JiminyCricket

re: Trump endorsed Ken Paxton

Posted by JiminyCricket on 5/19/26 at 11:54 am to Powerman

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Paxton is a scumbag

Definitely on brand for Trump to endorse a fellow piece of shite

Let's say I knew nothing of Ken Paxton, what would you tell me is the reason he sucks?

Political Talk

re: Spencer Pratt’s Opponents Propose Dentists For Meth Heads, Ban On Backyard BBQs

Posted by JiminyCricket on 5/18/26 at 1:16 pm to djmed

I really wish lefties would stop using the term free. Nothing is free. Someone had to work to produce whatever it is that you're giving away "for free."

Quite ironic the party that claims to be so deeply harmed, even today, by the nation's roots in slavery continually advocates to give away the labor and production of someone else, free of charge, against the will of the producer.

Political Talk

re: Euphoria season 3 starts tonight

Posted by JiminyCricket on 5/18/26 at 1:10 pm to JDPndahizzy

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I couldn't help but think, Nate was supposedly a great athlete in high school and can't out run this fricker in the wide open??

1) I agree, it was absolutely hilarious.

2) I think all of it, the nate storyline that is, is to portray him in the most cuck like manner possible. He's basically offering Cassie, his brand new wife, to the influencer guy for smashing as long as they make money off of it. He doesn't remotely put up a fight even though he's a physically imposing guy just athletically speaking when the muscle has kicked his arse 3 times thus far. He basically cries and begs in every scene he is in instead of doing anything about his problems. I don't remember the earlier seasons all that well to be honest but I don't recall Nate being this broken and soft in S1 & S2 so this feels like a swerve for who his character was.

Movie/TV Board

re: Average & ugly men don’t know what women are really like around attractive men

Posted by JiminyCricket on 5/18/26 at 10:10 am to rexorotten

:lol:

re: '23 Lineup + '26 Pitching Staff - How Far Do They Get?

Posted by JiminyCricket on 5/18/26 at 10:08 am to AlwysATgr

All I know is that I'm in deep withdrawals for not having a competitive baseball team to follow throghout the summer. It really blows when the Tigers aren't a factor.

re: Euphoria season 3 starts tonight

Posted by JiminyCricket on 5/18/26 at 10:06 am to LuckySo-n-So

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If I was Nate, I would grab whatever cash I could (I’m sure he could get hold of several thousand). Then I’d murder the frick out of that one guy and head to Mexico, find an ex-pat community, and sweet talk a rich older lady. He’s young, handsome, smooth talker…it could work.

Mrs Cricket made me laugh last night after Nate took yet another beating. "You'd think he'd take a class or something and learn how to fight at some point." :lol:

Movie/TV Board

re: Average & ugly men don’t know what women are really like around attractive men

Posted by JiminyCricket on 5/14/26 at 10:43 am to Rip Torner

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That’s a lot of words to say you are full of crap lol women who throw themselves at other men don’t change their behavior. Women who can get almost any man may sleep around but they don’t flaunt it because they don’t have to. That’s the difference not your porn fantasies about yourself. You know how I know you are full of crap? Because you made this thread bragging that hot women flaunt themselves at you

Just to add, I've also never understood the need some guys have to brag about how they get laid so much from loose women like it's some crazy accomplishment. It's like congrats brother, you've managed to do what a long line of other dudes have easily done before you. Good job.

re: Any of you baws ever torn your ACL?

Posted by JiminyCricket on 5/14/26 at 10:15 am to Dirtysouthdeacon

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LCL is better than ACL though.

100%. ACL is something I'd probably get cut for. I was really fortunate to not have to with my particular tear.

re: Any of you baws ever torn your ACL?

Posted by JiminyCricket on 5/14/26 at 9:56 am to VolsOut4Harambe

Not an ACL but an LCL for me. I was really fortunate to avoid surgery even though it was a grade 3. Rehab sucks and is painful but is 100% worth it. I know a guy who just tore his ACL a couple months ago. He's been through the surgery and is working through rehab and he's already back up and moving around.

They put me on blood flow restriction therapy to wake my quad and hamstring back up and it was awful but helped a ton.

re: Average & ugly men don’t know what women are really like around attractive men

Posted by JiminyCricket on 5/14/26 at 9:40 am to UptownJoeBrown

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Women tell me they were scared and nervous to talk to me because I was so good looking. One girl I just met told me in front of her date out loud that she would like to do me right now and I know he heard it. It’s one of the reasons I have such high standards. Yall think 6s are 10s. One helpful tip: Confidence is key the uglier you are.

Oh brother……

re: Average & ugly men don’t know what women are really like around attractive men

Posted by JiminyCricket on 5/14/26 at 9:34 am to SallysHuman

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At least half the size of his prostate.

