Share Your Shower Thoughts

[bluegate]

So, Hey, it's Obsidian Jones here. I just wanted to touch base with everyone since I almost died driving to work today.

It's the winter season in North America. We think a lot about our snow tires and what not. I'm going to suggest that you actually start looking at your hood. Cold can lead to metal stress and fatigue. And finding out that can occur while barreling down a highway during pre-rush hour at 65 mph isn't that fun.

It might show that you keep cool under pressure, though. That's always a good thing.

What happened though? Did your hood explode?

 

[ObsidianJones_v1legacy]

So, Hey, it's Obsidian Jones here. I just wanted to touch base with everyone since I almost died driving to work today.

It's the winter season in North America. We think a lot about our snow tires and what not. I'm going to suggest that you actually start looking at your hood. Cold can lead to metal stress and fatigue. And finding out that can occur while barreling down a highway during pre-rush hour at 65 mph isn't that fun.

It might show that you keep cool under pressure, though. That's always a good thing.

What happened though? Did your hood explode?

The Structure when houses the latch that keeps the hood down snapped. It couldn't keep it really in place, and I assume it wasn't as securely down as it usually is. Wind got under the hood and eventually the latch just gave out. Up comes the hood.

 

[Drathnoxis]

Why is it called the Xbox 360? It's not round.

 

[BrawlMan]

So, Hey, it's Obsidian Jones here. I just wanted to touch base with everyone since I almost died driving to work today.

It's the winter season in North America. We think a lot about our snow tires and what not. I'm going to suggest that you actually start looking at your hood. Cold can lead to metal stress and fatigue. And finding out that can occur while barreling down a highway during pre-rush hour at 65 mph isn't that fun.

It might show that you keep cool under pressure, though. That's always a good thing.

What happened though? Did your hood explode?

The Structure when houses the latch that keeps the hood down snapped. It couldn't keep it really in place, and I assume it wasn't as securely down as it usually is. Wind got under the hood and eventually the latch just gave out. Up comes the hood.

Glad you made it out okay. I got rear ended by a Smart bus, the first of November. No injuries. Bus company had to pay for damages.

Why is it called the Xbox 360? It's not round.

Because Microsoft planned on revolutionizing the console gaming market once again.

This song was going through my head, while taking a shower last night.

 

[happyninja42]

Those 2 fan favorite fighters in Attack on Titan, Levi and the girl one that never talks much, aren't actually super skilled. They just know how to SHUT THE FUCK UP WHEN ATTACKING, and don't start yelling at the top of their lungs right before they try and ambush a giant from behind.

 

[BrawlMan]

Those 2 fan favorite fighters in Attack on Titan, Levi and the girl one that never talks much, aren't actually super skilled. They just know how to SHUT THE FUCK UP WHEN ATTACKING, and don't start yelling at the top of their lungs right before they try and ambush a giant from behind.

It's just the walking dead, but with giant monsters and even less interesting characters for me. During the 2013 to 2014 anime season. I found shows like space dandy and kill la kill more enjoyable. AoT just felt more like your stock shown an affair, but darker and more military.

 

[happyninja42]

Those 2 fan favorite fighters in Attack on Titan, Levi and the girl one that never talks much, aren't actually super skilled. They just know how to SHUT THE FUCK UP WHEN ATTACKING, and don't start yelling at the top of their lungs right before they try and ambush a giant from behind.

Town just to be the walking dead, but with giant monsters and even less interesting characters for me. During the 2013 to 2014 anime season. I found shows like space dandy and kill la kill more enjoyable. AoT just felt more like your stock shown an affair, but darker and more military.

Never seen either of those, I'm not a huge anime fan, I only watch a few here and there that catch my interest. I enjoyed watching AoT for a bit, but I kept getting frustrated with their blood curdling scream tactic of attack. I mean, it was really funny, how often the scene would boil down as basically:

1. Titan obliviously wanders the street.
2. Shot of one of the defenders flying by in the background, quiet and unnoticed.
3. Transition shot to defender as they prepare for their attack on the neck.
4. RIDICULOUSLY LOUD SCREAM AS THEY APPROACH THE TARGET, BLOWING ALL ATTEMPTS AT STEALTH AND AMBUSH.
5. Titan, obviously alerted by the increasingly loud noise behind them due to doppler effect, basically goes "huh?" turns around, ruins the open strike on it's weak point, and gets an already delivered snack.
6. Other defenders look on in shock that the attack didn't work.
7. I apply bandage to my forehead due to smashing it against the table in frustration.

 

[Xprimentyl]

We've all kicked a pregnant woman before

Holy fucking shit? I JUST got it.

We've all kicked a pregnant woman before

I said "Shower Thoughts," not "Soon To Be In A Prison Shower Thoughts."

If life is a prison, yes.

