Well said. Most people do not know how to pick battles either.

Im not asking my parents to fight the battle for me, my dad just happens to have connections with someone on the board of directors. If I can mess up this asshole's life for crossing me and humiliating me, Im all for it. Im not really an aggressive person, but....when people do piss me off, i dont forget it.

It most certainly does not work for everyone who doesn't get divorced (who, by the way will be less than half the people who marry). So many of them are trapped in a living hell due to obligations to children, family, and fear of the ruin of what divorce would bring. Do you really think everyone who manages to not get divorced is happy? The majority aren't. If you don't believe me feel free to volunteer at an old folk's home sometime, listen to their stories.

Any marriage can go ass over head at any time through circumstances way beyond your control. Yeah, life is hard and marriage can (not always) make it harder. You may be perfectly willing to power through the worst of your "or worse" marriage vows, but you know what? Your partner may not, no matter what you think he or she will do.

You can have every benefit of a relationship without marriage; marriage is nothing but an outmoded legal construct propped up by theological beliefs that in this area, like in most, seem to do as much harm to society as good. It's not even needed to enforce care of children anymore as the state does a pretty good job of enforcing financial care at the very least (at least in the US).

You're absolutely lying to yourself, may you never get struck in the face like so many do. The fact is, you may, anyone may.

48% odds of winning is casino odds, man. It's not "realistic" as you claim.
That's called "vengeance" not justice. Do it if you want, but don't lie to yourself about what it is.

I have my Driver's Ed test today. :(

My payment for Psychonauts isn't going through. :(

Also: Mailmen who stuff magazines roughly into your mailbox so the cover is shredded should be fired.

I'd like to bitch about your post not being adequately inclusive. Mail carriers that do that should be fired. Out of a cannon. Into the sun.

Im sure you'll do fine. Although you dont have a choice try and get a reasonable person that tests you :)

My instructor was balanced so i still had to be on my toes. It was funny, one of my friends got this really cool fat guy who just made fun of himself the whole time. My friend hit the cone once and the guy was like: "That would have been a car". He still passed him so i guess part of it does depend on who you get.

Cones? Around here the driving test for cars is done on real streets. Motorcycle licenses OTOH are done in a parking lot, with good reason. You don't have thousands of pounds of cage around you if you screw up.

Just remember when the sign says 'stop', thats an instruction to YOU and not telling everyone else to stop because you're there.

Seriously people remembering that would double the level of road safety around this place

I just wrote a story about a horrible night I had one time where I hopped a train. I wrote it from today's perspective, but most of it is in the moment. It may bring up questions, most of the people that read this site are people who know my history, but feel free to ask. Or, by all means, disregard the thing entirely. It's long. There's some funny stuff in it at certain points, hopefully. Just did it to write it down before I forget the details.

Trainriding

Try to check the mail more than once every four days. :D

Don't lecture me about life, because I don't need it. I'm old enough, and I've made plenty of mistakes through out it to have learnt something from my experiences.

I'm not going to bother actually replying to what you wrote you.

But I will say this, if you're taking an analytical approach to what is a solely emotional thing, you're fucking doing it wrong. And honestly, do you even read what people write? "Find someone who accepts you for who you are, and do the same for them" - that IS realistic advice. I didn't say it would lead to a happily ever after scenario.

FFS man, I thought I was cynical and bitter, but you really take the cake in that department. Try and change your attitude.. For your own sake.

I can't stand it at college. I know I need to stay in it to get where I want to go, and I'm having fun with the people here, but I just feel like I'm wasting 4 years of my life. Maybe I'll feel better about it when the classes relating to my major start, but right now I'm just cramming for science and economy classes that I'll likely forget whenever I get my diploma. I want to be doing something significant, but I can't until I go through four years of sitting in class, doing my best to pay attention. Maybe I should have taken a year between high school and college, because I just don't have that same drive I did when I was younger. Oh well, things will get better.

Insomnia is a bitch.

Ditto man 10 to 4 int he morning and to add insult to injury i just managed to snap my glasses in half.
Not happy, I liked those frames and theyre discontinued now. Gonna have the added expence of new frame at a minimum. Thats gonna push my new gpu even further back. I mean its no use if i cant see whats on the screen without being 3 inches away from it.
Hate going to bed grumpy, means ill be crabbit when i get up.