His hinge to reality is dangling by a thread
Awesome thanks dude
I use brave on my Ubuntu machine just cause itâs way faster than Firefox. Donât like the BAT component but I am not signed up for anything, nor do I have an account with Gemini, etc.
Any suggestions on a faster browser for Linux?
When I was in high school I was a pretty good wide receiver. Had a great Jr year and got some all state recognition as well as some eyes from some smaller colleges. So expectations were pretty high for my senior year. Anyway, was off to a decent start to my Sr year, we had won 2 or 3 in a row and I had put up some decent numbers but still hadnât really had a breakout game. We were ranked in the top 10 and the team we were playing for our next game was in the top 10 as well.
At the time I was dating this chick I had been crushing on for quite a while. She had just broken up with her long time boyfriend so I was trying to move right in. I really had some feelings for her, so it really was fucking me up in the head the week before this game because I had heard she was still getting with her ex even though we were getting together. Kid shit, I see that now, but at the time it was really messing with me. In summary, my headspace was not right going into this big game.
Then 9/11 happened and that was a total mind-fuck. I happened to watch it live on TV before I went to school in the morning and kind of brushed it off. My dumbass thought it was like the anniversary of OKC bombing or the first time the towers were bombed. I think in the back of my head I knew it was bad but it didnât really hit to me till I was in my first hour and the teacher was like 15 min late to class and I am just sitting there with these dudes in my class who were arguing. It was this crew of, I guess you might say goth kids, though they werenât really goth. They were more metal. They got me into NIN and At the Drive-in. Anyway, not the point.
One of the kids looks at the other and says, âAmerica was attacked you dumbfuckâ. My math teacher walks in at this time, and he is looking pretty somber. He looks at us and says, âpretty much.â
The only other time I had heard that phrase used was in History when Mr. Potter was talking about Pearl Harbor. Which kicked off WW2. So right at that moment, I thought, âfuck, Iâm going to get draftedâ. My buddies and I spent the rest of the school day in the auditorium.
Now 9/11 happened on Tuesday of the week of our big game. So all week at practice all of us seniors have thoughts of military service running through the back of our heads but we never really talked about it. I speculate that some thought they would be heroes, but meâŠI thought I would be cannon fodder for sure.
On top of this, my girlfriend is banging her ex. The funny thing is that, looking back I think that was bugging me more than the possibility of being cannon fodder. Kid shit.
Friday night came and as I am standing on the sideline while the opposition school does a genuine and moving patriotic display of solidarity for country- those displays that would become so fucking over the top and annoying over the next 5-10 years- I look in the stands and my girlfriend isnât at the game with her friends. Turns out she wasnât able to make it after all.
Needless to say I played like absolute shit, dropping 2-3 routine passes and just generally not having my head in the game. We go to halftime down big and in the locker room at half my coach is just livid and he looks at me and says âAll-state receiver my ass!â.
I think I had a better second half. I know we lost the game. But the point is that none of any of this shit mattered at all.
I never got drafted. I didnât play football after high school. I dated that girl for like 3 years and we broke up in college.
And you know what, itâs all good.
If addiction is defined as:
noun
1.Physiological or psychological dependence, as on a substance.
2.An instance of this.
3.The condition of being habitually occupied with or involved in something.
Then it could be said that addiction has driven the human experience from our days of dwelling in caves and onward.
UhhâŠwhat? 
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IDK I love it. The hype is real and good for #CFB, as well as the #PAC12 (RIP)
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I am totally biased about this. Iâve hated CU for years. But come on, Khawi Leonard was on the Buffs sideline and he doesnât even go to his own games.
Crazy how much national attention my Rammies have gotten after the game last night. Even crazier is how much national attention that POS school in Boulder is getting because of the clown show.
Why they gotta do my boy Lou like that? 
