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Re: The Small Rants Thread XII: The Folly of Life
« Reply #461 on: September 10, 2019, 01:39:16 PM »
Tinypic is going out of business. Now my avie is gone and I can't find the original pic.  :bigeyes
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Re: The Small Rants Thread XII: The Folly of Life
« Reply #462 on: September 10, 2019, 02:59:40 PM »
Tinypic is going out of business. Now my avie is gone and I can't find the original pic.  :bigeyes
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Re: The Small Rants Thread XII: The Folly of Life
« Reply #463 on: September 10, 2019, 04:00:27 PM »
Yeah, I noticed Bhu * had gone all blurry.

This made me sad.


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Re: The Small Rants Thread XII: The Folly of Life
« Reply #464 on: September 10, 2019, 04:01:27 PM »
And I noticed Prime32's avatar had gone all blurry.

This made my kitty avatar's Tail , especially sad.
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Re: The Small Rants Thread XII: The Folly of Life
« Reply #465 on: September 10, 2019, 06:10:41 PM »
I'm trying to fix it now

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Re: The Small Rants Thread XII: The Folly of Life
« Reply #466 on: September 11, 2019, 09:56:35 PM »
Tinypic is going out of business. Now my avie is gone and I can't find the original pic.  :bigeyes
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Re: The Small Rants Thread XII: The Folly of Life
« Reply #467 on: September 11, 2019, 11:55:35 PM »
Being bipolar sucks. I'm managing it, but goddamn do i have to take the stairs instead of the elevator on shit everytime, it's killing me. People that don't go through this shit have such an easier time, if only they knew what it was like... But i guess it's like when you never really think anything about how awesome it is to breathe with both nostrils unobstructed, and then you get a cold and suddenly you feel fucking horrible because you can't breathe properly. Only those who really walked these shoes will know how it is.
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Re: The Small Rants Thread XII: The Folly of Life
« Reply #468 on: September 12, 2019, 01:39:51 PM »
Being bipolar sucks. I'm managing it, but goddamn do i have to take the stairs instead of the elevator on shit everytime, it's killing me. People that don't go through this shit have such an easier time, if only they knew what it was like... But i guess it's like when you never really think anything about how awesome it is to breathe with both nostrils unobstructed, and then you get a cold and suddenly you feel fucking horrible because you can't breathe properly. Only those who really walked these shoes will know how it is.

Brujon, far be it from me to make light of your pain. I know some people who are bipolar, have lived with some of them all my life. I can't say I know what it feels like, but I can certainly understand why they feel like shit when they do (when the hypo side hits it hits hard, and I'm no stranger to depression). Having to rein in your emotions is not easy for anybody, doubly so if you can't figure them out in the first place (case in point, me). What I can tell you, though: it does, eventually, get a little easier with practice and knowing what's wrong. Key thing to remember at those times is that they're momentary and they'll pass. They hurt like hell, but they'll pass. If you still feel like you can't handle them, put that bursting energy to something. Getting your mind off of itself helps.

I don't mean to come across like I'm giving you an easy answer or making light of your problems, far from it. I want you to know that I acknowledge your emotions and I'm merely trying to help you find a way to deal with them. Unfortunately, I also know that at those times hardly anything ever gets through. It sucks when the best you can do is tell someone to hang in there, but that's all that's within my power to do right now. I can't punch the sad out of people yet.
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Re: The Small Rants Thread XII: The Folly of Life
« Reply #469 on: September 13, 2019, 04:29:56 PM »
Hey it takes real guts to come forward about Bipolar.

And it very much explains most previous self-medicating.

Welcome to the next phase of your life, janky transition and all.
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Uh Kuroi, you've punched the sad out of quite a few people, yes you have.
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Re: The Small Rants Thread XII: The Folly of Life
« Reply #470 on: September 13, 2019, 08:02:26 PM »
Wait, when was the last time I punched the sad out of people literally?
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Re: The Small Rants Thread XII: The Folly of Life
« Reply #471 on: September 16, 2019, 04:42:54 PM »
You've punched the "sad" out of me ... with your litera-ry efforts.


Punch me more  <clap>
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Re: The Small Rants Thread XII: The Folly of Life
« Reply #472 on: September 16, 2019, 09:44:28 PM »
That reminds me. At some point I gotta re-read Hamlet and re-watch G Gundam in order to finish writing G Hamlet.
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Re: The Small Rants Thread XII: The Folly of Life
« Reply #473 on: September 19, 2019, 05:35:28 AM »
Hamlet with giant hams. 
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Re: The Small Rants Thread XII: The Folly of Life
« Reply #474 on: September 19, 2019, 11:53:11 PM »
Note to self: create a superhero whose main nemesis is his own kidney stone.

Spent the whole day at the hospital today over that. Having it removed tomorrow, hopefully.

Can't wait for the doctors to examine the damn thing so I can find out how that happened, though early evidence suggests it's genetic.
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Re: The Small Rants Thread XII: The Folly of Life
« Reply #475 on: September 21, 2019, 06:40:11 AM »
Save it.  Put it in a jar.  Claim its a burned out ioun stone you ate as a child.

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Re: The Small Rants Thread XII: The Folly of Life
« Reply #476 on: September 21, 2019, 02:46:38 PM »
Kidney stone = mega ouch.  Hope it goes well.



Or the subplot line of "The Girl with All the Gifts".
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Re: The Small Rants Thread XII: The Folly of Life
« Reply #477 on: September 22, 2019, 08:33:21 PM »
So as expected, it wouldn't come out, surgery time.

Surgery for that basically involves shoving a catheter up your urethra and blowing the damn thing up with lasers.

I should know in a week or two what the stone is made out of.

Also, protip if any of you ever undergoes the procedure: run a hot shower, hot as you can manage, and pee then after taking a hit of your painkiller of choice.

Turns out you can confuse your brain because the pain from peeing down a damaged urethra is signaled in terms of temperature. So you can fool your brain into thinking your pee is not as hot if there's hot water cascading down your back. Doesn't eliminate the pain but makes it ridiculously more manageable.
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Re: The Small Rants Thread XII: The Folly of Life
« Reply #478 on: September 24, 2019, 05:04:54 PM »
So as expected, it wouldn't come out, surgery time.

Surgery for that basically involves shoving a catheter up your urethra and blowing the damn thing up with lasers.

I should know in a week or two what the stone is made out of.

Also, protip if any of you ever undergoes the procedure: run a hot shower, hot as you can manage, and pee then after taking a hit of your painkiller of choice.

Turns out you can confuse your brain because the pain from peeing down a damaged urethra is signaled in terms of temperature. So you can fool your brain into thinking your pee is not as hot if there's hot water cascading down your back. Doesn't eliminate the pain but makes it ridiculously more manageable.

And I was just going to eat some Sushi ...
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Re: The Small Rants Thread XII: The Folly of Life
« Reply #479 on: September 24, 2019, 06:25:36 PM »
So as expected, it wouldn't come out, surgery time.

Surgery for that basically involves shoving a catheter up your urethra and blowing the damn thing up with lasers.

I should know in a week or two what the stone is made out of.

Also, protip if any of you ever undergoes the procedure: run a hot shower, hot as you can manage, and pee then after taking a hit of your painkiller of choice.

Turns out you can confuse your brain because the pain from peeing down a damaged urethra is signaled in terms of temperature. So you can fool your brain into thinking your pee is not as hot if there's hot water cascading down your back. Doesn't eliminate the pain but makes it ridiculously more manageable.

Wish I had known about this last time I had a bacterial infection.
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