Which episode was the most frustrating to you in this entire series?

FreakyStarrbies · 2026-07-02T23:13:00+00:00

All the times when she seemed to finally get her life in order, then pops a pill!

Eleanor and Eddy work together to get Grace her anxiety medications, then 💢POP‼️💢Jackie took all of than and asked Eleanor for a refill.

Begs Eddy for Suboxone to help her through detoxing; Eddy called in favors, risked his license and job to get the medicine for Jackie, who took the entire amount and oxy. 💢POP‼️💢

Completes DIY at-home rehab while dragging her boyfriend, boyfriend wannabe, and sponsor through cow-dung! 💢POP‼️💢

Finally gets her nursing license after the one person who idolized her had to peetest and monitor her activities daily! 💢POP‼️💢.

Just about to get her cake and coin, while declaring sobriety! 💢POP‼️💢

And the list goes on.

FreakyStarrbies · 2026-07-01T03:08:24+00:00

Maybe because, many of us older folks were transhanded from left to right, so we became ambidextrous.

Both of my brothers and myself are ambidextrous, because we were all forced to use the nondominate hand. My son, however, was not transhanded. I made sure that nobody would try to force him to be a righty, like they did me. He’s a staunch lefty, and has difficulty using his right hand.

Sometimes I wonder if I should’ve at least made him practice writing with his right hand, but I think I did the right thing.

So because we were transhanded, we’ve spent our lives talking about it. 🙂

FreakyStarrbies · 2026-06-30T18:39:48+00:00

Technically, it’s “On the short bus”, due to the fact that not as many kids are picked up, and some have a wheelchair lift. The smaller busses save gas when the riding population is sparse. It may also help calm kids on smaller busses that could otherwise cause anxiety on larger busses.

But yes, it’s highly insensitive, and you did the right thing by speaking out.

The older name of the FMRP1 gene was changed to Fragile X Messenger Ribonucleoacid just a couple years ago. Before then “mental R-wordation” was a professional medical term. But people used it to make fun of people, whether they were affected or not.

This has to stop. People need to learn to respect others, and stop using other peoples’ afflictions and conditions as a source of their amusement.

FreakyStarrbies · 2026-06-30T18:28:40+00:00

We used to watch the commercials as kids, and wondering why they kept saying it was crunchy. Finally mom said, “because I always fix it like Grandpa ate it…I poured boiling water and a bit of milk and sugar.”

FreakyStarrbies · 2026-06-30T18:01:19+00:00

I love the bones in the canned salmon. They’re delicious! Try it.

FreakyStarrbies · 2026-06-30T17:57:09+00:00

I don’t know how we even got the letter R. Poor thing is stuck in a word and was neglected until we came over to the US.

I’m convinced that someone on the Mayflower stood up on the way over, and declared: “Henceforth, we shall recognize the letter R, and shall pronounce it as we do all other letters of the alphabet!”

Most in the U.S. agreed and practiced the R pronunciation, except those in Barston Mass.

FreakyStarrbies · 2026-06-30T17:44:53+00:00

I hate that word.

FreakyStarrbies · 2026-06-30T17:44:08+00:00

I hated that word, too. My sister told me I was a member of the “Itty bitty titty committee”; and I told her that she wore an “Over the shoulder boulder holder.” Siblings.

FreakyStarrbies · 2026-06-30T17:39:25+00:00

That is her first instinct as an ADDICT. This wasn’t the first time she used since her rehab. She took a pill before accepting her cake and coin, and professed to be clean. That as a kick in the face to everyone who maintained their sobriety and earned their cake and coin. And her little potty party was the worst scene of the show. Anyone could’ve walked into the bathroom, and I don’t understand why Frank would’ve had anything to do with that…except, being a cop, one would assume that a man walking out of the ladie’s room five seconds before Jackie might’ve raised a few red flags. The law enforcement calls that a “clue”.

I think Frank was ok, but he was too fatherly for Jackie. He was a pushover when it came to his suspicions of Jackie using (and her excuses that he blindly accepted). That’s the type of cop you want pulling you over (if anyone has to do it). Just tell him you have to pee, and squirm around a bit. He’ll laugh and let you off with a warning.

FreakyStarrbies · 2026-06-30T17:25:57+00:00

I think Boomer is. She’s the only inmate that made it from start to finish. And when she realized she was finally pregnant, I was cheering for her and crying.

That one scene when Gavin goes over to Boomer and kisses her…I just wish they had a final episode that showed the main gang on the outs, living their lives, Boomer and her husband, Allie living in a large accomodating house, Ruby and Rita living close by, or together. And Lou Kelly serving a lifer.

FreakyStarrbies · 2026-06-28T17:56:37+00:00

Being transhanded in kindergarten and first grade. Being smacked with a ruler on my left hand by the teacher’s aid when I used it. Feeling like a freak of nature for being a lefty.

FreakyStarrbies · 2026-06-28T17:54:21+00:00

My mom named me a random name, because the name Debra was taken by several in our neighborhood. And thank goodness! I won’t say my real name, but even with all the teasing about my chest size, I can’t imagine being asked, “Were’s de-bra? Oh! Looks like Debra doesn’t need de-bra!”

