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In a weird position where I’m sleeping way more and feeling tired all the time while awake but people keep telling me I’m super lucid and productive, which doesn’t feel true. Maybe they think I am losing my mind. The projects won I think. Or maybe work and projects won. Life has not lost yet tho
I went to a bar to watch Eurovision and booed when Israel came on but I was the only one
Braver than the troops.
Respect G
Did they look at you weird?
I was at the front of the bar so I couldn’t see everyone’s reactions, but the people I did see just ignored it
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I need a place to vent again. But It’s bullshit that I need a referral to see a place where I live that offers HRT, but they want a referral that I can’t give because the doctor I use to see for this, left, and his place refused to give a referral and just told me to get a referral from a primary care doctor, which I don’t have.
and im trying not get overwhelmed at the same time with dealing with my dad’s affairs either since he died.
I am sorry to hear that. Every person that needs HRT should get it (it should be a fundamental right for those who want it).
HRT should just be sold off the counter or free without any gatekeeping. It just very frustrating especially since I like, I did have access to it before the doctor I saw left last year. And it was sudden to since I schedule an appointment late fall, and they just tell me that the doctor left and sent me a letter saying that they would give a referral! and when I finally get around to it this month, they don’t. like…
im genuinely getting angry and want to yell at this place. Actually I am going to raise a mess with this place
Do you still have the letter? Maybe if you show them their own letter that will convince them.
I do, I just emailed their patient representative contacts with a copy of the letter attached and even mentioned of willing to file a complaint. and if they ignore that I’ll just show up to the clinic or call that patient rep line. Like, this is all extremely ridiculous all to get a referral just to see another doctor. It’s not as if I’m asking for them to do surgery or something. All this reminds me of my mom who hated doctors, and legitimately. how can someone be a doctor and not end up being like Che Guevara and wanting and fighting for change? How do these doctors just for lack of better terms, not give a shit about the people they claim to care for.
and erg. I’m reminded when I had a very bad tooth infection a decade ago and got turned way from a dentist since I couldn’t pay a few grand up front. and the tooth infection was really bad.
Well, doctors are part of the labor aristocracy (I believe), so it is not surprising to me that there would be those more interested in making money than helping people.
I am sorry to hear about your bad tooth infection! I know from experience that the dental industry is horrible when it comes to costs.
True, people should get free HRT if they want, and I wish you the best in getting HRT.
started a new job a month ago. In the AI generated onboarding documents it says i better get really comfortable with AI because it will be an extensive part of every job in the company.
fast forward to last weekend when CEO writes an angry teams message saying people are relying too much on AI to do their jobs and aren’t putting any thought into anything.
lol lmfao even
Am I the only one very suspicious of the amount of odd questions being asked by fresh accounts lately? Maybe I’m just paranoid but I can’t help but feel like there’s some very glowie activity going on as of late.
not paranoid. isis-rael just multiplied its hasbara budget by 3 or 4 times (I forget which) Surely some losers can squeak out a grant to come harass us tankies.
What is going on with ViolentPacifist here? The insults came out of nowhere.
I don’t know. Some people are insecure and self centred, and like to frame everything as a personal attack/accusation.
Also what sort of odd questions are you referring to?
There’s a few, like that one thread from a few days ago about “what’s bigotry do you see in ML spaces”, I don’t know, seems an odd question to ask when you’re that fresh in the community.
I am used to such person since I often need to accommodate the social pragmatic communication disorder and scapegoating practice of my mother for the confusion that she constantly caused.
You admitted yourself you think i am cia, which means I was correct in assuming you were targeting me.
If you think I am cia you’re one stupid motherfucker
I do indeed think you’re CIA. If you could also have the rest of your pals come jumping in to call me names it would be helpful to see which ones are the most insecure.
Is this because of my comment on Stalin? It was not supposed to be too serious but simply pointing out some contradictions. That’s all.
I think you’re a fancy pants with a fancy fucking university degree. Fuck off and die
You must think you’re real entertaining. Its unfortunate we still have your type even here on the grad.
I do indeed think you’re CIA.
If this reply of yours is honest, then I am right to confront you.
My type? Wtf does that even mean
Hey if you come back, just so you know, this was way too aggro for no reason!! People here are very considerate if given patience
🫵 You WILL have hope, comrade.
Thank you for the comment! I think you have said this a few times on this thread, but thank you for saying this!
Things are not looking good in Bolivia, folks. The US is planning to destroy the resistance there while US puppets are rushing to the aid of the neoliberal puppet Rodrigo Paz.
Striking workers have erected barricades blocking highways in every region of the country.
i pray and pray all of these simultaneous interventions can in some way overextend them and worsen things but none of that would be happy so much as it is only a minimal reassurance. the death throes include trying to take everyone down with them, but it’s just such unfair suffering
I hope you all have a nice week :D
No, you! :3
I hope you have a nice week too! …ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷくコ:彡
Interesting symbols.
i wish i have a nice week
this helped a little. genuinely been a while, but it’s more cuz i didn’t show up and i apologize.
have a good week too, oppo
I hope you have a great week! 🫂
Thanks, have a nice week everyone!
You to Comrade.
HAVE A NICE WEEK TOO!!
You too Oppo!
