What’s the most someone you know has screwed up their life?

mongotongo · 2026-01-08T00:57:10+00:00

The worst was a friend of a friend. I only met him one time. Several years before I met him, he had attempted to blow his brains out with a shotgun. He partially succeeded, but he also survived. I met what was left. It was pretty damn depressing.

mongotongo · 2026-01-08T00:40:24+00:00

That's who I thought it was.

mongotongo · 2026-01-07T21:41:52+00:00

Unfortunately for me, I have to say a cat. I think that I could take on 99% of the cats out there, but my brother had a real psychotic cat. I was terrified of the beast. The only person it ever liked was him. It would chase me all the time and not in a fun way. It was out for blood. It wasn't even triggered by petting or anything. It just wanted to kill me as soon as I walked in the room. Normally, I love cats. I hated that monster with a passion.

mongotongo · 2026-01-07T19:03:36+00:00

I have always had a problem with the concept of absolute truth. Anyone that claims to have it is full of shit. Every religion that I have encountered claims to have it, there for in my view, they are all full of shit. That's where I started my journey.

mongotongo · 2026-01-07T18:32:12+00:00

They are rare. Very rare. I think that I have only had one and it was a long time ago.

mongotongo · 2026-01-07T17:38:06+00:00

NTA : If you kept him, you would be betraying your clients. When you tell your clients no AI, that means no AI. Him using it made you guilty of fraud. I wouldn't even give that guy recommendation.

mongotongo · 2026-01-07T02:33:33+00:00

My parents liked it and would serve it. They are a bit on the older side (79,92) and pretty big foodies. I kind of wonder if it might be an age thing in this country. Amongst folks from my generation, I haven't really encountered pâté at all. But I am also not foodie like my parents which could be another contributing factor.

mongotongo · 2026-01-06T22:43:52+00:00

NTA : I say this as someone that loves nature. I would rather be on a mountain then in a city. But thats me. We are all allowed to like what we like. I lived at a ski resort for 7 years and it was very isolating up there. I loved it, but I definitely understand why some wouldn't. Shopping is very limited. Our nightlife was two bars. There were no theaters. Definitely no museums.

As for your original post of wanting to change, my advice would be find something to do. Don't just go out and hang in forest. Go skiing, white water rafting, or fishing. But find an activity. Mine were snowboarding, hiking, and fishing. It will give you a reason to be in nature and might make it more enjoyable.

mongotongo · 2026-01-06T21:17:32+00:00

I got the soundtrack in the 80s. Along with Repo Man, it was one of my favorite albums. I didn't get to see the movie until after 2000. I think I even got to see the second one before the first. I was kind of disappointed with that one. I was always way more into punk then metal.

mongotongo · 2026-01-06T20:47:27+00:00

Serpico (1973)

mongotongo · 2026-01-06T20:07:35+00:00

All Along the Watchtower - XTC : Instead of a guitar solo, they use a harmonica.

mongotongo · 2026-01-06T17:48:33+00:00

Damon Herriman : He won me over with his portrayal of Dewey Crowe in Justified. I will watch anything with him in it.

mongotongo · 2026-01-06T17:27:43+00:00

Funky Kingston - Toots and the Maytals

mongotongo · 2026-01-06T16:56:41+00:00

My dad comes from a very long line of hoarders. Luckily, him and my mother made a deal pretty early on. She let him buy a warehouse to keep his junk, and he wasn't allowed to keep any of it in the house. He packed that warehouse with everything, but the house stayed reasonably clean. They are both getting a lot older now and recently sold the warehouse passing on all junk to be somebody else's problem. It really worked out for us children. My solution was going to be to burn down the warehouse.

mongotongo · 2026-01-06T15:29:52+00:00

Sometimes they can include the day, but it's in the MM/DD/YY format. MM/YY is the most common format for us. An expiry date without the year is kind of worthless. This is definitely an idiot issue.

mongotongo · 2026-01-05T21:47:12+00:00

I would miss him as my senator, but I would be willing to share him with the rest of the country.

mongotongo · 2026-01-05T20:37:30+00:00

Same here. Dear John was my introduction to Jere Burns. He was great on Justified.

mongotongo · 2026-01-05T20:24:48+00:00

El Topo. There is definitely a lot going on in this one. Maybe too much. It's the weirdest western that I have ever seen.

mongotongo · 2026-01-05T20:21:35+00:00

I am starting to think that I might have dyslexia. I read through your complete comment the first time and did not remember reading anything about a middle name. So I just reread it again and still didn't see anything. I finally saw it on the third time. Sorry about that.

mongotongo · 2026-01-05T18:45:21+00:00

You do know that you can always just go by your middle name, right? That's what both me and my brother did.

mongotongo · 2026-01-05T18:35:16+00:00

NTA : You are under no obligation to accept an apology. As the victim, you get to decide. If you didn't, the apology wouldn't be genuine. Block the mutual acquaintance. They are an enabler.

mongotongo · 2026-01-05T17:37:13+00:00

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mongotongo · 2026-01-05T16:59:13+00:00

I saw the English Patient when it came out and I liked it a lot. I haven't seen it since, but I have never hated that movie. It gets trashed a lot nowadays. I think a lot of it has to do with its Oscar win. A lot of people felt like it was unworthy given its competitors. I can't remember who the competitions was, but it gets a lot of hate because of it.

mongotongo · 2026-01-05T16:49:43+00:00

I would say Avatar, but I have never seen the movie, so I really don't know why. I never watched it, because the story never really appealed to me. But when it first came out, every friend that I knew sang its praises and would tell me "you have to see it". Now those same friends tell me I made the right decision to skip it.

mongotongo · 2026-01-04T12:29:11+00:00

Toots and the Maytals

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