Where dem benevolent peeps be?
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I'm sure Sanders is on his way if not yet done so... wut wut. But, how many of y'all have helped change someone's day (or life) for the better? Whether it be a stranger or a sibling? Be it with tech, their career, helping a fellow bro overcome his fear of women, inspiring peeps to lose weight, bringing the awesome, or just smiling to brighten someone's day even if they are poopy, whatever the case... who's the secret guardian angels up in here? Or what about regrets where you had those moments you really wished you helped someone out but lacked the courage to? Those can be life changing too. Lord knows I have a few of those moments. :doh:
Jeremy Falcon
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I'm sure Sanders is on his way if not yet done so... wut wut. But, how many of y'all have helped change someone's day (or life) for the better? Whether it be a stranger or a sibling? Be it with tech, their career, helping a fellow bro overcome his fear of women, inspiring peeps to lose weight, bringing the awesome, or just smiling to brighten someone's day even if they are poopy, whatever the case... who's the secret guardian angels up in here? Or what about regrets where you had those moments you really wished you helped someone out but lacked the courage to? Those can be life changing too. Lord knows I have a few of those moments. :doh:
Jeremy Falcon
Every weekend, just about, I visit my mom and sis to help them with household chores. My mom is 95 and my sister has health problems, so it gives me a lift to be able to brighten their day.
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Every weekend, just about, I visit my mom and sis to help them with household chores. My mom is 95 and my sister has health problems, so it gives me a lift to be able to brighten their day.
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
I knew I liked you for a reason. Sorry to hear about your sister's health problems, man. But totally awesome that your mom is still kicking and you help them out.
Jeremy Falcon
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I'm sure Sanders is on his way if not yet done so... wut wut. But, how many of y'all have helped change someone's day (or life) for the better? Whether it be a stranger or a sibling? Be it with tech, their career, helping a fellow bro overcome his fear of women, inspiring peeps to lose weight, bringing the awesome, or just smiling to brighten someone's day even if they are poopy, whatever the case... who's the secret guardian angels up in here? Or what about regrets where you had those moments you really wished you helped someone out but lacked the courage to? Those can be life changing too. Lord knows I have a few of those moments. :doh:
Jeremy Falcon
The reason far right scumbags stalked and threatened to kill my kids was all the time I spent helping refugees. Supported ones in our offshore prisons directly, met them locally, helped them move, taught them to drive, ran a support dinner. I've also taken a few people into my house. One was a homeless man who became a good friend until he was a sex creep. A woman fleeing DV, my son's GF's mother. I live in a support house to support foster kids But the person who stays with me was a brief encounter. I was on my way to an event and I saw an old woman struggling with shopping bags. I went up and offered to help. I grabbed one bag and she struggled to grab hers so I took them both. She looked at me and said I've done nothing wrong. I said no, you have done nothing wrong and she started crying. I stood holding her in the shopping mall. Then I walked her to her bus. On the way she told me meth is the only way she copes with life. It was a pretty intense encounter. Another time I was walking in the mall and this dude was verbally abusing his girlfriend. I stopped and loitered, determined to intervene if he touched her but not sure what to do. Another dude walked up and sat next to her and asked her how she was feeling. When the boyfriend tried to intervene he said with force, I'm not talking to you mate. He really supported her and defused the situation and I never forgot wishing I had done that.
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The reason far right scumbags stalked and threatened to kill my kids was all the time I spent helping refugees. Supported ones in our offshore prisons directly, met them locally, helped them move, taught them to drive, ran a support dinner. I've also taken a few people into my house. One was a homeless man who became a good friend until he was a sex creep. A woman fleeing DV, my son's GF's mother. I live in a support house to support foster kids But the person who stays with me was a brief encounter. I was on my way to an event and I saw an old woman struggling with shopping bags. I went up and offered to help. I grabbed one bag and she struggled to grab hers so I took them both. She looked at me and said I've done nothing wrong. I said no, you have done nothing wrong and she started crying. I stood holding her in the shopping mall. Then I walked her to her bus. On the way she told me meth is the only way she copes with life. It was a pretty intense encounter. Another time I was walking in the mall and this dude was verbally abusing his girlfriend. I stopped and loitered, determined to intervene if he touched her but not sure what to do. Another dude walked up and sat next to her and asked her how she was feeling. When the boyfriend tried to intervene he said with force, I'm not talking to you mate. He really supported her and defused the situation and I never forgot wishing I had done that.
