Author Topic: Random talk thread: It just keeps happening (Read 4167285 times)

Positive Touch · « **Reply #23040 on:** June 08, 2014, 06:41:18 PM »

thats awesome that youre doing that; too few people do that and its so easy for your family's story to get lost/mixed-up. i always wanted to do it, but so many people in my family either didnt care enough to find out old history or their memories are so bad that they cant anything straight lol. a distant relative made one for my grandma's parents tho, and it was really great being able to read it and understand a tiny little bit of where i came from.

Broseidon · « **Reply #23041 on:** June 08, 2014, 06:44:39 PM »

Quote from: Karakand on June 08, 2014, 06:04:51 PM

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imo it's the best manner of interacting with me, even the last few weeks.

Be sure to check out my Favstar for some grade A shit, even though my tweet about LeBron James and SFR Yugoslavian workers' self-management that I thought of during the 2011 NBA Finals and waited a fucking year to be able to tweet after the 2012 NBA Finals is no longer on my most popular tweets page. :'(

e: NO WAIT IT'S STILL THERE

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Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #23042 on:** June 08, 2014, 06:49:50 PM »

That's why I don't fuck with extended family for the most part. I like my uncles and one of my aunts, my cousins are cool, but just about everyone else

I stopped going to family reunions and started getting emails detailing all the dangers of not showing up. Namely that I might start dating someone I'm actually related to, I'm letting the family name die by not carrying on traditions, etc. We don't even have the same last names, brehs. My family name will be fine.

Kara · « **Reply #23043 on:** June 08, 2014, 07:20:29 PM »

Only one of my grandparents was born in America, and the other 3 all immigrated here alone, so I don't really interact with extended family.

Himu · « **Reply #23044 on:** June 08, 2014, 07:37:25 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on June 08, 2014, 06:49:50 PM

That's why I don't fuck with extended family for the most part. I like my uncles and one of my aunts, my cousins are cool, but just about everyone else

I stopped going to family reunions and started getting emails detailing all the dangers of not showing up. Namely that I might start dating someone I'm actually related to, I'm letting the family name die by not carrying on traditions, etc. We don't even have the same last names, brehs. My family name will be fine.

Haven't been to family reunions since I was a kid. Fuck em.

Shadow Mod · « **Reply #23045 on:** June 08, 2014, 07:38:35 PM »

Always had a small family. Cousins were far away. Was jelly of those big ass families until my friends basically unloaded all of their close ass fam shit drama on me. Then I was like good thing I don't have that mess

. Like this one friend of mine his aunt can't stop dating abusive hoodrats and she even got jumped by an ex-gf and her crew. Her punkass bf just sat in the car while they did. If I had an aunt like that I'd just pray none of those dumbass genes get near my children.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #23046 on:** June 08, 2014, 07:49:51 PM »

My family is sort of like Soul Food: once all the grandparents died everybody stopped doing family events/dinners/etc. The family reunion always just has people from...somewhere. I'm not sure where they are on the family tree or how I'm related, as we have different last names.

nudemacusers · « **Reply #23047 on:** June 08, 2014, 07:50:34 PM »

i pretty much haven't had anything to do with my family after my brother pulled me aside at my wedding reception to tell me my parents were having a giant screaming match in the parking lot (among everything else that was going on).

wasn't easy at first but life is much better now.

Himu · « **Reply #23048 on:** June 08, 2014, 07:52:19 PM »

We stopped doing family dinners as much when my grandfather died. We used to spend time together Easter, Mother's Day, Father's Day, July 4;etc Just about every major holiday. Not so much anymore, but we're just now starting to celebrate them together again.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #23049 on:** June 08, 2014, 07:57:55 PM »

The problem for us is that we're the only group within the extended aunt/uncle/cousin/nephew/etc family that doesn't live in Detroit; we're about an hour away. We used to visit my grandparents at least once a month, and we'd go down there for all the major holidays.

I miss my grandad telling me (every time I saw him) that college was fine, but for real job security I needed to learn how to be a farmer.

Himu · « **Reply #23050 on:** June 08, 2014, 08:00:21 PM »

With my dad's side of the family, I feel like I can cuss and be myself and shit. With my moms side of the family, I feel like a social pariah. No one pays any attention to me and I feel like a ghost. I feel like I'm walking on egg shells when speaking to cousins on that side and talks always boil down to,"how's school?" "Okay" "awesome" and I can't be my sarcastic, enthusiastic, funny self. which is lame because this is the side of the family I grew up with on the regular. All of which live in it are from Htown.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #23051 on:** June 08, 2014, 08:16:18 PM »

Mom's side: substance abuse, auto industry workers, religious, etc. One of my uncles is going through a midlife crisis. He just bought himself a Lamborghini and is the most shameless skirt chaser I've ever seen.

