Twisters - Patreon Version
Added 2025-01-18 20:55:08 +0000 UTCComments
I think that i would be less worried about FLYING a plane compared to riding in one. One has a feeling of control, and the other of complete dependence.
Michael@GetFitwithDogs
2025-01-19 07:02:33 +0000 UTCMichael, one thing I'm working on pursuing is a pilots license. I have been in love with planes my entire life. Worked with them up close on an aircraft carrier, and go to a few airshows every couple years. One of my dreams my entire life is to be able to fly a plane big or small. So we are opposites in that respects lol. I use to be nervous at being on plane too though.
Thats MR. Baldamort
2025-01-19 06:12:12 +0000 UTCYes, travel isn't cheap. I haven't done a lot of it because I'm actually very uncomfortable flying. I hate planes. I told Katy she'd only get me in a plane on our Honeymoon. We got married and I held true to that promise and flew to Cancun for a week. She thought because I did it once that I'd do it again. Wrong! 🤣 If I can drive there, I'll drive there. Even if it's 24 hours of driving away. I'll reserve flying again for something really big... like Bora Bora.
Michael@GetFitwithDogs
2025-01-19 06:05:59 +0000 UTCI watch reaction content because I love movies and music. I want to see if other people like what I love. The past week, I've been watching reactions to Journey's "Faithfully". Such a good song. Great lyrics.
Michael@GetFitwithDogs
2025-01-19 06:01:54 +0000 UTCI agree troy. I am a millennial but I am an old soul. I have only used dating apps a couple times and realized I prefer to just meet people in person organically. The issue is, I work a lot, I have lots of bills to pay and not much money to play with to travel either like what Michael pointed out, and boy would I love to travel. Truthfully Im an extrovert trapped in a introverted life style and it drives me nuts. I watch reaction content a lot because I dont have time to do much else or afford big travel ventures, that go beyond the scope of leaving the U.S. I very much would love to be a passport bro if I could and find a partner that way. I could try Canada, I hear those Canadians are nice, but Ive only been to Canada while in the Navy but have not been able to afford it as a civilian lol. Plus I just want to travel just to see things. I just dont want to travel alone. I am not one to experience cool and beautiful moments alone. I want to experience them with somebody and see their face and expressions too.
Thats MR. Baldamort
2025-01-19 05:51:38 +0000 UTCMichael, not only do I think that Dasha reads all of our comments, but I think it's all part of her secret training in aberrant human psychology...😂 But let's test it. Dasha, if you are reading this, let us know and I will buy you a chili dog (that will do it; nobody could consciously resist a chili dog).
Troy Hickman
2025-01-19 05:50:04 +0000 UTCMr B, I absolutely understand. If it wasn't for my dialysis treatments three times a week, I wouldn't be able to remember the last time anyone has touched me! And that's rough because human contact is so important to us as a species. You know, I watched a video the other day, and it was this woman talking about a male friend of hers who hasn't been having any luck with women, so she created a profile for him on one of the dating sites. She ran the whole thing, basically pretending to be her male friend, and within a matter of days, she was absolutely devastated. She said that she came out of the experience feeling really sorry for modern men, and really disliking a lot of modern women. She said that her male friend was probably what would be considered about a six on the attractiveness scale, which according to her apparently made him way too far beneath the expectations of the women on the dating app. In fact, she said that even women who would probably be considered twos or threes wanted nothing to do with this guy because he was only a six. Young men these days have all sorts of problems, and one of the greatest is feeling disenfranchised from the rest of society, and terrible loneliness. I respect that you would only have that kind of contact with someone you're involved with. I could not possibly handle today's dating culture. Heck, I've never dated more than one woman at a time and I've never wanted to. If I go to Baskin-Robbins because I want some butter pecan ice cream, I don't need to sample the other 30 flavors to know I still want butter pecan...😉
Troy Hickman
2025-01-19 05:45:49 +0000 UTC@Mr. Baldamort Your destiny is not outside your hands. You are not destined to be alone. You're not destined to find someone, either. You are destined to play a role in your own destiny. That much is true. You don't know me much outside of this private group, so take my words as the words of some guy you barely know - which is to say, with a grain of salt. What I would say is that if you want a partner but arent finding luck with American girls... travel. Example: I have a friend who is a very shy guy. He has aways been terrible at talking to girls. My brother and I introduced him to so many girls and yet he always struggled. However, he went on a trip to the Phillipines with my brother once and met some girls there. Then he went back on his own a couple of times. The first girl he was talking to didnt work out, but he met another girl there. The point is only that if you're feeling like the options in the US are weak, maybe they actually are? I cannot think of many American girls that I'd ever be interested in. Luckily, I found one of the good ones, but there aren't a high percentage of them IMO. Most of the good ones get into relationships and don't remain single for long. Not all, but most. What's left over is mostly trouble. I think something is wrong with our culture, to be honest, but that's beside the point. My point is that it comes down to how important this is to you. If it is super important, maybe broaden your horizons a bit and try to meet some girls outside the US?
