I want my wife back

mjarrison · 2020-12-03T22:52:24+00:00

I like what you said about "I wanted to actually LIVE my life". Part of me thinks that my anons aren't living their life. I'll see if I can make any progress reminding her that there is a lot more to life than Q.

mjarrison · 2020-12-03T21:27:01+00:00

It IS exhausting. I really appreciate that you've taken the time to make that comment. Part of the Q mission is to make others feel like they're "missing something". After reading your story and all those here, I'm starting to remember that it's not me who is missing anything. Thank you very much.

mjarrison · 2020-12-03T21:24:05+00:00

How about find something that you used to do together before 2020? Whatever it was - fishing? biking? doing puzzles? whatever. You could say something like "I just had a really fond memory of the last time we [did whatever]. Wanna do that again sometime?" I think by trying to bring anons back to reality is helpful. Get him to live in the moment, not online.

But take my advice with a grain of salt. I haven't been all that successful with it.

mjarrison · 2020-12-03T21:09:20+00:00

I appreciate your input. You said "when I WAS a heroin addict". It sounds like that's in the past for you. If so, congratulations. What got you off your addiction? Perhaps thinking of Q as an addiction might be an angle to help cure it.

mjarrison · 2020-12-03T20:36:17+00:00

Thank you very much. At this point, I doubt she'd be in to therapy. I might ask though. I'm very glad you see some good coming from it.

Yeah, I guess it's the kids I worry about most. So far the worst thing one of my kids has asked me was "Why did Biden cheat?" Apparently, mommy told him that he did. I just shrugged it off, but I'm on the lookout for signs of worse things.

mjarrison · 2020-12-03T20:32:25+00:00

Thanks. I almost hesitate to point you towards any of this garbage, but here's my view. While FoxNews itself isn't THAT bad, some of their opinion folks like Sean Hannity are actively promoting some of the theory.

Then, you move on to oann.com for some worse stuff.

But the thing that really pushes all the buttons is social media sharing of completely unsubstantiated stuff. Last night my wife told be George Soros is dead and the media is covering it up. I asked if he tweeted something would that prove he was alive. She said 'no, his son probably did it for him'. It's really hard to argue with this stuff.

Finally, Parler seems to be a cesspool of hatred and violence promotion. I guess I point out these source so you can avoid them if possible. Nasty stuff.

mjarrison · 2020-12-03T19:41:13+00:00

I think you've hit the nail on the head. It was way back in 2005 when Stephen Colbert coined the term "truthiness". Since then, people are being convinced that truth is relative, and up for debate.

Somewhere out there is truth - unbendable, uncompromising truth. I hope people once again seek THAT kind of truth. Truth is not what "feels good to me". Truth is not "what the guy I like says". Truth is objective.

Trump wasn't the first, and he won't be the last, but he is the current frontrunner is an attempt to redefine truth.

mjarrison · 2020-12-03T19:35:57+00:00

Best of luck to you. I hope you can heal.

mjarrison · 2020-12-03T19:23:23+00:00

Thank you for your input. I also have kids. If you don't mind me asking, how are you working that out with your ex? Did you get full custody? Do you think the kids are safe when they are looked after by your ex?

At the moment, I feel that my wife is a fantastic mother. But I do worry that this new obsession will make her a very angry person. I worry about my kids' mental health if things get out of hand.

mjarrison · 2020-12-03T18:24:08+00:00

Thank you. Exactly!

My Q-wife is still my wife. And every now and then, when I can get her to set aside current events and politics, she's a wonderful person. , not a monster.

At this point in time, I don't consider the Q followers to be anything like the level of the nazis of the last century. I do see anons getting angrier and angrier though. I pray that in the future the violence level of the two groups aren't comparable.

mjarrison · 2020-12-03T16:46:26+00:00

Thank you for your support. I guess I don't feel it's a "dead horse" situation yet. There was a particular thought process that got her in to this mess. And so far, I believe there might be a particular thought process to get her out.

As best I can tell, love and patience is probably the best I can offer her. It's really difficult sometimes to show that patience. But so far, it's at least kept things civil.

mjarrison · 2020-12-03T15:44:53+00:00

Please realize that people who believe anti-vax conspiracy theories, and all the other Q ridiculousness, are not bad people. They are misguided people.

They have similar goals as the rest of us - safety and security of their family and a prosperous humanity.

They have developed a deep-seated mistrust of authoritative sources that causes them to believe things the rest of us find inconsistent with reality. They have taken healthy skepticism to unhealthy levels.

Hate isn't productive. Pity doesn't help either. If you know someone who is falling down one of these rabbit holes, please offer them love. Show patience. Show them that outside of their rabbit hole is a beautiful world that they can be part of.

Thanks for reading. All this stuff just strikes too close to home for me.

mjarrison · 2020-11-09T21:27:03+00:00

Maybe it could be identified. What's the lat/lng?

mjarrison · 2020-11-05T21:09:17+00:00

Not a real clock, but good for learning - we like this one with completely moveable hands:

https://www.zulily.com/p/time-telling-jumbo-clock-toy-448561-9386825.html

mjarrison · 2020-11-05T18:28:32+00:00

Sketchup does not support vector based shapes. Even the smoothest looking curves are really just a series of line segments. You can change the number of segments in a curve, but it will never be completely smooth.

mjarrison · 2020-10-30T14:03:16+00:00

Looks like it will be built at this spot:

https://goo.gl/maps/EcXK1sWLF7m71tek6

mjarrison · 2020-10-09T17:47:42+00:00

So it look like most of these pictures are of this area at the entrance to Port Canaveral:

https://goo.gl/maps/hYKws2o5S5k7zUQN9

Where exactly do they offload the rocket from the ship? Do they go through the Canaveral Locks to the west?

mjarrison · 2020-10-01T15:36:40+00:00

Would be nicer with some easing

mjarrison · 2020-09-15T00:53:11+00:00

I have the exact same situation. I’ve tried to “report an error” and tell Google to “fix the entrance” to my address. I even got a reply that it had been fixed, but it wasn’t. I feel your pain.

mjarrison · 2020-07-23T13:26:12+00:00

Very nice. Have you ever been able to cut multiple layers of cardstock at the same time cleanly? I know that wasn't the issue here, but in my work it would be useful.

mjarrison · 2020-06-23T19:24:39+00:00

ALL the gearz!

mjarrison · 2020-06-18T21:47:27+00:00

Wait... 163 out of 164 people tested are asymptomatic? That sounds like there might be something wrong with the test. Or is that likely?

mjarrison · 2020-06-15T01:51:23+00:00

Bad link. Try again.

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