Dad's side: dentists, lawyers, nurses, teachers, etc.

Overall I prefer my mom's side, religion aside.

Atramental · « **Reply #23052 on:** June 08, 2014, 08:23:28 PM »

My two cousins on my dad's side of the family are really the only relatives I can relate to the most. Probably the only relatives I'm legitamately excited to see when I visit them. We share similar interests, similar senses of humor, and similar philosophical viewpoints.

As for the rest of my family, we're on completely different wavelengths.

Kara · « **Reply #23053 on:** June 08, 2014, 08:30:29 PM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on June 08, 2014, 07:57:55 PM

I miss my grandad telling me (every time I saw him) that college was fine, but for real job security I needed to learn how to be a farmer.

People gotta eat man.

Kara · « **Reply #23054 on:** June 08, 2014, 08:36:08 PM »

Shrink finally called me back and I tanked the convo because I've been running on adrenaline for 65 hours (can you even have an LSA for that long?) and I had to just take the L and agree to bring it up in session, which I didn't want to do.

Yulwei · « **Reply #23055 on:** June 08, 2014, 09:11:10 PM »

i very rarely speak to my extended family

last time i spoke with my closest aunt was almost 2 years ago and last time i spoke to (two of) her children was a year ago.

much like Atramental, I feel like we're on completely different wavelengths. I used to be close to those two cousins i mentioned but we drifted apart as we grew older.

and to be honest, i just like doing my own shit and being left alone

chronovore · « **Reply #23056 on:** June 08, 2014, 11:41:15 PM »

My wife is very close with her family, and they're all pretty local; by extension, I'm really close with her family. They are all relatively balanced, kind, funny people, and I really enjoy dealing with them. I look forward to family events.

In contrast, my USA family -- well, I wouldn't say I came from an idyllic situation, but in comparison to the aunts, uncles, and cousins, the parade of substance dependencies, other compulsive behaviors, divorces, late-life shack ups, shared custodies, and legal drama ensuing from previous partners' drug use leading to unsuccessful attempts to adopt stepchildren into a more stable environment... My family looked like Ward and June Cleaver or the Cunninghams.

Himu · « **Reply #23057 on:** June 09, 2014, 12:51:58 AM »

Quote from: Atramental on June 08, 2014, 08:23:28 PM

My two cousins on my dad's side of the family are really the only relatives I can relate to the most. Probably the only relatives I'm legitamately excited to see when I visit them. We share similar interests, similar senses of humor, and similar philosophical viewpoints.

As for the rest of my family, we're on completely different wavelengths.

Yeah my cousins on my dads side of the family are mostly like this. I can be myself around them.

archnemesis · « **Reply #23058 on:** June 09, 2014, 12:58:28 AM »

I hang out regularly with parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins, and my only remaining grandparent. Most of them are less than an hour away and they're great people. The further extended family is more distant. The vast majority lives in other parts of the country.

Himu · « **Reply #23059 on:** June 09, 2014, 01:22:11 AM »

Anyone else feel like wallpaper at extended family outings? Just something people look at and then they ignore you the rest if the time? And after you the outing you sigh with relief because being around them makes you emotionally drained? I hate to say it, because family is family, but I feel like that.

Himu · « **Reply #23060 on:** June 09, 2014, 01:32:31 AM »

Himu · « **Reply #23061 on:** June 09, 2014, 01:35:38 AM »

Well, different sides of the family treat me differently. Both sides treat you like that?

Himu · « **Reply #23062 on:** June 09, 2014, 01:41:54 AM »

God I love the loud side of my family (dad's side)

etiolate · « **Reply #23063 on:** June 09, 2014, 02:24:36 AM »

My uncle recently passed away from complications with cancer. My aunt requested my bro-in-law and I to come pick up my uncle's old desk to get it out of the house. While we were there, she mentioned she was going to just get rid of his record collection. So we looked through it and were like o-damn. My cousin didn't want them. ("What's a record even?") Anyways, my brother in law took most of the rock albums, the dolly parton, the bill cosby comedy records and some musicals for my sister. I took most of the country albums, but left him the Johnny Cash. We split the Beatles albums. I took a bunch of Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, Conway Twitty and Willie Nelson, along with Moody Blues, Steve Miller Band, Bob Dylan, Peter Paul & Mary, Paul Simon, Aretha Franklin, Earl Scruggs, Charlie Pride, Linda Rondstadt, Tammy Wynette, Loretta Lynn and a Mitch Miller record. About 40 or so records for each of us. It was a massive haul. I found a WC Fields record that I nabbed just out of curiosity. My brother in law took the Orson Welles War of the Worlds radio play record.