Christian, do not make this political or about hate. This is an attempt to change the vibe, not continue it. And your post is not coming from a place of love. Also, looking for something a bit deeper than staring at a girl in the mall. The whole white knight thing doesn't play out well. Side note, there are plenty of messed up chicks too. But white knights never care when it comes to guys. I wonder why. Let me give you an example, one of my old coworkers, when I worked at Amex helped save peeps from a burning car after a car wreck. That dude was 100% a bad ass, and I'm not sure he even realized it. As far as I'm concerned, he's twice the man I am. Props for carrying groceries though.
Jeremy Falcon
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Christian, do not make this political or about hate. This is an attempt to change the vibe, not continue it. And your post is not coming from a place of love. Also, looking for something a bit deeper than staring at a girl in the mall. The whole white knight thing doesn't play out well. Side note, there are plenty of messed up chicks too. But white knights never care when it comes to guys. I wonder why. Let me give you an example, one of my old coworkers, when I worked at Amex helped save peeps from a burning car after a car wreck. That dude was 100% a bad ass, and I'm not sure he even realized it. As far as I'm concerned, he's twice the man I am. Props for carrying groceries though.
Jeremy Falcon
Jeremy Falcon wrote:
The whole white knight thing doesn't play out well. Side note, there are plenty of messed up chicks too. But white knights never care when it comes to guys. I wonder why.
Jesus. Never picked you for an incel. I literally took in a homeless man and most of the refugees I helped were male.
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Christian, do not make this political or about hate. This is an attempt to change the vibe, not continue it. And your post is not coming from a place of love. Also, looking for something a bit deeper than staring at a girl in the mall. The whole white knight thing doesn't play out well. Side note, there are plenty of messed up chicks too. But white knights never care when it comes to guys. I wonder why. Let me give you an example, one of my old coworkers, when I worked at Amex helped save peeps from a burning car after a car wreck. That dude was 100% a bad ass, and I'm not sure he even realized it. As far as I'm concerned, he's twice the man I am. Props for carrying groceries though.
Jeremy Falcon
And in fairness I refrained from saying right wing filth. The truth is I openly debated lies about refugees and they literally called my house regularly threatening to kill my kids
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Jeremy Falcon wrote:
The whole white knight thing doesn't play out well. Side note, there are plenty of messed up chicks too. But white knights never care when it comes to guys. I wonder why.
Jesus. Never picked you for an incel. I literally took in a homeless man and most of the refugees I helped were male.
I had to Google "incel"... Christian I don't think you've paid attention to our interactions at all in 20 some-odd years on CP. But whatever, I know your vibe dude... I glazed over the homeless dude part because you already lost me with your political hate speech at the start. So yeah, that's my bad. Props for that. That's really cool.
Jeremy Falcon
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I had to Google "incel"... Christian I don't think you've paid attention to our interactions at all in 20 some-odd years on CP. But whatever, I know your vibe dude... I glazed over the homeless dude part because you already lost me with your political hate speech at the start. So yeah, that's my bad. Props for that. That's really cool.
Jeremy Falcon
Imagine hating Nazis. What a prick I am!!! I hate the right because they stalked and threatened to kill my kids, and in general hate society. People who think the only reason men ever help women is to try and get laid are called incels, yes
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Imagine hating Nazis. What a prick I am!!! I hate the right because they stalked and threatened to kill my kids, and in general hate society. People who think the only reason men ever help women is to try and get laid are called incels, yes
Christian Graus wrote:
I hate the right because they stalked and threatened to kill my kids, and in general hate society.
