So my usual split fiction buddy is in absentia at the moment BUT I am feeling gamey. It's free, and cross play, you just have to download the 70gb or so partner game. Will require voice for the puzzles though

Edit Sorry people, missed today, going to bed I think, but still drop a line if you're interested in the future!

The farther you scroll, the more laggy and freezey it gets. Really really quickly (like after 5 minutes of scrolling), I get a "couldn't retrieve posts API error" and it's so laggy it's about .5 fps

There was this one mom and pop burger joint that had the simplest, most basic, super greasiest burgers but to this day they were the best burgers I've ever tasted. The place was tucked away in an alley and it was one of those "you have to be a local to even know this exists" places.

Also, having moved from a smaller town to a bigger city, I miss how close everything and everyone was. You wanted to go see someone, or go do something, it was always just a walk away instead of having to deal with all the hullabaloo of traffic and bus lines and yada yada.

Braggadociosness and bravado encouraged

Cheers to everybody watching horror movies. Share your relationship horror stories here. Or just horror stories in general. I can dig some Dracula

I'm inebriated and trying to drum up some activity and brotherhood here so I'm taking the easy route out. Also I made this so I can post what I want lol.

Personally one of my favorite games is FFX, for an unconventional reason. My older brother recorded his whole playthrough on VHS for me to watch as a younger one when he was away at college and that really stuck with me as a demonstrable, physical, "this person is your family and cares about you and will always have your back" thing. I mean the game itself is also one of my favorite FFs, but I think that's really why it cements itself in my memory. Family.

I have a good one, just popped back into my head and inspired this. We were watching a movie where a wife cheated on her husband and I say "Damn, what a horrible person". And she just loses it, going off on how "that's such a misogynistic thing to say" "how do you know what SHE was going through" etc. I tried to laugh it off because she was hot and it was early in the relationship and I'm stupid but I'll give you one guess why that particular relationship ended lol.

Anyone else have some relationship red flags, major or subtle, that just made you want to go back and slap your past self?

First off, has been a while, hello to everyone still here. I've had some personal problems lately (I have been curled up in a ball waiting for the world to end) but I'm here. I'd like to say the recent right wing shooting of a right wing figure by a right wing extremist is something we in no way condone (for legal purposes). Killing fascists is something my grandfather fought and died for yes, but...

Anyway. Recently got some what would be disturbing texts from my ex fiance telling me to kill myself about 30-40 times in a row before I blocked the number again. I'm not sure what prompted it. I know she's schizophrenic so probably just "forgot" to take her meds again. She's really not doing well from what I can gather and the fact that I am, pissed her off, still, years after she cheated on me. It's some nice karma, I have to be honest, I derive no small pleasure in knowing the cheating ass is miserable. And I'm scared for my family with all the recent governmental shit. But I have managed to keep the alcohol consumption down a lot so woo

I know this is a dead sub now but I hope if anyone ever needs a place to talk, I hope they'll still think of this. Thank you all for taking the time to read this little update thing.

Also scrolled far enough to see this on my front page! Much love to the people here <3

So now that we've got a decent base here I'd like to have a space for people to just sorta be able to talk a little bit about themselves without pressure if they'd like to. Some of the stuff they're going through if they'd so wish, some hobbies or strategies you use to get through life in general (has been pretty shitty in general lately), maybe what they're hoping for from here. Nothing is required, say as much or as little as you'd like. Suggestions for this place are a-okay too if you've got some

I did not even expect to hit 10 subscribers total to be honest. I hope this community can be a helpful and positive experience for everyone. I know I have felt alone at so many times in my life and felt I had no one to turn to. I have been SO lucky to have a wonderful brother without who I probably wouldn't be alive today. But I know some people aren't lucky enough to have that support. And it's clear so many men feel this way too in this world, and they end up finding role models wherever they can.

Unfortunately they have been in some horrible people lately. I started this with the idea of people just coming together for a common cause - to have a space to talk about the sensitive topics that many may not want to or cannot talk about with their real life people, to get perspectives and support from other people who have been in similar situations, and to hopefully make life a little less shitty for everyone in the process. Thank you everyone for being willing to take part in this with me, and to hopefully create our own little family with better advice and role models than the Internet currently offers.

If anyone has any questions for me or just want someone to talk to one on one, please please feel free to reach out!

I'll vent a bit here to get started. When I was 15 I was sexually assaulted by a woman and no one would believe me. Or if they did believe me, it was the "well what's the problem, was she ugly or something?" Usual spiel. I still have PTSD over this but I cannot speak of it to anyone because it's the same shit over and over again. When I was 16 my girlfriend put out her cigarette on me for the first time. This would continue for the next year and a half before I managed to leave her. I still have over a dozen scars inflicted by her.

I have an EXTREMELY hard time trusting anyone or forming attachments in general because of what's been done to me and I really don't have anyone to talk to about it other than my brother, who went through his own physical. When I was 21 I got into a mentally and emotionally abusive relationship and I let that go on for three years because I had been conditioned into thinking that it was normal, and I had to just "man up" and take it in my previous relationship so I considered the step down from physical abuse to be a bit of a blessing. It wasn't.

I wish I had had someone to tell me that none of this was okay, that I did not have to let myself suffer through these things, that just because I was a man did not mean that I was a free ride to whoever wanted me and I shouldn't compain because I "got some", that I am a human being who has feelings and emotions and should be allowed to express them without being threatened with physical harm.

I want everyone in this place to be that kind of person for everyone else in this place. I want this to be a place free of judgement to share the things that you can't share with others. And I want us to come together as a community to support everyone who comes here seeking help. Life fucking sucks but together we can make it a little less sucky.

After seeing so many people feel so ostracized I wanted a community they could feel welcomed in. This is I hope going to be a positive male-orienated space. No alpha male Peterson bullshit, no sexism, no putting down people, this is a space for men to bring each other up and vent their issues they would otherwise be judged for to people who will understand and build them up rather than bring them down.

Not uh sure what to say here. Never done anything like this before but I've grown tired of seeing so many people hurt so badly in so many comments. This space is meant for people who identify as male to air their grievances and come together as a community to help build each other up. Sexism will NOT be tolerated, this isn't a "complain about your partner" club, nor will dumb made up shit like alpha male Peterson bullshit. Otherwise feel free to talk about what you're unable to talk about in your daily life or just whatever I suppose so long as it isn't shitty to a group in general. Also feel free to share your accomplishments and good days, too! We're in this life together so let's share in our joys as well as our sorrows.

Edit: Nevermind, got it figured, thank you though!