Random-ass questions about random shit that confuses you - gettin thunkful in here

[Smaug's Smokey Hole]

There are people who don't understand how powerful an addiction to nicotine can be. That being said, recovering from addiction is ENTIRELY within the hands of the addict - they have to really and truly want to kick their habit. Mollycoddling any addict on the grounds that they can't help it, the poor dears, is simply enabling them and enforcing the mentality many have that they are slaves to their substances.

Nicotine addiction is nothing, really, it's the habit that is tough. It's similar to some forms of alcoholism in that way.
If you grab a cup of coffee and go outside to smoke during the breaks at work, every day, what do you do with that break if you decide to stop smoking? Will you still go outside? If you go outside what do you do, just stand there stare? Now you are thinking of smoking, if you would smoke you know what to do with that time.
That's the tough part of quitting for people, there will suddenly be noticeable holes in their daily routine that they trip over every day, they will notice that something is missing and it's not really the nicotine, that goes away completely after a couple of days.

Functional alcoholism is very similar. There are people that wakes up in the morning, goes to work, gets home and gets blasted every evening, then wakes up, goes to work and repeats the process. When they quit drinking, if they white knuckle it, what do they do with that time in the evenings? They don't know. When they go to sleep, how do they fall asleep? They don't know. Every day there is a big hole that they don't know what to do with, so they think of the thing that normally fills that time slot: booze.

It's the routine that needs to be changed and that's hard. At its core it is a similar feeling to if your dog dies. You walk the dog first thing in the morning, but now it is no longer there, so what do you do when you wake up? The change in the routine is very noticeable at certain parts of the day.

There was a study with results that baffled the medical community once. Many soldiers in the vietnam war that used heroin mysteriously kicked the habit on the plane ride back to the US, the place where they had a wife, kids, a completely different life and a completely different routine/schedule. In that setting it just wasn't part of their life.

 

[Medicated]

Why is everyone obsessed with fucking random people? Minor powerlevel.

My Dad cheated on my Mom multiple times.
My Sister cheated on her husband a year after marriage.
My Cousins wife cheated on him 1 month after marriage.
Both my sisters in-law cheated and then became poly after marriage.
My friends fiance tried to get me to cheat on him with her.
And thats just the tip of the iceberg.

What the fuck is wrong with people.

 

[ProgKing of the North]

How does King Crimson work?

I think someone once framed how KC and some other similar stands work by framing it in terms of "one removes consequence, the other removes cause" or something like that but I seriously can't find where it was I saw that.

(It just works.)

According to Robert Fripp, who for all intents and purposes is King Crimson (not applicable on the first album, and not to discount all the wonderful contributions from their plenty of other members throughout the years), "King Crimson is a way of doing things"

 

[Sprig of Parsley]

Why is everyone obsessed with fucking random people? Minor powerlevel.

My Dad cheated on my Mom multiple times.
My Sister cheated on her husband a year after marriage.
My Cousins wife cheated on him 1 month after marriage.
Both my sisters in-law cheated and then became poly after marriage.
My friends fiance tried to get me to cheat on him with her.
And thats just the tip of the iceberg.

What the fuck is wrong with people.

People don't take the idea of a commitment anywhere near as seriously as they used to.

 

[PL 001]

Why do almost all SJWs, male or female or imaginary gender wear those fucking Buddy Holly glasses? Honestly it kind of makes me autistically angry anytime I see it. Probably another thunkful question why it triggers me that much.

 

[Sīn the Moon Daddy]

It's bath salts that are dangerous right? So if I were to decide to eat a bath bomb I should be ok?

 

[Not an_ime g_irl]

Why the fuck do we even exist? You ever look in the mirror and see yourself and think "Damn, I'm really in this faggot?" Shit keeps me up at night.

We're all just blank sheets of papper at birth, time is the hand that draws on us, some of us get those fancy 30 dollar pencils, some of us end up wiping someone's asshole and thrown on the trash but in the end every sheet of papper has an unique purpose.
You don't question yourself, you just be and keep going, one day you will just look back and wonder what was the point, but that is something you will not be able to answer so you'll have to conform in knowing there is a point but we can just not understand what it is.

 

[Raging Capybara]

How do you know when you are already annoying the other person during a online conversation and should shut the fuck up?

 

[Krimjob]

Nicotine addiction is nothing, really, it's the habit that is tough. It's similar to some forms of alcoholism in that way.
If you grab a cup of coffee and go outside to smoke during the breaks at work, every day, what do you do with that break if you decide to stop smoking? Will you still go outside? If you go outside what do you do, just stand there stare? Now you are thinking of smoking, if you would smoke you know what to do with that time.
That's the tough part of quitting for people, there will suddenly be noticeable holes in their daily routine that they trip over every day, they will notice that something is missing and it's not really the nicotine, that goes away completely after a couple of days.

Functional alcoholism is very similar. There are people that wakes up in the morning, goes to work, gets home and gets blasted every evening, then wakes up, goes to work and repeats the process. When they quit drinking, if they white knuckle it, what do they do with that time in the evenings? They don't know. When they go to sleep, how do they fall asleep? They don't know. Every day there is a big hole that they don't know what to do with, so they think of the thing that normally fills that time slot: booze.

It's the routine that needs to be changed and that's hard. At its core it is a similar feeling to if your dog dies. You walk the dog first thing in the morning, but now it is no longer there, so what do you do when you wake up? The change in the routine is very noticeable at certain parts of the day.

There was a study with results that baffled the medical community once. Many soldiers in the vietnam war that used heroin mysteriously kicked the habit on the plane ride back to the US, the place where they had a wife, kids, a completely different life and a completely different routine/schedule. In that setting it just wasn't part of their life.

