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I am interested in international relations, images of adorable animals I'm allergic to, excessively mainstream science fiction and fantasy, legal reform, and so many more things than will fit within the character limit I've been provided here.
Also a lot more weird/sociopathic. You'll get a bunch of people who don't *care* about making any of those sacrifices.
December 3, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Also a lot more weird/sociopathic. You'll get a bunch of people who don't *care* about making any of those sacrifices.
My pulmonologist likes to brag that I was the sickest patient in the whole entire hospital for like three weeks running. Yay?
(My mom flipped *out* when she found out which hospital I was in because it's the one where "people go to die" - trauma patients in the whole region go there if possible.)
(My mom flipped *out* when she found out which hospital I was in because it's the one where "people go to die" - trauma patients in the whole region go there if possible.)
December 3, 2025 at 8:56 PM
My pulmonologist likes to brag that I was the sickest patient in the whole entire hospital for like three weeks running. Yay?
(My mom flipped *out* when she found out which hospital I was in because it's the one where "people go to die" - trauma patients in the whole region go there if possible.)
(My mom flipped *out* when she found out which hospital I was in because it's the one where "people go to die" - trauma patients in the whole region go there if possible.)
Yep. Though every time I've done it the words were kinda bizarre and unrelated to each other, rather than five things I could literally see from where I was sitting. Man can't even come up with a plausible cognitive test.
(Last one was like "kangaroo, refrigerator, fish, running, drama".)
(Last one was like "kangaroo, refrigerator, fish, running, drama".)
December 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Yep. Though every time I've done it the words were kinda bizarre and unrelated to each other, rather than five things I could literally see from where I was sitting. Man can't even come up with a plausible cognitive test.
(Last one was like "kangaroo, refrigerator, fish, running, drama".)
(Last one was like "kangaroo, refrigerator, fish, running, drama".)
If half the block sees the post, then I'd call it bullying for sure, particularly if they take basically any action at all IRL.
December 2, 2025 at 2:00 AM
If half the block sees the post, then I'd call it bullying for sure, particularly if they take basically any action at all IRL.
As in, to the public, "the fat slut in Mrs. Walter's English class" means some random kid somewhere who probably isn't even overweight and likely just flirted with the "wrong" guy, but to a couple hundred people it's personally identifiable, and the post is just an extension of in-person harassment.
December 2, 2025 at 2:00 AM
As in, to the public, "the fat slut in Mrs. Walter's English class" means some random kid somewhere who probably isn't even overweight and likely just flirted with the "wrong" guy, but to a couple hundred people it's personally identifiable, and the post is just an extension of in-person harassment.
Not sure if it's bullying but to me it matters if you're visibly different and whether the post is public, private but seen by people who live in the area, or private and seen only by people totally remote to you. Like, high schools are uptight about public social media posts for a reason.
December 2, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Not sure if it's bullying but to me it matters if you're visibly different and whether the post is public, private but seen by people who live in the area, or private and seen only by people totally remote to you. Like, high schools are uptight about public social media posts for a reason.
Also I only ever buy their straight spices unless in extremis. Cayenne, cumin, spices that don't start with "c", etc. - I was raised McCormick but officially converted a few years ago.
December 2, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Also I only ever buy their straight spices unless in extremis. Cayenne, cumin, spices that don't start with "c", etc. - I was raised McCormick but officially converted a few years ago.
It felt weird getting a specific *frozen* pizza seasoning but you know what, it genuinely works better on frozen pizzas than their already-awesome pizza seasoning does! They're so reliably good, they're one of my only luxury buys.
December 2, 2025 at 1:37 AM
It felt weird getting a specific *frozen* pizza seasoning but you know what, it genuinely works better on frozen pizzas than their already-awesome pizza seasoning does! They're so reliably good, they're one of my only luxury buys.
My family told a story about a Cherokee ancestor because the idea of a black ancestor was apparently much worse. 🤢
December 1, 2025 at 4:09 AM
My family told a story about a Cherokee ancestor because the idea of a black ancestor was apparently much worse. 🤢
His permissive attitude towards his patients' parents was not exactly what you'd call incongruent with his attitude towards his children.
December 1, 2025 at 3:08 AM
His permissive attitude towards his patients' parents was not exactly what you'd call incongruent with his attitude towards his children.
Daughter. Ended up being charged with like money laundering or mortgage fraud or something, for helping her get a house with her ill-gotten gains. She had basically no legal income and a certain point in time prior to 2008 that actually did matter to banks.
