Yeah, I can imagine not enjoying drinking. Not for everyone. It’s funny that’s sort of the same reason my family, again a bunch of boozers, want my bro to at least try it. At gatherings he’s the kid that stares at his phone the whole time.
Manx, I can’t wait to get a house with a driveway and a dog.
Anyone have experience with reptile pets? I’ve been thinking about getting one since I can’t have a dog and don’t know if I can do hypoallergenic cats.
(Re: Syria: Fuck. I am seriously beginning to hate Obama as much as I hate most of Congress. Can’t even be glad when we get rid of his wack ass since unless it’s Sanders, then it will probably be someone legitimately worse. Hurray.)
I don’t have any personal experience with reptile pets, @“Exodus.”, but I’ve constantly heard that iguanas make relatively good pets if you take proper care of them; same with turtles now that I think about it. And as much as I [theoretically] like snakes, I’ve heard much the opposite there. I’m not sure about any other type of reptile as a pet, but iguanas and turtles are likable enough.
You’re 6’8’’? No one should fuck with you then as long as long as you make sure they can’t see you’re black. Then the police have significantly less reason to fill you with lead to “test” your Jason-based resurrection powers.
As for the blackface thing, people always do that even though America’s supposedly “post-racial”. It’s usually fratboys or fratgirls in a lot of cases too, which is even more hilarious given the way a lot of college campuses are going as far as censorship. Either way, I’m sure that someone (read: some frat) will probably get in trouble for it again this holiday since people never fucking learn.
As for the drinking thing, I’m the same way. I don’t care for it even though I eventually at least gave in and tried because my best friend insisted I should at least do that much. If other people can’t get passed you not drinking, then that’s really their own faults, especially given as much problems as alcohol can cause. Being drunk is probably a better way for you to get shot, depending how you react to drinks, than dressing up as Jason X.
Well when you come from a middle/high-class family that has never dealt with black people and only heard about them on the news, it’s like “LOL this is funny because blacks are lower than me.”
Hell, in the 80’s my dad was given a lot of shit by people in the oil industry because he was an immigrant. That’s why I always side with minorities, cause I had teachers that gave me shit too since English wasn’t my first language.
I never experienced racism like minorities would, but my family and I know how idiotic North American whites can be.
Yeah. It’s grating since you can see it come time and time again in literally the same circumstances yet the majority denies even though it happened to most of the current majority’s ancestors too, especially given how many racists end up being (proudly) Irish or Italian. I know American education is bad and sporadic on a lot of fronts, especially history, but I generally thought that “no Irish need apply” and stuff regarding early immigration was one of those few things that didn’t get skipped unless you’re just totally (ironically) whitewashing American history to edit out any possible misdeeds.
Oh well. It’s not surprising or anything. I can’t even say it’s disheartening due to how cynical I am and given how that cynicism gets justified most of the time. People rarely change, at least for the better unfortunately, which is why the most common cure for bigotry is just the bigot in question dying of old age. Ignorance in general might be easier to combat if people were so self-centered and polarized and if, nowadays at least, quite a few people didn’t seemingly go out of their way to live up to stereotypes.
Post up what your haul is for each night. Wanna compare your area to mine.
Had been doing it for a while, but my local area got tapped out. Too many drivers. So I stopped. Can’t go too far to drive because it’s a waste of gas, burning mileage on car, and need to be close just in case the wife’s water breaks.
I’m not a big fan of drinking either. I probably have had about a gallon of alcohol in me my whole life (34 now).
Part of that would probably have to do with my brilliant grandfather (RIP), who, when I was 6, saw me eyeing a beer he was drinking while the family was at a restaurant. He turns to me when he finishes it off and whispers “do you want a sip?” while grinning. I nodded, foolishly. He proceeded to order the most foul beer he could possibly find on the menu, and let me have the first sip.
Needless to say, it took me 'til my 20s before I even CONSIDERED rethinking the idea again. :wasted:
Eh, I’ve never had alcohol and don’t really plan to anytime soon. I don’t have alcoholic relatives or strong convictions against it, I just don’t have any interest in it.
I have noticed that people can be rather pushy when you say no to a drink, though. Folks start asking all types of questions like “why not, it’s just one?”, and I’m sitting there wondering why I have to justify my beverage choices.
DC is over saturated. Too many drivers, and 90% of trips are literally down a block.
It’s better to drive somewhere where Uber hasn’t fully taken off, as backwards as it sounds. Even better if you also have Lyft. Run both of them at the same time for maximum earning opportunity.