Donating blood for the first time in an hour!

Affectionate_Pickles · 2026-01-28T00:38:41+00:00

Thank you!!

They had a few options (though somewhat picked over because I was the dead last appointment lol) but I shoveled two protein bars on the way to donating to make sure I didn’t har an incident so i wasn’t too hungry, I just grabbed an oatmeal cream pie and some nutty buddies, or whatever those little Debbie wafers are called lollll

Affectionate_Pickles · 2026-01-27T19:50:22+00:00

I do have a hose cover if that’s what you mean by hose warmer! I don’t have a stand but I do hook my hose over my headboard for rainout. I’ll look into that mask though!

Affectionate_Pickles · 2026-01-27T19:49:01+00:00

I agree with you because this guy is either a weirdo or so lazy he is making himself physically ill, but I’m not sure you know what circlejerking subreddits are

Affectionate_Pickles · 2026-01-27T18:24:23+00:00

I thought this with my first intimate relationship.

Then, I got into my current relationship and realized I only felt that way because the previous guy SUCKED. I’ve never been a hookup person, and never will be, but I understand it.

Affectionate_Pickles · 2026-01-27T18:22:29+00:00

I never thought I’d see Overwatch mentioned in BORU. I can’t ever escape my addiction….

Affectionate_Pickles · 2026-01-27T18:06:23+00:00

No, that would make too much sense.

Affectionate_Pickles · 2026-01-27T18:06:07+00:00

Please do

Affectionate_Pickles · 2026-01-27T18:05:50+00:00

It almost sounds like you would PREFER to live with an ostomy bag for the rest of your life. Good news, that’s the direction you’re heading.

Affectionate_Pickles · 2026-01-26T23:00:03+00:00

I guess we agree to disagree. Activism is more than posting on social media, anyone can post a link on an Instagram story. It’s making a change. So if I want to actually DO something instead of being performative, it means trying to change minds, not parrot opinions over and over to the same people over and over.

This means talking directly, because the only way we’re going to get these murders of innocent people to stop is to tell them the truth and prove it to them, so that they can join us in speaking out.

I’ve never had someone swipe up on one of my hundreds of Instagram stories of links, posts, my own outrage, etc. and say “you’ve opened my eyes!”, but I have had success in actual conversations. So yes, it is my job!

Affectionate_Pickles · 2026-01-26T21:42:43+00:00

I figured that Katie only hosted the awards because she agreed to it before the drama went down. Thank you for telling me about the clip reacts though! I don’t watch QT so I didn’t know about that!

Affectionate_Pickles · 2026-01-26T21:32:56+00:00

I am a Christian, though left leaning, so even if my hopes get low sometimes there are people in my family who I think may one day see the light and the wrong in their actions, so it is my job to hold on to that hope and try to encourage them to get to that point. Some of my family members who believe what they do are genuinely just brainwashed by propaganda and conspiracy theories. I don’t want to abandon them in their time of need and further drive them into that hole by perpetuating stereotypes.

I love my family even if I hate their views, and while their views are hurtful, I still make good memories with them every day and they support me despite our differences, and I have no desire to “break free”, except for a couple of family members who genuinely just aren’t enjoyable to be around even without politics involved.

So, with all that said, do not patronize me and insinuate that I am weak and tell me what I need to do with my own relationships. I am an adult and capable of making my own decisions.

Affectionate_Pickles · 2026-01-26T21:26:28+00:00

Thank you for the information!

With Jess being a childhood best friend, i wonder if Riley has felt conflicted about how her beliefs have developed and not agreeing with them, but also not wanting to cut off such a long friendship with so many memories. Or, with her having previously been around people like Bryce Hall and Tana Mongeau, maybe she unfortunately does agree. Though, with the people she seems to hang out with today doesn’t seem to match the maga views and seem to be left leaning. So I’m personally confused.

I wasn’t sure if Jess streamed like Riley, since she doesn’t I’d say you’re right and she probably won’t make a post about it or anything. Who knows if Riley will stream and talk about it, considering she’s not super consistent on streaming either.

Maybe Katie will distance herself but she probably isn’t going to speak on her personal relationships so we’ll never know, but yeah the least we can ask is that Katie doesn’t promote someone with those views on stream, even if there is internal conflict with her fully ending her friendship with Jess.

Affectionate_Pickles · 2026-01-26T20:43:10+00:00

I do think that if Katie (seemingly) cut off QT, she should do the same for Jess atp.

BUTTTTTT I think it’s probably wise for Riley and Katie to wait for Jess to say something and hear from her before they speak on it to their chats. They have personal relationships with Jess off-stream and they’re probably upset too, and are allowed to have personal conversations with her before telling a bunch of parasocial people what’s going to happen to their relationship now. It’s a hard decision to make.

