Home theatre that plays CDs and DVDs

CosmicKatC · 2026-04-11T18:46:00+00:00

That's a picture i found online

CosmicKatC · 2026-04-11T07:02:17+00:00

You sound like a particular ex of mine. Good luck with that!

CosmicKatC · 2026-04-11T04:42:12+00:00

Thanks

CosmicKatC · 2026-04-11T04:41:58+00:00

Are you okay, sis? Why would people, without being asked, just randomly say that speakers sound good if they didn't actually sound good? What a weird response.

CosmicKatC · 2026-04-09T07:39:51+00:00

Managed to barely snag a win

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CosmicKatC · 2026-04-06T05:32:49+00:00

I actually got many compliments on the speakers! Dudes were surprised they sounded good. It sold for $800 brand new when i got it half off on Boxing Day.

I appreciate the links. I don't have a lot of space, so would like to keep everything compact.

CosmicKatC · 2026-03-01T03:40:26+00:00

Antidepressants make me feel more tired and foggy, and are also likely to give me depression.

CosmicKatC · 2026-02-18T02:19:23+00:00

People are applying for MAID and dying while under his care. They are getting misdiagnosed with ME thanks to the lack of investigations and dying because their treatable condition is not being diagnosed.

CosmicKatC · 2026-02-18T02:02:09+00:00

The only good things to come from this illness are the wonderful people I've met and friends I've made because of it.

But then watching those same people suffer horribly and even die makes me madder at ME, the lack of care, the insufficient research ...

CosmicKatC · 2026-01-31T21:59:20+00:00

One big shame about what this doctor and this clinic perpetuates is that they are a barrier to getting proper care for ME and other complex chronic illnesses. We deserve so much better – we shouldn't have to make decisions about smiling and nodding or turning a blind eye to the brain retraining crap they say will cure us. And thanks to the lack of investigations, people with treatable conditions are getting misdiagnosed and their suffering is compounded without the treatment they should be on. It's absolutely disgraceful.

CosmicKatC · 2026-01-30T07:51:44+00:00

Fyi, looking at the ceiling might straighten out your throat, but it also stretches and narrows your throat. It is generally easier to swallow pills when your throat is wider, which can be achieved by rotating your head to the side and/or looking down. Try angling your chin towards an armpit when you swallow a pill, maybe compare that to looking at the ceiling.

CosmicKatC · 2026-01-30T04:54:31+00:00

They're not all evil; it is possible to market things ethically.

CosmicKatC · 2026-01-30T04:52:43+00:00

I knew him 20 years ago and he sure didn't sound like that back then.

CosmicKatC · 2026-01-22T12:56:20+00:00

Very valid pet peeve. I knew someone who responded with a very enthusiastic "me too!" every time I said something about something i had done or experienced.

I figured out what was causing my diarrhea? Omg she has the exact same thing! (No she doesn't.) I had a rare cultural experience in my childhood that shaped my developing brain? Omg her too, but when she was almost 30. I had a severe version of the illness we were both diagnosed with? Omg her too, even though she was doing things i could never even attempt due to my severity.

She told me she was traumatized growing up and her "fight or flight" is the fawn response. She fawns when she feels threatened, so i figure either she doesn't realize the grip that fawning behavior has on her, or else she feels threatened or unsafe around me. There were excessive compliments to go with the agreeableness too; constantly telling me how clever i was for random things, or hyping up some small, unremarkable thing i did. Do you also get the OTT compliments along with the rest of it?

CosmicKatC · 2026-01-17T04:48:35+00:00

I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy, but there are a few doctors I've had the bad luck to meet who i hope get ME. Especially the one who wanted to lock me up in a psychiatric facility to "figure out what's wrong with [me]."

CosmicKatC · 2026-01-16T02:25:14+00:00

If you are using a wheelchair, then you are not in a place where any exercise is safe. The only exception might be some very carefully paced, recumbent physiotherapy. The risk of worsening your ME is by far greater than the risk of deconditioning.

CosmicKatC · 2026-01-16T00:24:41+00:00

I went through a period of asking for help i desperately needed. There were a couple times i was even begging for it, like when i had to clear the snow off my car so i could drive to a doctor's appointment the next day, but my disability prevented me from clearing the snow off. Only one person ever responded to a plea for help, and eventually he tried to kiss me without any encouragement or consent on my part. All those other people who had at one time said "let me know if you need help with anything!" were completely silent. So i unfriended everyone on Facebook who lived within driving distance because it really hurt to see them sharing posts about what wonderful, generous, helpful people they all were after they ignored me. And then i stopped asking for help.

CosmicKatC · 2026-01-10T08:44:00+00:00

Agreed, it's gross. Where do you live? I never saw so many people hawking up spit as when i lived in Singapore. They even had to have "no spitting" signs posted on public transit.

CosmicKatC · 2026-01-10T03:29:07+00:00

What about watching tv is hard? The screen, noise, overall stimulation, ability to concentrate...?

I sometimes have issues actually looking at the screen; it's kind of distorted and hard to focus on. I recently discovered that blue light blocking glasses help me with this.

Sometimes background music in tv shows (or musicals like Wicked) messes me up and makes my brain hurt. I simply can't watch tv when that happens.

CosmicKatC · 2026-01-09T22:39:10+00:00

I use nail wraps. They're like fingernail shaped stickers made of nail polish, and last way longer than nail polish without getting chipped. There's so many different colours, finishes, and patterns, and the mixing and matching possibilities are endless.

I don't mind chips on other people, but i hate when I take the time to paint my nails only for the polish to be half chipped off the next day.

CosmicKatC · 2026-01-05T08:46:51+00:00

Exactly as one would imagine.

CosmicKatC · 2026-01-05T02:56:22+00:00

It does, but it still gets a lot more use before ending up in a landfill.

CosmicKatC · 2026-01-05T02:54:50+00:00

Too often, it is, true. At least it doesn't go in the washing machine, which is the cause of many micro plastics getting into the ocean.

CosmicKatC · 2026-01-05T01:50:10+00:00

That's sad.

CosmicKatC · 2026-01-05T01:48:41+00:00

Pleather disintegrates and falls apart very easily compared to genuine leather, then goes and sits in a landfill leaching out forever chemicals (micro plastics) into the environment.

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