We've all kicked a pregnant woman before

I said "Shower Thoughts," not "Soon To Be In A Prison Shower Thoughts."

If life is a prison, yes.

The vast majority of us were already "inside" at the time

Yes, even after your completely non-subtle hints, I JUST got the joke.

Welp, I?m apparently not a smart man, but I?m at least as smart as Batman?

 

[happyninja42]

Why does crunchyroll show me ads for the anime that I'm currently watching?! I don't need you to tell me to watch this anime crunchroll! I'm watching it right now! Your ads are directly preventing me from watching the show you want me to watch!

Also yesterday's actual shower thought:

"Huh, I can't think of anything witty and clever to put into that shower thread....damn."

 

[Chimpzy_v1legacy]

A few months ago I started seeing someone after not having dated for quite a long time. Things were going well but there were some things bothering me, and being the ball of insecurity that I am, I wanted to clear the air, and while we were at it talk about what both of us wanted from the relationship going forward. So last friday I sat her down ... and she kind of sort of dropped a bombshell and I don't know how to handle it. Not even sure I can.

So yeah, that's been my shower thought for the past week. Or outside of the shower.

 

[Asita]

So, my friend loves to tell me about her dating blues. She is about to dump this guy that she hasn't been going out with yet, but is frustrated that he's not picking up on her clues. Said clues are her arm touches and inviting him to do things out and whatever. She's upset that he's so clueless.

I asked her what is clueless about that. She said she's obviously flirting with him. I ask how is that obivous, because women do that to me all the time. And a lot of these women are freaking married (a good deal to friends of mine), so I know they aren't interested. She said that she doesn't do this with other guys, and if he observed her, he would know that this is different.

I paused a while. Let her own words sink in for a moment before I said "If your methods take careful study of your character with multiple people over a given amount of time, your flirting isn't obvious. It needs a Private Investigator."

And bonus! She told the other females in my old group to never come to me with this stuff again. So winning all around!

In fairness to both you and her, you were both kinda right, though you are a bit more right than she is. The Catch-22 of 'subtle' flirting like that is that the object of your affections will be mostly exposed to your flirtatious side rather than your casual side, especially if your friends are not their friends. The change in demeanor is obvious to your best friend(s) who see how you act when your crush is and is not around, but it's not obvious to your crush because - by necessity - they only see how you act when they are around.

 

[Batou667]

There are many, many songs written by a man about a woman. Loads of them. So many, in fact, that there was that Family Guy scene where Brian effortlessly rattles off twenty "songs whose titles are just a woman's name", and then for good measure another twenty.

A few days ago I realised I couldn't think of a single example of the opposite, i.e. a female singing about a particular guy.

So, yeah - why does Lucille by Kenny Rogers exist, but Dave by Dolly Parton doesn't?

 

[ObsidianJones_v1legacy]

This is a cooking thought, but I'm counting it.

Why do we act like #CancelCulture is a new thing? The only thing new is the Nomenclature. Boycotts, McCarthyism, Flower Power vs the Man, Treatment of Abolitionist, Socialism, Censorship during the new Media Era, the list goes on and on.

If you name a period in history, you will find someone against almost every aspect of it.

Hell, 80's had us against Socialism, us against rampant consumerist greed, us against the poor, us against the yuppies, us against nu wave, us against all the various types of metal genres, us against the new era, us against the status quo, us against the Me Era, us against Hands around the world...

90's was the counter culture movement, us against the Companies destroying the earth, us against the new hippies, us against the intellectual movement in hip hop, us against the rise of gangsta rap, us against conservatism, us against PC...

2000's was the Return of the Me Era, us against the war in Iraq, us against the speaking out against the troops (which meant anything, just as the Dixie Chicks), us against corporate greed that caused the recession, us against hand outs and lowering prices because companies need to stay competitive, us against PC Gone Amuck, us against the rise of hate groups again, us against cyber bullying, us against censorship and people with thin skins, us against the climate change weirdos who believe the earth is changing, us against the climate change weirdos who don't believe the earth is changing...

There was no end to it. There will be no end to it. And for people to constantly say "It's never been as bad as this" can't remember when D&D was almost outlawed for being Satanic [https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26328105]. Or how one of the greatest comedians who ever done it had to change Obscenity Laws in the Supreme Court [https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/george-carlin-and-the-supreme-court-36-years-later], ushering a new way of communication in media. Or how a decent amount of the population called in death threats and boycotted Ellen DeGeneres after she came out on her show [https://www.upworthy.com/in-1997-being-gay-on-tv-was-not-ok-ellen-and-oprah-look-back-in-this-emotional-clip].

This is all the same bs it's always been. It will be the same bs ten years from now with a same name. And you will think it's never been as bad as it was before.

Or, you can just break the cycle and be ok with 7 billion people being different and voicing it. Give respect as much as you want to give it, and understand the spotlight needs to shine on others from time to time.

