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Warbler said:

Maybe what you need to do with your parents is see if you get to a point with them where the both of you and agree to disagree about religion. If that is possible.

From what I understand of his situation, that won’t happen. I know that not all Mormons are like this, but their households and communities are notorious for ostracizing people that walk away from the faith more so than any other religion in America. I’ve personally seen it happen to people I know.

TV’s Frink said:

ChainsawAsh said:

moviefreakedmind said:

TV’s Frink said:

Honestly mfm, based on your posts about friends and relationships in this thread, you need professional help as well.

So I’m told. I don’t trust them though; they’ll probably just try to medicate me. Which I don’t need.

Don’t see a psychiatrist, see a psychologist or general therapist. They can’t prescribe medications. Even if you see a psychiatrist who can, if you tell them at the beginning that you don’t want to use medication except as an absolute last resort, a good shrink will listen.

Also don’t get discouraged if the first one you go to isn’t right for you. It can take time to find a therapist that fits your needs.

Which reminds me, I should probably call my old therapist and see if I can start going again…

Yes, to CA you must listen.

Californians are a bunch of damn hippies 😉

It doesn’t look annoyed. It looks kind of like a shocked sad face, but not a distraught one; like you just found out that your friend’s dog died. You aren’t heartbroken but you get that it’s sad.

No one mentioned Bruce Forsyth.

Puggo - Jar Jar’s Yoda said:

Warbler said:
No, I get flak for being white.

This is where you are 100% wrong. You’ve gone on and on about being “color blind”, and saying you can’t see why anyone would say that’s wrong. Well, I have said probably 50 times that being color blind is GREAT… the problem is “claiming” to be color blind. Because I am not going to believe you, nor is virtually anyone else. Perhaps I should have made clear that I don’t think virtually any blacks are color blind either. I think 99% of people (black, white, or whatever) in the world AREN’T color blind, even though most of them believe they are color blind, and even though many (like you) claim they are color blind. I would give a black person the same flak because I think anyone who claims it is almost certainly deluding themself – not to mention constructing a barrier to their own learning. THAT is why I’ve given you flak on this issue, not because you are white.

What if you hate everyone equally?

suspiciouscoffee said:

You probably shouldn’t drink. It seems like that might lower your ability to do your schoolwork well. I don’t know, I’ve never had any booze and have no idea how I could acquire any anyway, but I assume it’s probably not good to do schoolwork under the influence or whatever.

He also won’t last long in college if he’s addicted to alcohol, or any substance for that matter.

TV’s Frink said:

Honestly mfm, based on your posts about friends and relationships in this thread, you need professional help as well.

So I’m told. I don’t trust them though; they’ll probably just try to medicate me. Which I don’t need.

Anything is better than drinking.

I asked this question in an Off-Topic thread over a year ago and was told to start a thread about it in General SW but never did.

Probably the only solution for that is to see a professional psychologist of some sort. Most colleges offer some kind of counseling service that can refer you to a full-time counselor’s office if you need. If you’re too embarrassed to seek help at home then that is a more anonymous way of doing it.

Warbler said:

yhwx said:
Some police officers will often over-eseclate a situation for a minor violation.

It might happen. And I agree once is too many. But certainly not all officers are like that. We also have to consider that sometimes they may have good reasons to take actions we don’t understand, because we don’t have their training and experience.

A lot of them do, regardless of race. They like to jump people and bring them down hard even if the offense was non-violent. I have no faith in their training or experience. That said, cops tend to depend on the department. Certain cities have great cops while others are notoriously horrible, like Detroit, New Orleans, or Los Angeles. The police department in the city I’m in now is wonderful, while the cops in the nearest neighboring city are horrible.

Your 4.0 GPA is your best option for getting as far away from your family as possible.

ChainsawAsh said:

That’s kind of what I was talking about with self-fulfilling prophecies. If you start with the assumption that someone’s going to stab you in the back, you can easily see backstabbing and manipulation in many things that are actually benign.

I know. I also know I’m very paranoid and that’s why I end every relationship I ever have in a matter of months. Maybe I miss out on good people but I also never get duped.

I’m curious how many people on this forum would consider Star Wars, or any of its sequels, to be their all time favorite movie. It’s not mine, but it’s up there.

This debate is maddening!

TV’s Frink said:

moviefreakedmind said:

TV’s Frink said:

Warbler said:

But tell me often do you think a cop real knows the race of the person he pulls, before he pulls them over? Remember the cop has to see the driver through the sometimes tinted windows of a moving car(unless the windows are down or we are talking about a convertible). Sometimes this would need to be done at night.

Jesus Christ.

Lol!

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I was trying to quote Warbler’s post and was laughing at how silly it is. Anyone who’s ever driven a car knows how easy it is to look at people in other vehicles.

TV’s Frink said:

Warbler said:

But tell me often do you think a cop real knows the race of the person he pulls, before he pulls them over? Remember the cop has to see the driver through the sometimes tinted windows of a moving car(unless the windows are down or we are talking about a convertible). Sometimes this would need to be done at night.

Jesus Christ.

Lol!

His cronies are running the country for the most part, which is about as bad.

I usually cut things off with people before letting that happen, but lying is the main one. I hate being lied to, or tricked.

ChainsawAsh said:

What do you mean when you say malevolent?

Manipulative, violent, deceitful, treacherous, backstabbing etc. etc.

Asshole is my favorite word, but I tend to use that for rude people, and while I’m sure all of those thugs were rude, their rudeness wasn’t my main problem.

I agree that it has racial connotations. I just can’t think of another word to call the grubby hipsters in the mob I was talking about.

When I said it’s not hard I meant that it’s not hard to find a person to date, or even have a relationship with. It is hard, however, to find someone that isn’t malevolent.

The people I was calling thugs were all scrawny white people.

It’s not too hard.