Michael@GetFitwithDogs
2025-01-19 05:41:50 +0000 UTC@Troy 🤣 That's hilarious! I could be wrong, but I don't get the impression that she reads much of these comments. My impression is that she browses through them every once in awhile, but that's it. Hey, it's all good. You don't have to explain. I hope you didnt take my post as judgment, I was just offering my perspective. My perspective isn't necessarily right for everyone.
Michael@GetFitwithDogs
2025-01-19 05:22:05 +0000 UTClove lives? Damn ya know, I havnt kissed anybody in like 5 years romantically despite me trying to get a girlfriend. Im destined to be alone forever. I dont kiss just anybody, Im a guy that only kisses the girl Im in a relationship with. I dont do that hookup garbage that insecure people do. Im sort of content with not ever getting into another relationship though at this point. Gotta keep my expectations to the floor so that I can be shocked when something does happen. Im a hopeless romantic with literally and ironically, no hope xD
Thats MR. Baldamort
2025-01-19 05:10:32 +0000 UTCWell, to put things in context, I think I have mentioned here before that my very first serious relationship was with a woman that I was engaged to for a year and a half, who broke up with me stating that she was too young to get married, and then married someone else 4 months later. That relationship was immediately before the one that I mentioned above. The non-kissing girl was the first person I dated after that terrible breakup. Since in my young brain I was stupid enough to think that I would probably never find anyone else after my engagement broke up, I just felt lucky to be able to go out with anybody else at all. And as I said, it was a good time, it just wasn't a romantic time, and I'm all about the romance. You know, right now I am imagining Dasha reading these comments to her sis, and saying "these Patreons won't stop talking about their love lives!" 😂
Troy Hickman
2025-01-19 04:48:03 +0000 UTCA year without kissing would be rough. If I liked a girl I could go several dates with no kissing, but that's about it. To me, kissing isn't even very sexual. It's intimate. If I'm with someone, I would want that intimacy with them. If they didn't want that with me, that's fine but I'd move on.
Michael@GetFitwithDogs
2025-01-19 04:24:08 +0000 UTCThanks, Michael, I always enjoy your stories. Unfortunately, as you know, when you post one I feel required to reciprocate, so you have no one to blame for what I am about to do but yourself haha. Years ago I was working at a convenience store and a girl came in who I had sort of known in high school. I had always had kind of a crush on her from afar, so now that the opportunity was there, I asked her out on a date. She accepted and we ended up going out and having a very nice time, dinner and a movie, and then several hours of driving around and just talking. I liked her quite a lot as she was a nice girl and very attractive (she was half Burmese, so that made her exotic to a basic white guy like myself). When I took her home that night, and made sure that she got inside safely, I gave her a little kiss good night. Nothing crazy, just a little peck, and it seemed fine with her. The next time we went out, however, she pointed out to me that she really wasn't into kissing when she went on a date. I wasn't quite sure what to make of it, but I genuinely liked her as a person, so we still continued to go out for probably about a year. Eventually, unfortunately, I had to move on, as I am a very touchy feely and romantic kind of guy, and it just wasn't going in that direction. We were really just dating platonically, which is not necessarily a bad thing, and I did enjoy my time with her. But it's not where I wanted things to eventually go. Now given the topic at hand, the whole kissing thing, one might ask what her dating goals were if even kissing was not a part of them (and I should add that she wasn't dating other guys, so that allowed me to not really take it personally). Flash Forward to when I was teaching at Ivy Tech college. I came in the door one day and a woman came out of a room in front of me and started walking down the hall. She only slightly glanced at me and I don't think recognized me, but it was my non kissing girlfriend. She had put on some weight, and was wearing what looked like a man's suit. I didn't bother to call out her name, because I wasn't sure how she would respond, but in that moment I got the fairly certain feeling that the reason we never got romantic was not because I was the wrong guy. It was because I was a guy at all. I don't think she knew it at the time we were dating, but I think it's entirely possible that she wasn't really interested in men. And while I'm very happy if she finally found what she wanted, it still makes me a little sad, especially because I think I'm a pretty good kisser...😉
Troy Hickman
2025-01-19 03:42:55 +0000 UTCGreat reaction! Your Twister series ranking is very much the popular opinion.
