Turtlicious posted:

if it's anything like my Ex in highschool, kill the cat, then blame me for it.

e: jfc i do not have any happy stories.

Brother Entropy posted:

it's impressive how pick just kinda rotates between four or five topics to troll this thread and she still gets endless bites

Xenocides posted:

Pick’s posts amuse me and make me giggle so I do not care if it is trolling. At least it is entertaining.

Pick posted:

yeah lol I remember when my parents were talking about selling their house and downgrading (because property tax is too expensive!) I went out to see them and looked at the house waxing all nostalgic like "oh my god, so many memories here" and then i was like "hmmm i wish they were good though"

therobit posted:

If they bought during your childhood in Oregon I just don't know how the taxes could be too high. They have been capped at 3% per year increase since 1990.

DrSnakeLaser posted:

"But do you have any other ideas that are not dumping him?."

rear end cobra posted:

Ex boyfriend [31F] hosed me [30F] out of a business, left me with a pile of debt, and now calls me abusive when I nag him to pick up his cat

quote:

My boyfriend (22M) told me that life would be better if I(20F) could not speak.

ArbitraryC posted:

I feel like reddit should make reading r/relationship stories like this mandatory for their incel forums, even these guys can get a girlfriend

LOVE LOVE SKELETON posted:

duh because they have irresistible epicanthal folds

LOVE LOVE SKELETON posted:

duh because they have irresistible cheekbones

Blade Runner posted:

If you leave me alone in a room for more than ten seconds I will find the nearest available lube and go to town, so I sympathize with the guy

rear end cobra posted:

Ex boyfriend [31F] hosed me [30F] out of a business, left me with a pile of debt, and now calls me abusive when I nag him to pick up his cat

Pick posted:

mandatory horse

gently caress Your Website posted:

Yeah he does have a point that if she didn’t want him using it and it was all special or whatever maybe don’t have it out in the jerk blast area. He’s clearly a dick but technically everything he said was right.

DragQueenofAngmar posted:

what? like hang on, are you wandering your house on your day off and are seized with such a desire, a NEED, to jack your dick that you fling yourself prostrate immediately and grab wildly for the nearest lubricant ?

DragQueenofAngmar posted:

what? like hang on, are you wandering your house on your day off and are seized with such a desire, a NEED, to jack your dick that you fling yourself prostrate immediately and grab wildly for the nearest lubricant ? bc if not I figure he could have used a different lotion

ArbitraryC posted:

In a world where "I wouldn't spit on his dick if he needed to jerk off" has replaced "I wouldn't piss on him if he was on fire" to demonstrate the gravity of your disdain.

MightyJoe36 posted:

Indeed. My younger son dropped out in his freshman year. Decided college wasn't for him. He applied and was accepted for an apprenticeship in the Ironworkers Union. Four years later as a Journeyman Ironworker, he was making more money, had better benefits, and is happier than just about all of his peers the same age. With no student loan debt.

EIDE Van Hagar posted:

To be fair graduation without debt is what state universities could/should do but the administrators are all in a race to see who can build the biggest sunbathing waterslide swimming pool to put on their resume when they apply to an ivy and costs have gone up ridiculously in the last two decades.

Seven Hundred Bee posted:

or its that state universities are no longer publicly funded and now have to charge what real tuition is. getting idiots complaining about new buildings (which aren't paid for through tuition) is great cover for the fact that most states have slashed higher education funding by 30-90%.

quote:

u/throwawaydanaccount

I have been in a very healthy relationship for over three years. We live together, hang out together, and love each other every single day. Everything is great but one thing, she does not like being alone for long periods of time. I cannot leave for a week or so without making her upset, which is fair. The problem is, however, I love backpacking. Epically deep backcountry solo backpacking. She loves camping too and we go on small overnight trips very often but she can’t, like a normal person, enjoy it for weeks and weeks on end like I can. I love looong distance backpacking. Multiweek or month trips. I love my partner very much, significantly more than I love backpacking but I love backpacking enough that I still wake up at night thinking I smell alpine wind. I dream about camping most nights. I think, talk, and read about backpacking every single day. Lately I feel like I lie to myself when I say I’m a backpacker because I really don’t do it as much as I want to. Because I don’t go on my trips I feel like I’m not fulfilling what I want to fulfill. How do I both be true to my love of backpacking while not hurting my partner?

