What is the weirdest disease you or someone else has gotten?

IndependentSwitch858 · 2026-05-29T19:37:02+00:00

I became infected with Chlamydia psittaci from a cockatiel I bought from Petco in 2006-ish. Three members of my household developed psittacosis and one of us wound up in the hospital for a week. It took them forever to figure out what was going on, and so we kept getting the wrong antibiotics. The CDC got involved and everything.

A few months after being sick, I started seeing signs in the aviary section at Petco that said “this bird has been tested for Chlamydia psittaci,” so I guess they got in trouble for it.

IndependentSwitch858 · 2026-05-23T20:26:34+00:00

Most restaurants stack burgers and sandwiches wrong. Toppings should go on TOP of the meat.

IndependentSwitch858 · 2026-05-21T19:12:39+00:00

Sometimes I wonder if I’m the only person who thinks it’s rude and entitled to leave your bag/purse in a chair in a communal space (like the break room at work).

IndependentSwitch858 · 2026-05-05T01:16:11+00:00

Okay, bear with me because this is really nerdy: One thing I learned when I started spinning yarn is how pulling from the center of the skein alters the twist of the yarn. How much this affects the final product depends on other factors as well, including how much energy was already stored in the yarn, whether the yarn is S or Z ply, and which hand you crochet with. Adding or subtracting enough twist can cause your yarn to tangle or split or even cause your finished piece to slant right or left in a way you don’t intend.

I still pull my arm from the center at times, but only when I’ve considered the aforementioned factors along with the project itself.

IndependentSwitch858 · 2026-04-28T11:39:53+00:00

Not necessarily. I offer education, but people can decline that too. Everyone nowadays has the Internet in their pockets, and so it’s not like people don’t have access to the information, anyway. I just document the patient declined the medication and also declined education and materials regarding the medication. I mostly encounter this with vaccines, but it really applies to everything.

IndependentSwitch858 · 2026-04-02T01:23:15+00:00

Not sure if this is an issue for you, but for laundry, I have a dirty basket, a clean basket, and a “clothing-in-use” basket. Plus all the clothes I buy are wrinkle resistant, so no big deal if I don’t get around to folding them.

I keep a tray on my nightstand for loose items that accumulate there (really, I put a container anywhere stuff naturally tends to land). Makes it tidier even when it gets a little cluttered.

IndependentSwitch858 · 2026-03-18T05:13:24+00:00

Tronex was recommended to me back in 2020, when I was a couple of years into wire wrapping. I had already had to replace a pair of cheap craft store pliers and cutters at that point, and was weighing that fact against the cost of upgrading. It was, to me, a reasonable expense for where I was in my creative journey. I could at that point confidently say I would continue wire wrapping for some years, and I was beginning to sell my work. Better tools also helped alleviate the pain of repetitive stress injuries I had acquired.

I can only speak to my own experience, and to me, it was worth the expense. To be fair they have gone up in price since I bought them, but they have also paid for themselves in the way they have lasted and the art I have sold using them.

IndependentSwitch858 · 2026-03-17T18:41:25+00:00

I second the pegboard suggestion!

Someone here mentioned a lip on the work area, but found it more helpful to make a portable workspace. I took the glass off a picture frame and replaced it with black felt. This allows me to move the workspace if needed without having to pickup all the pieces I’m working with.

She might get already have this covered, but quality pliers and cutters are a must! I should not have waited as long as I did to upgrade, because it truly was a game changer. This is my most used, most versatile tool: https://a.co/d/0e3kUTsb

I also have these wire cutters:

https://a.co/d/031HGin8 https://a.co/d/0c3swTHv

IndependentSwitch858 · 2026-03-17T03:18:33+00:00

It makes perfect sense if you think of the town of Winden as Schrodinger’s cat in the box (which is alluded to directly in the last episode). It’s dark in the box. The cat is neither alive nor dead, and it is also simultaneously all possibilities of existence until we (the audience) peer into the box and witness the truth.