As a smoker, I can back this up. Nicotine isn't addictive at all to my experience, shit goes out too fast. The fucking habit though.. Been at it for many years now. If I don't smoke I literally have nothing to do when I take a break from my work. Get a cup of coffee? Now what, am I supposed to drink this shit? Fuck you, give me a smoke. Literally, the only reason I'm still smoking, as I would love to quit for my physical health as well as financial reasons (Smoking is way too expensive here). Muscle memory is a horrifying thing.

So my question:
Why does the UK still exist?

 

[Tookie]

Why does the UK still exist?

The Scots panicked at the last minute about switching currencies and the Irish didn't finish the fight.

 

[PL 001]

Nictotine isn't addictive at all to my experience,

Consider yourself lucky then. I go more than three days without my nic fix and I start climbing the walls. People are strange that way. I can handle my alcohol much better than others I know.

On topic though, why do some people freak the fuck out if they get offered Pepsi instead of Coke when eating out? Is there really that big a taste difference that they can't just deal with it for one meal, or is it some sort of autistic Chris Chan level of brand loyalty?

 

[Smaug's Smokey Hole]

Consider yourself lucky then. I go more than three days without my nic fix and I start climbing the walls. People are strange that way. I can handle my alcohol much better than others I know.

On topic though, why do some people freak the fuck out if they get offered Pepsi instead of Coke when eating out? Is there really that big a taste difference that they can't just deal with it for one meal, or is it some sort of autistic Chris Chan level of brand loyalty?

The power of nicotine is largely mental. Allen Carr has reportedly a great track record with his method for quitting and a money back guarantee. Sounds like a huckster but I've met a couple of people who said it worked for them.

What isn't mental is the difference between coke and pepsi. I rarely drink soda so when I order a coke and get a pepsi it bums me out, I could have ordered water.

I don't understand visual novels or the appeal of them. Have I got it all wrong and people only like them ironically?

 

[PT 522]

What does it mean if you look at a beautiful sunset and feel nothing?

 

[Sīn the Moon Daddy]

Have we ever figured out why MtF transgenders always have a knife collection? Or why a "woman" would have so many weapons in the first place, considering even big strong actual women are still less violent than even little twerpy men.

 

[Quantum Diabetes]

Why isn't there a rapper named li'l doo-doo?

You'd think Huggies or "pbbbbbbbt-splat" brand diapers would have tried to appeal to hiphop parents with a cgi cool ass turdler that raps and shits in his fashionable nonrecycable pullups. He could have lean in his baby bottle.

 

[Tragi-Chan]

Nicotine addiction is nothing, really, it's the habit that is tough. It's similar to some forms of alcoholism in that way.
If you grab a cup of coffee and go outside to smoke during the breaks at work, every day, what do you do with that break if you decide to stop smoking? Will you still go outside? If you go outside what do you do, just stand there stare? Now you are thinking of smoking, if you would smoke you know what to do with that time.
That's the tough part of quitting for people, there will suddenly be noticeable holes in their daily routine that they trip over every day, they will notice that something is missing and it's not really the nicotine, that goes away completely after a couple of days.

Functional alcoholism is very similar. There are people that wakes up in the morning, goes to work, gets home and gets blasted every evening, then wakes up, goes to work and repeats the process. When they quit drinking, if they white knuckle it, what do they do with that time in the evenings? They don't know. When they go to sleep, how do they fall asleep? They don't know. Every day there is a big hole that they don't know what to do with, so they think of the thing that normally fills that time slot: booze.

It's the routine that needs to be changed and that's hard. At its core it is a similar feeling to if your dog dies. You walk the dog first thing in the morning, but now it is no longer there, so what do you do when you wake up? The change in the routine is very noticeable at certain parts of the day.

There was a study with results that baffled the medical community once. Many soldiers in the vietnam war that used heroin mysteriously kicked the habit on the plane ride back to the US, the place where they had a wife, kids, a completely different life and a completely different routine/schedule. In that setting it just wasn't part of their life.

A friend of mine went travelling for a month, came back and found she didn’t want to smoke any more. She wasn’t trying to quit, it was just that the break in routine broke the habit. She still doesn’t smoke.

 

[Mr. Bung]

"Bug eaters" is a word used to describe soy boys/bug men, yes? Is it because they're uber liberals who want to get rid of beef cause climate change and just have everyone eat bugs instead? That I can understand. Other than that there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with exploring insects as an alternative source of protein. The word is ALTERNATIVE, keep your fucking hands off our beef!

 

[Crankenstein]

"Bug eaters" is a word used to describe soy boys/bug men, yes? Is it because they're uber liberals who want to get rid of beef cause climate change and just have everyone eat bugs instead? That I can understand. Other than that there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with exploring insects as an alternative source of protein. The word is ALTERNATIVE, keep your fucking hands off our beef!

I think it's the beef removal thing as well as how some folks call asians bugs due to their hive-mind mentality. The queens scents are saying attack portland, must obey!

 

[Mr. Skeltal]

A friend of mine went travelling for a month, came back and found she didn’t want to smoke any more. She wasn’t trying to quit, it was just that the break in routine broke the habit. She still doesn’t smoke.

I (mostly) quit smoking at the beginning of the pandemic because of a routine disruption (smoking during my commute and on breaks; no work = no opportunity to smoke). The fact that covid is a respiratory infection also influenced me quitting, but I think the biggest hurdle to overcome was the routine change.

I still do smoke the occasional cigarette to be social or as a stress relief tool but it's down to one cigarette every two or three months.


More on topic, why is everything so lame these days? What the youngsters like is cringe at best, to use their parlance.

 

[OvercookedBacon]

Why does it seem like music has taken a major nose dive around 2000 or so?