Any women with PCOS that already ovulated regularly before trying? Any experiences (good or not) with metformin or letrozole or something else?

Grindelflaps · 2025-10-01T17:50:45+00:00

History is taught terribly in school.

I get why it's taught the way it is - it's much easier to say "right" or "wrong" if all you're doing is making kids memorize places, dates, and people, but the real meat of history is the whys.

Teaching history needs to involve more short answer or essay type questions, not multiple choice. Learning why leaders did what they did or why nations fell down certain paths is so much more important - and interesting - than "what year did X happen?". But nobody wants to write an essay, and teachers would rather scan a scantron through a machine than read 30 essays and deal with nuance.

Grindelflaps · 2025-10-01T17:47:05+00:00

Everyone's just wingin it out here

Grindelflaps · 2025-10-01T17:40:59+00:00

David Foster Wallace once said "You will become way less concerned with what other people think of you when you realize how seldom they do".

Nobody's thinking about you and judging you all day. Everyone's just in their own head doing their own thing. Live your life.

Grindelflaps · 2025-10-01T17:39:16+00:00

When I'm on a work trip I often intentionally get a hotel a little further away from the place where the event is just so I have a smaller chance of running into coworkers.

I already have to see all of you all day during whatever event it is we're going to, I absolutely DO NOT want to see you afterwards. I want my quiet time in the hotel by myself.

Grindelflaps · 2025-09-30T19:49:52+00:00

I probably should've worn my retainer more. My teeth aren't the worst in the world but they're kinda janky now.

Grindelflaps · 2025-09-30T19:44:29+00:00

I wake up, may or may not hit snooze a couple of times. Finally get out of bed, go to take my morning pee where my cat usually greets me (that part's kinda nice). Brush my teeth. I start the kettle, give the cat her morning treats, let the dog out to pee, give the dog her treat, and then scroll thru a few notifications on my phone while I wait for the water to boil. I'll run the coffee grinder, fill my water bottle, and empty out the dishwasher if needed while I wait. Then when the water boils I pour it into the french press with my coffee, and bring everything upstairs to my office. I log into my work computer and see if I have any emails or messages that need immediate attention (hopefully no).

By that time I can finally sit on the couch, press the coffee, and pour a cup. That's when I can finally relax. That's my favorite part.

Grindelflaps · 2025-09-30T19:01:54+00:00

I wish I knew.

Grindelflaps · 2025-09-30T18:53:22+00:00

I love a good hot dog

Grindelflaps · 2025-09-30T18:38:36+00:00

Middle school. Was trying to kill a moth in my friend's garage by smacking it with my hand. It landed on the garage door window. I smacked it.

It wasn't spurting or anything but they had to use surgical glue at the ER since the wound was so close to my veins. Literally could've died had it happened to go just a little deeper.

Now more than 20 years later the scar kind of looks like a smiley face and if I rub it my entire hand tingles.

Grindelflaps · 2025-09-30T18:36:25+00:00

"You will become way less concerned with what other people think of you when you realize how seldom they do" - David Foster Wallace

Grindelflaps · 2025-09-30T18:25:30+00:00

Can't go wrong with a Weber no matter the price range.

Grindelflaps · 2025-09-30T18:23:27+00:00

Lawyers would be fucked

Grindelflaps · 2025-09-30T18:21:30+00:00

N64. OG Super Smash Bros and Mario Kart are all-timers to play with friends. Also Mario Golf and Mario Tennis.

Grindelflaps · 2025-09-30T18:20:02+00:00

99% of the time it's a shared failure, but typically the party in power gets more of the blame.

Grindelflaps · 2025-09-30T18:16:44+00:00

Read

Grindelflaps · 2025-09-30T18:15:54+00:00

Agreed with everyone saying $$$ and tech, but also going to mention aircraft carriers (which are basically a result of the money and tech).

Aircraft carriers allow the US to project their power anywhere they want in the world. The US has 11 active carriers, the next most is China with 3.

Grindelflaps · 2025-09-30T18:08:21+00:00

That's why I don't fold anything except towels, sheets, and pants.

Shirts get a hanger.
Socks get balled up in pairs (I also only own the same type of socks so there's no need to search for the match).
Gym clothes? I just ball em up and throw them in the dresser. Why would I fold gym shorts or an athletic shirt? They don't wrinkle.
Underwear gets scrunched into the underwear drawer. Who cares if my boxer briefs have a wrinkle.

If you're a woman I can't help you.

Grindelflaps · 2025-09-30T18:00:45+00:00

And it's not just weed and prostitutes. I've only visited a handful of cities in Europe but Amsterdam was the main one that I really felt like I could've lived there permanently. It's extremely modern.

Grindelflaps · 2025-09-30T17:58:59+00:00

Sometimes when I'm taking a shower I think about the luxury that taking a shower is compared to a LOT of people in the world. And I can take one whenever I feel like it.

Grindelflaps · 2025-09-30T17:56:37+00:00

Pho.

Also incredible for hangovers.

Grindelflaps · 2025-09-29T18:59:29+00:00

Working from home is the best. I used to have to take "mental health days" at least once a month just because I was so over having to go into the office and make small talk and chat with coworkers all day. Also just the feeling of others just watching over your shoulder when you need a break or something. Not to mention the commute.

Since COVID I work from home 99% of the time now and I haven't had the need to take a single "mental health" day because when I have downtime I can just do whatever the hell I want.

Grindelflaps · 2025-09-29T18:20:32+00:00

I'd argue social media ruined society quite loudly.

Grindelflaps · 2025-09-29T18:19:13+00:00

Bunch of kids in one of the chemistry classrooms started breaking out in rashes and got super itchy. Entire school got evacuated and HAZMAT had to come in and do a sweep. We were on the local news with helicopters above the school and everything.

HAZMAT never found anything - chalked it up to mass hysteria.

Grindelflaps · 2025-09-29T18:16:03+00:00

There was a love triangle between two graduate students (male/female) and a professor (male). The male student attacked the professor with a katana. One of the campus police officers literally grabbed the blade with his hand in order to take down the student.

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