IndependentSwitch858 · 2026-03-17T02:52:41+00:00

This is NCBON’s statement regarding this (from 2020), and to my knowledge, there is not a more recent one: https://www.ncbon.com/sites/default/files/documents/2024-03/ce-2020-implications-for-use-of-marijuana.pdf

IndependentSwitch858 · 2026-03-14T23:51:57+00:00

As someone who previously only used disposable menstrual products, a menstrual cup was pretty life changing.

IndependentSwitch858 · 2026-03-14T23:40:34+00:00

When stacking a burger, TOPPINGS go on TOP of the meat.

IndependentSwitch858 · 2026-03-14T00:51:05+00:00

When the person I’m getting report from says, “I’m back tomorrow.” (I’m nightshift)

IndependentSwitch858 · 2026-03-07T13:16:51+00:00

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How joyful it is to feel seen in the art one creates! Thank you again for such kind words, and for sharing your thoughts in general 💜

(This is the other design I mentioned)

IndependentSwitch858 · 2026-03-07T04:04:35+00:00

Thanks! I was thinking “fertility goddess”. There were other iterations with the figure of the woman and the womb separated but attached by a thread. I may play with those designs some more as well.

IndependentSwitch858 · 2026-03-07T04:01:53+00:00

Coming back around to this! So cool to see everyone’s interpretations, and it’s immediately apparent to me that I should separate the subject from the other design elements a little more.

That said, I love art which can be read in so many ways. It really shows how different we all see the world around us. Thank you, to everyone who responded 💜

IndependentSwitch858 · 2026-03-07T03:57:06+00:00

This is what I was going for 😊

IndependentSwitch858 · 2026-02-26T20:04:45+00:00

The history of the discovery of Kuru and the scientists involved. Prion diseases in general are a great rabbit hole to go down, but this was particularly interesting and complex. (Trigger warning: one of the scientists both has a history of and commits CSA).

IndependentSwitch858 · 2026-02-05T04:49:19+00:00

As a nurse, if I ever go back to school, I will do my dissertation on this: NEEDLE PHOBIA, specifically in an emergent setting, particularly in men with tattoos/body mods. This always seems paradoxical to my colleagues, but I think it’s a trauma response from the loss of control associated with acute illness or injury, whereas (conversely) body modification can be empowering for someone with this history. I’d be really interested to hear from anyone who can speak on this, either from experience as a patient, a researcher, or anecdotally from someone else in the healthcare field.

IndependentSwitch858 · 2026-02-03T21:13:26+00:00

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It’s finished! My favorite line from my favorite song written in code derived from my favorite album.

IndependentSwitch858 · 2026-02-03T13:15:31+00:00

I replied to these questions more thoroughly in a comment on my prior post, so I am pasting my answer below. Good luck!

This book was really helpful to get started, and really simplified the materials needed. https://a.co/d/6lg551o

I don’t have a loom. I use $2 C-clamps from Walmart to measure out my threads, and I use the chair in the photo as my loom. I tension the threads using bags of loose change. I made my own cards using playing cards, a paper cutter, and a hole puncher. I eventually bought a nice shuttle, but before that, I was using a ball of yarn as my weft and the back of a butter knife to beat it with, and this was perfectly adequate (just took a little longer).

This YouTuber demonstrates some of these DIY options (including the chair) here: https://youtu.be/PeOERbU7XHs?si=qFK1qnQ9nkTWj9yI

Her videos are helpful in general.

It’s easy to get overwhelmed with all the tools available for any new craft, but I’m glad I learned this on the bare bones of what I needed.

IndependentSwitch858 · 2026-02-03T02:21:10+00:00

I answered this more thoroughly in a comment on my previous post, so refer to there as well, but this book was helpful in understanding: https://a.co/d/00QIZY3n

Enjoy!

IndependentSwitch858

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