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I have this theory that, at least for men, the single most important factor in health is NOT GIVING A SHIT what anyone else thinks of you and doing what you want, more or less.

I don’t have any science to back this up, just the anecdotal example of my dad and my uncle. My dad, a nervous wreck, died at 72. Worried about money, other people’s opinions, his kids, the environment, political bullshit, oppressed peoples, etc. died at 72.

Then there’s his brother, smoked cigars and drank just like my dad, but is a total opinionated pushy, in your face, sonofa And id continue with some curse words here but im too polite(though he has admittedly mellowed a bit, but not all that much.) he’s 90 and still ticking. I’m way more like my dad, though maybe not quite as wound up… maybe I’ll make it to 74.

I think location in itself won’t help you, in that you take your personality with you where you go, but maybe what my dad needed was a complete breakdown and removal to an entirely new locale and mindset. It’s not about taxes, it’s about giving a shit about taxes. If taxes and gov are driving you nuts, then you have to leave, not because of the actual situation, which is at the end of the day numbers in the internet serving as iou’s against your future consumption, but because it’s eating away at you, making you crazy, grinding down your teeth at night, making your arteries hard with rage and fear.

My uncles 90, still smoking cigars, still drinking, still thinks he’s right about everything. Doesn’t appear to worry about anything, still paying high ca taxes, still living like a prince.

The world and everyone wants to take a little bit out of you every day. I think id prefer to be my uncle than my dad. My every instinct though is to accommodate, to supplicate, to beg, to passively manipulate, to be overly intellectual, to be fearful, to be worried about worst possible outcomes.

Ugh.

When I say I want to get the hell out of here, I think what I mean by “here” is pretty much all the major features of my personality. Im not sure if moving will help. But a radical change of place might help.

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id be fine paying taxes to live somewhere more cool.

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reasons to stay:

great interest rate
not haunted
no cockroaches
used to it.
stuff is here
near kids
temecula values will go up imo
safe

reasons to go

sick of it all
take cash and buy a cheap place outright and work less
temecula is ridiculous and bad for bicycles
is this reallly where i will die???

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[quote=The-Shoveler]No matter where you go, there you are.

LOL but if I had to pick a place to move to, I think it would be in Florida.[/quote]

i need to stay one step ahead of myself.

the reality is im trapped at least in my own mind, my own speadsheets and my own risk tolerance. its that trapped feeling that makes escape feel so urgent.

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2.5 acres of weeds.

house is way too big.

remodeling.

fuck it i just want a little condo in albuquerque. i guess this is what happens to old people

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/300-Tijeras-Ave-NE-APT-106-Albuquerque-NM-87102/71841534_zpid/

converted school or something. i could pay cash. work pt no more weedwhacking.

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funny!!!

I Ccan relate.

i just finished reading A PHILOSOPHY OF DISCOMFORT by jacques pezeu- masabuau. i only understood about 1/5 of it but hes got some good similar but way less funny pokes at environmentalists.

i am ridiculous. i see thst.

i think the takeaway from the boom was that our particular discomforts are our culture. the takeaway from the comedy clip was similar

welp headin off to yoga class.

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[quote=FlyerInHi]You’re so wise scaredy. Soap actually has degreaser as well as oil in addition to perfume. Seems odd or remove natural oils and add back artificial.

The light bulb went on with me years ago. I used to wash my face with soap and that would dry my skin. Now I just wash with water and my skin is just healthy, bright and beautiful.

I still think it’s easier to quick rinse a couple times a day like you would if you lived in a tropical country. Cold water works too if you like. Cloth scrubbing is a lot of work and it’s abrasive. Why do you need all the abrasion?

Excellent point about washing ass, pussy, crotch. My mom taught me well. So many people just don’t wash down there.[/quote]

i think abrasion is good. like a’loofah. remove dead skin

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this is all very new to me. 6 months. i am guilty of decades of underwashing my butthole

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[quote=svelte]Yeah.

