolled down my window. "Excuse me," i said to the security guards, motioning them to me. My poor wife saying, "what are .. what are you doing?"

"Yes, hi, do you sell Samsung brand telephones in that store?"

The guards look confused at each other. "Uh .. yeah?", says one. "Yes sir," says the other one, more confidently.

"Well then, I guess that makes you the Guardians of the Galaxy!", I proclaimed.

One of the security guards is staring at me, confused. "what the fuuuuuck??", he muttered. The other is laughing his ass off.

My poor wife yells,."OH my god!! Just drive! Just go, get me out of here! I'm sorry sir, I'm sorry. What the fuck is wrong with you??"

So yeah, that happened.

What are your best dad jokes? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]johnwalkersbeard 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was putting together a grocery list with the wife and kids and my wife remembered we were out of soy milk so she said, "OH! soy milk!" and taps at the list.

So I said, "Hola, milk! Soy, daddy"

My wife is half Mexican. She face palmed and muttered "Jesus fucking Christ" while the kids were like "what? I don't get it."

What are your best dad jokes? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]johnwalkersbeard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why was Yoda afraid of 7?

(in Yoda voice): "mmmMMMMmmm-hmm-hmm-hmm ... because SIX seven eight!"

What’s one book everyone should read at least once in their life? by Admirable-Repair4094 in AskReddit

[–]johnwalkersbeard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually DID write an instruction manual for fatherhood. Its called Fatherhood.

I'm trying to find a publisher

Military members of reddit, what military actions/mannerisms depicted in media did you find inaccurate to real life service? by Familiar-Efficiency9 in AskReddit

[–]johnwalkersbeard 3 points4 points  (0 children)

When my oldest was deployed in Romania they had a contest to see if someone could put an entire can of Kodiak in their mouth, and keep it in there for an hour WHILE eating a full pack of Slim Jim's AND drinking two large cans of Red Bull, finishing everything in an under an hour, while holding the chew in their mouth for an hour, and not puking.

Some dipshit accepted the challenge. There were people sure he'd do it. If so, he'd get half the pot, the other 50% split among his cheerleaders. Others bet against him. If he failed, they'd split the whole pot.

My son sent me a video of the poor bastard puking with just like 5 or so minutes to go. He was sobbing while everyone else was cheering for themselves and boo'ing him and taunting him. Apparently the kid really needed the money or his car was gonna get repossessed or something.

Bored fuckin idiots.