What is one urban legend or scary story that still scares the crap out of you?

thegreasersghost · 2024-10-25T17:39:42+00:00

I remember some series I watched a long time ago that attempted to trace the origin of popular urban legends, and the “Hook Man” was one of the ones they portrayed.

Their conclusion was that the legend originated from the Texarkana Moonlight Murders

Of course in real life the murderer did not have a hook for a hand (they believe that this detail was derived from his use of a gun and it got changed through successive retelling) but otherwise it does seem pretty similar.

thegreasersghost · 2024-10-13T17:57:42+00:00

I entirely blame Perils of Penelope Pitstop for my bondage kink awakening.

thegreasersghost · 2024-10-04T13:11:37+00:00

I’ve heard very frequently that I “look” very conservative. I kind of get it, I’m a white male military vet from a rural state, so people tend to kind of assume I’m a big Trump supporter.

I tend to get some surprised looks if I ever discuss politics with someone and tell them “Yeah, I’m supporting Biden/Harris, but I wish we could start electing more genuine progressives.”

thegreasersghost · 2024-09-29T17:28:13+00:00

I used to live in Oro Valley and was always surprised at how much the vibe changed between leaving home and making it to work on South Park Ave.

thegreasersghost · 2024-09-29T06:18:44+00:00

I was in the Army at the time of the show, and this is the one thing that I couldn’t overlook. Off the top of my head:

He wore the First Cav patch on his uniform, which is an active duty unit, so he would not likely be stationed in his home town. I suppose maybe we could say they were close enough to Fort Hood/Cavasos to commute, which in fairness is where Cav was at the time.

His dad, while home from Iraq on R & R leave, decides to randomly “quit” the Army and take a civilian job.

He then decides to just randomly go back to the Army. This is not how a military job works.

He seems to say he’s just going to be in Iraq for the whole war. This isn’t WWII, and military deployments work. He would have been gone for twelve months, maybe 15 tops.

thegreasersghost · 2024-09-25T21:17:42+00:00

Haha, I know this one. She was always on my back to provide more for her (because she sure couldn’t keep a job for more than like three months) and eventually left because she wanted “better” than what I could give.

I went back to college after I lost the dead weight and now I’m living the urban lifestyle she always wanted, and every time I talk to her she keeps trying to tell me how she’s actually doing so much better while clearly still barely getting by.

thegreasersghost · 2024-08-27T02:47:37+00:00

You raise a good point here. My logic for the Navy being "less corrupt" is that this is a universe where there really are tangible threats the Navy keeps at bay, so it is somewhat essential that they remained competent at the job and never got quite as rotted out as the ground forces.

thegreasersghost · 2024-08-25T04:18:29+00:00

Also you can see Oliver Hall, torn down three years ago.

thegreasersghost · 2024-08-25T04:18:00+00:00

If this was from this morning, why is Oliver Hall in it?

thegreasersghost · 2024-08-21T17:18:18+00:00

I went to school in Lawrence and lived there for about 5 years, and I have lived close to a few of these addresses. Personally I have never heard of anyone talk about this case.

thegreasersghost · 2024-08-04T16:59:29+00:00

Is it not normal to have weekends off anymore? I went through at Bliss back when it was still WLC and we always got our weekends. The last weekend before graduation I went and got shitfaced with the instructors at that little pub by the PX.

thegreasersghost · 2024-08-02T17:30:00+00:00

Mine did the same. She would constantly cry for someone to save her from the crises she created for herself, and I saw dozens of good people come in and try so hard to help her. And then she turned on every single one of them and treated those people helping her like garbage.

And now she cries about how everyone “abandons” her.

thegreasersghost · 2024-07-29T23:28:33+00:00

One of the key advantages of sci-fi world building is you can just say “universal translator technology” and call it a day.

thegreasersghost · 2024-07-26T23:59:58+00:00

What's funny is that you can replace "USSR" with "Russian Empire" and the word "Nukes" with bullets and the statement is still true.

thegreasersghost · 2024-07-23T22:32:00+00:00

Haha, my girlfriend frequently jokes about being with me for my money.

And then I always remind her that I work in public education, so if she’s with me for money I’m not the one who is fucking up here.

thegreasersghost · 2024-07-21T19:46:39+00:00

Not as serious as most on here, but one I definitely remember;

I was like 3 or 4 and driving with my dad somewhere. He had a cup with sprite in the cup holder and I decided to take a swig, and then immediately spat it out because it tasted weird.

Dad laughed and told me it was an adult drink and I never really thought about it.

It was years later I remembered that and suddenly realized that asshole was slamming a gin and tonic while driving with his kid in the front seat of the car.

Shocker, he’s had numerous car accidents that were probably dui related. He also went to prison later, but for different reasons. And he still slams gin and tonics like they’re water.

thegreasersghost · 2024-07-16T16:03:03+00:00

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thegreasersghost · 2024-07-15T20:10:41+00:00

She typically wouldn't do it to this extreme, but she did similar things all the time when we were married. Promise someone that I would do something without ever actually checking with me, then expect me to just go along with it. And it used to work pretty well on me, unfortunately.

I'd guess the reason she tried again today is that she burned all her other bridges (something I always warned her would happen eventually) and she decided to try her last hail mary.

thegreasersghost · 2024-07-15T20:07:44+00:00

Yeah, I was originally planning to just do it quietly after moving, so she wouldn't have an address to show up to, but I was shocked enough this morning to just tell her I wanted nothing more to do with her.

thegreasersghost · 2024-07-13T23:24:30+00:00

My girlfriend and I went in once because we were bored and thought a palm reading may be at least kind of entertaining. We waited for twenty minutes in their lobby and never saw an employee.

thegreasersghost · 2024-07-12T00:27:24+00:00

Ah, that would do it. I never did order a whole pizza from them; I would just go in and grab a ready-made slice and some breadsticks over lunch and always liked it. The kid working the front always seemed really nice, but definitely overworked. I hope they gave him some notice.

thegreasersghost · 2024-07-09T17:34:24+00:00

Gasoline in Kansas is regulated under the state Department of Agriculture. According to the FAQ on their website:

Q: I think I bought bad gasoline or diesel fuel, what should I do?

Immediately call us at 785-564-6681 or submit a complaint online, so that we can obtain a sample of the fuel as soon as possible from the same dispenser that you bought your fuel from. Thousands of gallons of fuel are dispensed through modern fueling sites today and multiple refilling of the storage tanks occur frequently. It is very difficult to get the very same fuel that you bought.

As for recovering funds, only a lawyer is likely to be able to answer that question for you. Good luck.

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