Himu · « **Reply #23064 on:** June 09, 2014, 02:48:35 AM »

I like how it starts out as some caring post about ones uncle in the facing of terminal cancer and how his aunt is living with that loss but turns into a haul check list of the stuff that was bummed off his dead uncle.

chronovore · « **Reply #23065 on:** June 09, 2014, 02:55:52 AM »

(insert joke about MMO fallen player looting)

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Sorry, etiolate!

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etiolate · « **Reply #23066 on:** June 09, 2014, 05:45:47 AM »

I could have gone into the family's situation, but I'm not into gossip about others as much as y'all. So I kept it to a cool haul post, because my uncle had some seriously cool records.

Kara · « **Reply #23067 on:** June 09, 2014, 08:37:17 AM »

Finally got some sleep.

Too bad I woke up with my heart racing at 0530.

Rufus · « **Reply #23068 on:** June 09, 2014, 09:28:08 AM »

I've never seen (or remember seeing) anyone on my father's side. but my father was a dick anyway, so whatever. My mom's side is plenty crazy and strewn all over Europe these days, so I don't even get to see them. No siblings sadly, so the only family I have on hand is my mom. She's - mom. I don't know if we'd ever talk to each other if we weren't related. She's a kind and loving person, but also an ignorant country bumpkin.

Himu · « **Reply #23069 on:** June 09, 2014, 10:50:49 AM »

Quote from: etiolate on June 09, 2014, 05:45:47 AM

I could have gone into the family's situation, but I'm not into gossip about others as much as y'all. So I kept it to a cool haul post, because my uncle had some seriously cool records.

TIL talking about family among friends is gossiping.

Kara · « **Reply #23070 on:** June 09, 2014, 06:17:58 PM »

Is there a pool yet for when I'm going to have my breakdown and / or be hospitalized involuntarily?

If so I'd like to bet on "never," I figure there's lesser conflict of interest charges to be made against that bet instead of actually picking a day.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #23071 on:** June 09, 2014, 06:31:06 PM »

Quote from: Shark Johnson on June 09, 2014, 05:36:05 PM

Yo, is this the girl Attra uses pics of?

http://31.media.tumblr.com/75cb6912812d635d317a1c2701b226af/tumblr_mzsngsfOeI1rgcqz0o1_500.jpg

No but this actually looks like Atra

Kara · « **Reply #23072 on:** June 09, 2014, 06:41:08 PM »

Quote from: The Business on June 09, 2014, 06:19:48 PM

Well, depending on the definition of breakdown, I think you'll make it. I wouldn't put money on never, just nothing in the near future.

idk man, I'm even starting to doubt myself.

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #23073 on:** June 09, 2014, 06:45:23 PM »

I'm pretty much persona non grata on my father's side after some hairy inheritance issues.

I'm ok with my mother's side but everyone is dispersed across the country doing their own thing. Family meetups are rare and tend to only happen at funerals.

Atramental · « **Reply #23074 on:** June 09, 2014, 06:53:51 PM »

Quote from: Shark Johnson on June 09, 2014, 05:36:05 PM

Yo, is this the girl Attra uses pics of?

http://31.media.tumblr.com/75cb6912812d635d317a1c2701b226af/tumblr_mzsngsfOeI1rgcqz0o1_500.jpg

Nah.

I'm a bit gothy with my look.

Mupepe · « **Reply #23075 on:** June 09, 2014, 06:57:14 PM »

We don't talk to my dad's side since they decided to throw hissy fits about how we ran our own lives after we graduated. I was disowned because I knocked up a Mexican so they decided to boycott my graduation because I was "an embarrassment".

I didn't want to walk anyways. They disowned my brother because he moved in with a woman that he wasn't married to during his sophomore year of college. They were never very fond of my sister. Probably because she's black and adopted. So they basically just fell out of touch with her completely. My brother apparently got back into their good graces recently. I don't care to try. they can suck a dick.

My mom's side lives in El Paso and we don't really talk to them. The day my grandpa died they called my mom and she said she was on her way over. By the time she got there they were already scrambling trying to figure out how to open his safe. Then when my dad bailed on us in Tennessee and my mom had to move there to take care of us she asked her brother to watch her bar that she owned. He stopped returning her calls so she went to El Paso to see what was going on. He closed up shop and sold everything in the place.

Yeah fuck my extended family.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #23076 on:** June 09, 2014, 08:14:08 PM »

I'd ride Atra like a rented mule.

Kara · « **Reply #23077 on:** June 09, 2014, 08:14:55 PM »

Oh fuck, I have to work on my absolute least favorite client tomorrow morning. There's no way I'm going to survive both (1) their shitty books and shitty remote access situation and (2) their EA who is fucking neurotic--a pejorative I realize I'm hurling from a Crystal Palace sized glass house--about them even though the client dgaf about their books or extended tax return. (You can't care more about the work than the client, well unless you want to end up like me.)

