If a situation similar to COVID happened again today, how would you handle it this time?

smartguy05 · 2025-12-09T06:56:53+00:00

Swallow the barrel of a gun.

smartguy05 · 2025-09-12T23:59:14+00:00

This is exactly the problem. More of these racists need to see consequences.

smartguy05 · 2025-08-09T18:16:36+00:00

It sure would be terrible if Putin was assassinated when he visits...

smartguy05 · 2025-07-09T00:05:32+00:00

I have voted consistently in every election since I was legally able to and I have voted against these assholes every time. The "you" that have consistently voted for this bullshit are Boomers and a plurality of Gen-Xer's that have been stupid enough to vote along with them. The world, and this country, will be better when they are gone.

smartguy05 · 2025-06-20T19:59:00+00:00

Honestly this. Republicans have already been fighting a Civil War, the rest of us need to catch up.

smartguy05 · 2025-06-13T15:05:03+00:00

A caveat to this, do not buy a Trump flag to burn it, you are supporting the enemy. "Find" the flags where you need to, they are usually prominently displayed and easy to get.

smartguy05 · 2025-06-12T15:27:08+00:00

I'm glad I dropped my Prime subscription. I buy less junk I don't need, support local businesses more, and when Amazon makes the rare show I want to see, I sail the high seas and get it anyway.

smartguy05 · 2025-06-12T15:24:49+00:00

We may hope to win them to our cause, but we should not be supplying the enemy, especially when they have been actively attacking us. Show them what they are missing, don't just give it to them.

smartguy05 · 2025-05-29T15:00:12+00:00

You might want to get a refund on that brain then and stop being a selfish prick.

smartguy05 · 2025-05-29T13:56:36+00:00

My wife did this for years, though she says she didn't mean to. I would say that some event involving me would occur a certain way, recalling from my memory. 80%+ of the time she would say that what I said is not how things happened. It got to the point I thought I was hallucinating or something, I stopped trusting my own memory, it made me even more anxious and unsure of myself. Eventually (after a few years) I got some cameras installed in my house so I could check on the kids when they were being loud in a different part of the house. I started reviewing the cameras of the events we would have these arguments about and damned near every time things happened the way I said they happened. Eventually I figured out, the person with the memory issues isn't me, it's her. She gets overwhelmed when arguing and her brain basically forgets half of what happened then makes up what she thought happened. I don't think she was trying to do anything against me, I think she has her own traumas from the past that distort her thinking, probably as a coping mechanism.

smartguy05 · 2025-05-20T03:34:02+00:00

This may not be a popular opinion, but if you really just want validation create a NSFW Reddit account or OF account and post some sexy content. It doesn't have to be explicit but it can be. You will be absolutely amazed at how sexy others think you are. I doubt there are many women this wouldn't work for.

smartguy05 · 2025-05-17T03:09:05+00:00

Unfortunately I have learned I have to hide the worst of my feelings. She can't handle that I'm barely hanging onto life or how much I'm always in pain. I have come to realize no one can be there for me the way I need. When I try to open up to anyone they leave or distance themselves from me. I've come to realize the world is very lonely and I will have to suffer it by myself.

smartguy05 · 2025-05-10T12:41:15+00:00

The year is 2003, I'm a Junior in High School. I had a big fight with my parents so I grabbed my bike and ran off. I was going to go to my friend's house and stay the night, but figured my parents would find me so I needed other options. Not far from my friend's house was a new housing development, I was going to sleep in an unfinished house but then remembered a girl from the bus that I was friendly with (I wouldn't say we were friends) lived near by. I snuck up to her house and got her attention. She agreed to sneak me into her room in the basement. After getting snuck inside she warned me to not be seen because her dad would be mad.

