I’m banned from a local martial arts dojo. The soke always told the same stories about his teachers and also has a rule that he won’t teach anyone with a criminal record.

I did some digging on one of his teachers and found that he killed someone in cold blood and took a plea that threw his teacher under the bus. His teacher was convicted of murder and the soke’s teacher was convicted of manslaughter for his role.

I called him out for being a hypocrite because he won’t teach criminals, but has no problem being a student of a criminal.

He sent me an email telling me that I was no longer welcome in his class.

I’m pretty much done with this country. My plan is to get whatever education I can, then skip off to the EU for employment and not pay any student loans that I happen to rack up.

There’s an old phrase “playing coy” that means this.

I know! I would love that job. I have zero fear of heights and an intense urge to get as far away from people as possible. 🤣

Indeed. Although electrician is a broad category. My first thought was a lineman.

Electricians often have to crawl in crawlspaces under homes and in attics.

The trend seems to be hiding heating units so they’re out of sight.

A rifle and a freezer full of deer.

Also, this is 2025. Who still has exclusively a land line?

Could you call them with Skype?

Signal?

Suicide.

I have no desire to live in a world without modern amenities and technology.

My glasses are strong enough that they caught my book on fire.

I have to wear a hat or sit in the shade if I’m reading in full sun.

I worked in Indiana, and actually got to see that dude with the Romney campaign logo on his face.

I still don’t understand why I should care about the karma system. I didn’t care when I was on redditt. People must generally like my comments, because I was net positive last time I checked.

Why does it bother you?

Because they were banned from Reddit for saying that “If you have the chance to punch a Nazi, you should always punch the Nazi.” 😅

I’m socially awkward, but that’s probably just paranoia and PTSD from my time in the military.

Gotta love those FTX. I got to the point where I crawled under a humvee for a nap.

I’m in a rural area, and the few people I have to see on a daily basis are still too many.

He’s autistic, that’s why he’s socially awkward. It was mentioned in one of his videos a few years ago.

I envy you. You’ve reached what I desire.