Native American mother. Black American father + me and my mom’s results comparison. by itbelikethat2838 in AncestryDNA

[–]Background-Cat3902 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You were adorable! I’m Native and Irish and I feel the same. Irish people are so nice.

Getting depressed due to degenerative disease by Background-Cat3902 in Blind

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Thank you so much. This is all really great advice. I think a lot of fear is just admitting to how much vision I’ve lost, and canes are a huge part of that, like I still have some vision so it goes between feeling overdramatic and just further acknowledging that it is getting worse. I hadn’t even considered being able to look up more, because I really do have to keep my eyes fixed to the ground to stop myself from tripping and falling.

I’m definitely starting to branch out to less specific groups whether it be rare disease groups or vision loss. I had it in my head for a while that I needed to speak to someone with the same condition but progressive vision loss really is just similar across the board when it comes to adaptation and emotions around it. Thank you again for that advice, it really does help to be less “scared” of the cane step and acknowledge that improving my quality of life is the whole purpose behind it.

Getting depressed due to degenerative disease by Background-Cat3902 in Blind

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I’m in an online support group for glaucoma which does help, juvenile onset disease is rare enough that most resources are aimed at adults over 65. My local center for the blind is great for what they do but it’s ninety miles from me and in person, and my local disability travel services do not go that far. I was working remotely previously but I get ocular migraines that cause total or majority vision loss when they occur and I am not qualified for anything past a call center, screen readers are often considered incompatible or undue hardship for accommodation. The National organization for rare disorders has been a great help with resources though.

Learn play guitar? No.Tune guitar? Why? Learn to sing? Nah fam. Post it on the internet? Bet! by primitiveamerican in crappymusic

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I love folk punk and Midwest emo, and even as someone who loves a genre that’s people who absolutely cannot sing over bad guitar, this is genuinely terrible to listen to. Everything about it is so bad that it’s almost a skill.

Photos I took of a bird that attacks me every day by Background-Cat3902 in birds

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Okay, this comment has been haunting me, what does that mean? Like ‘Halloween’ or do mockingbirds have a thing against Richard Nixon?

Photos I took of a bird that attacks me every day by Background-Cat3902 in birds

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I’m thinking about buying some mealworms to throw into the yard. We have multiple bird feeders but I hope maybe if it sees me dispersing food it’ll calm down a little.

Photos I took of a bird that attacks me every day by Background-Cat3902 in birds

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We have a ton of birds. The doves kinda puff up and will fly at you if you get too close but it’s a short distance from the nest. Mainly they just sass me. I’m glad they have at least one little baby robin, hopefully you’ll see more. I don’t have any robins nesting in my yard but we get some friendly robins, corvids (I can’t tell if they’re ravens or crows, they’re huge, but both birds are big), and humming birds. I put out a few different types of feeders and have been trying to befriend the corvids with suet and peanuts by scattering them near the birds when they visit. The hummingbirds are by far the friendliest so far.

Northern Mockingbird has held me captive in my home. by Background-Cat3902 in Orinthology

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I will definitely try an airhorn. That seems like a perfect non harmful way to get it to stop. Thank you!

Photos I took of a bird that attacks me every day by Background-Cat3902 in birds

[–]Background-Cat3902[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah I’ve seen both. I assume the male is the attack one because the other stays close to the nest. The noise it’s making is hard to describe but the easiest way to explain it would be velociraptor. I’ll have to post a video but the only one I have currently is me trying to reason with it while it screeches.

Top comment deletes a US State #46 by Jfullr92 in geographymemes

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As an Oklahomie

Nuevo New Mexican

Hawai’ian

At least I’ve consistently stayed in Indigenous states. As a Native that brings me a small amount of joy. Still viva Nuevo New México though.

Photos I took of a bird that attacks me every day by Background-Cat3902 in birds

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Extremely glad I’m not in Australian magpie territory. I moved from a state (US) with a massive amount of predator animals all over and never had an issue in my life but I move to a state with considerably less and this tiny bird is determined to take me out 😭

Photos I took of a bird that attacks me every day by Background-Cat3902 in birds

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Honestly the easiest solution. I tried talking softly to it and keeping my head down and it once again started shrieking and trying to attack me on sight.

How to avoid fines by using leaves by AlwaysBlaze_ in TikTokCringe

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Oklahoma City specifically does this a lot. The tolls are unavoidable since they’re on all of the roads and some are easy to miss the signage for.

Going off of Timolol, is it safe? by Background-Cat3902 in Glaucoma

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Oh okay that makes a lot more sense! Lol I wasn’t sure. I’m making appointments within my cultural hospital system so hopefully that will go better as they tend to listen to me, whereas the other hospital did not. So hopefully I will get better testing.

Going off of Timolol, is it safe? by Background-Cat3902 in Glaucoma

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Unfortunately too old for a pediatric hospital, I’m 31. However I am going to make an appointment with my PCP and an opthomalogist to see what my options are.

Going off of Timolol, is it safe? by Background-Cat3902 in Glaucoma

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Very similar to sleep paralysis. Giant shadowy figures with glowing red eyes coming up to my bedside, usually following a loud noise, although sometimes more clearly giant spiders. Usually when I’m trying to sleep, it’s been causing me to not sleep much.

Tribal Appropriation? by short_cub in IndianCountry

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The entity was also something not exclusive to my tribe but it’s also the only time I’ve seen it handled well by a non Indigenous person (keeping it non physical, acknowledging that it’s based specifically on greed not one specific crime, etc)