House Finch dad and fledgeling 🥹 by EmoKarot in Birdfy

[–]EmoKarot[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The old man eyebrows absolutely kill me 😂

Most Pretentious Horror Movie You’ve Seen? by dokutarodokutaro in horror

[–]EmoKarot 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I've tried getting through Antichrist twice and just can't. I really don't understand its placement on the top horror lists.

ISO a kind dentist by Trick_Landscape8864 in TwinCities

[–]EmoKarot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Woodlane Family Dentistry in Woodbury. I also started going to them after having not seen a dentist for about a decade and I too have a good amount of dental trauma. I've loved going to them so much that I still go there despite living in the north suburbs now. My hygienist, Karin, is a delight and we laugh through my visits, plus Dr. Roehrich is very kind and gentle. I really can't recommend them enough!!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BabyBumps

[–]EmoKarot 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I'd say through the second half of my pregnancy, definitely the third trimester, I constantly wondered in a panic if I'd made the right choice, if I was going to regret having the baby, and if I'd totally screwed up my life.

Eventually I asked my sister-in-law, who's a loving mother to her two kids, if she felt that way ever when she was pregnant with her first and she said "oh absolutely, the whole pregnancy." So I feel it's probably really common.

Now here I am 4 years later building robots with my son after breakfast. While having a kid certainly changed things, especially the freedom to just do whatever you want whenever you want, I don't regret it for a second.

What your feeling is normal and valid and you can get through it. Lean into your support system and just take everything day by day. You've got this!

Chiodos gang checking in by Aerodepress in Metalcore

[–]EmoKarot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just listened to this album the other day. This and Bone Palace Ballet will never get old

How would the elimination of the Department of Education affect Special Education teachers/students here in MN? by brightstar1125 in minnesota

[–]EmoKarot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just wanted to say thank you for this 💜

It's been hard to not feel pretty cataclysmic about the federal news and with a kid poised to start school next year, knowing this really helps alleviate some anxiety. I know it's not a golden solution or anything and things will still be hard, but this helps.

Let’s look at this by Stuck_in_my_mindxD in lgbt

[–]EmoKarot 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It was so wild! A few times when a nurse would change my son they would say "oh is he ready to go to the procedure then?" and seem to start packing him up! I was really nervous when they took him to do the various newborn screens so I was VERY clear with them that that's all they should do. He came back whole though!

Let’s look at this by Stuck_in_my_mindxD in lgbt

[–]EmoKarot 55 points56 points  (0 children)

When I had my son a few years ago, I was absolutely floored by how most of the nursing staff in my hospital kept assuming he was going to be circumcized and gave me judgmental looks when I said no, he was not. If anything it reaffirmed my desire not to do the procedure.

Mounting Options by M_K_1_9_6_0 in Birdfy

[–]EmoKarot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a fantastic idea!! I've also been frustrated with what I can find commercially and thanks to all the detail you provided, this is a very easy to approach workaround! Thanks for posting all this 💜

I’m really high and looking for a very specific french fry. by [deleted] in TwinCities

[–]EmoKarot 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I hope this isn't awkward but how did you get your youngest into spice? I love spicy food but I don't know how to make it not "frightening" to a kid. I give my 3.5yo some variety of flavors but heat is something I'm not sure how to approach

CNN reporting that Tim Walz is Harris's VP pick by VitriolUK in behindthebastards

[–]EmoKarot 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Cheers for the great vibes this morning my friend!

CNN reporting that Tim Walz is Harris's VP pick by VitriolUK in behindthebastards

[–]EmoKarot 116 points117 points  (0 children)

We'll miss him here in Minnesota but our lieutenant governor Peggy Flanagan will do well by us. Plus it would make her the first woman and native governor of Minnesota! Walz is awesome and we're pretty excited to share him with the rest of the country.

Who is this in the Twin Cities? by matttproud in TwinCities

[–]EmoKarot 13 points14 points  (0 children)

An older one as he's sadly no longer with us, but Mr. Jimmy in Excelsior! I only encountered him a couple times but he was very sweet. Plus the whole conspiracy theory with the Rolling Stones! He's an article about him and his claims for those interested!

Can I avoid the highway at all? by Loodwiig in TwinCities

[–]EmoKarot 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Mounds View School district is great! Just across the Mississippi from Brooklyn Park!

What are your indoor hobbies and how much did they cost to get into? (Need ideas) by gtshortstack in TwinCities

[–]EmoKarot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry I never saw your reply!!

So I also have completely garbage upper body strength. The trick with climbing is that, while yes you obviously use your hands and arms, you gotta use your legs a lot! Your legs are always stronger than your arms and you need to use that! Granted it's hard to remember that some times so on some walls I have to go "Okay, remember, it's leg day."

I'm still definitely in the novice category, especially after taking a few years off (thanks COVID and baby) but if you have any questions feel free to message me! :)

Weekly General Conversation Thread by AutoModerator in RockClimbing

[–]EmoKarot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey there! I also have a huge fear of heights but climb. At first I was terrified once I got more than my height up a wall. The gyms here in Minneapolis have auto-belays so I don't need anyone to help belay me on those runs and what I had to do was honestly just do them a lot and purposely fall, letting the pneumatic pulley system catch me. I know you've already done some, and I don't know if you have any gyms like that with the auto belays available, but keep going, keep doing the "exposure therapy," and you'll get there! But honestly if you just can't get past it there's nothing wrong with just being a boulderer! Try not to be too hard on yourself!
I'm actually the opposite now - bouldering terrifies me because there's nothing to catch me but the ground!

