Funny skits to read

You are not beautiful. There is a reason you always were your mask on your chin. You are not smart. I am in the top one percent of kids in the united states when it comes to reading and language. You are nothing compaired to me. You have no future. In twenty years, I will have a high paying job. In twenty years, assuming you haven't killed yourself, you will be working at McDonalds, if you can even find the effort. You are not funny. Nothing you have ever said is funny. Being edgy is not funny. Being inappropriate is not funny. You are not creative. Just look at your interests. You only ever have one interests, and that is men. You made my life hell, and I am so, so glad I will never talk to you again.

Hello bookclub and welcome to the first discussion on Americanah!! Just a reminder please check out the schedule and Marginalia!
Summary:
Chapter 1:
We are introduced to Ifemelu. A recent graduate of a fellowship at Princeton University. Ifemelu is awaiting a train to take her to Trenton to get her hair braided. While reflecting on how no such store would be open in Princeton we learn Ifemelu writes a blog about her observations of American Blacks from the perspective of a non-American black. Ifemelu reflects on how some of her blog topics and how it had been gathering a loyal audience; however, Ifemelu has written her final blog in anticipation for her move back to her home country Nigeria. She reflects on her wanting to return and the prospect of seeing her former love Obinze. Ifemelu travels to Trenton making more observations about the various peoples in the area. She ends up at a salon and begins getting her braids. Her stylist Aisha works her braids and the two don’t get along very well. Ifemelu we learn has broken up with her American boyfriend Blaine who she really doesn’t love and that she has lied to her parents about why he is not arriving in Nigeria with her. Aisha pesters Ifemelu with a variety of questions including why Igbo men won’t marry non Igbo women which Ifemelu rebuttals mentioning her extended family have married a variety of people from different countries. Ifemelu tries to deflect Aisha’s questions but ends up slipping that she is going back for her man Obinze. We learn that according to Ifemelu’s friend Ranyinudo Obinze is married and has a baby daughter. Ifemlu has told a variety of people she is moving back including Obinze via an email.
Chapter 2:
Obinze sees Ifemelu’s email while being driven by his driver Gabriel. We see what Ifemelu wrote to him; Ifemelu uses a pet name that she had for him “ceiling”. This name was given to him while they were intimate with one another and no one else used this name for Obinze. We learn that Obinze’s last email exchange with Ifemelu was contentious; Obinze gives a beggar boy money from his car as he makes his way home through Lagos traffic while wondering if Ifemelu’s American boyfriend called her ceiling. We are introduced to Onize’s wife Kozi who is preparing herself for a dinner party with”the chief”. We are introduced to a wide variety of characters his daughter Buchi, the nanny Christina, his wife’s sister Chioma, a new house girl Marie, and Mohammed the gateman. Kosi begins to prepare for their evening as Onize gets ready for the dinner. Obinze remarks how he hopes an oil company is buying a new block of flats near their home which Kozi remarks his will bring shell. Obinze thinks how he already knows an oil company has rented the flats and how these senseless lies he tells Kozi are meant to have her challenge or speak against him; however, she never does. Obinze and Kozi arrive at the Chief’s party. Obinze reflects on the first time he attended one of the parties with his cousin Nneoma. We learned that the chief has pursued Nneoma, but she only has taken money from him to start her business, which after the Chief meets Obinze he does for him helping him build up his business. Obinze after attending many parties is told by Chief about properties he intends to buy for much less than they are actually worth and wants Obinze to front the deal; Obinze agrees with the encouragement of his cousin. Obinze becomes wealthy and his still not understanding why Chief decided to help him. While Obinze and Kozi are in attendance at chief’s party Kozi and Mrs. Akin-Cole debate on the merits of sending Buchi to either a French or English school. Obinze mentions why not send his daughter to a Nigerian curriculum, but both women are puzzled by his comments. While attending the party Obinze talks to a journalist named Yemi who Obinze feels sorry for because of his lacking education. Obinze reflects on when he ran into Ranyinudo at the Plams mall and he thinks about Ifemelu. Upon returning home and is cooked dinner, which reminds him how his wife dismissed their last maid because she had condoms on her personal. Kozi assumed the maid would attempt to engage in sexual relations with Obinze where he thought it was a precaution by the maid from her former employer which Obinze stated raped the maid. Obinze retires to his study and responds to Ifemelu’s email making the response “a balance earnest and funny” hoping it will garner a response.
Part 2
Chapter 3:
Ifemelu is still at the hair salon getting her braids. Aisha continues to pester Ifemelu about meeting and speaking with her boys she wants to marry. Ifemelu gets up and sees she missed a phone call that makes her smile. Aisha continues to pull ifemelu’s hair. This leads to a flashback of Ifemelu’s childhood when she witnessed her mother cutting off her own hair and burning both her hair and religious objects. Ifemelu’s moves from various churches and begins to become more devout, even conducting fasts to get Ifemelu’s father promotions, good heath, etc. Eventually Ifemelu’s mother begins to see an angel which leads her to settle with Pastor Gideon, Ifemelu reflects how while she as not religious her mothers faith did bring some comfort, until the General came into their lives. We see Ifemelu’s mother praise the arrival of the General who she references as the mentor for Ifemelu’s aunt Uju. Aunt Uju is able to get a position with a hospital with no open vacancies. Aunt Uju gains a new house and and many other benefits now that she works for the military hospital. Aunt Uju hopes to one day get her own clinic. While Ifemelu’s mother believes this to be a miracle, it was a random encounter at a wedding that prompted the General to wanting to take care of Aunt Uju. Ifemelu’s father loses his job after he refuses to call his direct supervisor mummy. While he tries to find a new job he eventually falls into a depression and is unable to find work. He rarely leaves the couch and eventually the family begins to fall behind on rent. Ifemelu’s mother continues to want to not show their struggling and continues to work with the church and has Ifemelu go to work with sister Ibinabo to make flower garlands. Sister Ibinabo is described as self righteous and has a hostility towards the young girls. Ifemelu makes a statement about why she should make garlands for men she views as criminals that give sister Ibinabo pause. Ifemelu’s mother finds out and becomes angry with Ifemelu, but Aunt Ujo is called over to help mitigate the situation. Eventually when Ifemelu falls in love with Obinze it is Aunt Uju who tells Ifemelu to kiss and touch but not to allow him to have sex.
Chapter 4:
We continue with the flashback showing Ifemelu and Obinze time in secondary school and their first meeting. Obinze is the new student from Naukka where his mother a professor and another professor were rumor to have gotten into a real fight, and that his mother had beaten the other professor. Ifemelu and her friend Ginika go to another students house for a party. Kayode the student hosting the party and some of the other boys try getting Ginika and Obinze together; however, when Obinze meets Ifemelu he becomes instantly drawn to her instead of Ginika. The two dance and hang out and later have a conversation about one another. Obinze tells Ifemelu the truth about his mother’s incident with the professor. It turns out she accuse the other professor of misusing funds and was slapped in public causing some female students to make t-shirts supporting her. As they speak Obinze states he intends to chase Ifemelu rather than Ginika. They discus Nigerian proverbs and debate about their favorite books. They kiss and start dating; they also begin to attend club activities of one another and Ifemelu begins to worry that she is too happy.
Chapter 5:
Ifemelu and Ginika have a falling out over Obinze, but this is short lived once Ginika family is going to be moving to America. Ginika is sad, but Ifemelu is secretly relieved. Their group of friends gather together before Ginika leaves and go through Ginika’s stuff. They joke that once she returns Ginika will have a pretentious American accent and will think Nigeria is backwards; in other words she will become “Americanah”. The group talks about their other connections or travels to foreign countries. One friend Emenike who makes up stories about having rich parents. Many including Obinze are wealthy or privileged while Ifemelu is on scholarship for their school. Obinze invites Ifemelu to his house to meet his mother which makes her nervous. Ifemelu meets Obinze’s mother who is welcoming. Ifemelu goes over often for dinners and movies. One day Obinze’s mother leaves and Obinze and Ifemelu hook up prior to her returning. When she gets back she notices the movie hasn’t changed scenes since she left and pulls Ifemelu into her bedroom for a talk. Obinze’s mother asks if they’ve done anything sexual, and Ifemelu says they have not. His mother advises her to wait. She asks Ifemelu to tell her when she and Obinze begin having sex, which exasperates Obinze, but Ifemelu feels no shame which she attributes to his mother’s tone.
Background information: A great deal of the story is in the shadow of the military dictatorships that occurred in Nigeria. Here are some information concerning some of the history of Nigeria.

