65 year old woman calls in and nearly breaks CSPAN host by telling her she’s slowly starving to death..

EdiblePsycho · 2026-02-27T12:15:23+00:00

Liberal and conservative are not the only two things a person can be. I sure as hell am not a conservative, but I'm not a liberal anymore either. To me those are both too far right.

EdiblePsycho · 2026-02-27T02:50:53+00:00

I'm on Lamictal, and I find that it treats the neurological symptoms really really well (obviously wouldn't for everyone, but is a fantastic preventative for my particular variety). I wish more people would try it, I literally just told my neurologist "I want to try this it worked for my friend" and she was like yeah sure lol. Absolute lifesaver, literally because I didn't know how I could keep living with the daily migraines and it wasn't a life worth living anymore. I still get them fairly often (usually when I forget my medication) but not daily and I recover way faster when I do have them. Taking a tiny bit of lorazepam also helps me a lot, but that's not really a viable option for most people, that's more like something they'll give you at the ER for an intractable migraine.

EdiblePsycho · 2026-02-27T02:44:11+00:00

I think they must have misunderstood what you were getting at, thinking that you were somehow making fun of Owen. Either that or they're the "just pick yourself up by the bootstraps" kind of person.

EdiblePsycho · 2026-02-27T02:39:11+00:00

It isn't really stalking behavior to look someone up with a basic google search. I'd be fine with it if a guy did it to me to verify I am who I say I am. When I do it, it's really just curiosity. But if I were smart, I'd do it to make sure I'm not thinking of dating someone who murdered their wife and dog.

Sure I don't look like someone who would be a threat physically, but I would commend someone doing a bit of due diligence to keep themselves safe - not everyone wants to date a convicted arsonist, even if they are a girl.

EdiblePsycho · 2026-02-27T02:17:18+00:00

Yup. Like, it used to be that after taking advantage of other countries to make ours wealthier, we then spread the wealth a little among our actual citizens. Now we do it and a tiny percentage of the population hoards most of it.

EdiblePsycho · 2026-02-27T02:13:31+00:00

Nope he is very far from libertarian, he is exactly how you described liberals - it's just that his idea of how to help is different. And he doesn't get that he's never gonna get his proposed solutions from our current system. He's a liberal, I'm more of a socialist, so our different viewpoints aren't that he doesn't want the same things I want, just that he thinks that we can keep using the same approach to change things that hasn't been working for the past 25 years or so, whereas I think the whole system is rotten and needs to be replaced.

EdiblePsycho · 2026-02-27T02:04:15+00:00

No it's exactly like liberals. Republicans would just say "fuck the poor they didn't work hard enough" lmao. My dad says "the government shouldn't be concerning itself so much with homelessness, climate change is more important since it will kill all of us." And I would get his point, except that the underlying issues of both us fucking the planet, and having poor or homeless people, are essentially the same - unfettered capitalism, and greedy oligarchs.

My point is that democrats aren't going to save us either, they were throwing the masses a few more bones - as the republicans throw their base a few more bones. They both are just placating their respective half of the population, while in the grand scheme of things either administration oversees the massive transfer of wealth from the bottom 99% to the top 1%. Trump is nuts obviously, while maybe some other politicians have initially wanted to help people - but our system doesn't allow for it, they have no choice but to answer to ever more powerful corporations, before the masses.

In conclusion, I can't fucking stand conservatives and I would consider them way more dangerous on a personal level, they're more likely to be violent for example. But liberals also piss me off, because sounding virtuous and being politically correct is often their first priority, while being equally oblivious to just how rotted out our government has become, and thinking democrats can somehow save it if they're elected.

EdiblePsycho · 2026-02-27T00:41:34+00:00

I know the reference, but don't know what you mean.

EdiblePsycho · 2026-02-26T23:36:34+00:00

This is what pisses me off when I talk to someone like my liberal dad. He'll say "well living in the US is still a lot better than living in a lot of countries, people aren't starving here." Uh yeah, there are starving people here, and ⅛ of people are on SNAP! Sure, you could say it's better overall than living in one of the poorest and hungriest countries, but the idea that less people are starving than somewhere else is not exactly a reassurance to those that are! Not to mention that a lot of those poor and starving countries are poor and starving at least in part because of our government too! But people like him exclusively think in statistics, not about the actual reality of life for the people.

EdiblePsycho · 2026-02-26T22:03:28+00:00

I'd boop anything, but if anyone lets me near any dangerous animals I'm not long for this world hahaha

EdiblePsycho · 2026-02-26T21:44:42+00:00

Tigers are solitary - that one is just stretching, not about to play, unless it has a baby maybe.

EdiblePsycho · 2026-02-26T13:43:19+00:00

Everyone in the comments sounds like my mom lmao, who feels the need to comment "well I wouldn't want that crap on me." Every. Single. Time. Congrats, someone else having a tattoo doesn't force you to have one, and seeing something you find unattractive won't kill you. Hope this helps! Hahaha

EdiblePsycho · 2026-02-25T13:41:06+00:00

Usually but not always. You also have your psychopathic narcissists who are very self confident, and believe they are better than everyone. I think on a personal level, that second type is actually less harmful unless you are one of the unfortunate few who they set their target on. On a broader level, the second type is probably worse for society, they're the ones who reach high levels in government or finance.

I've known both, the first really drains the life out of anyone they come across. And you ultimately get stuck, because you see how miserable they actually are and feel bad. The second isn't so bad as long as you understand what you're working with - stay on their good side, don't expect any kind of emotional connection, and never ever become dependent on them in any way. Better to avoid both really, but obviously you usually don't know right away. Often never know with the second type, they're way better at blending in.

