As an American learning French, how retarded is it of me to try to speak French to Canadians outside of Quebec when travelling to Canada?
Fairly retarded but not that bad. There are still a lot of French speaking Canadians in Ontario. Montreal is really where you want to be for practice, though.
Very retarded. Very few people outside of Quebec speak French. A few tiny communities in Ontario, places along the Quebec/Ontario border and another tiny community on Winnipeg are just about it.
Quebecers will love you for learning French. There are many people over here who don't speak a word of English, only French. If you stick to Montreal and the south shore you'll find a lot of English people. But as soon as you venture off to say Trois Rivières or Quebec City you won't find many English speaking people.
The government forces the preservation of the language. So people with French parents must go to French schools, business signs and packaging must be written in French and if they include English, it must be written smaller. As a result, people over here end up in their own little world separated from the rest.
>>16980910
>Quebecers will love you for learning French.
Don't they dislike foreigners?
Back again because my meeting cancelled
48 year old guy
Married 24+ years
Six children, oldest two grown
I've made enough mistakes to know what not to do.
Offering advice.
>>16980880
What's your education level?
YAY WELCOME BACK
But you didn't go home for long...When do you sleep?
How much fundamental disagreement can there be in a relationship that is intended to last? I'm talking about things like religious or political beliefs, dietary quirks, personal opinions, etc.
am I attractive /adv/?
>18m with an inferior complex
4/10
>>16980863
/adv/ is a lot harsher than /soc/
>>16980863
do I genuinely kill myself?
Sorry if this is long.
I rent a room with this sweet lady and her partner. It's such a nice house, and ever since I moved they've been nothing but supportive toward me. They knew I'd moved from another city, and didn't know many people here, so would always include me in things, even bringing me in on their family's Christmas when I couldn't get back to my own family in time for it.
Unfortunately, I'm a fucking filthy cretin who seals himself away in his room, allows trash to build up, and even pisses in bottles to avoid going to the bathroom. I'm not at all proud of this, so would both keep my room a closely guarded mystery to everyone, and would stow away my piss bottles until no-one was around so I could empty and dispose of them.
I'm currently on vacation for the next week or two, and have just received this message from my landlady:
> Hi Anon - don't worry we can talk about this when you get back (actually it will be [landlady's partner] as I will be away till 28th)
>we would like to help you if we can - in the meantime we are going to tidy up the rubbish but I won't remove any of your stuff. See you when I get back.
I've never felt so ashamed of myself. If they're cleaning up the trash, they've most certainly encountered the piss bottles.
That message sounded ominous as fuck, am I losing the room? I probably deserve to, given how I've treated their hospitality. If I haven't lost the room, how the fuck do we all move on from here? I know that "stop pissing in bottles" is the first priority, but how do I go on living with people that know how fucking disgusting I am?
Own up to being disgusting. Decide if you want to stay that way or change.
If you want to stay that way, let them know.
If you want to change, set some ground rules to help you out and let them know you're serious. Things like door open unless you're sleeping or masturbating. Always going to the bathroom to piss. Emptying all garbage weekly on garbage day (if your garbage collection is bi-weekly then still take it out every Tuesday or whatever).
they seem like they just want to help you, apologize and try to better yourself I guess?
The same way you got along with them before. There is no other way. It colors their relationship with you, but it need not do the reverse.
You need help, OP. Harness what you are feeling: let it drive you. See a therapist. Hell, even setting up an account on Habitica is better than nothing. But fight the urge to run.
>Be dating a girl 9 years older than me
>Never loved anyone else as much as her, not bothered about the age
>Met each other's parents, spent extended amounts of time staying at each other's houses, everything seemed to be going well
>After a year she tells me that she doesn't want to be more than friends anymore because she wants to start thinking about starting her own family in the next 5 years, and the age difference means we aren't compatible in terms of raising kids together
>Tells me hanging out/ sex is still on the table though
>Fuckthat.jpg
The problem is that there's nothing I want more than to be with her, and pathetic as it sounds even for just a few more nights. I know that going back to her briefly just so I get rejected again wouldn't be doing myself any favours, but I find other women repulsive simply because they aren't her.
Anyone else been in this situation? How long does it take to pass?
