Please share your struggle of the day

[Kara]

bruh I have contacts and my eyes never trouble me. I don't even feel them. Superior euro contact lenses.

I buy mine from Europe without a scrip to erode the power of the state and they still aren't that great.

That might be because they ship out of Romania, though.

[Kara]

I used to lie on eye tests (get diagnosed with myopia when you're 8 y'all) and it wasn't until I was 15 or 16 that my astigmatism got prescribed for as a result.

[Kara]

At least you never wore Croakies.

My first pair of glasses were so fucking dorky. Aviator rims with fucking EYE GLASS LENSES IN THEM. Let kids who are 8 and watch Top Gun a lot pick out their own glasses y'all.

[Kara]

I got a pair of Transitions when they were cutting edge.

I returned them within a week because they didn't work right.

I'm sure this is shocking, but I was counting down the days until I could get contacts.

[king of the internet]

Tf when you find an album leak and you don't know which of the fifteen download links to click. 

[Rufus]

I've been wearing glasses since I was 6. Was never to keen on puttings things in my eyes, so I stuck with them. They're part of my identity now.

[king of the internet]

I like using both contacts and glasses (not at the same time obv). You can totally change up your look on the fly. 

[Madrun Badrun]

I don't own this

[Kara]

If you wear contacts exclusively in public but glasses in private with them it's a cheap way of building intimacy.

[king of the internet]

I got LASIK eye surgery so I wouldn't have to associate with you losers

[Kara]

I got LASIK eye surgery so I wouldn't have to associate with you losers

"It's so frustrating... I'll never be able to see you--all of you--without my glasses."

Why would you ever trade this line in?

[Madrun Badrun]

Just give Bell back his palsy; problem solved.

[Tasty]

I got LASIK eye surgery so I wouldn't have to associate with you losers

I was born perfect so I didn't even need to do that. Get on my level, bitch.

Edit- Made this post before the bell's palsy thing, I now feel like a massive piece of shit

[Rufus]

I like using both contacts and glasses (not at the same time obv). You can totally change up your look on the fly. 

And then when girls see you with one or the other they're like "wow, you look soooo different now" 

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I've been asked to surrender my glasses to people and I oblige when they're not shitheads. Same effect, more or less.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

Y'all are fine, I'm used to having shitty luck. My right eye is worst than my left now but not by much, especially not as bad as it used to be.

Keep having your eyes get so much worse that you need new lenses every two months, brehs. In retrospect, I kinda needed to get LASIK eye surgery.

Did you have to get multiple eye exams over a period of time?  I've wanted to get LASIK but it's been about 10 years since I last went to the eye doctor 

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

On another note, I've been getting lazier and lazier.  The weekend passed by and I didn't do shit.  What's worse is that I needed to have done shit.  Now I'm going to have to spend a bunch of time on Monday and Tuesday doing what I could have done easily on Saturday and Sunday.  This isn't a one time only thing, it's been this way for the past few weeks now (explains why I've been posting here more): I don't do shit on the weekends, stay up late during the weekdays to do what I should have done on the weekends, feel tired as hell, be lazy on the weekends, and the cycle repeats itself.  It's also carried itself over to food where I've gained about 15 pounds since the start of the year.  I'm too lazy to cook for myself so I just order out.  My metabolism is dogshit, I really can't eat out like I used to or much at all anymore.

Need to break the cycle

[chronovore]

Go for a walk around the block. Just a little exercise will begin to build a virtuous cycle. Movement, sunshine, seeing other humans. It works when I get into a similar rut.

It’s also helpful to get away from your constant surroundings and just think, while walking.

[ToxicAdam]

Bagged salad and pre-cooked chicken is good lazy man food. Much better than what you're probably eating out at.

[Joe Molotov]

My stomach's decided I haven't been spending enough quality time with the toilet. 

[Am_I_Anonymous]

new golf clubs are hella expensive 

guess it's time to hit craigslist.

Honestly if you're newer at the game go to a second hand shop and haggle on a set there. You can get a decent set of mid tier clubs for under 200 bucks (sans putter and driver) that are regripped.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

Also, old rich dudes always have like, 2 or 3 sets of clubs a couple generations old their wives haven't told them to throw away yet. I recommend schmoozing, saying 'i'm just a beginner and I have no idea what I'm doing", "what kinds of clubs do i need", etc. You could find yourself the owner of some perfectly great top of the line clubs from 2005.

fucking golf, man.

