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  • Posts: 2,465 Member

    I'm going to start writing my penis length as tip to sea level I think. Maybe I'll move to Denver.

    My god you’re a genius!
  • Posts: 2,465 Member

    I feel like you may be my spirit animal. Or twin. ❤️

    So you get it? Because feeling understood is a great feeling 😌
  • Posts: 1,043 Member
    CacoEther wrote: »

    I know this about you already because we have had a discussion about it before 😉

    I, on the other hand, believe most everything to be subjective. (Emphasis on believe)

    For example (and this is what we discussed before), what’s the tallest mountain on the earth? Seems like a straightforward question, but my answer would be.. it depends on your parameters. Define ‘tallest’. Above sea level? Height from base to tip? Including or excluding underwater? From the center of the earth? (Because a mountain at the equator will be further from the center of the earth than one at the poles due to the earth not being a perfect sphere)

    I adore my parents but they raised me to see everything in black and white terms and I don’t know if it backfired or I rebelled but I have literally never been able to take things at face value. I’m constantly made aware of how things could be viewed differently depending on the viewpoint. I’m the world’s WORST to watch a movie with or tell a joke to because I need to consider all possible scenarios. I frequently wrote page-long essays on test questions explaining why the question could be interpreted in a couple of different ways and I needed to address them all.

    It’s hard to explain but to talk to me at length about something/anything is to hear me repeatedly ask for clarification so we’re on the same page, because nothing seems like a given. It’s extremely annoying actually. I don’t know why it’s so hard to simply understand what people mean

    This is the exactly what i feel leads to paralysis by analysis syndrome. Nothing is a given, but sometimes people will ask questions until they finally get an answer along the lines of their own thinking. Jump out of an airplane....with a parachute of course 😉.....the question when you jump is will i live or will i die. There will be nothing else to question. Your answer will be given when you land. Primal fear, and decision making is a cure for what ails you. 😉
  • Posts: 2,465 Member
    Revolu7 wrote: »

    This is the exactly what i feel leads to paralysis by analysis syndrome. Nothing is a given, but sometimes people will ask questions until they finally get an answer along the lines of their own thinking. Jump out of an airplane....with a parachute of course 😉.....the question when you jump is will i live or will i die. There will be nothing else to question. Your answer will be given when you land. Primal fear, and decision making is a cure for what ails you. 😉

    You’re absolutely right. Analysis paralysis and the ensuing anxiety have crippled me my whole adult life
  • Posts: 9,563 Member
    CacoEther wrote: »

    I know this about you already because we have had a discussion about it before 😉

    I, on the other hand, believe most everything to be subjective. (Emphasis on believe)

    For example (and this is what we discussed before), what’s the tallest mountain on the earth? Seems like a straightforward question, but my answer would be.. it depends on your parameters. Define ‘tallest’. Above sea level? Height from base to tip? Including or excluding underwater? From the center of the earth? (Because a mountain at the equator will be further from the center of the earth than one at the poles due to the earth not being a perfect sphere)

    I adore my parents but they raised me to see everything in black and white terms and I don’t know if it backfired or I rebelled but I have literally never been able to take things at face value. I’m constantly made aware of how things could be viewed differently depending on the viewpoint. I’m the world’s WORST to watch a movie with or tell a joke to because I need to consider all possible scenarios. I frequently wrote page-long essays on test questions explaining why the question could be interpreted in a couple of different ways and I needed to address them all.

    It’s hard to explain but to talk to me at length about something/anything is to hear me repeatedly ask for clarification so we’re on the same page, because nothing seems like a given. It’s extremely annoying actually. I don’t know why it’s so hard to simply understand what people mean

    I love your brain

    I call myself a "fence dweller" b/c I see so many different angles - and can justify most even if it isn't my first thought.
    Am def literal, to a fault I feel - like I have to look up words routinely

    ...understanding what people mean is not as simple as understanding the language, nuance, context, environment...and rando stuff

    But betcha I'm worse to watch a movie with! - I have to take random breaks to like dust a table or fold or do more laundry
    ...and I'm usually (almost always a bit delayed) late to get a joke *too much thinking*
  • Posts: 4,679 Member
    CacoEther wrote: »

    So you get it? Because feeling understood is a great feeling 😌

    Oh God, I get it more than you realize. When you can see all sides, it's impossible and anxiety inducing trying to pick one.