Brian's Dog
2025-01-19 02:23:29 +0000 UTCAbout the first kiss... I haven't watched this reaction yet, but I will. I just want to comment about the first kiss... Guys... the fear of being rejected is the single biggest reason why so many men strike out. This is not a judgment that I am making towards you, Troy. You mentioned it and I have also experienced this, and it is something I managed to get through. I mentioned before on here that my first date with Katy went bad, and that it wasn't my fault. I said I wasn't sure that I wanted to describe what happened, but it is tied to the first kiss. Here is the thing. There is no better way to find out if she's interested in you than the first kiss. Many men are so afraid of rejection their lack of initiative becomes their undoing. Either she was interested and your inability to convey your own interest (by a kiss in that moment) killed it, or she was never interested and you hung around way too long thinking you have a chance. The first kiss isn't something to fear, its something more men need to take initiative on. It's the ultimate moment of truth. It's when there is no more guessing about interest and it's about finding out. Once I learned this lesson, dating became a lot easier. So about my first date... I met Katy at a club. I told this story here already. I got her number that night and called her a couple of days later and asked her out on a date. She sort of knew my friend Shawn, who lived down the road from her, and she knew my cousin from back in High School. Shawn and my cousin just started dating, so I suggested a double date. She agreed, and our date was to a comedy club called the Funny Bone. We went, had a great time and a lot of laughs. Afterwards, my cousin suggested we go to her house and play Twister (coincidence that the name of this game is the name of this reaction). We all agreed. Shawn and my cousin Jessica said they would pick up the game from Walmart and I drove Katy to Jessica's house. We got there first and I turned on the TV and we sat on the couch and talked for a bit while we waited. First kiss... and the blunder. As we were sitting there, it felt right so I just went to kiss her. She turned away and said that she can't. In that moment, I just knew that I had read the situation wrong and that she's not interested. Then she hits me with the truth: She has a boyfriend. That was an immediate dealbreaker for me. You absolutely should NOT be going out on a date when you have a boyfriend, and I straight up told her that. She began telling me that he is her first boyfriend and they've been together a year but havent seen each other in a month and that the relationship is all but over, just not officially over. I told her that I didn't care, this is still wrong and that I am taking her home. And I did. I wasn't mean about it. I didn't yell or berate her. I just put it down like facts. It's not right. She apologized more on the way home and i began to feel a little bad, but I knew I couldnt continue the night having learned this. She should have told me. As I was pulling into her driveway to drop her off, I realized one thing. While what she did was wrong, she still refused to kiss me because she had a boyfriend, and that was at least a possible redeeming positive. So I told her as I dropped her off that I wish she had told me this sooner, but that I appreciated her not kissing me even if her relationship was almost over. I told her that when she is single, if she wants to, call me. That was that. I got the call like 4 days later. She ended it with him and wanted to see me again. More detail: I was 23 and she was 20. Anyways, that's the brief version of our first date. I never would have gone out with her again if she HAD kissed me while she had a boyfriend. The going on a date while having a boyfriend - even if it was almost over - was bad, but at least a little understandable. She knew it was over, liked me and didn't want to pass on my invitation to a date, but wasn't going to kiss me while her relationship was still hanging on. By refusing to kiss me showed me a positive thing about her, making me willing to give it another shot. Still together! And she's the best girl I know.
