Random Rants ΠΕ': You're standing on my neck.

[Kyriakos]

And I think my grandmother was about 42 when my mother and uncle were born, but anecdotes are anecdotal.

It is "published" in the forum, as a post, so technically it isn't an anecdote

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Are you implying that people are *gasp* lying on those affidavits?

Or they could not realize they have coronavirus.

 

[Arakhor]

It is "published" in the forum, as a post, so technically it isn't an anecdote

Because anecdote means "unpublished" in Greek. Bravo.

 

[Takhisis]

It's more a, "hey, I think we'd be better with ya round" sort of sentiment, not a U N33d ph4t 5t4k5 of teechin' ca$h.

I do n33d ph4 5t4k5 of ca$h though and I do make places better when I'm around*, but, as I said, if I lived alone I'd be far more mobile (and I'd've put bugging out of here nearer the top of my priorities, probably).

*shut up, Synsensa

 

[JohannaK]

My grandma was also in her 40s when she birthed my father. To each their own. Some dont want to be mothers until they do and some desperstely want to but hold off for the right moment. Every woman is her own case, so what?

 

[The_J]

Unconfirmed, but I suspect I'm one of those people for whom caffeine has little effect. Hypocaffeinoids or something (not that, but I like it). I've never noticed it have any effect on me at all, either from having it or stopping having it.

Because you're used to it.
While I was still drinking coffee, I could have one at midnight and feel no effect.
I stopped 3 years ago. Now a single sip has a big effect, I notice the caffeine (and it's unpleasant).



Unrelated: @hobbsyoyo You were right . Partially.
We just had a 1.5h talk about various things, incl. the situation. I feel something. Luckily it's not love though. Neither does she for me, and she says she's over me. Good. She's very broken though. I hope she manages tomorrow the doctor visit and can get an appointment at the therapist soon. I think she'll get through it, but will probably take a while.
Oh damnit :/

 

[Manfred Belheim]

Yes obviously women over 40 can have children, and it's not even particularly rare in the grand scheme of things, but it's more than entirely reasonable for a woman who really wants children and is approaching 40 to have major concerns and worries about that fact. The drop off in fertility and increase in risk at that age are hardly negligible so you can't really dismiss that out of hand. Yes, it's another thing to say your entire life is nearly over, but again you can't know how strong that desire is or what it means to any individual.

On the other hand, trying to offer a positive view is hardly ill-intentioned either. But still.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

It's probably something @MaryKB should ask her doctor (preferably a specialist) about, not wildly varying accounts of other people with different genes and health statuses.

 

[Birdjaguar]

Heh, the problem that puts the US into ‘only if I need an escape route’ is that I don't live alone.

Just bring them along. America loves immigrants, especially if they speak Spanish. Farmboy and I can sponsor you.

I'm not actually withdrawing though. I had another 300 mg of caffeine this morning but I made sure to sip it over time instead of chugging. I am trying to taper myself off so I don't go into withdrawals. idk though maybe? About 5 hours lapsed between drinking an energy drink last night and having anxiety

Stop the energy drinks. They are poison. Get your caffeine from good coffee or tea. Honestly, Hobbs. Those drinks are so bad for you and everyone else.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

Yes, it's another thing to say your entire life is nearly over, but again you can't know how strong that desire is or what it means to any individual.

Especially when near as I can tell there was no mention that that aspect of life was even being talked about...it looked like standard age angst of a general sort, not any such specific issue. But of course as a man any attempt to explain from my own point of view how I came to do "such a horrid thing" would just be brushed off as "mansplaining" so I'm more inclined to just ignore it and move on. I hope anyone who is also in their late thirties and felt a pang of "oh no, me too" got thoroughly buoyed up though. That's the only reason I responded.

 

[Farm Boy]

+1 bird

 

[Manfred Belheim]

Especially when near as I can tell there was no mention that that aspect of life was even being talked about...it looked like standard age angst of a general sort, not any such specific issue. But of course as a man any attempt to explain from my own point of view how I came to do "such a horrid thing" would just be brushed off as "mansplaining" so I'm more inclined to just ignore it and move on. I hope anyone who is also in their late thirties and felt a pang of "oh no, me too" got thoroughly buoyed up though. That's the only reason I responded.

Well I wasn't that fussed about the dogs, but the rest of it was inspirational.

Also I wasn't sure which posts constituted the "mansplaining", so wasn't clear if that was before or after the child issue was mentioned.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Also I wasn't sure which posts constituted the "mansplaining", so wasn't clear if that was before or after the child issue was mentioned.

Judging by the comment in post #581, I thinking it is #579 that the mansplaining refers to.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Oh fun a sctntillating scotoma

Hope its not a migraine

 

[Takhisis]

The health minister here is defending himself over criticisms for inaction regarding the outbreak of coronavirus by stating he had ‘thought it would take longer’.

The entire cabinet should resign prior to their trial, @#$%& it.

 

[Kaitzilla]

Hope its not a migraine

I got one of those for the 1st time 3 months ago.
Was it quitting caffeine 7 times in a single month?


At first I thought I was going blind after blinking didn't clear my vision.
Then I thought I looked into the sun and it blurred my vision near the center of my eye, but it was a cloudy day.
It was a broken glass pattern with a hook shape when I closed my eyes.

Over the next 20 minutes the clear, blurry, shattered glass hook spread out towards the edge of my vision and I wondered if I would die when it reached past the edge.

This video is like a time-compressed version of what happened, but the shimmering was not rainbow colored, it spread much slower, and the blur in the middle was not quite that opaque.

Thankfully, when the visual distortion vanished past the edge of my vision, I did not die, but gradually developed a crushing headache for a few hours.
Saw it was a migraine after looking up the symptoms.

My sister had these too years ago, but she saw static / snow in her vision.


I hope you feel better Aimeeandbeatles.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Mine are mostly zigzag patterns with colours at the edges. Starts as a tiny blind spot in my vision and then slowly spreads across my entire field of vision. Sometimes I get a migraine and sometimes I don't.

The first time I got it it scared me terribly. Now its "oh bloody hell, this again."

 

[Arakhor]

I get scotomas occasionally too. It's only come with free anxiety though, rather than a migraine.

 

[Manfred Belheim]

Over the next 20 minutes the clear, blurry, shattered glass hook spread out towards the edge of my vision and I wondered if I would die when it reached past the edge.

Because... just outside your peripheral vision is where you soul lives?

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

pain pain PAIN PAIN PAIN

DAMMIT IT WAS GONE, I DON'T WANT IT BACK