Good morning, afternoon, or evening, or really whenever you’re reading this post.
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Some of these people have 150-200 strength classes under their belt. A lot of them doing like 500-1000 bike rides. That's real commitment. If everyone had to work that hard doing cardio and squats to do something funny like that America's obesity crisis would be solved and would have great asses. Cody Rigsby seems to love reading them though. The ladies seem to get offended, but Cody is messy.

LONG POST AHEAD. The most commonly recognized years for zillennial are based around PEW and are 95-98. That’s what I’m basing this off of. 95-96 being on the millennial side, 97-98 on the Z side. It could be pushed in both directions an additional year or two, and the purpose of this post isn’t to gatekeep but to provide insight into the (us-centric) zillennial experience. A lot of this may be subjective though I’ve tried my best to note when that’s likely. Please feel free to add anything I’ve forgotten or gotten wrong.
Early years- (1995-2003)
During this period we ranged from infancy to mid-childhood. We watched shows such as Blues Clues, Barney, Franklin, Arthur, Dragon Tales, teletubbies, Dora, Maggie and The Ferocious Beast, Rugrats, Hey Arnold, The Wild Thornberries, Lizzie Mcquire, Catdog, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Goosebumps, Rocket Power, Even Stevens, SpongeBob, etc. During the Web 1.0 and dial-up era we mostly played computer games like Pajama Sam, Freddy Fish, Spy Fox, and on flash sites like Neopets, Nick and Disney. We listened to radio Disney, and a lot of us probably tried to win contests (I won tadpoles and they kept dying. They’d send new ones and they’d always die after growing legs lol…), we also remember the sea monkey and ant farm craze and probably accidentally dumped some out. We started elementary school at some point within these years, and the millennial side (95 and early-mid 96) were already in school by 9/11. Late 96, 97 and 98 were in preschool or of the age to be. We played with toys such as Beanie Babies- and are the very last to potentially remember the craze-, Barbie’s, GI Joes, Nerf, Polly Pocket, Bratz (I personally hated these), various baby dolls, Easy Bake Ovens, Shrink-a-dinks, Y2K toys such as Furbys, poo-chis, Robobaby, etc. If we played any video games it was probably on a game boy, game cube or ps2. If they had one, our parents cellphones probably had antennas lol (mine did) and we used landlines. We went to blockbuster and got VHS tapes then DVDs and remember both. Our parents used physical maps when we went on vacation. We listened to a blend of cassette tapes and cds. Malls, bowling allies, skating rinks, and places like Discovery Zone were very common family activities and they were slam packed- in stark contrast with how these places started to look in our mid childhood.
Mid-childhood- 2003/2004-2006
All of us were in elementary school together in these years. We watched some of the same shows as above and new ones for older kids like Drake and Josh, Neds Declassified, Unfabulous, Zoey 101, Phil of the Future, That’s So Raven, Suite Life, etc. We got rid of dial-up and entered the Web 2.0 era. We played computer games, played on our Gameboy Advance SPs, PSPs, DS, Xbox 360, Gamecube, PS2 and 3, and on websites such as miniclip, obscure open world online games (maybe that was just me lol), and later Webkinz. We played with toys like Furreal Friends, tamagotchis (they had a big resurgence in the mid-00s), moon shoes, razor scooters, pogo sticks, Heelie’s, RipSticks bop-it, etc. (Some of these were in our early childhood too). We listened to music on CD players and MP3s, then later iPods. We went to blockbuster for DVDs then at the tail end we ordered DVDs by mail from Netflix. On demand was popular as well. Skateboarding had a resurgence in popularity during this era so we probably tried to learn that, later on it would be long boarding. We printed out Mapquest directions for our parents before trips. We discovered YouTube and watched videos like Charlie the Unicorn and Fred. We learned about the Iraq war in real time, we were all very concerned about the hole in the ozone layer, we remember hurricane Katrina, the tsunami of ‘04, and those of us who lived in/visited nyc remember seeing the rubble from 9/11. We were exposed to a lot of trash tv (especially those with older siblings like me) like Maury, the simple life, Dr.Phil, Jackass, SouthPark, etc. We called our friends on our landlines and talked for hours (my friends and I did at least) and there were still always kids playing in the neighborhood in a way that wasn’t so common just a few years later. We explored the internet with awe and curiosity, for better or worse.
Late childhood-early teen years 2006/7-2010-
All of us had at least one full year of middle school in this era, and the millennial side started HS (1995 babies in 2009, and late 95-mid 96 babies in 2010) During this period we watched icarly, Hannah Montana, wizards, and started watching more mature content as well, such as degrassi, skins, weeds, one tree hill, breaking bad, vampire diaries, how I met your mother, etc. just as examples. We had cable, on demand and DVDs we ordered from Netflix, and some families began streaming in this time. We listened to music on iPods when on our own, and to the radio and CDs in the car and when with others. A lot of us got more into pop culture in this period- we loved Miley, the jobros, t-swift, Coldplay, Akon, Pink, Justin Timberlake, Usher, Red Hot CP, Green Day, Artic Monkeys, Rhianna, Chris Brown (yikes), Beyonce, Kanye, I could go on forever. It was the recession and we were old enough to understand but only really care if it affected us or our loved ones because we were hormonal tweens/teens who honestly lived a much simpler life than tweens/teens now due to lack of social media (trust me, MySpace doesn’t count). Otherwise, we remember the recession for playing with friends in all of the abandoned under-construction neighborhoods (they were everywhere and no one could really stop you from going into the unfinished houses 🙃 ) During this period we likely got our first flip phones. I got mine for my 12th bday in ‘08 and it was tiny. Later I got a razr, a keyboard AND keypad phone (it slid both ways and got stolen when I was in 8th lol), and then a knockoff blackberry in 2010. This was very normal for the time to have gone through this progression with phones. 