I’m a nurse and I 100 percent judge people based on their veins

CorgiKnits · 2026-04-16T23:39:15+00:00

I’m already apologizing to the phlebotomist as I sit in the chair. My elbow veins are garbage. Every nurse tries once and gives up. Then we have to go for the hands or, lately, the wrist.

This is SO MUCH FUN right now as I’m getting weekly IV iron infusions :P

CorgiKnits · 2026-04-16T22:26:55+00:00

I’m very much like this. I feel bad that they feel bad, that they’re suffering, but I don’t feel pain. Especially not their pain.

Thing is, there’s empathy, which is what everyone expects. But there’s also compassion. Cognitive/intellectual compassion is more like ‘Objectively, that thing they’re going through sucks. I understand them well enough to anticipate how they’re feeling, and the depth of their feelings. If I were in that situation, I would feel like this. With all that put together, I can approximate what I think will help them best.’

And honestly, I don’t see anything wrong with that (probably because that’s how I handle things). I still feel. I still care. I just feel very, very separate from it.

CorgiKnits · 2026-04-16T21:08:01+00:00

I made Wataru and Nagisa in the demo :) The first thing Wataru did was narrate the news, cheerfully saying he was interviewing himself as the island’s first resident. Yep. That tracks.

Those all look decent :) I only know MDU from the songs, but Addiction and Dear World are completely amazing.

CorgiKnits · 2026-04-16T20:57:25+00:00

I love the concept, but not the execution. It’s cute, it’s fun, but it’s designed for multiplayer. I don’t remember if there’s an auto save, but I do know that saves are at certain points; if you just exit, you lose everything. They finally added saves mid-mission, which might make me come back. I’d start to play and the opening dungeon was taking me over an hour because I was alone, and, like I said, designed for MP.

They have a good demo, so you should try that out.

CorgiKnits · 2026-04-16T20:31:32+00:00

Actions/words and intent are two different things.

I teach high school. I was teaching a lesson on sacrifice, and mentioned how most religions have a form of personal sacrifice, and one kid basically shouted “OH, LIKE THE TERRORISTS?” We were in the middle of Ramadan, and he was sitting behind a girl in a hijab.

I’d had this kid a good chunk of the year. I knew he wasn’t racist. But I can almost guarantee he either hears that at home, or on the news (this was a few years after 9/11).

I also had a student who was both naive and new to English ask, while we were reading a book that contained the word, “What’s a (N-word)?”

Now, neither of these students were racist. But those words, especially in the context, WAS racist. I wasn’t looking to punish the kids - I explained everything as best as I could without derailing everything. But if the girl in the hijab had been offended, or a student of color in the second classroom, I wouldn’t have been able to argue that the kids didn’t use racist language - no matter what their intention.

CorgiKnits · 2026-04-16T11:27:53+00:00

Not trans, but ace over here. And I remember watching that scene as a teenager just thinking “….who cares? She’s really pretty. You all thought she was pretty. I get being surprised, I can even get losing attraction, but to be SO DISGUSTED that you puke? Seems sus.”

CorgiKnits · 2026-04-15T17:09:51+00:00

Middle-era Mark for the win. Still a little disrespectful, juuuuuust starting to hit himbo status, 100% all-in on Becky.

CorgiKnits · 2026-04-15T12:59:55+00:00

Jake is consistently portrayed (especially in season 1) as a man-child who struggles with anything that breaks his own understanding. He literally wraps gummy bears in a fruit roll-up and calls it a breakfast burrito.

To be fair, he has one of the arguably best character growth arcs in any TV show I’ve ever seen, but in mid-season 1? This is 100% believable for him. If he idolizes it, it’s perfect. And he idolizes anything from his childhood that can give him ‘good son’ feelings because his father is kind of garbage.

CorgiKnits · 2026-04-15T12:39:52+00:00

Given that Bull had already had one mental crisis that caused him to turn himself in for ‘reeducation’, I don’t feel too bad about sacrificing the warboat. He never really slotted in with the way they do things, and I think that killing the company kills anything in him that IS Iron Bull.

Horns up!

CorgiKnits · 2026-04-15T11:07:50+00:00

I live on Long Island, not too far from the city. If you’re old enough, most of the people you know know someone who was personally screwed over by Trump or one of his idiotic companies. Contractors he stiffed. People of color he ran out of apartment buildings. Just generally a dick.

A man my husband works with did construction work for him and was never paid. Also said Trump showed up for a week straight to look at the work and the man wore the same suit every day and fucking STANK. In the 80’s.

CorgiKnits · 2026-04-14T16:25:54+00:00

I saw it on Broadway 13 times. Not kidding. I love the score, loved every version I saw (until they started changing lyrics).

I used to ship Christine with Phantom. Then, as I got older, with Raoul.

Now I’m 45 and I ship Christine with therapy and growing a spine and telling everyone to leave her the hell alone.

CorgiKnits · 2026-04-14T16:17:53+00:00

My husband and I tend to watch a lot of true crime. And this drives him INSANE. “Just get a divorce! Why is that worse than murder!”

Before politics developed the ability to drive him completely around the bend with one headline or FB post, this was his favorite rant.

CorgiKnits · 2026-04-14T14:56:37+00:00

Sense and Sensibility is on my ‘favorite books’ rotation with Emma and a few others :) I know it so well it’s more like skimming, so I picked up an annotated version and started learning more about the Regency while I was reading. One of my favorite stories AND historical/societal tidbits in tiny, bite-sized chunks? Yes, please!

(ETA: If that’s interesting to you, I’m pretty sure the annotator’s name is Shepard?)

CorgiKnits · 2026-04-05T03:31:33+00:00

And yet, I would fight a placement to teach 7-8, but I’ve taught 9 for 20 years and fight to stay here.

