Everything posted by Sandman
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Senior Citizen Issues - Assisting Your Parents
This shit is tough and I'm not even that old yet. My dad is 78 and acts like he's 108. My sister and I are early-mid 50s and don't exactly have time to take off work and sit next to him as he watches old westerns and ESPN. He left home at 19 and never moved back. Visited occasionally, but mostly stayed away. When my grandma needed shit, he either left it to his brothers (who lived nearby) or scratched a check (then bitched about it). When grandma was dying, he never visited but we went to the funeral (which he mostly paid for and bitched about having to pay). But now? He expects us children to tend to his needs and I find myself resenting it a bit. Like, you want treatment that you yourself weren't willing to give? He has the funds to pay for at home care or whatever he needs but he's so damn cheap. I have a wife, grown kids, grandkids, a job. I don't need more shit on my plate.
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Trivial Things That Make You Surly
When you're cleaning your glasses and the cloth shifts ever so slightly, causing you to wipe your bare thumb across the lens, making a whole new smear to try and clean.
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Getting old sucks
If I ever have a "blowout" at work that requires me to have to go home and take a shower, I will not be returning that day. Probably not the next day either. Matter of fact, I'm probably taking the rest of the week off.
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Shane Gillis
I saw Gillis last weekend, it was the funniest stand up show I have ever seen. I laughed my ass off. Also, Dave Atell was one of the openers and he was outstanding as well.
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Senior Citizen Issues - Assisting Your Parents
My dad has been acting a tad strange the last few days, so my sister took him to the ER. Long story short, he's had some sort of stroke. They don't know exactly when, he'll have an MRI when they can supposedly tell how long ago it may have happened. His kidneys are kinda fucked up and he has a blood clot on his brain, above his right eye. They think it may have come from his Watchmen heart device. What in the actual fuck? The good news is that he's coherant, talks to the nurses, and is not a vegetable.
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NBA Offseason Thread 2025 - Fuck OKC
Merch? He's been gone for 2 years. He'll have the same number when he comes back. It's not like they confiscated all the Lillard merch when he left and fans have to buy new shit.
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2025 Celebrity Death Pool
Shit, there are entire channels that America doesn't care about or even watch.
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Things you really just don't get...
Well, some African water buffaloes just killed a farmer in Oklahoma, so I guess we're even? Oklahoma farmer killed by water buffalo he bought just a day prior, police say
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Thread of good things in the world today
My wife's cousin passed away last week, he was only 32. He was born with cerebral palsy and was in a wheelchair his whole life, he only had limited use of one of his arms. Never got to run and play and do anything that kids usually do. He wasn't expected to survive very long but he beat the odds. Eventually he got too big for his mother to care for him, she couldn't lift him into the bath or do any of the things he needed done, so he moved to a group home. He had an Amazon device in his room, and learned how to use Alexa. He could call his mom or grandparents whenever he wanted, just by doing the "Alexa, call ---". He was a history buff, so he would ask Alexa questions about US presidents, or football, or whatever he was thinking or talking about. He didn't need someone to hold a book in front of him or read to him. He could access that information by himself. I know there's a lot of hand-wringing about AI and all the dumb shit people do with it, but I thought it was pretty cool to hear about a way that it actually helped someone who really needed it.
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Random thoughts that don't warrant a thread
I used to work at a county jail. I saw a story about the jail on the local news website and during the video, they had footage of an officer opening a cell so the camera crew could look inside. I recognized the officer immediately, I worked with this guy more than 25 years ago! I left because the pay was bad and the working conditions were even worse. How the fuck anyone stays that long doing that job is beyond my comprehension.
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Trivial Things That Make You Surly
Talking on the phone at work: Person: Yeah, can you send me those documents? Me: Sure. *clicks send* I have just sent them Person (1.3 seconds later): I don't have them, why is it taking so long??? Fucking hell.
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Trivial Things That Make You Surly
People who tack on their own bullshit to someone else's social media post. "Sorry to hear your mom has passed. My own mother died in 1992, I know how bad it is! Hugs!", or "I hope you've having fun in [city]! We went there in 2005 and loved it!". Post your own shit, or better yet, STFU.
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Getting old sucks
Broke my temporary crown last night. Back to the dentist I go. Maybe I'll just have to eat nothing but smoothies for the next two weeks, fuck.
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Getting old sucks
My fucking crown shattered as I was eating last night. And it wasn't eating anything hard or crunchy, it was fucking cheetos puffs. That God it doesn't hurt but I can't really talk or chew, because my tongue gets scraped up. Getting into the dentist this afternoon, at least.
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NBA Offseason Thread 2025 - Fuck OKC
He's able to hold the trophy just fine, that's what matters.
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NBA Offseason Thread 2025 - Fuck OKC
After original March injury, OKC's Jalen Williams having surgery - ESPN
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The New Car Fanatic Thread
I like how it's parked in the shade of a tree, where all mechanics would prefer it.
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Wives and the Stupid Shit They Say/Do
My wife just used the word "sell" instead of "sale" in a text and I'm contemplating divorce.
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2025 MLB thread
Jackson Mahomes agrees with this sentiment.
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NBA 2024-25 Playoff Thread
I literally don't give a shit. People can say whatever they want, my team won it all.
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NBA 2024-25 Playoff Thread
As a Thunder fan, I now understand what Astros fans went through after they won the world series. Fuck the haters, we got a fucking championship. Fuck Seattle, too.
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Ohio State sexual abuse documentary....Surviving Ohio State
He was at PSU for 20+ years before they joined the B10. I doubt he waited to start diddlin' kids until they joined the league.
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Trivial Things That Make You Surly
The beeper on the microwave should immediately stop when the door is opened. The one at the office just beeps and beeps, even though you've opened the door already.
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Trivial Things That Make You Surly
I hate when a team fails to convert on 3rd down and the guy says, "They're forced to punt". No they aren't forced to punt, they can go for it every fucking time.
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No Cuntry for Young Men
He's a 6'8 son of a billionaire, you think he worries about getting pussy? LOL he's probably drowning it in.