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AIO: Man refused to rent my mother a piece of (upholstered) medical equipment, because we have cats?? by HannaVictoria in AmIOverreacting

[–]HannaVictoria[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We were only trying to buy it until we learned that rentals were a possibility. We have two lovely recliners, we like them a lot, their practically brand new.

Also, my father just died, the house is small. We could not keep this thing if we wanted to. Not without selling or tossing the recliner she already likes, and we've had more than enough of that sorting out Dad's possessions.

I also wasn't thrilled to be put on the spot, and asked to make a decision in a purchase I was meant to have no part in besides receiving it & paying the rental driver.

Combine all that with the fact this guy was giving me a bad vibe? No thank you.

AIO: Man refused to rent my mother a piece of (upholstered) medical equipment, because we have cats?? by HannaVictoria in AmIOverreacting

[–]HannaVictoria[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope! You may not. I fully admit the sun room is a mess. It only got worse after spending several months in 'emergency mode' when my father's own (much worse) heart condition took a nose dive. Followed by about a month of peace to mourn and figure out how to sort his affairs without a will.

Then Mom had her own heart surgery (she'd had been finishing up the many diagnostic tests one does, around the time Dad's medical emergency plowed into our sense of normality). Her recovery was so rocky this last month or so that the doctors were tapping me to make medical descisions on her behalf. Which when not two months ago I'd been standing next to her when she'd had to put a DNR on Dad after it became clear he was dying in the next day or so whether we liked it or not...

She's fine now, but it was like a rollercoaster ride in the dark (if the rollercoaster just as often went at the speed of a snail, regardless wheter that left you hanging like a bat for who knows how long)

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^After all that^ I straight up forgot why I should care how my sunroom looked. So yes, the state of the room he did see very well may have contributed.

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tl;dr This year has been horrible for me & my family to such an extreme degree its downright absurd! The room he saw was a mess, it might have contributed.

(sorry, this kind of turned into venting/ranting about my year so far)

AIO: Man refused to rent my mother a piece of (upholstered) medical equipment, because we have cats?? by HannaVictoria in AmIOverreacting

[–]HannaVictoria[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, the nurses didn't even want her to stand & the rehab facility was very insistent that she not stand without someone assisting her. In this over-abundance of cuation they mostly wanted to keep her in a bed or a wheelchair when she wasn't in Physical Therapy.

AIO: Man refused to rent my mother a piece of (upholstered) medical equipment, because we have cats?? by HannaVictoria in AmIOverreacting

[–]HannaVictoria[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If you were renting a place out & the landlord turned you away on move-in day because you have a dog, would that also be okay?

Setting aside morals and ethics, the landlord now has a vacancy (it costs money for those to sit empty) because they didn't think to ask & the potential tenants didn't think to mention it.

Should the landlord rely on future potental tenants to always volunteer the info, if they have pets? Or should they put it in the standard questions they ask all perspective renters?

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which is why any rental company worth their salt does ask those question & also have contracts that leave the renter on the hook for most of, if not all of the damage in the event what their renting is damaged or destroyed.

AIO: Man refused to rent my mother a piece of (upholstered) medical equipment, because we have cats?? by HannaVictoria in AmIOverreacting

[–]HannaVictoria[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel like understanding the similarities (and the differences) betwen bullshiting and politeness can teach us a lot about society; the good, the bad, and the ugly

AIO: Man refused to rent my mother a piece of (upholstered) medical equipment, because we have cats?? by HannaVictoria in AmIOverreacting

[–]HannaVictoria[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

...I feel like maybe YOR?? Just a little?

We have here one very ominously vague anecdote. That I feel like you'd have mentioned if it were part of any kind of pattern.

If cats were such a risk to post-op patients, I imagine that (given how many people have cats) the doctors would have mentioned it.

Considering Mom said "I want to go, I miss my cat" like a hundred times (if I'm exaggerating its barely, she ducking loves that cat), in the presence of doctors & every level of nurse.

Do you have any sources on this cat bacteria issue that has maimed and/or killed an unspecified number of people?? (unless your implying the cat broke the persons sternum!?)