I had a hippy chick gf once. Very beautiful, very fun. But she never showered. We didn’t last long. I’ve got my limits.

Not saying you have an odor issue, but she sure did.[/quote]

Im not saying don’t clean. Im saying no showers or soap. If you think about it, there’s nothing magical about a shower. Really rubbing yourself with a wet clean cloth is going to get a lot of gunk off. Your ass is going to be just as clean rubbing it with wet towels as letting it get scalded with hot water ina shower, probably cleaner. Soap is nothing but perfume, dirt is easily removed with damp towels.
I want to know what this hippy chicks cleaning routine was? I doubt very much she rubbed her crotch vigorously with clean towels.

Sniff your arm. Your leg. Does that smell? No. it’s your ass your crotch and your pits that stink. Try an experiment of scrubbing these three areas in the morning and evening with just water and towel and see what happens for one day. I think you will be pleasantly surprised.

If only we could go back in time and towel down that hippy chick. Who knows where youd be today. Perhaps on a commune, milking goats, with sweet smelling hippie grandkids…
The other thing to consider and now this is going to get a little gross, is that everyone should have a roll of paper towels and a cup for water to wet scrub their ass with disposable towels. It’s a grim reality that we are overshowered yet our asses are undercleaned. We laugh at the euro bidet, but in reality, we have only the thin veneer of the appearance of soapy perfumed cleanliness. W e are no better than those medieval people who bathed once a year and sprinkled scent on themselves. They had no access to a supple of clean towels made in china off amazon, and im sure cloth in general sold at a premium.

We live in a golden age of cheap washcloths!

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soap is not sexy. soap dries and destroys.

old people become dry flaky and gross.

oily is sexy.

soap is death

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long showers harm your skin biome. youre only harming yourself.

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when the president calls for investogation of comedy shows is it really that deranged to be alarmed?

however if trump suddenly died of natural causes there would be mass spontaneous exuberant street celebrations. hell trump death day would probably be a holiday 4 years to come. i dare say that would be a’1st in us history, celebrating death from old age and obesity, and perhaps a sign of TDS.

i admit i would raise a glass and smile to think of some big chunk of the old
turds arterial system breaking off and lodging in his heart. so calming to think of his final gasps andthe autopsy report blaming mcdonalds. the fact that he continues to live and breathe and eat junk food is proof we are alone and unwatched in this cold random universe for any G-d involved in justice wouldve acted.

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always be prepared to bite a large chunk of another humans flesh off.

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[quote=zk]Not being snarky; serious question:

How do you know you smell better (or good or okay)?

Girl I heard talking once: “Guys who don’t shower for a day and then put on cologne think that covers it up and that they don’t smell. It’s disgusting.

Dude I knew about skipping showers: “I just put on cologne. No girl has ever complained.”

Me to him: “Yeah, but you’re not exactly Casanova over here. Maybe that’s got something to do with it. Maybe they don’t complain, they just don’t stick with you.”

I also worked with a guy who would sometimes come in for days in a row just stinking of old sweat. Everybody hated it, but nobody said anything. I said to his best friend, “hey, you’d be doing him – and us – a favor by telling him.” No dice. He wouldn’t do it. His best friend!

Point being, you can’t really smell yourself, and most people aren’t going to tell you that you stink.

I’m not saying you stink. I’m just asking if you’re sure that you don’t.[/quote]

my wife is very direct.
i cant smell anything.
she smells everything.
she said i smell better.
of course that doesnt mean i smell good….but…better than before…

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[quote=FlyerInHi]Sounds like you’re doing what people used to do before they had bathrooms.
If I understand, you don’t shower at home anymore.

What’s wrong with rinsing under the shower? You don’t need soap if you don’t want it.[/quote]

i avoid the shower on principle. i dont want to clean the shower plus it annoys my wife to see me scrubbing nyself with towels.

i have some sort of psychological defect from way back involving a need to irritate women.

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