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Tired Guy

@astandupguy.bsky.social
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Supremely Tired. Teacher. Voice Actor. D&D. Pokemon. Not much more to say. Venmo: @Guy-Messer-Li

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Tired Guy @astandupguy.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
It's pretty easy to spiral when I keep walking to a whirlpool tornado of knives everyday. I need to get to the end of today.
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Tired Guy @astandupguy.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Because exactly what I needed today was to be charged over 2000 dollars worth of medical bills for my two year old.
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Tired Guy @astandupguy.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
It's frustrating that those saying 'it'll be OK' or some variation of 'this is meant to happen so something better can happen' are trying to comfort, because what am I supposed to do? Tell them they're wrong? Seems mean. Unfortunately none of them are living my reality. I am, and trust me it's bad.
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Tired Guy @astandupguy.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Why does @linkedin.com customer support suck? I am having login issues, but I can submit a customer service request without logging in?
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Tired Guy @astandupguy.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
The guilt of ordering pizza instead of cooking dinner gives me enough guilt-energy to clean a small house.
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Tired Guy @astandupguy.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Someone yesterday tried to get me to pick a 'best' between #Marvel and #DC I just think it depends. Do you want stories of Gods among mortals learning to tread carefully and serve others with their privilege? Or do you want ordinary people showing their humanity & stepping up to protect others?
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a woman in a kitchen says i think they re both actually great
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Tired Guy @astandupguy.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
I just want 50 dollars to spend on #pokemongo
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a man is crying and says i don 't have enough money for chicken nuggets
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Tired Guy @astandupguy.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
I am too tired to continue being awake today
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Tired Guy @astandupguy.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
People keep saying 'you have to make time for yourself' I'm working to get us out of the red every month My professional day begins at 7 (though it necessitates arriving a little earlier to prep) and often ends between 5-7. Sometimes later I make sure the family is fed, then pass out So:
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Tired Guy @astandupguy.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
I think I'm pretty tired of working a minimum of 53 hours a week (not counting preparation time, and since it is attached to multiple jobs, no over time) across working responsibilities, and barely keeping the family's head above water. And then getting judged by people for money-saving tactics!?!?
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a man in a pink and black leopard print shirt says " focus on you "
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Tired Guy @astandupguy.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Trying to figure out self-talk. I feel like some days I'm a little too tired to fight off the negative gremlin hanging out in my head. Most days I can but I need strategies for when I can't just say:
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Tired Guy @astandupguy.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
This post was ghost written by @hahanimation.bsky.social
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Tired Guy @astandupguy.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
I feel like when glass is smashed in movies, they never show the people picking glass out of their bodies for hours afterwards. Like I dropped a jar yesterday, my friends and wife all worked together to clean the kitchen, I took a shower, and I woke up this morning with a piece of glass in my foot!
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Tired Guy @astandupguy.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Right now I feel like I'm walking through life seeing everyone around me and wondering:
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Tired Guy @astandupguy.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
It can be hard to rally your mind during a difficult time. But, a lifetime of ignoring my feelings for the sake of others has trained me well. Being a people-pleaser folks! It's:
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Tired Guy @astandupguy.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Not me turning the last of my honey upside down so it can pool in the lid so I can just drop the lid in my tea. Sure micro plastics. Also... Me to myself:
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Tired Guy @astandupguy.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
#D&D is not just creative writing It's: - Collaboration - Improvisation - Empathy - Fun in failure - Strategy - Math, Science & other academics - Safety - Identity - Adaptable to kids & adults Between my home games & student games, I see people grow, access emotion, & explore themselves
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Tired Guy @astandupguy.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
I gave my level 5 #D&D 3rd-8th grade players the opportunity to strategize against a Lich encounter! The lesson was, not all encounters end with 0HP They discussed restricting V/S (grapples/silence/darkness) stealing the component pouch & burning legendary resistances to enable Suggestion Amazing
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Tired Guy @astandupguy.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
@samreich.bsky.social @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social New season idea for @dropout.tv and @dimension20.bsky.social Kids playing D&D. Chaos, brought to life by Rick's help/SFX. Hilarity ensues I DM kids 3rd-8th grade 2x a week Crazy Improv, unique gameplay! Dropout D20 Season: 'Stay in School'
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Tired Guy @astandupguy.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
@dimension20.bsky.social #VivaMasVegas was truly a wonderful show. So grateful to @elainelee.bsky.social @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social & Rick Perry are awesome human beings, some of the hardest workers on the planet! I look forward to all your next work For now, safe travels, Intrepid Heroes!
