I would never think to talk someone out of that opinion. Good products sell themselves quickly through word of mouth, only shit needs to be hyped. Then, some people hate to admit they were swindled, and will pretend they enjoy a shitty product or service and help others be lured in.

¿Te gustan los frijoles mezclados?

More like 20 generations when you consider our new stupid trends in how we treat most of our marginalized groups

Dirty vocals in death and doom metal

For sure. Hopefully someone is monitoring the family’s various cryptocurrencies for large purchases

That would be delightful with a cream corn margarita

Some of that flat card stock junk mail is good for scooping up cat barf

All 5 of mine too.

Yes, good story. Where I’m from, they are more likely to stand in line for 23 cent pizzas https://nbc24.com/news/local/papa-johns-selling-23-cent-apology-pizzas

I propose we swap our biggest criminal, that dude with 34 felonies that hasn’t served any time yet. Edit: Since he’s already so fucking old, serving the time at CECOT will make up for some of our lost time.

also, me savoring the time alone at night unwinding while high because it feels better than the grind so I get as much as i can

Yeah, I can see that

Yes, thanks for clarifying, I didn’t mean to generalize. Ok then, carry on and best of luck my friend!

Better give him a good wank just in case

Yes

So, if you don’t think anyone can help them, then why do you do what you do?

Yes, i agree that is much of the problem. But, they are not that way on purpose, they are a result of the system. They can’t help but be that way. Us being better communicators is showing them compassion, to help them.

I will grant you, that it does very much feel like that at times lol

To be clear, I’m not asking you to change your message or censor yourself. I could turn the ego question back on you. Why should anyone read such large amounts of text, not knowing someone’s credentials? They likely won’t, and will move on. I’m 50, and just learned this 3 years ago myself. If you saw my old reddit account, you would have seen similar walls of text. I still say the same things. but, now i feel like more people actually listen, learn, and respond.

These are all great points. May I give you a little unsolicited advice? It will be the same advice that I believe made me more effective with my messaging. also, it was hard advice for me to get at the time, but it has worked wonders.

I’m also very much on the spectrum, so I’m more likely to read a wall of text than one of our peers lol. But, the people that you need to reach and teach (and you have many good things to teach) are not like us. They can only consume bite-sized nuggets, and they like to connect ideas on their own. Brevity is your friend.

Even our dumbest fellow humans are smarter than we give credit. We are all essentially large language models that are parroting what we have been taught, or looking for patterns that we have learned. We all learn better when we think we’re doing it on our own, versus having someone else do it for us.