TheRealKuni

I’m not saying it’s good food, I’m saying it’s decent food and good value.

I, personally, would call their Philly Cheesesteak pizza “good” food. Not, like, local restaurant level good. But early days of COVID that was my little bit of sanity. Order a couple pizzas from Dominos delivery on Sunday, eat a slice of each for lunch every day.

Whoa. Was it like, Pequod’s or something?

Dominos turned their shit around like, I dunno, 15 years ago or so. When they started making oven baked sandwiches.

I honestly really like some of their pizzas. It’s not bad. They just know that it used to be, many years ago.

It’s like when Buick made those commercials about how their new cars actually look good so people don’t realize they’re Buicks. When you have a reputation, sometimes it’s a good idea to acknowledge it.

Pretty sure it should be “dronie,” not “dronnie,” by English phonetics.

Unless you’re pronouncing it like the name “Donnie” but with an ‘r’ in there.

I remember reading a story in my Spanish lit class about a guy who wasn’t attending church, and his mother was freaking out, so the family priest went to talk to him. And the priest was like, “I totally get it. After all the evil I’ve seen I don’t really believe either. But I continue in this because it is my life, and I can provide comfort to people. Consider attending because you love your mother and it will help her.”

I’ve read the Broken Earth trilogy. Geothermal power will lead to fifth seasons, just you wait.

Last I checked I was in the top 100 for the 360° version of a specific song on Beat Saber.

Also in the top 100 on a specific Lady Gaga song on Beat Saber.

But I can only beat two of the Camellia songs on Expert+, so I’m not anywhere near the best. Kinda hit a wall and lost interest, unfortunately.

My Dad fell down the stairs naked and landed in my mom’s sisters special spot.

“What are you doing, bro-in-law?”

Who the fuck Is Chandler?

Chandler Bing, the sarcastic “nerd” in Friends (who, like every sitcom character, is actually highly attractive of course).

Not saying you need to watch Friends (it hasn’t aged super well), but honestly sitcoms can be helpful for social training. To some extent, anyway.

Also I’m sorry but you’re basically telling me to fake myself.

No, I’m suggesting you find way to change things you don’t like about yourself, to make improvements. You’re going to feel like you’re faking it any time you try to do something you aren’t comfortable with at first, but the more you do it the more comfortable you’ll feel.

I cannot do that, it literally makes me sick in my stomach trying to “fit in”

Not telling you to try to fit in. I’m telling you to try to improve your interpersonal skills. Trying to fit in is trying to copy everyone else and be what you think they want you to be. Instead, try examine the way other people interact to learn how to be less awkward.

You won’t succeed immediately. You will make a fool of yourself. I spent decades making a fool of myself. Still do make a fool of myself. But that’s okay. The only real cost are the frustratingly intrusive memories of embarrassment. 😅 But hey, that’s how we learn.

I have 0 desire of having another worthless hobby

Who said anything about worthless hobbies? I’m confident there are things you’ve never tried that you would enjoy. If you don’t like it, find something else. Branch out. Spend time around people, that’s the important part. Not just for getting laid, but for like, longevity. Humans who have consistent social connections live longer on average.

Look, I’m not making demands of you here. I’m trying to give you advice that worked for me. If you don’t want that advice, just ignore it. But you remind me of my own attitude when I was younger, and I’m just letting you know what helped me.

I am significantly happier now than I was twenty years ago. But it’s not like I’ve reached some end point, change is the only constant. Improving myself is something I will probably never stop doing. Lately it’s been about learning to be a better partner to my wife, but it’s also still always about learning to be more comfortable outside my comfort zones. A lifelong, ongoing process. Like I said, journey before destination.

If left to my own devices, I would spend most evenings smoking weed, playing video games, and listening to podcasts or TV. Activities I love. But if that were all I did (or, rather, when that was all I did), I would (did) enjoy my life far less.

Don’t get me wrong, this isn’t easy. A line from the TV show Scrubs that has stuck with me for years goes “nothing in life worth having comes easy.” I don’t know if I entirely agree with this line, but there is absolutely some truth to it. Every day we choose between the pain of effort and the pain of regret.

Anyway, I don’t want to be annoying. I hope you find what you’re looking for in life, dude.

Bruh, I’m a fat fuck and not only did I get laid, I married a beautiful, wonderful woman half my weight. A amazing woman who loves me for who I am and finds me sexually attractive.

