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RicOlie_2

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#1041665
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The Place to Go for Emotional Support
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I wish I could come up with some really great advice or a convincing argument to make you change your mind, but I will say this:

There are people who care about you. Your friends, your family, people on this forum… Your life is valuable, and you are valuable. No matter how rough life gets, a slow suicide (or any kind of suicide…) is not the answer. Talk to the people you work with. You’ve mentioned before that you don’t want to burden them, etc., etc. But do. Friends are there to help you through your struggles, and if they are truly your friends (heck, even if they aren’t and they’re just decent people), they would rather have whatever burden your problems might be than have you disappear from their lives one day because you drank yourself out of this life.

Please, please reconsider. You’ve got decades ahead of you yet if you take care of yourself. I don’t know what exactly is bothering you, whether it’s losing your friendship or something else, but nothing is worth giving up over.

And remember, if you don’t take up drinking again, you’ve always got an extra career option available to you: you could become one of those motivational speakers who go around to schools, then you could sneak in a bit of your music, and before you knew it, people would be paying to go your concerts. 😉

In all seriousness though, you don’t know what life has to offer, so at least give it a chance.

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#1041421
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Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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TV’s Frink said:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/01/29/multiple-people-reported-shot-by-gunmen-at-quebec-city-mosque/?utm_term=.593ef8692916

Incidentally, I used to live only mile away from that mosque. No one I know was directly impacted by it, but friends of my old friends lost their father to that shooter. People can’t accuse Muslims of being the sole perpetrators of terrorist attacks anymore.

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#1038504
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Episode VIII : The Last Jedi - Discussion * <strong><em>SPOILER THREAD</em></strong> *
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The title seems pretty boring to me, but the quality of the title rarely says much about the quality of the movie, so we’ll see. I expect to enjoy it more than TFA, since there’s less room for rehashing (I would think). I’ve only seen TFA once, though, and I’d gladly watch it again, given the opportunity, to see if my opinion changes after a second viewing.

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#1037867
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Episode III: Revenge of the Ridiculousness
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TV’s Frink said:

Audio quality is not great but as good as I can make it. Understandable?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFxMDnXU3Go

Yup!

Looks like I’ve missed a lot of updates in the last couple months, since I only seem to get subscription emails half the time… 😕

Out of curiosity, about what percent of the way done do you think you are?

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#1037295
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The Place to Go for Emotional Support
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Warbler said:

There is not much more to update on. The Baby passed away. All there is for them to do now is to mourn and pray and have the funeral and at some point try to get on with life.

Sorry, I forgot to refresh the page before replying, so I missed your update. I’m so sorry to here that, and will keep the family in my prayers.

Something similar happened to a couple we knew in my hometown. I can’t imagine what it must be like to go through that.