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Tired Guy @astandupguy.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Sincerely grateful to have had the expertise of @elainelee.bsky.social in my classroom today, helping students use the world of D&D to craft unique narratives They experienced the expertise of an author, and saw the importance & value of collaborative storytelling Adventure Week is on the horizon!
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Tired Guy @astandupguy.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Just finished Indigo League with my kid, and started Orange Islands and let me tell you. Pokemon Themes are such bops man.
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Tired Guy @astandupguy.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Just watched the first few episodes of #Pokemon Concierge. So...this is a crash course in how to deal with anxiety right? Love it.
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Tired Guy @astandupguy.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Hey #McDonalds I don't get what's triple about this burger. Every time I order triple cheeseburger no cheese, I keep getting two patties. By the time I get home it's too late to do anything about. This like the 5th time. I don't eat mcds that often. Now I'm just sad :(
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Tired Guy @astandupguy.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Annoyingly, I used to have a first edition of the first book of @dereklandy.bsky.social 's Skulduggery Pleasant series. Then one of my students borrowed it and never returned it. Now I have an incomplete collection, and cannot find the initial edition anywhere, and the new ones don't match my set :(
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Tired Guy @astandupguy.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Posting this here for myself as a reminder I've uninstalled Pokemon GO & Sleep for this week. The daily requirements of each is feeling more like stressful chores than actual joy Maybe when my child's walking I'll reinstall & we can go enjoy the park Let's see how I do For now, for my brain:
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a man with a beard says that he needs peace
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Tired Guy @astandupguy.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
I have committed to slowly purchasing the Pokemon DVD box sets. Gotta watch em all (in order ofc) My son loved Indigo league but we can't afford all the different subscription services they're all on DVDs are just better anyway and likely to have some cool bts or extras stuff Season 1-3 ordered!
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Tired Guy @astandupguy.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
You know I get so many student family members reaching out to me and thanking me for my class, communication, connections with students, and so much more, and I don't know how to tell them 'Could you tell my boss please?'
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Tired Guy @astandupguy.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Here's the thing. I love Wendy's. But I can only afford to have it once in a while to treat myself. So when that treat includes cheese on every burger despite me asking for none, and is missing a patty from the one triple burger I ordered, it just makes me sad.
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Tired Guy @astandupguy.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
I don't know that the inventor of the @otterbox.bsky.social had a one year old with the throwing arm of a quarterback in mind, but I gotta say (about the phone case, not the child):
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a man with a beard wearing a white shirt says time to get
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Tired Guy @astandupguy.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Some people don't get that, even if it is true, it doesn't make it all over. It'll just get worse. #IYKYK
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Tired Guy @astandupguy.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
The magic of 'hating yourself' is that it's sort of satisfying that, finally, the person you hate actually knows that you hate them, & can feel every ounce of your hatred Can't feel that when you hate anyone else It's an oddly gratifying feeling In definitely unrelated news, it's been a bad month
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Tired Guy @astandupguy.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
It just clicked for me @dimension20.bsky.social #CloudwardHo is fully Wizard of Oz One enemy needing a new brain, and this week a mechanical being in need of a heart Comfrey is Oz Olethra is Dorothy Gotch is the lion Straka is the cyclone @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social youve done it again
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Tired Guy @astandupguy.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
@jamesgunn.bsky.social thank you for giving us a Superman to aspire to & inspire us. I've felt more 'in awe of' Superman in recent yrs. I don't think either is bad, but I've missed his humanity. Thank you Also, you think @vancityreynolds.bsky.social would want to be a bystander cameo in Lanterns?XD
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Tired Guy @astandupguy.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
It's not that the content is suddenly woke. It's that when the space Nazis were shouting exterminate, the billionaires were the bad guys, and the hero was inarguably good to all people regardless of who they were, you, the audience, were still not getting the message. So the messages got clearer
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Tired Guy @astandupguy.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Someone the other day said they watch #Bluey with their kids and said that Bandit reminds them of me. And honestly, if I'm being compared to TV's best dad, I think I'm doing alright.
