Situational Dread - Part 3

Mar 29, 2023 12:06 AM

ShiningKoW210

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Part 2 - https://imgur.com/gallery/M5pHgqq
Part 4 - https://imgur.com/gallery/uU6YYHS

My dad is 76, not short of money or anything. He wants to work or he gets bored. Its not ideology, it’s loneliness

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#20 even impulse buys aren't doing it for me any more. Where were those damn aliens due on the 23rd?

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#3 I feel this. When faking it becomes routine, you start to forget it’s fake.

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#11

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#11 B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B B

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#3 is me as long as I can remember (more or less goes back to 1996)

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#6 Facebook? Come on you're on imgur

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#1 I struggle with panic attacks and this made me laugh. I have printed it to have as a reminder to smile when times get tough.

3 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

#9 I mean, we don't really have enough context from this headline alone. I've worked with lots of old ladies who are just there so they->

3 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

<-have something to do during the day, which is fair enough.

3 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

#1 seems like it might work as a grounding technique…. Anyone care to try it?

3 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Hoonk...hooooonnnnkk

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#2 That looks familiar

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#18 and then they got vaporized by the still active Nintendo ® copyright laser satellite array

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#3. I’m in this photo . I don’t like it .

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#3

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#17 I hope we survive this one. Conservatives caused all of it.

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#19 blockbuster sucked. The whole experience is seen as nostalgic, while in reality it was chore that had to be repeated to return them.

3 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

#19 I didn't expect to get gut punched while winding down before bed, but here we are.

3 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

#5 feels all too familiar

3 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

#1 Just add frying pan.

3 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

I was hoping this'd be here.

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#19 Some of my favorite memories of movie stores are from after 9/11. I legitimately miss them

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#15 I feel like that's a bad thing, but I don't know why which is annoying as I'm IN the meme.

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#9 I hate to say it, but unfortunately it's probably better to keep working for a lot of people for health reasons. I have a bunch of 1/2

3 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

2/2 clients who are at that age, and if they don't keep moving they fucking die. I'm definitely planning to keep working.

3 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

#8 Human: "Because I spend it all on YOU!" Cat: "As you should."

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#9 the headline doesn't read well, but the woman seems like she's happy and proud of her work from actually reading the article 1/2

3 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

which I would not be, if I were working at Don's for 44 years, but I feel like we should be happy she's enjoying her life at that age. 2/2

3 years ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

People are desperate to apply the "look how bad society is" template that they'll look at someone working 8 hours a day as a negative.

3 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 2

It's just the popular thing at the moment, kind of like the spongebob talking ThInG where it was an easy way to get points.

3 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 2

That 20’s one, tho.

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Wait until we get to the 30s and 40s…

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People who study history don’t just warn others about it repeating, they get to scream in horror from the sidelines as it happens live.

3 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

Indeed, I’m amazed at the parallels from the 20th Century.

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#19 Blockbuster was easier to pursue than any streaming service interface.

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And you made a choice and went home and watched it. Couldn't browse for hours naked in bed just to watch a familiar fav again.

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You want this specific action movie? Here you go. As opposed to 'you wanted this specific movie? We don't have that, here are a few with the

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same genre that are basically nothing like what you asked for, you need to go to another service for that one.'

3 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Don't forget "Oooh too bad, we had it until last month but you didn't watch it now it's gone".

3 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

That's incredibly frustrating. I mean... On top of the other frustrations in life it's just one more thing on the pile.

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#9 Basically just working to have something to do during the day. I get that, I knew a dude who was going crazy from early retirement.

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Hence the phrase if you stop you die

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Exactly! I interpret it as "fuck I don't wanna sit at home bored. I wanna do something". My granddad was the same until he physically >

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couldn't do woodworking anymore.

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couldn't do woodworking anymore.

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I've been employed every since I was 14, whenever I do take leave I get bored and have too much energy.

3 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Wow. It takes at least four months for me to get bored with puttering around the house

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Hobbies?

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I don't get people who get bored without work. I will never have enough free time to pursue all of my interests

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Karate, piano, reading, video games. Don't get me wrong, those are great but I struggle with structure and self motivation

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