If you swallow appleseed(s)

Smoke some cigarettes. The smoke will suffocate the bacteria

—Mac

  • It's Maddie!
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    9 months ago

    “Respect your elders”

    Nah they’re the ones who destroyed the economy giving free rein to corporations, set the planet on fire, and let cops run loose murdering and stealing as they please, fuck them

    • @FMT99
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      419 months ago

      Not saying you’re necessarily wrong but “Fuck em” seems to be the new mantra of our society on all levels. Doesn’t bode well for the future.

      • snooggums
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        219 months ago

        That is because society on all levels deserves it. We need to stop with the expectation that people in certain jobs or positions deserve respect just because of their job or position. They only deserve respect if they earn it.

        If they don’t earn respect, fuck em.

        • @[email protected]
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          all levels

          Healthcare is a level.

          Housing the homeless is on a level society operates.

          Crime prevention too.

          You thought this through at all, or was this just a doodle on your trapper-keeper in homeroom?

          • Rhynoplaz
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            99 months ago

            Oooh. You were SO close to landing that sick burn, but we had to take points off for not making any God damn sense.

            • @triptrapper
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              09 months ago

              This made me laugh out loud on the office toilet.

          • snooggums
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            89 months ago

            Those aren’t people so I don’t understand whatever you are getting at.

      • Rhynoplaz
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        79 months ago

        It actually DOES bode well for the future.

        The Boomers lived by “Fuck the future, I got mine now.”

        We’re trying to change it to “Fuck the past, we ain’t got shit.”

    • @cheese_greaterOP
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      I feel like this is going to have [excellent] synergy with my boundary posts :)

  • Mario_Dies.wav
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    “You’ve got to love him – he’s your brother, after all.”

    Yeah, he’s my brother who would get angry and destroy all my things when we were young, my brother who sexually abused my youngest sibling, my brother who launched into a homophobic rant against my mom during a time when she had cancer, a brother who cheated on and verbally and physically abused his first wife, a brother who probably drove my nephew to suicide.

    No, fuck him. I don’t love him, and I never will.

    • @Bakachu
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      79 months ago

      Yeah I’d say that’s got to be triggering to hear. How do you respond to “advice” like that normally? Assuming it’s from someone who actually knows your brother.

      • Mario_Dies.wav
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        79 months ago

        I never have any response that’s likely to be edifying or helpful, so I typically respond with, “Well, I don’t,” and try to disengage. That’s usually enough.

        • Bizzle
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          99 months ago

          If you take a level of rogue you can disengage as a bonus action

        • @Bakachu
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          69 months ago

          Sounds like a good strategy. Less is more.

          • Mario_Dies.wav
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            59 months ago

            Some conversations are just not worth having, and I need to pick my battles

  • gregorum
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    529 months ago

    “Walk it off”

    — coach

    No, my torn ligaments need to rest and heal, asshole, not to endure further trauma. Get me some ice!

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    9 months ago

    “If you were just more positive you’d not be complaining about being depressed all the time”.

    And/or

    “Have you tried just being happy for once?”

      • Rhynoplaz
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        59 months ago

        I don’t know, this one has pretty much carried me through the last 40 years. There’s definitely worse advice.

        • @[email protected]
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          Yea same here but in a different way than what people usually mean. Don’t fake being rich until you are. I was and to a certain extent still am socially anxious and bad at talking to people and holding conversations. I started faking being more socially adept than I actually was by copying people I knew who were extroverts and by observing peoples interactions in the wild. Eventually I did get better with both and have no issue with either, although I do need some time to recharge later on after social interactions.

    • @ilmagico
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      169 months ago

      One thing that’s sure to make things worse is to tell an angry person to “calm down”…

    • guyrocket
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      And the silly stepsister of this saying: Calm your tits!

      Very useful when you want the opposite reaction.

    • @cheese_greaterOP
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      • 4/7/8 breathing is better advice :)
      • also Physiological sigh
  • @paddirn
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    “Undercover Cops have to tell you if they’re a cop,” or other variations I remember hearing all throughout high school.

    Somehow though, organized crime hasn’t figured out this one simple trick to ferreting out undercover cops in their midst, just ask them.

    Also: “Don’t trust anything that bleeds for 5 days and doesn’t die.”

  • @MIDItheKID
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    259 months ago

    YOLO

    It’s like a mantra for bad decision making. But it should really be used the opposite way. Like… I better put my seat belt on because YOLO.

    • @cheese_greaterOP
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      9 months ago

      I wanna say its wrong but I don’t know enough about star formation to dispute it?!

      • Rhynoplaz
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        119 months ago

        Really, EVERYTHING originated from star dust, so you’re just returning it to the source!

        • @Guest_User
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          29 months ago

          Well not everything. I don’t think stars produce neutrons

    • @Fluffy_Ruffs
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      89 months ago

      Smoking cigarettes will suffocate the toxins in the apple skins sitting in your stomach.

  • @PrimarilyPrimate
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    219 months ago

    If I pick up something that is too heavy my uterus will fall out.

  • @nikosey
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    if you ask a police officer for a piece of candy then legally they have to give you one

    • @[email protected]
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      79 months ago

      Do what you love for a job and you’ll turn what you want to do into what you have to do.

    • @Mrkawfee
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      It’s so simple. Why didn’t I think of that before!

      /S

    • mizzyc
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      do what you love and you will never work a day love anything in your life

    • Constant Pain
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      19 months ago

      The moment you depend on it to not live on the streets, then you don’t love it anymore.