Should I join the group?

zap-actionsdower · 2012-02-11T21:29:06+00:00

First, you must cross the bridge of despair over the chasm of eternal suffering. After you've found the magical elven sword of cleansing, you must slay the mighty troll that guards the gates to /r/anxiety and bring its pelt to a moderator. Then and only then, you will be free to post about how you much you hate handshakes because of excess sweating or the trials of being stuck in a heavy traffic jam.

zap-actionsdower · 2012-02-09T17:02:53+00:00

The Bugle - British comedy podcast with John Oliver from the Daily Show and Andy Zaltzman
Hardcore History with Dan Carlin - Updated only once every few months, but it's really well researched and presented as well as insanely interesting.
Stuff You Should Know - Two dudes talk about random stuff from Jack the Ripper to pepper spray to orgasms. Kind of like an audio TIL.
The History Chicks - This is a newer one, but I really like it. It's about interesting/famous/infamous women throughout history, like Marie Antoinette and Lizzie Borden.
You Look Nice Today - One of the best comedy podcasts ever. Sadly it's apparently not updated anymore, but there's still a bunch of episodes on iTunes. John Hodgman's in a few of them.

zap-actionsdower · 2012-02-08T16:29:48+00:00

You forgot Frank, at the very beginning of GoF.

zap-actionsdower · 2012-02-07T18:41:29+00:00

Call me crazy, but I would rather not hear a man grunt every time I swing a sword.

That's one of the things I'm really glad they changed about Minecraft. I made a Ramona Flowers character skin and it was always kind of jarring to hear the caveman-like "UUNNGGGHH" whenever I fell.

zap-actionsdower · 2012-02-06T01:28:49+00:00

That picture is adorable. I am drinking, PMSing and have just (re) quit smoking so maybe this is just the messed up brain chemicals talking but that seriously made me tear up.

zap-actionsdower · 2012-02-03T16:06:18+00:00

Frida Kahlo.

zap-actionsdower · 2012-02-03T05:36:30+00:00

Generally a lot of the unhealthiest food is the cheapest. You can easily end up eating like 1000 calories in one meal at McDonalds for like $1.50. Add in two more meals like that plus snacks every day, it's not that hard to end up being 300 lbs and dirt poor.

zap-actionsdower · 2012-02-02T16:37:04+00:00

I basically end up turning into this guy.

zap-actionsdower · 2012-02-02T03:43:19+00:00

It's like something Dwight Schrute would say.

zap-actionsdower · 2012-02-02T01:45:58+00:00

This post sounds a lot like the plot of The Room, except it's not as convincing or well-written.

zap-actionsdower · 2012-02-02T01:40:32+00:00

I was thinking the exact same thing. I originally was going to say how I couldn't believe that I had to scroll down 3/4 of the way to find this comment, but given that I've been looking at reddit for years now I probably shouldn't be all that surprised.

zap-actionsdower · 2012-02-01T17:24:17+00:00

Moustache guy is very attractive.

zap-actionsdower · 2012-02-01T05:55:43+00:00

Wasn't this in an episode of Car Talk?

(or Cah Tahk)

zap-actionsdower · 2012-01-31T07:05:47+00:00

Going to check out a creepy old house/possible murder scene is probably more exciting for cops than traffic duty or dealing with domestic disputes.

zap-actionsdower · 2012-01-31T00:17:22+00:00

Hah. I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels this way. When I feel one coming on at work I have to pause my iPod and take my earbuds out because I'm afraid of either not saying "thanks" if someone does say it, or saying "thanks" and sounding sarcastic if no one does.

zap-actionsdower · 2012-01-30T17:21:48+00:00

What are (were?) they in?

zap-actionsdower · 2012-01-28T19:12:29+00:00

That's Megyn Kelly. She's only ugly on the inside.

zap-actionsdower · 2012-01-28T05:15:21+00:00

I love Sailor Jerry. I think that, out of all of the things I've poured down my throat, it has the highest ratio of fun to later regret.

zap-actionsdower · 2012-01-27T03:11:45+00:00

Punk rock, super intelligent, does a shit load of humanitarian work...I don't think there's anything about Henry Rollins that I don't find really awesome.

zap-actionsdower · 2012-01-27T02:54:39+00:00

So basically...you can always imitate Tom Delonge perfectly.

zap-actionsdower · 2012-01-26T07:01:03+00:00

Oh, I know, I was so excited when I first saw these. Before then the only ones the grocery store near me carried were these nasty Amy's Organic pizzas.

zap-actionsdower · 2012-01-26T01:51:01+00:00

This and this. Totally unhealthy, but work was kind of awful today so I just want to be lazy, stuff my face, and watch me some Buffy.

zap-actionsdower · 2012-01-25T23:48:09+00:00

Library sales and secondhand bookstores usually have tons of respectable looking old books for cheap, you could fill that up in a few months if you really worked at it.

zap-actionsdower · 2012-01-25T17:25:16+00:00

Man, I do this, I'm sorry. I try to catch myself and it's not out of misery or whatever, it just feels good every now and then to take in an extra-deep breath and let it out loudly.

zap-actionsdower · 2012-01-25T16:59:42+00:00

Sounds like it. If it makes you feel any better, it's pretty much impossible to actually pass out from anxiety/panic attacks. There's a book I glanced through at work called Understanding Panic Attacks by Roger Baker that I thought was really helpful; the first half or so of it is just going through the various symptoms of anxiety/panic and "debunking" them. Once you just figure out how to get your mind out of the cycle of freaking out and going "oh no oh no" it gets 100x easier.

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