stupid first world problems you're dealing with

I should have a "stupid first worlder problems in third world" thread..

I'm in a quite shady inn in Gaborone, Botswana. The room is pretty dimly lit to begin with, the light bulbs are just very low power. The view from window is a concrete wall about 1m away so very little sunlight can get in. The electricity and the internet connection goes on and off. So I'm almost in the dark some of the time. There's some industrial machine that makes shit ton of hissing noise outside and something that sounds like a giant clock ticking. I'm also taking mefloquine as malaria prevention which causes me to have weird dreams occasionally, particularly just after the weekly dose. This all combines to a very David Lynch like atmosphere. Like I'm in Eraserhead or some shit.

Well, at least I haven't seen any giant spiders here yet.

Edit: but cheap and decent location mind you (except that there are drunkards and hanging out just outside all day)

  On 9/10/2018 at 8:41 PM, chenGOD said:

My current fwp: At work, but really want to rub one out.

not sure what the problem is here. Getting paid to cum is even better than getting paid to shit.

fwp: The girl I'm currently seeing (and actually like, as opposed to my year of OKC thots) is a bit of a woke/sjw type and she keeps trying to get me to come to things which will invoke all of my contrarian arseholio-ness.

Last month she suggested a play which was about the calais refugee camp. Today she was like "you like Design right?" and sent me a link to some 'Design Biennale'. First thing I read after clicking was:

'it will explore big questions and ideas about sustainability, migration, pollution, energy, cities, and social equality.'

I dunno, I guess I might be a cunt for feeling aggressively uninterested in this, but I also feel like saying "could we go do something 'cultural' that doesn't involve your white guilt refugee circlejerk stuff"

I keep getting earwax build up in my ears, alternating between left and right. The problem it it's kind of hard and clumps together. At the moment it's in my right... i can kind of pop it off my eardrum so i can hear, but i keep waking up and it's blocking my eardrum.

Like, I literally have to do a mineral wax [edit: oil] treatment to soften it and then go to the nurses clinic to have them try to wash it out. Done this twice this year already, about to have to do my right ear for the second time.

This shit never happened in my 20's.

35 yr-old FWP FTW.

  On 9/11/2018 at 8:40 PM, hello spiral said:

 

  On 9/10/2018 at 8:41 PM, chenGOD said:

My current fwp: At work, but really want to rub one out.

 

not sure what the problem is here. Getting paid to cum is even better than getting paid to shit.

 

fwp: The girl I'm currently seeing (and actually like, as opposed to my year of OKC thots) is a bit of a woke/sjw type and she keeps trying to get me to come to things which will invoke all of my contrarian arseholio-ness.

 

Last month she suggested a play which was about the calais refugee camp. Today she was like "you like Design right?" and sent me a link to some 'Design Biennale'. First thing I read after clicking was:

 

'it will explore big questions and ideas about sustainability, migration, pollution, energy, cities, and social equality.'

 

I dunno, I guess I might be a cunt for feeling aggressively uninterested in this, but I also feel like saying "could we go do something 'cultural' that doesn't involve your white guilt refugee circlejerk stuff"

 

Tried dating one of these ladies. We lasted 6 months. Firecracker in the sack, free spirited in a wicked way, loaded parents (lots of free food and vacations), beautiful westcoast hippy chick... But GOD DAMN - She was a drag to listen to/be around. Every acid trip turned into some lecture about humans fucking the world. It was exhausting because she herself wasted tons of things, participated in fucked systems... her damn dad was an upper up and Lockheed Martin FFS and funded her whole existence. 

Yours doesn't sound quite that bad, but you're obvz not compatible with this lady on a personal level. It's like dating a christian person, I personally can't do it. Call me shallow, but I think you agree. 

(btw, I thought you typed 'cialis refugee camp' and thought of the reality in which a boner-pill brand would be supporting a load of refugees and doping them up to 3/4 mast all the time... then I read it again and it got more sad) 

  On 9/11/2018 at 9:21 PM, eczem said:

I keep getting earwax build up in my ears, alternating between left and right. The problem it it's kind of hard and clumps together. At the moment it's in my right... i can kind of pop it off my eardrum so i can hear, but i keep waking up and it's blocking my eardrum.

