GorGor

joined 2 years ago
[–] GorGor@startrek.website 35 points 1 month ago

And they need to keep asking questions that piss him off.

[–] GorGor@startrek.website 20 points 1 month ago

I really miss our used book store. It was tiny but packed, and it had that smell.

[–] GorGor@startrek.website 4 points 1 month ago

So they are trying to force the company to admit, "no we are still committed to anti-consumer policies to boost profits", is that the point?

[–] GorGor@startrek.website 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Some buddies and I actually got an old firebird with a blown head gasket for lemons. Got it running, and then realized how much more we would have to pay for all the safety gear... We were still willing but had some disagreements for who was gonna pay what when and so the main backer pulled out and the dream went up in smoke...

[–] GorGor@startrek.website 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Where did you get this, or did you build it yourself?

[–] GorGor@startrek.website 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Listen, Im over here wearing my floaties, watching sales people doing a triple gainer off the high-dive. I'm not trying to pretend to be especially good with the social skills. All I'm saying is water is wet. Some people have an affinity to those sorts of skills, some don't. Some people work at it. Some can't. Everyone has to at least bathe though. That's a metaphor, but also not.

[–] GorGor@startrek.website 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

Why do you need to be forced by society to develop social skills?

Social skills is another way of saying the abilities required to function in a society. You might as well ask why do you need to learn to swim to get in the pool.

Why isn't putting your best forward enough?

Often it is, but to stretch the metaphor used above, they are going to be stuck in the shallow end.

[–] GorGor@startrek.website 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

My dad was a Coastie. He signed up during the Vietnam war. He liked to say 'we SAVE lives'.

[–] GorGor@startrek.website 27 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

WhiskeyLeaks

Thank you for this.

[–] GorGor@startrek.website 12 points 2 months ago

I definitely remember hearing "Here put this helmet and [thick] jacket on"... "Stay there and wait" etc

[–] GorGor@startrek.website 39 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I was the younger brother. I was "willing" to do a lot of things I knew were bad ideas.

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