r/AMA

Ask me whatever you want. Especially for those of you in states where you still have to find a hookup, ask me anything. I oftentimes forget that a big part of the country is still in prohibition phase.

I have been made jobless all of a sudden and now I have no idea what to do with all this time that now I have. I end up getting melancholic and sad. I am struggling to get myself back in a schedule of some kind but it's hard. Ask me anything to help me get out of this

I recently found out. I am a descendent of Houdini and all the supernatural shit is making since. I literally look like him. I have a big forehead short and snatcher thick legs.

He would claim him that he was Superman. Which is really funny because I was tell my wife the same thing lol

Don't wanna reveal to much identifying information about the club, but I can say it was a high end club in Europe. I did hospo stuff, cleaning (sometimes gross), and bartending. I have a fair amount of stories from my time there.

For one of the shows at a theme park, my job wasn't on stage at first, I was planted in the audience.

At a certain point, the performers would interact with the crowd, pick "a random volunteer" (me), bring me on stage, and after a series of comedic mishaps I'd end up getting thrown into the water... fully clothed.

The audience always thought it was a genuine accident and that I'd just had the worst luck imaginable. In reality, it was planned from the very beginning. I did the same stunt several times a day, changing into dry clothes between shows.

It was a surprisingly fun job and people were always shocked when they found out it wasn't real.

Ask me anything!

In 2019, I had just finished the Peace Corps and was traveling around, trying to figure out what to do with my life.

I was in my mid-twenties, a little depressed, and looking for a cause.

Then I saw Pete Buttigieg on a late-night show.

He seemed to check every box I was looking for in a leader: service-oriented, intellectual, thoughtful, and guided by a strong code of ethics.

So I returned to the United States, bought a motorcycle in Los Angeles, and rode it across the country to South Bend, Indiana, where Pete announced his presidential campaign in April 2019.

I ran out of gas a few times, spent a night near Skid Row, and met people from all walks of American life along the way.

A few months later, I converted an old coffee-delivery van in Seattle into a place to live and drove to Iowa to volunteer for the campaign. I eventually got hired and spent nearly six months organizing in Des Moines.

One of the most important parts of organizing for the Iowa caucuses was recruiting precinct captains.

A precinct captain was the person responsible for representing the candidate inside the caucus room. They gathered supporters, persuaded undecided voters, coordinated with campaign staff, and helped keep the group organized through a complicated process.

There was one precinct where Pete didn't have a captain.

For months, I had been meeting with a woman who lived there. I checked in with her, listened to her stories and concerns, and explained why I believed Pete was the right candidate.

She had personal connections to another candidate and originally intended to caucus for her.

On caucus day, I made the strongest ask I could.

I gave her my best pitch for Pete with all the passion I could muster. She agreed not only to caucus for him, but to serve as his precinct captain and recruit others. When she needed transportation, I helped coordinate a ride.

That night, Pete went from being nonviable in her precinct to winning three delegates.

The statewide results were notoriously chaotic. Bernie Sanders received more votes, while Pete Buttigieg finished ahead in the State Delegate Equivalent count by less than a single delegate.

I cannot prove that this one woman determined the statewide result. The caucus math was complicated, the reporting was messy, and thousands of organizers and voters affected the outcome.

But the final margin was so small that the woman I recruited may have accounted for giving Pete the edge. Of course, each organizer made the outcome happen, and all could probably point to that one that gave the edge, and that's what's incredible. How much one person can matter.

That result changed the way the country viewed Pete's campaign.

I drove directly from Iowa to New Hampshire and started knocking on doors. I believed that if Pete could follow Iowa with an upset victory there, the media attention, fundraising, and momentum could give him a real path to the nomination.

He came close, but he didn't win.

Bernie Sanders won New Hampshire and Nevada. Joe Biden then won South Carolina, the field consolidated around him, and Pete dropped out.

Biden ultimately became the nominee and won the presidency.

Would everything have unfolded differently without Pete’s narrow Iowa result? Would Bernie have emerged from Iowa as the undisputed winner? Would that have changed the media narrative, fundraising, endorsements, or consolidation of the field?

I do not know.

But I still think about the fact that one conversation may have influenced the direction of a presidential primary and, perhaps, the general election that followed.

The experience taught me that people without money, fame, or formal power can still make an impact in politics.

It also gave me a strange, Hunter S. Thompson-like view of presidential campaigning.

I helped a Kennedy recruit precinct captains in rural Dutch Country, Iowa. I slept on Jim Clyburn’s grandson’s couch the morning Clyburn announced his endorsement of Joe Biden, sealing the deal for Biden.

I met Pete, spoke with members of his family, and felt genuine warmth and a sense of belonging.

I also had wealthy donors tell me over cocktails that I probably did not know much about opera because I was “just a farmer boy,” giving me a sour taste of the disconnected political power brokers (on both sides)

When the campaign ended, the pandemic began.

