As a gen X, 47, part of the latch key generation. You just did things yourself and became resilient yourself. Parents always had a set of phone numbers to call if needed. You had access to a phone book but mostly you just called your friends and got a group together to do something with. Go fishing, Ride bikes, hangout, pickup baseball sandlot style, basketball, swimming, or Nintendo when it was hot out during the summer.

And we all taught each other stuff, some of us knew how to change a bike tire, some of us knew how to tie fishing knots and what baits to use. And we all had our way of getting some stuff for free or discounted stuff from a parents business, restraunt or arcade.

We all knew who’s dads had porno mags and where they were hidden. And on occasion we could sneak some cigarettes or beer.

There would be days during the summer I’d be out of the house before my parents and they wouldn’t see me well past sunset. Shit was just easier and the world less scary I guess.

As far as driving in cities we didn’t live in, I have no idea how my parents found shit. Lincoln, grand island I can find things easily without Gps. And any rural town with 300 miles of them. Omaha I can’t find shit without Gps

I struggle with my daughter because her mother is afraid of everything and that’s been passed to her. Some things I get, and I’m glad she has a phone with her, I’d like her to take more initiative in finding things to do herself and I push her and my wife to let her be more independent

Fuck, won’t get a chance to try it until tomorrow night

This has been on my wishlist for two years, can you now play it?

Sounds like the maga movement got her, like it has already destroyed so many friendships and torn families apart.

I lost a few friends over politics but the one that surprised me the most was my best friend of over 35 years. 2 years ago it started, then he didn’t speak to me for a whole year then the night Trump won, I just messaged him our friendship is done.

I considered him my brother, we talked at least twice a week, and honestly he was more liberal than even I was, but sometime during COVID the manosphere got him. And the friend I knew was no more.

Now I really don’t have a social circle of male friends , just spend my time with my wife and daughter

Sorry for you. What you described, is my worst fear as a father for my daughter. She’s a only child and my biggest fear is her ending up alone if something happens to my wife and I.

This would have got me banned from reddit but the feeling is mutual towards the right. Tired of Dems not fighting back and taking the high road when they are in charge. I want them to abuse every ounce of power the republicans have if they ever get the chance again.

No longer falling for this states rights bs, we will impose the federal governments will on states like Texas. No more partisanship.

I want pure unadulterated threats and overabuse of power with zero remorse or regret. I want people who homeschool their kids to make it nearly impossible for them to do so by not meeting standards and forced to send them to public, no more indoctrination by retards. . I want churches taxed, single payer healthcare mandatory while the healthcare insurance industry burns to the ground and their stocks worthless.

I want those who refuse to do their job as government employees imprisoned for stealing taxpayer funds disguised as salary.

Owning more than 2 homes or notes is taxed 300% beyond the second. And owning more than 20% of apartments in a municipality is taxed as well. It’s time boomers lose their nest egg.

I want a new military branch that’s not under the rule of the president that will enforce the laws that the law can’t enforce and clearly violates the constitution and has power above all the other branches.

Not saying I’d get one, but I am a Xbox gamer. It’s where the majority of my purchases are. I hardly play PC because I just don’t like sitting at a desk, when I’m in a desk chair most of the day. I maybe have 3-4 games on steam, but my PC is getting old just found out even though my graphics card can do ray tracing, my processor is only 2.9ghx and recommended min is 3.2 and can’t run the new doom game.

So if you were to get one would you stay with the steam deck or wait for the Asus?

I have to ask why sports? Surely there is some sport you are interested in.

I’ve recently discovered I’ve been lying to myself on baseball, and how much I loved the game as a kid and I regret not pursuing it after highschool all because of the mlb strikes in the 90s. I just stopped watching and participating. For me and a lot of people during that time I guess the mindset was, I work in the heat all day, not just for 3 hours and those players are bitching about the millions they make aren’t enough. There’s some truth to that but it completely blinded me to what I loved, now I’m to old to even compete in men’s slow pitch leagues

Since my daughter is now playing softball, just playing catch and working with her on pitching has made me truly realize how great the game is, the feel of the glove, the sound of the bat cracking, or the sound of a fastball hitting a glove.

For a game that’s been played as much for so long and there are still records being broken or first time for something is truly amazing.

My interest in football is at a all time low, no longer follow NFL, but still love college even though it’s becoming a shadow of its former self.

And volleyball is peaking because of my daughter as well

My problem is doni have time for new games, we have a switch for my daughter and we barely play it. I like Nintendo games but I have a hard enough time completing any game. I think there’s one or two games in my entire Xbox collection I’ve actually completed.

My problem is only having maybe an hour or two late evening I’ll play something for a week, try something else because I get tired of playing the same thing then forget what I was doing in the other game and want to start over.

If I was going to get a handheld I think I’d much prefer the new Asus rog that Xbox worked on

Get checked immediately chest pain and vomiting are signs of a heart attack

Trump is sure putting an end to this, so glad those Dearborn residents and others held their pathetic protest vote. At least I can wake up every day knowing I didn’t help put him in and allowed this to continue, 100%. Guilt free.

Imagine thinking he was going to end this, hahahaha, that takes a special kind of stupidity

One of the leading Google searches after the election was did Biden drop out followed by is it too late to change my vote. The American general public are morons and don’t pay attention to anything.

I will never forgive or forget Musk becoming a Nazi but God damn is this fight between these two going to be entertaining as fuck. Musk has to have dirt on him.

I’m not rooting for either side I hope both sides destroy each other but damn I got to say I’m sort of a teensy bit on musk’s side right now. Just because my hatred for Trump is greater and if there’s going to be someone that brings him down it’s going to be Musk

Oh ok yes I think my mind buried that, I vaguely remember that being posted

I get the coconut ficker reference, what’s the broken arms?

They’re going to try to push bot traffic, while keeping actual user numbers hidden. Then dump the stock before saying they banned all their users or someone leaks it. Personally I would like an investigative journalist look into their ban system and do a hit piece.

The site 15 years ago was great, yes there was trolling, you could call people a asshat, but it was still a good site. Now none of that stuff flies, no joking alowed, it’s like msn comments section. They killed what made reddit great and it was never at the level of 4 chan incels. In fact there quite a few social causes that did some good, all that’s gone. It’s just regurgitated shit.

It’s no small amount of people who have been permabanned and it’s happening more and more. Some of the oldest accounts are just gone. I gave up even trying to get around it.

It’s things like this where at times I wish there was a god and these people would actually have to stand in judgment and defend themselves

Why I stopped giving them views completely

Lol. Last Christmas my wife saw a ad for something dollar tree had on sale, the irony in That comment, like super cheat wrapping paper. I forget

I’ve never stepped foot in one. I went in with her, browsed it’s 4 aisles and it’s super discounted frozen aisles that I wouldn’t even feed my dog. And said we are going and never bring me to one of these stores again.

Like the empathy I felt for the poor souls that had to work let alone shop there because it’s the only thing they can find and or afford . I think I’d prefer being homeless.

LMAO I have never completed the story mode of grand theft auto 5. Last night I was doing a mission with Trevor and he says wtf is a lorry. your comment made me chuckle