Life Experiences

What’s It Like To Be Financially Independent

December 29, 2020 Leave a Comment

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I am in my 40’s, live in a large US city. Never married, no kids.

I stopped working about 5 years ago. The experience has been largely good, but mixed.

The good:

—If, 15 years ago, someone had asked me to design the ideal life, I would have described the life I am now living. I spend my time indulging in my passions and other healthy pursuits, I have traveled the world extensively, I have done most of the things that I always wanted to do and I am continually thinking up new ideas.

What Does It Feel Like To Be Stupid?

December 18, 2020 Leave a Comment

what does it feel like to be stupid

I had an arterial problem for a couple of years, which reduced blood supply to my heart and brain and depleted B vitamins from my nerves (to keep the heart in good repair). Although there is some vagueness as to the mechanisms, this made me forgetful, slow, and easily overwhelmed. In short, I felt like I was stupid compared to what I was used to, and I was.

It was frightening at first because I knew something wasn’t right but didn’t know what, and very worrying for my career because I was simply not very good any more.

You Can Learn A Lot About Police Officers By The Memes They Post Online

December 15, 2020 Leave a Comment

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Confessions of a Man Pursuing The MGTOW Lifestyle

December 10, 2020 Leave a Comment

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I’ve always been a skeptical dude growing up with a crazy mother and sister, thus seeing threads of BPDish behaviour a mile away. Used to be NAWALT (not all women are like that); but would only date hot aspergers girls (a rarity) because they don’t do the social bullshit, and usually realise they lack empathy in their teens and go off principles rather than feelings. It’s a little safer, when they get angry, they still act on principle (A commonly masculine trait) but.. I learnt my lesson, ALWALT (all women are like that). Anyway, been GMOW (going my own way) for about 3 years (pissed I wasted my early 20’s chasing validation and bitches).

You Can Learn A Lot About MGTOW’ers By The Memes They Post Online

December 10, 2020 Leave a Comment

mgtow memes

Confessions Of An Obese Woman

December 7, 2020 Leave a Comment

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Most people will never understand what it’s really like for someone who carries extra weight around with them their whole lives. I am prepared to share the complete, brutal, admittedly terrible truth with anyone who will listen to me on this day.

Allow me to answer: “What is life really like for the fat girl?” We can begin with the most obvious…appearance. You stare wistfully at your reflection in the mirror. No matter which angle you turn, you just don’t quite look right. The features on your face, no matter how beautiful they may be, are dwarfed by the extra fat you carry in your face. Your eyes, which may be wide and lovely, look small and particularly deep set in your skull. Your stunning high cheekbones; hidden in totality by the layers of tissue covering them. Your chin; pronounced, is a buoy floating on the sea that is your double chin. You can apply makeup, and help make yourself look better to a certain degree, but you know that no one is going to compliment your shade of lipstick today.

What’s It Like To Be Lured Into A Cult

December 1, 2020 Leave a Comment

How long were you a cult member, and what was the organization like?

I was brainwashed for a little under a decade. It was a small but fervent, insular organization led by a very charismatic, psychologically imbalanced “prophet.” His message was simple, but convincing: That our only responsibility was to love each other and the rest would fall into place. Not a difficult mantra to embrace! Contact with the outside world was prohibited, but once I was fully indoctrinated I wasn’t even interested in the outside world. I wanted to stay pure and radiate love like my brothers and sisters.

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Confessions Of An Instagram Model

November 24, 2020 Leave a Comment

I am a fitness model with a big Instagram following (no I will not be sharing my IG or other accounts here, please don’t ask). Most people think we make most of our money from sponsorships and affiliate posts – we do make some money that way – but you’d still need a 9 to 5 to make ends meet unless you’re one of the top accounts. The open secret in the industry is that we get hired to spend time with really wealthy men overseas.

What Is Life Like On Dialysis?

November 19, 2020 Leave a Comment

I have been living with kidney failure since 2000 and have been on haemodialysis since last 7.5 years. Here is my experience and perspective on various facets of life with dialysis

Schedule – I have to go to the hospital thrice a week and be there for about 5 hours every time. I never skip a session, though I have adjusted the days at times (that means instead of Mon, Wed, Sat schedule for Mon, Wed, Fri) keeping the frequency of thrice a week, unchanged. First few years when I started dialysis, I did not have fixed slot at the center and had to go at odd timings like 10 pm to 3 am. By the end of year one, I managed to get the morning slot, since then I have been using the morning slot of 8 am to 1 pm. This is better since after dialysis I can go home, have a timely lunch, take some rest and have a free evening time.

Confessions Of An Asexual Woman

November 18, 2020 Leave a Comment

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To be honest, it feels completely normal. I can’t imagine being any other way, therefore I can’t say definitively how it is so different from not being asexual. Not to say that I haven’t perceived some differences while growing up.

While in school, most notably middle school, when relationships were becoming more and more of interest with my peers, I always wondered what the point was. Because I felt no internal stirrings of being physically interested in anyone I misguidedly perceived that everyone else was feeling nothing, which lead me to wonder “Why”. It was hard for me to think of an end game.