Matias Huhtala

Matias Huhtala

@redbutterfly228425 · Jan 12, 2026

CMV: I need to be working as much as I can to secure my future

Good evening / morning to everyone.
I am a 19 year old male, who is going to college to be a welder, and currently employed at a machine shop working 12 hour shifts (by choice).
I have this mindset where I’m scared to enjoy my life because if I don’t work on my income now, I’m going to be forced into a situation of stress when I’m older and wish I had the room to relax but instead I’m working at a job and I’m tired by that point.
I work 48 hours a week while college is off, and once I’m done with college my hope is to work a welding job and this machinery job, as much as I can humanly without getting burn out.
I’ve been told by a few coworkers, family, older friends, etc. that I need to enjoy being young, but I can’t help but think my “young” days have passed and I need to get my shit together.
It doesn’t help that the government has me economically dependent on working every free second I have because prices keep rising and everything.
Is this the right move to make for my life? Why should I or should I not continue working every second I have available?
Hope this was a good question for having just discovered this subreddit tonight (I’m typing this while I’m falling asleep at my

Matias Huhtala

@redbutterfly228425 · Jan 11, 2026

CMV: Democrats need to be pro-gun

As we endure a trump term, most democrats are sounding the alarm. Erosion of democratic norms, illegal kidnapping of immigrants, racial profiling, flaunting of the judiciary, extremist rhetoric. It's bad.
If you think Trump is a threat, you need to be arming your community. There's no way around it. That needs to happen both culturally (being afraid of guns is not a luxury you have right now) and legislatively (state level and federally.) An armed minority is harder to oppress.
A common counterargument here is "what are civilians with rifles going to do against tanks and fighter jets?" This is silly for a few reasons. ICE doesn't have fighter jets or tanks. In the event of a civil war, there are going to be a million factors limiting the use of said weapons, and some of them will end up on both sides. Even then, Ukraine has taught us that an FPV drone mounted to a mortar shell can take out tanks.
In a sense, this is actually an argument AGAINST gun control. If we want civilians to have an edge, why not allow them a larger selection of weapons? Why not allow some limited purchases of explosives or full auto weapons? Should a suppressor really be a regulated item?
Some might argue th

Matias Huhtala

@redbutterfly228425 · Jan 10, 2026

shit

Everything sucks, everything's just such crap... where am I, what am I thinking, and what good does it do me to have these wishful thinking ideas? Creative crap suggestions from the troll victims are welcome... please

Matias Huhtala

@redbutterfly228425 · Jan 10, 2026

Am I just over thinking?

I, 23 F, my BF M, 23. My boyfriend and I have been dating for 2 years now. We go to the same college...we met in our first year after being partners for our badminton team, I've always liked him then. he was dating someone else in our second year and he was with her during our second fight for another badminton match and it bothers me a lot seeing him date her that it distracted me to the point I broke an ankle during the match.
They didn't actually work out after a while and I jumped right into him when I had the chance to confess and we clicked right away due to same interest and how he feels comfortable around me.
But I still feel like he wouldn't choose me if he's given the chance to choose since I'm the one who made the first move... although he does reassure me constantly that he do love me...
During our swimming lesson back in 2nd year..I still think of that one time he ran to get Ice for the first girl he dated after she hit her head...he seemed very rush and frantic...
While...for me...
He couldn't even get to me when I got into a vehicular accident ..(already one year into dating when this happened...) he didn't even look worried when I was able to meet him again. Just to

Matias Huhtala

@redbutterfly228425 · Jan 10, 2026

My autistic family member is hard to be around

A family member, he's 24 but intellectually around 6 or 7. They can be very sweet but for the vast majority of the time they're just so much. Threw a cricket ball at my head today in the pool. Tried 'hugging me' in the deep end even though I said I'm not a strong swimmer and it scares me, and it feels like I'm going to drown. Just want to float in the pool and relax, but no. We HAVE to play a game. I either play the game, leave the pool, or have to listen to them asking me to play the game for 20 minutes straight getting increasingly more aggressive and violent when I keep saying no. So you leave the pool.
Coming into the lounge while we're watching a movie, putting on his laptop and laughing hysterically. We ask him to watch quietly but nope, just not possible. "Please watch quietly we're trying to watch tv" "Fuck you bitch".
Them sitting in a car that's 120 degrees, because they can't understand that lunch is still 3 hours away. And that we are not, in fact, going out. We never were. There's the ensuing 2 hours of your life trying to get this adult body with a child's brain to get out of the car that they're going to die in if they stay there.
Throwing tea towels on the gas stove

Matias Huhtala

@redbutterfly228425 · Jan 10, 2026

I am traveling to the Bahamas this summer and need some great ideas on what to do and see while there.

We will be staying at Atlantis, so we have the water park, but what else is there to do and see in this Caribbean island? Give me all your suggestions!