21 Y/O Male - Advice Needed

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[quote]EmilyQ wrote:

[quote]pushharder wrote:

[quote]EmilyQ wrote:

[quote]pushharder wrote:

[quote]EmilyQ wrote:
Look what was waiting for me when I got home from work! INSULATED, and in my size![/quote]

You should return them to the store and demand NON-insulated gloves. After all, you’re a T-Nationeer, a naturalized citizen of the world’s largest hardcore training site.

Da las’ t’ing in da werld ye kneed is that there insulation. Buck up, sister!
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For your information, PAL, I already HAVE uninsulated gloves and wear them. Some of them (like maybe one pair) I’ve worn clean OUT.

Maybe you have a fancy cab on your tractor, and a high falutin’ FM radio, but MINE is right out in the elements. We can’t all live our lives inside cozy heated spaces like you![/quote]

Ha, little lady! I used to feed round bales to cattle on the ranch in eastern Montana with a 1930-something John Deere “A” tractor. No cab. No power steering. Damn row crop front axle. Round bale grapple fork on front.

I remember -35F temperatures with 60 mph winds that pushed the wind chill below -100F in complete whiteout conditions. I did wear insulated gloves THEN. And had to run the tractor in reverse when going against the wind because your eyes’d freeze shut (we were too tough to wear goggles…I bet you wear goggles, doncha?).

Edit: No, the pic is not of the one I used to operate. Ours didn’t look near that good.[/quote]

WELL, here is a picture of a 1947 Ford tractor, which is what I believe Hockey currently uses to mow his fields and do other various and sundry, which I’m sure includes doing -35F things as they are very common where I live. I chose this picture because the others were all much nicer looking than the one I’ve seen in the lean-to out there. His may look just a little better, because he likes to take good care of his things.

While I have not YET driven it backwards in -100F wind chills, I am sure that I soon will. Let us all remember that I fractured my elbow winter-before-last attempting to boorishly, brutishly improve my ice skating skills so as to join a league that would allow me to whack people with sticks without getting arrested for it. Now that I’m recovered, I’m certain I’ll be spending more time on all tractors. As for goggles, I have my librarian glasses - those will do just fine.[/quote]

I’ve realized that what I meant to say here is that when I drive tractors in -100F wind chills, I take my librarian glasses OFF, because the film of ice over my eyeballs serves very nicely to protect my eyes from flying debris and other threats.

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[quote]dt79 wrote:

[quote]Powerpuff wrote:

[quote]dt79 wrote:

[quote]Powerpuff wrote:

[quote]BrickHead wrote:

[quote]dt79 wrote:

And it’s funny how these self-professed sensitive, deep thinking types are usually the ones passing the most superficial judgements on others.[/quote]

In many cases men like him start becoming resentful towards the world, especially when they have what he needs: a woman. But he will not get or keep one if he remain the way he is. [/quote]

Depression in men often looks like anger…

Yes, I get to play arm-chair psychologist. :slight_smile: [/quote]
Our guy is also a pothead. That’s all we really know. The rest are all assumptions based on his erratic ramblings in between moments of clarity.[/quote]

True. My second best guess is this is really a 35-year-old feminist writing a book about body shaming. You guys were supposed to attack him/her for not being swole. That’s how the internet works.
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Really? I thought Nick Cave got bored and came to troll us.

Seriously though, you don’t think much of the tunnel vision and irrationality is due to being high sometimes when he posts?[/quote]

I’ve been assuming this.

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[quote]pushharder wrote:

[quote]EmilyQ wrote:

[quote]pushharder wrote:

[quote]EmilyQ wrote:

[quote]pushharder wrote:

[quote]EmilyQ wrote:
Look what was waiting for me when I got home from work! INSULATED, and in my size![/quote]

You should return them to the store and demand NON-insulated gloves. After all, you’re a T-Nationeer, a naturalized citizen of the world’s largest hardcore training site.

Da las’ t’ing in da werld ye kneed is that there insulation. Buck up, sister!
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For your information, PAL, I already HAVE uninsulated gloves and wear them. Some of them (like maybe one pair) I’ve worn clean OUT.

Maybe you have a fancy cab on your tractor, and a high falutin’ FM radio, but MINE is right out in the elements. We can’t all live our lives inside cozy heated spaces like you![/quote]

Ha, little lady! I used to feed round bales to cattle on the ranch in eastern Montana with a 1930-something John Deere “A” tractor. No cab. No power steering. Damn row crop front axle. Round bale grapple fork on front.

I remember -35F temperatures with 60 mph winds that pushed the wind chill below -100F in complete whiteout conditions. I did wear insulated gloves THEN. And had to run the tractor in reverse when going against the wind because your eyes’d freeze shut (we were too tough to wear goggles…I bet you wear goggles, doncha?).

Edit: No, the pic is not of the one I used to operate. Ours didn’t look near that good.[/quote]

WELL, here is a picture of a 1947 Ford tractor, which is what I believe Hockey currently uses to mow his fields and do other various and sundry, which I’m sure includes doing -35F things as they are very common where I live. I chose this picture because the others were all much nicer looking than the one I’ve seen in the lean-to out there. His may look just a little better, because he likes to take good care of his things.