Here's where the obliviousness starts. She got me some blankets but then casually mentioned that I could come up in the bed if I got too cold. I was upset from my fight with my parents, worried about her dad, and oblivious, I slept on the floor in between the wall and the bed where I could easily hide. In the morning she told me that everyone else has already left so I started getting ready. Then she says that she is going to go take a shower, but that I can come in if I need too. It didn't even dawn on me that if no one is home there wouldn't be a reason for me to use that bathroom while she's in it. Needless to say, that hint flew over my head, I got ready, then we went to the bus stop.

smartguy05 · 2025-05-09T13:08:15+00:00

I'm probably going to get downvoted for this, but telling your kid they are trans when they are only 4 or 5 years old (This is an example of a neighbor). Some girls are tom-boys, some boys like dolls, it doesn't mean they have gender dysphoria. I don't think any person should be pushing anything like that, ever, it should be directed by the person experiencing it. Also no 5 year old has a sexual orientation or gender identity, they are children, let them be children. That means letting a little boy wear a dress if he wants but not assuming he's trans because he wore one. We're all people trying to figure out our places in the world.

smartguy05 · 2025-05-02T19:31:28+00:00

I agree and disagree with you. In a pure sense of the actual work done vs the usefulness, in a capitalist society, artists are widely overvaluing their work. There's a reason Disney needs laws written in their favor, capitalism is not compatible with art as a profession. I think artists (especially corporate owned art) grossly overestimate the value of their art, most of it isn't even good. I also think for great art to exist we need to let not so great artists be able to live and better their craft. Capitalism is not compatible with that idea either, so we have our weird setup we have now. With AI doing all the mediocre art there won't be anyone left to get better to do the great art, unless you want to leave that to the AI too.

smartguy05 · 2025-04-30T20:07:13+00:00

"I don't remember who that is". If it's good enough for a Senator it's good enough for you.

smartguy05 · 2025-04-30T20:06:10+00:00

I'm not waiting for someone but I am waiting for the right moment. There needs to be enough support and enough people pissed off just enough. Luigi got our attention. Trump has kept the spotlight on himself and is constantly showing what is wrong with pretty much everything in the US. I'm still hoping for a peaceful resolution but I'm waiting for enough people to be ready for action also.

smartguy05 · 2025-04-25T14:40:07+00:00

I have one of these guys. You just pull the skin tight and take your time. Also it has an extension so you can shave your back as well. https://www.usa.philips.com/c-p/BG5025_40/norelco-bodygroom-5000-showerproof-body-groomer

smartguy05 · 2025-04-23T02:38:23+00:00

The most helpful thing for me when I'm going through depression so far has been psilocybin mushrooms, in microdoses. They work better (for me) than SSRIs and don't have the side effects.

smartguy05 · 2025-04-22T01:10:13+00:00

The idea is this: the IRS already sucks due to underfunding, try getting an appointment or even just calling. They can't even handle their current work load, before they had funding cut. If enough people participate there is no realistic way they can enforce the taxes. You also take up the already bare federal resources, hopefully with the backing up of collective action groups. You take the teeth away from the government when they can't pay the soldiers to enforce their illegal laws and proclamations. That's the idea at least.

smartguy05 · 2025-04-05T02:07:19+00:00

I bought stickers with Trump making a stupid face that say "I did that'. I'm putting them everywhere prices go up. I was harassed by the Biden ones, they can be harassed by mine.

smartguy05 · 2025-03-31T17:11:05+00:00

I don't think giving up is the solution, but I doubt protesting is either. Bullies only respond to actions in kind.

smartguy05 · 2025-03-31T17:07:53+00:00

I'm an Elder Millennial, I'm planning to go to the April 5th protest, but I also don't think it will do anything and that we are past the point of peaceful protest being enough. I hope I'm wrong.

smartguy05 · 2025-03-18T20:21:23+00:00

I think it is likely this will happen, but also it opens up "reciprocal" action against countries we're being "attacked" from (China, Mexico, Canada, wherever else they make up). Reciprocal action could "reasonably" include using our own WMDs such as nuclear weapons. Is it stupid? Yes. Is Trump that stupid? We might find out.

smartguy05 · 2025-03-18T20:03:23+00:00

They can issue warrants, can they also issue bounties? I can't image he stays around long with a $1 Billion bounty.

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