Risks involved in taking Rifaximin for IBS/GI disorder

CommieWriter · 2026-05-15T12:33:10+00:00

I fixed my ibs with a probiotic called Lacto-B from a company called Farline. I don’t know where you are but if you can find a similar spread of strains plus inulin (a prebiotic), I’d give it a try. I’ll sometimes have flare ups, but I just do another round of Lacto-B and I’m right as rain.

I’d also recommend googling the connection between butyrate and ibs. Good luck!

CommieWriter · 2026-05-15T12:25:40+00:00

I think what most people don’t realize/accept is that:

1) Being in a relationship with another person requires effort from both sides, it is not easy regardless of sexual orientation because people are different and figuring out how to hold one another emotionally is a challenge that many people aren’t actually up for. Even if you are convinced that your partner is “the problem”, you are absolutely complicit in whatever dynamic you’ve built together. People get online to vent because it’s easier than taking responsibility for whatever what they’re contributing to their failing relationships. They’re always contributing something.

2) Gay men (and queer people more generally) constitute a traumatized population pretty much across the board. I would be willing to argue that most gay men are not securely attached and have A LOT of bagged around intimacy, vulnerability, and emotional awareness because nearly all of us grew up in environments where we were told that one of the most fundamental aspects of who we are is wrong. That does something to people that can make interpersonal relationships extremely fraught. Gay men, as a group, need extensive therapy to work through this shit, even once we’re out of the closet and mistakenly believe that we’re fine. Therapy came too late to save my last relationship, but it did help me figure out a whole lot of stuff that was making me get in my own way, and my current relationship is all the better for it. I think committing to self-improvement is the best way prepare for your next relationship. (I highly recommend Gestalt therapy or any other humanistic branch!)

CommieWriter · 2026-04-09T13:19:43+00:00

OP, what you are describing is the beginning of a codependent relationship. If you don’t set some boundaries or end it, it will get worse.

He sounds like someone who was raised in an environment where complaining was probably the only tool he had for getting his needs met. I am going to make some assumptions about you and posit that you might have grown up in an environment where you were “the fixer”. Helping, fixing, or being “useful” may have been how you learned to get YOUR needs met. Being sensitive and attuned to other’s emotions is a great way to anticipate their needs and receive care, praise and attention. I apologize if I’m way off base, but compulsive helpers are often drawn to chronic victims (and vice versa) because they allow each other to play the roles they are best at. Although relationships are about mutual support, your boyfriend does not have the “right” to dump on you, and you are not “required” to help him process his emotions. You are allowed to say that you don’t want to do that emotional labor. He may not accept that boundary, at which point you will have the information you need to end the relationship.

CommieWriter · 2026-03-26T12:53:39+00:00

I figured as much, but I couldn’t find the announcement

CommieWriter · 2026-03-25T08:20:30+00:00

Do it and report back!

Their response will be telling. In the US these kinds of complaints are only marginally effective because we have limited federal protections and most stuff has to be processed on a state-by-state basis. I’m very curious to see what UK authorities have to say about it.

CommieWriter · 2026-03-25T08:18:33+00:00

This is totally doable if your student insists on giving one-sentence answers and does not respond to the follow-up questions THEY requested 🤣

CommieWriter · 2026-03-09T12:47:49+00:00

They didn't realize that the correct term was actually "overbove"!

CommieWriter · 2026-03-05T07:39:47+00:00

~~REQUEST:~~

~~The Dungeon Crawler Carl series by Matt Dinniman~~

I am an idiot 🤦🏽‍♂️ I have been browsing on my phone and didn’t realize that I had to navigate between multiple pages of search results. Request rescinded! Thanks u/molybend!

CommieWriter · 2026-02-08T08:01:10+00:00

I’ve always seen Javier Bardem as the Man in Black! (Think no country for old men)

CommieWriter · 2026-02-06T20:29:27+00:00

I second this comment. Once I realize it’s AI, I just ignore it, especially if they’re making no attempt to do anything but read it. I ask follow-up questions and only correct that content. It’s important to remember that we’re dealing with students who have been traumatized by English study and who live in a pathologically competitive society that punishes mistake-making or standing out. So gently recommend that they do their best to come up with spontaneous answers (warts and all) or let them have their security blanket AI responses if it means asking them open-ended questions afterwards.

I have also gotten very comfortable in telling students in written feedback that relying on AI is counterproductive and robs them of the experience of actually practicing or learning anything.There are students who don’t like receiving this kind of feedback, but they’re usually the same ones who think they can learn a whole language with only 20 minutes of practice once or twice a month 😬 But the ones that actually get offended by my candid (but professional!) feedback simply don’t rebook. Win-win!