Michael@GetFitwithDogs
2025-01-19 00:39:42 +0000 UTCOh I get super gassy after eating like 4 eggs, I cant imagine what 50 would do. xD
Thats MR. Baldamort
2025-01-18 23:18:40 +0000 UTCRegarding the eggs, no they were hard-boiled, just like in the movie. I don't think I could still do that these days. And trust me, you don't want to be around someone who was just eating 50 eggs for quite a while. I also once ate 6 lb of ground beef in 20 minutes with no condiments or anything. I think I was just craving some protein...😉
Troy Hickman
2025-01-18 23:09:19 +0000 UTCWait you can really eat 50 eggs in that short amount of time? Like Raw eggs? Okay Rocky xD I also want to expand on how close humanity has come to being extinct once. A really big asteroid almost impacted earth back in the early 2000s, it passed by several millions of miles. Sounds pretty far, so why do we deem this the closest we have come to being hit by an asteroid? Well it passed right where the earth was 8hrs prior in its orbit. So it was just good timing that it didnt hit us.
Thats MR. Baldamort
2025-01-18 22:59:16 +0000 UTCYeah, I think I have heard you speak about this before, which is one of the reasons I kind of gave you a prompt. It's always good to get the take of someone who actually knows about this stuff (and if Dasha ever does Cool Hand luke, and you need my expertise on eating 50 eggs in an hour, I've got your back...😉
Troy Hickman
2025-01-18 22:43:43 +0000 UTCActually the way that entire movie played out was pretty accurate and that whole movie was inspired by a real incident that happened. Based on a false soviet alarm during the cold war, that showed the U.S launched ICBMs at Russia, and it was only a hunch the Russians didnt launch the missiles to the U.S. Turns out, the false alarm was set off by very high flying ice filled clouds. Really interesting read. Matter a fact there is MANY MANY times in human history where we graze the apocalypse weather nuclear or natural disaster and it was only fluke luck that we survived. Lets just say the reason we are alive today is due to that this one incident during the cold war where all only on a hunch, nukes were not launched.
Thats MR. Baldamort
2025-01-18 22:10:20 +0000 UTCMr B, next you are going to be telling us that War Games could not have worked out that way...😉
Troy Hickman
2025-01-18 22:03:42 +0000 UTCLots to say here, which surprises me a little because I also prefer the first Twister movie to this one (it's really hard to beat Bill Paxton). First of all, you should not feel bad whatsoever about what you focused on in the first film. Movies hit you the way they hit you. Heck, I often say that one of my favorite romance movies is Terminator. Does that mean I've looked at the movie the wrong way? I don't think so. Or the other day when you did What About Bob. I know some people say it's just a light-hearted movie and shouldn't be taken too seriously, but it's kind of hard to laugh when you've got a grown man who's letting his mental issues screw up people's lives. Am I taking the movie the wrong way? I don't think so. I think I'm just taking it the only way that I personally can take it. If you ever want to see a real tornado up close, come visit us in Indiana during tornado season, and we can hook you up. 😉🌪️ You are absolutely right about driving. I have not been in a ton of relationships, but some of my best memories with a girl have been ones where I was driving with them. Maybe it's an American thing, the whole man / woman / car thing, but I don't know. Is it the same in Russia? Speaking of men and women, I know you were urging the guy to kiss the woman in this movie, but man, I'm not sure there's anything scarier in the world than trying to figure out the right time to kiss a woman for the first time. I have gone through some terrifying things in my life, from natural disasters to dealing with crazy people and on and on, and I still think that first kiss can be the most terrifying thing ever. That moment where you don't know whether you should lean in, and that realization that if it's not the right moment and it's going to be a rejection, how awkward and painful it can be. It would help if women could hold up a sign that says "kiss me now, stupid!" 😂 I'm a fan of older type country music, although there are some great artists working these days as well. Anything Chris Stapleton does is absolutely golden (and since he has a beard, he's obviously a very handsome fellow... cough cough...) 😉🧔♀️
Troy Hickman
2025-01-18 21:54:16 +0000 UTCOh how exciting! Though the only unrealistic thing about this movie that Immediately saw is just how you they have access to military satellite technology because he served in the military and has it. No, no you dont. Thats not how that works (I say this as a military veteran whos job was in classified technology) Anyway, had to have suspension of disbelief there. I enjoyed the movie anyway xD
Thats MR. Baldamort
2025-01-18 21:51:54 +0000 UTCAwesome!
Thomas
2025-01-18 21:13:10 +0000 UTC