95-96 (and maybe 97) likely used MySpace in middle school (I did, 07-09), we used AIM to talk to friends, but still talked to them on our landlines for hours because all of our phones were pay-as-you-go without unlimited texts or minutes. We made prank phone calls, played ZAP, took stupid pictures on our digital cameras, made even more stupid videos/skits on our camcorders, smoked smarties, spent time online on the most random and obscure websites, discovered porn and watched 2 girls 1 cup, read Harry Potter if we hadn’t already, obsessed over Twilight (we were the target age demographic for it at its peak), wore LiveStrong bracelets, saw the rise of 80s nostalgia with shutter shades in every aisle, we secretly bought 5 hour energies, Red Bull and monsters at gas stations with our friends and thought we were bad, ate takis, either were a, or knew scene kids (rawr), went to the malls that were already in the midst of dying, got dropped off at theme parks (only if you lived near one ofc), roamed freely with neighbor friends but noticed a lot of the younger kids weren’t doing the same (completely subjective- it was my experience), people said “gay” and the R word as a derogative all the time, everyone wore either Abercrombie, hollister, Delia’s, OR pac sun, hot topic, Spencer’s. Everyone was into being “random” and everything was “awk”. We hung out with friends at shopping centers doing absolutely nothing and toward the later end of this era… stole half smoked cigs from ash trays (maybe my friends and I were just losers tho), we largely got our facebooks at the end of this era or right at the start of the next. Some of us (like me) started experimenting with alcohol and weed.
Main teens years- early adulthood (2010-2015/16)
We all shared at least one year of high school together (when CO 2013 were seniors). A lot changed during this era as you all know. When we were finishing middle school and starting high school, pretty much no one had an iPhone. Most of us had knock-off (or real for the rich kids) blackberries during this period and they didn’t connect to the internet. We got better phone plans though, so we largely no longer used landlines for calls. We all got Facebook and used Facebook messenger constantly. MySpace and AIM disappeared from relevancy at the very beginning of this era as Facebook was just where it was at (poke). We updated our status every few hours, “Anycatch is MY SISTER IS SO ANNOYING UGH” iykyk. Our families replaced our CRT monitors and everything looked “fake” on tv for a while (soap opera effect). Girls wore skinny jeans, and the “indie/hipster” movement came in hot. Everyone girl a “La Lune” shirt, endless floral dresses, and wore scarfs, and every guy dressed like Mac Miller (stussy) or dressed preppy. Sagging skinny jeans were in for guys too. A lot of people had a fancy and expensive digital camera they took everywhere and everything was posted onto Facebook- which we still exclusively used from desktops. We took shitty pictures in front of graffiti walls and train tracks. Because of shows like Skins and movies like Project X, and it being the electropop era, people were very into house parties and everything that came with them (drinking drugs sex). At my school there was one somewhere almost every weekend, but I went to a massive school with over 3000 kids in a well off area (but the student body was diverse regardless). We knew how to party and you wouldn’t find people on their phones when socializing throughout all of high school. It wasn’t something we’d ever been distracted by before so it didn’t happen very quickly for us. Longboarding was very popular, and neighborhood streets with hills were often taken over by large groups of kids longboarding. Teens still smoked cigs and camel crushes were popular. Because there weren’t a million makeup tutorials, people had TERRIBLE make up just caking up their face (got better towards the end of this era and originated from the last). Around 2012, iPhones became a more common sight around campus and by late 2013, almost everyone had one or an android- but they were never out during school because they’d be taken away and it just wasn’t a thing to have them out. Instagram started to get popular around 2012 but exploded in 2013. We posted “indie/artsy” pictures and didn’t even care much if no one liked them because it didn’t matter at first. There weren’t any algorithms, reels, or ads, just our friend’s pictures. We were really the guinea pigs for social media and because we didn’t care we posted pictures of ourselves drinking and smoking weed. Snap chat came in around my junior year (2012-2013), but wasn’t huge until my senior year. I never used it. YIK Yak (and this was truly a zillennial app- everyone born in the mid-late 90s experienced the terrible YIK Yak) and vine were very popular for a while in this period and then disappeared just as fast. We played on the Wii, the PS3 and PS4, Xbox 360 and Xbox one. We were all in a rush to get our licenses, and sneaking out was super common. We still spent most internet time on desktops, and websites like StumbleUpon were a lot of fun. YouTube became easier to post on, and there were no ads on it. When tumblr came along it blew up and we all “became artsy”. We watched shows like Breaking Bad, GOT, Weeds, American Horror Story, Girls, The Walking Dead, Orange is the New Black, Black Mirror, etc. We listened to Coldplay, Vampire Weekend, Lady Gaga, Kid Cudi, Mumford and Sons, Tame Impala, Slightly Stoopid, Mac Miller, Rhianna, Beyonce, Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, The Black Keys, Imagine Dragons, Drake, Justin Bieber (but we hated on him), Post Malone, Lil Wayne, Maroon 5, Kesha, Adele, etc. on our iPod touches and on pandora. We quickly saw the world change and thought the rapid changing of tech (in terms of phone styles, tv systems, etc.) would never end- we were wrong.

