r/okbuddycinephile • u/NotYourNubian • 22h ago

characters you are slowly becoming

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u/lurkermurphy 22h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/F3G8ymQkOkbII

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u/GoldenMonkeyRedux 19h ago

I aspire to be the Dude.

I'm essentially retired in my 50's and give absolutely zero fucks about anything other than my kid, wife, and pets.

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u/jungleass98 16h ago

Dope, dude! My current retirement plan is just kinda dying. Congrats haha

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u/GoldenMonkeyRedux 16h ago edited 16h ago

We're on the same path.

I grew up poor in the Appalachians and even there I was made fun of due to my K-Mart clothes (think Parton's "Coat of many colors").

I pushed through after living abroad for years, met my wife, realized her potential and pushed her to become an executive in a huge health care system.

My family suffered for years but my folks decided to start a business that all us kids had to sacrifice for, but it really worked out.

Now I just do what I can and try not to worry about shit. So many terrible jobs in the interim.

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u/youbonedmymom 8h ago

Executive!! Now I understand why you added your wife! (Joking) Love her too(mine not yours). Even if we are complete opposites. #BALANCE

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u/GoldenMonkeyRedux 16h ago

This will sound weird but hear me out: I spent some time in a zen temple in Japan and honestly did not get it at 20 years old. Just didn't make sense to me at all.

The other day I realized what the hell I was doing and why I shouldn't worry about things beyond my control.

I'm over 30 years older and it's weird it finally hit me. Zen isn't really a religion as much as a philosophy.

It literally took me 30 years to figure out that you can't figure it out.

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u/lurkermurphy 19h ago

nah you still give too many fucks if you maintained a wife hehe

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u/GoldenMonkeyRedux 19h ago

It keeps me on that line between sanity and insanity.

That and my garden. And Miller High Life.

Frankly, she maintained me. I have no idea why.

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u/ThirstyWolfSpider 16h ago

Are you attempting to engineer a bitter lonely future?

Because driving away the people who love you is a really amazing start on that project.

But you do you … and that attitude suggests that everyone [else] would be better off that way. As an excellent TV show (almost utopian) once asked, "wouldn't that be for the best?".