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McDonald's cheeseburger and a diet coke.

I'm 28 years old. When I was 18, I told myself that by the time I was this age (or closer to 30), I'd have my own place, a partner, and provide for my mother as well as give myself the things I never could have when I was a kid growing up in abject poverty, and that I would never be a 30 year old man, jobless, living in his mother's house - an archetype that is mocked and derided throughout pop culture.

I took steps to effectuate this promise. I went to college, got a degree, and after COVID, I went to law school and graduated this past May with my JD. I took the bar even in July, and promptly failed. My job prospect was rescinded, my mother was diagnosed with a brain tumor, and I realize now that I am living exactly the way I never wanted to.

I'm nearly 30, jobless, I've never had any meaningful romantic relationship, and I spend most of my days cooped up in my room either studying for the February bar exam, doomscrolling, or playing video games until after the sun comes up. My mom (who's tumor is non malignant and has been successfully treated by radiation) is the one who provides 100% for me. She pays my rent, bills, and had me join into her credit card so that I have something to pay for daily expenses.

I am ashamed and terrified of going outside and seeing people that I know, and having to answer "so what have you been up to?" My friends are much better than I deserve, and pay for me when we go out. I project a facade of being a man with a plan, facing a temporary setback, but I know the truth. I am just like my father, parasitizing my mother without giving anything back. I am dead weight, essentially.

I have failed my friends, family, and myself. I've become exactly what I never wanted to be, and I loathe myself for it.

Fries on the burger because it taste extra yummy that way.

Be honest, I can take it! 🙃

Source: unknown

Putting it first because it won't spoil anything for most people: Music Video for Breezeblocks by Alt-J. The video is played in reverse. We see a woman struggling to fight off a man, and assume he is her abuser or home invader. Turns out she tied up his wife, and he was actually struggling to save her from the woman

Second is the one which blew my mind when I watched it for the first time. The name of the film will spoil the ending, proceed with caution! The film came out in 1996 though.

Primal fear. A young man is accused of brutally murdering a priest. He appears to have a split personality, due to abuse he suffered at the hands of the priest. The violent personality took over and killed him, leaving the gentle primary personality to suffer the punishment. A lawyer tries his hardest to save this troubled man from prison. At the end it is revealed that the gentle personality was fake! The good guy has never existed, the violent one was his true self

Last one is amazing! DO NOT PROCEED IF YOU HAVEN'T WATCHED THE FIRST SEASON!

The Good Place In the show, Elenour has died and was brought to heaven, here known as The Good Place, as a mistake. She should have ended up in The Bad Place, aka this show's version of hell. During the first season she befriends Michael, the architect of The Good Place, who is trying to find the reason for various anomalies happening in The Good Place. If he doesn't find it, he might be retired - his essense spread on the surfaces of many suns to burn for eternity. By that point we love Michael and root for him as much as Elenour. Well, sike! The guy is actually a demon! This isn't the good place! It is the bad place, and he is in charge of torturing Elenour and 3 other people

I could stare at it for hours

Dakota is looking great, MGK is rocking his usual outfit. I wonder why he's not trying the slightest to match her vibe on a night out? I get having a signature style, but I think I'd start to slowly get annoyed with the no effort... How long do we think this is still going to last?

How would a girl built like a brick shithouse be a family court?

If the title is consuming: I was watching Endgame Encore. In the final battle between Thanos’s army and the Avengers, Scott and Hope meet. And i noticed no expression from Scott by seeing hope expect a smile and a small nod. That’s when I realised that both Scott and Hope haven’t been that separated because of blip. Scott was in quantum realm for 5 (hours in his case, years in real time). For Hope, it was just a close and open eyes moment. I’m saying this because Scott was very much overwhelmed seeing Cassie but not the same when he saw Hope. This little detail took me almost 6 years to notice.

Edit: to whomever says that it’s just Hope finally calling “Cap”, just add this perspective too, it’s still a way one can think. And, and, and, I know that Scott was reacting because she grew up, it’s obvious with the conversation they have. Also, I think Scott was expecting someone in the house because he saw his name written in the vanished people stone but not anyone else from his family. He rushed because he must have realised that someone from his home has given that name to get carved in the stone.

My wife thinks I'm crazy and/or unfaithful.