Random Thought Thread

madcap_magician said:
I think strip clubs and casinos are depressing for the exact same reason and won't patronize either.
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same- drop me off in the forest, that's about all I can handle these days lol.
all that said, I am planning on heading to NC for the CPK get together and expect there to be lots of gambling and drunk, naked people milling about. Or perhaps just Tanto, which is certainly more than enough of that kind of thing.
 
carnifex knifeworks said:
Sheesh

I didn't even realize it was Friday. Sleep schedule is all sorts of crazy with the baby now
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Don’t worry. I can tell you from experience that your sleep schedule should improve in about 20 years. If your child came with a how to booklet, or you’re naturally a stellar parent that’ll raise a great human being you can reduce that number to 16-18 years- unless you’re the type that worries.
Good, you’re not the type that worries, that’s an excellent trait for a parent. Too bad that you just brought the most important thing that’ll ever touch this planet into existence, because you’ve just become the type that worries. That’s okay though, it means that you’ll plan, scheme, nurture, and provide for this living miracle for all the days of your life- there is one downside though, that thing that you call a sleep schedule is nothing but a memory of great days of rolling over on a Saturday morning and going back to sleep, and like that Saturday, it’s gone.
You don’t need as much sleep as you’d think and the lack of sleep will actually bring clarity to other parts in your life. You probably thought that walking into a room, then back out, mumbling something incoherently, then walking back into a room was a sign of old age, like constantly forgetting what you walked into that room 7 times for was, and just standing in place for a moment totally lost, or dropping stuff so often that the constant bending over gives you a bad back, a back pain so bad that you actually go to the Dr ( like old people do ) who will suggest that you buy a pair of New Balance shoes that have a strangely orthopedic look to them. Once you slip into those NB shoes you’ll understand so much more about the dads that came before you, maybe your old man, or your uncles, the lost guy at the mall, even the group of guys that never met before they were all sitting outside of a store at the mall waiting for their Wives and children discussing fox body mustangs to kill the time and try to stay awake through the tremendous sleep deprivation. You’ll realize then that those guys were just sleep deprived dads and that understanding means that you’ve also reached the state of fatherly nirvana.
I’m happy to extend an early welcome to you.
FYI The new balance 680’s still look somewhat athletic
 
clinton1 said:
I thought that was for jellyfish stings amd to play a funny prank on you friend in the next bathroom stall?!?! 😁
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Buddy got me with that one in high school, but I was quick to react and the old leather Nike was unscathed. About 2 weeks later I was standing in the stall and he was at the urinal next to it, I hadn’t forgotten the betrayal. Unfortunately for him, he was wearing a canvas boat shoe, similar to the Hey Dudes that everybody is wearing these days, and his reflexes weren’t as fast. I soaked him, he was walking around in a squishy piss shoe all day. Never pranked me again.
 
carnifex knifeworks said:
Sheesh

I didn't even realize it was Friday. Sleep schedule is all sorts of crazy with the baby now
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Sleep as you once knew it is over, it’s overrated anyways. The only semblance of a somewhat normal day/night as you once remembered it will be you getting out of the house to go work.

Enjoy the ride my friend, there’s nothing more satisfying than bringing a new little life into your world 👍❤️
 
"Do y'all remember, before the internet, that people thought the cause of stupidity was the lack of access to information? Yeah. It wasn't that."


Unfettered access to the internet is harmful to children.

I think this is pretty well understood by most people now, but it was not obvious common knowledge, at least to me, when my kids were in middle school.

I don't think it affected my boy too bad, but in retrospect I do think access to things like TikTok were not good for my daughter at that age and in retrospect I wish I hadn't given her a smartphone.


Kids are gullible and you have to be careful about what kind of bullshit is being put in their heads. When we were kids, our access to the outside world was through TV and you had role models like Mr T. It's the wild West out there now and it's not a healthy place for easily influenced gullible people and children.

The internet has given everybody a voice. That seemed like a good thing at first. But that crazy homeless guy on the corner yelling that tomorrow is the end of the world, birds aren't real, the Earth is hollow (and also flat) and there are lizard people living down there, gender is a human construct, the elections are rigged, NASA controls the weather, vaccines cause autism, god hates fags, magenta is a real color - that guy has a voice now. And you don't want him talking to your kids.

So a word of warning to any parents of young kids: limit their access to the internet. They are gullible and will believe anything. And once a belief has a hold of you, it's difficult to shake it.
 
Couldn't agree more Nathan!

Unfortunately the internet (especially social media) is also the perfect echo chamber for many adults who thrive on confirmation bias. As a result, it's alot more challenging to have a civilised discussion/debate with others who have different opinions or beliefs.

As a knife enthusiast, Blade Forums is my echo chamber of choice 😝
 
An observation, leading to a "random thought" . . .

17 out of 20 ads currently posted on the 1st page of the automatics for sale placed by individuals on the BF Exchange are to sell Microtech autos . . .

Makes me wonder why so many people here want to sell their Micrtotech autos but not others. 🤔

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PS: FWIW, I own 3 Microtech autos --- a Halo V, LUDT & Stitch -- and I do not plan to sell any of them.

Then again, I don't plan to buy any more Microtech autos either. 🤷‍♂️
 
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