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Thanks for the info. I’ll try again. 👍

Because the concept of “Marriage” was created to cement political, fiducial, and martial alliances between families of Aristos. Multiple entities complicates those agreements.

I tried FreeTube and NewPipe, but got tired of YouTube constantly changing things to make them not work. I’m too old to deal with constant tinkering, and have no interest in investing into a Pie Hole.

No, this:

My father was a raging narcissist.

Narcissism is a psychological defense mechanism formed in early childhood to fight an inferiority complex formed from abuse, neglect, or both. He never talked about it, but he came from the era where no “Real Man” admitted weakness, admitted fault, or apologized. That was weak, and “womanish.” He used the “P” word, but you know what I’m talking about. He never matured beyond mid teenage boy emotional maturity.

Anyways, I was born 13 years after my next sibling, and my entire life, my father made me feel that I was an embarrassment, and was worthless, useless, and stupid. Because instead of accepting that he had a hand in my conception, he blamed me for fucking his life up after he thought he was done with kids.

He was also a raging alcoholic, and I fucked up his party time. My mom was raised to be the perfect 50’s housewife, and he felt he should be able to do whatever he wanted, when he wanted, with who he wanted. And now, there’s this kid fucking it up. That didn’t stop him from dragging a young child to every hole in the wall bar in 5 counties, and making me drive him home when I was 12 years old. Oh, and he also passed out many times when he was supposed to pick me up.

He died alone, without a friend in the world, by is own hand, because he was so selfish, and callous.

So yeah, I could have done without that.

New cat owner rules:

No sudden movements. No loud noises. Allow them to come to you. Pet them gently. Accept your fate, resistance is futile.

Welcome to servitude. And you’ll like it, or else…

You magnificent bastard… 🤘

A lot of it is bluffing, like in Poker.

If you get to that level, you know all the strategies and moves.

It’s all about tricking someone into making a mistake.

Chess requires dedication, conviction, and patience. Anyone with average intelligence can learn the game to the point of competence in 30 minutes.

It requires much more time to become an expert, or master.

And most people don’t have that much time to expend on it. That’s not something to be ashamed of.

The only US politician one I truly trust, and still the one of the 4 or 5 that l like slightly less, is Bernie Sanders.

OK, I guess that was a joke. A very abstract joke. But OK.

Yeah, but this is a person who doesn’t know, and wants someone to explain, and quantify it.

Even if they never truly understand, or truly feel it, it would be advantageous to intellectually have an idea of what it is, and to be able to mimic it to fit into common society, and not be ostracized.

I think I have this.

I feel everything in a social situation. To a painful, heighetend degree.

Empathy is imagining how you would feel in another person’s place, if they were insulted, or assaulted, or injured. Or even happy, or joyous.

Even if you don’t feel it, learn to fake it, and attempt to aid them. Maybe you’ll feel it, eventually.

“How the hell am I supposed to feed you stupid, helpless, hairless apes if you keep scaring the birds away! I’M WORKING HERE, GO PLAY YOUR VIDEO GAMES!”

It would be called “Hail!”

Not to be a smartass, but… YouTube?

I almost went to art school out of high school, and speaking from experience, practice… a lot. You’ll get better. There will be a moment when it starts to come out pretty much the way you wanted, and your confidence will soar, and you’ll want to draw/paint/sculpt more, and you’ll keep getting better and better.

But, find a good YouTube channel. Best of luck. Don’t quit.

I can see all of them up to 5, which looks blank to me.

No, that’s divine.