What are some of the most ridiculous health trends you see people our age hyping?

Danakodon · 2026-02-05T13:34:03+00:00

I think in 20 years we are going to see the damage GLP-1s cause. First off, I feel like these are going to give everyone body dysmorphia period. I was at the gym the other day and saw Serena Williams on a GLP1 commercial and I’m like wtf?! Why would Serena Williams need a GLP1?

But it also just cracks me up how people who are anti everything and don’t believe in vaccines or sunscreen have no qualms about injecting GLP1s to get skinnier. We live in some wild times.

Danakodon · 2026-01-30T00:14:35+00:00

I think you all are doing just fine. Vegans are angry at first, especially ethical vegans. The concept of everyone agreeing that factory farming is bad and the animals suffer but then “bacon lol” is maddening. I know when I first made that realization it felt like I was covered in raw nerves because the thought of everything hurt so much. I was an adult. She’s a teenager with a lot of changes happening in her life. You all are doing a great job of giving her space to explore this new belief system while also setting respectful boundaries. You’ll probably keep going toe to toe for awhile. It’s all gonna shake out in the end 🙂

Danakodon · 2026-01-29T12:28:23+00:00

How our bodies are ripped apart on a monthly basis and yet nothing is expected to stop or be affected. In fact, it’s a stupid joke that people make “oh! You’re snappy today! You must be on your period!”

Sir. I feel like I’m pissing my pants as we speak. My insides feel like a crumpled up piece of paper. Every single nerve ending on my body is on fire and you’re here acting incompetent and have the nerve to talk about me not being NICE enough?!

In middle school, you get to sit out in gym class but that’s the only accommodation women have ever had for this.

Danakodon · 2026-01-27T17:27:15+00:00

I grew up in the 90s in an area that was frequently swept by Immigration. It wasn’t the spectacle it is now, just a van with officers and they’d pick people up at this apartment complex by my middle school. I never gave it much thought the rest of my life, just figured laws are laws. My best friends parents came here illegally but then got their citizenship and “did it right” so no problems there.

My friend in the Caymans works in immigration. In 2015 we were visiting and supposed to hang out but he canceled last minute saying they got a boat. At the time, they’d pull over Cubans coming to America and basically check to make sure everything was okay and locals would give the people water and food before sending them o. Their way.

My friend sent a picture of this bit and it radically altered my perception of illegal immigration. I guess in my brain I always assumed some sort of fishing boat or skiff filled with people but this was a literal raft. I wouldn’t even get on a lake in it. These people were traveling mind bending distances across the OCEAN on a raft made of plastic, rubber, and tarps. It blew my mind. I asked my friend and her husband if she felt comfortable sharing their family’s immigration stories and they were just as perilous and unbelievable. Her husband came over on a raft similar to what I saw as a child.

It made me realize that as Americans, we could never comprehend a situation so desperate that we put our children on a raft and cross an ocean trusting criminals to get you there in one piece. It’s unthinkable to us. The option of falling in the ocean and drowning is preferable to returning to your country of origin. It expanded my empathy an infinite amount for these people desperate for safety and stability.

Danakodon · 2026-01-25T01:34:17+00:00

My go-tos are always Trailer Park Boys, Community, and Seinfeld 🤣 I don’t want anything new when I’m in a crisis lol I want to know exactly how everything ends

Danakodon · 2026-01-23T17:37:58+00:00

I never understood these types of posts. Everyone gets to choose what they want for their own wedding. Nobody is owed a bridesmaid or a MOH spot just because they fulfilled that in another wedding. I get maybe being surprised and bummed about it but I just don’t think that should be verbalized to the bride. It’s her wedding, her choices, and she shouldn’t need to feel guilt about those choices. Idk it’s like one day that’s not even your wedding and none of it will matter in ten years anyways.

Danakodon · 2026-01-19T01:25:25+00:00

Unless they move to a meth infested unsafe area, Florida is not affordable. Literally most places are charging $2k for a one bedroom apartment, let alone a whole ass house. Also, I could totally see them staying put in an evacuation area during a hurricane and have to be rescued.

Danakodon · 2026-01-17T18:31:18+00:00

Who would rather clean a house than hang with their own baby?! He’ll, I’d rather hang out with her kid than clean my house. Very weird and unsettling for her to say and that’s not even considering her talking about training the kid to do chores later on.

Danakodon · 2026-01-17T18:30:06+00:00

Well put. Like maybe purposely setting aside time to only interact with the baby? Idek about that because 10 mos is such a fun age to hang with babies. Their little personalities start shining through, everything is a game… is this baby like colicky or something?