>>16980715
Bump
if she loved you, she wouldn't be bitchy about age
tyga is 26 and kylie jenner is 18
so fuck dat
>>16980715
Do you want to have kids with her? Or start a family? Or marry her? If no to those questions then you truly don't want to be with her in a serious relationship and she knows that. Obviously if you want to be with her you would start talking about making a future together and not just hanging out and having sex
How to you cope being an atheist/agnostic in an extremely religious society where everyone you know, especially the government is catholic?
>>16980682
*do
>>16980682
>How do you cope being an atheist/agnostic in an extremely religious society where everyone you know, especially the government is catholic?
Hard
>How do you cope being an atheist/agnostic in an extremely religious society where everyone you know, especially the government is islamic?
Impossible
>>16980682
Have you read the good book? It says that all men were created with the ability to lie, fucking do it. Genesis 42
What country are you in?
I'm a 20 year old guy who needs to shave his head down to the skin because of severe male pattern baldness.
I experienced puberty early and my temples were already receding by the time I was 11. This is my scalp when it's perfectly smooth. Most people can't tell by some pick up instantly that my hairline is off. How the fuck do I cope with this? Is there ANY hope for me? I used to be fairly attractive with hair now I'm a 5'6" skinhead.
The dreaded question of my life is "so why do you shave your head anyway?" Oh, how old are you? "Oh"
I'm contemplating ending my life. I just want to be loved but how can I pull this off being the disgusting waste of genes I am?
My brother wears a hat all the time. He has a beard and we live in a cold place, so it works.
>>16980523
So that's your solution? Wearing hats all the time? Where I live it's not that cold even, and with a beard I literally look like I'm 30.
I have pics if anyone gives a fuck. Kinda apprehensive though.
Time for some witty replies. None of their fucking business what your head and hairline look like or why.
If someone asks, respond with similar questions--why do you want to know? Or something uber personal about them.
How the fuck do I curb this? I'm fucking disgusted by everyone. Almost everyone on every side of the current political discussion is retarded and uneducated, unwilling to consider any other opinions.
Actually, you could just say that about almost everyone concerning everything. No one is willing to fucking connect, just have conflict. No one understands their intelligence. I'm not fucking smart, I'm not very savvy with politics, so I don't fucking speak about them. Why can't more people do that?
Why does everyone have to fuck everyone over? Judge everyone? People fuck others over in the office, it's just par for the course. No one can fucking drive, everyone has to be irritating. People eat too fucking loudly, close your god damn mouth. If you're not sure what you want to eat, don't sit in the fucking drive thru forever, go in and look at the menu.
Every irritates me on every level now. I mean for -everything.- You type "you" as "u"? I probably hate you now to the point where I can't even fucking converse with you without shaking.
I used to love people. Love debate. Wanted to be a counselor. Now I just fucking loathe everyone. Of course I'm in customer support where I get asking fucking retarded questions by lazy and stupid cunts constantly. LOOK AT THE FUCKING WEBSITE. SEE THAT BUTTON THAT SAYS WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? YEAH CLICK THAT. SOLVED FUCK.
I don't know how to continue to deal with it all. Part of me just wants to join infantry and go fucking shoot muslims as a way to get out some anger, but lets be honest, I'm not going to fucking do that.
How do you cope with anyone, even online, /adv/? I want to interact with good people, but it seems like there are literally no good people. Just fucking selfish, ignorant, entitled cunts.
I'm actually in physical pain because of this. Every muscle is on fire.
I feel this way too OP, and I'm probably to old to be feeling this way...I assume you are too. It really fucking sucks. No idea what to do.
>>16980503
I've been smoking a lot of weed to help curb this as much as possible, but that costs quite a bit and isn't always available. I'd prefer not to rely on a drug to even tolerate other people, but I really think I'm past even that.
I just want to break bones, to hurt fucking stupid people in public all the time. I'm too fucking honest and law-abiding to do it, but that fucking craving to shove my thumbs into someones throat and pull out their adam's apple because they fucking just won't get off my ass in traffic or use the word "irregardless." Anything puts me at full rage.
>>16980505
Yeah I'm 25 and this only really started within the last three years. I've gone through some shit and have made it out the other end a few times, it makes me anxious and what not, but I don't think that's why I feel this way.