    When you can empathize and understand someone's motivations, even if you disagree with them, it can be impossible to stand your ground.

    I test software for a living. My life is all about understanding and analyzing the permutations and combinations and trying to assess and mitigate the risk to each.
  • Posts: 2,465 Member

    Oh God, I get it more than you realize. When you can see all sides, it's impossible and anxiety inducing trying to pick one.

    When you can empathize and understand someone's motivations, even if you disagree with them, it can be impossible to stand your ground.

    I test software for a living. My life is all about understanding and analyzing the permutations and combinations and trying to assess and mitigate the risk to each.

    This makes me sweaty 😂
  • Posts: 9,563 Member
    Thank-you
    to everyone here who is kind to me

    it helps - a lot!

    I wish you all peace, in your minds and in life in general

    ...rolling into the x-mas -week

    ...just 2 weeks short of a *kitten* you 2020!

    New years...

    I'm hoping at some point I won't have to live like I'm in a post apocalyptic waste land - that requires breathing filters and stuff...but, ya prob not for a while?


    You guys remember 2019?...We had smiles (and frowns) that could be seen and stuff - 'the good old days'?!





  • Posts: 269,456 Member
    Vikka_V wrote: »
    Thank-you
    to everyone here who is kind to me

    it helps - a lot!

    I wish you all peace, in your minds and in life in general

    ...rolling into the x-mas -week

    ...just 2 weeks short of a *kitten* you 2020!

    New years...

    I'm hoping at some point I won't have to live like I'm in a post apocalyptic waste land - that requires breathing filters and stuff...but, ya prob not for a while?


    You guys remember 2019?...We had smiles (and frowns) that could be seen and stuff - 'the good old days'?!





    Big squishy warm hugs to you 🤗
  • Posts: 9,723 Member
    WWYD??
    Last week and this week we've had a crew in/out redoing our bathroom. The contractor and his main guy, an electrician and a plumber. The contractor was joking with my dh(while I was gone) about making him a cheesecake if he got the job done before Christmas. I'd be happy to do that BUT what about the other 3 guys, especially his main guy who's been here the whole time and handles all the dirt work. :( So 1) Dh suggested I make a cheesecake and divide it in 1/3's, 1 for the contractor, 1 for the main guy and course 1 for my dh. :) Maybe a good idea? 2) OR I could make it and set it out on the table for those 3 to take what they want(the plumber/electrician is in/out so never know when their part of the job will be done), maybe a good idea? 3) OR forego the cheesecake idea altogether and buy the 2 main guys a case of beer(something like Sam Adams, etc). 4) OR put the cheesecake on the table to share, plus get the 2 main guys the beer.
    What to do, what to do?

    Anybody actually read this book and have an opinion because I could use one. :) Personally, I'm leaning for option 4.
    Thank you!!!
  • Posts: 4,679 Member
    ReenieHJ wrote: »
    WWYD??
    Last week and this week we've had a crew in/out redoing our bathroom. The contractor and his main guy, an electrician and a plumber. The contractor was joking with my dh(while I was gone) about making him a cheesecake if he got the job done before Christmas. I'd be happy to do that BUT what about the other 3 guys, especially his main guy who's been here the whole time and handles all the dirt work. :( So 1) Dh suggested I make a cheesecake and divide it in 1/3's, 1 for the contractor, 1 for the main guy and course 1 for my dh. :) Maybe a good idea? 2) OR I could make it and set it out on the table for those 3 to take what they want(the plumber/electrician is in/out so never know when their part of the job will be done), maybe a good idea? 3) OR forego the cheesecake idea altogether and buy the 2 main guys a case of beer(something like Sam Adams, etc). 4) OR put the cheesecake on the table to share, plus get the 2 main guys the beer.
    What to do, what to do?

    Anybody actually read this book and have an opinion because I could use one. :) Personally, I'm leaning for option 4.
    Thank you!!!

    If you can swing 4, I think it's super awesome. But if not, then I'd go with 2. Make the cheesecake, and when they come over, invite them to have a break and enjoy a piece (or take it home).
  • Posts: 9,723 Member
    Revolu7 wrote: »

    Id come over and finish your bathroom for the price of a good homemade cheesecake! I rarely eat desserts, but cheesckae is my favorite!