If you got Tuesday, or haven't bet yet, enjoy the ez rares, ez life.

Atramental · « **Reply #23078 on:** June 09, 2014, 08:22:47 PM »

Jesus H. Christ. All the white tumblr chicks look a like, brezz.

Himu · « **Reply #23079 on:** June 09, 2014, 08:33:03 PM »

Atramental · « **Reply #23080 on:** June 09, 2014, 08:35:28 PM »

I'm not crazy, guys.

I'm not crazy.

I'm not crazy.

I'm not crazy...

I'm not...

I need help.

Rufus · « **Reply #23081 on:** June 09, 2014, 08:38:03 PM »

Someone's got a type.

Quote from: Shark Johnson on June 09, 2014, 08:09:56 PM

I happened to see this chick on my tumblr dashboard and I was "damn, there's Atramental. What a small world."

http://cremebuns.tumblr.com/tagged/me/

Huh. The Emily Strange haircut works surprisingly well.

Atramental · « **Reply #23082 on:** June 09, 2014, 08:41:26 PM »

But why do I feel like drugs are the only thing that's going to cure my mild insanity? $:-\$

Himu · « **Reply #23083 on:** June 09, 2014, 08:43:18 PM »

I think you have a type, Atra.

Atramental · « **Reply #23084 on:** June 09, 2014, 08:58:30 PM »

Quote from: Esch on June 09, 2014, 08:42:13 PM

Because you're being dumb

Yeah...

Quote from: Formerly Known As Himuro on June 09, 2014, 08:43:18 PM

I think you have a type, Atra.

Yeah...

Quote from: Exodust SoulBurn on June 09, 2014, 08:46:33 PM

And that type is HAWT

Yeeeaaaah.

Squiddy · « **Reply #23085 on:** June 09, 2014, 09:04:41 PM »

I'm a certified psychologist, Atraboy.
If you ever feel you've gone to crazy, send me a PM

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I'll give you my paypal details, this isn't a pro bono service.

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Atramental · « **Reply #23086 on:** June 09, 2014, 09:17:39 PM »

I think going to bed right now would be the best thing for me.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #23087 on:** June 09, 2014, 11:05:12 PM »

Wait Atra isn't Trans?

nudemacusers · « **Reply #23088 on:** June 09, 2014, 11:08:14 PM »

transbaptist

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #23089 on:** June 09, 2014, 11:11:33 PM »

He's a transposter.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #23090 on:** June 09, 2014, 11:14:01 PM »

O thank god. I was so...confused...

nudemacusers · « **Reply #23091 on:** June 09, 2014, 11:16:22 PM »

transcac

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #23092 on:** June 09, 2014, 11:45:14 PM »

Quote from: Esch on June 09, 2014, 11:17:47 PM

Quote from: nudemacusers on June 09, 2014, 11:16:22 PM
transcac

That's PD.

I've been living my life as a white man for 6 years now. My blood pressure is so low now

Kara · « **Reply #23093 on:** June 10, 2014, 01:21:59 AM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on June 09, 2014, 11:45:14 PM

I've been living my life as a white man for 6 years now. My blood pressure is so low now

Mine is so low that the last time I was in a hospital (FOR ROUTINE SURGERY OK), they would frequently wake me up in the middle of the night to make sure I wasn't dead.

Shadow Mod · « **Reply #23094 on:** June 10, 2014, 01:49:25 AM »

I have perfect blood pressure. That's how the doc knew I wasn't anemic or anorexic, just crazy thin.

Rahxephon91 · « **Reply #23095 on:** June 10, 2014, 03:00:14 AM »

Does anyone have nostalgia for old CRT tvs? I have a set-up where I just have old videos playing on my CRT and the videos that are at least high quality downloads look so crisp on the thing.

Shadow Mod · « **Reply #23096 on:** June 10, 2014, 03:01:15 AM »

One of my roomies is never here. Tonight he shows up so high he can't stop staring at the spice rack and I keep hearing thumps and shit from the kitchen. Told the bf next time he goes down there to make sure nothing's on fire.

Kara · « **Reply #23097 on:** June 10, 2014, 05:05:18 PM »

I broke down enough to take the afternoon off and go to a doctor, but not enough to make some lucky Tuesday winners.

Can't wait to sleep again tonight.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #23098 on:** June 10, 2014, 06:45:38 PM »

Just ate a whole thing of cookies; slipping into diabetic coma.

Squiddy · « **Reply #23099 on:** June 10, 2014, 06:48:54 PM »

Stop posting pics of yourself on the internet, macauser:

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