I have 3 sets of clubs

1 for the long ball game for distance courses

1 for shot shaping courses

1 for travel

[Am_I_Anonymous]

Ya but you actually like sports as opposed to being dragged along in the game of golf for business and/or trying to fit in with your old rich friends purposes.

Also I'd wager you probably take care of and remember the old shit you own, unlike some others

Yeah that's true. Come from nothing value everything. I got some affluent cac friends who have garages literally full of shit they don't ever remember they had. 

[Phoenix Dark]

Also, old rich dudes always have like, 2 or 3 sets of clubs a couple generations old their wives haven't told them to throw away yet. I recommend schmoozing, saying 'i'm just a beginner and I have no idea what I'm doing", "what kinds of clubs do i need", etc. You could find yourself the owner of some perfectly great top of the line clubs from 2005.

fucking golf, man.

this is a good way to take an L in the eyes of a rich man brehs.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

Also, old rich dudes always have like, 2 or 3 sets of clubs a couple generations old their wives haven't told them to throw away yet. I recommend schmoozing, saying 'i'm just a beginner and I have no idea what I'm doing", "what kinds of clubs do i need", etc. You could find yourself the owner of some perfectly great top of the line clubs from 2005.

fucking golf, man.

this is a good way to take an L in the eyes of a rich man brehs.

Depends on if you get a douchebag rich guy or you get the "these little things will get me into heaven" rich guy PD.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

Packrat syndrome ain't top tax bracket exclusive but it can be more noticeable with richer people cause they have greater ability to purchase more useless trash, replace their old shit with new shit, and probably more space to put their useless trash.

No doubt. I've seen dudes with no less than 5 sets of golf clubs because they "have to get them new pings" every time they are released. Honestly if you hit this type at the right time they usually have no problem letting a set go for next to free.

[Joe Molotov]

this is a good way to take an L in the eyes of a rich man brehs.

This depends on the rich guy really. a lot of them love young dudes getting their way into shit like golf early, and love nothing more than to show people the ropes etc.

play your cards right and you can get a set of clubs on the cheap and get networking time on the course with someone important.

And maybe be on your way to being some rich dude's fuccboi. 

[Am_I_Anonymous]

this is a good way to take an L in the eyes of a rich man brehs.

This depends on the rich guy really. a lot of them love young dudes getting their way into shit like golf early, and love nothing more than to show people the ropes etc.

play your cards right and you can get a set of clubs on the cheap and get networking time on the course with someone important.

And maybe be on your way to being some rich dude's fuccboi. 

Esch got a set of clubs off me last week. I was confused as to why he didn't even take them home.

 

[Am_I_Anonymous]

Everyone's some rich dudes fuccboi

I can tell you that Esch likes to go for the long balls with a stiff shaft.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

Meh, I used to be prideful about not sucking up, asking for help, playing the game etc. I thought hey, I'll get ______ on my own merit or whatever( ) . Left me with no jobs and internships.

if I'd been smart id have been ingratiating myself (pause) to rich dads since high school.

[bork]

I think I experienced a panic attack on Saturday night.  Went to my parent's house for a family dinner and suddenly had to get up and run into another room, then had what I can only describe as an "emotional explosion."  I guess lots of stress and a lack of relaxation will do that.     Went home and rested, felt much better Sunday, especially after watching Furious 7.  St. Paul saved me.

[nachobro]

Was awoken this morning by the cat vomiting on the bed. Went to grab something to clean it up and then the cat vomited on my pillow. 

[Human Snorenado]

Got a toothache



...but I also have some codeine

[Rufus]

Was awoken this morning by the cat vomiting on the bed. Went to grab something to clean it up and then the cat vomited on my pillow. 

You missed a spot, human.

[Tasty]

Does golf "technology" actually advance? Is there any benefit to buying new clubs every few years other possibly replacing "worn-down" ones?

this is a good way to take an L in the eyes of a rich man brehs.

This depends on the rich guy really. a lot of them love young dudes getting their way into shit like golf early, and love nothing more than to show people the ropes etc.

play your cards right and you can get a set of clubs on the cheap and get networking time on the course with someone important.

And maybe be on your way to being some rich dude's fuccboi. 

Good thing I don't care about golf (yet.)

[Am_I_Anonymous]

Do clubs matter? Not to your average joe, no. always cracks me up to see Billy Joe Weekend Golfer with his 1,200 dollar milled calloways.

But to somebody like me who plays 40-50 times a summer? Yeah, there is a clear difference between Pings and walmart/dicks variety clubs.

