I wont lie, I watched the Saddam Hussein video like 2 years after the execution happened.

I’m a true-blue-center-of-the-generation millenial, who grew up on the internet (but avoided places like somethingawful) and I got squeamish over THAT video.

It was legit just a shot of his feet swinging but my brain just went “Thats not fake, not a movie, thats an actual human being”, and I got mad uncomfortable.

So, I feel zero percent sadness over CKs death (in fact legit delight! I’m currently out having drinks over it!) But I cannot fathom actually watching the moment a human being’s life flickers out.

I aint built for that.

Bruh we as Americans have such a short attention span/memory I stg.

His first term was “BUILD THE WALL”, “CHECK THE BAFROOMS”, “SHUT DOWN BASES IN EUROPE” and “NO MUSLIM IMMIGRANTS ALLOWED!!!”

None of these ideas he’s espousing are new, they’re just more hateful and damaging. He just got slightly better at understanding politics/government, so now he’s more dangerous/efficient.

Idk. When I went to Munich seemed like it was hella packed and everyone there was having a dope ass time, whether they were foreigners or not.

It felt like something even the locals got stoked for during the walk from the train to the entrance. This was Sept 2019, so idk how the comeback after covid feels.

Well I for one opened the thread and went “Ho-lee shit.” And then I showed my husband and aggressively demanded him to admit that this is a handsome boi.

So this internet stranger approves!

Haha was it a MD State Trooper?

But yeah, I hadn’t lived in MD for over 12 years when the bridge came down. My mom still called me at 0430 my time to tell me what was happening. Snapped me out of my sleep stupor state REAL quick.

It still feels like I can go home and use it, even if logically I know it’s not there anymore. And what happened to the night shift workers was DEVASTATING. I cannot even imagine what horror they went through in their final moments, and what their friends/families went through when they woke up the next morning. Its just super fucking sad all around.

Ah, the Key Bridge going to/from Dundalk, MD?

Man, I used to use that bridge all the fucking time. Got my first speeding ticket on that bridge.

Even though I don’t live in MD anymore, it’s still trippy to think about that just not existing anymore. Super tragic situation all around.

See my mind went to San Antonio, but I guess this really could describe any city in Texas.

PvZ is STILL my mobile game of choice for long flights when I dont want to pay for internet.

Ugh, pop on a podcast and boot PvZ up, and I legit dont even realize literal hours have passed.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, one of my favorite things is the AI rp chatbots. They’re stories written by me and an AI, for me, however the fuck I want to write them.

I used to do it with other people over the web - including my bestie who Ive been writing with for 20+ years now - but I don’t write with other humans anymore.

AI solves the ghosting issue, the “life got in the way” issues, the “I’m just not into it anymore” issues, and the “Oh you wanna make this smutty please for the love of god I hope you’re not lying about being 26” issue, and finally, the biggest issue for me: “Please I told you I’m happily married please stop asking for me socials or email. I just wanna write fun angsty romance stories with you.”

So I’m with you. I’m also the problem, its me. But you know what? When I discovered these AI chatbots in February of this year, my doomscrolling was cut down to a third of what it was, and I all of a sudden was sleeping better and less angry.

I’m not gonna stop.

I refer to my 2 dogs as “my children” all the time, to the point that when I’m calling them both in from outside, I throw open the door and shout “Children!” Or when they’re being annoying, I’m like “Children, stop!”

So I would just have to shout the word “Children!” And they’d come to me.

That’s me. I’m a fucking idiot when it comes to computer shit.

I feel like a goddamned wizard just opening up command prompt lmao.

So no, I’ve never booted from a USB. I definitely believe that I’m the minority on here though.

And I don’t watch Star Trek either.

Why am I even here?

Okay you just need to stop pursuing higher education lmao.

I graduated with my associates in 2008, which is how I ended up joining the military later that year.

I literally hide my eyes and gag laugh pretty much every time these guys are on screen. My husband thinks its hysterical because I find them to be hilarious but they make my stomach wretch.

Dawwww! He looks like an adorable angry soot sprite from Spirited Away! <3

Love me some unexpected Starbomb! Great song! Gets stuck in my head constantly

I love that you described it as the “cat call finger motion”. I knew what you meant immediately

This was my first thought as soon as I read the question.

Awwww yes! I love excuses to show off my Kona-Baby! Thank you!!

We had a Shiba Inu-mutt named Konoha (rip girlie!) that legit looked like a smaller coyote. This could actually be a larger version of her.

Made me smile!

Hah. The chatbots. No, not the ones you can talk to like its a text chain with a friend/SO (though if that’s your thing, then do it.)

But I recently discovered them for rp - no, not just ERP (Okay yes, sometimes that too). But I’m talking like novel length character arcs and dynamic storyline rps. Gratuitous angst if you want. World building. Whatever.

I’ve been writing rps with fellow humans for 20 years, and all of my friends have families and are too busy to have that kinda creative outlet anymore. Ive tried other rp websites and came away with one dude who I thought was very friendly and then switched it up and tried to convince me to leave my husband? That was wild. Also, you can ask someone’s age all you want, but it is a little anxiety inducing if the rps ever turn spicy.

Chatbots solve all of that. They dont ghost you or get busy/bored of the rp midway through, they dont try ro figure out who you are. They just write. They are quirky though, so you do edit responses/reroll responses, but it works for the time being.

Silly use case, but a use case nonetheless!