#41
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i mean just the basic thing of "going to the doctor," like, i dont know how to do it. lol. it seems bizarre and horrific. i suffer from a number of diseases and i just cant go. because i dont know how
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tapespeed posted:

mangosteen posted:
lmao

It's not funny.



of course it is

#43
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*shrugs shoulders whilst simultaneously looking over one of them at mom who is cleaning my rom while i post*
#44
Mike Nelson here.
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well i just emailed a psychoanalyst and for some reason i included an autobiography rather than calling like a normal person but hey whatever works.

i have legit medical brain problems at some level so going to the doctor helped a good bit. like i had painful anxiety and the pills stop that quite a bit so i'm not going to badmouth them at all. but they deal with people who were like raped by their uncle every day for a year and then burned their tits with an iron or something so when i show up and am like "i'm directionless sigh" they are like CHEER UP EMO KID and then say "maybe you'll regain some limited functionality" and point me out the door. so paying for psychoanalysis is probably worth it.
#45
tardy on these heaters
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join the army impper
#46
Mike Nelson here.
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don't join the army: start one.
#47
San Francisco
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Last time I told my therapist one of my tragic romantic misadventures, by the end of the session he was almost in tears laughing. It made me feel better
#48
Mike Nelson here.
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now i want a "don't join the army - start one" t-shirt

also a t-shirt that says "i studied sculpture at st. martin's college"
#49
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babyfinland posted:
join the army impper



i think about it now and then. what are the pros/cons

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getfiscal posted:
now i want a "don't join the army - start one" t-shirt

also a t-shirt that says "i studied sculpture at st. martin's college"


id wear this tshirt

#51
Mike Nelson here.
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cons: fighting for america isn't very metal.

unless you train up and then defect
#52
Mike Nelson here.
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i just looked at some courses at local universities about writing and some of them are offered jointly with the "new york times knowledge network", the new knowledge of which caused me almost gag
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Pro: the suicide rate in present and former soldiers is Heavy Metal
#54
Mike Nelson here.
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also heavy metal: depleted uranium
#55
tardy on these heaters
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Impper posted:

babyfinland posted:
join the army impper

i think about it now and then. what are the pros/cons



peopel tell you what to do and you have a license to murder with ur broz

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Impper posted:
babyfinland posted:
join the army impper



i think about it now and then. what are the pros/cons



pro: retire in 20 years, full medical and dental for yourself and spouse and children, regular promotion, salary matches inflation, job security, life insurance and burial, free food and housing if you live on-base and stipends if not, be treated like a hero by everyone in america, hazard pay, full pension, 6 weeks vacation, holidays.

con: the devil has your soul forever

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Impper posted:
babyfinland posted:
join the army impper


i think about it now and then. what are the pros/cons



idf

chicks

#58
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right now i save souls that are ready to be saved.

if i live long enough i will build a beautiful zen school in a semi-rural area and my students will tend vegetable gardens and sit down with me and stare at walls until we die or think of something better to do (hint: there probably wont be)
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babyfinland posted:
Impper posted:
babyfinland posted:
join the army impper
i think about it now and then. what are the pros/cons


peopel tell you what to do and you have a license to murder with ur broz


nobody tells me what to do!

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Crow posted:
Pro: the suicide rate in present and former soldiers is Heavy Metal


if i tell army i will definitely suicide, will they let me join up??

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getfiscal posted:
i just looked at some courses at local universities about writing and some of them are offered jointly with the "new york times knowledge network", the new knowledge of which caused me almost gag


a bunch of people at my job keep talking about "new york times knowledge," is this somehow related?

#62
Mike Nelson here.
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i'm guessing yes
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Impper posted:
if i tell army i will definitely suicide, will they let me join up??



No. Suicidal gestures/ideation/attempts are auto PDQs. Sometimes they'll try to work with someone if they're already in but at the recruitment stage they won't even bother (even if it was years ago and its not a problem anymore and they have 2 major wars going on)

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urgh adulthood also involves work and responsibility that goes well beyond being a student; I have to stop posting until mid-October. I started this morning with only two cases that needed to be finished up within the month. An hour in, another one came by. Then another one. Then another two. Now I am posting from under my desk, which is buried under an avalanche of legal materials. If you see me posting before mid-October then be sure to call me an idiot.
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Well, the issues of identity and purpose are pretty rough, but bars and sex are great at least.
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Very carefully!
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Crow posted:
Very carefully!

#69
political car tune
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bumped for the 'stang
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political car tune
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tpaine posted:

with gloves on

yeah, kid gloves

#72
FLAWDA
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I work part time for a realty agency while I'm finishing out a master's degree in a fucking social science, so I don't think I'm even handling adulthood other than being married or something. I really don't have any career aspirations and I'm sure it's because I care more about being happy and I'm sure that stems from trauma during childhood but whatever. I'd rather keep myself well-weeded and intellectually curious and just continue without actually buckling down and committing to anything difficult I guess
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i'm living in a house with three other people at a treatment program/independent living type thing. i'm planning to go back to school and get a part time job while i'm here so i can move back home to the bay area and live in an apartment within the next year

it's going ok so far
#74
Dont Mess With Sucess
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Lykourgos posted:

urgh adulthood also involves work and responsibility that goes well beyond being a student; I have to stop posting until mid-October. I started this morning with only two cases that needed to be finished up within the month. An hour in, another one came by. Then another one. Then another two. Now I am posting from under my desk, which is buried under an avalanche of legal materials. If you see me posting before mid-October then be sure to call me an idiot.

You're an idiot

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Dont Mess With Sucess
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I'm finding it virtually impossible to work for other people, because they are idiots and I the lone smart one, who should be boss at all times and of all things. At the same time, are there any people even worthy of carrying out my divine will? Adulthood turns out to be a lonely place.
#76
corey "of "fail aids" fame"
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2018: arrive home in my hovervehicle after a long day at the hoveroffice. i switch on my holoputer and see the How are you handing adulthood thread has been bumped again. most recent poster: cycloneboy. post: VERY POORLY
#77
Kurdt
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it gets better
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#79
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it's not happening its not happening its not happening its not happening its not happening its not happening stop stop stop stop stop stop
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political car tune
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I told a coworker im on the slow march to 30