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Nearly 15 minutes of Oak getting beat/burned/eaten/maimed

Youtube: This is for kids!
 
The Extra Pink Lemonade gum is delicious! Glad I grabbed it as it’s limited edition, but surprised it wasn’t a summer thing. (But pink IS a Valentine’s color, I guess. Lemonade is a summer drink.)
 
Okay, finding groups of people my age might be a bit tougher than I thought.

I went to a meet up site for groups around my area (not sure if I can mention it without TBT mods thinking this post is an ad), and saw a few events I might potentially be interested in, such as a game group like what Chris mentioned. However, I can’t know for sure if these groups are strictly for young adults or a mix of people my age alongside middle-aged people. From what I could tell in group photos, there were quite a few middle aged people going to these, which isn’t exactly what I’m looking for in terms of finding friends. The few groups I saw that are strictly reserved for young adults are only for those with social anxiety or disabilities, and that isn’t what I’m looking for either. I’m aiming to find a group populated with young adults in their 20’s or maybe early 30’s, much preferably with a higher female populace.

Now for those that sort of know a bit about my personal side on TBT, I’ve previously mentioned that I suffer from social anxiety, but placing me in a group of others with the same condition is only going to make me extremely uncomfortable, as I don’t know how well/long others can wait until they open up their shell themselves. I’ve already experienced being in such groups first hand several times, and I didn’t want to participate in anything they did not only because of me feeling uncomfortable, but becoming embarrassed and ashamed every time I’m labelled autistic, despite that being a true fact.

(By the way, I’m not trying to downplay those that are going through the same thing as I am; this is just how I feel in real life. Communicating online with strangers feels more comfortable than being “forced” into an awkward real life situation that I personally feel doesn’t fit me.)

Anyway, this was just one site that happens to be one of the more popular ones for group activity meetups. Of course, I’ll keep looking, but I hope it won’t end up forcing me to look on Facebook as I don’t want to make an account there if I don’t have to.
 
TN4U said:
I went to a meet up site for groups around my area (not sure if I can mention it without TBT mods thinking this post is an ad), and saw a few events I might potentially be interested in, such as a game group like what Chris mentioned. However, I can’t know for sure if these groups are strictly for young adults or a mix of people my age alongside middle-aged people. From what I could tell in group photos, there were quite a few middle aged people going to these, which isn’t exactly what I’m looking for in terms of finding friends. The few groups I saw that are strictly reserved for young adults are only for those with social anxiety or disabilities, and that isn’t what I’m looking for either. I’m aiming to find a group populated with young adults in their 20’s or maybe early 30’s, much preferably with a higher female populace.
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Personally, my own advice would be to not let the possibility of a wider age range in attendees turn you off. The events I go to I interact with people as young as 19 and as old as 72. Despite this I've found most people tend to gravitate towards others their own age anyway. For example, the close group of friends I've built through events falls within the age range 25-35, with a couple of outliers.
 
This is outrageous my science teacher seriously changed his profile picture to this. I don’t even know what to say anymore.

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Chris said:
Personally, my own advice would be to not let the possibility of a wider age range in attendees turn you off. The events I go to I interact with people as young as 19 and as old as 72. Despite this I've found most people tend to gravitate towards others their own age anyway. For example, the close group of friends I built through events typically falls within the age range 25-35, with a couple of outliers.
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I suppose because of me having many co-workers that are much older than me, I’m sort of sick and tired of having to be around such people constantly and don’t want to be reminded of work when I eventually go do these activities. Unfortunately, I’m at the tail end of an age range where many people are still attending school, and thus aren’t available to do anything social outside campus grounds. I wish I could just randomly waltz into some University’s student center and participate in something non-sports related, but I know that definitely can’t happen.

I’m just super concerned that I’ll be the youngest participant in any of these groups/events, and I don’t want to continue to hold that distinction that I’ve had for a few of my former jobs.
 
TN4U said:
Unfortunately, I’m at the tail end of an age range where many people are still attending school, and thus aren’t available to do anything social outside campus grounds.
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I'm not sure why you think this would be the case; I meet many college/uni students at events!
 
Chris said:
I'm not sure why you think this would be the case; I meet many college/uni students at events!
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Maybe I have this mindset because of my brief-yet-horrible University experience, and my own negative opinions of such places in general. I’ll really have to do my part and search up more things on Google.

I always say that my poor motivation to do things after work will eventually improve, but it’s hard to fix it with me waking up so early every day and getting off at 5PM. I can’t really balance a decent work life with an excellent social life; I usually excel with one and not the other.
 
This year so far is playing me like a fiddle. One moment it tries to gaslight me into thinking "its all in my head" and "everything is going to be okay" but then I know its not really fine and tries to find a way to kick me down when I am dealing so many things are like out of my control.
 
Okay, I might be in luck after all.

I just signed up for a speed dating event that looks promising in a nearby city I’m comfortable being in. All singles are paired with others in a small age window, so that’s good. There’s a waitlist apparently, but I hope I can get in. This could either be a game changer or another fluke; we shall see.
 
I believe in the ideology that we should be free to do whatever we want without harming others. That means for as long as you’re not hurting others physically or verbally, and for as long as you’re following common sense (like staying on-topic, don’t spend too much money etc.), you can do anything. While this is a popular idea, not everyone seems to like this. Being free to do anything that isn’t harmful also means you’re free to not help others, which contradicts socialist values. Being free to do anything that isn’t harmful to others doesn’t mean you can’t harm yourself (which includes making unhealthy decisions like excessively eating junk food or watching TV excessively) or the environment. Being free to do anything that isn’t harmful also means you’re free to disagree with others, which would upset those who want everyone to follow along. And just because something isn’t harmful doesn’t mean others are going to like it. Like you eating meat will upset some vegans who believe in animal rights, you saying “Merry Christmas!” will upset those who want language to be inclusive, and you playing video games would upset those who expect you to be academic or athletic.

Socialists, SJWs, religious fanatics, and climate change activists want more control of other people. While I’m not willing to concede, they have a point. Because if we don’t do what they want, there will be consequences.
 
Yoshi155 said:
This is outrageous my science teacher seriously changed his profile picture to this. I don’t even know what to say anymore.

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This gives off 🎶"Monday left me broken...."🎶 vibes and also "You better hang up that computer, Carl. Come over here and kiss me on my hot mouth..... I'm feelin' romantical." vibes. 😳
 
I just realized that Q’s promo look for Drag Race Season 16 reminds me of Esidisi from JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure. (one of the Pillar Men— I think it’s the hat.) I love when a promo or runway look reminds me of anime.

The jewels and hat shape also reminds me of Whammu’s hat/hair? Idk if they were going for a Pillar Men look but that’s what it reminded me of.
 
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Shrek was banned at my middle school ‘cause this one group of kids would constantly bring it up at any opportunity and I mean beyond the point of funny. Like every single second. The teachers couldn’t even say the words “green” “layers” or “swamp” without them going crazy. It got so bad that all the teachers of my class put up no shrek posters and no dabbing signs (when they weren’t talking about shrek, they were usually dabbing). So every class had those two signs in it. One of my classes was technically one room with a large seperator and I sat right by it so I could hear the next class over and I heard the teacher say “You guys are really tense today. You have five seconds to dab and say “shrekshrekshrekshrekshrek”.

I can’t make this up.
 
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