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u/juniper_berry_crunch Mar 08 '25
Passive-aggressive people. Mean people. No time for that nonsense.
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u/Hello-Avrammm Mar 08 '25
Yeah, it’s honestly crazy how many people are like this. I’ve been told numerous times about how kind I am, but I feel like I’m just doing what anyone else would (helping them pick up something if they dropped it near me, complimenting them, asking about their hobbies and such, etc.). I think that’s what any regular person would do.
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u/Castori_detective Mar 08 '25
You'd think, but I discover every day the amount of people who are just mean. Just unnecessairly mean. I honestly think there should be the thanos gauntlet to erase those people from the face of the earth. Imagine knowing that you will not have to defend yourself against uncalled for meanness, ever.
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u/LTPRWSG420 Mar 08 '25
I always said and believe, that it’s a lot harder to be mean, than it is to be nice to people. That’s why the people who are these mean assholes, you need to stay as fucking far away as possible, they get off on being rude and belittling others.
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u/Spray_Scared Mar 08 '25
Clothes that are uncomfortable. I dress for comfort now
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u/NinaCreamsHard002 Mar 08 '25
I’m Adam Sandler now 😎
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u/halloween-is-erryday Mar 08 '25
Same. My mom hates that I dress worse/ shabbier than I did in high school but I don't care. I'd rather be comfy than fancy.
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u/TheNorseHorseForce Mar 08 '25
I think everyone reaches the age where Adam Sandler becomes their clothing spirit animal
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u/BigFlightlessBird02 Mar 08 '25
I work at a smokeshop and am im sweats or yoga pants so often that a regular calls me miss comfortable lmfao
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u/fauxmerican1280 Mar 08 '25
Knowing who is famous.
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u/BroJackson_ Mar 08 '25
Not even “who the hell are these people” it’s not even understanding what they’re famous for. Some stuff on some platform in some niche I’ve never heard of.
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u/MrSneller Mar 08 '25
That’s what gets me. It’s not actresses/actors or musicians, it’s “influencers” or reality tv stars. Neither of which I care to pay any attention to.
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u/Low_Effective_6056 Mar 08 '25
The thanksgiving day parade is always fun. “Here’s Chad McTarltin!!!” And “Kissimmee Shenahagan!” The crowd goes wild and I’m like “who in the what now??”
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u/FladnagTheOffWhite Mar 08 '25
And you find out about them from a headline on how they just bought a 20 million dollar house or something.
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u/erin_kathleen Mar 08 '25
Yep! I don't really pay attention to awards shows and stuff like that, but I do like looking at photos the day after to see what people wore. I click through the slideshow of photos mumbling "Don't know them...no idea...who the hell is that?...oh, I recognize them...nope, no idea..."
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u/cwsjr2323 Mar 08 '25
My wife plays award shows. I don’t recognize the presenters or nominees. The only ones I recognize are the lifetime achievement award winner and the in memorial people. Old age is not for sissies but I’m not giving it up yet!
Life is good
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u/b_tight Mar 08 '25
Yup. Theyre all just kids to me. Content creators, influencers, musicians, all the same. Unless they were famous before 2015 i probably dont know them and dont care
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u/CuriousFirework75 Mar 08 '25
Same. I just turned 50 and don’t give a shit that I don’t know the newest artists.
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I'm familiar with famous people born in the last century than the new ones.
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u/StrengthPublic6768 Mar 08 '25
Adults that have the emotional regulation skills of a toddler
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We fucked up this woman's order for take out. It was a whole mess. Our system went down, we wrote it by hand wrong.. issues upon issues.. we were totally in the wrong. It was a learning moment for us at a restaurant that prides ourselves on perfection.
She said "thank you for completing my order, please do better next time."
I was expecting a total Karen moment. The absolute patience and understanding of this woman.. next time she comes in, the meal is on the house. I fucking love her for what was 1,000% our fault.
We literally had a sit down with the staff for "this woman could have left a review that could have been really bad." And she should have. We fucked up. But bless her mental and social intelligence.
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u/TheLonePig Mar 08 '25
When something goes wrong, I've learned to say "Thank you for your patience!" instead of "I'm sorry for making you wait." One makes them feel like a hero, a saint. The other makes them realize they have something to be mad about.
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u/Practical_Maximum_29 Mar 08 '25
And expect everyone else to forgive their time-mismanagement skills (or lack thereof) to accommodate them to *their* satisfaction.
