I had a dream once where a woman grabbed my head, looked me in the eye, and said “when you wake up I won’t exist.”
Freaked me out
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I had a dream where I was in a group project back in high school, and I was apologizing to all of my group mates because I knew it was a dream and I was gonna wake up soon and leave them with all the work.
Oh my god, are you okay? That's one of those you never let go of.
He's okay, it's the woman who's in trouble here.
I wonder if he ever woke up. This is sad.
I hope he did, because if he didn't then that means we're inside his dream too.
In which case we need to make sure he never wakes up.
Your right we must save the woman, to save the world.
Save cheerleader == save world!!!!
You could make a religion out of this.
(plz no)
It's basically the religion in the Elder Scrolls games (Skyrim, Oblivion, Morrowind).
Ultimately above the deadra and all that, there is the sleeper. There's a "dream sleeve" between their reality and the sleeper. If you can be spiritually free enough you can rise above and into the dream sleeve. Then you become like a God.
My favorite quote:
Everything we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.
Edgar Allen Poe
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I'd argue that non-existence is far less troublesome than the reverse.
Was your dream this xkcd?
Oh good it wasn’t my idea so she’s not actually real
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My eldest lad is growing up too fast - he's got lots of hobbies, one of which needs a lot of fitness so I try and get out with him once a week for a half hour run - partly to introduce him to cardio training but mainly to just get some time alone with him before he realises his dad is an arsehole.
It's great. Admittedly, he's just "Roblox Roblox Roblox Roblox Roblox Roblox can we go to the shop Roblox Roblox" but it's time with him to talk to me about whatever he wants and it's time that I absolutely adore. I hope when (if) he chooses to have kids, he'll look back and think "hey that was some decent dad time I had outside the house".
I'm also secretly hoping that if he's ever going through a rough time in life that he's keeping to himself and we're still out banging miles into the tarmac, then somewhere between "what's your favourite Grow Your Garden pet?" and "I just got a badge in Doors for using a crucifix on door 69 while getting chased by rush", there'll be a little breadcrumb or hint at a drama that we can talk about and ease his mental health just a tiny bit.
Who knows. A dad can hope.
Awwww. A caring dad. They will see and remember this.
Honestly I'd be happy if they remember it and adopt the same approach to spending time with folk - whether it be their friends, colleagues, maybe even their own bairns in due course.
arsehole
Nah. I don’t give a shit about anything else you do or have done, you being a good dad to your kid negates all that shit.
Yeah fingers crossed!
I think there's a point in most people's lives though where they look up to their leading figure in life - be it father; mother; caregiver; whatever - and realise that they're not perfect and they're just as prone to making daft mistakes as anyone.
It was a sobering moment for me - I suppose it just makes you realise that they're just another person trying to make the best in life and sometimes shit just goes sideways.
I mean, twenty years later I still feel like I've got my shit held together by thin string and willpower - adulting is hard work 😂
I just made "Father of the Year" by enforcing a time limit on my 12 yo playing with his friends on the computer, so his younger brother could play, and now he's in his room in tears. Yeah, adulting sucks sometimes.
Yeah refereeing is hard too. Sometimes I want to yeet the controller out the window so nobody plays and solve the fairness problem that way... but then I'd have to listen to both of them bleat on about it!
You can only do your best 😊
Omg, I feel this so goddamn much
Reminds me of the self aware board game commercial family on Community.
Couldn't remember it so I had to look it up. https://youtu.be/lMW58MiSLe0
Sounds like a rewatch is due!
Hold up. I've watched the whole series, twice. Yet I've never seen that 'advert'!!?! I'm confused.
It's from the end of the last episode, between the #andamovie hashtag and the credits.
Thank you.
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This is Not a Song, it's a Sandwich by Psychostick.
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They are having the best day of its life, for ever.
You woke up with a memory of this day but it never happened.
Since OP decided not to post it, here's the extra text:
"This is one of those comics that causes a bunch of readers to check in on my mental health, isn't it?"
I much prefer when OPs include it in the description.
Did not know SMBC features extra text, but in my defence I've linked the source
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I fully expected in big font underneath:
9/11/01
Young Zach was really going through some shit, huh?
you stupid child
As I said the last time I saw this, the early-aughts webcomic 1/0 covers this in some depth.
It's exactly 1000 strips, and holy frick how is it 25 years old
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Immersion ruined
The images viewed by the minds are very much alive though
A small chip of my childhood and joy has fallen by the wayside.
I mean, this is literally the same concept I used to stop myself from crying whenever I remember the time Lucario sacrificed himself in place of Ash.
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