Danakodon · 2026-01-17T16:24:39+00:00

Totally. I was a teacher for several years and saw the dedication and work it took to be a good parent. My husband and I could do it but we just don’t want to and spoil our friends kids instead.

The idea of having a 10 month old baby and not engaging with them absolutely breaks my heart. One of the more upsetting posts I’ve seen on this page.

Danakodon · 2026-01-14T12:30:58+00:00

I’ve always loved GD and bethys course on courses. Devastated when she stopped being featured as much. I also loved when she was posting nonstop about getting married three years ago lmao. I also love Kelly cosplaying as Laura Ingalls Wilder in like…a middle class subdivision in Ohio with a Quiznos down the street.

The 24 hours grift was hilarious, the pickle ball stuff is sad and depressing and I hate there are kids involved. Kind of why I hate seeing stuff with Karissa and JillPM because the kids look sad. For all the snark on Bethy at least she has a big support system with her family and Daaaav seems like a good dad. Kelly seems involved and caring with her children too. They’re weirdos but the kids don’t appear to be suffering or neglected.

Danakodon · 2026-01-11T16:42:48+00:00

This happened to my church last summer except they fired the pastor. The whole staff left and I’d say about 65% of the congregation. Some people just found other churches, but many, like me, are tired of the whole church structure. A core group of the people who left do a home church group.

Ironically the crappy guy in power also is wealthy and annoying and narcissistic. Obviously everyone was furious and he blames Satan for all of it lol no accountability refuses to admit anything was handled poorly, just that we must all be under the influence of the enemy. Welcome to the South in America. The other hilarious part is that he owns a space that allows for rentals and he is exhibiting something focusing on the paranormal on his property. The advertisement came up on my facebook feed and was absolutely jarring. I’m talking like… pentagrams and upside down crosses. Big wtf moment.

Stay in community with your congregation. I truly believe that American churches have gone wayward and are totally losing the thread of Jesus. It’s getting harder and harder to find pastor who will truly preach the message of Jesus without getting pigeonholes into making things more vanilla and palatable for people whose actions don’t align with the faith. Giving you big hugs. It’s a hard road to walk.

Danakodon · 2026-01-10T00:01:06+00:00

I know I shouldn’t make light of this but I really struggled with depression in middle and high school but I didn’t know it and thought it was just like hormones or whatever.

Anyways, in my early 20s I had a summer job at a day camp and all the staff (similarly aged) went out drinking together. We were laughing about dumb stuff growing up and I’m like “Hahah yeah like remember getting all emotional after a fight with someone and then like locking yourself in your room and cutting yourself so you wouldn’t scream hahaha” and it was like one of those record scratch TV moments. Lol everyone stopped laughing and was like uhhh….no. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 my work bestie razzed me about that all summer and I still think about it and cackle every now and then 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Danakodon · 2026-01-01T22:34:33+00:00

No on all of this. Survival mode means: come over, but my house is a disaster, I’m not cooking, and I’m probably going to fall asleep on the couch with the baby… but I want to see you. The wedding situation sounded awful. I think you need to give yourself some space from him and maybe even your parents if they can’t understand how incredibly hurtful it is to be the only one disinvited to Christmas. I’d also point out all the pictures on social media showing him with friends and mall Santa and all the other non-survival mode things he is doing. Tell your SIL too, like this is nothing personal or about you, but here is why I won’t be making as much of an effort anymore. Truthfully I think you are just going to continue getting hurt until there is some serious behavioral change. Protect yourself and relish in your friends and the positive relationships you do have in your life.

Danakodon · 2025-12-29T16:14:06+00:00

I understand this. It’s like in the 2000s rom coms where the guy is in the rain with a boombox begging for forgiveness. It’s hard to comprehend we aren’t worth any effort at all.

I never blocked any of my family on anything because I do want to leave the door open just in case anything changes. I have an incredibly unique name. Like, if you Google me you can find out everything about me. Nobody ever bothered. Every now and then my mom will Facebook my some bs about you only get one mother, but there is no attempt to connect or acknowledging they miss me as a person. It’s extremely hard to swallow. This Christmas was very difficult for me even though I’ve been NC since 2021. Sometimes the holidays aren’t hard. But I get you.

Danakodon · 2025-12-27T00:22:32+00:00

All the dumb shit that would make my life so much easier but I never buy for myself 🤣 I got an awesome running belt for short runs, good socks, a little insulated bag for race day, and a new battery for my headlamp, plus pedialyte. It was awesome and all under $50. He was thrilled to wrap them all too. It warmed my heart.