I'm an independent, and let me tell you, your hate is the same thing I hear on the Right. Everyone thinks they're holy and correct and hates the other camp. All I see is this hate talk. You're no better than the Right and just as brainwashed. Given all the hate you spewed tonight, I don't expect you to see it. It's just a part of your world dude. And I get it, it's not like I'm unfamiliar with angst and disdain myself. It's for completely different reasons though, but I'll give you a hint... I tend to hate hate and well in doing so, I've become what I don't like. But, I recognize hate when I see it. I say this to let you know I'm not playing holier than thou when I say I've seen bad vibes here.
Christian Graus wrote:
People who think the only reason men ever help women is to try and get laid are called incels, yes
That's what you inferred not what I implied. You were being creepy not helpful, but I chose not to come right out and say it because I know you're not confident and mature enough with women to laugh at that. And if you do now, it's only because I said that and you're pretending. You see, I already played my douche card enough for one post and you missed the point about bragging. I saw no reason for another point to be any different. You clearly know nothing about me after 20 years. Not cool dude.
Jeremy Falcon
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Christian Graus wrote:
I hate the right because they stalked and threatened to kill my kids, and in general hate society.
I'm an independent, and let me tell you, your hate is the same thing I hear on the Right. Everyone thinks they're holy and correct and hates the other camp. All I see is this hate talk. You're no better than the Right and just as brainwashed. Given all the hate you spewed tonight, I don't expect you to see it. It's just a part of your world dude. And I get it, it's not like I'm unfamiliar with angst and disdain myself. It's for completely different reasons though, but I'll give you a hint... I tend to hate hate and well in doing so, I've become what I don't like. But, I recognize hate when I see it. I say this to let you know I'm not playing holier than thou when I say I've seen bad vibes here.
Christian Graus wrote:
People who think the only reason men ever help women is to try and get laid are called incels, yes
That's what you inferred not what I implied. You were being creepy not helpful, but I chose not to come right out and say it because I know you're not confident and mature enough with women to laugh at that. And if you do now, it's only because I said that and you're pretending. You see, I already played my douche card enough for one post and you missed the point about bragging. I saw no reason for another point to be any different. You clearly know nothing about me after 20 years. Not cool dude.
Jeremy Falcon
"The right want to kill trans childen and Muslims, and own women. THe left want everyone to afford housing. How ever can I tell them apart?"
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"The right want to kill trans childen and Muslims, and own women. THe left want everyone to afford housing. How ever can I tell them apart?"
I think you drank away too many brain cells dude. This thread is now toxic... thanks.
Jeremy Falcon
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I'm sure Sanders is on his way if not yet done so... wut wut. But, how many of y'all have helped change someone's day (or life) for the better? Whether it be a stranger or a sibling? Be it with tech, their career, helping a fellow bro overcome his fear of women, inspiring peeps to lose weight, bringing the awesome, or just smiling to brighten someone's day even if they are poopy, whatever the case... who's the secret guardian angels up in here? Or what about regrets where you had those moments you really wished you helped someone out but lacked the courage to? Those can be life changing too. Lord knows I have a few of those moments. :doh:
Jeremy Falcon
1. I take maths classes for high school and intermediate level kids. Not without a touch of pride do I say that two of my students have been raised from 45 percent score to 90 percent score in their school maths. And are on the way to becoming independent; they now call me only for really tough problems. 2. Run a YouTube channel for teaching Sanskrit for middle and high school kids. A few months more for monetization, but many kids and parents regularly give positive feedback. 3. Book reading of traditional Indian scriptures, in Sanskrit language, and explanations in my own Kannada language, to a few of my classmates. In fact it looks like 24 hours is not enough per day. There's so much work for the next hundred years, and I am nearing 60.
