FUCKING FUCK SHIT DAMN FUCK

1. 2019-06-05 at 6:27 PM UTC

   #1
   

   gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]
   I have an appointment with an employment counsellor to help me get back on my feet and find a gosh-darn job so I can pay the damn bills and shit, but now I'm drunk and high on meth so I can't just stroll in all nonchalant, at least not without raising a few eyebrows.
   
   So what, exactly, is a nigga to do?
   
   Miss the damn appointment?
   
   Like... I pride myself on my reliability.
   
   But a homie dun came and fucked my shit up this morning... But he's family... My hate isn't for him, it's, by process of exclusion, meant to be directly referred back towards myself.
   
   There are literally ZERO consequences (negative or otherwise) to me not showing up to this appointment...
   
   But, damn, I feel like an unreliable dick if I don't show. But I also can't show up drunk and high on meth cuz... you know... Social etiquette and all that.
2. 2019-06-05 at 6:30 PM UTC

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   -SpectraL coward [the spuriously bluish-lilac bushman]
   Call and say you have a bad headache and will have to reschedule.
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3. 2019-06-05 at 6:34 PM UTC

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   gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]

   Originally posted by -SpectraL Call and say you have a bad headache and will have to reschedule.

   
   That's actually not such a bad idea...
   
   Keep it simple and all...
   
   And I considered it for a minute...
   
   But there's a certain element of principle at play... I said I'd be there. But now I won't. I hate that shit.
   
   But then again, shit happens. Whatever that "shit" might happen to be is pretty much irrelevant.
   
   This is actually a family emergency.
   
   If you've known someone for three decades, they should, necessarily, fall under the category of family.
   
   I'm allowed to call a sick day (even if it's technically not work).
4. 2019-06-05 at 6:38 PM UTC

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   -SpectraL coward [the spuriously bluish-lilac bushman]
   I say headache because headaches come on suddenly and unexpected, and it's something people can sympathize with.
5. 2019-06-05 at 6:40 PM UTC

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   gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]
   But then again, nobody held a meth pipe or a bottle of booze to my mouth this morning.
   
   This is all on me.
   
   I mean... he did wake me up at like 6 AM (I was still partially asleep)... and he put the pipe on the coffee table... I'm only human, right?
   
   It is my own fault... At least partially... I acknowledge that.
   
   But I never could have anticipated this shit. No one really can.
   
   I AINT SEEN A NIGGA IN OVER A YEAR. And he just "drops by" at 6 AM.
6. 2019-06-05 at 6:40 PM UTC

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   Technologist victim of incest
   Don’t know how you handle your buzz, but I can’t imagine being able to hide that. I’d definitely reschedule.
   
   Did you completely forget about the appt?
7. 2019-06-05 at 6:42 PM UTC

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   vindicktive vinny Black Hole
   go despite your drunk. your still unemployed, its ok to be drunk.
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8. 2019-06-05 at 6:43 PM UTC

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   gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]

   Originally posted by Technologist Don’t know how you handle your buzz, but I can’t imagine being able to hide that. I’d definitely reschedule.
   
   Did you completely forget about the appt?

   
   No, I knew about the appointment...
   
   But when I was suddenly awoken at 6 AM, I ended up waking up with a hangover.
   
   I have a bad problem of continuing drinking when I wake up hungover (my own bad).
   
   So I try to avoid scenarios where I can potentially be awoken in the middle of the night.
   
   But, damn, this is one of my best friend from WAY BACK when... We were in the first grade when we became friends. I can't just tell him to fuck off.
   
   Maybe a stronger person than I could have helped him without carrying on with drinking, and smoking whatever was present (i.e. meth), but I simply couldn't.
9. 2019-06-05 at 6:44 PM UTC

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   Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Dark Matter [my scoffingly uncritical tinning]
   Doesn't the booze counteract the meth?
10. 2019-06-05 at 6:45 PM UTC

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    gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]

    Originally posted by vindicktive vinny go despite your drunk. your still unemployed, its ok to be drunk.

    
    That's actually a pretty good point.
    
    But it involves playing the victim, and I just don't like doing that.
    
    Like... "take mercy on me... I only drink in the morning because I'm a degenerate that can't help himself..."
    
    I just can't picture that working... Even if I could bring myself to play that card.
11. 2019-06-05 at 6:47 PM UTC

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    gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]

    Originally posted by Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Doesn't the booze counteract the meth?

    
    That's actually precisely why I bought the booze.
    
    I thought it would level me out...
    
    It has helped dull the stimulant crash, but hasn't negated it entirely.
    
    Their effects are, unfortunately (at least for me right now), mutually additive.
12. 2019-06-05 at 6:51 PM UTC

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    mashlehash victim of incest [my perspicuously dependant flavourlessness]
    What you gonna do
13. 2019-06-05 at 6:52 PM UTC

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    gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]

    Originally posted by mashlehash What you gonna do

    
    Imma call ghostbusters.
14. 2019-06-05 at 6:53 PM UTC

    #14
    Erekshun Naturally Camouflaged
    Tell them you have had an erection longer than 4 hours and you need to see your doctor.
15. 2019-06-05 at 6:55 PM UTC

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    mashlehash victim of incest [my perspicuously dependant flavourlessness]
    Flu?
16. 2019-06-05 at 6:56 PM UTC

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    Technologist victim of incest
    Sorry Gad,
    Gotta be the mom that I am. There’s no excuses, the blame is squarely on your shoulders. This goes against what you’ve been saying you want to do. Get a job, get your head straight, party in moderation.
    
    Take the blame, no excuses, and call the guy to reschedule.
    
    Hope that wasn’t too authoritative.
17. 2019-06-05 at 6:56 PM UTC

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    gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]

    Originally posted by Erekshun Tell them you have had an erection longer than 4 hours and you need to see your doctor.

    
    That too could work...
    
    But, I'm not trying to turn this into the "EXCUSES FOR MISSING WORK THREAD" (would link to it if I weren't dealing with some shit right now).
    
    I think I'm just gonna pass out and not show up.
18. 2019-06-05 at 6:57 PM UTC

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    Technologist victim of incest
    Don’t just not show up, call the man an reschedule.
19. 2019-06-05 at 6:58 PM UTC

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    gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]

    Originally posted by gadzooks I think I'm just gonna pass out and not show up.

    
    Actually I dunno.
    
    I don't feel right about that.
    
    Imma at least give them a call.
20. 2019-06-05 at 6:59 PM UTC

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    gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]

    Originally posted by Technologist Don’t just not show up, call the man an reschedule.

    
    I'm lucid enough to even just show up.
    
    But people generally don't take a high drunkard for their word, so I can't really explain my way out of this in person.
    
    I'll prolly just call.
    
    Two hours left... The clock she is a tickin'.