The Somewhat Serious Discussion Thread

[GreatWhiteNorth]

If anyone is interested in him, I would strongly suggest listening to some of the podcasts or such that he has been on before buying the book. Joe Rogan’s most recent podcast is a good one...I find Rogan to be pretty fair, professional, and insightful even if his views and beliefs don’t always align with mine. And they have a great discussion.

 

[NochNoch]

I appreciate you responding. I certainly agree with some of your points regarding gender and marriage, but I also agree with him to an extent as well. Perhaps it was because I was also raised in a southern Baptist home with those same values. The chaos and order stuff is interesting and gives you things to reflect on and dive into, but I don’t know that I’d go so far as to assign it to one person in a relationship or another.

Your comment on the mothership about some of his views being “easy to hate” just struck me and I was curious what it was. I find a lot of his work extremely profound and I do think he is misconstrued and his comments misrepresented to a great extent (not that you did that.)

I do agree with you there, although I obviously disagree with him on certain issues I think the level to which he is demonized by some is just ridiculous.

 

[NochNoch]

I know we almost never even post here anymore but I just need a place to say fuuuuuuuuuuuuck (metaphorically speaking) right about now. How do you deal with your wife having a miscarriage, leaving literally a couple days later for a work trip and getting sexually assaulted by a coworker on said trip? I was thousands of miles away but I still feel like I’ve failed my family and don’t know how to fix it.

 

[BenTenn]

I know we almost never even post here anymore but I just need a place to say fuuuuuuuuuuuuck (metaphorically speaking) right about now. How do you deal with your wife having a miscarriage, leaving literally a couple days later for a work trip and getting sexually assaulted by a coworker on said trip? I was thousands of miles away but I still feel like I’ve failed my family and don’t know how to fix it.

Damn man, sorry to hear about the miscarriage. Were you sexually assaulted by a female coworker?

 

[NochNoch]

Damn man, sorry to hear about the miscarriage. Were you sexually assaulted by a female coworker?

Haha, definitely not a funny situation but that last line still made me laugh. I’d had a couple of glasses of whiskey last night before posting that but unfortunately no, it was my wife who was assaulted while on a trip for her job.

 

[BenTenn]

Haha, definitely not a funny situation but that last line still made me laugh. I’d had a couple of glasses of whiskey last night before posting that but unfortunately no, it was my wife who was assaulted while on a trip for her job.

Ohhh damn, sorry. That sucks something serious. Did she report it?

 

[NochNoch]

Ohhh damn, sorry. That sucks something serious. Did she report it?

Unfortunately not, there was an ex cop that now works with her who she gave a recorded statement to but because she was on the opposite side of the country she didn’t want to start something with the authorities so far from home.

 

[wU-Tang Vol]

I know we almost never even post here anymore but I just need a place to say fuuuuuuuuuuuuck (metaphorically speaking) right about now. How do you deal with your wife having a miscarriage, leaving literally a couple days later for a work trip and getting sexually assaulted by a coworker on said trip? I was thousands of miles away but I still feel like I’ve failed my family and don’t know how to fix it.

Damn Noch. I’m sorry brother. Don’t really have words to say. That’s terrible

 

[NochNoch]

Damn Noch. I’m sorry brother. Don’t really have words to say. That’s terrible

Appreciate the words, I really used this as about the most anonymous place I could think of to vent about this shit where I knew there’d be no real world repercussions.

 

[TBreazy]

I know we almost never even post here anymore but I just need a place to say fuuuuuuuuuuuuck (metaphorically speaking) right about now. How do you deal with your wife having a miscarriage, leaving literally a couple days later for a work trip and getting sexually assaulted by a coworker on said trip? I was thousands of miles away but I still feel like I’ve failed my family and don’t know how to fix it.

Awful to hear man. Will definitely be praying for you guys.

 

[Scotty's Flat Top]

I know we almost never even post here anymore but I just need a place to say fuuuuuuuuuuuuck (metaphorically speaking) right about now. How do you deal with your wife having a miscarriage, leaving literally a couple days later for a work trip and getting sexually assaulted by a coworker on said trip? I was thousands of miles away but I still feel like I’ve failed my family and don’t know how to fix it.

I am very sorry for y’all’s loss. If you need someone to talk to let me know, man. A lot of emotions to process and as a man there aren’t a lot of outlets to discuss miscarriage and the months and years that follow it. Praying for you.

 

[Scotty's Flat Top]

Very sorry to hear about your wife too, if I were close I’d be willing to break that mother fucker’s knee caps. Nothing worse.

 

[NochNoch]

Thanks you guys, it really does mean a lot. The miscarriage obviously impacts us both but the attack isn't my story to tell, which I don't want or need it to be, but when I can't share it with anyone that she doesn't want to know about it that just means I don't have anyone to talk about it that isn't her. 99% of the time I want/am able to be the supportive husband and help her be strong about it but that 1% is when I found I needed this place to say things that I would to a friend in the real world if they knew about it.

 

[NochNoch]

Very sorry to hear about your wife too, if I were close I’d be willing to break that mother fucker’s knee caps. Nothing worse.

Thought has definitely crossed my mind from time to time but I try to keep those to myself because it doesn't help her any to hear me rattle on about bashing the guys head in.

Piece of shit was a friend of hers for years and then out of nowhere pulls this. She works big events with her coworkers from time to time and during the summer a bunch of those events are at the oceanfront just a few blocks from our house. On two separate occasions this summer he sat on my couch downstairs and watched TV while she was upstairs talking a shower and I was at work. That's how much she/we trusted this motherfucker.

 

[GreatWhiteNorth]

Hey brother, I just saw this. Not cool at all on either count. I wish she was more open to pressing charges on that bag of shit, but I understand the situation.

Will be praying for you guys.

 

[NochNoch]

Hey brother, I just saw this. Not cool at all on either count. I wish she was more open to pressing charges on that bag of shit, but I understand the situation.

Will be praying for you guys.

Me too. And thank you.

 

[TBreazy]

A student at Houston High School in Germantown (Memphis suburb) committed suicide last night. Apparenrly snapchatted about it before it happened. Society, media, social media, etc - I don’t know where we’re going man as people but pray for the kids who try to figure out what to do every day.

 

[GreatWhiteNorth]

Jeez man. Just need to get these folks some help if we can get out in front of it in time.

 

[Scotty's Flat Top]

Good time to bump this. The video out of Brunswick is beyond appalling, just incredibly uncalled for even if the young man did burglarize the neighborhood. I know you’re close to the area GWN, what are your thoughts from a Marshal perspective?

 

[GreatWhiteNorth]

Well, I think it’s horrifying. If those men were so worried about whether this man was a suspect in the burglaries, they should have called the police. I don’t buy that at all.

I don’t know if Arbery was out for a run or if he was involved in the burglaries or not. It doesn’t matter to me. Neither justifies the response in the video.