# The intervention! Let's begin **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 19, 2021, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-intervention-lets-begin/938252 "2021-03-19T18:17:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![blabbermeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9a140/32.png) [@blabbermeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blabbermeister)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2021, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-intervention-lets-begin/938252/1 "2021-03-19T18:17:24Z")
You arrive home, and to your dismay you see a circle of all of your friends around your living room, with one empty chair. It’s an intervention! And you instantly know why they’re there. What problem are you in denial of? Doesn’t have to be something serious. For example, do you keep saying you’re going to clean your bathroom but you never actually do it? Have you been working on a poem for 2 years and _still_ not finished it? Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2021, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-intervention-lets-begin/938252/2 "2021-03-19T18:35:21Z")
Hides bags of needlework supplies behind back, offers to run into the kitchen and make coffee so I can go out the back door and barricade myself in my stash filled shed. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2021, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-intervention-lets-begin/938252/3 "2021-03-19T18:43:33Z")
> [@blabbermeister](#): > > What problem are you in denial of? - People used to say I would fly into an uncontrollable rage when criticized. Which is bullshit, it was well controlled and precisely applied. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2021, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-intervention-lets-begin/938252/4 "2021-03-19T18:57:52Z")
I work so that I can own my home to peaceably be able to stay and enjoy in how I see fit. These people coming into my home surrounding me and pointing fingers at me may find out why I have a conceal carry permit and a Glock with a 16 round clip nearby and at the ready. Wouldn’t shoot anybody, its so I can point them to the door. I’ll clean up the cat hair when I get around to it. If you didn’t come over uninvited to wag your fingers at me I would have taken the time to clean! 🙂 And don’t hang out on my lawn! ---
**Author:** ![jayrey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@jayrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayrey)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2021, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-intervention-lets-begin/938252/5 "2021-03-19T21:52:06Z")
How did you know about my bathroom sink!?! 😲 ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2021, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-intervention-lets-begin/938252/6 "2021-03-19T21:55:44Z")
Can you really make a circle with only two people? ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2021, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-intervention-lets-begin/938252/7 "2021-03-19T22:53:31Z")
You’re here to tell me I eat too much and don’t get enough exercise? You have a keen grasp of the obvious! ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2021, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-intervention-lets-begin/938252/8 "2021-03-19T23:22:08Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Can you really make a circle with only two people? With me, it’s only my husband. He’s too skinny to form a circle. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2021, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-intervention-lets-begin/938252/9 "2021-03-20T14:25:07Z")
I’m sure they would be there to cure me of my “fishing addiction”, a term that has been used about me before. But I really only go three or four times a week, usually for only an hour or two. I wonder what they would think of the guys I see fishing who sometimes ask if I’ve been sick since I wasn’t there for a day or two. Of course, within weeks my SO would gather the group again for an intervention to get me out of the house more. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2021, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-intervention-lets-begin/938252/10 "2021-03-20T19:51:30Z")
I mean, if I’m in denial about it, how could I report it here? But in the spirit of the thread, probably my internet use. It’s excessive and interferes with my life in meaningful ways. I went to a therapist about it but he didn’t seem to take it seriously. He was like, “Well at least you’re not hacking into bank accounts.” ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2021, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-intervention-lets-begin/938252/11 "2021-03-20T19:54:57Z")
Maybe my clothing shopping. I’ve spent around $1,500 on clothes this year, and it’s only still March. If not that, then perhaps my atrociously messy home. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2021, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-intervention-lets-begin/938252/12 "2021-03-20T20:18:18Z")
It’s just dust, dammit. And it’s nowhere near where I cook - my kitchen is clean. What’s the big deal about white-ish shelves and picture frames? Mind your own damned business!!! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2021, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-intervention-lets-begin/938252/13 "2021-03-20T21:15:09Z")
With all those damn clothes laying around, it certinally looks messy. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2021, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-intervention-lets-begin/938252/14 "2021-03-20T21:32:31Z")
As long as these people are here they might as well clean up the place and stop the bitching. Grab a duster and some pledge and get to it. I’ll be at the bar, call me when you are done. Come back in a month and intervene again please. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2021, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-intervention-lets-begin/938252/15 "2021-03-20T21:53:26Z")
> [@Bayaker](#): > > But I really only go three or four times a week, usually for only an hour or two. A guy I dated wanted me to give up my racing hobby for him even though it is only a few weekends a year. I asked, “In return, you’ll give up basketball for me?” Silence. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2021, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-intervention-lets-begin/938252/16 "2021-03-21T01:20:24Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I went to a therapist about it but he didn’t seem to take it seriously. He was like, “Well at least you’re not hacking into bank accounts.” You don’t actually say whether he was right… In my case, probably watching biathlon, these days. But these so-called “friends” of mine are simply jealous because they can’t appreciate how awesome a sport it is. Perhaps it is _I_ who should be holding an intervention for _them_. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2021, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-intervention-lets-begin/938252/17 "2021-03-21T02:33:12Z")
!!! **Asimovian**! You’re HERE. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2021, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-intervention-lets-begin/938252/18 "2021-03-21T02:53:03Z")
No, actually, if I have to choose, I choose the cats. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2021, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-intervention-lets-begin/938252/19 "2021-03-21T07:55:23Z")
One of three Procrastination. Why do something today, when I could do it at the very last minute. Internet usage. Why do something productive when I could be reading stuff. Eating habits. Yes, I always eat layered foods, layer by layer. For example, I nibble the outside chocolate of a Kit Kat bar, then separate out the wafers, and eat them one by one. I eat a cinnamon roll by unrolling eat. I would never just bite into one. And I’ll eat a lemon meringue pie, layer by layer. First the crust, then the filling and then the meringue. But only at home. If I am lucky enough to have lemon meringue pie at a resturant, I’ll eat it normally. And then get more to take home. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![blabbermeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9a140/32.png) [@blabbermeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blabbermeister)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2021, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-intervention-lets-begin/938252/20 "2021-03-21T11:15:07Z")
> [@Die\_Capacitrix](#): > > I always eat layered foods, layer by layer. : I unroll my cinnamon rolls too, and even eat carrots from the outside in (core last), but you might find me among your circle of interveners just to confirm it’s really possible to eat a Kit Kat bar that way! I never thought of it! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-intervention-lets-begin/938252.md?page=2)