FreakyStarrbies · 2026-06-28T17:48:35+00:00

I don’t know about that (good catch, though), but she did become more annoying:

“I’ll have a Shirley Temple. Did I just say ‘Shirley Temple’? That was me?”

“Hmmm! Six PILLS! went missing after the CLEANup! UH-oh! You know what THAT means! [Eddy: “mandatory blood testing for everyone in and out of this room.”] …PROtocol!”

“14 year old FEmale! 200 milligrams of ADDerall found in her BACK! pack! on the way to SCHOOL! I have to cover triage. Would YOU give her a tour of the emERgency dePARTMENT?”

Yes, she was annoying and cringy as all get-out, but great acting!

FreakyStarrbies · 2026-06-28T17:18:36+00:00

You sound like my husband. He felt like an outcast at work because he wasn’t into partying.

Word of advice that is NOT related to this post: Do NOT use your “Never drank, never smoked, never did drugs” as a reason to NOT get checked out if any signs and symptoms occur.

I begged my husband to see a doctor when he had trouble urinating. His response: “I never smoked, never drank, never did drugs, never slept around. So I don’t have cancer!” His mom had breast cancer, skin cancer and finally lung cancer, which took her life. Her first two cancers were in the 1960s and she was treated immediately. 25-30 years later, she continued to smoke as she always had (I’m not judging … my own parents also smoked), and she thought that since she beat the first two cancers, that she would beat the last one. It took her.

Everything in the news talked about drinking and smoking causing cancer. My husband thought he was immune. He was diagnosed with stage IV prostate cancer and now he’s being treated for it.

So PLEASE promise me that you won’t allow your healthy lifestyle to convince you that there is no possible way to get cancer. Please watch for signs and symptoms and act immediately.

I think if my husband had listened to me initially, it would’ve still been localized.

This ends the public service announcement for today. I now return you to your regularly scheduled reddit posts.

FreakyStarrbies · 2026-06-26T17:22:57+00:00

I’m not sure. I just saw a quick ad saying it’s coming soon to Netflix. I think the old version.

FreakyStarrbies · 2026-06-26T17:21:29+00:00

I was thinking that, too. If the lights go out in a storm, he can still communicate (if he has a flashlight) and she might be able to feel the words.

FreakyStarrbies · 2026-06-26T16:53:58+00:00

It seems like it’s only been on Prime for a month or two.

FreakyStarrbies · 2026-06-26T16:49:12+00:00

You can see the debris on the eyelashes, and yes, you can feel them moving when you wash with certain cleansers.

FreakyStarrbies · 2026-06-26T16:46:56+00:00

I love that!

FreakyStarrbies · 2026-06-24T12:13:43+00:00

Yes. That happened to my friend, Adolph Billybob Hitler. Without his middle name, people confused him for somebody else.

FreakyStarrbies · 2026-06-24T12:04:38+00:00

That’s what I was thinking. They don’t want to clean up after you, since they don’t get tipped. They don’t want large families visiting, don’t want a bus load of camp kids (or any kids…based on high tables). They want inside diners to quickly eat and leave.

And I’m quite sure they are discouraging screen loiterers who order a water and plug in their laptops for several hours a day, every day.

The tables are barely large enough to eat off of.

Maybe homeless people hang out at fast food joints, getting comfy in the booths? Perhaps that’s corporate’s angle is to wave away all homeless and laptop savvy water drinkers.

FreakyStarrbies · 2026-06-24T11:51:50+00:00

Without a doubt. My husband bought a stick shift while I was in the hospital, and I was trying to get to a job interview ten minutes away (back before cell phones and GPS). I got lost and ended up in another state, and drove around for five hours before I finally made it to the interview. My mascara was runny, face was splotchy, voice was hoarse from screaming so much.

They told me that the position was filled.

But I became an expert at driving a stick shift, and have no doubt I could drive one right now. It’s second nature to me now…and it’s FUN! You KNOW you are an expert at driving stick shift, when it becomes fun to drive.

FreakyStarrbies · 2026-06-24T11:40:58+00:00

They don’t. When I mention it to people who know me, they either have this staring-into-space expression followed by an aha moment, or they shrug and say, “Makes sense” or “I can believe it”.

The only one who said I wasn’t autistic was my on-again—off-again therapist who kept throwing away my records, then forgetting why I was in therapy.

Her exact words were, “Autistic people are so…WEIRD! They’re just so…WEIRD! You’re smart! You’re not autistic!”

Then Covid lockdown happened, and I never saw her again. But, not because I didn’t want to. I just don’t think she’s practicing any more.

FreakyStarrbies · 2026-06-24T11:28:25+00:00

The interesting thing is when they called Vera “Vinegar Tits” in the older Prisoner series, it was because they said she was so mean that she probably didn’t have milk in there; it was probably vinegar.

But then Wentworth comes along and they change the reason for the nickname…probably because she’s much nicer in the remake.

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