vincentjanelle

Re: Shameful things people have done for money on reddit

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:32:00 -0700

Originally from: http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/u1eya/whats_the_most_degrading_thing_youve_done_for/c4rmwdx

Usually like this: you’re attractive, or not unattractive (important). Someone hits on you, someone sleazy/gross/horrific. Maybe they offer upfront to pay, maybe they don’t but they’re clearly not interested in what you’re learning for your major or how you feel about reincarnation.

You’re hungry. Or just poor; people underestimate how it feels when your friends all have the latest whatever and you smile and try not to let them see in your eyes how much it matters when you say “can I see that for a sec?”. We’re taught from birth that success is about having things. The hobbies enabled by money - clubbing, videogames, horseback riding, concerts, just getting really drunk - are how we connect to each other in a world so full of walls and social constraints.

Maybe you wouldn’t let a sleazebag get his grease and sweat all over you for $500 right now. The money’s not worth it, sure. How much are your friends worth, though? How much would you pay to wake up and know that you can eat, maybe even go out and find someone who DOES want to talk about your past-life spirituality? What pricetag do you put on feeling - along with the shame and guilt - like maybe you’ll be okay, because you have money in your pocket, money that becomes things, the ones that prove you’re successful?

No, fuck that. Nothing is worth…no, you’d rather be dead. Today. Because you’re not some pathetic whore. You’re better then that. Today. But they’ll still be there next week. Smirking. And the week after that. That grin…it’s disgusting. But there’s something about it, about the way they look at you like you’re just meat to be bought and fucked on their stained silk sheets. It’s not just repulsive. It says “I can afford to be a slimy creep”. It promises something.

Of course, you can’t buy integrity. No sir. And the way it makes your skin crawl…there’s no promise that could overcome that. Today. But they’ll still be there tomorrow. And the day after that. Next week. Next month, when you realize you haven’t really talked to your best friend since February because the common interests you share are too rich for your blood, because proximity is so important to maintaining those fragile ties, but that has a pricetag. I mean, you’ve talked, but you haven’t…talked. But that’s…that’s such a little thing, isn’t it? A real friend would stand by, right, even when you never see each other, even when you can’t afford to keep their company? You’ll make new friends. You won’t sell yourself for something so trivial.

Not today. Not now. You can’t understand. It’s too much, it’s incomprehensible. To let one of them touch you…to give up your body. Parts of your mind, because a body responds. You’d carry that taint forever. It’d be in you. They’d be in you. Even if you run far away and fall in love with a prince, they’d still be stained into your flesh, your soul. They’d own you. They’d take some of you and keep it. It would be theirs, their part of you, their place. A tag on their meat. That’s why they grin. Because they know that. And you know that. So you go home. Sit on your ratty couch. You would never. Never ever. You’re not that low. You wait for things to get better.

They wait for things to get worse.

Magical Deductions ⚡☂: ok lets see if that thing with glasses chicks suddenly becoming super...

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 22:16:54 -0700

Magical Deductions ⚡☂: ok lets see if that thing with glasses chicks suddenly becoming super...:

magicaldeductions:

ok lets see if that thing with glasses chicks suddenly becoming super weird feminine when they whip off their glasses works

woop

well that was anticlimatic wait

wait

WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON

What that is dumb and does not happen.

Look,…

Nudibranch on browning wall

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:46:21 -0700

Nudibranch on browning wall

Featurelist tabledrag for nodes

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:51:08 -0700

Featurelist tabledrag for nodes

Mac OS X TCP Tuning

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 11:26:01 -0700

sudo vi /etc/sysctl.conf

net.inet.tcp.win_scale_factor=8
kern.ipc.maxsockbuf=4194304
net.inet.tcp.sendspace=1000000
net.inet.tcp.recvspace=1000000

sudo ls && cat /etc/sysctl.conf | while read line ; do sudo sysctl -w $line ; done

Or reboot.

Stretches for twinset diving

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 20:22:00 -0700

From http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/5277900-post8.html

(Apparently from Fitness for Diver’s book by Cameron Martz, a GUE book)

As mentioned you will struggle to find an instructor willing to train with inverted doubles. The easiest way is to learn how to reach them. There are very simple and effective stretching techniques that will enable most people to reach the valves with regular stretching. If done regularly, increases in reach can be huge!!!!!

Background
Most of the shoulder is left suspended from the back and neck via muscle connections, which is good news and bad news. The bad news is that if you allow your muscles to get tight, then your range of motion will decrease. The good news is that soft tissue responds good to stretching, and over time you can gain very large increases in ranges of motion. I have summarised 5 easy stretches that will increase your reach dramatically.

Hanging Shoulder Stretch
1. Place palms on a wall, shoulder width apart,
keeping the elbows straight.
2. Walk your feet backward as you lean your chest
towards the floor until stretch is achieved.
Hint: If you’re tall enough, you can use a doorway.

Pectoral Stretch (High/Mid/Low)
1. Place palm on wall or doorway. To stretch the lower pec, the hand
should be at head level. To stretch the mid pec, the hand should be
at chest level. To stretch the upper pec, the hand should be at
stomach level.
2. Rotate upper body away from the wall until stretch is achieved.

Posterior Deltoid/Rhomboid Stretch
1. Reach your right hand over your left shoulder.
2. Place your left hand behind your right elbow.
3. With right arm relaxed, press on the elbow until
stretch is achieved.

Latissimus Dorsi/Triceps Stretch
1. Reach your right hand behind your neck.
2. Place your left hand behind your right elbow.
You might have to reach around the back of your
head to get the best stretch.

Swimmers Stretch
1. Reach both arms behind your back.
2. Clasp hands while keeping arms as straight as
possible.
3. Press arms up as high as possible.
3. With right arm relaxed, press on the elbow until
stretch is achieved.

fashion consultation

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 11:33:32 -0700

tammertron:

A friend of mine just asked me where he can get a purple suit. I immediately rejected this idea but withheld scathing comments. Boys, please consult me before you make any of these fashion decisions, you do not know how to dress yourself. I is the seriousness. Thanks.

pseudomeaningful: Don’t Want to Be Friends (via...

Tue, 18 May 2010 13:47:05 -0700

pseudomeaningful:

Don’t Want to Be Friends (via fueledbyphotos)

This is called “going too far” or “being creepy” or “pulling a classic woman move.”

Look, let’s set a few things straight here: If you want to convince someone to love you (and maybe even to marry you), everyone knows you can’t be this insanely direct. You need to ease into it. Take, for instance, how I managed to eventually get my wife to marry me: Did I start by saying, “Hey, I’m crazy, let’s get married come on please!” No. I took her out to a nice dinner and got her drunk. We went back to my place and got it on. She got knocked up and BAM, a few months later we got married.

See what I’m getting at? You can convince someone to love and marry you without being a creep.

On organization

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 16:03:54 -0700

On organization

Port Hardy 2010 Photos

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:09:46 -0700

Port Hardy 2010 Photos