December 1, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Daughter. Ended up being charged with like money laundering or mortgage fraud or something, for helping her get a house with her ill-gotten gains. She had basically no legal income and a certain point in time prior to 2008 that actually did matter to banks.
July 4th is pretty bad, too.
(Former CM, many many years ago.)
(Former CM, many many years ago.)
December 1, 2025 at 2:58 AM
July 4th is pretty bad, too.
(Former CM, many many years ago.)
(Former CM, many many years ago.)
(Which was apparently a children's book title in the early 1950s? Anyway it still sounded ridiculously twee to me as an 80s baby, so I figure that *was* a good call. Still, my uncle was fated to be "Teddy" instead of "Timmy" in like 1840, if not earlier, for... reasons, I guess.)
November 30, 2025 at 11:59 PM
(Which was apparently a children's book title in the early 1950s? Anyway it still sounded ridiculously twee to me as an 80s baby, so I figure that *was* a good call. Still, my uncle was fated to be "Teddy" instead of "Timmy" in like 1840, if not earlier, for... reasons, I guess.)
Every Timothy on the Irish branch of my dad's family has been "Ted"/"Teddy" for at least like 150 years and I still haven't figured out why. My dad's nickname comes from his middle name specifically because his parents didn't want him and his older brother to be "Eddie and Teddy".
November 30, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Every Timothy on the Irish branch of my dad's family has been "Ted"/"Teddy" for at least like 150 years and I still haven't figured out why. My dad's nickname comes from his middle name specifically because his parents didn't want him and his older brother to be "Eddie and Teddy".
But being right next to Jules Verne has to be a bit thrilling, right?
November 29, 2025 at 8:34 PM
But being right next to Jules Verne has to be a bit thrilling, right?
I'm an OSU fan and agree. Very surprising to me.
November 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I'm an OSU fan and agree. Very surprising to me.
I can't cite any right now but the number of crime show episodes whose plot is "oops, a real knife instead of a prop; audience all murder witnesses" is a *lot* bigger than a dozen. Probably over a thousand if you get flexible about format (e.g., radio, YouTube videos) and language.
November 29, 2025 at 5:24 AM
I can't cite any right now but the number of crime show episodes whose plot is "oops, a real knife instead of a prop; audience all murder witnesses" is a *lot* bigger than a dozen. Probably over a thousand if you get flexible about format (e.g., radio, YouTube videos) and language.
My second set was like this so I rearranged it on the shelf in publishing order and just have to live with the fact the numbers on the spines are in chaotic evil order.
November 29, 2025 at 3:11 AM
My second set was like this so I rearranged it on the shelf in publishing order and just have to live with the fact the numbers on the spines are in chaotic evil order.
Turkey vulture
Mountain lion
Deer
Carpenter ant
SQUIRREL!!!
Mountain lion
Deer
Carpenter ant
SQUIRREL!!!
November 28, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Turkey vulture
Mountain lion
Deer
Carpenter ant
SQUIRREL!!!
Mountain lion
Deer
Carpenter ant
SQUIRREL!!!
(For the curious, here he is, and yes, you are making the correct assumptions WRT his surname. The practice had a sliding scale for families like mine, so I was probably being subsidized by Tori Spelling's little brother or something.)
Paul M. Fleiss - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 27, 2025 at 10:35 PM
(For the curious, here he is, and yes, you are making the correct assumptions WRT his surname. The practice had a sliding scale for families like mine, so I was probably being subsidized by Tori Spelling's little brother or something.)
My pediatrician when I was little openly catered to vaccine-hesitant/adverse mothers – he got mine to do a stretched-out schedule – and parents who didn't really believe in modern medicine. He was pretty far off baseline himself, but I try to imagine the waiting room and... yikes.
November 27, 2025 at 10:35 PM
My pediatrician when I was little openly catered to vaccine-hesitant/adverse mothers – he got mine to do a stretched-out schedule – and parents who didn't really believe in modern medicine. He was pretty far off baseline himself, but I try to imagine the waiting room and... yikes.
Fun thing is, if you go with, like, heritage turkeys (the ones that haven't been bred to be huge and stupid), it's no more difficult than chicken. Ridiculously more expensive than chicken, but still.
(The year my mom sprung for that, it tasted *great*.)
(The year my mom sprung for that, it tasted *great*.)
November 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Fun thing is, if you go with, like, heritage turkeys (the ones that haven't been bred to be huge and stupid), it's no more difficult than chicken. Ridiculously more expensive than chicken, but still.
(The year my mom sprung for that, it tasted *great*.)
(The year my mom sprung for that, it tasted *great*.)