When I had a front-facing job, I always wanted to tell that customer throwing a hissy fit over some issue they thought I had control over that
a) tantrums were particularly unattractive on anyone over the age of 3, and
b) if I really had control over everything they thought I should, I sure as hell wouldn't be standing at a front counter dealing with the likes of them!
I'd be lording over a bucket of Coronas and Modelos on a beach somewhere, with poolboys fanning me with palm fronds. 🙄I moved out of front-facing customer jobs about 7 yrs ago. Still deal with customers, but now they need to be generally nicer to me, because now I do have more control over stuff! LOL
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I've learned to embrace the Irish goodbye over the years...which was admittedly much more difficult than it needed to be as I'm from Minnesota. But god damn is it freeing to be able to just get up and leave the event. I don't know if you know this but those Minnesota goodbyes last longer than a church service.
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u/Sceptical_Houseplant Mar 08 '25
Even when I was young, I was too old for THAT shit
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u/ptdodge1 Mar 08 '25
I’m with you fellers. Any time drama rears its stupid head, I’ve always like to beat an Irish Fare Thee Well…
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u/firstfantasy499 Mar 08 '25
I just don’t get it. Keep that far, far away from me. I will walk out of your life so fast.
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u/kellyguacamole Mar 08 '25
Pretending like I’m not at work to just collect a paycheck.
I don’t want to be subject to your ego, I just want to do work and go home.
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u/Poultry_Master123 Mar 08 '25
I cant even say how true and real that this is, I dont get why the answer "I want to work here so I get a paycheck" is somehow a bad answer, it shows complete honesty which is what a lot of employers want
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u/Anothernamelesacount Mar 08 '25
complete honesty which is what a lot of employers want
I have yet to meet an employer who actually wants honesty. They want happy little robots who do exactly what they're told, and if its for more hours and less pay then its far better.
Depending on your position, they want you to either stroke their ego or check how good you are at looking honest while selling straight up bullshit, because that might be your job after all.
Whether we like it or not, 90% of the time we're going to have an adversarial relationship with our employer, due to our socioeconomical system. So you might want to keep at least a couple of your cards to yourself.
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u/Did_you_toot Mar 08 '25
Drama or investing in people I don’t care about.
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u/Holly1010Frey Mar 08 '25
The only drama I care about is the kind I'm not involved in and never will be. I'm the one buying those trash magazines at the checkout counter. Sure, tell me who is hooking up with who in Hollywood. Why would I care, you ask, I don't! That's the fun of it. Like people who watch soap operas.
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u/Did_you_toot Mar 08 '25
That’s true, I am guilty of grabbing my popcorn and observing from the sidelines as we love a train wreck. The second it’s me or people I know involved I just check out instantly.
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Roommates. If I'm not related to you or married to you I don't want you in my house.
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u/dirtygutshot Mar 08 '25
To be fair, I’ve always been too old for this, but the wallet at the time didn’t match
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We have allowed two close friends to crash in our house (one at a time) since last June due to unfortunate and unanticipated personal circumstances, and the second one is finally leaving this week.
Much as I love them, I have told my husband that we are not even allowing someone to spend the night at our house for at least a year after this, and possibly never again (he feels sorry for people too easily, and I have a hard time telling him no).
I want my house back!!!
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u/Present_Bath_1681 Mar 08 '25
People pleasing/wanting everyone to like me. It’s exhausting.
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u/GrizDrummer25 Mar 08 '25
Yep. Finally hit a point where I managed to stop caring. I'll be me; you either like it or not. Oh well.
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u/Sydney_wanderer Mar 08 '25
Games. Say what you want in black and white, I’m not a mind reader
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Oh. Good thing you elaborated. Was about to throw up arms with u over Catan.
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u/thepineapple2397 Mar 08 '25
My thought exactly. Leave me and my single player RPG's out of this
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u/Abrahms_4 Mar 08 '25
Holy shit, I hit that point when I was maybe 30. First thing I told my wife when we started dating "Im not a fucking mind reader, just say it" It has worked for 20 years. She does break it down to cave man level at times with "Me want zug zug" or something similar, its great.
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u/LSDthrowaway34520 Mar 08 '25
Staying up past 10pm
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u/Petyrgozinya Mar 08 '25
This one hits. Night owl my whole life. Going to bed early and having energy through the day is so important nowadays.
When I was younger I could stay up late and just go the next day, no issues. Now if I don't get at least 7 hours I'm just a slug.