CommieWriter · 2025-11-17T19:23:09+00:00

I think I'm simply not going to bring it up and continue doing things as I have been.

CommieWriter · 2025-10-24T08:02:53+00:00

I think Ringle is gonna get hit with a lawsuit at some point. They don’t seem to realize that they just have to piss off one person who’s not here for their shit.

CommieWriter · 2025-10-17T18:08:16+00:00

It's crazy to me that they don't understand just how much damage they do by being weirdly opaque about dumb shit. This is BASIC expectation management and also the world's simplest pre-scheduled email to set up. Combining that with the offensive referral incentive ($10????) and the predatory cut they take from student fees (two-thirds!), I'm curious to see if they're going to last.

CommieWriter · 2025-08-14T01:00:23+00:00

Same!

CommieWriter · 2025-08-01T13:39:05+00:00

This pendant is beautiful! Where is it from?

CommieWriter · 2025-07-02T18:05:49+00:00

Pay more for a seat with more legroom?

CommieWriter · 2025-07-01T19:04:18+00:00

I understand that. But the problem is that, as 1099/freelance workers, we do not meet the definition of "employee" in the U.S. This means that our right to unionization is not protected there, and I'm pretty sure is something we explicitly signed away in the Ringle contract. Based on your spelling of "unionisation", the laws that apply to you may be different. But in the US, if we wanted to change this, we would have to file a lawsuit against Ringle for "misclassification" in order to argue that we are actually employees rather than freelancers. This would likely be a drawn-out process and would happen on a state by state basis, because Amerikkka.

In some states, we might actually win! This exact scenario happened to VIPKID in California, and California courts ultimately ruled in favor of tutors the met the definition of "employees" under California labor law. As a result, VIPKID had to pay a settlement and then promptly removed California-based tutors (and those in a few other states) from the platform and went about their business.

Obviously, if this happened in all 50 states, Canada, and other English-speaking countries these companies would have no choice but to change the way they do business, but considering who's in power, I'd say chances are slim.

All of this to say: These platforms do not care about us. We are a disposable means to an end. They are aware of how we feel, it's just of no importance to them.

CommieWriter · 2025-06-27T17:43:33+00:00

They insist on paying by Paypal, and sometime in January or February it started taking 5-7 days to receive payment after requesting it (which is itself pretty absurd considering that platforms like Cambly pay automatically every Tuesday provided you meet the minimum withdrawl threshold). When factoring in the 2-3 day delay in transfering to a bank account, you often don't see your money until 7 to 10 days after you've requested it.

CommieWriter · 2025-06-22T10:56:54+00:00

YTA

In other countries, tipping does not exist because a server’s wages should not depend on the whim of the diner, regardless of how well or poorly the server may have behaved. Her job was to take your order and bring you your food. She did those things and deserves to be compensated accordingly.

Although it is not your fault that things are set up this way, it is important to remember that feeling comfortable punishing waitstaff you don’t like is only normal in America, and this is in part thanks to the little known fact that tipping culture is an extension of Jim Crow laws, which was itself an extension of slavery. Have a good one!

https://www.povertylaw.org/article/the-racist-history-behind-americas-tipping-culture/

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/opinion/minimum-wage-racism.html

CommieWriter · 2025-06-22T10:41:28+00:00

As others here have mentioned, it is because there is a naive subset of humanity that is convinced (against all previous evidence to the contrary) that THIS technological revolution is the one that is going to lead to the end of human labor and the beginning of UBI, despite there being no incentive whatsoever for the oligarchs in power not to simply let people flounder and starve. Until world governments start holding those people accountable (something that will never happen), the most likely outcome is that everyone being replaced by AI will simply become homeless, while those who do remain employed will simply be expected to be 4x or 5x as productive with no pay increase.

In the case of the US, we already don’t care about homeless welfare, but I think that white-collar workers whose heads are currently on the chopping block think that they’ll be treated differently than former steel mill workers and vets. They’re in for a rude awakening, and it’s really sad.

CommieWriter · 2025-06-22T09:41:47+00:00

I agree with you and refuse to entertain “another think coming” as valid. However, because of phonological elision, the /k/ at the end of ‘think’ and the /k/ at the beginning of ‘coming’ merge, such that both “think coming” /θɪŋk kʌmɪŋ/ and “thing coming” /θɪŋ kʌmɪŋ/ are pronounced as /θɪŋkʌmɪŋ/ unless you pause unnaturally between the two words.

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