OldSoulHippie

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[–] OldSoulHippie@hexbear.net 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I couldn't stand him when I was growing up. He's actually my step dad, but I've known him since I was like five. He is a blue collar, salt of the earth type and was moderately conservative by today's standards when I was growing up. When my worldview was limited, I saw him as some sort of redneck workaholic guy who would come home angry every day. We always tried to steer clear of him when he was home because if we got in his eye line, he would find some crazy projects for us kids to go work on. Usually involving crazy manual labor that kids shouldn't have been doing. But that's how he grew up.

As I got older and got a job and responsibilities of my own, I realized he was just doing his best and had a lot on his plate. He was never physically abusive towards us, but I was still a little afraid of him when I was young. I grew up in a family with no other kids until I was 8. And I mean no other kids. I have no cousins or anything. I was raised by a bunch of older Midwestern Catholic ladies. I think my dad took it up on himself to "man me up" which I resisted at every turn. I'm glad he taught me about fixing things and helping others though. I've saved so much money with the DIY mentality he gave me. He's devoted to his family and to this day will drop everything to help just about anyone. He's not perfect, but I'm super thankful he was and is in my life. We still don't really see eye to eye on a lot of stuff, but in a lot of ways I turned into him. It's a strong case for nurture in the nature/nurture debate.

[–] OldSoulHippie@hexbear.net 14 points 2 weeks ago

One time I was at a restaurant with my wife and we could overhear the young couple behind us. This was during the first trump election. He was obviously on a first date with this girl and he tried to impress her by saying stuff like "yeah, I vote for the guy with the most American sounding name". She was not impressed to say the least.

I always have good luck watching people on dates at restaurants.

[–] OldSoulHippie@hexbear.net 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Reddit ass comment. You don't know anything about me

downbear

[–] OldSoulHippie@hexbear.net 0 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

My bar is watching things get worse and worse with no resistance

[–] OldSoulHippie@hexbear.net 0 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

There's no reason to be political anymore. They won. They got everything and there is no going back. time to touch what's left of the grass and have all the fun I can before the real collapse.

[–] OldSoulHippie@hexbear.net 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I get it, but have you tried ordering a pizza past like 10:30 anywhere in America? That seems to have stopped with COVID. I only get to leave my small town a couple times a year, and this has been my experience in some of the bigger cities in the midwest

[–] OldSoulHippie@hexbear.net 19 points 2 weeks ago

Oh Jesus Christ. Fuck off back to ~~reddit~~ .ee

What the fuck is wrong with the whole lot of you?

Fuck!

[–] OldSoulHippie@hexbear.net 26 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

We're crossing the Rubicon

[–] OldSoulHippie@hexbear.net 20 points 3 weeks ago

Protest anything else and get run over by a chud in an Incel Camino

[–] OldSoulHippie@hexbear.net 33 points 3 weeks ago

People must have forgot about Cop City. Oh wait. That happened when (D)oe Biden was president

[–] OldSoulHippie@hexbear.net 22 points 3 weeks ago

timmy-pray come on hunter! Come out as maga

[–] OldSoulHippie@hexbear.net 15 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Sorry in advance for the things I'm going to say to .ee users. Not sure who invited them to the party anyway

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