[Bebpo]

I really hate today's teenagers.  I went to get food and they swipe my credit card and it doesn't work on their swiper.  So they're like "do you have another card?" and I'm like dude, can't you just take the 10 seconds and type in the card number and the girl was like "I don't know how to do that" and called in her manager who was also like 16 and she swipes the card and it doesn't read and then she turns to me and goes "do you have another card or cash or something cause yeah your card doesn't work (which it does, just that swiper didn't like it for whatever reason)." and just refused to put any effort in beyond sliding a card.  Paid cash just to get out of there, but I wanted to get my 5% reward points goddamnit 

I think I experienced a panic attack on Saturday night.  Went to my parent's house for a family dinner and suddenly had to get up and run into another room, then had what I can only describe as an "emotional explosion."  I guess lots of stress and a lack of relaxation will do that.     Went home and rested, felt much better Sunday, especially after watching Furious 7.  St. Paul saved me.

  Take care dude!

I went to the urgent care for the second time in a year wondering if I was having a heart attack last week.  Turned out it was anxiety like the last time.  When I get really stressed with work/life I get anxious to the point I feel like I'm having a panic attack/heart attack.  I need to make an appointment with a shrink so I can get low-dose anti-anxiety meds, but finding a decent psychiatrist who takes insurance is not easy.  Tried going down the list from blue cross after the urgent care experience but everyone was either rated terribly, not taking new patients, or too busy to answer the phone.

I'm not in a rush because this stuff only happens like once a month or two, but I do need to address it since I'm in a pretty stressful career.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

Does golf "technology" actually advance? Is there any benefit to buying new clubs every few years other possibly replacing "worn-down" ones?

Think that depends on your idea of advancement. Compare the sweet spot on the shit Ben Hogan was using to the stuff we have now, it's a wash. Same with tennis rackets.

But yeah year over year you're not seeing much change in sports 'technology'.

Big head drivers and milled wedges are telling you to shut the fuck up about shit you don't know.

[Tasty]

Does golf "technology" actually advance? Is there any benefit to buying new clubs every few years other possibly replacing "worn-down" ones?

Think that depends on your idea of advancement. Compare the sweet spot on the shit Ben Hogan was using to the stuff we have now, it's a wash. Same with tennis rackets.

But yeah year over year you're not seeing much change in sports 'technology'.

Big head drivers and milled wedges are telling you to shut the fuck up about shit you don't know.

Knowing and caring about that shit is a bigger L than not knowing about it

[Kara]

I went to the urgent care for the second time in a year wondering if I was having a heart attack last week.  Turned out it was anxiety like the last time.  When I get really stressed with work/life I get anxious to the point I feel like I'm having a panic attack/heart attack.  I need to make an appointment with a shrink so I can get low-dose anti-anxiety meds, but finding a decent psychiatrist who takes insurance is not easy.  Tried going down the list from blue cross after the urgent care experience but everyone was either rated terribly, not taking new patients, or too busy to answer the phone.

I'm not in a rush because this stuff only happens like once a month or two, but I do need to address it since I'm in a pretty stressful career.

A shrink is likely overkill; try talking to your GP--a "break in case of fire" scrip of Xanax or something will probably work for you.

As for shrink reviews, generally speaking psychiatrists have a poor bedside manner and the quality of their treatment isn't really apparent to anyone but the most frequent guest of the mental health system, so any kind of customer review--let alone the Yelp types you're probably encountering--is more or less useless.

Unfortunately if you want a shrink you either need to pound the pavement and give them a month to 45 days to treat you or see a therapist for awhile who can recommend you one that will be able to handle your needs.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

Does golf "technology" actually advance? Is there any benefit to buying new clubs every few years other possibly replacing "worn-down" ones?

Think that depends on your idea of advancement. Compare the sweet spot on the shit Ben Hogan was using to the stuff we have now, it's a wash. Same with tennis rackets.

But yeah year over year you're not seeing much change in sports 'technology'.

Big head drivers and milled wedges are telling you to shut the fuck up about shit you don't know.

Knowing and caring about that shit is a bigger L than not knowing about it

You make non profitable youtube music or whatever based on a nintendo game , I play golf. Be careful what you're giving L's to.

[ToxicAdam]

I really hate today's teenagers.  I went to get food and they swipe my credit card and it doesn't work on their swiper.  So they're like "do you have another card?" and I'm like dude, can't you just take the 10 seconds and type in the card number and the girl was like "I don't know how to do that" and called in her manager who was also like 16 and she swipes the card and it doesn't read and then she turns to me and goes "do you have another card or cash or something cause yeah your card doesn't work (which it does, just that swiper didn't like it for whatever reason)." and just refused to put any effort in beyond sliding a card.  Paid cash just to get out of there, but I wanted to get my 5% reward points goddamnit 

When this happens to me, I ask for a plastic bag, wrap my card in it and tell them to swipe it. It works 95% of the time and they look at me like I'm a wizard.