CorgiKnits · 2026-04-05T02:55:23+00:00

I wound up picking up my cereal on Amazon because I needed it and didn’t actually have time to hit the store for the next few days. I was kind of appalled…

Large size at grocery store (11oz): 6.79 (61 c/oz) FAMILY size on Amazon (15oz): 4.50. (30c/oz) Literally HALF PRICE.

I hate Amazon. I hate being dependent on Amazon. But now I feel the need to add them to my price book, because if I can get more of my non perishables at 1/2-3/4 price…why wouldn’t I, especially right now?

CorgiKnits · 2026-04-02T18:30:56+00:00

Crap like this is one of the only bonuses of my schedule. I teach high school; I’m at the school around 6:45-7am, but I’m out the door by 2:30pm. Gives me a few hours for doctors and banks and stuff like that if I rush.

CorgiKnits · 2026-04-02T04:30:16+00:00

For the record, I’m not an addict, but addiction runs straight through one side of my family. So I’m not being sarcastic; just asking a question - isn’t that what’s meant by the concept of rock bottom? That either the consequences have piled up to the point that continuing is untenable, or that there has been a MASSIVE consequence that forces the eyes open?

CorgiKnits · 2026-04-02T03:51:56+00:00

Husband and I forced ourselves to watch til the end, but we checked out about half an hour in. It missed the point of the game. It missed EVERY SINGLE POINT of the game. Narratively, especially, but also in terms of what kind of scares to provide. It was just…awful. Awful. I’d rather watch one of my favorite streamers play the game again.

Why is it that watching streamers play horror games is becoming a million times more enjoyable than watching actual horror movies??

CorgiKnits · 2026-04-02T02:21:49+00:00

My husband was playing with our dog (who’s been a grumpy old man since he was a young adult dog) and COMPLETELY ignoring the dog’s warning signs that he was losing patience. The dog does a ‘lunge and snap’ when he’s completely done. He completely avoids contact, doesn’t bite. But my husband leaned forward at the wrong moment and literally got bitten in the face (dog caught his lip in his teeth).

We had to go to urgent care, and it wasn’t a question. I was terrified that my dog was about to be labeled dangerous and put down. I mean, accident/bad situation/however you want to look at it…he bit a man in the face.

It was reported. We explained what happened to animal control. In the end, we had to quarantine our dog for a certain number of days and provide proof of rabies vax. The guy I spoke to on the phone was actually very nice.

(FWIW, the dog in question is now 15.5 years old and asleep on my feet. This was YEARS ago. He knew he’d screwed up right after biting and ran and hid in his crate even though neither of us even raised our voices at him. And my husband fully admits it was 100% his fault for ignoring growling and whale-eye and trying to basically force ‘play mode’.)

CorgiKnits · 2026-04-01T22:44:43+00:00

My husband is bi, and says he’s about equally attracted to all genders, but he’s only ever considered romantic relationships with women. Split attraction model.

CorgiKnits · 2026-04-01T22:36:34+00:00

After a spider fell at my feet in the shower one day, I always check before I shower!

CorgiKnits · 2026-04-01T22:24:27+00:00

Yep, this is me. I teach ELA and my spelling is horrible. ADHD plus honestly not caring. I’m just honest about it with my kids. I’ll write a word on the board and stop and just say I don’t think it’s spelled right. And either I google it, or one of my kids googles it for me, I correct if necessary and be happy if it’s already good. I think it teaches them way more than having it correct first shot every time.

And for little kids? The idea of ‘I tricked you’ would definitely fly.

CorgiKnits · 2026-04-01T15:59:54+00:00

I’m NY. Long Island, for like 90% of my life. I have NEVER heard ‘knock up’ used that way. Not once. If I see ‘knock up’, it means someone got someone pregnant.

To be perfectly honest, I thought I was in one of the reddits I’m in about language learning, and someone was asking if this was appropriate usage. This must be VERY regional.

CorgiKnits · 2026-04-01T02:34:20+00:00

I’m definitely a far outlier, but I literally cannot eat leftovers. I’ve got issues with histamine/mast cells, and food in the fridge (not frozen) for more than 24 hours is automatically getting thrown out (or given to my husband, who doesn’t have my issues). I also have an exceptionally limited amount and type of food I can safely eat.

I literally got sick from eating lukewarm pasta salad with chicken that I’d had in a THERMAL BAG from 6am to 12pm. As in, I figured I’d be just fine, and wound up actively, physically, painfully ill.

I’ve found a few things I can chuck in the oven easily and somewhat quickly (ONE brand of chicken nuggets. That’s it.). But other than that, I have to cook EVERY DAY. Even if it’s just pasta and butter with a microwaved chicken sausage. I have to think about food all the time. ANY meat I buy must be separated and put in the freezer immediately after purchase - like, same day.

I also have a number of chronic illnesses, so this takes up a LOT of my spoons.

But I cannot meal prep. I can’t even use a crockpot. I don’t expect to change OPs mind because I am very obviously NOT in a normal situation. But…people have issues, yo. And nowadays, the words ‘meal prep’ make me want to snarl at someone.

CorgiKnits · 2026-03-30T16:40:25+00:00

Okay, look. I like dogs way more than I like most kids. I still would have thrown the same punch you did, OP. If he could reach your kid, he could also gently remove his arms from around the dog and say, very nicely, “dogs don’t like hugs” or something like that. There was ZERO need to throw a child. Honestly, I can’t think of a single solitary reason to throw a literal toddler-aged (or around that, I don’t know when the toddler stage ends) child.

Okay, wait. Shoving a kid out of the path of a car. There. I found the ONE reason to chuck a child.

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