 

[Trunkage]

Is it called defenestration if you throw someone (somehow) through a window on a space ship? What if you shoot the window out? Does this mean you can defenestrate yourself?

 

[Trunkage]

This is a cooking thought, but I'm counting it.

Why do we act like #CancelCulture is a new thing? The only thing new is the Nomenclature. Boycotts, McCarthyism, Flower Power vs the Man, Treatment of Abolitionist, Socialism, Censorship during the new Media Era, the list goes on and on.

If you name a period in history, you will find someone against almost every aspect of it.

Hell, 80's had us against Socialism, us against rampant consumerist greed, us against the poor, us against the yuppies, us against nu wave, us against all the various types of metal genres, us against the new era, us against the status quo, us against the Me Era, us against Hands around the world...

90's was the counter culture movement, us against the Companies destroying the earth, us against the new hippies, us against the intellectual movement in hip hop, us against the rise of gangsta rap, us against conservatism, us against PC...

2000's was the Return of the Me Era, us against the war in Iraq, us against the speaking out against the troops (which meant anything, just as the Dixie Chicks), us against corporate greed that caused the recession, us against hand outs and lowering prices because companies need to stay competitive, us against PC Gone Amuck, us against the rise of hate groups again, us against cyber bullying, us against censorship and people with thin skins, us against the climate change weirdos who believe the earth is changing, us against the climate change weirdos who don't believe the earth is changing...

There was no end to it. There will be no end to it. And for people to constantly say "It's never been as bad as this" can't remember when D&D was almost outlawed for being Satanic [https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26328105]. Or how one of the greatest comedians who ever done it had to change Obscenity Laws in the Supreme Court [https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/george-carlin-and-the-supreme-court-36-years-later], ushering a new way of communication in media. Or how a decent amount of the population called in death threats and boycotted Ellen DeGeneres after she came out on her show [https://www.upworthy.com/in-1997-being-gay-on-tv-was-not-ok-ellen-and-oprah-look-back-in-this-emotional-clip].

This is all the same bs it's always been. It will be the same bs ten years from now with a same name. And you will think it's never been as bad as it was before.

Or, you can just break the cycle and be ok with 7 billion people being different and voicing it. Give respect as much as you want to give it, and understand the spotlight needs to shine on others from time to time.

Look up Charles Sumner. People pretending today is the worst Cancel Culture has ever been, doesn't understand history. Also, duels used to be a thing. 'Let's settle our differences by killing one of us.'

A few months ago I started seeing someone after not having dated for quite a long time. Things were going well but there were some things bothering me, and being the ball of insecurity that I am, I wanted to clear the air, and while we were at it talk about what both of us wanted from the relationship going forward. So last friday I sat her down ... and she kind of sort of dropped a bombshell and I don't know how to handle it. Not even sure I can.

So yeah, that's been my shower thought for the past week. Or outside of the shower.

Hey, just checking everything's still okay

 

[BrawlMan]

Those 2 fan favorite fighters in Attack on Titan, Levi and the girl one that never talks much, aren't actually super skilled. They just know how to SHUT THE FUCK UP WHEN ATTACKING, and don't start yelling at the top of their lungs right before they try and ambush a giant from behind.

Town just to be the walking dead, but with giant monsters and even less interesting characters for me. During the 2013 to 2014 anime season. I found shows like space dandy and kill la kill more enjoyable. AoT just felt more like your stock shown an affair, but darker and more military.

Never seen either of those, I'm not a huge anime fan, I only watch a few here and there that catch my interest. I enjoyed watching AoT for a bit, but I kept getting frustrated with their blood curdling scream tactic of attack. I mean, it was really funny, how often the scene would boil down as basically:

1. Titan obliviously wanders the street.
2. Shot of one of the defenders flying by in the background, quiet and unnoticed.
3. Transition shot to defender as they prepare for their attack on the neck.
4. RIDICULOUSLY LOUD SCREAM AS THEY APPROACH THE TARGET, BLOWING ALL ATTEMPTS AT STEALTH AND AMBUSH.
5. Titan, obviously alerted by the increasingly loud noise behind them due to doppler effect, basically goes "huh?" turns around, ruins the open strike on it's weak point, and gets an already delivered snack.
6. Other defenders look on in shock that the attack didn't work.
7. I apply bandage to my forehead due to smashing it against the table in frustration.

I reccomend both shows, and neither are long either (Dandy is 26 episodes and KLK is 25 episodes). Space Dandy is a comedy made by the guy who did Cowboy Bebop, and Kill La Kill was made by the team that did Gurren Lagann.

 

[Baffle]

Does this mean you can defenestrate yourself?

Only if you're feeling kinky.