TL;DR: I am a passionate backpacker. My partner doesn't like to be alone for multiple weeks. How to handle both?

EIDE Van Hagar posted:

¿Porque no los dos?

Seven Hundred Bee posted:

Turtlicious posted:

wait seriously?!

gently caress my mutilated junk.

gently caress Your Website posted:

Wheres the lube

Seven Hundred Bee posted:

because it's not true. growth in administrative costs has paralleled growth in expectations for what a university offers (I.e. a counseling office and a student health program) and increasing regulation (title ix enforcement requires the university to employ an office of lawyers, which is expensive).

really all issues with public higher education come from decreased state funding.

Seven Hundred Bee posted:

because it's not true. growth in administrative costs has paralleled growth in expectations for what a university offers (I.e. a counseling office and a student health program) and increasing regulation (title ix enforcement requires the university to employ an office of lawyers, which is expensive).

really all issues with public higher education come from decreased state funding.

ArbitraryC posted:

The uni I went to is presently in huge debt from their sports (particularly) football program. My gf and several of my friends are profs there also and basically all of them see how badly the funding is handled and basically goes everywhere except the academics, also the administration is way too bloated.

I mean I'm sure the funding cuts hurt but universities switching to a more of a students are customers and the school is a service business model has obviously made things less than optimal in a way that just chucking more money at it probably won't fix.

Turtlicious posted:

e: after watching farm yard animals for a month im of the opinion that all men are probably abusers, because all men of every other species are horrific abusers. like your not allowed to give treats to the rooster, because he will use it to rape chickens to death. anyways, after that little talk i stopped going to the farm.

DrSnakeLaser posted:

She's still not sure if her manbaby boyfriend is the problem in the relationship or not.


About a year ago he went missing for 2 weeks. His parents, friends and me didn’t know anything about his whereabouts. We all paniced because he didn’t say anything about leaving. He just went missing. Comes out he went to join military aboard... His parents were so worried. He already had a new identy etc. I somehow contacted him and he told me that he had no plan to contact us for 5 years or so. I persuaded him to come back somehow. He told me that he left because i was driving him crazy with my “nagging.” In the end I forgave him and everything was fine for a year. 

EIDE Van Hagar posted:

Fair enough if i am wrong. I just know i went to UT Austin in 2000-2005 and it was $1500 per semester. It’s now roughly ten times that (and I think the large six inch deep sunbathing pool they built is kinda silly for a college gym).

I have donated for new engineering buildings and would happily direct more of the state budget to cover tuition if thats the solution. Since i have no kids i haven’t really been following what the state budget actually is wrt UT.

Seven Hundred Bee posted:

the % of high school graduates attending college/university has increased over the last 10 years. because of this increase, more students with different backgrounds are now attending school. these students -- particularly students from underrepresented populations and first-generation college students -- face significant challenges that universities need to confront. they confront these challenges by investing in academic support -- things like tutoring and advising -- which costs money. these students also need more financial support -- which costs money. couple this with incentive-based funding at the federal level (especially with these populations) and significant state-level funding decreases and schools must work harder to keep their students -- which again, costs money.

schools build gyms because research has shown that physically active students are more likely to graduate. schools build fancy classrooms because evolving professional expectations require technology education and technology education is expensive.

the only thing that's evolved in higher education is a greater appreciation of the holistic nature of academic success. its unethical to take unprepared students, load them up with student loans, and then throw them to deep end with no support.