Solice Kirsk posted:

Hey! I remember you! You spiraled into a vortex of crazy some other time when hypnotism came up. I don't believe in it either.

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I believe I am being followed/observed by people that must be affiliated with the government. I am aware of the people who believe in "gangstalking", but I don't identify with them and consider myself to have reasonable mental health aside from occasional depression and substance abuse. I have held a respected career for almost a decade with no issues. One natural next step in that career was applying to work for the government in some intelligence capacity, such as the FBI, NHS or CIA. I applied to the CIA as an analyst a month ago. Ever since then I feel like I'm being watched constantly.

I see people outside look at me longer than normal people would, I'll walk by the window looking out on my driveway and see men parked on the street looking toward my house, I notice people following me on the way to work, etc. Every day. I snapped one day at the mall and yelled at a guy demanding to know who he was and why he was staring at me and he threatened to call the police so I left, but it didn't fool me. I'm sure I'll see him again in a few days. I think they are testing me to see if I can withstand psychological torture, but they haven't responded to my application at all. Surely this type of test would happen further down the line when they are more sure they want to hire me.

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People like to play that thought exercise and ask “would you kill hitler if you could go back in time?”. I would, I remember from the very first time someone told me this I knew my answer. The chance to save millions and possibly see the Earth along a better path? Maybe avoid the Cold War, nuclear proliferation, and the current shitshow that is the United States? Yeah, I would.

Here’s the thing, I’m entirely sure we are in the same kind of scenario right now. I know there’s a certain world leader who is on the same scale as Hitler, and if left to his own devices? He will cause World War 3. I think you all know who I mean, let’s avoid getting these forums searched again, eh? Loq I get it if you wanna skip all this stuff, I don’t want anyone getting in trouble.

Anyway my confession comes in here, nobody gives a poo poo about my belief. I’m not the only person who thinks that. But I am the only person who could pull it off. I spent close to 7 years in martial arts classes, at which point I learned to go beyond human limits. I spent 3 years in the USMC, then another 4 years as private security for people like Taylor Swift and Brad Pitt. I’m trained in every weapon imaginable, most martial arts. I’m an expert in security, and that includes getting past security. Will I do it? Yeah, honestly, I believe it’s for the good of the world right now.

loquacius posted:

I mean, honestly I've had friends who've worked for the government, and they don't follow you around to make sure you're not a Russian spy, they just schedule appointments with your friends and relatives to get testimony that you haven't taken any mysterious trips to Chechnya and that you're not particularly blackmailable.

The sane response is "you're just thinking about the CIA a lot because you applied for a job with them and the rest is all confirmation bias" but that's not the GBS response, the GBS response is "buy a gun and start pointing it at anyone you think is after you"


I don't think this counts as a credible threat (mods let me know if otherwise), but I'm of the "President Pence with a cooperative legislative branch would be much worse" school of thought so pls at least wait until the Dems can get control of Congress before you step in with your five-point palm exploding heart technique TIA

Gynovore posted:

I think I speak for everyone when I say, "I’m trained in every weapon imaginable", translates to "I weigh 350 pounds and play Call of Duty all day".

Splicer posted:

Killing Hitler would result in the genocide of everyone born after (timeline intervention + 9 months), including yourself, so that's probably not a good idea.

Mad Hamish posted:

Why does everyone talk about going back in time to kill Hitler? I think it would be more valuable to human civilization as a whole to go back in time and smother Ayn Rand in her cradle.

MarcusSA posted:

Second goon poor taste and IMO poor taste to post it. I get that this is a dead gay comedy forum but still.

Mad Hamish posted:

Why does everyone talk about going back in time to kill Hitler? I think it would be more valuable to human civilization as a whole to go back in time and smother Ayn Rand in her cradle.

Dawncloack posted:

Not sure about that.

Moneyed elites would have wanted those ideas spread anyway. Imagine if they had found someone who could write non-garbage fiction to spouse them.

Fintilgin posted:

Right. The thought that you can fix the present day with a time machine and a single bullet is completely naive.

You're going to need to take plenty of ammo.

loquacius posted:

Candidate Trump was the biggest problem really because he emboldened a lot of America's seedy underbelly. President Trump is mostly only different from other Republicans in that he is an incompetent buffoon. The damage is done; you can't put the Nazi genie back in its Nazi bottle.

Bust Rodd posted:

Go all the way back and dunk your loving balls in the goddamn primordial soup

Abugadu posted:

Cool.

Read this:

http://www.chroniclet.com/cops-and-courts/2016/11/14/Victim-gives-searing-statement-as-Fine-receives-12-year-sentence.html

Tell me that they're lying completely. Tell me that they made all this poo poo up. Tell me that you're going to fight to free an unjustly imprisoned lawyer whose only crime was getting a bunch of divorced women to orgasm because hypnotism isn't real and that the fact he was convicted of kidnapping is a travesty of justice.

It's cool you don't believe in this poo poo. You win the internet. Big ol e-peenor. Great. But other people do believe it and it makes them dangerous. That's a true statement regardless of your belief. And incidents like this are going to get more and more frequent as the internet has made this easy to spread.

SciFiDownBeat posted:

I like the tweet that's like "none of us deserve time machines because we'd all use it to kill a baby instead of teaching a kid how to paint."

loquacius posted:

I spent 3 years in the USMC, then another 4 years as private security for people like Taylor Swift and Brad Pitt.

MarcusSA posted:

Three years is a weird stretch though isn't it? Back in my day I only know of it being 2 4 or 6 years for enlisted.

Prob wrong though so wtf do I know.

loquacius posted:

I mean, honestly I've had friends who've worked for the government, and they don't follow you around to make sure you're not a Russian spy, they just schedule appointments with your friends and relatives to get testimony that you haven't taken any mysterious trips to Chechnya and that you're not particularly blackmailable.

poorlifedecision posted:

Yeah people who are trying to follow and observe you probably aren't "staring at you for too long." I would think the first class of spycraft would be like "Okay so when you're surveilling someone, don't just stare at them as they stare back at you because they'll probably realize you're watching them." *Class scribbles wildly and nods*

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Uh, the person I was dating in that reference was part of an open relationship. She knew I played with guys and her view was if it didn't impact our relationship she didn't mind. (So no /r/relationships style staying out every night while she wilts by the fire)

Very slut shamey and sex negative views people - monogamy is not the default!

I don't visit the glory hole when I'm in a committed relationship.

(Luckily I'm a goony loving goon so that's rare! )

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I just turned 25 and am a kissless virgin. And I'm not an incel. It's been a bit of a journey - I won't go into the details - but somewhere right after college, I realized that it was my responsibility to ensure my own happiness. I've come to accept that I don't need intimacy to be happy - I enjoy and value my solitude. I'm a bit of an introvert I guess. It would be nice to have a special someone, sure, but I'd rather work on myself a little more. In the meantime, I consider myself lucky that my time is not beholden to anyone else.

Nothing specific in this one, just wanted to let people know that there are male virgins who don't hate women.

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Another guy here who jacks off to mighty magiswords. It was on at 6 am for a while. I’d wake up, jerk off while enjoying a cuppa coffee, then go to work.

Shiki Dan posted:

A Strange Aeon posted:

Is monogamy not the default? Is there a website I can read to educate myself? I just assume if someone says "their boyfriend/girlfriend/partner" they mean it monogamously unless they call it out as an open relationship. And I know that guy is trolling but if I can change my assumptions for the better, maybe the troll has accomplished good.