Lately, When I express my genuine thoughts and concerns, it feels like a form of punishment.

This happens both at work, in meetings where input is supposedly valued, and in my personal life. My attempts to voice a concern or a different perspective are often dismissed as pessimism, exaggeration, or even egomania. It seems I am being penalized simply for having an opinion and for caring enough to be concerned.

Increasingly, I feel that I am being passively silenced—not with a direct command, but with subtle cues and reactions that make thinking feel like a forbidden act. I am being reduced to a sounding board, a wall for others to shout at, with no expectation of a reciprocal conversation. My role is not to contribute, but to absorb.

And then, people wonder. They wonder why I am burning out, why my energy and creativity have evaporated, why my motivation has dwindled to nothing. They don't see the cumulative weight of being silenced.
I notice that the situation is gradually affecting my body. I currently only sleep with a tight chest and painful breathing, and I wake up in the middle of the night with my heart racing.

As long as consenting adults freely choose to enter into a partnership, the government has no right to interfere. Marriage, like any other agreement, should be a matter of personal liberty.
The state should not issue or deny marriage licenses. Instead, it should only enforce contract law: protecting property rights, inheritance, and child custody agreements (the same way it would for any other private contract.)

So if someone makes the comment I wish this room wasn't so small (in reference to fitting two recliners in it instead of just a recliner and metal chair) what would your response be and would you see it as personal attack?

President Trump and Erika Kirk, used the Charlie Kirk Memorial as a Political Publicity Stunt to score points and spread President Trump's message. Classless, and I didn't like that trophy wife using his (Charlie's) name as a way to 'Jump Start' her public career, and it will fail, due to how transparently obvious it was that the whole thing was staged and not genuine.

The whole, cold, heartless, "I forgive the killer" will definitely not make her the overnight sensation that they think it will.

Nothing screams 'Staged & Propaganda' like President Trump making it all about himself and his Regime than hugging the dead man's wife, which is sad.

I do hope that Charlie Kirk gets a real, genuine Memorial that celebrates his life, without the needless pandering of his wife, trying to go vial for a public career and without Trump propagandizing it.

There are some moments in life, where people shouldn't be self promoting and trying to make a name for themselves, and this was one of those moments: Politics and personal agendas shoulda been far from the stage, the only thing that should have been on stage, should have been: Respect for him, respect for his accomplishments.

There was a post last night asking what people are interested in and what they're about. I don't like to get personal, considering my hatred for the human race, but I'll play along. I like tacos, 71 Cabernet, my favorite color is magenta, and I recently was runner up in a Eric Estrada look alike contest. I lost because I wasn't Puerto Rican.

Last time I was here I did not open up on my intrests, personality, ect. What can I say I like Anime, Japan, Video games, Antiques, I fix old mechanical clocks. I'm a cynical bastard here to make you question live, love, and anarchy!