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💰 Grifter "Mad at the Internet" - a/k/a My Psychotherapy Sessions
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That's so fucking disgusting. Packing peanuts are made of Polystyrene. Just eat corn puffs. You can season them as much as you want too.
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If dey switched to cornstarch, 'mo black women would eat dem!
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De Oreo simping for Muslim pussy is foul.
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Hahaha! I don't know that I'd go that far of course. Just that it might become more viable depending on how wars are going to be fought in the future.
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Some are made of corn starch which is what people could eat
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It's based on the fact that the oldest surviving written work, the Epic of Gilgamesh, features Enki having sex with a prostitute for 5 days straight, apparently without once losing his erection.
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Josh, I'm writing a response because I want to disagree with you in a way that is not just calling women dumb or insinuating that we need to tie up 18 y/o girls to sacrifice to the trad god. (or God forbid, appealing to the heckin military readiness statistic)
I think spending the majority of your early adulthood in the military is horribly stunting socially, and I don't think the rationalizations for entering the service or economic cost-benefit are reasonable trades for that.
3) Social
You are deprived of real socialization during this 5-10 year period, where the only measures of growth and maturation are externally validated ones by the US Government. You will struggle to find meaning/purpose internally, especially given the pointlessness of your actual taskings. Even if you're able to find meaning in the work, it will always exist externally from you, as you are interchangeable with everyone around you. You will never feel you've gained expertise or mastery over skills that you personally value. Nor will you be rewarded for learning new things and expanding your general competence beyond what is required.
It is also an environment where you will be unable to form emotional or romantic bonds, during a period of your life where it's vital to do just that. You will spend a great deal of time isolated, with only superficial attachment to those around you. I (subjectively) think this impacts women more, but you see it with men as well. Where the fleeting weeks they spend on shore/home leave are their only opportunities to grow that side of themselves, one that will have been largely neglected since high school ended. And I think discounting this need for companionship is what spurns a lot of people, even if they don't want to admit to desiring it.
At the end of 10 years, you have a cadre of stunted 30-year olds who will choose to re-up because they are not emotionally equipped to begin their life for real (if they're being introspective at all). Those that do leave will feel they are outcast, lest they stick to exclusively ex-military circles. Beyond the bluster of the veneer, the immaturity of those in the armed services is staggering, and the more time you spend with current or former soldiers, the greater the sense that they are profoundly unhappy individuals who have been conditioned/drilled with many subconscious (somewhat effective) coping strategies.
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I will acknowledge that the (small) subset of officers who have delayed service dates and complete a 4-year-degree prior to a, 8-year contract are much better off (especially those in external STEM programs rather than at the service academies). They'll have gotten 4 years of growth opportunity on-campus at college (18-22) and have had a larger amount of exposure to opportunities that exist in the real world. The most supportive evidence of this growth is that ~40% (of non-service academy, non-ROTC officers) choose to repay debt beyond their obligation point to get out of their contract rather than entering service. This compares to the ~5% of standard obligation repayments.
Plenty of people hustle and grind away their 20s outside of military service. It's not some sacred, special thing. But I do think the military uniquely stunts young men/women in a way that drastically reduces the quality of your later life.
More broadly, I just really dislike when people discount the importance of having meaningful relationships and forming bonds earlier in life. I'm not a groyper preaching that everyone needs to be a parent by the time they're 18, but I spend a lot of time with people of both genders who are not coping well with the fact that they've paused their social development for years (be it for school, career, or service) and are; candidly, never going to have the interstitial experiences that they missed and now yearn for.
I think spending the majority of your early adulthood in the military is horribly stunting socially, and I don't think the rationalizations for entering the service or economic cost-benefit are reasonable trades for that.
1) Rationale
Military service is a choice that is sometimes recommended to people who need structure in their life, are in a situation where they need a clean break, or are aimless and need something to force a change. It can also be an option that is entered into based on family history, political ambition, civic patriotism, or grooming by a recruiter. None of these are reasons on their own, but usually color the baseline for whatever cost-benefit analysis was done prior to joining the armed forces.
2) Economic
My assessment is that for both enlisted men and for officers, the choice to enter military service will essentially never be an economic boon, even if every single available financial incentive is properly leveraged. This is also not trying to claim that one must economically min-max their life, just that the total compensation for 10 years of service is not out-of-line with what someone would reasonably attain, given average opportunities in their civilian life. I think part of the reason people rate this so highly is because of how gimmicky the incentives are, they can make you feel genuinely clever for efficiently leveraging them and are sometimes hard to ascribe a firm value to.
Military service is a choice that is sometimes recommended to people who need structure in their life, are in a situation where they need a clean break, or are aimless and need something to force a change. It can also be an option that is entered into based on family history, political ambition, civic patriotism, or grooming by a recruiter. None of these are reasons on their own, but usually color the baseline for whatever cost-benefit analysis was done prior to joining the armed forces.
2) Economic
My assessment is that for both enlisted men and for officers, the choice to enter military service will essentially never be an economic boon, even if every single available financial incentive is properly leveraged. This is also not trying to claim that one must economically min-max their life, just that the total compensation for 10 years of service is not out-of-line with what someone would reasonably attain, given average opportunities in their civilian life. I think part of the reason people rate this so highly is because of how gimmicky the incentives are, they can make you feel genuinely clever for efficiently leveraging them and are sometimes hard to ascribe a firm value to.