    PMing you my address. :) Paying your flight. He!!, I'll make you a whole cheesecake just for you. :blush:
  • Posts: 1,980 Member
    ReenieHJ wrote: »
    WWYD??
    Last week and this week we've had a crew in/out redoing our bathroom. The contractor and his main guy, an electrician and a plumber. The contractor was joking with my dh(while I was gone) about making him a cheesecake if he got the job done before Christmas. I'd be happy to do that BUT what about the other 3 guys, especially his main guy who's been here the whole time and handles all the dirt work. :( So 1) Dh suggested I make a cheesecake and divide it in 1/3's, 1 for the contractor, 1 for the main guy and course 1 for my dh. :) Maybe a good idea? 2) OR I could make it and set it out on the table for those 3 to take what they want(the plumber/electrician is in/out so never know when their part of the job will be done), maybe a good idea? 3) OR forego the cheesecake idea altogether and buy the 2 main guys a case of beer(something like Sam Adams, etc). 4) OR put the cheesecake on the table to share, plus get the 2 main guys the beer.
    What to do, what to do?

    Anybody actually read this book and have an opinion because I could use one. :) Personally, I'm leaning for option 4.
    Thank you!!!

    I would make nice wrapped plates for each of the workers to take home. The thought of all those people eating (presumably unmasked) in my home would make me incredibly anxious.
  • Posts: 2,465 Member
    A few years ago me and some internet friends not unlike yourselves convinced a lady on the internet that tmi stood for
    Spoiler
    touching myself inappropriately

    and she was super embarrassed that her whole life she had been using it incorrectly.

    Then she started remembering all the times she had used it with coworkers and bosses

    and her dad


    Ahhh, bless her heart. i wonder where she’s at and what she’s doin

  • Posts: 340 Member
    😁

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    Eta: It's National Short Girl Appreciation Day. Please don't get offended. A day like today makes me happy. Maybe I won't get made fun off for not being able to reach something from the top cabinets today 🤞

    At 5ft1 I appreciate this 😊
  • CacoEther wrote: »
    I designate may 5th at noon to be the beginning of ‘Medium-height-girls appreciation days’. We’ll conclude mid-morning on May 7th. We’ll play croquet and golf and other medium-height appropriate sports. This year we’re celebrating with theme days. May 5th: wear sandals. Or heels. Nobody cares. May 6th: Camouflage Day! Or as medium height girls call it: Tuesday. May 7th we’ll go out and really paint the town beige. Come. Spread the word. Bring your ordinary friends.

    I'm sorry, did someone say something? I swear there was a post here a minute ago. huh. Weird.
  • Posts: 1,043 Member
    CacoEther wrote: »
    I designate may 5th at noon to be the beginning of ‘Medium-height-girls appreciation days’. We’ll conclude mid-morning on May 7th. We’ll play croquet and golf and other medium-height appropriate sports. This year we’re celebrating with theme days. May 5th: wear sandals. Or heels. Nobody cares. May 6th: Camouflage Day! Or as medium height girls call it: Tuesday. May 7th we’ll go out and really paint the town beige. Come. Spread the word. Bring your ordinary friends.

    Cinco de Mayo has new meaning! 😁
  • Posts: 2 Member
    League of Legends is always on my mind. Biggest fan of this game.
  • Posts: 269,456 Member
    Motorsheen wrote: »

    @CacoEther

    I recently asked my psychiatrist if I was on the spectrum.

    She replied:

    " Oh no, you're just a *kitten* *kitten* with a broken moral compass and a fractured awareness of anything decent or virtuous . This is combined with a depraved sense of humor bordering on sociopathic. You also have no sense of responsibility and no ability to feel sympathy, never mind empathy, for anyone or anything. "


    I answered:

    " Wow, okay.... thanks; for a minute there I thought there might be something wrong with me. "


    .

    Oh puuulease... your secret is out, everyone knows you're a real sweetheart 😉
  • Posts: 2,465 Member

    Oh puuulease... your secret is out, everyone knows you're a real sweetheart 😉

    I support his broken moral compass and depravity and inability to be virtuous. Probably wouldn’t even like him elsewise 😏
  • Forty-one years on this earth and I'm just now realizing that a lot of my friends just put 'lol' when they have no clue what I'm talking about or why
  • Posts: 2,465 Member
    Forty-one years on this earth and I'm just now realizing that a lot of my friends just put 'lol' when they have no clue what I'm talking about or why

    That’s literally the dictionary definition of lol

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