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Posts posted by hookem2010
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So my wife and I had our long-awaited sit-down with my parents this weekend. It went... not bad?
My mother actually apologized for her vote. My dad admitted he should have at least left president blank if nothing else, and has finally realized Dan Patrick and Ken Paxton are clowns who he has vowed not to support.
There was some defensiveness from my dad about immigration that remains pretty nonsensical, but they agreed with things like deportation being out of control, January 6th and pardons being a really bad thing (still don't see how they overlooked this in November), healtchare and education gutting being scary, foreign policy being absurd. It doesn't absolve them of their votes, but I have hope that they have been nursing the kool-aid slow enough that they may be salvagable.
Somehow we didnt even really touch on the economy, which would usually be a place they'd want to direct the conversation, so I'm guessing they're none too thrilled about that.
How much of this was them capitulating so they can see their grandkids more? Perhaps a little. But they didn't roll over entirely or immediately, and my mother is not able to mask or manipulate her emotions, so I think there was real sincerity with much of what they said.
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25 minutes ago, Clintonaldo said:Very kind thing to say and honestly it was weird yesterday during the service to think “ I wonder what Surly thinks” but I value what people think here.
I was very dejected after the election and was adamant among my peers we are hypocrites. I do live in the Bible Belt and have become somewhat disillusioned but it will never stop me from doing what I think is right. I am an extremely flawed person so if I am the key to change we are screwed.
I get it, man. As a guy who grew up Christian but quickly found my way out of religion as an adult, I don't know how much I can speak to your current struggles if you're wanting to remain connected to the church.
But a decade ago, I would have thought it very strange to share personal difficulties on here, but now I find it therapeutic. (Mostly) strangers who share at least some common background that brought them to this site are able to air greivances, but there is also a wide range of experience and beliefs (yes, even in CR).
There was a time, as a younger man working through depression, when I found speaking to a therapist incredibly helpful, moreso than any meds. This was a Christian dude who I didn't know personally, but he didn't pass any judgement and he listened and responded as a total outsider to my immediate experience. I am still grateful.
Obviously this is not a judgement-free zone, or a treatment center for depression, but sharing personal shit with people who aren't intimately involved, and who may have some understanding of your general background, while also offering differing opinions, can be a useful resource.
I have recently shared family drama on here that is difficult to discuss even with my spouse and siblings, who are generally on my side. But getting the perspective of others who aren't entangled in it daily, or simply venting, has helped me work through a lot of my shit.
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Not cruel enough, bro. Gotta make the mother have a baby that is not viable unless attached to a vent for the entirety of their torturous existence, so they can "live" as a vegetable while the mother and any potential partner or other children also become emotionally and financially destroyed.
That's when you know you've done the Lord's work, and so long as you've dutifully hated the gays and browns, you may be admitted into the Kingdom of Heaven and/or elected to the highest offices in the country as a Republican.
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45 minutes ago, Chuckie Finster said:
Not sure what it was about the news today specifically, but everything has officially become too much for me.
I have felt alternating depression and rage for the last 3 months, although I think I've sort of blunted my emotional response to it, I guess due to the constant exposure. But one day every few weeks I just feel truly despondent.
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1 hour ago, Pig Bellmont said:
Look, I hear you and this is awful. Unfortunately permitting extinction lands pretty far down the list after sending innocents to concentration camps, intentionally crashing the global economy, destroying the rule of law, creating a system of bribes to the President and the President’s family, and laying the groundwork to start a war with Iran. Things are bleak
I'd say hitting fast forward on the biodiversity and climate crisis is going to be a big problem for people too. It's not just going to be a bummer for those of us who like to go on a hike occasionally.
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9 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:Trump would never bring back an illegal immigrant into the country. This was never going to happen.
Since this is a political board, its bad politics for Dems to make this an issue. Arguing for an illegal/undocumented immigrant to be forced back is a loser issue. Dems need winning issues. Even calling it a constitution crisis is a losing issue based on this case itself.
