Random Rants ΠΓ': Parental guidance required

[choxorn]

The transit unions were on strike here. The train union finally got their employer to sign a deal a few minutes before total shutdown. Some college kid decided to post a rant about how so many lives rely on the trains and how dare the union demand $33/hr when the workers obviously just sit around and do nothing while on company time.

UH's administration and the state government get themselves into quite a twist when us lowly grad students dare to suggest that we should be actually paid enough for our work to survive in a city with a super high cost of living. Apparently all our work teaching classes, grading homework, and researching in labs doesn't count as real labor because we're just students after all and Hawaii is a really nice place to live, so why are us silly peons complaining, anyway?

 

[rah]

Another rant: I'm not supposed to use straws for a few days so it doesn't unlodge the blood clot.
Guess I'll be spilling for a while

They tell you not to smoke either. (it's the sucking they're concerned about)
Watching guys trying to smoke without really sucking is hilarious to watch.
They need to smoke so so badly.

 

[shadowplay]

They tell you not to smoke either. (it's the sucking they're concerned about)
Watching guys trying to smoke without really sucking is hilarious to watch.
They need to smoke so so badly.

I got dry socket after my wisdom teeth removal and honestly I feel they seriously overstate how bad it is.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Mine is riskier because of something about my sinus. (I don't remember the exact words they used.) They had to put stitches in and told me not to blow my nose or use a straw because it could make it open up again.

 

[GenMarshall]

Mine is riskier because of something about my sinus. (I don't remember the exact words they used.) They had to put stitches in and told me not to blow my nose or use a straw because it could make it open up again.

Don’t know how you’d cope during allergy season or when you catch a cold.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

They said to get decongestants if I need them.

 

[Broken_Erika]

Mine is riskier because of something about my sinus. (I don't remember the exact words they used.) They had to put stitches in and told me not to blow my nose or use a straw because it could make it open up again.

Sinus and mouth cavities are not supposed to be connected.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Yeah, but the bad tooth was situated very close to my sinus cavity. That's what they told me.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Sinus and mouth cavities are not supposed to be connected.

Aren't supposed to be, but I got a tooth pulled and the root was so deep that it did penetrate the sinus. That turned out to be the cause of a lifelong tendency towards sinus infections because that tooth was cracked, allowing the mess from my mouth to squirm its way up into my sinus. When I got it pulled the dentist stressed really heavily that I had to be careful while it healed.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Sinus perforation! I think that's what it is.

 

[Synobun]

Tried out an Indian place. They sell sweets too. I asked if they had a menu for the sweets, they said no. I asked if they could tell me what the sweets were, they said no. So I bought two mystery balls. About to try them.

I also got chicken samosas. Spicy and incredibly greasy. Not good.

Post-tryout: These are even greasier than the samosas. And completely flavourless. Awful.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Rant: I've also been apparently brushing my teeth wrong my whole life. Apparently you're not supposed to do it immediately after you eat. And you're not supposed to scrub at them either.

At least I figured out the "don't use a lot of toothpaste" thing by myself.

Sometimes I'm not very smart.

 

[GenMarshall]

There is a thing as using too much toothpaste. You’d end up making your mouth alkaline and basic.

Though I hate brushing my teeth before eating. Especially before breakfast when you can taste the blandness when you drink OJ.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Yeah I used to pretty much put a whole ~ over the brush like you saw in pictures and things. No, you're supposed to use a tiny little dollop instead.

 

[JohannaK]

I usually wait somewhere between a few minutes and a couple hours, except when I have urgent morning business.

Like getting my wisdom teeth removed. Which is gonna happen soon. Two weeks ago I went to the dentist and my mouth was surprisingly fine for not having visited in literally four years.

 

[RRRaskolnikov]

I had to have all four of my wisdom teeth pulled, and recovery was difficult for me.

We are 4 wisdom teeth pulled buddies!

he wanted it removed immediately so he could have a biopsy run on it.

Hope it's nothing, really

 

[JohannaK]

I dont think you're supposed to say that kind of stuff...

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Fortunately (or unfortunately, considering how much pain it led to) I didn't have all eight of my wisdom teeth pulled at once.

I suggest looking into protein shakes though. They taste like chalk but depending on how much your mouth swells up it might be the only thing you can really have.

And resist the urge to chew the inside of your cheek while it's all numb. I made that mistake once.

 

[RRRaskolnikov]

I dont think you're supposed to say that kind of stuff...

edited out, now I have a real reason to rant!

 

[JohannaK]

But now I knkw what you think and I cant go to bed in peace!

That's my rant!