 

[BrawlMan]

I just realized after seeing the Guardian of the Galaxy films, there is no reason not to make a Captain Commando movie. I want my Baby Mech dammit! When you have talking racoon, anything is possible!

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cc_japan_art.png

 

[Chimpzy_v1legacy]

Hey, just checking everything's still okay

Ok, here goes.

Back in January I met a woman (for convenience, let's call her Julia) at a close friend's house party. We got along well, started hanging out, became friends. I developed feelings for her, and eventually decided to man up and invited her for dinner, we had a nice evening, kissed, and the next thing we were dating. The next few months were honestly some of the best I've had. Julia is smart, funny, sweet, supportive, pretty darn attractive, a little geeky, and a whole bunch of other good qualities. Honestly I initially thought her out of my league. She's basically everything I could want in a girlfriend.

But some things bothered me. Like how Julia told me she worked in a bar, but I noticed she only worked 3 days a week on average, and how could she afford an apartment and make ends meet on just that? Or how I once found what I was pretty sure were (negative) STD test results on her kitchen counter while looking for some other stuff. But everything else was great and I was afraid I'd maybe ruin thing by prying, so I sort of wrote it off and banked on trust. Then friday last week I felt like thing had got to the point where I felt confident in asking her to go steady, but I wanted things to be clear between us first. So we met at her place, I expressed what I wanted from out relationship and voiced my concerns, and that's when she told me what she actually does for a living:

"I'm a prostitute"

Julia started explaining after, like how she didn't tell right away because every time she did before when dating outside the sector the guy always ditched her, and she wanted to wait for a good time. How she's doing it entirely of her own will, there's no coercion or drugs involved, always uses protection, gets herself tested every month and that the sex on the job is strictly business. How she really wants to continue our relationship and promised to always be open from now on. I just stood there and listened. I didn't know what to say. I didn't know how to react. I eventually said I needed some time and left. I haven't seen or talked to her since, tho she's been messaging and calling a lot.

Now I don't know what to do. I'm hurt that she lied, but I still love her. Having her in my life was a vast improvement. Part of me wants to forgive and believe her that we can make this work. Part of me is afraid we can't and that I won't be able to handle her, you know. Asked some close friends for advice. Opinions are split 50/50 between "take the chance" and "better end it now".

Done. Made it through. If anything, felt somewhat relieving to write it all down.

 

[Trunkage]

Hey, just checking everything's still okay

Ok, here goes.

Back in January I met a woman (for convenience, let's call her Julia) at a close friend's house party. We got along well, started hanging out, became friends. I developed feelings for her, and eventually decided to man up and invited her for dinner, we had a nice evening, kissed, and the next thing we were dating. The next few months were honestly some of the best I've had. Julia is smart, funny, sweet, supportive, pretty darn attractive, a little geeky, and a whole bunch of other good qualities. Honestly I initially thought her out of my league. She's basically everything I could want in a girlfriend.

But some things bothered me. Like how Julia told me she worked in a bar, but I noticed she only worked 3 days a week on average, and how could she afford an apartment and make ends meet on just that? Or how I once found what I was pretty sure were (negative) STD test results on her kitchen counter while looking for some other stuff. But everything else was great and I was afraid I'd maybe ruin thing by prying, so I sort of wrote it off and banked on trust. Then friday last week I felt like thing had got to the point where I felt confident in asking her to go steady, but I wanted things to be clear between us first. So we met at her place, I expressed what I wanted from out relationship and voiced my concerns, and that's when she told me what she actually does for a living:

"I'm a prostitute"

Julia started explaining after, like how she didn't tell right away because every time she did before when dating outside the sector the guy always ditched her, and she wanted to wait for a good time. How she's doing it entirely of her own will, there's no coercion or drugs involved, always uses protection, gets herself tested every month and that the sex on the job is strictly business. How she really wants to continue our relationship and promised to always be open from now on. I just stood there and listened. I didn't know what to say. I didn't know how to react. I eventually said I needed some time and left. I haven't seen or talked to her since, tho she's been messaging and calling a lot.

Now I don't know what to do. I'm hurt that she lied, but I still love her. Having her in my life was a vast improvement. Part of me wants to forgive and believe her that we can make this work. Part of me is afraid we can't and that I won't be able to handle her, you know. Asked some close friends for advice. Opinions are split 50/50 between "take the chance" and "better end it now".

Done. Made it through. If anything, felt somewhat relieving to write it all down.

Hey man, that takes courage. My only similar experience is dating a couple of women who figured out they were lesbian through our relationship

She's in a tough spot. You probably would have had the same level of... frustration? Anguish? if she told earlier. No matter when she said it, she would have sounded like she was covering it up.

Me personally, I'd go for it. But I would try to be open and talk about how uncomfortable it feels

But, then, I don't know what specifically is the issue. Her being a prostitute or liar. If the former, what specifically about prostitutes make it a hard deal?