Now for the poor guy himself. I don't think any of us know whether or not he is associated with MS-13. His problem now is that he's in his home country where they don't care. If he's innocent of these accusations, he's screwed. El Salvador has decided that they would rather lock up innocent people rather than letting one MS-13 member free. He could literally spend the rest of his life there.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia was here legally.
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Finished the season with the USS Callister sequel today. Thought that one was great too.
SpoilerI'm glad they deviated somewhat from a favorite theme of the show in which the characters become trapped in a digital eternity. While absolutely terrifying, I feel like they have sufficiently explored that nightmare.
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59 minutes ago, Horn Dog said:Yup. Its always the 4 ‘G’s:
Gas, Groceries, Gays, and Gotdam Browns
I get to have a sit-down with my parents Friday a week after my sister did the same thing with them. Apparently, and unsurprisingly, my mother's #1 priority was immigration. Why a 67 year-old retired woman who lives in Sun City is concerned with immigration above all else, I just don't know. Well, other than the racism.
And guess which "informed voter" was completely unaware of Trump sabotaging Biden's border bill?
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Haven't seen the final episode yet, but Eulogy and Common People are the best thus far.
16 hours ago, Im_smarter_then_you said:My first episode ever, season 7 episode 1 "Common People." Holy shit this is sad. What is wrong with you people
My wife refuses to watch it anymore because it's too depressing. Yet she just pulled me into binging Adolescence while our 2 young boys were asleep.
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3 hours ago, Horn Dog said:
Follow up post…
Oooohhhh, that's the good shit.
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Surly has unfortunately been more right than wrong about what Trump 2.0 would mean.
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I had to look it up. I don't believe that is something I can offer.
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I bought it used from a friend and we had each of our 2 kids in it for 4-5 months. Toward the end of the 2nd child, the movement started to get a little jerky, so I took it apart and replaced some O-rings. Works great again.
Friends of Surly automatically qualify for the discounted rate of $400.
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1 hour ago, Biff Tannen said:
The young frat kids in my neighborhood still have their Dipshit Moron sign in their yard. Along with their F150 Raptor with the 1776 license plate. It's just performative bro bullshit. They have no idea how anything works. Maybe they will get wiser as they get older, but I don't have a ton of hope.
I imagine it's pretty easy to be a prick to others and not care about money when mommy and daddy pay for everything.
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51 minutes ago, KYHorn said:
Anyone around campus in 2009-10ish? Thought I remembered a suicide in the PCL around then. There was also a shooting just outside of there in 2011ish. I'm pretty sure they were separate events.
Suicide by cop in 2010 or 2011, right? I graduated in 05/2010 and I think it was that fall.
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1 hour ago, Francisco 2.0 said:
No better time to take a cruise.
"Only one epidemiologist remains in the program's team to investigate outbreaks, one official said, and was still in the early stages of their training."
Investigating why a literal boatload of people have diarrhea sounds like a pretty shit gig baseline, much less when you're by yourself and don't know what the fuck you're doing.
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25 minutes ago, NorthLoop said:
I've pretty much decided that after my parents pass on, I will likely never have contact with my oldest sister ever again, and I'm totally ok with it. She was always a shitty sister but now that she's full blown MAGA that pretty much ices it.
The only silver lining in all of this is that my wife and I have gotten closer with my sister and her husband as we deal with all this nonsense.
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The hookem2010 family feud is about to enter its next stage.
After not talking for the last couple months, my parents are back in town and ready to get together to see if/how we can salvage our relationship. I can't say that I'm particularly looking forward to spending a weekend evening attempting to get them to recognize reality versus whatever world they believe they're living in, but whatever.
Meanwhile, my sister, who is married to a man but considers herself LGBT+, and is a small business owner getting screwed by tariffs, also told my mother that she needed some space. This was followed by an apparently accidental audio message sent to her by my mom of her breaking down to my dad about their children not wanting to talk to them. So now my sister is going to have a big sit-down talk with them a week before me. Little Bro definitely had the right idea by peacing out to Cali almost a decade ago.
Tearing your family apart to own the libs!
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Where's the Trump Truth calling on teams to draft our boy, Quinn?