3) Social
You are deprived of real socialization during this 5-10 year period, where the only measures of growth and maturation are externally validated ones by the US Government. You will struggle to find meaning/purpose internally, especially given the pointlessness of your actual taskings. Even if you're able to find meaning in the work, it will always exist externally from you, as you are interchangeable with everyone around you. You will never feel you've gained expertise or mastery over skills that you personally value. Nor will you be rewarded for learning new things and expanding your general competence beyond what is required.
It is also an environment where you will be unable to form emotional or romantic bonds, during a period of your life where it's vital to do just that. You will spend a great deal of time isolated, with only superficial attachment to those around you. I (subjectively) think this impacts women more, but you see it with men as well. Where the fleeting weeks they spend on shore/home leave are their only opportunities to grow that side of themselves, one that will have been largely neglected since high school ended. And I think discounting this need for companionship is what spurns a lot of people, even if they don't want to admit to desiring it.
At the end of 10 years, you have a cadre of stunted 30-year olds who will choose to re-up because they are not emotionally equipped to begin their life for real (if they're being introspective at all). Those that do leave will feel they are outcast, lest they stick to exclusively ex-military circles. Beyond the bluster of the veneer, the immaturity of those in the armed services is staggering, and the more time you spend with current or former soldiers, the greater the sense that they are profoundly unhappy individuals who have been conditioned/drilled with many subconscious (somewhat effective) coping strategies.
---
I will acknowledge that the (small) subset of officers who have delayed service dates and complete a 4-year-degree prior to a, 8-year contract are much better off (especially those in external STEM programs rather than at the service academies). They'll have gotten 4 years of growth opportunity on-campus at college (18-22) and have had a larger amount of exposure to opportunities that exist in the real world. The most supportive evidence of this growth is that ~40% (of non-service academy, non-ROTC officers) choose to repay debt beyond their obligation point to get out of their contract rather than entering service. This compares to the ~5% of standard obligation repayments.
Plenty of people hustle and grind away their 20s outside of military service. It's not some sacred, special thing. But I do think the military uniquely stunts young men/women in a way that drastically reduces the quality of your later life.
More broadly, I just really dislike when people discount the importance of having meaningful relationships and forming bonds earlier in life. I'm not a groyper preaching that everyone needs to be a parent by the time they're 18, but I spend a lot of time with people of both genders who are not coping well with the fact that they've paused their social development for years (be it for school, career, or service) and are; candidly, never going to have the interstitial experiences that they missed and now yearn for.
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Dayum. Must have been SOME prostitute, no wonder they preserved the story. I'd write an escepade like that in stone tablets too.
As for the whole "military is a scam" argument, all I want to say is that the surest sign that the US military is doing it's job is the fact that the country hasn't been nuked yet.
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Ethan Ralph is now leaving drunk voicemails for Grace Thorp
He still claims to be sober and it's his legally prescribed medication making him sound like that. Sober for Ralph means not drinking during the show and instead pumping himself full of medications he gets form his sleazy Mexican "doctor".
He also almost got into a fight at sushi restaurant.
He still claims to be sober and it's his legally prescribed medication making him sound like that. Sober for Ralph means not drinking during the show and instead pumping himself full of medications he gets form his sleazy Mexican "doctor".
He also almost got into a fight at sushi restaurant.
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Witepeepo don't season they Fedex.
I think I figured out why they're doing this though.
Da cornstarch has gotten em again.
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They celebrate Holi in American and Canadian cities too, why the fuck would you travel all the way to India?
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I don't know where this "going to walmart is based but getting your stuff delivered on amazon is faggot" came from
walking down treelined streets to your local shopping district owned by friendly neighbors while your children frolic is based but also does not exist
when it did exist, all those stores had delivery. people actually running households had standing orders with local businesses and the milkman came by every day.
supermarkets are a postwar invention and were annoying and less civilized than household delivery but big box stores are even worse.
it's very unfortunate that people are so socially isolated but if amazon delivery disappeared tomorrow and everyone had to go to costco and walmart and target for their stuff it would not fix anything, people would not be making frens in the costco aisle.
walking down treelined streets to your local shopping district owned by friendly neighbors while your children frolic is based but also does not exist
when it did exist, all those stores had delivery. people actually running households had standing orders with local businesses and the milkman came by every day.
supermarkets are a postwar invention and were annoying and less civilized than household delivery but big box stores are even worse.
it's very unfortunate that people are so socially isolated but if amazon delivery disappeared tomorrow and everyone had to go to costco and walmart and target for their stuff it would not fix anything, people would not be making frens in the costco aisle.
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If you want something Xitter related, mad scientist He Jiankui, creator of the first, second, and third gene-edited human babies, is causing some controversy by posting opinions such as "Ethics is holding back scientific innovation and progress". I think China took the leash off of him.
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Supermarkets and department stores existed pre-prohibition. The bigbox stores started in the 60's.
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The beginning of MATI convinced me to try tinned fish.
The ending of MATI convinced me to not try tinned fish.
The ending of MATI convinced me to not try tinned fish.
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Does Kmart or Super Kmarts still exist? I know years and years ago they shut all the ones in our area down.
Personally I use Amazon for many retail items but refuse to let them delivery groceries, or use Walmart 'order your shit and park here' as they don't give a shit about the condition of produce. Free no bullshit returns on Amazon is very nice, often better deals than big box stores. More chinese variety too lmao
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Kmart is dead dead afaik.
Hard agree that shopping for produce is an art that boxstore employees are not trained for. Whether it's a lack of time or care, they will just grab what's at the top of the bin.