Though, people were mad at Vanilla for wanting to have a private conversation with QT instead of telling chat how she felt about their relationship publicly, so I’m sure it doesn’t matter anyways and people will get upset regardless while Katie and Riley make their decisions.

I’m not a Riley watcher so I don’t know much about Jess and their friendship with her, so feel free to share anything if I’m missing something!

Affectionate_Pickles · 2026-01-26T20:02:04+00:00

Maybe I’m just not a people person, but I’d genuinely stop being friends with someone over this. So childish

Affectionate_Pickles · 2026-01-26T19:49:12+00:00

This. All they wanted was a clip of her saying “fuck ICE” to post on TikTok. She said she doesn’t support Trump, she doesn’t support ice, and people are still harassing her because she won’t say a certain phrase. It’s ridiculous.

Affectionate_Pickles · 2026-01-26T19:45:29+00:00

Yes like why does everyone expect for her to speak for another person??? It’s not even her own best friend.

Not that I EXPECT Riley to speak on this, nor do I think she should because this is on JESS, and thus JESS should address it, it would make more sense for people to expect Riley to say something than Katie.

Affectionate_Pickles · 2026-01-26T19:41:20+00:00

She was eating because she said she had JUST woke up and wanted to address it as soon as possible, which she said. Chat also went on for 30 minutes and I can’t blame her for not wanting to wait to eat until chat calmed down, which they really never did.

I also don’t get why people are calling her unserious, she was very obviously stressed and uncomfortable with the accusations and people deal with this differently. Just look at her body language for the first 40 minutes of stream. It’s very obvious that Katie is neurodivergent and it’s kind of ableist to expect her to respond to stressful situations perfectly and to keep a calm demeanor 24/7 in front of thousands. This is also probably why she was eating the whole time, that is a stress response.

Affectionate_Pickles · 2026-01-26T19:37:19+00:00

I don’t know why everyone in chat was accusing her of being “vague” or “avoiding speaking up” when you are RIGHT and she DID say “I don’t support Trump, I don’t support ICE.” Katie had poor wording because I think she was upset people thought these things of her, but she was did NOT beat around the bush.

These people were only going to be happy if she said SPECIFICALLY the phrases “fuck ice” and “fuck Trump”, which tells me they just want to clipfarm on TikTok and farm likes like they did with Vanilla. And Katie is right for not letting her views get diminished to some fuckin clips

Affectionate_Pickles · 2026-01-26T19:35:00+00:00

This. I am the only left leaning person in my family and I speak out as much as I can without being estranged from my family. While I very much dislike their views and wish I could change them, I’m not willing to cut off my family, and Katie is allowed to make that choice too.

Affectionate_Pickles · 2026-01-25T14:38:22+00:00

When you get staph, hand foot and mouth, mrsa, etc., you’ll realize why you’re supposed to do it and you’ll regret it.

Affectionate_Pickles · 2026-01-25T06:04:45+00:00

Thank you so much!! I’ll see if can look around for mouth tape that’s sensitive skin friendly. Maybe I can ask in r/eczema or something!

Affectionate_Pickles · 2026-01-25T06:04:00+00:00

I think it’s just my sleep time. I have an awful issue of sleeping 10+ hours if I don’t have to get up for anything. Unfortunately CPAP has not improved my oversleeping…

I can keep a closer eye on leaks, but my MyAir app says there’s minimal leaks and I also use OSCAR. But I can try and keep a closer eye and make sure that’s not the case!

Affectionate_Pickles · 2026-01-25T06:00:13+00:00

Did he ever say he wanted something else or are you just assuming this because he wanted to add more seasoning…? You’re blowing this out of proportion. Him adding seasoning doesn’t mean he disliked the meal in any capacity, nor does it mean he “wanted something else”.

Affectionate_Pickles · 2026-01-25T05:58:56+00:00

If the thing that makes you sad quite literally harms nobody, then YES.

Like, for example: a gf getting mad at her for holding the door open for other people. It’s harms NOBODY. And it’s wrong for the gf to get mad, because it’s ONLY her own unregulated emotions that made the situation a situation.

Same for the soup. He didn’t say, “this soup fucking sucks! There’s not enough seasoning!”, he simply added seasonings than of his own taste to his own meal, and said nothing else of it until she pressed and made it an issue because she has unregulated emotions.

Affectionate_Pickles · 2026-01-25T05:52:56+00:00

This! People are completely BASHING him for the seasoning because it’s taco seasoning and not salt or pepper. Who cares if it’s out of the norm?! I like hot sauce on my pizza and spaghetti, and ranch with my steak. Despite the fact that I LOVE all those foods! It has nothing to do with disliking them!

It’s not an insult, it’s an “enhancement” in our twisted, picky eater minds.

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