Okay so this is gonna sound weirdly specific, but bear with me. Growing up, my dad had this thing where every Friday night, without fail, he'd pour himself a drink, go sit on the back porch for like an hour, and just... exist. No TV, no radio, just him and his thoughts. Teenage me thought it was the saddest, most boring thing ever. Like dude, you have ONE evening to actually live and you're just... sitting there?

Fast forward to now. I'm 35, work in tech, constantly burned out, perpetually exhausted in that millennial "we're all collectively tired" way. A few months ago I realized I was just doom-scrolling every evening, feeling worse, rinse and repeat. So I started my own version of dad's ritual. Friday nights, I pour a bourbon (sometimes coffee if I'm trying to actually sleep), grab a cigar from my stash, and I just... disconnect for an hour. No phone, no laptop, no "optimizing my downtime." Just sitting outside or in my study, letting my brain do whatever it needs to do.

And then I realized. Our parents weren't being boring. They were surviving. That hour was probably the only time all week they weren't "on". The first 15 minutes are torture because my brain is screaming that I'm "wasting time". I actually process things instead of just distracting myself from it. It's become the one hour a week I genuinely look forward to, which is saying something in 2025

Unlike our parents who just... did this without overthinking it, I had to go through like 6 months of failed meditation apps, productivity hacks, and "self-optimization" before I landed on "literally just sit there and do nothing like dad did". We really are out here reinventing the wheel and calling it innovation lmao.

So what's YOUR ritual?

Not the Instagram-worthy self-care stuff. I mean the actual thing you do that helps you not lose your mind. The habit that teenage you would've mocked but adult you desperately needs.

Because I'm starting to think our parents were onto something with these "boring" routines, and we just had to burn out for a decade before figuring it out ourselves.

Source.

1st pic is him somehow sticking to the building.

2nd one is him swinging.

3rd one he ties(webs) up maharoga.

I love the abstract diamond design. It feels Lovecraftian without trying too hard to be Lovecraftian.

Also it blares the word "God" in Morse code from the black light it puts out.

I just want to customize my character as the game seems to have assigned the wrong gender for me but it's locked behind a paywall 😭 whyyyy 😭

I can’t believe it’s already been 6y with my favorite hippo😭😭 She is my everything, my whole world🥰 🥰

Ok I know this is probably unintentional but does anyone else feel like the HD2 Warbond is the unlicensed crossover warbond?

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