I just wish people would fucking mind their own business, be considerate, shut the fuck up occasionally, and try a little harder. But that will never happen, and here I am getting angrier and angrier. I still love my wife, that'll never change, but I finally said it out loud and confirmed it to myself today, I don't even consider what was my best friend of 10 years a friend anymore, and I know he still loves me like a brother. I don't even want to see him breathe he fucking pisses me off so much. I want to see him suffer and it makes me happy every time he complains about something in life. I can't fucking stand him or anyone else anymore.
Hi /adv/, how do I stop being so paranoid? Today I looked out my window and saw some random white van standing in my driveway, and somehow came to the conclusion that it's the FBI spying on me. I spent the next 5 hours feeling super uneasy and dreadful, couldn't eat anything and almost vomited. What the fuck is wrong with me? I kept telling myself there's no way it's the FBI, I mean, why the fuck would they park in my DRIVEWAY and not across the street?
But it didn't help, was feeling like shit the whole time until the car finally left. And this isn't the only time, it's about different things but I often feel paranoid like this. I just can't stop thinking about it and the only way to distract myself is to play video games or something. How do I fix this shit?
>>16980452
Paranoia is the ultimate in egotism.
Just ask yourself, what possible reason would the FBI have to be interested in me? Why would they spend thousands of dollars just to park in MY driveway?
They've got better things to do.
>>16980498
I did ask myself, and I realize how stupid it is for me to think it's the FBI. But just thinking about it makes me feel dreadful. And even if I consciously tell myself there's literally nothing to fear, I still subconsciously fear it.
Man this board is slow at this time.
So heres a long story short.
>be me
>friends with large group in college
>some tranny hits on a friend in the group and he get duped into a kiss
>hes buttravaged and we all hate tranny's anyways
>start playing pranks on the faggot
>endless teepeeing of his house
>keyed his car a few times with tranny on the side
>gave his info to some other tranny hating group
>saran wrap his door
>ordered pizza to his house just for shits as well
It was all fun until now. The pranks have started escalating. One of my bros is a wizard and set up his car door to where when he opened it firecrackers would go off. But now some of the ideas are getting more and more dangerous and I kinda want to bail. They are considering playing with fire. Like literally and I feel like its only a matter of time before the cops come looking for us. Like pranks are one thing but fire is another. Theyre considering putting firecrackers all throughout is yard. Like the only reason why they havent done it yet is because my bro is asking around for how exactly hed wire something like that.
How fucked am I. I feel like its too late to bail now.
What should I do.
>>16980309
>"Hey guys, I think this is getting out of hand. Do we really want to get in trouble over this?"
If they say they want to keep going...
>"Alright, well, I don't want to be a part of this anymore."
If they get caught, it's not like they're going to be like, 'oh anon, too. he did it, too.' Especially if you weren't even there for the thing they got caught doing.
Sit back and get ready to be charged with hate crimes
>>16980318
One of them could snitch for like a lighter sentence or something. Sometimes guys I dont really know tagged along.
As long as no ones hurt cops dont really have time for this shit but if someones injured they wont ignore that
If she says "you know the way to my heart"
Was she just making convo?
Probably not. Was there something in the context of the situation something that made you doubt?
same
probably not
>>16980303
>>16980305
Hmm, how's that?
So I am 19 and a Virgin, basically everyone I know lost their virginity around 17 and basically everyone I know is having sex, and here I am single alone and virgin. I want to enjoy life but everytime I see a couple it makes me depressed, like I have had moments where I have actually felt like crying. Over soemthing this ridiculous no wonder I am a Virgin. It wasn't always like this, this is new; I feel my age is getting to me, and everyone I know is fukcing and here I am writing this. I am
Shit with people in general, and shittier with women. Have a faint memory of crying and masturbating. Hear how my friends got laid, and how this girl I knew basically got pressured into sex, I figure I would never do that. I am a go at your pace kind of guy to everyone. Is my lack of assssrtivness the problem? I get so depressed about this issue last time I punched a wall until my fist started hurting to take my mind of it
So tell me /adv/ what do?
No OP don't go down that downward spiral of "I'm a hopeless virgin". I went through that phase at 19 and withdrew from all girls despite having plenty of chances, like a fucking autist.
Don't take getting laid so seriously. Who fucking cares? We'll all be dead one day and nobody is going to go up to your gravestone and say " OP was a virgin still when he was 19 fuck that guy". IT'S NOT THAT BIG OF A DEAL. You're told it is by your friends because they're thinking with their dick still.
If you truly want to get laid, actually want it. Don't want it because you're told to. Find a girl and bang her when you're ready. Good luck
same boat OP.
