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PaperclipPerfector  8d ago (text post)   2249 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for March 21, 2025

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Interventions -

A close friend of mine who is doing his masters at a decent uni here has been doing pretty poorly and a whole bunch of us, his friends want to hold an intervention for him where we can convince him to start being honest with us and help him fix his life. I was able to get mine on track, so any suggestions as to how to do it would be appreciated.

Spring -

I'll meet some friends again at the golf club or maybe at their house. I look forward to the weekends now that I'm tired after working. It doesn't need much, The weather here is ideal as it's 30-35 degrees Celsius so you can sit out in the open and see all the trees come to life. It sounds strange but glass bottles of coke and just soaking in the weather go well if it's nice out.

Gaming -

Which reminds me, I fired up Quake Live after my last comment and had a k/d of 1/20, it's a dead game and I'm terrible at fps but it's so fun. Everything is fast-paced. I'm tempted to pick up video games again but it's hard just to play one match or play for just half an hour.

I'm terrible at fps but it's so fun.

Have you played Counter-Strike?

I highly, highly, cannot recommend enough the books “Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents” by Lindsay G. and “Running on Empty” by Jonice W. Those books are absolute cheat sheets on how to successfully identify the type of emotional support a person needs and how to provide it, which is likely what your intervention is trying to do.

Will check em out. People here don't have much in terms of understanding with regards to complex issues like emotional support so I want to help him out.

It's nice to see you comment on threads besides the CW!!! Those books look cool.

I saw her comment a few weeks ago too about laundromats. Haven't seen what she writes on CW stuff since I've been inactive internet usage.

My favorite threads are Friday ones besides the CW.

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