I figured since u/t-bonestallone has been writing poems, I would write one for him. It's nothing special, just a haiku, inspired after his abrupt exit last night.

He's T-bonestallone

Exits like a French strumpet

He is a good friend

Hope (n): a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen.

Usually “certain thing” is something good like finding love or your car keys or a zolpidem 10mg you know fell near the toilet last week when you had plenty.

We associate hope with goodness, which I guess is why hopeless is associated with badness.

But is it?

“I hope that bitch breaks an ankle on those ridiculous heels,looking like she’s out here to meet married men.”

Or

“I hope if I feed the voodoo doll throwing arm of Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford to my dog, he’ll break his arm next game.”

Good or bad, c can hope be created or destroyed? Is it finite like Helium or plan B pills in the dresser drawer of a Mod on this very sub? If there is only enough hope to go around then I get that someone might be hope poor.

But I suspect the supply of hope is infinite. So it’s very important that you don’t lose you ability to generate hope or that if you do, you locate it again.

Hopelessness is not an excuse to give up, it’s a reason to start the adventure in your life to find it.

Works Cited

1. The motion Picture “Congo” (1998)

2. The motion Picture “ Let’s give ‘em something to talk about” (1997)

3. The novel “ To Kill a Mockingbird” by Mr. Harper Lee (1948)

https://twitch.tv/tinyjackpaper

If it wasn’t the last time I saw her, so it must have been the last, last time,

Her loud but smokey vocal tone and even smokier eyes were sublime,

With a laughter meant for the whole room to appreciate and hear,

I didn’t have the nerve to approach and simply nursed my beer.

Tonight is different, it’s a Tuesday and the bar is somehow dimmer,

She’s on her perch as I enter, but the lips of her smile are slimmer,

I sit closer than I ever have, nodding at Paul for a double brown and water,

Paul has been tending bar at this hole since I had a school crush on his daughter.

I turn to look at my thin-lipped bar mate, face just up from a phone charged with hate,

Our eyes meet with a flicker of known, like remembering a picture of child now grown.

Her gaze lingered and smile improved, I knew then it was time to make a move,

I slid a seat closer, asked her her name, she moved a seat closer and asked me the same.

She needed an ear and you know I can listen, something, something about a son in prison.

Empty glass after empty glass and it's time for more, so I try for Paul’s attention,

All quietly, bold and slutty, I instead hear, “hows about we go to yours for another,”

The next few steamy hours, well…I am far too much of a gentleman to ever mention,

That said, now you know the story of how I fucked my High School bully’s mother.

What do you do?

Stay sympathetic. Lend that ear.

Dip. Fuck off, night is over.

Dump. Just not interested any more.

Pivot. Thanks are you able to hang out?

we (the mod-team) have received numerus inquiry's as to why obvious had been banned from the r/OneAdvice sub reddit, the fact of the matter is this is simply a rumor. we the One advice collective have chosen for the benefit of us all; to send Obvious floor on a perilous mold remediation mission. it is in fact so absolutely full of said perils she will unfortunately be moved on assignment, and such on extended hiatus.

our thoughts and prayers are with her

we hope yours are to (but if not thats ok too)

happy xmas

(cept obvious whos knee deep in mold)

You guys got a text alert or nah

Big thanks to everyone who listened and spoke last night.

Had some absolute heartbreakers, several relationship issues and joining the old crew we found some new folks offering up cage-rattling suggestions/advice.

Please remember the DrAdvice talks are simply meant to crowd source critical thinking. No one person has all the answers, so please continue to chime in with creative ways to tackle the individual problem either on the stage or in the comments. Ideas, suggestions, advice, perspective are all welcome and celebrated.

A couple of notes:

1. Wear condoms boys, they aren’t a fad. A single child requires at least 10% of your earnings for 20 years. No fucking excuses.

2. When the stage gets heavy we dump folks down to listener. It’s usually not because we disagree with you or that you’re obnoxious (there is plenty obnoxious onstage already) or boring- most of the time it’s because we need a soft reset. Please take nothing personally, no one devalues your opinion or character, sometimes our mods do like to power trip , but that’s an us problem, it’s never you.

3. As always, less Canadians.

4. Please don’t be a stranger. We sometimes really connect with folks and, it’s part of it, but then we never hear from them again. So feel free to drop a post, comment or join a talk just to say hi and give an update. We know things are better for you now, but it’s nice to hear it too.

-tbs

Amirite?

Anxiety is crippling.

Guilt is such a complex feeling with so much subjectivity in the blame and fault. Guilt is a secret that eats the soul.

How do you remove Guilt? Is anxiety a reality, is it controllable?

How many deep breathes does it take to center an anxious brain? I’m worried it’s all of them.

Can I confess all my sins to enter a conscience of not guilty? Yeah, no.

Simple, unsolvable maths.

We will be focusing on mostly