What have you done recently that makes you stand back and proudly say, “I did that shit”?

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          At least you’re actually old. I got this name from some 18-year-olds that I used to play Modern Warfare with when I was 21 :-/

          • toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world
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            oh come on, you’re an old man, you know kids can be cruel :P

            why do i feel like your name is brian? maybe that’s just a bit of my childhood peeking through. we had this one friend in my group when we were teenagers that was 28. he was awesome, and he fully embraced the cringe. drove a 90s chevy f150. chopped it, threw a camper on the bed, and painted it krusty cough syrup purple. had a bunch of subwoofers and drove around banging master p and metallica. got a full-color tattoo of Taz. miss that brian.

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              I have a good friend named Brian, but my name is Tim.

              28 seems a little old to be hanging out with teens, but I married a 27y/o when I was 17 so what do I know?

              I do like subwoofers.

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                the 90s were a different time, and he was a friend from church. nothing creepy - he was a mentor, not a creep. he was the guy who told you not to drink all those wine coolers. i did anyways, and i got a horrible stomach ache and spent the night in the fetal position. he was wise.

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                  They truly were.

                  But, adding that he was from church doesn’t do anything to make him seem less creepy in my opinion, lol. And I was raised Baptist, so it’s not like I’m just ignorant of church folk - I know Catholics, Pentecostals, Jews, Mormons, Seventh Day Adventists, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Snake Handlers, and Atheists.

                  The whole image of a late-20s guy in a lowered f150 full of subwoofers hanging out with drunk teens just doesn’t look great, regardless of denomination, y’know?

                  But again, maybe my perception is skewed by my own experiences with older people taking advantage of younger people. Maybe there’s one good dude and it’s your Brian. Maybe he just had the mentality of a teen. Who knows 🤷‍♂️

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                    meh. i guess it doesn’t really matter what it sounds like on the outside. i mentioned the church in good faith, but that’s apparently now a lost thing. it sucks, because he was a great friend and mentor and i don’t think kids now will ever get the chance to have that. everyone’s a creep and a groomer now.