I finally read every reddit post on the writing forum as research, copied them all and then edited all of the discussions into a 140K word novel. (again, edited) Then a fellow artist and creator read it and told me if I really wanted to make an artistic statement, I should burn it in my BBQ pit at midnight. So I did what he said but he left and was laughing - probably at the funny parts. There were a lot. Now what? Vanity Press maybe? I saved like three pages.

I like this subreddit, but I think wishing them extinction (I've read this in a post today) is a bad thing that will only make their situation worse. incels are asshole men most of the time, but first and foremost they are sad and depressed people who go after stupid internet gurus. don't bully people who are hurting and who are victims of alt right propaganda. it's just not funny and i think some of you are just giving incels ""good"" reasons to hate us. we are funny and enveloping, not intimidating pls.
we try to give these men a way to be less angry with women and give them evidence for which they are wrong, but being mean will not help them

I keep thinking that maybe if I can just live a little longer, do a few more things, try a little harder that this feeling will disappear.
I am never satisfied with myself. Whenever I feel comfortable with myself I'm alone, then, I start feeling lonely. I feel like a parasite when interacting with others, which makes me socially awkward.
I am never truthful in my likes or dislikes, because I want to avoid being manipulative acidentally or changing my behavior, but that always makes me feel like I'm pretending even more. When I'm truthful, I just feel like a downer. Sometimes I avoid interacting with anyone due to this, which makes my loneliness and social skills worse.
I cannot see myself as worthy of interaction, and frequently equate myself to stereotypes. In a relationship, my purpose is sex. In a party, my purpose is to be funny. In a serious environment, my purpose is to prove my intelligence. I am never myself, I don't even think I know who I am.
I always feel empty. Like there's always something missing. I can have happy moments, sad moments, but they're all ultimately meaningless, I always come back to this safe feeling of empty parasitism.
I'm not at risk for harming myself or killing myself, at most I drink to pass the time, and still, only once or twice a week. I avoid all my impulsive behaviors so I can heal, and yet I only feel like a husk.
I may kill myself one day, not today, but one day this thought might finally become so potent I'm unable to fight it. I may read this post tomorrow in a surge of mania and decide I was being overdramatic, then in a week, feel the exact same.
Coasting, reaching for goals that will forever leave me unsatisfied. Empty. Genuinely hopeless.
I'm not impulsive, not healing, I can reach all I set myself up for. I can do all I'm supposed to, from self care to cleaning, studying to promotion, shallow interactions for social checks, love my family and pets, love my circumstances and yet it always comes back to this. Completely meaningless.
I don't even see the point in posting this anymore. But I've written it, so here it goes. Another task completed, I'm not any happier.

So for context I've set up the daunting task to myself to read and watch every piece of One Piece media, including filler AND movies AND Special Episodes (not video games tho). I have it set up where I read one chapter a day and one episode a day, so even though the story doesn't match, I don't feel overwhelmed by the series. I am having trouble figuring out where I can watch the movies and certain special episodes, hopefully I can figure that out soon. I already read and know most the base story up to fishman island, but I don't remember much beyond that, so this has already been a new adventure & a nostalgic trip.
So with that context, I'd figure while I'm watching/reading, I'd give what I like/dislike on the series in this subreddit as it progresses. I've finished East Blue a while back, and never thought to do this, so I'm doing it now (I tried to make it not too spoilery, but I've marked it as spoilers for anyone who prefers to go in completely blind).
This arc is as nostalgic as it gets. It's pretty much just "Introduction: the Arc". That's probably why it had so many memorable moments. I love all the main characters that get introduced. I love Luffy and his antics, and how he keeps things simple in this little world. Zoro is very quickly becoming my favorite. He just has so many awesome moments. I like Nami's "big sister" energy. Usopp is interesting, because he's treated like comedy relief, but has really good street-smarts. I feel he and Luffy match as the most passionate of all. And I find it funny how Sanji bounces between acting cool and acting like a complete dork! I like how all the main characters are given a moment to look cool, even the comedic relief ones. I also found it funny how all the character go between being the "straight-man" of the group, to having only one braincell. It really felt like a bunch of idiot teenagers/young adults just screwing around and having fun, and I liked that. It added a certain sense of comfort and connection that comes with friendship and family (which is what the show is all about).
Probably what I didn't like was the pacing, in the anime specifically. I know some fans dog on the timeskip for having awful pacing, but I felt even in the early seasons that the show ran way to slow. Sometimes the slowness worked in it's favor, like with certain serious and emotional scenes, but other times I felt it made some scenes not land as hard, especially with fight scenes. I definitely preferred reading the manga when it came to that. I also think, because it was kind of an introductory arc, the stories weren't all that interesting, even with so many classic and memorable scenes. I'm about halfway through Alabasta and I found that to be more interesting of a story. I think Logue town was probably the most interesting to me, including the filler, when we got a taste of Gol D. Roger history, and saw the Straw Hats interacting with the town. The other arcs had some fun episodes, but beyond that most of it was just meh to me.
Some things I found interesting were how you could kinda tell if an episode was done by a different artist or team, or which episode had more or less of a budget, or which felt more rushed. I'm not sure which exactly was the case, but I could see little details that make each episode feel slightly different in terms of its animation. I thought the filler arc with the dragon was fine. I thought the villains motivation behind stealing the dragon was interesting. Nothing else was too memorable about it.
My personal favorite episodes (based on the anime, not the manga) are:

• E1
• E24 My personal favorite! This episode rocked!
• E37 Also iconic. The Crying Scene was done very well.
• E52

And here are the other episodes I found interesting (not my favorites, but interesting:

• E4
• E9
• E19 I like Zoro's backstory.
• E20
• E30
• E36
• E40
• E41
• E43
• E45
• E46 Didn't expect the Buggy arc to be surprisingly fun.
• E47
• E48
• E50
• E51
• E53
• E54
• E56 After this episode, the filler arc felt kinda boring to me.

Wish me luck on my One Piece journey. I'm having a lot of fun with it. And I'd love to hear your thoughts as well. :)

I got very tired of amazon and actually all ebooks platforms. So I have been self-hosting my private book collection and only buying from stores that give me epubs with no drm. Everything has been going well and I am pretty happy but there is one thing I miss:
Sync between devices... I read a lot on pc and also on android and it is funny to think but having to find the right spot on the book I was reading in one device to another makes me wish for a normal book with a page marker. Thanks in advance.

Howdy! So to start with I am 48 M from Barrie. I am in the process of divorce, nothing bad on either end, we just grew apart, and looking to make new friends. After 13 years all friends tend to be mutual so it would be nice to meet people outside of that circle. I am educated with a HBSc from McMaster University and would love to have someone to chat with through the day, bitch about work, share memes with and just generally interact.
Other things about me. I am pretty funny (my mom says so), attractive (see above mom opinion), dog dad, well read, history nerd, a Buffy the Vampire Slayer and West Wing fan and I guess Liberal politically with woke reservations. I drink my coffee black and my whisky neat. I love great books and movies, sports, 90's music and people who aren't afraid to speak their mind.
Sexually I am a natural Dom with a lot of experience so if that lifestyle intrigues you feel free to ask. I don’t think I am ready to meet anyone in person but I am open to it if things click and we seem like a good match. Hope to hear back!
CJ

