I implore you to re-read the Livvy Dunne thread if you want some takes about being attracted to a girl in her 20s.
Human beings are pretty fucked up, man. Just this century you had ISIS chaining their prisoners to a wall, removing their eyelids, and then bringing in the prisoner’s family to be raped/tortured/murdered right in front of them…then killing the prisoner.
It’s important to remember that the Choctaw tribe would’ve skinned these women alive for exposing their nipples on social media
My exact thoughts when that was the first thing on my ig feed. He normally has funny stuff and then that.
The 10 beers thing is pretty much every Saturday night group text with a group of 4 guys I grew up with
Is it not normal to know what one’s friends do for a living? I seldom talk about work and still know a good bit about what even distant friends do.
Don’t think there’s a standard. Some I vaguely know about and others more so. It’s like a chandler bing scenario.
This seems more for people with highly specialized jobs. I could tell my friends that aren't in tech I'm a "data engineer" and they'd likely have no clue what I mean unless I really drew it out. I'm also not a recent college graduate smug 24 year old in the TikTok who's entire life is about powerpoint presentations and "crushing it" so I don't give a shit if people aren't really interested and talk about sports and other stuff.
I’ve always pitied people who are incapable of just hanging out/enjoying the company of others. We don’t need a “plan” or prompt to have fun together.
I mentally divvy up my friends into about seven different general occupation categories. Only time we talk about work is if the friend wants to vent. Other than that- we talk about anything else. I’m their friend because of who they are. Not the job they have. I think a huge turnoff is someone asking what you do in the first few minutes of meeting them.
I don’t ask my friends about their jobs so I can judge them, it’s because I’m interested in what’s going on in their life.
I’ve settled on “smart grid” or “home automation but for substations”. GoodForAnother just yells at me when his power flickers
For a lot of people, especially people who enjoy their jobs, what they do is a big part of who they are.
I went skiing with a couple of friends who I didn't know real well. I asked one of them what they do. He went into an explanation of his job. I still don't know what he does.
Some I know their job title or what field they work in but not have any earthly idea what they actually do. Like, for example, I have a friend that works in marketing but I couldn’t tell you anything he actually does.
But also I got tired with people asking me what my job entailed when I worked in sports information because it was a million things. I like giving an accurate answer to questions like that but to give an accurate answer would mean giving a lecture. So I tend to stay away from asking because what if it also annoys the people I am asking? Or if I do ask I will try to ask very specific questions.
When I'm with my friends if they don't have a funny story or something of interest while at work I tell them do not talk about work. Don't ask me and I won't ask you. Deal? I rather not talk at all then act like our jobs are fucking important. IMO if the most intriguing thing that's happening in your life is your work, and if you're not a fucking astronaut, you're probably depressed that you don't have a life to talk about.
Can you get me some of the Lawsons eclipse beer? That stuff was delicious but I could only get a four pack.