Eating Slim Jims.
Eating Slim Jims.
When I was younger, like 15/16, I was working a job in a stone quarry during my spring break. Long days, hot sun but all cash and made decent money.
One of my neighbors whom I would briefly speak to all the time wanted to borrow some money. I think it was $400 or something. At that age, I wanted to help out and I wanted seem cool, so I lent it. He asked for a bit more and more and eventually it ended up to about $1100. My neighbor said their paycheck was coming ‘next week’ and could easily pay me back.
Next week never came. I followed up with the neighbor and they said something happened to their paycheck but the money was coming. He then said a showing of good faith, he’d give me his payslip as proof and that I needed to get it back to him so I he cash he check. Stupid me knew something to was up but because I was naiive and impressionable, I told him I trusted him and I’ll await the money.
I managed to get his number and I called to follow up again, but he had some girl answer the phone and when I asked to speak to him, she said, “Oh he’s getting cookies right now…”
A week later the phone was disconnected and then I didn’t see him for a while. I then moved out of the neighborhood.
Eventually I saw him a few years later and mentioned about the money that he owed me but he ‘wasn’t sure what I was talking about’. I long since before then realized the money was gone. Expensive lesson but that’s a story of how I got scammed.
Mosquitoes. Fuck mosquitoes.
It’s basically me. I liked reddit. I do miss it and I do wonder about it but it was toxic to the point that I had to move on. So glad I met Lemmy.
I’m basically a bitter ex. I am curious to see my ex live a shitty life without me but I have moved on and although I wonder what could have been, I’m doing my best not to look back.
With all breakups, I’m sure given time it’ll be better but it does give me a certain satisfaction to see my ex in the news, drunk and disorderly and riddled with issues.
It’s like a fresh break-up. I hate reddit. Reddit is so stupid. I swear I’m totally over reddit. You haven’t seen reddit by any chance, have you? I mean, I totally don’t care but how is reddit doing?
Think of instances (lemmy.world, kbin.social, sh.itjust.works, etc.) like planets. Each planet contains cities (or subreddits communities). Most of these planets are federated meaning that if you were born on one planet (have a login) then you can travel and participate the galaxy of cities and planets. If a planet defederates, then you can no longer travel there if you were not from there.
My friend and I saw an ad on TV for Dance Central for Xbox 360 and the kinect. We had a good laugh. He ended up buying it for me for Christmas. For the joke, we played it and next thing you know, I mastered most of the dances and they are legit. Definitely up’d my dancing game at the club.