I can't wait for the point in the thread where the posters that apparently "slay all the married women because their weak beta husbands can't satisfy them" start showing up. That's always a fun one.

re: Average & ugly men don’t know what women are really like around attractive men

Posted by JiminyCricket on 5/14/26 at 9:29 am to Shexter

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Shexter

Honestly, if a man is remotely in shape and has decent grooming practices, he's going to look better than 80% of the guys walking around in everyday life. Most dudes are fat and sloppy tbh.

Now, as for all the guys in this thread presenting the casanova type front, most males who are actually attractive and desirable human beings don't have to spend time on a message board telling people how awesome they are.

re: Ryan Clark tells athletes to stay away from LSU: RYAN SAYS ITS A LIE!

Posted by JiminyCricket on 5/11/26 at 10:23 am to 5iveEuax4eaux

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My nephew has a lot of black friends. They were having a conversation about this while we were on a job yesterday and I told them I thought it was pretty hypocritical for Clark to say that. My nephew looked me right in the eye and said "you know what's hypocritical? Your generation has no problem with a state having 100% majority white voting districts but the thought of a 100% white football team scares the crap out of you." I still don't know how to feel about that

The whole conversation ignores the massive amount of nuance involved in representation. First, it assumes that one must look the same as another person to feel represented by them. It waters down a person strictly to their immutable qualities and plays identity politics from there. I've felt much more represented by minorities and females that have conservative values than any of the progressive white men that have been elected to public office. Are the tons of white folks in Florida who voted Byron Donalds into office suddenly not represented by him because his skin color is different from theirs? Notice, no mention is made in this entire redistrcting conversation about policies or values that reflect the will and desire of the voting populace, only race.

re: Ryan Clark tells athletes to stay away from LSU: RYAN SAYS ITS A LIE!

Posted by JiminyCricket on 5/11/26 at 10:03 am to Tiger2tiga

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lol do you know what racist means?

There was a time it was a clear definition but that term has been used in such a manner that there truly are a wide range of ways it can be interpreted tbh. If someone is going to claim that a person or institution is racist, imo, it would be incumbent upon the one making the claim to define their terms.

re: Ryan Clark tells athletes to stay away from LSU: RYAN SAYS ITS A LIE!

Posted by JiminyCricket on 5/11/26 at 9:05 am to Tiger2tiga

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Until you have walked in a black person’s shoes, you wouldn’t know how it feels. In order to solve the problem, you must first recognize there is a problem. Racism is alive and well in this country.

I thought lefties were all in on popular vote elections?

re: Ryan Clark tells athletes to stay away from LSU: RYAN SAYS ITS A LIE!

Posted by JiminyCricket on 5/11/26 at 8:49 am to TeamLSU

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They EXACTLY are redistricting to get rid of black representation in Congress. That’s their plan because they are afraid of what’s to come in November.

:lol:

re: Ryan Clark tells athletes to stay away from LSU: RYAN SAYS ITS A LIE!

Posted by JiminyCricket on 5/11/26 at 8:47 am to Tiger2tiga

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RC is right. Republicans want to use blacks for entertainment but don’t want them to be in leadership positions. Go to states and schools that fully respect you.

:lol:

re: Moral scrupulosity

Posted by JiminyCricket on 5/6/26 at 1:15 pm to Rex Feral

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That's 100% right and straight out of my therapists mouth.

Yep. It jacked me up for years but I basically got to a place where I assumed that if a behavior is intended to lessen my anxiety, good shot it's a compulsion of some kind and thus don't do it. The truth is, no matter how many times I googled, it never made me feel better for more than a brief time and it only made it comes back even worse later.

re: Moral scrupulosity

Posted by JiminyCricket on 5/6/26 at 1:10 pm to redfishfan

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Sometimes harsh advice is exactly what they need.

I don't disagree entirely, but also, sometimes people give advice when they don't have the slightest clue what they're talking about. On some subjects, I feel like you should have at least some background knowledge before you spout off. I like to use MMA fights as an example. To the untrained person, "just get up" seems like the most logical and helpful advice in the world. Reality though? Not so much.

re: Moral scrupulosity

Posted by JiminyCricket on 5/6/26 at 12:59 pm to RandySavage

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I posted a couple of weeks ago about getting diagnosed with ocd. In learning more about it it's manifesting currently in the form of moral scrupulosity. Anybody deal with this directly or indirectly? It's been a struggle for several days to not let it blow up my life.

Listen, I'm going to post something that will seem heartless and cruel to those who don't battle OCD but it's truly not. Stop asking for reassurance. Stop googling. Stop seeking to lessen the anxiety by finding reinforcement that you aren't the things your thoughts center on. Stop going to the internet. It only serves to reinforce that your thoughts have meaning and must be addressed which only strengthens the anxiety cycle and makes them stickier. The subject of your thoughts are irrelevent and even if you could "neutralize" them, the subject matter will just shift to something else. The only way out is through brother and I know that's incredibly terrifying but it's the truth. It took me a long time and I don't take any medication for it but the diet and exercise stuff coupled with radical acceptance that my thoughts are just thoughts and don't need to be addressed has helped me a ton.