Mr Vance, have you said 'Thank You?' even once, for the personal spiritual guidance afforded to you by the Holy Pontiff?
sp3ctr4l
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Well that is both terrifying and also impressive.
I am only hesitant to agree because:
1: I have terrible social anxiety (yay autism and trauma)
2: I assume, at least, some of them are competent people... at... at least something.
That being said, I also cannot think of a single one who falls into category 2.
Hrmm.
... I want to hear this story of 'that one time I got chased by a massive iguana.'
But I don't get or really understand the squeamish reaction to... any of those things you just mentioned.
Like, I know they are common in other people, but none of that ever made any sense to me, seems like irrational phobias.
I grew up in the WA PNW with a lot of outdoor and wild life activities... basically in an exurb bordering the boonies on one side , farmland north and south, fucking swamp/estuary on the other with a highway bridge going over it into a bigger town.
Any time I went anywhere new, some new biome... I would just learn about the local wildlife first, learn what is harmless, mostly harmless, and the few things that are actually dangerous.
Far more often it was the case that various damned plants with either barbs or some kind of skin irritant would be the main concern... or just mosquitoes, or sand fleas and mites... don't try to pick up a dead, decaying jellyish...
I used to just play with newts and garter snakes, caught and released different bugs for fun.
Only snake I've ever been 'squeamish' around was a goddamned actual Northwestern Rattler, which I happened to get tooooo close to by accident once, out on the eastern side of the Cascades.
By too close, I mean, I am trudging through shrubland on a hike on a friend's property, and suddenly, from somewhere, yep, can't see it, but I can definitelt hear a persistent rattle, time to freeze, figure out where it is by ear, and back away very, very slowly, hike is done for the day lol.
On a similar wavelength:
This is why you generally don't just stomp the shit out of any indoor spider you see ... unless you very specifically live in an area where there are actually human-dangerous spiders.
https://www.thespruce.com/why-spiders-are-good-8690795
Unless you live way out in the boonies, or you really have not been in your basement or attic in a while...
(and lets be real, we're almost all urban renters now, nobody has a basement or attic rofl)
... chances are, any spider you see indoors is actually only really capable of living in or very near a warm building, and when/if you do see them, it is hunting actual pest insects, and is just shy of totally harmless to you as a human.
Just learn what black widows and brown recluses look like, and if it isn't one o' those, you're fine.
Yeah, once upon a time, a lot of young men were highly motivated to either prove themselves as men, get away from shitty home situations, and/or personally put a stop to the Nazi scourge...
... how did Patton put it?
"We're not just going to shoot the bastards, we're going to rip out their living goddamned guts and use them to grease the treads of our tanks.
We're going to murder those lousy Hun cocksuckers by the bushel-fucking-basket."
... And that is of course to say nothing of the British, French, Russians, etc, who all either faced invasion and aerial bombardment, or literally were invaded an occupied by a murderous, rascist, mechanized death cult.
Not trying to sound like a jingoistic military enthusiast here, war is the worst hell that man has ever invented and perpetuated... but the fact is that some things are worth fighting for, some threats will not retreat or rescind against anything other than the use of coordinated violence in self-defense.
A fascist is nothing but a bully and a liar, who will stop at nothing to satisfy their own ego.
As the Brits would say...
Courage!!
At risk of shameless self promotion:
I added the BF 1942 intro theme into it after seeing it last night.
... The timing lines up surprisingly well, imo, at least for the duration of the original vid.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=71UuMMsydHA
(Also I have no idea how video editing works, taught myself Shotcut last night rofl)
Sorry, due to 'gestures vaguely' whatever, they're expired, moldy Feastables, brought to you By Mr Beast Burger
Fortunately, I just recieved a bag of magic beans from the local apothecary to help me with with restful sleep!
... hdroxyzine beans ... funny name, I wonder what realm they are from...
EDIT:
Also, to everyone in this comment thread freaking the hell out... this is a joke meme.
The original top half of this is from a Buzzfeed video from a decade ago, featuring gameplay of ... well, some Grand Theft Auto game, beating up strippers.
It has since been a meme template for a decade.
The original video didn't even mention fantasy games as a genre or anything.
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/video-games-appeal-to-the-male-fantasy
In fact you'll now probably find a whole, whole lot of LGBTQ+ people, as well as cis/het people, agreeing that Baldurs Gate 3 is actually pretty awesome.
Oh no I don't find that idiotic, that is very annoying, literally anywhere, between any two countries.
I guess the workaround is to plan ahead and do your currency exchanges before hand, but at least in the US, if you do that in cash, well now you're a drug smuggler or something if you're brown and/or not in the best mood.
I mean, everybody just has the ability to open up bank account debit/credit cards in multiple currencies, right?
Your bank doesn't do currency exchange?
Not my problem, pleb, stay in your geographically confined area with a particular force of monopolized violence.
It doesn't matter beyond the FOMO.
Chances are, no one will remember or care in a decade.
Assuming you are USAmerican?
Unfortunately, chances are also just a bit better than a coin flip you'll be able to find a decent job anyway, so, it also doesn't matter in that sense.
41% of recent grads are underemployed, 6% are unemployed, you thus have a 53% chance of finding a job that utilizes your degree.
... Assuming the economy does not get worse.
... Which it will.
Sorry man, happened to me as well. I graduated right out into the Great Recession... and now we're looking at a 2nd Great Depression.
Good luck.
... No.
The answer to your question is 'no', lol.