Not to be the preachy guy but considering the mental baggage and ADHD it sounds like there's a lot of things you need to get in order before if ever you drink alcohol again. In my non professional opinion it would probably benefit you a lot to abstain from drinking and in the meantime consult a psychiatrist and or a psychologist and see if you can't work out some of the baggage and ADHD issues. I'm not saying this to put you down I'd just hate to see someone tear themselves apart when they could be building themselves up

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Yeah, you need to warn the guy...

If you like him try to talk to him, but, he may be squeamish about this.

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A heads up is always best, some people are really squeamish about blood

Dude you deep-frying your family jewls?

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Downvote and block. That's all we can really do.

Was this written by AI?

r/stopdrinking has really helped me.

Bob’s a good guy. He’ll probably go into a field where he helps people.

Yes. Haha, alaska, still funny.

You're not the only one, amigo

Ahhh. See. That’s what I wanted to know. That’s awesome. You can get the reproductions all day, but to have one from the era is sweet.

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Thanks lifeprotips we'll call you when we need more free regurgitated buzz feed advice.

Then you can respond: “Please let me know what I can do to help. Though I’ve been so busy with work, life, etc and have exams/deadline coming up, I’ll make it work.

Basically, make it about you while still technically offering to help even though you’re basically saying you don’t have time. How to quickly lose a friend 101!

It is an original 48 star. It is tough finding real ones rather than reproductions. Try finding a real 49 star flag. There was only like a nine month period that the US had 49 states so they are quite rare and pricey.

My boss had gone deer hunting with some friends and his juvenile son. One of these friends was a police officer (important).

We come in the office that next Monday and boss is very somber. We ask how hunting went. He says, “so and so shot his toe off”. The name I heard was the name of the police officer. I chuckled. A cop seriously has a gun accident?

My boss looks at me like “why in the hell are you laughing?” I say “is he ok?” Boss “yes but he won’t be going to school for a few days?” Me, in my head “school???” I stop and say “wait. WHO did this happen to?” Uh yeah, it was his SON.

Wanted to crawl in a hole and die.

I did explain myself and deeply apologized. It was not held against me.

TIFU by not reading an original post more closely lol

Yeah, that adds up. It’s a nice conversation starter, I guess (if you’re into history and flags and that kind of thing).

Maybe they're into niche things? I didn't even know there was a flag with 48, and I could see it being neat to have one, and know the story behind it.

There are ways of asking, especially tone of voice-wise, that may not have set her off. To be honest, a simple “I’m really sorry for your loss” would suffice, since she would probably have replied, “Oh, no, he’s not dead” or something to that effect.

In any case, worst case scenario it’s no-one’s fuckup.

Multiple flags had 13 stars.

I agree, but just curious why the 48. The Betsy Ross or one of the lessor known flags would seem more appropriate. Even the Gasden Flag would be a great flag with much more history than the 48.