Turn 40 in about a month and let me tell you, it’s dope AF. I’ve got more friends than I know what to do with, having way more fun than in my 20s and I’m not tied down to raising a kid. I go to cons and adventures all the time that I couldn’t do nor afford if I had kids. Having kids always grossed me out. I’ve got friends with kids that I can corrupt as needed.

That makes a lot more sense

That’s also because of how they are printed.

Dude the marvel cinematic universe is we…was one of the biggest hits to smash into the box office. Batman is one of the most popular fictional characters ever written. People are still talking about adventure time, regular show, Avatar the last Airbender, and they ended how long ago? SpongeBob is still on the air. Simpsons has lasted longer than most anime.

What are you talking about, Western comics and animation being less popular?

You want to know a pretty unbiased way to judge this? Look at a Halloween store. Spirit even has stuff from the hawk tuah lady, so you know they work fast and go with what’s popular. You might see an old Naruto costume or two, maybe a Goku, and an endcap of what’s popular this year possibly still demon Slayer. But you’ll see a bunch of stuff for Batman, Superman, hell the joker and Harley Quinn gave their own sections each, and that’s just DC.

https://screenrant.com/beetlejuice-2-sequel-unmade-movie-explained/

We got the Beetlejuice sequel we have now instead of the original script they had planned.

Corporate studies show that the most popular ice cream flavors are the flavors we’ve always made and new flavors are risky because we don’t know how popular they will be and so we only do the same flavors so we’re always right.

Same reason why you only get reboots and remakes, it’s a safer bet for investment.

Because CaPiTaLiSm BrEeDs InNoVaTiOn~!

Yep, never been to one of those either

OBJECTION!

The rules state you say things that you haven’t done that you think most people have done.

If people haven’t done these things it might be because they are living a much more interesting life, like if someone grew up on a boat and hadn’t been on land for most of their life, that’s pretty interesting and they might not have had the average experiences most people do.

You said you have done all of these average person things.

This means your life experiences are, in fact, average.

Therefore, ya basic.

Never have I ever been to a modern sporting event. Football, soccer (or other football to some of you folks), hockey, baseball, whatever.

I’ve been to things which some would argue are sports like jousting, but never a basic sport event.

Weirdly same though I’ve been through stuff that definitely should have broken some bones

The best is almost always full size candy bars, though everyone’s personal favorites are different.

As for the worst, people might rag on the orange and black peanut butter things, candy corn, or circus peanuts. I personally like them all and I feel most of the hate is memetic.

The real bad candy? Peppermints. Even worse and strange? Peppermint candy canes.

Sure, I like them in December, but seeing those mixed in with other candy is an insult and reminds you of Christmas creep. It’s a breath mint. There might be one freakish kid who likes those hard minty disks of Christmas flavor around Halloween, but really, no one is excited about these restaurant give aways. Even hating on the candy you don’t like is part of the Halloween experience, but peppermint just feels wrong in a trick or treat bag.

So those people being cold and not talking to you?

That’s how you came off to the people at your last job. Probably why they complained.

Then instead of focusing on the people who responded to you positively, you’re using the people who acted like you as an excuse to go back to your previous behavior.

I think that your attitude to the situation might be stemming from some misanthropy from some past trauma or something, idk. This is something you might want to talk to a therapist about or at least think over and objectively assess yourself.

What type of socialization do you want? Do you actually want to talk to people and have positive experiences at the risk of negative ones, or would you want to be left alone and not take that risk, but instead take on the risk of people disliking you?

Personally, I’d suggest just talk to the people who are nice to you and get to know them and leave be the ones who want to be left alone.

Keep a set of swimwear in your car. If you go to a place and forgot your swimsuit? Got the backup. Go to a hotel and find out they had a pool you didn’t know about? Backup in the car. Accidentally shit yourself? Got at least something on you. Do I shit myself enough to worry about it? Not since I was a baby but now I know I got swim trunks in my car just in case.

“white-nose, apple-jack, stone-wall, chain-lightning, rail-road, hail storminsling-talabogus, switchel-flip, gum-ticklers, phlem-cutters, joleps, skate-iron, cast-steel, cock-tail…”

Deadass was about to come in here talking about switchel, that shit is bomb AF. #switchelyfe

Ok but you see, that was part of the plan all along!

Ok but what if… We just got rid of sports.

Yeah it looks just like that but with cars

Same