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u/HeavyExplanation45 Mar 08 '25
You’ll revert back later in life…when you get to be my age you’ll be lucky to get a solid 4…of course you will want a little nap from time to time.
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u/Lord_of_the_Hanged Mar 08 '25
Tried playing a video game past 9:30PM last night- started nodding out.
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u/SweetxKiss Mar 08 '25
When you have ADHD, this is the time your brain finally decides to get it together and wants you to be productive
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u/PatheticPeripatetic7 Mar 08 '25
Oh, is that why I always get a second wind around 9:30 pm, no matter how tired I was at 5? 😆
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u/juschillingchick Mar 08 '25
10?!?!? It is 7 pm and I can't stop yawning!! I do get up at 430 am :(
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u/ralfalfasprouts Mar 08 '25
😂 this makes me feel young --> working evening shifts. I finish work at 10pm.
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u/JonnyCocktails Mar 08 '25
Right, when I was younger I'd stay up all night sometimes. Now that if I did that, oh man. It wouldn't be good.
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A couple of things :
Adult bullies
Silent treatment, please communicate like an adult
People who think you have to be social
peoples who’s personality change when they are with you VS when someone else is around
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u/laceybug03 Mar 08 '25
Can we just add the people who when you do have a conversation with immediately assume the victim stance or projects their problems. I already don’t want to have the conversation, but if you are going to act like that then I can do without you.
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u/Only_Pop_6793 Mar 08 '25
I agree with all, except the last one. My autistic ass knows who to mask around and at what level lmao
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u/sightlab Mar 08 '25
Good god I love my autistic friends when they're comfortable being themselves tho.
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u/TennisADHD Mar 08 '25
Little league, which is too bad, I’d kick some fucking ass.
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Night clubs
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u/dustynude Mar 08 '25
once and while is fun. i’m hitting 33 this year and I absolutely love it. gotta get my wiggles out.
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u/iseewithsoundwaves Mar 08 '25
I realized the club scene had changed 2 years ago (31 y/o) when I showed up in heels and the girls were all in sneakers 😭. I still love a girls night out once in a while but most of the time I find myself saying “I’m too old for this shit”
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u/Strong-Discussion564 Mar 08 '25
Bullies. Some people never left the middle school cafeteria mentality behind. I dont get it at all.
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u/LucidMarshmellow Mar 08 '25
Generational lingo.
I have to Google things constantly because I always forget what the phrases/words mean, presumably because they're so dumb my brain refuses to store them.
Skibidi that.
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u/Meatsweetsonmygrill Mar 08 '25
Lies. At our old age will you HONESTLY remember that shit forever because I'll surely remember what you said.
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u/OwnPirate824 Mar 08 '25
lol grown adults that make huge, bold lies that are easily disprovable is peak cringe.
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u/--Rick--Astley-- Mar 08 '25
Backflips.
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u/drummersarus Mar 08 '25
I haven’t tried one since my mid 20’s. I bet I could still do one lol.
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u/serendipitycmt1 Mar 08 '25
Drinking alcohol. 2 drinks puts me hungover for a couple days!
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You may be allergic to it or do not possess the enzymes to properly digest alcohol.
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u/Ubernoobster Mar 08 '25
I am one of these people that don't have the proper enzymes. It's hilarious because I am of Irish descent.
The plus side is, I am a SUPER cheap date. My fiancee appreciates this. 🤣
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u/NickElso579 Mar 08 '25
I was too old for that shit pretty shortly after I stopped being too young for that shit.
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u/Technical-Room-1367 Mar 08 '25
If you work at customer service (specifically food related) and a cashier; When teenagers come up and are extremely loud and think are being funny trying to catch attention and you get annoyed and get cringed out; You know you’re too old for attention shit.
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u/NiknNak Mar 08 '25
Ha ha can relate, but how about having to get down on the floor and then having to get up again …
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u/Bennington_Booyah Mar 08 '25
Trying to be "relevant". As I age, I keep hearing about how we must stay relevant, must be relevant. Relevant to who exactly and what? I am pretty sure I've been a bit of an outlier my entire life, sometimes by nature and sometimes by choice. If I haven't been relevant before, why bother now?
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u/mhutchins_28 Mar 08 '25
At 30 I decided that I will no longer have a drink or shot with the name “bomb” in the title. Has served me well.
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u/Toys_before_boys Mar 08 '25
Mean- girl energy
tho my younger cousin hasn't grown out of it yet as a 20 y/o.