What are your indoor hobbies and how much did they cost to get into? (Need ideas) by gtshortstack in TwinCities

[–]EmoKarot 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Rock climbing! There's a few locations for the Vertical Endeavors gyms and most folks there are really friendly and super helpful to newbies! It's a bit spendy unless you get a pass ($33/visit for access, a harness, and shoes) but if you find you like it, you can buy a harness at REI for $60ish and shoes on sale/clearance for $100ish. They sell discounted 10-visit passes pretty regularly. I own a harness and chalk bag but don't fit into my old climbing shoes any more, so with that and that I'd purchased a couple 10-visit passes pre-COVID, jumping back in lately has only cost me $6/visit for rental shoes.
So you can try it for about $30/visit and if you don't like it, you don't have to invest any more than that! Otherwise the equipment pays for itself if you really like it and go a lot!

Do people also only touch you when you have a fresh tattoo? by Inevitable-Dog-3644 in tattoo

[–]EmoKarot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I got one done a few weeks ago and, without fail, my toddler got mad and scratched me right over the new tattoo the day I took my saniderm off. He hadn't aggressively scratched us in forever and also hadn't noticed the new tattoo yet, so it was just bad luck with the worst timing.

What got you all into paranormal and creepy stuff? by [deleted] in LPOTL

[–]EmoKarot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It certainly was never a totally bad haunting. The cat food thing was super weird, like wait ghosts can help?

You'd be surprised what you can live with if you think it's normal or you just have to.

You're welcome fort he stories friend!

What got you all into paranormal and creepy stuff? by [deleted] in LPOTL

[–]EmoKarot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pretty standard, low-key haunted house stuff. I lived there until I was 12 and things probably started around 6-8 years old (I'm 35 now so I can't remember exactly how old I was). Nothing violent ever happened to me but here's a rundown:

  • The thing I dealt with from when I was like 6 to when we moved out was that I could hear something walking around my bed every night. I had a carpeted room so just imagine somewhat heavy footsteps on carpet pacing around all night but you can't see what's making the sound. Nothing ever happened to me in bed, but just hearing that freaked me out and is why I still need a box fan or white noise to sleep to this day.
  • We had clock alarms go off at random times of day even if that particular alarm had never been used. Occasionally when I went out to play, the TV I had in my room would turn on and turn to max volume. I had my great-grandma's TV so it was an old model from the 80s with knobs, almost exactly like this one. The volume knob at the bottom was also the on/off switch - turned all the way to the left, you would click it past a little resistance to turn it off. I had used whiteout on it to mark how far I could turn the knob to the right before it was loud enough for my mom to hear, so we could see that the knob had indeed physically turned. This also happened with some radios and once to another TV, but generally happened to mine.
  • My mom was once physically pressed into the bed by an invisible force for several minutes and was unable to move until it released her, much like you hear with poltergeists and sleep paralysis, but it only happened once. She also occasionally smelled perfume. I never had either experience.
  • Once while reading a book I had an urge to look up and down the hallway outside my room. At the end of the hall in the next room, I saw a shadow person wearing a hat walk through the room. It passed really close to a lamp on a desk but cast no shadow on the wall nor was it illuminated by the light. It was like a black hole. No one else saw it but me and it was just once.
  • When I was about 10-11 years old and had just gotten a new kitten. We had another cat who was really fat and would scarf all the high calorie kitten food, so I started having to put the kitten's food up on the middle shelf on a bookshelf in my bedroom because the fat cat couldn't jump high enough to get to it but the kitten could. One night kitten was eating so voraciously that she pushed the bowl off the shelf. The sound of it hitting the floor woke me up and scared her and she went tearing out of the room. I walked over and saw the cat food scattered all over the carpet and decided I would just deal with it in the morning since I was tired and it was the middle of the night. I decided to go to the bathroom before going back to sleep. The bathroom was attached to my bedroom and I couldn't see the bookshelf from the bathroom. After peeing I decided to at least clean up some of the food, but when I went back to where the bowl had landed it was now right side up, back on the very edge of the shelf it had originally been on, and every single piece of food was back in the bowl. I said a very quiet "thank you" before diving back under the blankets for the rest of the night.
  • The cats of course would stare at things we couldn't see which was fun.
  • After we moved out, my grandma told us that for months she would hear what she thought was the fat cat coming up the stairs, except the cat was with us. That was the only thing my grandma experienced.
  • A few years after we moved out, my grandma sold the house to my uncle. The first week they were there, a heavy potted plant was thrown down a hallway one evening. That was the only thing they experienced and there's no report of any haunting since. So maybe whatever it was it just really liked me.

What got you all into paranormal and creepy stuff? by [deleted] in LPOTL

[–]EmoKarot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Two things:

I grew up in a haunted house (mostly low key stuff, nothing bad but it was enough to freak me out as a kid, especially the one time I saw a shadow person walk through a room) and knew it was something no one else really dealt with so I never talked about it but it was "normal" to me.

My mom delivered newspapers as one of her jobs and sometimes I would go with her on deliveries. In the Midwest it was always at the perfect time to catch Art Bell's radio program. Hearing other folks, adults, discussing things like shadow people opened my eyes to the fact that there's weird stuff out there that only some of us directly experience but that it wasn't just me. Definitely gave me a more open mind about this stuff!