[Bebpo]

I went to the urgent care for the second time in a year wondering if I was having a heart attack last week.  Turned out it was anxiety like the last time.  When I get really stressed with work/life I get anxious to the point I feel like I'm having a panic attack/heart attack.  I need to make an appointment with a shrink so I can get low-dose anti-anxiety meds, but finding a decent psychiatrist who takes insurance is not easy.  Tried going down the list from blue cross after the urgent care experience but everyone was either rated terribly, not taking new patients, or too busy to answer the phone.

I'm not in a rush because this stuff only happens like once a month or two, but I do need to address it since I'm in a pretty stressful career.

A shrink is likely overkill; try talking to your GP--a "break in case of fire" scrip of Xanax or something will probably work for you.

As for shrink reviews, generally speaking psychiatrists have a poor bedside manner and the quality of their treatment isn't really apparent to anyone but the most frequent guest of the mental health system, so any kind of customer review--let alone the Yelp types you're probably encountering--is more or less useless.

Unfortunately if you want a shrink you either need to pound the pavement and give them a couple a month to 45 days to treat you or see a therapist for awhile who can recommend you one that will be able to handle your needs.

Thanks.  Yeah the urgent care offered me a prescription thing and I probably should've just taken that, but I figured I'd see a psych and see what they say since low level anxiety is an issue for me.  Actually I think what scared me off of just taking the urgent care script was they said the immediate medications were addictive, but there are long-term ones you can get through a psych that aren't and though I've never had a problem with addiction in the past, I don't really wanna risk it if I can avoid it.

[Tasty]

Does golf "technology" actually advance? Is there any benefit to buying new clubs every few years other possibly replacing "worn-down" ones?

Think that depends on your idea of advancement. Compare the sweet spot on the shit Ben Hogan was using to the stuff we have now, it's a wash. Same with tennis rackets.

But yeah year over year you're not seeing much change in sports 'technology'.

Big head drivers and milled wedges are telling you to shut the fuck up about shit you don't know.

Knowing and caring about that shit is a bigger L than not knowing about it

You make non profitable youtube music or whatever based on a nintendo game , I play golf. Be careful what you're giving L's to.

Actually my white person thing is fishing.

Reminds me, I need to order a new rod.

[ToxicAdam]

Thanks.  Yeah the urgent care offered me a prescription thing and I probably should've just taken that, but I figured I'd see a psych and see what they say since low level anxiety is an issue for me.  Actually I think what scared me off of just taking the urgent care script was they said the immediate medications were addictive, but there are long-term ones you can get through a psych that aren't and though I've never had a problem with addiction in the past, I don't really wanna risk it if I can avoid it.

I took Xanax for about 5 years (in my twenties). They can be addictive, but they work wonderfully.

You just have to be responsible and take them only when you need them and don't bump up your dose (.5 mg should be good). If you find yourself needing more to satiate the anxiety, then you want to try a different route.

[Am_I_Anonymous]

Doctor gave me a xani-bar once.

Never again brehs.

[Kara]

Thanks.  Yeah the urgent care offered me a prescription thing and I probably should've just taken that, but I figured I'd see a psych and see what they say since low level anxiety is an issue for me.  Actually I think what scared me off of just taking the urgent care script was they said the immediate medications were addictive, but there are long-term ones you can get through a psych that aren't and though I've never had a problem with addiction in the past, I don't really wanna risk it if I can avoid it.

That's a fair worry, Xanax has a narcotic-like feel to it. Diazepam doesn't cause that feeling, but it's a bazooka in terms of tranquilizers and when you use it in an emergency you're kinda out of action until it wears off.

Just remember that you're not well at the moment and you need some help. That's more important than what the potential behavioral outcomes are from taking any medications you've been prescribed.

Like TA said, stay disciplined in your use and be completely honest with your doc about your intake as well as your health and you'll be OK with situational anxiety medication.

I'd recommend a supplement my doctor put me on as part of my 400 daily pill regime because it's been great for relieving stress but it's embarrassing in a self-aware white person way / morally questionable to suggest someone eschew medication in favor of nutritional supplements imo.