Be kind, be generous, ask questions, and do basic like, grooming and bathing and whatnot. If you’re socially awkward, study the ways of the Chandler. (Not necessarily literally, but honestly you can learn a lot about being pleasant to be around and interacting with people by watching actors fake it, which you can then use to fake it until you’re more comfortable).

Sex itself isn’t the goal, becoming a well-rounded person you would like to be around is the goal. Because self-confidence is an elusive but important factor.

I’m not going to claim to be without privilege, I’ve got a damn sexy voice and I sing in a chorus, which is a great way to meet people. Which is another part of my advice, find hobbies that let you interact with other people. They don’t even need to be people you’re sexually attracted to, because time with people helps you to be better around people, and being better around people helps those people to introduce you to others.

If it’s honestly something you want, becoming the kind of person who fucks is a very attainable goal. After all, our entire species is here because lots of people achieve that goal.

But like I said, it’s important for your aim not to be getting laid, but rather genuinely getting yourself to a place where you like yourself and know others will like you, too. Journey before destination, you know? It’s really really easy to wallow and pretend it’s outside your abilities, but that’s true of anything that you have never done before. And literally everything you do is something you can get better at.

Don’t give up, don’t despair.

My friend didn’t quite grasp the “keep moving slowly” concept. So whenever she thought she needed to, she would bolt.

This was usually fine, but at one point she was near the back of my couch and bolted forward, right through the virtual wall and flipped over my couch!

She was startled but fine, and I couldn’t stop laughing.

Yes! The telestep-urge happened to me with RE4 VR. I was trying to move around my house with my thumb!

Yep, I do remember this with AC. I posted about the one that hit me harder, which was Crackdown.

If I spent a lot of time training I could theoretically move similarly to the characters in AC. No matter how much training I do I’ll never be able to leap multiple stories in one jump up.

In college I was playing a lot of Crackdown. At a certain point I remember instinctively knowing which level of a dorm tower I could jump to, grab onto a window, and then how many more jumps it would take to reach the top.

Similarly, more recently, I was playing Resident Evil 4 on the Oculus. After a good two hour session when I took the headset off I found myself trying to move around my house by using my thumb to jump to a new spot.

Man I want whatever drugs you have.

(Honestly this was a fun read, thank you!)

Some suggestions I haven’t seen yet, not all of which perfectly map with Tom Scott but are still good! At least the first five of these are also available on Nebula.

• Answers with Joe (starring Joe Scott. No relation, but a similar name!)

• Wendover / Half as Interesting (two channels with a different vibe, but the same guy)

• Mustard (cool airplane and other vehicle stuff)

• Innuendo Studios

• Legal Eagle

• SciShow

• Shaun (basically a podcast, but the guy is quite smart and he does a fantastic job considering how boring he sounds! 😂)

• Hbomberguy

I still talk to my dead dog sometimes. Mostly about whether or not she’d like the weather on a given day, how much she’d like our current dog, and how much I miss her.

I don’t expect replies. It’s for my own benefit more than anything.

What do you mean? I only meant it in a good way

You meant “a better place” metaphorically. They understood this, but jokingly took it literally. Denver is indeed a better place than “bumblefuck Arkansas.”

Indeed, that is one of the tests to determine whether a member of the species Homo sapiens is a human.

Another well known one is the gom jabbar.

If someone said they enjoy something, why did you reply about how you think it’s bad? It’s a story that means a lot to them.

That’s a good question. It’s not like I was trying to be cruel or anything, but I can see where what I said could come off that way.

That said, I don’t think there’s anything inherently wrong about disagreeing with someone. The “ick factor” as I called it is genuinely something that I think doesn’t get discussed sufficiently. The musical was WILDLY popular, and I can absolutely understand. It won the Tony for best musical. The portrayal of insecurity and depression is certainly moving, if basic.

But I also think the show could’ve been better. Evan should’ve come clean before fucking the girl he’d been lying to the whole show. And I find it baffling that anyone would think otherwise.

I know this is the Internet where the other users don’t have feelings, but come on.

Again, I wasn’t trying to hurt anyone’s feelings. I don’t think I said anything that wasn’t warranted. This is a public forum, if someone doesn’t want to participate in public discussion the onus is on them, not those who respond without malice. If you make statements you open yourself to disagreement, which is a healthy part of communication. Life isn’t everyone agreeing about everything all the time, or it would be boring.