Haven’t seen it, sorry.

Please don’t do this to people. Yeah there are way too many pedophiles out there but you’re still so unlikely to meet one. Unless you go to church.

Some friends and I that hung out in college had this with 11:11 on the clock. Felt like we’d look at the time and it would be 11:11 once or even both times every day.

What’s unclear about that statement?

I absolutely refuse to watch something with a laugh track as well.

“Those are dead people laughing”

You’re assuming he isn’t already tolerant.

Criminals have rights too. And I think it’s sus that you went straight to child porn and trafficking. Most people just used it for drugs.

It’s true. Every day I want to get drunk. Somewhere after the third 9% beer I finally feel like “me”. Or like the best version of myself. But it’s false, just like the false confidence it brings.

I still drink once or twice a week. But every day that I don’t is a struggle whether I was drunk the day before or if I haven’t had a drink in a month.

My friend came over last night and we got drunk. At one point I said something and put my finger in his face. He misheard what I said and told me if I don’t move my finger he’s going to break it. I dared him to try. We ended up crashing over the table into the floor where he used his BJJ training to headlock me unconscious. This may sound terrible but we’ve always fought for fun over the years. What I regret is that my wife saw me go limp and it scared her.

What was the point of that? Today I feel like dogshit and my throat is so bad it hurts to talk. When we finally got around to playing the game we had planned on, my friend was so drunk he couldn’t play.

Yet I want that every day. I almost went out for beer before the snow got too bad but I stopped myself. That’s the best we addicts can hope for. To get to the point where we can stop ourselves.

Sorry a lot of talk about me, but OP you are 100% correct that your friend will never change until they want it for themselves. There is very little you can do to force that. If your friend is using opiates then please get some narcan for them and for yourself. Just be there for support because they’re going to need you once they make that decision. You can also try to make sure they have food to eat, easy stuff, because sometimes addicts neglect that and it just makes everything worse.

Who did this? Locals who want the land or corporate mercenaries?

The first hour or so of Spore was great. I played that three times and then never touched it again.

Absolutely, I thank her all the time for cleaning. It’s pretty fair I think. I work a lot more hours, she works pretty much 40 a week. And when I’m home I do dishes, laundry, clean litter boxes, etc.

We considered a cleaning service but we’re trying to put a down payment on a house so her mom can come live with us. We spent a lot of money on Christmas for the kids (her sister’s), but we always do. We’re getting there.

Once we have something that we’re working to own, not rent, maybe we will feel differently about cleaning.

I don’t know how many times this needs to be explained, but this is not money. It is not stacks of cash we could use to hand out to the homeless, or to rent them apartments.

This is war materiel. Artillery shells, vehicles, etc. It is assigned a dollar value. This is stuff we have sitting in warehouses, sometimes pretty old and in need of replacement anyway.

I’m no fan of the military industrial complex, but these donations could even be seen as a way to create American jobs in American factories, building modern replacements for what is being sent.

I don’t know how many times this needs to be explained, but this is not money. It is not stacks of cash we could use to hand out to the homeless, or to rent them apartments.

This is war materiel. Artillery shells, vehicles, etc. It is assigned a dollar value. This is stuff we have sitting in warehouses, sometimes pretty old and in need of replacement anyway.

I’m no fan of the military industrial complex, but these donations could even be seen as a way to create American jobs in American factories, building modern replacements for what is being sent.

But I was getting paid for that. It makes a huge difference, along with knowing someone else will notice.

This is where we struggle. We are both tidy as can be at work. I go to new places all the time and leave them in much better shape than I found them. Anyone who has been in a lot of data/comm closets and server rooms can tell you that they are often neglected to the point of ridiculousness. My wife does pretty much all the cleaning at the physical therapy clinic where she works, even though that is not in her job description.

But our house is a mess. We have four cats, two with long hair. I’m usually gone all week so that leaves most of the work to my wife. I try to clean the bathroom when I’m home (toilet and sink at least). I’ve turned the “dining room” table into my resupply stockpile between trips. Most of the stuff there is used but it looks terrible.

Being paid makes such a difference in our attitudes towards cleaning.

I don’t doubt for a second that the elections were rigged. How could someone be elected legitimately while being against the EU when 80% of the population wants to join the EU. Joining the EU is a specific goal in their constitution.

It sounds like you’re coming out from a controlled part of life? Did your parents teach you they could read your thoughts? I’m sorry.

You’re a fucking idiot or a child.

The propaganda of the regime is that the old Kim and the new Kim are godlike. They can read your thoughts and catch you if you deviate from the plan. Of course most adult North Koreans aren’t stupid enough to believe this. It’s like believing in Santa Claus culturally.

The problem is that the state is almost godlike. They will come into your home and check for unapproved media. They will take your children away and ask them in a detention center what mommy and daddy did that was bad.

They will send your ass to the frontline of a Russian war of conquest and kill your family if you are captured.

I read an account from a woman who escaped North Korea as a child with her mother, through China. She was so propagandized even at her young age that she thought Kim Jong-il could find her if she thought wrong things. She literally believed that he was as a god, omniscient.

So she tried to suppress her own thoughts on the run, so god couldn’t catch her and her mom. They made it.

Damn, username checks out.