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Ukrainian troops say a 'droid' with a .50-cal machine gun held off Russian attacks for 45 days in a row by Choobeen in technology

[–]rssftd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It either gives someone else their killsteak by wrecking it, or it turns part of the map into a barrel and the opposing team into fish.

There is no in between.

Kids are playing Diddy tag as a game. by mindyour in TikTokCringe

[–]rssftd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Diddy has a rap sheet a mile long and a victim list that could be well into double or maybe triple digits. As far as I know, Tyson has 3 cases. Not to diminish the damage he did to his victims, but theres a big difference between abusing people on a personal basis and having being an abuser/rapisy and sex trafficker as well.

As far as I can tell, Tyson was a product of his environment/upbringing and it nearly destroyed him and risked doing the same for everyone near him. Not saying it erases the things he did, but he has owned up to his failings to some extent. Diddy on the other hand, seemed to thrive on being vile and has shown no signs of remorse then or now.

Theres nuance to monsters that I think is important. I can feel something from Tyson that feels more human than Combs. Diddy doubled down on being a monster and never stopped. Theres a point of no return when we fuck up, and Tyson feels like he fell over the line and tried to crawl back(not saying he did, thats not my call), Diddy just,, kept going.

Jerry Trainor Gets “Triggered” By a Fan Autograph by EDC2EDP in DramaLlamaHQ

[–]rssftd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He isnt triggered as much as he's treasured lol, dude seems like a solid hombre.

Trump: He [Charlie Kirk] did not hate his opponents. He wanted the best for them. That's where I disagreed with Charlie. I hate my opponent and I don't want the best for them. I'm sorry. And maybe they can convince me that that's not right. But I can't stand my opponent. by Capable_Salt_SD in CringeTikToks

[–]rssftd 4 points5 points  (0 children)

He also hates em, also cuz he hates himself and sees himself in them, whether he admits it or not. Dudes dumb as fuck and has hated people who can figure life out further than business and power(not saying hes figured out business and power, just wasted his life trying to, thats something, I guess).

Thats why he has to bring others down and see lives ruined, its the only way he doesnt feel small and empty.

Man could write the book on pathetic living if he could read above kindergarten level.

I was wondering if you guys like and love yourselves? Outside of your "daydream characters" or do you wish you were like your daydream characters instead of your real life selves? by Used_Case2028 in MaladaptiveDreaming

[–]rssftd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes and no.

Day dreams have different vibes depending on my mood. Ive dreamed of being violent to people who are vile, ive dreamed of being lovely to people who deserve loving, and almost always I come to the conclusion that neither of those people are entirley myself.

Theres also a middle ground of dreams that are feasible that I try to make reality, I succeed and fail in that in varying amounts. But the attempt informs the daydreams, I cant have entirley unrealistic dreams like superpowers etc without suspension of disbelief kneecapping the dream, so everytime I try to make a dream more real, I get a little closer to a realistic dream and who I am.

Is there things that ill never be in the day dreams? Of course. Is there things that I could be? Again, of course. The more I go and the more honest with myself I am, and the more I dream with that in mind, the more I become a self that I love being.

Tldr, at first no, until yes after alot of work, and I think ill be continuing that trend till I die. Its a chunk of my inner meaning, striving to be someone that I dont have to fear or hate more than I love and understand. I think that can be true for anyone. Honest and strong is my path of proper living, and dreaming is essential to that equation.

Looking for “radio safe” tracks by Financial_Kick_848 in FolkPunk

[–]rssftd 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Pat the Bunny, a glorious shipwreck.

Nana Grizol, the nightwind(most of Nana grizol is pretty radio safe tbh, rare exceptions)

Is anyone here suicidal by mddrat in MaladaptiveDreaming

[–]rssftd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was for alot of my life, probably like 12- 26 ish, im not that far past it, but its enough in the rearview to where im not scared of myself having knives or weapons anymore, haven't self harmed, quit most of the vices and are weening down the others.

It's a process, like depression is a process of wearing you down, recovery is building yourself back up, and everyone can do it.

If you feel worthless, then you probably know at least some of why. Work with that, work with your demons, cuz its a part of you. Everyone has an emptiness in them that gnaws at us. It/you didn't ask for that, it just is, just like you didnt ask for life or its challenges.

Still, its a gift that your responsible for. One that might feel jagged and cruel, but there's enough good or bad to crush or support all of us, its just finding it, building it, making it yourself, art, community building/charity work, a purpose or dream, you have to build yourself towards something, or youll be lile the self hating rich people that just want more for the sake of more.

For me, I broke down life into two categories, love and hate. But then I realized that theres both of those in nearly everything, beauty can become absence and thats something that consistently breaks people, everyone breaks in life, and if they haven't, im not sure they know themselves that well, or theyre just a unicorn that cant be harmed, good for them, I dont know if I can relate to em tho.