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Tired Guy @astandupguy.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
I don't even know what to post about anymore. I miss my friends and I'm so tired. Time to finish planning my D&D group's combat on the Celestial Plane.
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Tired Guy @astandupguy.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
I maybe should stop calling my inner monologue 'the voices in my head' so casually around people.
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Tired Guy @astandupguy.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Me: eats junk food and no vegetables for dinner Also me: I do not understand forsooth why my tummy hurteth
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Tired Guy @astandupguy.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
How do I politely and unproblematically tell everyone in my family that I don't want material gifts anymore. I have no space, and frankly I probably should sell or trash most of the things in my house that are taking up space (anyone wanna buy a treadmill?) So how do I say...
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Tired Guy @astandupguy.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Something that made me feel good about myself today. There's a kid at my school telling anyone who will listen that I'm the best D&D game master in existence. I'll try not to get a big head about it. Such a lovely thing to hear.
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Tired Guy @astandupguy.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
The problem with blooping about how I'm feeling about the current state of everything is that Blue Sky is sort of an echo chamber in and of itself. We are all sitting in our echo chambers, feeling good about the people who agree with us, and ignoring those who don't, because understandably:
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Tired Guy @astandupguy.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
I'll just put it out there. Don't ask don't get As an English teacher incorporating D&D for PBL narrative production every Fall Semester, it'd be really super cool to collaborate with @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social and @elainelee.bsky.social on connections between D&D & novel writing
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Tired Guy @astandupguy.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
My D&D students, presented with a simple ambush, proceeded to do some crazy stuff Students are middle school age (5th to 8th grade) Characters are lvl 12 with some magic items The ambush is located in a canyon that the players are overlooking, patrolled by winged kobolds Objective: find big bad
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Tired Guy @astandupguy.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
I keep hearing sponsored ads for apps like rocket money & I keep going...wait people don't obsessively check every transaction in their bank acct? I get it everyone's life is different, just wild to me that people would pay an app to do something I do for myself sitting on the toilet once a month
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a man with long hair and a beard is holding a cup of coffee and asking what are you doing ?
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Tired Guy @astandupguy.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Is there a kindly millionaire or billionaire out there who can send me a 10,000 dollars? It would solve a lot of my current life problems. People say money doesn't buy happiness. I think it buys someone the time to feel their happiness fully.
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Tired Guy @astandupguy.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Here's the thing about a show or movie franchise changing to the point that you don't like it It's just not for you anymore. You're not the target audience. That's ok So instead of being mad at Doctor Who, Marvel, DC, etc just move on, to something that you are the target audience for
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Tired Guy @astandupguy.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
It's one of those days where my stress is making me feel uncomfortable in my own skin. Everything feels itchy, and I am annoyed at the universe. But, I have to put on a smile for students. Time to grit my teeth and not over react to the minor inconveniences some of them will cause.
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Tired Guy @astandupguy.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Spending my nights having stress dreams about not being able to afford to be a good friend/family member was not part of the grand plan for my future. My blanket statement. "Sorry I am unable to attend your event that would cost me money. I would love to go, and I would love to celebrate you."
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Tired Guy @astandupguy.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
So I received my paycheck for this pay period and I have one question... Does anyone know any good places to donate plasma (or other quick and easy ways to make money) nearby? Asking for a friend (it's me. I'm the friend)
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