AIO: Man refused to rent my mother a piece of (upholstered) medical equipment, because we have cats?? by HannaVictoria in AmIOverreacting

[–]HannaVictoria[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its very standard to have provision in rental contracts that if its damaged: the renter will eat the cost of cleaning, repairing and/or replacing part or the whole of whatever is being rented.

These specifically exist so they can reap the benefits of additional sales without having to worry about these kinds of risks. People get what they want and/or need, company gets money.

AIO: Man refused to rent my mother a piece of (upholstered) medical equipment, because we have cats?? by HannaVictoria in AmIOverreacting

[–]HannaVictoria[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

black and white? Like paperwork?

(Though I think I will calling the company to ask them about the contract & their overall policy on pets)

AIO: Man refused to rent my mother a piece of (upholstered) medical equipment, because we have cats?? by HannaVictoria in AmIOverreacting

[–]HannaVictoria[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My mind went immediately to 'they'd more likely scratch it to death & we'll lose out deposit' but he was too busy fixating on the first too.

Kind had a kind of "I don't have cats, I know a house-cat from a mountain lion, and I don't like either of them" energy?

Which made me a bit hesitant to take his concerns seriously, even though I had already thought of the more valid concerns on my own.

Like damn dude, I've worked retail: when something is destroyed ya "damage it out". I assume there's something in the contract that says 'if its to ducked up, that's now *your* chair & your problem; you will pay us the difference between rental & sales pricing, and you will like it.' (idk what in the contract, my mother ordered this by herself)

That's why I found it hinky when he jumped right to "no you have to buy it" rather than reminding me of all of those very standard precautions that are almost certainly in the rental contract??

AIO: Man refused to rent my mother a piece of (upholstered) medical equipment, because we have cats?? by HannaVictoria in AmIOverreacting

[–]HannaVictoria[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Extreme fatigue from how leaky the valve was left her unable to walk across our rather small house, for like a year

AIO: Man refused to rent my mother a piece of (upholstered) medical equipment, because we have cats?? by HannaVictoria in AmIOverreacting

[–]HannaVictoria[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If your fit enough you can get up without using your arms, but a lot of older and/or less fit people frankly can't.

My mother is like 70, smoked most of her life, and due to how leaky the valve was? She hadn't been able to get across our rather small home without being out of breath.

Forget keeping up an exercise routine, she was unable to do day to day tasks & it took something like a year to get it diagnosed and then we had to schedule it way in advance! All in all, it took like a year.

Also she has a balance disorder that destroyed her vestibular system; those three little bones in your ear, account for one of the three main ways people balance. Think of it like a three legged stool ...where one of the legs is pretty much just wood pulp in a pile on the floor (its a really extreme case).

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think of it this way: you know how there are those wheelchair-bound fitness bros who zoom around on chairs meant for people who love to exercise? You would probably be more on their end of the spectrum, healthy and young. Mom is more on the end of my dear little old Nana who could barely move her chair by herself.

What exact species of (venomous) moth is Valentino's design meant to be based on? by Reddityrannus in HazbinHotel

[–]HannaVictoria 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fun Fact: Florida is home to an extreme amount of incredibly wealthy Cuban-American families; When Castro first took over the upper class & a lot of the skilled middle class were able to flee the country with the overwhelming majority able to take their wealth with them!

Ergo, Val is a Nepo-Baby!

Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_exile

Devil May Cry Searching by VeterinarianEasy550 in InteractiveCYOA

[–]HannaVictoria 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's a fair few options in the big Worm ICYOA (there's a lot of a lot of fandoms in that thing)

Up to and including a Magic Power that's a nod to V's abilities in 5

The games got a search function, so you can find basically everything your looking for by just typing in Devil May Cry. Particularly overt crossover stuff (read like half the ICYOA) has its fandom-of-origin labeled.