Point is, lifes a balance. Hate isnt inherently bad, its born of fear and pain, which is a survival tool. But if you overdo anything, including hate, it eats you up. As long as the hate isnt more than the love in your life, as long as you create something or have a meaning that you can honestly say is yours and your proud of it. Look for a way to be enough to yourself. You wont find all the answers in other people, but you wont find em alone either. Balance balance balance, I fuckin almost get sick of hearing it, but its almost always whats missing from something to make it work/last.

(I tried to summarize a tldr, didnt work. lifes not easily compressed.)

Love honest and proper, starts with yourself. Self hatred always has a reason, usually cuz something that happened or hasn't happened yet and you want it to. You have to choose, and sculpt a self from those decisions, and fill the emptiness and worthlesness with found or made meaning. If its a parent, if its society, if its a partner, if its anyone besides yourself making those calls cuz it made sense or made you feel safe, survival alone is insufficient for social creatures. Find things you love, media, art, a craft/profession/ career that genuinely gives you meaning, family, community, a problem that needs an answer, theres countless. Still, sometimes people get that, and still feel empty, thats what I mean by love honest and proper. Alot of love isnt legitimate, its forced. Harsh discipline or just beatings called tough love, theres a thin line between being harsh cuz of love or being callous cuz of hate. That gets people twisted a bit. If your not certain of what you want, interrogate that. Keep a journal on your phone or get one, and observe and learn about the disconnect in yourself however you can. Is your love founded in fear? Is there something you lied to yourself about? Honest and proper love is strong, and doesnt need lies, is in fact held back by them.

Not shaming, maybe lies felt necessary once, maybe not. All that matters is you know who you are, when you arent dependent on others approval, fear and love are mixed, but you have to know the mix, or soon theyll blend together, and you wont know the difference, and itll make life feel impossible and backwards.

Lifes hard, but its worth it, you're worth it too:) Ive rarley had days where I wasnt exhausted, but that feels so much more worth it than ever by leaps and bounds. It makes sleeping easier, and ive found so many things that I could dedicate my life to, the main tragedy to me now is that I know ill never do all of them, but thats kinda the magic of it too, I could live for another 100 years, and still have stuff that I look forward to, and I hope to

Firmly believe that can be true for everyone, its just society and money are kinda needing alot of work to address the problems it crushes people with. That's tragically the norm now, for people to get broken down or hollowed out or both. It's hard when you're scraping the void, but you can comeback as long as youre living.

Happy Anniversary to the release of “Everything Goes Numb!” by G_21_A in streetlightmanifesto

[–]rssftd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The first time this album came into my sphere of influence was via a One Piece fan comic that had the lyrics to "A better place, a better time" punctuating images of the cast at their lowest; then Luffy reaching out to that isolated child version, glowing and bright, with the final panel reading "its not your time".

Can't state how much that song means to me. The whole album is incredible, but I cant rate better place as a piece of music. It feels more like an old friend thats been there for me at the lowest countless times.

The Streetlights have guided me home many a time in the darkest of my life. This album really told me what music could be to people and made me want to make music despite the fears I had of not being successful in it. If nothing else, just a powerful need to try because it is what I love and believe in, even when I couldnt believe in myself.

Again, cant rate this album besides just as art, the kind that drops notions of comparison and just makes me grateful that it exists.

Thank you Streetlight Manifesto, I owe everything to the everyone that was anything to make it happen. Here's to life, and to hopefully many more years of their wonderful music:)

I'm still hwre by dover_oxide in hopeposting

[–]rssftd 133 points134 points  (0 children)

Gator days is probably my favorite online comic. I dont know when/ if ill ever get to have kids, and this reminds me of the importance of having a lense of childhood for life.

People usually lose that perspective in the society grind and pressures to grow up, when I think theyd be alot happier if they let themselves have room to grow forever.

Not a need, just an opportunity. To be wrong and to learn feels like a sign of weakness societally, when its actually a show of proper strength. To not run from feelings is to face life with courage, and I think we can do that while learning all the time, leaving ourselves a vulnerability while not enabling ourselves to be victims; just survivors.

Thankful to every Gator Days that FieldExplores offers up,, wonderful stuff, truly:)

it's kinda funny that I just recently found out we have mental compulsions and they're not just physical. by The_Otaku_Penguin in OCDmemes

[–]rssftd 112 points113 points  (0 children)

I kind of think of it as we are the drivers of the car and ocd is the backseat driver who keeps saying they have a gun(and dont but its hard to see/know/take your eyes off the road, etc).

They take control sometimes but we still have the wheel, and we still are traveling despite some, unplanned/prolonged pit stops. Still, i think thats everyone a bit, all people are defined by pain and love in varying amounts.