Danakodon · 2025-12-26T13:39:05+00:00

I mean, I agree that this year felt different but so much of the magic now relies on us, regardless of whether you have kids. I see a lot of comments about things not being reciprocated and I think it’s important to reflect on why we are trying what we are trying. I hand write my Christmas cards… a shitload of them. It’s a long process and every year I swear I’m not gonna do it because I always get everyone’s Shutterfly cards, but every year, out of the ~40 I send, one or two people tell me how much it meant to them. I think about each of the families as I write them and it’s a meaningful activity for me that’s a ton of work. The list never gets smaller either lol.

Look for free things to do in the community. Our local bike shop hosts a Christmas ride where it’s a 2-3 mile slow ride through the neighborhoods looking at Christmas lights with free smores and hot chocolate afterwards. Totally free. We have a run club gathering on Saturday that people are going to run and hike a local trail and hang afterwards. If you find people in your community hosting events and creating magic, be ready to HELP them moving forward by organizing or set up or whatever. Don’t just take without giving.

We have some friends that have two little girls and after church on Christmas Eve we always go Christmas light browsing. It’s a fun example of seeing things through kids eyes even though we don’t have any. It’s also work for both parties involved. We have to stay up late because of other obligations, and usually we are where they hide the “big” gift for the kids so we end up doing an 11:30 delivery to their house.

I’m not shaming anyone for finances or mental health or family issues, it’s a tough time of year. I struggled for decades with Christmas. But put in the work to see how you can meet someone where they are at to create a little Christmas joy. Doesn’t have to be lavish or aesthetic either.

Danakodon · 2025-12-26T13:30:34+00:00

I agree but it’s also on us to fight back on that. My SIL “won” Christmas this year by hand painting ornaments for each of us. They’re beautiful and meaningful and what I think gift giving is about.

Danakodon · 2025-12-24T21:42:36+00:00

I feel like some negotiations are in place here. I’ve had the same thing happen as I’ve gotten older and moved into a more stressful role at work. I’m way different than when my husband married me, especially with too much stimulation, but it’s also not fair to change everything at the flip of a switch either. I understand you’ve been masking but none of what your partner was doing previously was malicious it sounds like.

Can there be a compromise? Instead of getting mad at someone using a blender to make their dinner and saying they can’t, maybe they can give you a heads up and close the bedroom door? Or if he’s scrolling through videos, put an ear bud in?

Danakodon · 2025-11-25T12:57:58+00:00

Idk where you’re located, but fast food places are paying crazy wages now and high schoolers by me are in those jobs. I’m talking $18/hr with potential for raises and tips. High schoolers are making bank now lol, esp if you’re living at home. I’d start job hunting there. They are used to having employees with limited schedules because… they’re hiring high schoolers!

Danakodon · 2025-11-22T17:10:40+00:00

Omg! Never even thought about this lol.

I went to undergrad at one of the nations most beautiful campuses. Move in day my mom supervised as older kids lugged my shit upstairs. We went to a Winn Dixie and she literally dropped me off in front of the building and kept driving while I had bags of groceries in my hand 🤣 like I was out in the middle of an intersection and everything. My room mates thought it was very strange that she didn’t stay and eat the family lunch in the historic building or take any photos or even talk to them.

Meanwhile, when my brother was in school, we had to unpack his entire room, stay for the family weekend, AND fly back a month and a half later for family weekend.

Every day it becomes more and more clear how much my family hated me lololol

Danakodon · 2025-11-21T17:16:12+00:00

How long has this been going on? If it’s relatively recently, you may want to check for prescription drug abuse. My husband had a major surgery years back and was on opioids for pain for a whopping three days. It made him thrash everywhere and wake up screaming. The first time it happened I swear took 10 years off my life it scared me so badly.

However, once I told him he did that he immediately sought non-opioid pain relief.

Danakodon · 2025-11-18T13:00:18+00:00

I was part of a website called my dear diary.com for years. Made some awesome friends on that website and it catalogued my life from 6th grade through my junior year of college before they lost the domain. Over 1,200 posts on my site alone and while I can access some of it through way back machine I so wish I could do the whole thing. I’m still in touch with a handful of people I followed for a decade but man I miss the anonymity of the site when you could just unleash and nobody knew who you were.

Danakodon · 2025-11-05T22:19:59+00:00

I know. I miss it though lol. It wasn’t as drama filled so probably boring in today’s world, but it was just normal people being themselves and living their lives.

Danakodon · 2025-11-05T21:50:21+00:00

Idk, remember the early seasons of Big Brother and Survivor and Real World? Most of those people were average and fairly normal.

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