This twitter post got me thinking about what would I do if I was in a confrontation and I had to defend myself:
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White dude had no idea what he was doing. He ended up being a punching bag. I've worked as a corrections officer and as nightclub security, but I'm not a fighter. I try to avoid confrontations as much as possible. (Plus I usually wear my glasses)

Where do y'all stand?

I feel like after you spend so much on quality, you are just paying for the brand or label and it seems frivolous to be throwing money away like that.

I have certain brands and qualities I look out for. I will try to find stuff on sale when I can. But like when you are buying jeans for example, the quality doesn't seem to go up after $100. So what is the point of spending more other than to flaunt the label? Maybe this is just me. Just randomly thinking about it.

I was always curious. I was actually tempted to get one done a few years ago but I am glad I decided not to because some of the bigger companies were selling off the information of people to corporations and businesses. That felt really shady to me so I haven't wanted to get one done since. Don't know who I could trust!

Have you ever gotten one? If you did, did you learn anything new about yourself?

Yes, you read that right. This was supposedly a team-up with the estate of MLK and Epic Games. So it wasn't some random thing Epic Games did, MLK's family agreed to it. What it is, is a lobby gamers in Fortnite can join. You can't shoot or do much of anything, but I am hearing you can still emote, so you can do dance moves and all that. Kind of distasteful if you can emote during it.

Here's more info on it with a preview of what you can see and do:

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I think it's a cool way to educate children, and people who may have forgotten what MLK was about. If it helps kids learn, I'm all for it. I'm glad they didn't release MLK as a playable character, because I think that would be extremely messed up.

What do you guys think of this? Do you find it kind of weird? Or do you think it's a cool way to educate children about MLK?

A few years back I got into a serious fight with this one college guy. He was this annoying white dude who said some racist stuff at a party, I confronted the dude about it, but he didn't seem to care all too much. I then called him out for being racist and he blew up. We ended up getting into a little scuffle after he wouldn't shut up. Turns out, the dude was training to be an MMA fighter, so during the scuffle, he gets me in this arm bar and cranks my arm pretty good before his friends come in and pull him off. Thankfully he didn't break it, but he messed it up pretty good to where I had to get it checked out.

I would have pressed charges, but he ended up leaving before that could happen. I just said forget it, and went home. I just told the doctors some of my friends got into it and that was it.

But yeah, enough on story time, have you ever gotten into a serious fight that resulted in any injuries?

During the Olympics, Simone Biles didn't play through a lot of the Olympics. It was rumored to be her neves, or anxiety. I also heard that she wasn't able to take certain medication, as it was against the law in Japan, and due to that she was unable to compete.

Anyway, when she sat out, people went mad on the woman. I don't get it, they called her a quitter, and I think even some called her a baby. I never understood why she got so much hate. Even if it was because she sat out, while others had to miss out. I call BS on that, because no matter what, someone else got to play in her place. So she if anything allowed another young woman to shine while she sat.

Honestly, this is more about mental health. We shouldn't hate on someone because of their nerves. If they can't go, no one should face criticism for it. Just like with Naomi Osaka, that tennis player who backed out of the major tennis event.

Mental health isn't something to hate someone for.

I used to party every weekend with my lady and friends. But I turned 30 and I honestly couldn't deal with the hangovers, and to be honest, I kind got bored of doing it so much. My weekends these days are hanging with the family, meeting friends on occasion, and maybe gaming, watching movies and when covid ends, traveling.

Have you grown out of partying? I don't mind partying, just not as much as I used to.

I grew up watching my parents struggle with this. Now I see my siblings doing the same and it kind of prevented me from acquiring huge amounts of debt out of paranoia. Like I didn't want to be in the kind of position where I have to struggle and worry all the time. I learned some stuff over the years that helped. I use a physical planner I keep at my desk. I write down all my bills and make sure all my money is sorted out for each month. I also write down every transition I do on and offline, rounding up to the nearest $1 to ensure I never overdraw on my account. If I want to buy something I don't need, I wait 2 weeks. If I have forgotten it by the end of the 2 weeks, then I really didn't need it after all. I just do stuff like this.