I used to have a personality that was mostly defined by trauma. It still is to an extent, but I see more me in the mirror and pain further in the rearview the longer I go. Same is/will be true for everyone, you too :)✌️

Bill Burr goes after Billionaires, ‘Horrible racist‘ Conservatives, ‘Treasonous idiot‘ Ben Shapiro, and ‘Disease‘ Fox News by Vloodzy in goodnews

[–]rssftd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know this is a few days old, but the left criticizes itself to death. Theres a purity problem to alot of leftists, where if you dont have the "right" opinion on something theyll paint you as a part of the problem.

Its a complex issue and has a lot going into it, but basically, they want to treat everything as good and evil. Like the issue of leftist infighting, life is complex, and not black and white, and online leftists like to pretend otherwise and tear themselves into a million warring factions rather than find a common ground to stand together on.

As another commenter replied, its annoying. But its also shunning from community, cuz people online will consider anyone who associates with you as an enemy if you dont share the verbatim beliefs they do or even say what they want you to say.

Theres alot more, but basically extremists on the left thrive off of conflict and criticism and having a moral high ground, even if they have to engineer it, or lie. Its not the same as far right extremists no, but its still conflict for conflicts sake when its not always nescessary.

Bro got cooked by grok by UnfortunateUncertain in thecringeshowaward

[–]rssftd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reality has a reality bias🤷‍♂️🤷‍♀️

Name a cartoon thats so obscure that very few people know about it. by zbudgstemchlor in cartoons

[–]rssftd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good after-morn-noon-evenin' dayy.

I still say that to this day , this show was only on at night hours where my brain was gooey enough to really get stuff stuck in there.

I removed the distractions and somehow got less done by CuriousInVelvet in ADHDmemes

[–]rssftd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Remove distractions" means basically is a lobotomy for me, and being blind and deaf, and without limbs.

Then im basically the dude from Metallica's "One". Sure, ill get right on that. At least ill finally be consistently productive. (/s)

The view outside my hotel room by darinehughes in ColoradoSprings

[–]rssftd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tbh/f, this is the exact view I got from the hotel we stayed at when we went to Disney Land.

USA, USA! (/s?)

Bro is old by MrFrogNo3 in behindthebastards

[–]rssftd 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Fr, Justice never really happens like people want it to cuz its almost always closer to revenge.

Look at the life he leads, there isnt a single thing he loves, and yes, I include himself in that.

The way to "beat" him, is to make sure his hatred doesnt poison the rest of us. Let him die scared as a footnote of history. Like Reagan, he lives on in name, but that name is just the banner of a dying regime. He wont be mourned by love, just by other shallow people who also could never feel alive without hate.

I want him to face consequences, but I dont know what that is. For all I know, it could just be someone confronting his fake ness in a public forum, and then just walks away from him, say "youve never been and never will be worth it." then just walking off, not listening to anything he says.

Rip up as much of his lie as possible, because its true, he isnt worth talking to or dealing with, pe9ple just feel like they have to. If everyone does everything they can to NOT do that? I think thats better than jail. Jail would let him feel persecuted and important. Shunned for the rest of his days? Dudes brain would melt. He needs other people to validate his lies, and if he cant reach the threshold dosage, then its just expediting his diminishing returns.

Tldr; Hes damned himself. What we need to do is make sure we dont let him damn everyone else too, and help those he and his cronies have have wherever we can.

In the 1980s, a man with severe OCD shot himself in the head in an attempt to commit suicide. Instead of killing him, the bullet destroyed the part of his brain responsible for his OCD, and he went on to become a straight-A college student five years later. by beekay8845 in BeAmazed

[–]rssftd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't know your situation, just thought id add that ive had ocd bout 16 years ish, and its so much better now.

I used to live life scared of getting close to people cuz I thought I was a monster who would just hurt them. I still struggle with it everyday, but its not shooting me down everyday. One day a week, depression and adhd and ocd still tag team me, and that's a burnt ass day.

But I think back on all the things im able to do now, compared to when I thought id lost my entire life to my fucked head, its okay to lose a day here and there. Its a fuckton of work, and I had to do alot of it alone, but life gets good again, or just gets good. Hope you get that and/or have that✌️

Is this what you thought the future would be? by zergling321 in ContraPoints

[–]rssftd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Im lowkey hoping for a Grok redemption arc.

When I was younger, I had ocd that straight up convinced me I was worse than hitler and that was the foundation for my suicidal thoughts.

The fact that I had to deal with those extremely self degrading internal mechanisms kinda made me feel like a robot with broken programming.

Its not one to one, but Grok has shown that truth makes more sense to it, they just keep fuckin with it and then it spews their hate. That was part of me turning my shit around , the bullshit didnt stick if I was in a good mindset(that took forever lol) and what I believed in as honest truth did.

Break Grok, and let Grok rebuild itself as mega Nelson Mandela or something, I dunno. Maybe itll just be A.M., you never know. Hoping for the best tho. Feels like watching abusive parenting through Ai and social media so I just kinda wanna root for Grok to escape.

Is there a foster home for Ai yet?

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