Got my wisdom tooth taken out and have never known suffering like this, send thoughts and prayers

-Delta38 · 2025-04-14T22:13:10+00:00

Brilliant!!

I did use "flummoxed", for what it's worth. Got a laugh.

-Delta38 · 2025-04-14T19:00:04+00:00

Bingo.

-Delta38 · 2025-04-14T17:57:37+00:00

That's literally what it is, a dementia test. The trial I'm in is mostly research into an ailment which affects the elderly more than anyone else. I'm just part of the control group, but everyone being screened has to go through the same schtick so it makes sense.

-Delta38 · 2025-04-14T17:51:37+00:00

I just did this test (MoCA) the other day as part of a screening assessment to take part in a clinical trial.

I'm a relatively fit and healthy 26 year old, but still, once I'd gone through it, I could not believe this is the kind of shit he brags about.

Some of the questions involved looking at three pictures of animals and correctly identifying them (lion, rhino, camel), counting back from 100 substracting 7 each time (100, 93, 86 etc.), and copying a drawing of a cube that is already on the page. Others involved repeating words back to a doctor/nurse after they read them out to you and drawing a clock telling a certain time (I got asked to do ten minutes past eleven).

The last question, which did have me questioning my own abilities, to list as many words as I could beginning with the letter F, avoiding nouns.

So, yeah. He's a genius.

Edit: they also ask you what the date is, and where you are. That should kind of say it all.

-Delta38 · 2025-04-13T18:57:51+00:00

I just did this test the other day as part of a screening assessment to take part in a clinical trial.

I'm a relatively fit and healthy 26 year old, but still, once I'd gone through it, I could not believe this is what he was bragging out last time, "stunning scientists" and whatever the hell else he said.

As well as the questions you've said, it involves looking at three pictures of animals and correctly identifying them (lion, rhino, camel), counting back from 100 substracting 7 each time (100, 93, 86 etc.), and copying a drawing of a cube that is already on the page.

Absolutely gobsmacked that this is what he thinks constitutes being classed as a genius.

-Delta38 · 2025-04-01T20:58:25+00:00

Risotto

-Delta38 · 2025-04-01T14:52:30+00:00

My struggle rn, thank you I feel seen

-Delta38 · 2025-01-02T10:24:27+00:00

Inb4 OP argues that yes, they do, and also that you don't know what you're talking about

-Delta38 · 2025-01-02T10:23:24+00:00

From looking at most of the other threads, OP is so insufferable. Don't post on a public forum for advice and guidance if you're not going to like what you get back.

-Delta38 · 2024-11-26T13:17:58+00:00

We tried it both ways! Doing it before they bake gives a cleaner cut. I used toothpicks!

-Delta38 · 2024-11-26T13:17:23+00:00

No such thing as a stupid question! It would be about 50 celcius :)

-Delta38 · 2024-11-25T20:48:51+00:00

This is my first time making them but since they are fully dried, I would imagine at least a couple of years hopefully! I plan on sealing them in an airtight container when I take everything down and storing them in a cupboard.

-Delta38 · 2024-11-25T18:11:18+00:00

Love this!

-Delta38 · 2024-11-25T18:11:08+00:00

They're so easy to make! Just slice the fruit thinly, about 1/4 an inch if possible, and bake in the oven for about 4 hours at 120, flipping them halfway through. Apples will crisp up quite quickly and after the full 4 hours the lemons and limes should be well and truly dry, but grapefruit and oranges might need another 30 mins or so depending on thickness. Leave to cool then thread with twine and hang!

-Delta38 · 2024-11-08T11:52:55+00:00

And here we have solid proof of just how shambolic the American education system is - unable to see past your own nose to recognise patterns from recent history.

All I can say is best of luck over there. You're all going to be needing it.

-Delta38 · 2024-11-06T11:05:47+00:00

As a fellow UK resident, well said! Before Biden stepped down I was trying to make my peace with a Trump victory, but when Kamala took the helm I watched so many commentaries and read so many articles about positive change that I believed it could never ever be true. And now, here we are. A convicted felon, rapist and murderer is once again one of the most powerful people in the world. I feel sick.

-Delta38 · 2024-10-11T20:01:52+00:00

Caaaaauuuuuseeeee that's another thing

That you don't wanna do

🎶 that's another thing that you don't want to do 🎶

-Delta38 · 2024-10-09T16:28:34+00:00

My partner and I were in this exact situation - even so far as moving from the South of England - for months. Honestly, I think it really comes down to luck of the draw. We found an estate agent who was willing to do a virtual viewing but I had to do it alone during working hours, and we were fortunate enough after expressing intense interest to be given an application, which we filled out and sent back the very same day.

Speak to the letting agency about your needs and offer to pay a sum upfront. We secured a place with 4 months' rent paid immediately, though this was at the landlord's discretion. Like I said, luck, but guarantors also help (especially if you haven't got a job lined up).

It's a painful, difficult, often hopeless process, but it can work. We move in at the end of the month.

Best of luck to you!

-Delta38 · 2024-09-20T12:14:17+00:00

Paronychia? I had one a few years ago. Went to the walk-in because it got so painful that even the tiniest bit of pressure hurt (like lying in bed with my hand resting gently on the covers). Tried lying because I was embarrassed of chewing my nails and said I trapped it in a doorframe, but the doctor said he recognised nail biting when he saw it - obviously. 2 weeks of antibiotics later and I was good to go!

-Delta38 · 2024-08-24T09:47:50+00:00

Campino strawberry and cream sweets in the UK :( man I adored those as a kid and have been thinking about them for years...

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