How do you manage your finances and your debts?

A friend of mine's older brother has been doing this for like 10 years now. He buys things like LEGO sets and limited toy items and then just stored them to resell them. He has only sold a few things but he has made a decent profit off them. I just feel like it is a risk because, at any time, you could lose the items in a fire, they could be damaged by water, all sorts could happen. I just don't feel like it is a realistic investment anymore especially not the way toys and stuff are made. If you look at toys from the '70s to '90s, the quality comparison is unreal.

So you think investing in stuff like collectibles or toys is a smart investment?

Currently, I am renting but I am hoping to buy a house next year. Likely going to get a raise at work. I have been looking around at houses on Trulia. The prices seem to be on the higher side compared to just a year ago. Likely down to COVID and people leaving the city and being able to work from home. Curious to see who owns or rents. I have never owned a house before nor rented one. I have only lived in apartments on my own. I am sure it will be a whole new experience for me.

It has a dope interior and exterior and it has a good price. It's good to see that Stellantis is still investing in Jeep, I hope they put that same investment in Chrysler and Dodge.

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Who are some celebs, past and or present that you'd love to chill with? Snoop Dogg is high on the list for me personally. Not only due to his music, but due to him in general. Dude is just awesome. Imagine hanging out with him? Dude it'd be a blast. Oh and someone else I would like to chill with is Rihanna. I mean, come on, who wouldn't want to right? 😉

I'm not completely 100% on what is going on lately. All I know is that the US backed out of Afghanistan and are leaving it up to the afghan army and the people to fend for themselves. And so far that hasn't gone so well. It's left tons of Americans and refugees alone. It's a mess out there. And now the taliban has taken over the government over there essentially, or so I've heard.

Anyway, there was a bombing today I think that left 12 dead. And I think things are just going to keep getting worse in the middle east and surrounding areas.

I've thought of doing this before, but have not dared to ask my girl if she'd be into it. That is, an open relationship where we can go ahead and see other people. I don't think she would ever do it, and I bet she'd kill me if I even suggested it. But have any of you's been in a successful open relationship? How did it go?

I think they are. When I was still on Twitter, I saw a whole mess of different things. I mean we see it in TV, movies, and music even. Like people are being told to be selfish, worry about themselves, and all that. Like yes, you take care of yourself but not to a point where you become a scumbag or something. I feel like every different kind of culture in the west is being uplifted for its worst attributes. Worst of all, it is being spread now like wildfire and celebrated. You see this in black communities, gay communities, and just generally with women from all different backgrounds. I am all for freedom and people doing what they want in life but making nothing but bad life choices won't just screw up your own life but everyone in your life and around you. They are establishing a culture where failure and struggles in life an inevitable. What do you think about all this?

Most people I know have one or both. Some have many tats or many piercings while some only have a few. I even know an older woman in her 70's who has 3 of them. I feel like they have officially become mainstream and in that sense, they shouldn't be viewed as something "trashy" or "negative" when it comes to work or careers. Like I guess certain ones can still count as those things. Lord knows you don't want to be applying to be a pastor at a church with a naked woman on your forarm! But generally speaking, they shouldn't be viewed like they were just 30 years back. I feel like both hinder people's abilities to be hired for certain jobs, especially if they are black men. Black women have more leeway but unless you are looking all kinds of strange as a white person, no one bats an eye.

Kind of became two topics here. lol Feel free to touch on either or.

I was reading about this the other day. How having a creative outlet could help you better cope with stress and all that. It got me to thinking about what I do. It has been a while but I used to draw a lot. I actually wanted to get into illustration and do comics years ago but I never did it. I might get back into it again. Drawing more and see what I come up with. Worst case, I should be able to destress from the messes in the world and relax more.

Do you have a creative outlet?

I’ve been paying attention to the everything going on with the eviction moratorium. It looks like our current situation doesn’t work for either the landlord or the tenant. The system needs to be overhauled. What can we do to fix it?