I lost my virginity at 19.5 (I'm female), and I have to say it's brought out to be a bigger deal than it is...I'm 22 now and I laugh at how I thought about it back then.
Hey /adv/,
Canadafag here.
How can I effectively kill myself?
Its difficult to acquire a firearm in canada afaik, so that's ruled out.
Saw a post about potassium cyanide in a thread the other day, but I don't think I can obtain it without being suspicious.
I've considered drug poisoning although the only thing I have to work with is over the counter drugs (so low rate of success), although I think drug poisoning + plastic bag will be alright.
I looked into Canadian suicide method rates as well, and it seems hanging is the most popular.
Although I'm not quite sure how to perform this if I don't have anything to hang myself off of?
Nothing comes to mind when I brainstorm what to suspend myself on.
Would a door work? using an over-the-door hook and tying rope to that? I'm worried that I'd struggle and hit it, thus alarming my roommates.
Go to bed Adam
>>16979893
>wihtout being suspicious
that wont matter you'll be dead ;)
>difficult to acquire a firearm in canada
just go visit america, you can get 3 for a dollar here. i know that'd take like a WHOLE day, but it beats being alive for another 40 years doesnt it :^)
>all i have to wokr with is over the counter drugs
nope, canada has quite a big drug industry, especially meth.
>canadian suicide methods
my sides
>nothing to hang myself off of
go tie a rope around literally anything, by a really sturdy bar amd nail it into your celing, you wont mind you will be dead
>>16979928
I'm a girl.
>>16979931
>that wont matter you'll be dead ;)
I'm pretty sure you can't obtain KCN here without some sort of permit, and even then you need a clear reason to obtain it.
>just go visit america
is it really that easy to get a gun in america?
just walk into a store and get one?
i thought you need to prove citizenship though.
>canada has quite a big drug industry
i have no friends and i don't know anyone who might sell them.
i also meant that i have limited access to prescription drugs
>nothing to hang myself off of
my ceiling is really high since there's no attic, so i cant reach it even if i stand on my table.
although i could stack multiple things together, true that.
I think i'll consider the hanging or going to America, thanks bud
So I have been dating a new girl for a couple of weeks and we are going to hang out again this Friday - picking her up about 6, will get to the coast/beach about 6:20 - 6:30, sunset is about 7:30
So I figure a good surprise would be to bust out dinner stuff and we can make food together on the tail gate of my truck - I have a one burner camper stove and I guess the rest would have to be cold stuff like salad
Can I get some dinner ideas? Preferably something that we can make in about an hour.
We are both vegetarian - only going to have one small camper stove
Thanks friends
bump for romance and justice
>>16979852
i did this two weeks ago, except i actually bought her dinner instead of being a cheap mother fucker.
that being said, if someone took me on a date, id prefer your approach rather than an expensive restaurant, so there is that.
as for good vegan things to cook on the grill, do you need to cook things for vegans? isnt salad the basis of what you eat anyways? if not, consider going to trader joes or other fancy vegan friendly places and check for fucking tofu burgers and the like
>>16980216
>except i actually bought her dinner instead of being a cheap mother fucker.
Cooking is an act and something 2 people can do together, being a guy that can cook is an attractive trait and the point was to surprise her - not drive her out to the ocean in a vehicle that smells like french fries, man.
I am leaning more towards spaghetti and salad but was hoping on getting more suggestions.
I might have a bigger grill I could bring if I needed though
So I have a question for you depressed people out there.
Do any of you feel as if you get off mentally on being depressed and negative? Like as if you enjoy being in this state of mind but you just haven't consciously realized it because its all you've taught yourself to feel over the years lingering in this pool of despair but when its time to get out you'd rather drown instead because its all you've been doing for so many years.
I ask this because I had a convo with my gf and she says shes more used to being depressed more than positive and happy. So I'm thinking maybe you guys actually enjoy being in this mentality opposed to being positive about life but choose to only see the negative
>>16979688
Yes. Mental illness really is insidious. That's why it often takes professional help, and even medication, to get out of it.
Speaking from experience, I would say that you are onto something. Though I will add that it's not necessarily 'enjoyable,' as much as it is comfortable.
Personally I dont enjoy it per se, but Ive romantiziced the heart broken tortured genius I wish I was, and so I yearn situations that I know will make me deppressed.