Pronell

This was back in 2000, had just gone through a divorce. Had gotten a new pad with a friend and started hanging out with his stoner buddies. (Most of them are still close friends to this day.)

I took something like five hits of acid. I'd tried it only once before and it didn't too much for me, so I upper the dosage.

I still didn't get visuals, but it was an interesting trip.

A friend of mine was on the couch flipping through cable and settled on a claymation Don Quixote, which was just perfect for a melting reality. Thumbprints in the clay, rough work.

And I did something really goddamned stupid. I took out my new fancy chisels to practice on a block of wood.

Thankfully I didnt cut myself. I was being careful and just trying to gouge out a volcano on the end of a block of pine, twisting my arm to turn the block.

I went through some deep internal stuff about how I treated myself and women, why I'd been alone for so long.

In the weeks to follow I asked out four women I had crushes on and was shot down each time, but the point was I held onto this shit rather than ever expressed any interest. It was really useful.

So I'm coming off the trip and I'm sitting at my computer, and my hand just slides off the keyboard.

Repeatedly.

I'd held my arm in that extreme twisted position so long whilst contemplating my love life, set to claymation Don Quixote, that I almost gave myself fucking nerve damage.

I think that, in the process, you'll be creating enough Gilbert Gottfried impersonators that they couldn't all be low-quality any longer.

Just one little hitch in your otherwise flawless plan.

I loved that book!

I was already not buying their crap.

Now I can do so gleefully.

I'm glad to hear that they're patient, and I hope you can find your way.

Let's say for a second that your sister is indeed smarter than you. It's wonderful for her that she's bright and still says very little about you.

I agree with another poster that your parents expectations are unfair and damaging to you. It could also be that you're seeing your parents actions unfairly. Maybe they're abusive, maybe they're scared for you and only have your sister to compare to in their experience.

Either way I would urge you to move out when you reasonably and safely can so that you can start to build your own life by your priorities and expectations.

It's my opinion that people don't have any clue who they are until they have the independence to discover themselves.

Your parents are supposed to help you get the tools to do that and exist in the world.

Maybe they're doing that poorly, maybe they did well enough, but you seem to no longer be effectively growing while living there... so what's next?

Same screenwriters, amazingly.

No, it was purely by choice in a well-marked post.

I'm scared about the blowback.

It was inevitable that eventually somebody would 'fight back' somehow.

Now we have to deal with how all the idiots act, react and overreact.

It won't be pretty, but again, it was inevitable.

The day of, when it happened, I watched the video... and then had to literally touch grass, walk it off, get some fresh air.

Wife got home, wanted to see it, had the same reaction.

I just don't like watching people die, no matter who it is. But now and then I gaze into the void deliberately.

HBO MAX is full of crap I never wanted to see and is missing swathes of the actual HBO catalog.

It's not even worth what they're charging.

How many other Banksy's have been removed?

It seems to me he has been celebrated for most of his 'career'.

I mean we all know why this one was scrubbed, but I'm kinda curious.

It's saturation, Disney+, and the inflation/recession combo.

All it takes is a few misses and people will wait for streaming.

Me, I'll watch everything Marvel but I can wait, so when I was ready to go see a movie and it came down to Superman or Fantastic Four, the choice was easy. Superman delivered exactly what I wanted and needed.

I don't think this is superhero fatigue, or at least that's a lower issue on the list. It's Marvel (formula) fatigue especially, and I think they will right that ship soon.