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Homesickhorn

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  1. Every single student looks the same
     
    every.single.one.

    I didn’t look like them, or act like them. I was often ostracized by them (the fraternity I pledged) for not adhering to the status quo when it came to clothing. I was a flip flops guy (in the summer/boots in the winter). The Dixie shuffle (some refer to it as Bama bangs, but I know what we called it) haircut, Gray New Balances or Clark’s Wallabies, and front-tucked shirt, wasn’t my cup of tea. I took their ribbings in stride.

    Now for the humble brag:

    At parties, either at the fraternity house, or off campus, I’d wear their snide remarks, and brush them off. Those dipshits were constantly vexed by the fact that I constantly went home with the girls they brought to the party.
    The confused Hail Mary of, “he’s from Texas. That’s why he’s wearing shitkickers and a tee shirt! What the fuck?” Was always answered with a very controlled, but matter of fact, “But he plays baseball”.

    Nostalgic rant over. I want to call in a fire-for-effect air strike on those fucktards. I knew my alma mater was going to figure out a way to make its way to the front page in a terrible manner. The only thing worse than those pieces of fuck-pie, are the twitter comments supporting them.
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  2. It was me. Well, it was me that told the story. It was a friend of mine who did the rhinoplasty. It’s got to be out there somewhere. I’ve recapped it twice already, and I’m at work. Can someone more internet savvy than me do the search?

  3. 100% this, as others have said. I had a guy redo my driveway during Covid, on the recommendation of a guy who works on our yard. "Oh, he seems like a good guy, he warehouses next to mine." Dude was all Christ this, Christ that, very polite. And he did the worst job ever. A year into it cracks everywhere, and if you powerwash it the concrete literally comes up. It was basically "Do I spend more time and money suing this guy or let it go?" Pretty sure that's his business model. Lesson learned. 

    This reminds me of the Jim Gaffigan bit about Jesus being a shitty carpenter.
    “I’m really glad that whole son-of-God thing panned out for him. Because he built me a shed last year and that thing was a piece of shit”.
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  4. we first had our French exchange student in 2017, when I was still capable of being shocked and surprised at how quickly things started going to shit after his election. one night i just went off at whatever shit was on the news and ended up on a tirade about just how fucking GROSS he was!!!
    she didn't know what gross meant...so she learned a new expressive english word that will always mean 'Trump' to her #csb

    Not to derail. But rules…we has them.
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  5. Yes and no to your underlined sentence (full agreement on your second sentence).
    And, it depends on how we define "alpha" -- if you try to fully match it up to what we thought the wolfpack definition was, no, it doesn't work.  But there ARE men who are natural leaders and command others.  I've seen it WAY too many times, I know it's real.  Any man who has been a member of a team (sports, military, large organization) has that experience.  There are just natural team leaders.  It happens and sorts that way, rather quickly.  It doesn't mean that the "alpha" in one situation will necessarily be an alpha in every situation (the clear team leader on a football team may not be the leader later in life when he's working on a business team).  And I'll suggest that part of true "alpha" conduct is to NOT be tied up in status, but rather results: a real "alpha" doesn't play like insecure Donny Trump and say "I know more about nuclear energy than anyone."  A real alpha gathers info, listens to knowledgeable people, and then makes and executes on a decision.  He's an "alpha" because he's secure enough in his status that he's not afraid to get information that may disagree with his initial inclination/instinct, and he can act on that new information.....and importantly, people will FOLLOW HIS LEAD.
    Maybe a better term is "boss."  But even then, it doesn't really capture the full spectrum of what we're talking about.  It's just good leadership.
    In BOB, Dick Winters was an "alpha."  Sobel was not.  It had nothing to do with their rank.  It had everything to do with how they took and exercised leadership.
    These pathetic bastards think you're an "alpha" because you roid up and yell at people and wear tactical underwear and shit like that.  They have literally everything about the issue wrong.

    Sounds like something a gay-tarded little beta would say.
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