 

Like, I literally have to do a mineral wax treatment to soften it and then go to the nurses clinic to have them try to wash it out. Done this twice this year already, about to have to do my right ear for the second time.

 

This shit never happened in my 20's.

 

35 yr-old FWP FTW.

From a friends advice - a few drops of oil is pretty effective for this or a 1:1 H2O2:H2O rinse

  On 9/11/2018 at 9:34 PM, Audioblysk said:

 

  On 9/11/2018 at 8:40 PM, hello spiral said:

 

  On 9/10/2018 at 8:41 PM, chenGOD said:

My current fwp: At work, but really want to rub one out.

 

not sure what the problem is here. Getting paid to cum is even better than getting paid to shit.

 

fwp: The girl I'm currently seeing (and actually like, as opposed to my year of OKC thots) is a bit of a woke/sjw type and she keeps trying to get me to come to things which will invoke all of my contrarian arseholio-ness.

 

Last month she suggested a play which was about the calais refugee camp. Today she was like "you like Design right?" and sent me a link to some 'Design Biennale'. First thing I read after clicking was:

 

'it will explore big questions and ideas about sustainability, migration, pollution, energy, cities, and social equality.'

 

I dunno, I guess I might be a cunt for feeling aggressively uninterested in this, but I also feel like saying "could we go do something 'cultural' that doesn't involve your white guilt refugee circlejerk stuff"

 

Tried dating one of these ladies. We lasted 6 months. Firecracker in the sack, free spirited in a wicked way, loaded parents (lots of free food and vacations), beautiful westcoast hippy chick... But GOD DAMN - She was a drag to listen to/be around. Every acid trip turned into some lecture about humans fucking the world. It was exhausting because she herself wasted tons of things, participated in fucked systems... her damn dad was an upper up and Lockheed Martin FFS and funded her whole existence. 

 

Yours doesn't sound quite that bad, but you're obvz not compatible with this lady on a personal level. It's like dating a christian person, I personally can't do it. Call me shallow, but I think you agree. 

 

(btw, I thought you typed 'cialis refugee camp' and thought of the reality in which a boner-pill brand would be supporting a load of refugees and doping them up to 3/4 mast all the time... then I read it again and it got more sad) 

Nah this is a very minor thing tbh, hence the fwp posting. Also she's young and I am aware this is a peer group thing. 

We're pretty compatible on a personal level, she's a total dork that also loves a piss take/wind up. I can get away with saying heinously offensive things around her (i r o n i c a l l y of course)

and the main saving grace is she can handle having her views challenged. Even by a misanthropic and contrarian curmudgeon like me.

And yeah, jfc, she's like a feral animal in the bedroom. I've never had bruises before...

i ate two egg mcmuffins before work today and i had incredibly bad room clearing eggy farts, luckily i work alone.

  On 9/13/2018 at 6:07 AM, yek said:

i ate two egg mcmuffins before work today and i had incredibly bad room clearing eggy farts, luckily i work alone.

no witnesses? whenever i have farts like that i think about my friends or brothers. "this one's for you homie!"

  On 9/13/2018 at 6:10 AM, ignatius said:

 

  On 9/13/2018 at 6:07 AM, yek said:

i ate two egg mcmuffins before work today and i had incredibly bad room clearing eggy farts, luckily i work alone.

 

 

no witnesses? whenever i have farts like that i think about my friends or brothers. "this one's for you homie!"

 

there could have been witnesses   

Turns out my order of the newest Ae merch was one size too small. Sonofabitch.

No way am I sending it back for a refund though. Gonna continue to hit the gym til it's no longer snug. Might take another 3 or 4 months, but as long as I stay committed I'll get there.

I found not buying baggy clothes really helps for keeping weight off. The moment you struggle to do your button up you know you've fucked up

  On 9/14/2018 at 11:10 AM, messiaen said:

I found not buying baggy clothes really helps for keeping weight off. The moment you struggle to do your button up you know you've fucked up

TBH I dropped one whole kecks size since April, and now I have two pairs that feel baggier than they did a year ago. I figure being able to fit comfortably in the new Ae shirt is a reasonable and realistic goal.