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I'm sure Sanders is on his way if not yet done so... wut wut. But, how many of y'all have helped change someone's day (or life) for the better? Whether it be a stranger or a sibling? Be it with tech, their career, helping a fellow bro overcome his fear of women, inspiring peeps to lose weight, bringing the awesome, or just smiling to brighten someone's day even if they are poopy, whatever the case... who's the secret guardian angels up in here? Or what about regrets where you had those moments you really wished you helped someone out but lacked the courage to? Those can be life changing too. Lord knows I have a few of those moments. :doh:
Jeremy Falcon
I do things, I do them without expectation of reward or recognition. Have I helped people? I hope so. I hope that actions I take make someone else's life that bit better but can I honestly say they have? Well, that's a tougher one to answer. Do your best. Don't be a jerk. Those are the sentences I try to live up to.
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I'm sure Sanders is on his way if not yet done so... wut wut. But, how many of y'all have helped change someone's day (or life) for the better? Whether it be a stranger or a sibling? Be it with tech, their career, helping a fellow bro overcome his fear of women, inspiring peeps to lose weight, bringing the awesome, or just smiling to brighten someone's day even if they are poopy, whatever the case... who's the secret guardian angels up in here? Or what about regrets where you had those moments you really wished you helped someone out but lacked the courage to? Those can be life changing too. Lord knows I have a few of those moments. :doh:
Jeremy Falcon
About five years ago my wife was driving home from work at about 9:30 at night. At a short but very dark stretch of highway a black bear ran out (and they can run *FAST*) and wasn't visible until it got in front of headlights. My wife had no time to react and hit it. The bear was killed by the impact and my wife's car was stopped and stuck dead in the middle of a dark highway road.
She was unable to get out of the car due to airbags deployed all over. And she thought she had survived that crash but was likely to get hit by cars behind her.
But right away the car behind her pulled over, three guys got out. Checked on her, called for help, and pushed her car off to the side of the road to safety. When she was apparently alright they stayed until regular emergency help arrived (tow/cops/etc). Then went on their way. In the hub-bub of answering questions she never got a chance to find out who they were.
I wish I could say thank you to them. (And to the people that thought of airbags -she was hardly hurt by an impact that practically stopped the car at highway speed). -
About five years ago my wife was driving home from work at about 9:30 at night. At a short but very dark stretch of highway a black bear ran out (and they can run *FAST*) and wasn't visible until it got in front of headlights. My wife had no time to react and hit it. The bear was killed by the impact and my wife's car was stopped and stuck dead in the middle of a dark highway road.
She was unable to get out of the car due to airbags deployed all over. And she thought she had survived that crash but was likely to get hit by cars behind her.
But right away the car behind her pulled over, three guys got out. Checked on her, called for help, and pushed her car off to the side of the road to safety. When she was apparently alright they stayed until regular emergency help arrived (tow/cops/etc). Then went on their way. In the hub-bub of answering questions she never got a chance to find out who they were.
I wish I could say thank you to them. (And to the people that thought of airbags -she was hardly hurt by an impact that practically stopped the car at highway speed).Man, that's awesome. Restores your faith in humanity. Glad to hear she got through it unscathed.
Jeremy Falcon
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I'm sure Sanders is on his way if not yet done so... wut wut. But, how many of y'all have helped change someone's day (or life) for the better? Whether it be a stranger or a sibling? Be it with tech, their career, helping a fellow bro overcome his fear of women, inspiring peeps to lose weight, bringing the awesome, or just smiling to brighten someone's day even if they are poopy, whatever the case... who's the secret guardian angels up in here? Or what about regrets where you had those moments you really wished you helped someone out but lacked the courage to? Those can be life changing too. Lord knows I have a few of those moments. :doh:
Jeremy Falcon
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I'm sure Sanders is on his way if not yet done so... wut wut. But, how many of y'all have helped change someone's day (or life) for the better? Whether it be a stranger or a sibling? Be it with tech, their career, helping a fellow bro overcome his fear of women, inspiring peeps to lose weight, bringing the awesome, or just smiling to brighten someone's day even if they are poopy, whatever the case... who's the secret guardian angels up in here? Or what about regrets where you had those moments you really wished you helped someone out but lacked the courage to? Those can be life changing too. Lord knows I have a few of those moments. :doh:
Jeremy Falcon
Tried it a lot of times. - Starting with small things: i.e. Telling a stranger "I'm going" whilst walking to my car in a totally full parking lot" (what made the youg guy smile from ear to ear) and - going up to several months of investing time / tips / advices / teaching: I.e. relative of a relative of mine that came to germany without a word of german to whom I helped with the language, introduced several people, helped teaching automation, helped with documents whilst looking for a job (which he landed in the maintenance group in a BMW-Plant, brought his wife and child here and a couple of years later he managed to reach the Ing. job he actually deserved by his own). Sadly a lot of miss-success histories in the way. Mostly due to loss of interest of the third person, what annoyed me a lot, but hey... that's life. Noone can always "win". Many times a simple Thank you was my reward (and it is more than enough for me in this topic). I sometimes hadn't got any, my reward is my own pride of having helped someone.
