In a first world country with access to excellent medical care, no underlying conditions in an otherwise healthy person you’re probably going to be fine.

Thats not to say it might not be a significant contributor to what does get you.

If your married and kids are a forever no then dude should get the snip. Simple. I’m getting one soonish and if I ever find myself single again I’ll still be wearing rubbers unless Ive had the chat.

Am I the only person who is more deathly afraid of a life long STD that could fucking kill me than an unplanned pregnancy?

I dont care which one of us got the snip, unless I’m sure I’m the only dude you’re banging I’m bagging the fuck up until I see some test results which I’ll be happy to get and provide in kind.

I fucking love cars.

I also want to be able to not be FORCED to drive one day in day out. I want a robust public transport network, a robust electric car network and a reasonable ownership proposal for limited ICE engines in enthusast cars.

I posted in an ADHD community about how I’m fed up with managing my symptoms and I think I finally need to talk to a professional. Someone tried to blame my symptoms on capitalism.

As someone who simply left Reddit because they took away RIF and only stays here because I’m stubborn, Lemmy is the left wing version of Truth Social. A great deal of the users here are the absolute embodiment of the people from Sanfrancisco in South Park huffing each others farts about how progressive they are.

Like, I get it and I do agree in principle on most things with Lemmy which is the only reason I dont leave, but make no mistake THE FEDIVERSE IS AN ECHO CHAMBER.

I saw what you did there, Eh.

It goes through a weirdness peak between 30 and 50. Once you get to a certain age and stop giving “hello fellow kids” vibes nobody cares.

Most of my 20s were spent being actively self destructive and I made it too.

I absolutely guarantee you he told that story to his friends with a huge smile.

It does get better.

Its replaced by some new fresh hell, but its nice to know the problems change.

This is especially frustrating with the 2 to 4 age bracket. When they ask for something, especially when its a treat like chocolate or fast food and especially when you decide you dont want to deal with the tantrum for saying no and you give it to them and then they give you A GIANT FUCKING TANTRUM for giving them the treat they asked for.

You dont hate them but fuck…

People at work think I love energy drinks. No, I LOVE coffee, but if its not good enough to sit there and actually enjoy my coffee I dont want it, Ill take the can of “YOU ARE NOW WIDE THE FUCK AWAKE” if I cant have good coffee.

Well if they dont I just dont watch them.

If it helps, theres 2 things I respect when it comes to content creators/youtubers/influencers.

1. They are rarely if ever on camera. Futurecanoe, GrogTV, early Babish, etc.

2. They are absolutely transparent about how they are making money and they dont try to monetise every avenue.

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I think its a maturity thing for guys. My gym buddies and I were talking about mental health a while back and I said “I was on meds for a while because I had an irrational sense that life wasnt worth living. A year later on the meds I was fat, unmotivated and had erectile dysfunction and I was like ‘Great, now I have legitimate reasons to think about killing myself’ so I came off the pills.”

The 20 somethings all looked super fucking uncomfortable, the thirty somethings nodded and made sympathetic faces and the other 40+ guy said “How are you doing with it these days?” Of course I immediately deflected and said “Oh its hard as a rock” which got the laugh and broke the tension. But the only guy who didnt duck the conversation was the guy of a similar age who had a rough divorce years before I knew him…

Dr Mike from RP?

I love how Wheeler Walker Jr could have played it straight, he is a genuinely tallented musician. But nah… Suckin Dick and Kickin Ass.

One of the fitness people I follow has two apps and he regularly tells his viewers “You dont NEED my apps to get great results, you dont NEED to watch my videos either. I just think they both help. Now just subscribing as a member is just money for me so you should definitely do that”

Which is a level of influencer honesty I can definitely get behind.

A friend of mine lost his 4 generations old family home in some bushfires about 10 years ago. He will never admit it to his extended family but he says it was a blessing.

His house was full of shit that as nice as it was and the sentimental value of the huge dining table that great grandad built with the tree that got brought down in the storm in the top paddock in 32 was real. He felt like he couldnt change anything, couldnt sell anything and was stuck living in his grandparents house.