The Small Rants Thread VIII: Now more bitchin' than ever.

[Jackinthegreen]

This Dell Inspiron 8600 I'm using has had to have its video card, motherboard, and RAM replaced, but it's still chugging along and can even play some recent games like Torchlight 2 and FTL.  It can walk stuff like Doom 3 and Quake 4, but considering I played Doom 3 and the monitor would freeze and the pixels would go white around the edges and eventually to the center I don't think I'll be playing anything harder like that again.

Oh how I wish I could transplant the screen though.  It's 1920x1200 and is absolutely wonderful to work with.

[Stratovarius]

Oh how I wish I could transplant the screen though.  It's 1920x1200 and is absolutely wonderful to work with.

This! So much this! Who the hell thought dropping 16:10 screens or even 4:3 screens was a good idea deserves to be shot. Those of us who, you know, read and write documents all day long prefer vertical space, not horizontal. And before anyone mentions portrait orientation desktop monitors, those are so narrow as to be useless, and too tall for the eyes in most cases.

[Amechra]

Most of the issues with my computer come from the fact that I have both dropped AND punched it.

I have anger issues.

I missed my desk.

And destroyed the hard drive; the only non-replaceable stuff on that was a couple text files (and some of the porn, which, hey, I've got more!), since everything else got moved to my external 3 days earlier. So damn lucky.

And that's why I think I should replace my USB slots. 

Oh, and in more of a rant-y territory... I've lost the cables for my 3TB External, which has all my RPG stuff AND my movie collection on it. I've found a replacement power cord in the house, but if I can't find the USB connector, that doesn't help.

This again means that I've lost a good portion of my porn. 

[bhu]

Apparently my therapist has decided he is doing me no good and wishes to turn me over to a case manager.

[Nanshork]

I thought you didn't like your therapist?  Or was that just your doctor?

[bhu]

I didn't like the old one.  She was a bitch.  The new therapist was okay, he's just out of his depth and I guess he decided to admit it, so pending permission from a psychiatrist i see a case manager instead of him.  Whatever the hell that means.

[Frogman55]

I didn't like the old one.  She was a bitch.  The new therapist was okay, he's just out of his depth and I guess he decided to admit it, so pending permission from a psychiatrist i see a case manager instead of him.  Whatever the hell that means.

If you're lucky, it means that you'll see someone with some expertise. If you're really lucky, it means you're going to see someone who can actually direct you to help that's actually helpful.

I ran into some severe depressive issues a few years back, and I never found a therapist that did anything but make me feel worse. I'd spend an hour in therapy and it would take me days to recover. I tried four different therapists with similar results (one attached to my school, a state employee, and two private therapists).  I didn't even start getting better until I saw an actual psychiatrist. I think therapists are decently equipped to deal with people who's problems stem from repression or stress, but when they run into someone with actual chemical imbalances they can't handle it.

[Kuroimaken]

The corollary to that is that some psychiatrists can be awful quick to diagnose you with whatever seems to be the closest condition they can find without a second thiught.

I had one such experience when I was diagnosed with schizoid psychosis... I've never felt worse in my entire life. At the time, neither my mother nor my psychiatrist believed the meds were harming me. It took a while for that to happen, and when it did it was switching time.

[Stratovarius]

Why and how does England always find new ways to come up just short? This time it's the ref not sending a player off for a 2nd yellow, and somehow missing a header from 5 feet for the lead. Just once, could the team not lose in the worst way possible?

[bhu]

Got teeth cleaned today after 30 years without dental insurance.  Dentist was astonished at how well I was doing, but sonofabitch that hurt

[SolEiji]

Anxiety.

It sucks.

And now an interpretive dance to express my feelings.

*Flops on the ground and catches on fire*

[Amechra]

*sob*

[Kuroimaken]

*offers Amechra a hug*

[awaken_D_M_golem]

My brother just had his Computer STOLEN
(via a smash and grab, he ought to have known better)
... still ... and he had some important things on it.
Financials etc, and he lives in Wash DC so it's
very likely to have all that information fenced.

Computer experts 'round here ---> What To Do ?!

[bhu]

*hugs amechra* 

[altpersona]

start changing passwords for financial things... or basically for everything.

[FireInTheSky]

My 32gb iPod Touch was stolen last night. I left it in the car - not put away, but not in plain sight either - while I was bowling with some friends, in a decent part of L.A. I can't say with 100% certainty that I locked the car (a rental), but I'm pretty sure. No windows broken, or other obvious signs of forced entry.

[Sinfire Titan]

And now my former boss is stiffing me 48 hours worth of pay. My rent is due on the 28th, and I don't have a single cent to pay it with.

[Amechra]

Damn.

 

[bhu]

massive hugs for sifir 

I wish i could give you the money but im screwed on that front myself