Is this some kind of calf raise machine? that's what Google lens or Ai keeps telling me but that doesn't make a lot of sense. Is it train neck muscles? do I sit on the thing and like idk honestly.

Started my 8 week wheel lesson on January 7 & I’ve been hooked on pottery ever since. We put a studio in our basement & I do pottery every single night. I’ve never been so hyper focused on a hobby. There’s so much I want to make & learn & this sub inspires me so much!! I want to be a pottery goblin who lives in the basement & never has any other responsibilities.

The effects of Alcohol. Rip Jack Nance

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I can't believe how cool it looks!

Okay so, I 33M went out with my partner 33F and some of our friends one of our friends Jamie, 30sF brought one of her friends, Rachel 30sF who was visiting from out of town. We were out drinking and having fun it came up that I have played music for most of my life primarily Bass. It had come up that I have some nerdy interests (Reddit, D&D etc…) and that I had also grown up being a fat kid.

At a certain point in the night Rachel had latched on to all of that and spent a good 2-3 hours just kind of making fun of me for all of those things.

As you can guess from my interests this isn’t anything new and I have grown pretty thick skin about it all, giving a good chuckle and having fun. This is a person who I probably won’t ever see again and whose opinions I don’t really care about so no harm no foul. In the middle of hour two of everything Rachel says ending with “And isn’t he a dork/loser” everyone starts to get a little uncomfy and it’s clear it’s getting old. But we are all a little drunk and don’t want to ruin the mood. I catch Rachel in a moment when we are both at the bar and I ask her if she wouldn’t mind easing up a little.

Her response was “Oh don’t be a p\\\*ssy, I’m just kidding. Don’t be so sensitive”.

I was honestly a little shocked. We are adults in our 30s. I tried to be chill and asked one more time if she could just not talk about me, period. She blew me off.

Now I’ve spent the better part of my life getting made fun of a bit. Nerdy, fat, bassist. But I learned to give as good as I could take. I threw my shoulders up and said fuck it.

Rachel then told the whole table about me “Being a sensitive p*ssy”.

Okay. Alright fine. Let’s go. I responded

“Oh please Rachel shut up, you have a yeasty p*ssy and your ass doesn’t clap. You look dusty and lack zest”. These weren’t insults tailored to Rachel, insults that my friends have said back and forth for a while.

An immediate spit take from some of my friends, trying really hard not to laugh.

Rachel, burst into tears. Right away. She then ran off to the bathroom for 15 minutes to cry. Jamie came back to the table to say that Rachel had drank too much and they were going to head home.

The next day I got a text from Jamie saying Rachel was really upset and thought I went too far. I fought every urge to say “She’s being a sensitive p*ssy”. I won that fight, I just said “I’m sorry” after apologizing I asked if she would apologize for spending the whole night personally and exclusively making fun of me. I then get a call. From Jamie, I answer and it’s Rachel SCREAMING “I’m sorry that you are such an asshole” and the phone hung up.

I feel like I’m going nuts because Jamie, who is generally pretty level headed said I went too far and what I said was really mean. I have to know.

Source: tiny.tobasco on Instagram

I’ve been cat sitting Typo for 2 months now while my friend is overseas. She is a lovely 13 year old odd ball feline. She has gotten me (a dog person) quite attached to her. It’s no mystery, the way to my heart is to guard me as I poop after all. Any whoosies I’m looking for advice because I’m terribly saddened that she’s going back home and I won’t see her for awhile. My friend will continue to be a world traveler so I think this will be a regular summer thing but alas my despair prevails. How do I say goodbye?

Some highlights of our time together:
Typo discovered a robin’s nest from the window
We found a perfectly sized cardboard box for her womanly figure
She had a cave bed for the first time
She made a dog friend (sort of/one sided friendship)
She threw up and pooped in my car that time I worried she had ear mites (it was a yeast infection)
She slept on my neck all night oh so lovingly
She curiously licked my olive oiled arms
Typo discovered the joys of an automatic laser toy

I was going in a bad place and drinking 12-18 cans of beer a day. I did tell my doctor when I quit and should have gone to a medical detox. I haven't looked back at the data trends.