• How old are you? What's your gender? Give us a general description of yourself.
28, male. Not sure what to give in a general description that won’t be given later in this.
• Is there a medical diagnosis that may impact your mental stability somehow?
Was diagnosed with depression a few years back, but therapy helped me move passed that. Friends think I need to be checked for ADHD.
• Describe your upbringing. Did it have any kind of religious or structured influence? How did you respond to it?
Raised Baptist throughout childhood to early adulthood. Was so engrossed in it when I was younger my mother thought I would become pastor. Though I am currently an atheist.
• What do you do as a job or as a career (if you have one)? Do you like it? Why or why not?
Software tester. I don’t particularly like or dislike it. I’m taking steps to moving into a developer role because I enjoy making things. On the weekends I play guitar in a band at local restaurants, bars and breweries as a side gig.
• If you had to spend an entire weekend by yourself, how would you feel? Would you feel lonely or refreshed?
Very refreshed. I long for days where I interact with as few people as possible.
• What kinds of activities do you prefer? Do you like, and are you good at sports? Do you enjoy any other outdoor or indoor activities?
My favorite sport is swimming. Compared to the average human, I am a very good swimmer. Compared to swimmers, I am probably below average. I’ve never been particularly gifted at sports despite my efforts to improve. My favorite activities including playing guitar, writing stories, writing songs, thinking up video game concepts, reading fiction and non fiction, video games, and I’ve recently taken up gardening.
• How curious are you? Do you have more ideas than you can execute? What are your curiosities about? What are your ideas about - is it environmental or conceptual, and can you please elaborate?
I’m pretty bad at self assessment when it comes to this, but everyone in my friend group says that I am incredibly curious. I wouldn’t say that I have more ideas than I can execute as much as I have ideas, and have a hard time getting started on that task. I have at least 3 fantasy novel ideas I would like to write, 4 video games I would like to make. Every morning I write down lyric ideas for songs I want to write. I just never get around to doing anything with them
• Would you enjoy taking on a leadership position? Do you think you would be good at it? What would your leadership style be?
I’m not particularly interested in a leadership position, though I think I would perform adequately. I think I am generally good at assigning appropriate tasks based on skill set, and am pretty good at trying to take the opinions of every one involved into consideration.
• Are you coordinated? Why do you feel as if you are or are not? Do you enjoy working with your hands in some form? Describe your activity?
I get a lot of exercise in the form of weight lifting, running and swimming. With that being said, I have a pretty bad natural sense of balance, and I bump into things a lot. I enjoy working with my hands depending on the activity. Love building a lego set. I crocheted a stuffed animal for the first time recently, and I enjoyed that.
• Are you artistic? If yes, describe your art? If you are not particular artistic but can appreciate art please likewise describe what forums of art you enjoy. Please explain your answer.
Artistic in the sense of the performing arts. I play guitar professionally in a band and enjoy just picking up my guitar and playing whatever pops into my head. I enjoy creative writing in fantasy worlds I’ve made up, including writing stories for my friends to play dnd within. I’m talented or skilled at drawing, but I do have a sketch book and I enjoy busting that out and just doodling sometimes.
• What's your opinion about the past, present, and future? How do you deal with them?
When I think of the past, I think of the mistakes I’ve made and what I could have done better. Not in a sulking kind of way, but in a try to learn from my mistakes and do better going forward kind of way. When I think about the present, I feel pulled in several directions. Unable to decide what to do at a given moment but try to do something. When I think about the future I am filled with anxiety. In a good and bad way, I suppose. On one hand, I’m anxious to see what will happen and if any of the artistic pursuits I’m working on will amount to anything. But on the other hand, the future holds many unknowns, and fear of the unknown is pretty normal for us humans.
• How do you act when others request your help to do something (anything)? If you would decide to help them, why would you do so?
I have a bit of a weird mindset when it comes to asking from help. Generally, I only ask for help when I really need it and cannot do something myself. Having that mindset, I only really help someone if it’s clear that they cannot do it themselves. In which case I’m happy to help. But in most cases, if someone asks for help, especially a friend or a family member, I don’t have much of a problem dropping what I’m doing to help them out.
• Do you need logical consistency in your life?
I’m a person who attempts to be as consistent as possible. Often times when I am encountered with a new problem like a moral dilemma, for example, I make sure that my opinion on the moral dilemma is consistent with my current moral framework. If my opinion on this new topic is not consistent with my framework, I NEED to sit and think about where the discrepancy is. How is this situation different, if it is? Does my framework need to be updated so that I can maintain consistency? Things like that
• How important is efficiency and productivity to you?
It depends. If it’s a task I don’t want to do, I try to be as efficient as possible so it is over with faster. But if it’s something I enjoy, I want to meander and waste some time with it a bit more just to have more fun with it. Efficiency and productivity are important, but not at the cost of enjoying the task at hand, if the task is enjoyable. Less efficiency leaves more time for play, if that makes sense.
• Do you control others, even if indirectly? How and why do you do that?
Not that I’m aware of. I don’t like when people try to control me, so I don’t try to control other people.
• What are your hobbies? Why do you like them?
Swimming: I like that it’s great exercise without getting hot and sweaty. Plus I enjoy the rush of the cool water.
Guitar: Hard to explain why, I just enjoy playing music. When I’m just free styling, and I hit a sequence of notes that just sound right, I get an immense satisfaction from that.
Reading: For non fiction, I enjoy learning more about the world I inhabit. I read a handful of physics books for ley people. Some biology books. But lately I’ve been getting really into ecology. I enjoy fiction books because I just love getting swept up and lost in an immersive fantasy world with rich history and world building.
Writing: I like getting my ideas out of my head and crafting a story. Especially if it’s a story for a dnd campaign. I like seeing my friends enjoy something that I’ve written. Makes me feel appreciated and competent. Video games: Similar to fiction reading, I like getting swept up in fantastical worlds. My favorite game series is dragon quest because I love the creativity of the writing. So many puns and funny moments. The creative and colorful monster designs. But overall, I just enjoy the engagement of video games, especially rpg’s that involve a lot of prep time for fights. I’ll spend hours in menus trying to optimize my characters for specific fights and coming up with new strategies.
• What is your learning style? What kind of learning environments do you struggle with most? Why do you like/struggle with these learning styles? Do you prefer classes involving memorization, logic, creativity, or your physical senses?
For me, doing is the best teacher. When I learned to code, for example, I skimmed through a book to get the big picture points of it all, and then I wanted to jumps straight into the practice problems. Trial by fire is incredibly helpful for me to learn for some reason. Get in there, do it, fail, learn from the failure, keep moving forward.
• How good are you at strategizing? Do you easily break up projects into manageable tasks? Or do you have a tendency to wing projects and improvise as you go? I would say that I’m pretty good at strategizing. When it comes to planning a trip of some kind, for example, my wife always looks to me to lay out the agenda, and so far all of our trips have gone off without a hitch, being able to do everything we wanted in the allotted time frame. That being said, I can’t say if I’m a more natural improviser, or planner. I usually go into things with a plan, but it’s a bare bones plan that leaves a lot of room for improvising. So I would say a mix.
• What are your aspirations in life, professionally and personally?
I know tis may sound flowery and esoteric. But I want to make things. I want to craft songs and stories and experiences. If for no other reason than to see the end result. Just to see a finished product that I made with my own thought, ideas, opinions, and hard work into.
• What are your fears? What makes you uncomfortable? What do you hate? Why?
I fear I’ll never be who I want to be. Talking to strangers makes me horribly uncomfortable. I hate how often it feels like the world is on fire, and how often it feels like no one who can do anything about it is doing anything about it.
• What do the "highs" in your life look like?
Beating a previous best time in the pool. Learning something new that changes my view on the world.
• What do the "lows" in your life look like?
Stagnation. Feeling like I’m not improving and not doing anything.
• How attached are you to reality? Do you daydream often, or do you pay attention to what's around you? If you do daydream, are you aware of your surroundings while you do so?
I daydream a good bit and I’m not super aware of my surrounding when doing so. I’ll often space out and my wife or friends will have to get my attention, just for me to realize that they were apparently talking to me for the last 30 seconds or so.
• Imagine you are alone in a blank, empty room. There is nothing for you to do and no one to talk to. What do you think about?
My mind would go into so many different directions. It would probably start with imagining a fantasy scenario with a writing prompt of some kind. Then go on tangents based on that. Something along the train of thought of “A story of a young sailor who learns his ancestor was a fabled pirate. He sets forth on a quest to find the treasure. On the quest, he encounters several others who are also descendants of the same pirate, each claiming the treasure is rightfully theirs.” Then get caught in a loop thinking about wha this world looks like, how many generations ago was this fables pirate, how did his offspring spread out so far across the world. Should I make the treasure be cursed? What are some good cursed treasure ideas? How much treasure would be worth the quest? Are there sea monster in this world? Oh, I bet this story would be pretty cool in song form, what could the chorus sound like?