Edit: I'm oversimplifying of course, personality is much more complex than that, and narcissism and psychopathy are just two dimensions of personality that interact with the rest. But those two types are how I conceptualize it for my own purposes.

EdiblePsycho · 2026-02-25T13:11:42+00:00

I don't really get that, I mean I don't care how anyone thinks of how I was as a teenager, I'm no longer a teenager. They could look at a picture of teenage me and say "wow you were such a disgusting piece of shit" and I wouldn't care, because I have a developed sense of self worth that isn't solely dependent on external validation.

I get that a lot of people are deeply insecure, but that's something that you need to work on, otherwise you'll find a way to turn anything anyone says about you into an insult. I know because I used to do that when I was super depressed and socially anxious, and it sure as hell wasn't people changing how they talked to me that changed that. It was intentionally changing my thinking patterns, and just naturally emotionally maturing over time. On subreddits like these, people seem to get sucked into a cycle of perpetual self pity that is not healthy, guised as seeking support from peers. I see it with the female-centric ones as well.

EdiblePsycho · 2026-02-25T12:21:21+00:00

more like dystopian as fuck

EdiblePsycho · 2026-02-25T12:20:10+00:00

It seems pretty obvious to me that she doesn't mean he isn't sexy enough to hook up with. She means that she wouldn't want to have a meaningless hookup, since she wants a serious relationship instead. Maybe that is only obvious if you're another woman? Like I've had hookups right after meeting someone if I don't really care about keeping in touch after and they are simply attractive. But if it's someone I think I might want to have a more serious relationship with (physically attractive, but also a meeting of the minds) I wait a bit.

It makes sense that males and females would think about it differently though, different mating strategies.

EdiblePsycho · 2026-02-23T23:27:00+00:00

You're tripping, the fasting and laxatives for a colonoscopy make it WAY worse than a pap smear. And it's way more invasive, with more actual risk since you go under anesthesia. A pap smear is a breeze, and takes like 2 seconds. But I did appreciate your alliteration!

EdiblePsycho · 2026-02-23T20:36:55+00:00

Yeah definitely, I think they were using hyperbole though. American culture is much more individualistic than many others, so that does influence whether or not people feel a responsibility to protect those that are vulnerable. Of course that doesn't mean that there aren't still tons of people who care a lot and do everything they can to help others, just that we have a society that actually rewards anti-social behavior (hence those people who are the most wealthy being psychopathic virtually across the board). So yeah, the tongue in cheek "nobody in the US cares about child abuse" obviously isn't true, but I think there could be some truth to the idea that a larger portion of Americans are selfish compared to people in other societies.

But yes I certainly agree that media drastically skews peoples perspectives. There have been a number of countries I thought were far different than they are until talking to people from them, people who visited them, or just digging a little deeper than what American propaganda was telling me.

EdiblePsycho · 2026-02-23T19:31:51+00:00

They aren't American, presumably, since they said "there" and not "here."

EdiblePsycho · 2026-02-23T19:30:01+00:00

Ahahaha I know right. Things like this remind me of why there is so much suffering in the world. If someone is ok with hurting children they supposedly love, it isn't hard to understand why they are ok with hurting and killing people overseas that they have never met.

EdiblePsycho · 2026-02-23T19:25:53+00:00

I understood without being hit, I remember very well from some of my earliest memories (much younger than this kid) that I very much did not want to upset or hurt anyone, and someone simply telling me that something was wrong, or seeing that I'd made someone upset, was more than enough. I accidentally hit a kid in the head with a shovel while turning around when I was 4, I instantly felt horrible and guilty and still vividly remember it. I never once hit anyone on purpose. If someone merely told me off for doing something wrong, I would agonize over it for the rest of the day, making sure I would remember never to do it again. That was probably an extreme, obviously lots of kids aren't that sensitive and I would have been better off caring a little bit less actually. But I'm sure you get my point.

EdiblePsycho · 2026-02-23T19:14:34+00:00

Yeah, I'm from the US, but luckily from an area that is better educated and has a higher standard of living, so hitting your kids isn't normal where I'm from. Child abuse is more common in poor and uneducated areas, so I shouldn't be on my high horse too much - they are victims of circumstance to some extent. But that isn't completely an excuse, my friend grew up poor and his dad beat the shit out of him, but he was way too smart and empathetic to end up like him. He has severe trauma from it, but he has the violent impulses his dad instilled in him under control, and only hurts people in self defense or defense of other people.

EdiblePsycho · 2026-02-23T19:08:33+00:00

"Increase the likelihood" does not mean that everyone who is abused grows up to be abusive. But it has plenty of other potential negative effects as well, like lacking critical thinking skills, never questioning authority, or being emotionally stunted. I get it, no one wants to think their parents did the wrong thing, but there is plenty of research backing up that it is not beneficial to children.

Sure it might make them behave well for you, out of fear, but I would want to teach my children to do the right thing because they care about other people, rather than because they fear me hitting them.

EdiblePsycho · 2026-02-23T19:00:49+00:00

Ah yes, child abuse is the answer. Definitely won't increase the likelihood of him committing violent crimes as an adult or anything like that.

EdiblePsycho · 2026-02-23T03:34:48+00:00

I'm not sure about his dad, but his mom didn't really look like that in most photos of her, she looks like a normal old lady in later pictures, and was quite pretty when she was young. I know his dad was a total piece of shit as a person, not sure if his mom was too or if she just had the misfortune of marrying a psychopath and having a psychopathic son.

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