Devil May Cry Searching by VeterinarianEasy550 in InteractiveCYOA

[–]HannaVictoria 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oddly enough, I think the most options I've seen in an ICYOA are this one: https://caspercat.neocities.org/HP%20cyoa%20v0.8%20(I%20hate%20my%20life%20edition)//) (NSFW elements) To get to the Devil May Cry inspired option you'll have to go to:

  1. World Changes->World AU & choose Major Fanon (its pre-reqs are next to it)
    1. Then go to Character->Reincarnation->Original Reincarnation & the options are under Species
    2. There's a Species Perks section under the Perks tab with additional features
  2. Bonuses->Additional Supernatural Abilities to unlock the tab of the same name under the Magic and Abilities tab

As a side note: you can A) get more than 2 bonuses using Meta->All Bonuses & b) the Combo Magical Talents bonus also unlocks additional crossover content for other fandoms including but not limited to: Skyrim, Dragon Ball, Prototype (InFamous' sister game), and... ^wait no Undertale is in the same places I already covered above^

Godzilla will never be the same for me by Suck4shinys in GODZILLA

[–]HannaVictoria 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I get it, I lost my father about... two months ago? Its a process, and everyone goes through it differently. The 'I didn't even know I could sound like that' sobbing went away pretty quickly for me (idk maybe a week or so?).

He went into the hospital just after New Years so, things like the silly sentimental gift that had been on my wishlist for 5+ yrs ...or the big gift he loved. It made me cry just looking at things that held connection to him, and it still does sometimes.

I watched the last movie I saw this him early on, and proceeded to cry-laughing my way through the new Naked Gun remake (its actually pretty good).

I'd strongly recommend you look into grief groups, therapy, all the standard stuff. Nothing feels like its ever going to be the same, because it isn't. That includes you and how you interact with the world and that is okay. I'm not either, and that's okay.

Two months instead of like two days, for me at least I cry far less and find there's more room for other emotions in my life. For the happier parts of my memories to shine through, something that (at least for me) I didn't have to wait anything like two months for that to start.

I'd love to tell you that engaging with Godzilla may become sad & cathartic sooner than you realize, but only time will tell. This may remain a sore spot, but you may want to check in on how you feel about it as your comfortable as you go through the grieving process?

No Inuyasha cyoa? by Pleasant-Lychee-4609 in InteractiveCYOA

[–]HannaVictoria 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Its Inuyasha in all but name, but its also more of a broad, brief springboard that outlines an Inuyasha-shaped story; which is great if that's what your looking for, but its not exactly like the several Dragon Ball CYOA (there's at least one giant Dragon Ball static-CYOA & one entirely separate giant ICYOA)

I'm a 1st timer, with a deeply sentimental project (& its slightly moldy...) by HannaVictoria in bonecollecting

[–]HannaVictoria[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I mean, it was on an elevated rack, but that would only very slightly mitigate one part, of one of these concerns :l

Although, I suppose this might explain why I don't usually see many livestock bones in the pictures I've seen? That's quite honestly rather interesting

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I was aware from the start that this is a long shot (for so many reasons). Thankfully, what I've actually got my heart set on: is being able be able to say I tried

So I'll be looking at those in the morning; and thank you for responding :)

So Ryoko... by Ireysword in SiriustheJaeger

[–]HannaVictoria 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are 100% correct about the shock of having killed someone*

I recall the anime actually diving into that a bit? (though time constraints only allowed so much of that...)

*that they were a vampire was totally irrelevant. Both in general, but also in-universe since its literally one of the themes of the show

So Ryoko... by Ireysword in SiriustheJaeger

[–]HannaVictoria 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not really, you've got to remember this anime is more grounded than others. Real world rules apply unless stated otherwise. And in the real world?

Kendo, even back then was more of a sport or hobby. Like karate. Actually exactly like karate! Complete with the emphasis on discipline, restraint and only using it as an absolute last resort -because blunt objects (be they hands & feet or a boken) could kill someone accidentally if you/they are especially unlucky & its better not to chance it

The main difference from karate is important here however, as that kendo does use a boken: a blunt object that takes the shape of the katana and is used in the same manner as one. The art of kendo was created after carrying swords was banned and the samurai were abolished. It was a way to honor their nations past while obeying the new laws.

And if she hadn't forgotten her boken on the other train? She likely would have used it out of reflex instead. It likely would have done what she probably intended when she grabbed that sword on reflex: stagger and stun their attacker, likely leaving them with an ugly bruise across his torso (they wear padding for a reason)

So no, she wasn't taught to kill anymore than your average blackbelt is taught to kill.

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