You get the idea.
• How long do you take to make an important decision? And do you change your mind once you've made it?
It takes an incredibly long time for me to make decisions sometimes. And I definitely change my mind once I’ve made it. I am a human being, and as such I reserve the right to change my mind when new information is presented to me.
• How long do you take to process your emotions? How important are emotions in your life?
I’ve never really noticed how long it takes to process my emotions. It depends on how impactful the emotional moment was I guess. I think that emotions are important. Not the most important, but important. You can make correct choice after correct choice, but what’s the point in making correct choices if it’s leading you down a path that makes you miserable?
• Do you ever catch yourself agreeing with others just to appease them and keep the conversation going? How often? Why?
It depends on how well I know the person. If it’s someone I’m close to, I will easily disagree and have a conversation about it. But if it’s someone I don’t know very well, I will more than likely agree, unless it’s something big like racism or homophobia. And I do that because I simply don’t like talking to strangers, so I just nod along until they leave.
• Do you break rules often? Do you think authority should be challenged, or that they know better? If you do break rules, why?
I do break rules from time to time. Authority should absolutely be challenged. Our authority figures are human beings and are just as fallible as any one of us. As for why I break rules, it depends on the rules really. I want to know why that rule is a rule first. Is it a legitimate safety reason? Is there a security risk if I break this rule? But some rules just feel like authority figures want to test how obedient we are, and I’m not willing to play that game.

Good Morning/Good Afternoon/Good Evening I am a 20 year old man living in the US.
i am feeling a bit under the weather and lonely, so I’m looking for a fun chat partner. I am funny, somewhat interesting and talkative. I like having good conversations with different people from across the world. As for my hobbies, I enjoy to read, watch film, and chat with people.
So don’t hesitate to dm me and we can go from there :D

Good Morning/Good Afternoon/Good Evening I am a 20 year old man living in the US.
i am feeling a bit under the weather and lonely, so I’m looking for a fun chat partner. I am funny, somewhat interesting and talkative. I like having good conversations with different people from across the world. As for my hobbies, I enjoy to read, watch film, and chat with people.
So don’t hesitate to dm me and we can go from there :D

Good Morning/Good Afternoon/Good Evening I am a 20 year old man living in the US.
i am feeling a bit under the weather and lonely, so I’m looking for a fun chat partner. I am funny, somewhat interesting and talkative. I like having good conversations with different people from across the world. As for my hobbies, I enjoy to read, watch film, and chat with people.
So don’t hesitate to dm me and we can go from there :D

(Sorta cringe, but let’s roll with it) Hi! From the Midwest - specifically the “Crossroads of America.” I’m obviously here because I’m looking for special someone, I mean what else, right? I would really love someone I can make tons of memories with whether it’s by traveling, starting a family, or simply trying tons of restaurants lol hopefully it’ll be everything I named though ;) I do take things generally very slow, so be prepared, I promise you - it’ll be worth it haha.
Let’s get down to business: - I’m short, curvy/avg body, dark blonde. - Midwest hospitality at its finest, so I’d say I’m extremely polite, generous, and overall very kind to everyone I meet. My family and friends would say I’m very sweet, caring, hard working, and funny. - I absolutely adore animals, especially cats, but I’m a dog person too. - I’m in healthcare. - I am a master chef/baker if I do say so myself, I love nature - so hiking, hanging out at the beach, etc is so fun to me, I love to dance, I love art/movies/music. I’m into reading & crafting as well. - I’m a bit shy. So this means I am NOT open to FT/voice calls right away, plus it’s also hard with my schedule as of now. That will absolutely change overtime though, don’t worry.
About you: - Someone taller than 5’7”, I have a thing for dark eyes and dark hair, and I’m usually attracted to East Asian or White guys lol. If you’re neither, that’s okay too! - Be kind, down to earth, supportive, loving, and funny - that’s a huge thing for me. - I’m open to tons of different people, different backgrounds, etc. I just want happiness tbh haha.
Attraction does matter for the both of us, and since I don’t send pics on Reddit (even though I’d love an initial pic from you)- I’d be happy to share on another platform.
Send me a quick message about yourself with maybe a pic? Hope to hear from you :)

Mainly looking for someone around 22-31 that lives in or near NYC that I can hang out locally with that can drag me around to places.
Anyone else feel like they've forgotten how to talk to new people lately? I'm kind of looking for someone like me or someone tolerant of people who want to make new friends but are suffering from social anxiety. I don't really need to make a crazy amount of friends but eventually at least half a dozen new people I can consider reliable in my life would be the long term goal. I used to be comfortable just going about my day and coming home talking to my online friends, some I've known for more than a decade. Although for a while I've been asked an exhausting amount of times by a few people in my family why I don't hang out with "real friends." A lot of the friends I made either moved a or the ones I met in college who I'm still friends with were a lot like me and prefer to talk online mostly instead of going anywhere. So I'm kind of stuck with not many to show as a friend in person. Ultimately looking for someone to drag me around to do stuff with them or even just hang out somewhere.
I am looking for a girlfriend, but I'd honestly be surprised to find one here. I'm looking for someone in particular that I'd be massively compatible with so there's no pressure for me asking anyone here out. Let's just focus on building a friendship.
I like to game quite a bit although I've been too busy with a lot of things the past few months to play much at all. Hopefully things will clear up eventually. I got Steam and Switch and some other stuff I haven't touched in ages lol. I do enjoy reading sometimes but haven't had anything in mind to read, feel free to recommend something you like if you can.
I'm white, 161 pounds 5'10 looking for someone kind and understanding who isn't intimidating with nerdy interest that I could occasionally hang out with every few weeks in person with a mix of online. I'll need you to be someone who isn't judgemental that I can be my goofy self with. I prefer if you could initiate conversation and talk about yourself so I can get a better idea of who you are and how to approach you. I don't want to ghost anyone if I can help it, just try to hit me up at least every other day and I'll try to return the favor.
I'm also someone who tries to be judgement free that you can talk about your problems with. Pretty funny but not funny looking. I've been dealing with a lot of stress for a while but I've been working to manage it a little bit better so I can try to empathize a bit instead of just sounding you out.
tldr: Nervous mess but nice to look at looking for someone to hang out with in person once in a while after a few weeks of getting to know you.
Please introduce yourself with your age and something you've been getting into lately! (hobbies/interest)