My job has been hard on my body lately and I’m so tired from the long commute. But I use the time to read and scroll Lemmy. It’s very encouraging. makes me want to keep reading even when I’m getting confused and have to go back several times.
Honestly have a newfound appreciation for just how offensive Tom Cotton’s “are you a member of the CCP” questions were to the Singaporean CEO of TikTok, considering that Singaporeans infamously dont like being called Chinese and the founding father of Singapore being very clear that Singaporeans are not Chinese
I mean they’re mostly chinese exiles afaik.
Right, but it’d be like saying an Australian person is British or a Cuban person is Spanish
Its an interesting dialectic, the cuban exiles in the US think of themselves as spanish, e.g. Narco Rubio so i bet the diasporoids in america would prefer to be called spanish, idk about the other ones tho.
Not really? Depends on the type of Chinese Singaporean, most of the ancestors of the Nyonyas left during the Qing dynasty, and integrated into to the local cultures of Malaya. Those whose ancestors came and settled down in Singapore during 1819-1937 were mostly fleeing the decline of the Qing dynasty and the Warlord Era, and their descendants mostly identify as Singaporean first. The New Immigrants that came into Singapore post WW2 and after independence would identify more as Chinese first, mostly due to the more nationalistic education they received from the mainland.
Though I would like make a side point that being Singaporean isn’t tied to race, there are also large minorities of Indian and Malay Singaporeans that have also influenced each others’ culture.
Hey maybe Xi will decide to enforce international law by arresting trump and trying him for genocide. Wouldn’t that just be hilarious?
He would have to take his big tech accomplices, just to make it fair for Donny boy
I don’t know why but the last five days have been weird and bad.
I don’t feel like doing anything.
I don’t enjoy anything, I think.
I don’t want to really do anything.
I have no motivation, I think.
I am sorry to hear that. I have those days sometimes as well.
I hate that feeling. I get it a lot.
yeah, it just popped up out of nowhere
Have you tried electrolyte drinks (not at the store, those are probably still all fake, I mean just making your own with magnesium glycinate and potassium citrate/chloride) & replacing cardio with strength training? It’s the only thing that ever got rid of it for me, ever.
Also try eating something that’s just pure protein, like tuna + tomatoes + red onion + cilantro + lime as a sandwich/burrito filling. Throw in an avocado and that’s a good chunk of your daily fiber too.
Sorry if this is annoying but it gave me a very palpable feeling of joy & optimism when I started (also aggression but that’s just how I am)
People around me are getting married and having kids left and right. I’m 30 and it’s just a natural thing to happen to people around my age, but man you start to put imaginary pressure on yourself.
I felt various kinds of pressure in my twenties and then somehow managed to continue it in my thirties. I hate individualism because it makes my life trajectory feel like something I’m personally succeeding at or “wasting” and it’s going to be meaningless if I don’t FOMO get to doing the “right stuff” with it. I yearn for a sense of collective meaning about life with stable shared purpose. But I’m too deep in atheism to want to be religious and I was born in Yankeeville. So yeehaw, time to go give another yank on my bootstraps. Maybe this time I’ll be able to pull myself up…
Yeah tell me about it. There are 4 kids in my family and my two brothers aren’t having kids (one got sterilized and the other is gay). My sister is in her mid 30s and by the looks of it, she isn’t having kids either even though she’s married
I’m the youngest (in my mid 20s), and I’m really starting to feel the pressure of being the one responsible for continuing the bloodline. So yeah I totally get you
my sisters all have multiple kids… but I’m the only man with my grandpa’s name. i did feel a lot of pressure at one point but i just think in the grand scheme of things this is absolutely unimportant
You made me feel better. Thank you
continuing the bloodline.
That’s a eugenicists brain worm. Kill that idea.
Like if you have an interesting family history and culture its cool to pass that sort of thing on but that doesn’t need to be given to someone spawned of your loins.
I don’t have an interesting family history lol. It’s less about a “bloodline” and more just the expectation that at least someone in the family will give my parents grandkids
Sorry, I shoulda phrased that better, perhaps “bloodline” was the wrong word
No need to apologize. I was raised to believe in the responsibility to “continue the family line” too. Its just insidious how the eugenicist ideas get slipped into our brains.
I’m in my 40s, not married, and have no kids. I’ve been with my partner for 16 years now though.
people like to make comments and things but whatever. i don’t really feel the need to change anything.
we’re pretty nearly past the age of having kids now but adoption is always an option if we decide we want to have any kids.
anyway i feel like it would have been entirely irresponsible to bring a kid into the world with how much of a trainwreck my life has been until recently so it’s nobody’s business to tell me what i should and shouldn’t be doing.
Hey everyone, welcome back to the general thread! I hope everyone has a great week and keeps pressing forward. May your steady efforts build up to positive development in your lives!
As always, communism will win.
Wind dog! Hello!
Hello! Hope things are going well for you!
I am ok, just a bit bored. I unfortunately watched BadMouse to see what they had to say, and they are awfully anarchist.
Oh, that’s no fun! Sorry to hear that.
Well, it can sometimes be fun seeing their bad arguments, but it can also be tiring seeing them make such awful arguments lol.
I honestly see it as a drain in mental health to be spending a lot of time on that kind of stuff, much better to engage in positive work and hobbies.
True, which is why I only watch them sometimes. Thanks for the advice, comrade! :>
That lake looks really cool!
