[legokrin]

Lets see if you can get this:
[youtube]HnQLX5CNGRU[/youtube]

[MindlessInsanity]

Lets see if you can get this:
[youtube]HnQLX5CNGRU[/youtube]

Well that was punny.

[TechnoProdigy]

Anything we want to talk about?

Well, recently spending any amount of money has started causing me tremendous guilt. I built up an emergency fund and hit my second major savings goal, but now anytime I buy anything remotely frivolous, I feel terrible.

I'm not hard up for money, it just makes me feel guilty, you know?

[dlgn]

It's late at night and I've been out of St. John's Wort for over a week since I don't want to take an hour-long trip just to get one or two things when I can't even be sure that the store will have them, so let me just say this:



God, I need some friends. But failing that, complaining to friend-ish people online about being depressed is better than nothing, right?

Anything we want to talk about?

Well, recently spending any amount of money has started causing me tremendous guilt. I built up an emergency fund and hit my second major savings goal, but now anytime I buy anything remotely frivolous, I feel terrible.

I'm not hard up for money, it just makes me feel guilty, you know?

I don't really know your situation, so I can't say much for sure, but just look at it like this.

For the sake of your general mental health and happiness, you need some amount of things that you enjoy. If you buy things for the sake of buying them and don't enjoy them, that's a problem. But if you stay on budget and get stuff you like—good for you! That's winning at life (well, at least at part of it ) and there's nothing wrong with getting something nice every once in a while. If you feel you should be doing something else with your money, you can do that. There are plenty of good organizations out there if you want to/can afford to donate money. Apart from that? Don't overspend, be happy, and help make other people happy. That's the best thing you can do.

~dlgn

[Life_is_a_party]

So I'm really tired and was recently messing around with my great-grandfather's art supplies and I drew one thing that didn't suck as much as the rest.

Spoiler:

I know it's still pretty badly done but eh, what are your thoughts on it? I'm mostly just messing about with the blending abilities of these pencils, since they're pretty soft.

There's never anything wrong with some Guns n' Roses!
I like it. Imo it needed a better gun than a glock however, but I like it nonetheless.
Also, you're really good at drawing.

First world problems: cannot convince my mom that IE is an inferior browser and she's ok with it despite it's total crap.

My father was the same way. Have you tried showing her ad-block or the like? I got my dad to switch over pretty quick after showing him that.

[Meowrocket]

If I were less tired I probably would have made the gun a Luger P08 or a Maucer C96 but I didn't want to bother. xD
I just drew what first came to mind.

[MindlessInsanity]

Yeah, I installed abp on her google chrome. Though she refuses to use it by what I can only call "instinct" when I get the chance I'm gonna delete IE's icon and see what happens.

[Slathalin]

Would you rather live in:

• Maldives

• Barcelona

• Dubai

• Singapore

• Jan Mayan (because why not)

Please state why you chose where you did

[Bonejunky]

Time to be a Donnie Downer.

So, I'm sure I've said this before but I haven't said it since I've come out of hibernation here. I have Tourette's Syndrome. Also, in the few years that I've been away I've pulled a 180 and got my poop in a group. Up until a few months ago, I had absolutely no idea where I wanted my life to go. This was an issue (among with a few others) that caused my grades in school to decline. So, grade 12 comes about and it finally hit me: I have to figure this stuff out. So I researched professions and settled on engineering. Problem. Because of the issues I was having, I didn't have the grades to actually get into any engineering program anywhere. Solution. Do another year of school, upgrade my math, physics, english, and chemistry marks. Over the summer and during this first term of "grade 13" I have gravitated away from engineering (didn't even much like the idea anyway, just needed a goal) and have been focusing on a different profession: RCAF Pilot. Based on my current grades I would be able to get into the training program with no sweat. I'm not in the best physical condition, but that can be fixed. So, for a while I was happy and was working toward a goal that I actually wanted to obtain, not just a goal that I had so I would be motivated.

Now, why did I mention that I had Tourette's at the beginning of this post? Because recently the condition has worsened. I have to take anti-anxiety meds and muscle relaxants (klonopin and robaxin if you're wondering) in order to control it. The 'tics' are still bad but not entirely inhibiting like they would be without medication. Instead, however, I am now dizzy constantly, easily agitated, my mind is all muddled, and I'm drowsy. I can't drive a car in my condition. Now how would I be able to fly a plane?

Sure, severity of TS fluctuates a lot. For a year before this sudden explosion I was almost completely fine. The Tourette's was barely noticeable. But if I were to be up in the air and go through a change like I'm experiencing now, it could mean that any operation that I would be undertaking would be compromised. The military can't have this sort of unreliability.

So, in the span of a week I have realized that my dream of being an RCAF pilot was always unattainable and possibly even every other profession in the Canadian Armed Forces. Although I shouldn't even be surprised, I'm absolutely devastated and, for lack of better words, completely pissed off. I'm back at square one with no plan for my future and I can feel myself sinking again.

Well, I've got that off my chest but it's done absolutely nothing for me. Thanks for listening anyway. Sorry for the long post.

[dlgn]

If it helps, I read your post, Bone, and I care.

I have OCD and I know how much tics/compulsions can suck, especially when they get in the way of living your life. I feel for you.