The amount of people that came out of the newest chapter excited for Denji, making memes about the incident and happy about the “development” for AsaDen genuinely makes me very uncomfortable and it highlights how backwards people are about male SA.
I personally don’t even understand how this incident with Yoru can be read as anything other than sexual assault and tragic. And watching people try to twist into something romantic or funny actually makes my stomach TURN.
Asa finds sex repulsive and unfortunately has to experience it by being forced as she gets her body possessed by a literal demon. In the last chapter Denji has a literal mental breakdown over how sex has ruined his life and how mentally screwed up feels only to be immediately sexually assaulted because of this conversation.
This is going to bring both characters to their absolute lowest mentally and it’s so weird to watch people online try twist to twist into something not that bad or the push Asa and Denji need to fall in love.
First Asa and Denji barely know each other and their “crushes” on eachother are extremely superficial and built off their own desperation to be loved they don’t have any actual deep love for each other and this act from Yoru won’t magically make them “more in love”. Second, Yoru functions the same as Makima in this story, she’s an evil demon that only cares about bringing out chainsaw man. trying to defend her from the sexual assault allegations is disturbing and dangerous.
“B-but Denji kissed her back and was obviously into it” Denji clearly pulled back from the kiss until she pulled in again. He was quite literally backed into a wall and practically coerced into complying while in the one of worst mental states he’s ever been in. And it doesn’t matter if a SA victim starts to “enjoy” it. They’re a person with their own autonomy and dignity that has a right to decide on their own accord. Also it’s normal for SA victims to freeze for fear of consequences.
TLDR: if you try to defend Yoru or twist this situation into something other than extremely messed up I’m going to think you are really weird.

So basically when I was like four, i was classified as extremely gifted, and was reading at a 5th grade level, went to the library and got an astronaut book. By the way, BEST BOOK EVER. I still have a copy somewhere. (The Book was called "How To Astronaut; an insiders guide to leaving planet earth By Terry Virts if I remember correctly) And kindergarten went well. (Except for being easy, but the school didn't want to move me up a grade because they had a bad problem with bullies) First grade, same story.
The summer after first grade, it had rained A TON. I drew a picture of the rainbow I saw, and was confused when my parents said that it was "Very Imaginitive" and"Good job being creative!" Next day, Colorblind test at the eye doctor.
Basically my parents told me that we had to go check and see if my eyes had superpowers or not, and so I was psyched! We went, and then the eye doctor basically told my parents I was a severe protan, and they talked like i wasn't there listening, and since I am extremely gifted, I heard a few words I knew and didn't like.
"Disabled" and "Defective" were my least favorite of the bunch.
I go back to second grade, knowing that i'm disabled, but decide not to tell any one. THE FIRST DAY, WE HAVE A COLOR CODED ASSIGNMENT. I went up and told my teacher I needed help and she helped me. However, I heard two of my friends, Lauren and Taryn snickering behind my back. When I turned around and walked back to my desk, they muttered some mean words undertheir breath, including disabled, and defective. I didn't tell anyone right away, because I figured it would stop and life would go back to normal.
By recess, the news had spread and as soon as I stepped outside from the lunch room, I got circled by people from the grade above me asking "What color is this?" and laughing when I got it wrong. This kept happening, and what they called me kept getting worse. It went from them calling me defective and disabled, to them calling worthless, and telling my that I don't deserve friends. More and more people were joining their side, but I didn't tell anyone because I was worried they would be worse if I told someone. The next day they duck taped me to the fence and laughed and called me names while I stood there and cried. I still didn't tell anyone.
Around this time, my great grandfather died, and that was heart breaking. He was colorblind too, and helped me get through life. He was the only one who understood. Basically, the bullying continued, and I got depressed and anxiety.
Then the art unit rolled around, and my art teacher failed me because I was color blind and we were learning about the color wheel. After that year, my parents homeschooled me and my siblings, and everything was fine. Until seventh grade...
I went to a different school in seventh grade, and basically didn't mention my cvd to anyone, and marching band was my favorite class, but one day, my section leader asked me to put a piece of sheet music "in the red bucket" I don't really know what happened but I just started to cry a little bit, and he sat me down behind a tree and asked me what was wrong. He was so kind, and I told him the whole story. Keep in mind, this 6' 5" junior, who has no experience with kids, was doing his best to help a color vision defecient 4'3" seventh grader, and I think that deserves a mention. We need more kind people like teagann in this world. He calmed me down and wrote sheet music on the red bucket so I would know. Nobody else found out, and that was how I wanted it.
Then I made the mistake of telling a six grader in my section. She seemed nice, and acted a lot like me, so I figured she would be nice about it. She was, but then she told everyone. I started getting bullied by two sophomores who thought it would be funny to mutter "Blind baby" whenever they saw me. Not only were they targeting my color blindness, but they were also targeting my height. I didn't tell anyone.
THAT WENT ON FOR A YEAR, AND THEY TOOK IT UPON THEM SELVES TO MAKE MY LIFE HELL.
the next year, I transferred schools again, and that is now. I am going into eighth grade. Any advice on how to not get bullied or feel self consious about the clothes I wear because I can't tell what color they are?
EDIT: I found out today that some of the kids at my school in seventh grade thought I was mute, I didn't really talk to a lot of people. On the last day of school I said goodbye to Teagann since I wasn't going back to that school, and like 12-20 people looked like they had seen a ghost. I asked him about it and he said that they had thought I was mute, and he knows I don't do good talking to a lot of people, so he told them I was.