I returned to my family’s fifth-generation farm and realized that agriculture was where I wanted to dedicate my life.

Today, I split my time between my family’s farm and small farms in Brazil. I focus on agroforestry, Syntropic Agriculture, and the question of how small farms can help create more resilient and self-reliant communities. I still believe in the power of a small group of people to change the world for the better.

I still support Pete and his message of belonging. But more than anything, the experience left me wondering how many moments in history turn on conversations that almost never happened.

Ask me anything about:

• Political organizing and getting involved in politics
• The 2020 Primary- meeting candidates, campaign families, donors, and political insiders
• Leaving politics, returning to my family farm, and building resilient communities
• Why I believe Agroforestry and Syntropic Agriculture can change the world and how

I am an Indian and lived for awhile in US and Canada before health reasons forced me to move back to India.

These three countries have very differently structured healthcare systems and basically cover the three major models of healthcare.

I have probably like 10+ experiences with US, Canada and Indian healthcare from emergency visits , elective surgeries, various tests, scans and visits to a range of doctors ranging from GPs to superspeciality consultants for various conditions.

I find that my experiences at odds with the prevailing narratives so thought it'd be interesting to do an AMA.

Keep in mind this is a middle class perspective - I cannot speak about the viewpoint for someone living at poverty level or ultra wealthy which are likely to be drastically different.

• USA - Often gets correctly lampooned for how expensive it is and how hard it is to get insurance approval but you get the highest quality of healthcare in US - if you have something that isn't routine/straightforward or dealing with a difficult to diagnose condition, USA with insurance is where you want to be imho.
• Canada - Often gets correctly praised for being free but if you have anything doesn't require life saving healthcare, you will have to wait a ridiculously long time for healthcare.
• India - Often gets correctly praised for being affordable and having no/low wait times but it is very much a you pay for you get situation. The current knowledge and techniques lag 10 years behind USA or Canada, even at top hospitals and shortcuts are common because they make money on volume.

Same as title, wanted to do this from quite some time, I am M24, living and surviving on alcohol and drugs someone who's friends and family is slowly losing their trust on, I dont believe they are wrong either.

Worked my last day of 2026, let’s goooooooo!!!!!!!!!! Currently on week one of a 6-month non-compete period between jobs so i don’t start my new job until the beginning of 2027. Fire away party people.

I (33yo) was born with Renal Dysplasia, and I wasn't diagnosed until I was 22yo. My left kidney did not develop properly, and the inside was very small. The fluid inside my kidney would build up and was not properly filtering. This caused swelling (I had Hydronephrosis with ureteropelvic junction (UPJ) obstruction). My urologist attempted a few surgeries to try to fix my ureter and open things up, to let fluid pass, but it failed and I had a nephrectomy in July of last year.

My left kidney is now in a jar and sitting on a shelf in my living room. AMA!

I will start answering questions at 11am EST.

I’m a 39 year old white guy from so cal. Grew up with gangs and an abusive family life.

Alcoholic and abusive father that recently died. Me and my sister broke the mold and are doing great with good paying jobs.

I imagine people may be curious on how is to live in sort-off paradisiac island in the Mediterranean lol I was not born here, I a Colombian, but been living for 7 yrs. Ask me anything

Male 32yrs old.

As the title says, been to a swingers club for the first time (in Romania Bucharest). And it was interesting to say the least. As a single man is harder and more expensive but I got like a little 3 minute bj action which was interesting. Not exactly how I wanted it but for a first time it was a good start. Tried to talk to multiple ladies there and no luck, but gotta say many of them were beautiful and hot there so I didn't have that much of a chance anyway, but I think I will try again in the future.

the title is self explanatory, but i would love to answer any questions that any of u guys may have for me. i know its crazy asf that im 16 and getting clean from drugs especially heroin, please try not to judge me :,) im only human too, anyways ama

Ask me anything, and by anything I mean anything
Im from Saudi Arabia and I am into literally everything in life. Im down to make friends as well so don’t hesitate to ask your wildest questions. You can go personal too!

Eight years ago I started taking Sertraline (Zoloft) for depression after two suicide attempts. 6 days ago I stopped taking it and I’m beginning to feel like myself again. That little pill saved my life, that’s for sure, but I also feel as though it has been holding me back a lot. Like I’ve been living half a life. AMA

I know many people (esp women) have questions about how it is to be an arab woman in an arab/muslim country so here i am ,ready to answer all questions. For more context i am Bahrani and my mom is a foreigner.

When I was 15 I was in a plane crash. Luckily I survived with minimal injuries and got to see the light of day again (obviously) and am currently working on overcoming my fear of flying again. Ask me anything! Nothing really off limits

I, 26M, have been single since I was 17 and havent been on a single date or even had a romantic conversation with a woman since high school. I thought it might be interesting to talk with other people about it here. Im already past the point of desperation, have accepted being alone, and I blame nobody.