  On 9/14/2018 at 11:10 AM, messiaen said:

I found not buying baggy clothes really helps for keeping weight off. The moment you struggle to do your button up you know you've fucked up

This is a good strategy and has worked for me since I was like 25. So now you all know I've been wearing the same clothes since I was 25.

  On 9/14/2018 at 11:10 AM, messiaen said:

I found not buying baggy clothes really helps for keeping weight off. The moment you struggle to do your button up you know you've fucked up

yeah there's a tight black shirt that I haven't worn in a while now that makes me feel bad

Stuck in a fixed post all day at work. Just me and a 60yr old rastafarian/jewish crazy guy work colleague that never stops talking. Gonna type out what he's saying right now:

"That guy turn around and say 'ikey do this, ikey do that, he a gangster' them people outside they donno raas what they doin u know. An they make me look like we ain't kno wha we doin. cain't put nuttin away inside here. goddamercy. Me donno why people don use they brain man. You jus gotta wait for the door to open, god. Yes bless, these people are someone else man, I dunno who you be. Like I was saying to dem the other day on the radio, it's time we break up this colonialism, change the name of the streets from the colonial masters. Don't matter if u a street sweeper, change the name of the streets to people that deserve it. For 28 years people say 'ikey always share his opinion' but is TRUE. Spread some light on the place, spread some new light. Take off all them shit, you know?"

It just goes on and on like that he never stops, until he falls asleep mid sentence.

the trick to dealing with it is to get as high as that man.

I wish. I just keep up a steady stream of "yeah........mm.......uhuh...........yup" and occasionally repeat the last thing he said in the form of a question to give the illusion I'm paying attention.

Here's some more:

"...the border between russia and syria and donald trump frightened becuz they got some serious fiah powah, got submarines. I like to see somebody stand up the the americans yeah know? It show them they don't have it all they own way, better that way, ya know? It's good when they don't have it all they own way mon, america is too corrupt. the noose tightening on donald trump, he a liar man, he too racist. Once america was bad, even Obama time the racism was bad, but after trump the racism come out the box in a wiked way man, come out the box in a dangerous way, come out the box like a wiley fox man. Boy this racism ting ain't playin boy. This racism jump out the box BIG TIME, in america man it go OUT THERE. Racism is a bad ting mon. *laughs* it's not a good ting mon. I tell you something when you screw it up that way....it ain't stay in america ya know it spread all over the world, it a global phenomenon. In St Kitts the chinese they be taking over, getting they loans in the bank and taking over the country, They come in and then they own you country. They come in Jamaica jus now, and now they make you pay a toll to drive in the road, chinese getting rich off they Carribeans..."

Update, now he's talking about the time he shot a man in the knee with a speargun in St Kitts. As I typed that he's moved on to some conspiracy theory about underground rivers and salt water rising?

lol

wiley fox man, lol.

Those are some prime ramble excerpts.  Any time I'm around someone like that for more than 10 minutes I start to feel like I'm going crazy.  Something about having someone else's thought monologue forced into my own thoughts.  I'm not good at tuning people out.

FWP: scalded my upper lip with burrito innards, creating a blister that looks like a cold sore.  

Slept on my neck weird and can't look left now 

lol @ rasta alex jones

I asked a guy at work a couple very concise questions about how to fill a form and he kept talking and talking. For example the form asked for the date I earned my citizenship which I assumed is my birth date but I asked just to be sure and he went on about how theres a law that determines at what moment exactly are you born and how he knows this cause his gf is a lawyer, and on and on... as if I'm asking to make conversation or cause I was curious, it was a yes or no question I just have to fill this stupid form ffs

  On 9/16/2018 at 2:25 AM, Zephyr_Nova said:

Those are some prime ramble excerpts. Any time I'm around someone like that for more than 10 minutes I start to feel like I'm going crazy. Something about having someone else's thought monologue forced into my own thoughts. I'm not good at tuning people out.

 

FWP: scalded my upper lip with burrito innards, creating a blister that looks like a cold sore.

Cold sores are the new hickeys

Having to liason a late-night ball at the hotel tonight til 2am... it's essentially getting paid to do nothing, however I'm fighting off a wicked cold so I'd rather be at home in bed.

Also, I left my wallet at home and I'm parked in the hotel ramp... FFS