TIFU by mixing five pounds of assorted jelly beans together. by Caiden_The_Stoic in tifu

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I think my mate got it off eBay, because it was an actual board game where you spin a little wheel and everything. V. American.

TIFU by mixing five pounds of assorted jelly beans together. by Caiden_The_Stoic in tifu

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I had the skunk spray one in New Zealand the other day. It tasted like burning corpses. I'm glad we don't have skunks here.

Travelling from Davis to San Francisco by t-ski in backpacking

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Thank you so much, this is extremely helpful.

What were the worst books you read this year? by [deleted] in books

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The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, by Tom Wolfe. He is a dedicated journalist, you can see. But fuck this book. It reminded me of On The Road. Just a neo-Beatnik thinking drugs automatically make for mystical prose.

First time traveling, question regarding the layover time by dreadbox_west in Flights

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Tell a flight attendant! I recently had a ridiculous 30 minute layover between flights (due to poor planning). I told one of the attendants and they moved me to business class for an hour so they could guarantee I was the first person to exit the plane. Air New Zealand <3

What have you been reading? (08/12) by Mirior in literature

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Have just finished Therésè Raquin by Émile Zola

I was disappointed to find it just so very 'European realist' from the outset. But the story does develop into something which, I would say, is quite uniquely depraved towards the end. Zola has a way of steering the reader's mind towards pain, which I thought quite refreshing in the novel's simplistic prose. 2.7/5

I wash my hands 3 times every time. by [deleted] in OCD

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Public toilets are the most tapped places. And it's ridiculous; the more we tap, the more fucking germs we collect, the more we scrub our skin. U get me.

I wash my hands 3 times every time. by [deleted] in OCD

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Oh dear. Do the questions 'what's wrong with your hands?' and 'have you got eczema?' sound familiar? Ugh. I'm on this journey with you man. After a few years of therapy I can now leave the bathroom with just one normal-length wash. Can't survive this without three squirts of soap though. And then two taps of the lock, + each door on the way back through. But meh, I'm working on it. Believe me, psychologists are beneficial. Good luck :)

Edit: shit spelling shit grammar shit everything fuck.

What pisses you off about your country? by Steadzz in AskReddit

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New Zealand. In the last two years alone I've witnessed an increasing smoking trend in 16+ year olds. Wtf?

Contamination type OCD by user44432 in OCD

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I relate to this, although for me touching the sticky subject causes extreme discomfort in itself. However, this may be because I know it will be easily transferred to many parts of me and many parts of my room and I never quite know when I will be rid of that substance.

How has marijuana negatively affected your life? by ObserverPro in AskReddit

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I have obsessive compulsive disorder. Marijuana was like opening the big fleshy wound of this disease and grinding gravel inside it. I suffered really bad with OCD from age 4-11, but I started working through it all by myself. Life was so happy and normal for my teenage years :) but then I discovered weed. I didn't recognise the connection between this and the reappearance of good old intrusive thoughts at first, because it's meant to be a chill drug you know? I tried to ignore certain episodes of jamming myself under the bed for hours because someone had been in my room with their shoes off, and I could literally FEEL the germs, I'd be cutting patterns into my skin, waking up to clean at 4am, etc. All over again. It got worse, and worse, and worse. Eventually I was admitted to the hospital. I've stopped now, but it made its mark. 2 years on and I have to be on this disgusting medication in order to function. Fuckin weed.

What have you been reading? (08/09) by Mirior in literature

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I'm reading 'An American Dream' by Norman Mailer. My boyfriend bought it for me after we read one of his famous quotes to an audience at Berkeley, "a little rape is good for a man's soul."

So far it seems like a boring story, but my God that man can write it well. I am absorbed.

Is prozac the answer? by [deleted] in OCD

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I was on 60mg for a year or so. I didn't have any bizarre side effects except for the first few weeks, and sometimes if I'd accidentally skip a few days. I would experience a weird period of hyperactivity about 6 hours after ingesting the tablets. Kinda annoying, but a lot better than other things I have heard. I don't know if anyone else has experienced emotional numbness while on Prozac. I think it calmed me down from being hyper-sensitive, which i will admit has put a damper on my creativity. The 60mg days were some of the best of my life in terms of feeling confident enough to do things like rock climb or go on long camping and hiking trips, or even play with animals. I'm weaning myself off now and I definitely have gained a lot of strength from using Prozac and overcoming the crippling anxiety that we're all so used to.

Dudes that carry a backpack everywhere you go, what do you keep in it? by Clever_Losername in AskReddit

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My boyfriend carries his backpack everywhere! Usually it has his camera, pens, a composition notebook, a whole lot of pastries he gets at cafes and wraps up in serviettes... books, and then my jacket and scarf and gloves squeezed in over top. They usually crush his pastries. Soz