[bork]

just to get out of there, but I wanted to get my 5% reward points goddamnit 

I think I experienced a panic attack on Saturday night.  Went to my parent's house for a family dinner and suddenly had to get up and run into another room, then had what I can only describe as an "emotional explosion."  I guess lots of stress and a lack of relaxation will do that.     Went home and rested, felt much better Sunday, especially after watching Furious 7.  St. Paul saved me.

  Take care dude!

I went to the urgent care for the second time in a year wondering if I was having a heart attack last week.  Turned out it was anxiety like the last time.  When I get really stressed with work/life I get anxious to the point I feel like I'm having a panic attack/heart attack.  I need to make an appointment with a shrink so I can get low-dose anti-anxiety meds, but finding a decent psychiatrist who takes insurance is not easy.  Tried going down the list from blue cross after the urgent care experience but everyone was either rated terribly, not taking new patients, or too busy to answer the phone.

I'm not in a rush because this stuff only happens like once a month or two, but I do need to address it since I'm in a pretty stressful career.

Thanks.  That's not normal for me and if it happened once or twice a month, I'd be going to talk to a doctor, stat.  I forgot to mention that I spent most of the week sick with stomach flu or something, so I was sick, tired, and stressed, and I did not get Saturday to really rest up like I needed.   Did not make for a good combination!

[Phoenix Dark]

Yea therapists...too bad there isn't a RateMyShrink site!

I've pretty much stopped seeing mine. Haven't really contacted him to make an appointment lately, and I assume he figures I quit. I can only be given the same advice over and over by a half sleep dude for so long before I decide my money can best be spent elsewhere.

[bork]

I went to a therapist (psychologist?  Not even sure!) of some kind when around my second year of college.  I moved back home after living in the dorms for a year and really started clashing with my mom.  Basically I wanted to be treated as an adult and my mother kept treating me like a kid.  So they sent me to talk to someone and I was completely open and honest about everything.

Long story short, after one session with this lady, she told me that I was perfectly fine, didn't need to be there, and wanted to speak with my parents instead.  This didn't happen and I never heard another word about it and was left alone!   

[sarslip]

too bad there isn't a RateMyShrink site!

oh shit, i forgot about ratemyprofs, just read eight years of my dad's reviews   

[Rufus]

Are you gonna weave some details into a conversation to see if he reads them?

[nudemacusers]

just ate handfuls of jellybeans, m&ms, and cadbury eggs.

[Kara]

too bad there isn't a RateMyShrink site!

oh shit, i forgot about ratemyprofs, just read eight years of my dad's reviews   

My professor parent gives themselves fake positive reviews there.

[Rufus]

Oh boy.

[Steve Contra]

Going through old corporate tax returns with my new accountant to find out where our fired ass accountant fucked up

I guess this is a triumph as well because he's catching it before the IRS does.

[nachobro]

just ate handfuls of jellybeans, m&ms, and cadbury eggs.

oh shit i forgot there's probably loads of discount jellybeans at the store right now. too bad i'm already too fat 

[Kara]

Agri is one of the few parts of business taxation that more closely resembles individual taxation in all the special situations that can arise. You definitely need someone who specializes in it, which it sounds like you finally have Steve.

[Steve Contra]

Even if he doesn't have an answer, someone at his firm does, instead of just leaving information off the form

[I'm a Puppy!]

I'm in Raleigh, and I decided I wanted Thai.
I go to a Thai restaurant and order some Pad Thai and a Thai iced tea to start.
A few minutes later I get an iced tea. I look at the waiter and said, "I'm sorry, I asked for a Thai iced tea. This is iced tea."
"yes. this is iced tea."
"Yeah but thai iced tea isn't iced tea."
"It's not?"

It's then that I looked around the place and realized I didn't see a single Thai person working there. The pad thai came and it tasted exactly like you'd expect pad thai would taste like from a thai place that didn't even know Thai Iced tea was a thing.


I'm sticking to burgers and bbq in North Carolina now.

[Joe Molotov]

I'm in Raleigh, and I decided I wanted Thai.
I go to a Thai restaurant and order some Pad Thai and a Thai iced tea to start.
A few minutes later I get an iced tea. I look at the waiter and said, "I'm sorry, I asked for a Thai iced tea. This is iced tea."
"yes. this is iced tea."
"Yeah but thai iced tea isn't iced tea."
"It's not?"

It's then that I looked around the place and realized I didn't see a single Thai person working there. The pad thai came and it tasted exactly like you'd expect pad thai would taste like from a thai place that didn't even know Thai Iced tea was a thing.


I'm sticking to burgers and bbq in North Carolina now.

Xpost to the Whitest Thing That Was Done To You thread.