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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"The right want to kill trans childen and Muslims, and own women. THe left want everyone to afford housing. How ever can I tell them apart?"
Extremism is bad, no matter in which direction. Taking our civilian war in Spain as an example: An ex militar and politician considered "right wing" ("José Antonio Primo de Rivera") said before his execution "I hope mine is the last spanish blood that gets poured in this senseless war" (or something like this, free translation) A left rebelian (Dolores Ibarruri, La Pasionaria) is known by her quote "I prefer to execute 100 innocent people to set free a guilty" (specially oriented to what she considered fascists) Please note: I am not defending the one or the other one. I am just trying to say that it doesn't matter what ideology one person follows. There are good and bad people overall and the dangerous ones are the extremists, not the moderated ones.
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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I'm sure Sanders is on his way if not yet done so... wut wut. But, how many of y'all have helped change someone's day (or life) for the better? Whether it be a stranger or a sibling? Be it with tech, their career, helping a fellow bro overcome his fear of women, inspiring peeps to lose weight, bringing the awesome, or just smiling to brighten someone's day even if they are poopy, whatever the case... who's the secret guardian angels up in here? Or what about regrets where you had those moments you really wished you helped someone out but lacked the courage to? Those can be life changing too. Lord knows I have a few of those moments. :doh:
Jeremy Falcon
Jeremy Falcon wrote:
But, how many of y'all have helped change someone's day (or life) for the better? Whether it be a stranger or a sibling?
Who hasn't? Don't all of us do something for someone from time to time? :~ Could be as easy as visiting your grandma... I invited a cousin over last week and when he left he said "we should do this more often, it's therapeutic." :D Now changing someone's life... Another cousin always looked up to me and started drumming because of me (for like a year or something) and he started freelancing more or less because I was a role model. I didn't change his life, but I'd like to think I've had a positive influence :) If things are going as they should, we'll do a project together soon! There was also this guy right here on CP that wrote a book because I commented "you should write a book" on a rather lengthy article and after that I pointed him towards a publisher I'd worked with. I don't think I did much, but he still thanks me for it in his foreword (which is kind of awesome) :laugh: Maybe I inspired other people as well? And boy do I wish I helped someone. I used to have a best friend who came from a broken family. Mother working odd jobs just to get food on the table. He did pretty well at school, good grades and nice friends, although he ended up doing drugs after we grew apart. Anyway, he had a little sister and she was very childish (she was a child, but even then...). He wasn't particularly nice to her and sometimes just flat out mean (calling her fat and stuff, made her very body-aware, and they both were pretty fat...). And either she liked me or she really just needed attention, even if it was from her brother's friends, but she often tried to talk to me when her brother would tell her to shut up and :elephant: off. She just wanted the attention her mother and brother didn't give her and she didn't have many (if any) friends. She cried a lot. Looking back on it I should've been nicer to her. I still think to myself if only I'd just asked about her day, or her hobby, or whatever. Probably would've meant the world to her. She's married now and turned out pretty hot, so I guess she did okay in the end (although I don't know if she's mentally stable or happy), but she had a rough childhood and I didn't do anything to make it better while it would've been so easy.
Best, Sander Azure
