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[–] [email protected] 1 points 38 minutes ago

I'm feeling Randy Pitchford out of 10

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I caught myself in an old defense mechanism loop and was able to stop, breath, sit with the discomfort and own that motherfucking trauma response for what it is, then dismiss it and carry on with my day. So, like a very proud ten.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Im very proud of you as well.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I rescued an injured bird (a collared dove) with a broken wing and took him to a bird sanctuary about 40 miles away. So 10, clearly.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Hell yeah brother! Taking care of animals is super badass!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Right now I’m at the coffee and pajamas phase so like a 2.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This particular day I feel like a fistfight between me and Stephen Hawking would be too close to call.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

ROFL. You can't win them all champ. Keep going though. Greatness is achieved when you push further than what others are willing to do.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

8 had a banger goth makeup for the first time

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Rad! Did you do your own goth makeup?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Yup, with eyeliner and a bit of eye shadow

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 day ago (2 children)
  1. Slept wrong and my open heart surgery scar aches. :(
[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I can see why you went with 3, surviving open heart surgeries account for at least +1 badass.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Don't forget the +1 for a badass scare and a story to go with it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

And a +2 for surviving 2 heart attacks

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My goodness! I'm glad things went well during the open heart surgery. How long is the recovery for such a thing?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Pretty sure it's lifetime. Surgery was at the end of 2018, they cracked me open like a lobster. I've got a 10" scar from just under my chin to just over my belly button.

2019 was one complication after another.

2nd heart attack in January.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I'm still standing despite everything so a 7 minimum.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

0, badass is not something I've ever felt, nor particularly strived for.

I'm more of a goodie-two-shoes people pleaser type.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Oh dang. Well life in the end, isn't just about what others get out of it. It's also what you get out of it. Don't sell yourself short. Everyone deserves to feel badass at least once in their life imo.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think I'm up to a 6. Gonna make a trip to the sawmill today to pick up some walnut and maybe some oak depending on how I'm feeling.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Just made a saw sharpening vice and a couple file handles.

Planning on building a kiln to dry oak and pine boards, that I hopefully cut myself.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I overcame my social anxiety today and went to the office after a long period of sickness and it was great! I really missed seeing other people than my wife for a change! :D In the evening I ran my pathfinder campaign and it went really well, save for some hiccups from foundry, which is the online tool that we are using, so maybe an 8?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh that's awesome! Social anxiety ain't no joke. Glad to hear that you're doing better. It's really fun to play TTRPGs. Especially with a good group of people.

Are you running a pre-made or home-brew campaign? I'm interested to hear more.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

1 i been fee- actually nvm i just beat the piss out of a couple monsters in morrowind using my bare fists. Solid 4 cus of that lol

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hahaha. Putting yourself in another world (and one where you're stronger or have special abilities,) is a nice way to escape the worries of the day.

Have you tried beating up some monsters with a spoon yet? haha

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Not yet but funny enough I think there's a fork that can be used as a weapon so I'll be on the lookout for thatπŸ˜‚

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

10, watched a dope ass movie with my partner and our cats and did some incredibly pure blow and I need to sleep GOOD NIGHT LOVE YOU

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

You can sleep after doing blow? How? Haha

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Tylenol 3/codeine back in my day lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I slept like 20 minutes after posting that hahaha

I’m insanely lucky, I happened to meet someone who gets bricks, doesn’t step on it, and when I occasionally want to indulge, gives me a sheeny solid corner of a brick. When I’ve had coke in the past that was stepped on, I definitely couldn’t sleep for hours after. Probably some cheap amphetamines added to it, I hated it. With actual pure cokes you can sleep like an hour after you do your last bump or line!

And you don’t need nearly as much, it’s insane. To get gakked, my partner and I will do about .1g each over the course of the night. With cut stuff, I’d have to do like 5x that for a mediocre buzz!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

3, maybe a 3.5.

I was reasonably productive today, but still have a lot to get done and I am procrastinating.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Take it or leave it insight: I have learned that procrastination can be chalked up to two things. 1. You don't know where to start on said thing and perhaps feel overwhelmed by it. 2. You don't know how to break down the objective into more manageable steps. And so you put it off 'until you feel like you have a clue.'

An old saying that strongly applies here. "How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time."

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Maybe 6. Im back to college and learning precalc after being out of school for like 10+ years. A lot of relearning old stuff and learning new stuff at the same time.

It makes me anxious honestly.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

What had you feeling like a 2 on the 'badass scale'?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

As I always do, -3.14

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

22, im an absolute unit!

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

7.5

Terrible night's sleep but I've had a couple of leads on work (one is almost in the bag) and I just did a big walk in the sunshine and I'm not in pain.

Pretty badass even if I'm gonna go pass out very soon.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

I feel generally on par with a green bell pepper.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

7, I mounted and installed some networking equipment at a new facility today for the first time and it went well!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Oh that's rad! I figure since you're in IT, you don't get much appreciation. But I for one, am very thankful for all that the IT team(s) do. It's all fun and games until you can't access your server data that's crucial to your job. o7

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yes, I am definitely on that scale.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Definitely a 7-8 today. In my humanities course this quarter we did a thing with chopsticks since it's a Japanese culture and traditions course and I somehow managed to pick up 43 raw black eyed peas and transfer them over to a plate in a minute. 50% luck, 50% skill, and 100% fluke. Balanced that out by being a bit clumsier throughout the rest of the day.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Was at 10 yesterday, since I was playing Arkham Shadow and you don't get much more badass than being Batman.

Today it's 1. My whole body hurts. The one point comes from me not oversleeping this morning.

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