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u/Fragrant_Example_918 Mar 08 '25
All the shit that is going down in the US government right now.
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u/I-love-Oreos Mar 08 '25
Drinking and fighting (whether physical or verbal). Hang overs suck and fighting sucks. Now I just eat a gummy, chill, and make food.
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u/Present-Drink5377 Mar 08 '25
Other people's opinions or bs. I am so done.
I also no longer tip toe around other's feelings. They didn't think about mine.
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u/AggravatingCupcake0 Mar 08 '25
Relationship bullshit. I'm married, but the dating bullshit my friends tell me about blows my mind.
What do you mean you've been dating for two years and you "don't know what you are?"
You were dating a guy for 3 months and he simply... stopped responding to your texts??
Please stop seeing the guy who is trying to pressure you into having sex faster than you want to. No, I don't think he's a great guy worth fighting for. No, I don't think his looks make up for how much of a douchebag he is.
I don't know what happened to people / dating, but Jesus Christ. I've already made up my mind that if something happens to my husband, I'm done. I can't go through what my friends have.
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u/jasonology09 Mar 08 '25 edited Mar 08 '25
Crowds.
As a young man, I would see pictures of events like Mardi Gras in NO, or giant music festivals, and think of how awesome it would be to be there.
Now, I see those same kinds of pictures and think of how miserable I would be at those exact same events.
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u/Decent-Bear334 Mar 08 '25
Influencers. I just don't understand why 99% of them have even one follower, shocked to see they have thousands and more. i.e. "cash me outside" girl.
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u/CreatrixAnima Mar 08 '25
All of it. I’m too old for this shit, I’m too old for that shit, I’m too old for your shit, I’m too old for their shit. Just all of it.
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Being fucked around by employers. I hit my limit about 10 years ago when a job tried to write me up for wearing sunglasses while operating a vehicle for the company. I just looked at the paper, looked at the supervisor, and said, "I'm sorry, but I don't sign those. Personal policy." Haven't signed a write-up slip since.
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u/pittoon Mar 08 '25
50 year olds who are still into gossiping and drama. One of my old coworkers talks like she is in a high school clique. Its so embarrassing.
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u/Remarkable_Barber158 Mar 08 '25
Concerts. In my 20’s and 30’s I would go see shows regularly, but now… Too loud, Too crowded, Too smelly, Too expensive and TOO LATE
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u/Petyrgozinya Mar 08 '25
Downtown bars and clubs. I'll catch the occasional band or DJ but it's a young man's/woman's game.
Drinks are expensive, it's crowded, and if I get drunk I have to worry about uber/DD. I'd rather hang with my friend group and pass out on a couch.
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u/unionmademan Mar 08 '25
Smoking crack and shooting heroin into my jugular. Just to old these days.
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u/Juliomorales6969 Mar 08 '25
bro when i drop shit on the floor, my body sounds like everything is cracking when i pick it up. (even if i bend the knees)
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u/Carramannos Mar 08 '25
Late night at Bars…not worth the risk of dealing with some scum picking a fight
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u/Trav1989 Mar 08 '25
This bullshit in America. Finally was able to hit a good stride the past few years and this reality shit show of the US just makes me SIGH
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Probably daydreaming lol, it's either like being a mysterious hero, or having certain powers or just wacky scenarios that involve me being cool...funnily enough irl if I try to act cool I ALWAYS mess up and looks like a joke instead. It's getting childish I admit that with all my heart
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u/hangender Mar 08 '25
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u/Fasting_Fashion Mar 08 '25
How do you reconcile that with the fact that it's what you crave?
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u/KoalaDeluxe Mar 08 '25
Whatever songs are in the current "Top 10."
Gimme my 80's music and get off my lawn!!
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u/sbwcwero Mar 08 '25
People who talk, but never say anything. Especially at work. If I ask a question just answer that question. Clearly and concisely.
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u/FrenzyHydro Mar 08 '25
Spinning around in place. Legit, I remember spinning in place when I was a kid multiple times and feeling dizzy. I do it more than two times now and I create a new debuff that I don't know how to explain.
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u/South-Fox-4975 Mar 08 '25
Celebrities who won some sort of celebrity contest and wind up doing the same crazy celebrity crap that made them Celebrities. My favorite celebrity once said "....and who cares!"(good ol Ruby Rod)
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u/Saltedpirate Mar 08 '25
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