While I have not YET driven it backwards in -100F wind chills, I am sure that I soon will. Let us all remember that I fractured my elbow winter-before-last attempting to boorishly, brutishly improve my ice skating skills so as to join a league that would allow me to whack people with sticks without getting arrested for it. Now that I’m recovered, I’m certain I’ll be spending more time on all tractors. As for goggles, I have my librarian glasses - those will do just fine.[/quote]

Nicely done, Em. You get internetz points for good jousting.

With bated breath I will await one of the most anticipated POGTFO evidential specimens in GAL history.
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Have I ever failed to bring the photographic proof?

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Librarian glasses? Em, i’m betting you are pretty good looking, ya know, for a girl.

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[quote]SkyzykS wrote:
Librarian glasses? Em, i’m betting you are pretty good looking, ya know, for a girl.[/quote]

As it turns out, men are less opposed to glasses than Old Maid wisdom would have it. I’ve certainly gotten plenty of passes wearing them. I don’t like contacts because when I move my eyes it takes a couple of seconds to adjust enough to read, and that’s valuable time I could spend reading cereal boxes or TNation or whatever.

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Uh oh. I just remembered you really don’t appreciate that kind of joking around, do you?

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Last night, while deeply under the influence of magical herbs for the head, I have come to a realization. I will probably just get flamed or harassed again for saying this, but here goes.

Baby faced guys get laid. Baby faced guys get jobs, and (even decent) jobs. Baby faced guys act assertively and make something of their lives. I know guys who look younger than i do and do all these things.

The problem i have is not this other shit, or lack of muscle. It is my mindset and attitude, and just living like a fucking loser like I have been.

As I am now an unemployed stoner, living with three other stoners and with $500 to my name, I had best start finding work and started to make something of my life.

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[quote]dave670 wrote:
Last night, while deeply under the influence of magical herbs for the head, I have come to a realization. I will probably just get flamed or harassed again for saying this, but here goes.

Baby faced guys get laid. Baby faced guys get jobs, and (even decent) jobs. Baby faced guys act assertively and make something of their lives. I know guys who look younger than i do and do all these things.

The problem i have is not this other shit, or lack of muscle. It is my mindset and attitude, and just living like a fucking loser like I have been.

As I am now an unemployed stoner, living with three other stoners and with $500 to my name, I had best start finding work and started to make something of my life.
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You lost the job?

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[quote]BrickHead wrotee:
You lost the job?[/quote]
I quit. I don’t have to get screamed at by fat men all day

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Oh Jesus. They wanted you to quit and you gave that to them.

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[quote]dave670 wrote:

[quote]BrickHead wrotee:
You lost the job?[/quote]
I quit. I don’t have to get screamed at by fat men all day
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Yea. Who needs an income anyway. I’m sure if you smoke enough pot, you’ll come up with something.

I’m done here.

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Kid, I really want to give you advice. But you’re a pothead. Shit like this is cyclical for people like you. This is not the 1st time you’ve solicited advice here and made big plans to turn your life around.

Stop smoking weed.

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[quote]dave670 wrote:

[quote]BrickHead wrotee:
You lost the job?[/quote]
I quit. I don’t have to get screamed at by fat men all day
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What’s better, getting screamed at while earning money or sitting home with no money? As said, you had the option of barking back and sticking up for yourself. And had you been a good worker (maybe you were) you’d likely not get fired for barking back.

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[quote]dt79 wrote:
Kid, I really want to give you advice. But you’re a pothead. Shit like this is cyclical for people like you. This is not the 1st time you’ve solicited advice here and made big plans to turn your life around.

Stop smoking weed.[/quote]

x2. I smoked for most of my young life, since I was about 13, and quit a couple of years ago. Much has changed for the better. I FINALLY graduated college, landed a job which I can be proud of, and the best part is I get bored again. I can’t just sit and watch 8 hours of “the Office” anymore; it drives me nuts. I’m flooded with this, “motivation” that had been woefully absent for the better part of my existence. What’s more, is that I now have the clarity through which this motivation can be focused.

I’ve got no moral objections to pot, and like anything else moderation is key. Hell, some can be regular smokers and still thrive, but these folks are either rare or are very well-established in their trade. So do yourself a favor; quit. At least for the foreseeable future.

Also, don’t give me that peer-pressure bs. My roomates all smoked religiously, and we hung out regularly. Abstaining when faced with temptation is nothing more than training your gumption, and luckily you’ll be armed with the knowledge that you’re working toward something with lasting reward.

EDIT: and start a training log

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[quote]EmilyQ wrote:

[quote]SkyzykS wrote:
Librarian glasses? Em, i’m betting you are pretty good looking, ya know, for a girl.[/quote]

As it turns out, men are less opposed to glasses than Old Maid wisdom would have it. I’ve certainly gotten plenty of passes wearing them. I don’t like contacts because when I move my eyes it takes a couple of seconds to adjust enough to read, and that’s valuable time I could spend reading cereal boxes or TNation or whatever.

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They’re like frames that accentuate the windows to the soul.
Thats like straight out of a tv commercial cheezee.

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[quote]TX iron wrote:
Hell, some can be regular smokers and still thrive, but these folks are either rare or are very well-established in their trade.[/quote]

Not sure about that. There are quite a lot of functional alcoholics out there, so why not stoners? Hell, I even worked with a guy once who used cocaine heavily, yet was a professional by day, bartender by night, and still made it to the gym regularly.

Most drug users aren’t junkies.

That said, when you have less than $500 to your name and quit your job before finding a new one like a fucking idiot, buying weed should not be high on your priorities list.