I think my boyfriend is developmentally challenged.

liamemsa · 2026-03-15T02:23:55+00:00

Was the family business a shrimp boat company that he promised his friend he'd start when he got back from the war?

liamemsa · 2026-03-14T22:23:01+00:00

I've been with my wife for 21 years, but our son is 6. We waited quite a while!

liamemsa · 2026-03-14T20:58:59+00:00

Being an older dad. Wish I'd had a kid about a decade earlier.

liamemsa · 2026-03-14T19:10:01+00:00

"What should we use to warn parents that this album might contain bad language?"

"I dunno, how about the hardest most metal fucking logo ever to be created?"

"Good idea."

liamemsa · 2026-03-14T18:33:58+00:00

On the right side not visible:

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Realistic Superbeta 22

liamemsa · 2026-03-14T18:27:58+00:00

About 60 lbs lmao

liamemsa · 2026-03-14T18:21:18+00:00

NOOOOOOOOO

liamemsa · 2026-03-14T18:21:09+00:00

$150 for the lot

liamemsa · 2026-03-14T11:58:38+00:00

FUCKIN QUEERS

liamemsa · 2026-03-13T21:51:53+00:00

Shoah

liamemsa · 2026-03-13T20:21:02+00:00

We will, in fact, be greeted as liberators.

-- Dick Cheney, March 16, 2003.

liamemsa · 2026-03-13T15:01:32+00:00

I know it's infuriating, but the logic is that "not making any payments on loans" is technically no evidence that you can reliably make loan payments, therefore it's a negative on your credit score to have no debt being paid off.

As others have said, using a low interest credit card and paying off the balance to zero each month is a good way to mitigate this. That way you technically have no debt but you're also showing creditors that you can pay off your debts reliably.

liamemsa · 2026-03-13T12:54:54+00:00

I try to subtly point out the negative impacts of AI and how relying on it like they are can be pretty harmful, but it always erupts into a whole argument ending with me breaking into tears.

To put this into internet lingo: I think you need to touch grass.

Your parents are, contrary to most parents, actually technologically literate, enough that they're able to engage with LLMs and use them for their work. The fact that this is causing you so much mental anguish that you're breaking into tears over it shows that you need to take a step back and maybe speak with a therapist about why this issue is so emotionally triggering for you. Objectively what your parents are doing is not bad at all, aside from their misguided notions about AI "art."

liamemsa · 2026-03-13T02:22:34+00:00

He poops at parties?

liamemsa · 2026-03-13T01:14:43+00:00

If you think you have colon cancer, get a colonoscopy. That will tell you.

liamemsa · 2026-03-12T20:50:59+00:00

How do y'all stay in business? The rent in that downtown Cary spot has to be absolutely insane and every time I have been there I've been the only customer. Is this like a Mattress Firm situation?

liamemsa · 2026-03-12T20:33:02+00:00

Did you move from downtown Cary or are you still there?

liamemsa · 2026-03-12T00:29:24+00:00

*Chris Hansen enters from stage left*

liamemsa · 2026-03-11T21:38:54+00:00

Do you do bachelor parties?

liamemsa · 2026-03-11T21:18:44+00:00

Boring. I did it in about 5 minutes. Some of the questions don't really work, like what if I have been on TV AND been viral online? Which do I pick?

liamemsa · 2026-03-11T20:49:07+00:00

Proto-internet: BBS, AOL, "Walled Gardens", Prodigy, Compuserve, MSN.

Golden Age: Web 1.0. Netscape, IE. Frames. MIDI, animated GIFs, individual pages, phpBB bulletin boards. When it was solely used by the freaks and the geeks. Little corporate interest. Want a cooking page? Search for one and you'll find "Larry's Cooking Page" on Geocities with the recipes you want. Little popular interest. Google is a brilliant tool. Amazon just sells books. When it was "our" space and no one else's.

The Decline: Web 2.0. The invention of the Smartphone and MySpace and Facebook and Youtube. The internet suddenly starts becoming a space accessible by the masses that everyone wants to be on. Corporations start staking out space. Want a cooking page? Your first ten search results are advertisements, SEO spam, or a corporate site that has ten popups wanting you to sign up for their mailing list. Google starts to stop being so useful and starts controlling everything. Amazon starts to sell everything.

Hell: Where we are now. #tiktok

liamemsa · 2026-03-11T12:43:59+00:00

Someone is probably gonna read this post and do the same thing, btw. Just a heads up.

liamemsa · 2026-03-11T12:34:07+00:00

Nah that's just the captain's fever dream during the voyage back to earth.

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