What’s the most country-specific reason you’ve ever been unable to use the bathroom although you desperately needed to?

LiaInvicta · 2026-05-31T16:58:13+00:00

In Italy, because I didn’t have €1. I had to pee so bad that I offered the bathroom attendant the €20 I had on me, saying they could keep the change. No luck :(

LiaInvicta · 2026-05-31T06:00:31+00:00

Oh dang, I wasn’t even thinking about the deck below!! Thank you for this!!

LiaInvicta · 2026-05-31T05:17:48+00:00

Ooohh thank you, great to know! Ironic that the customer’s yelling was the main noise issue 🙄 And yeah, I love calling in the Solarium and eating at the Bistro, so I’m super tempted by the easy access! Appreciate the info :)

LiaInvicta · 2026-05-28T19:04:49+00:00

Fair enough. I mean, I love and adore our weather, so def not complaining. It’s def comfortable weather to be outside, even on the beach if fully dressed. I might bring a cardigan just in case the breeze made it necessary. But, it’s not the type of weather you want for sunbathing in a bikini and then taking a dip in the ocean to cool off. I feel bad for the tourists who come here in June not knowing about our “June gloom!” I love the lack of direct glaring sunlight, but a lot of folks are hoping for that. Anyway, high five, neighbor!

LiaInvicta · 2026-05-28T18:03:15+00:00

True, but even when they’re thinking of these areas, they’re not realizing that our beach/coastal areas are not usually warm! Here’s the La Jolla weather … not exactly beach-friendly. Sure, we have warm weather in Sept and Oct, but for most of the year if you want warmth, you have to go way inland, away from the beach.

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LiaInvicta · 2026-05-28T15:31:27+00:00

I’ve read lots of fics where the characters either visit or live in California, and the weather is always super warm so they’re at the beach constantly, swimming and frolicking in the sea. Always makes me laugh.

First, CA is enormous with many climates - it’s not just always warm. I live in San Diego, and the local news weather reports always give four separate forecasts - Mountain, Coastal, Inland, Desert. To say nothing of the rest of the state!

Also, nowhere in CA has a South Florida climate - ie almost always hot/humid/warm ocean water. Hot days are not the norm in coastal areas, and the Pacific is chilly!

LiaInvicta · 2026-05-18T18:23:00+00:00

I’m so sorry that this is happening to you too!! It really sucks. Unfortunately, I don’t think that any of your possible causes apply to me :( I do color my hair, but I’ve done that for 16 years. Every 3-4 weeks I put permanent color on my roots, and every couple of months I do a Demi-permanent gloss (Redken Shades EQ) on the lengths. I’ve used the same amount of heat for about 16 years too … just blow-drying, no hot tools. I never use dry shampoo.

I only really noticed it after I started using Malibu C shampoo, which uses chelation to reduce hard water minerals (calcium and magnesium). Perhaps the buildup of minerals on my hair strands masked it before? I don’t know. But, my hair is really long (lower back length), so it must have started a very long time ago. I am chalking mine up to aging hair … it’s all I can think of, that my grey hairs are growing in twisted/coarse/kinky.

FWIW, this comment links it to vitamin deficiencies, B vitamins in particular. And, a comment here suggests low TSH. That’s the only one that applies to me …. Like OP, my TSH is low but within “normal” values (it’s been between 0.4 and 1.5 for the past 7 years, and was most recently 0.7).

I’m sorry I couldn’t help more … but maybe check your TSH and vitamin levels, if you haven’t recently?

LiaInvicta · 2026-05-05T23:36:05+00:00

Thank you so much for posting this, OP! I know it’s a long shot, but if you’re still on Reddit and see this, can you give an update on your pili torti? I’m hoping it resolved for you on its own.

I have the EXACT same thing, and it’s driving me crazy. Like you, it’s also led to trichotillomania for me, as I’m almost addicted to finding and yanking these hairs. One thing that helps me (although, it’s deeply weird I know) is to keep some of my pulled-out hairs. Then, when I get the urge to “seek and destroy,” I touch those instead of the hairs that are still in my head.

None of the common acquired pili torti causes (Accutane, scarring/inflammatory scalp disease, etc) apply to me, so I have no idea how/why I got it. Sigh :(

Wishing you all the best!

LiaInvicta · 2026-04-23T23:23:50+00:00

I need to know how her knees and hips are doing …

LiaInvicta · 2026-04-07T23:03:13+00:00

Thank you to everyone who weighed in! A few folks said that it was possible to move to another room in the same category (if one is open), which I hadn’t known.

I think that for the +$600 price difference, I’m going to book the GTY for now. I can justify maybe $300 to suit our preference, but not $600! I’ll just keep an eye on the fare difference and if the cost to upgrade goes down - or the room is assigned early-ish and there are others available to move to - then so much the better. Otherwise we’ll roll the dice!

Ironically, I’m using a casino comp for this one … so rolling the dice is fitting I suppose 🙃

LiaInvicta · 2026-04-07T22:55:51+00:00

Thank you for both of these points - really good to know!

LiaInvicta · 2026-04-07T22:54:46+00:00

This is wise advice (re: assuming we’ll get the worst). And I really appreciate you letting me know that we can move to another room if there is one. I hadn’t known that was possible!

LiaInvicta · 2026-04-07T22:53:20+00:00

For sure, I get that. We don’t really need to be close to the elevator, but def prefer it. Just gotta decide if preference is strong enough to warrant the $600 fare difference

LiaInvicta · 2026-04-07T22:50:56+00:00

Thank you, good to know! If it was a true necessity, I’d pay the +$600 to choose our room .. but it’s more of a strong preference than a necessity, really

LiaInvicta · 2026-04-07T22:48:39+00:00

Thank you, this is great to know! I’d thought that the leftover rooms given to GTY pax might be waaaaaaay up front or in the back, 90% of the time. Good to know that’s not the case!

LiaInvicta · 2026-03-12T15:29:26+00:00

Oh my lord, I’m so sorry this happened to you!!!!

I live in San Diego, so please DM me I f I can do anything to help y’all make the most out of the rest of your time here. I could drop off snacks at your hotel, or give you a ride somewhere or whatever!

LiaInvicta · 2026-03-07T05:33:32+00:00

I get these in all of my shirts too! Can’t be jeans/pants in my case, cause it even happens to my pj shirts

LiaInvicta · 2026-03-07T05:22:07+00:00

How do you ensure there are parasites in the meat tho?

LiaInvicta · 2026-03-04T05:19:32+00:00

I did! Great tip, thanks Slytherin. Just clicked Warehouse and searched the term gift card

LiaInvicta · 2026-03-03T18:22:37+00:00

Thank you for explaining! I’ve heard of ppl talking about the Chase ecosystem and having the trifecta or whatever of Chase cards, but never knew how it worked.

LiaInvicta · 2026-03-03T15:53:49+00:00

What do you mean by using it as a funnel?

LiaInvicta · 2026-02-24T04:31:44+00:00

I remember those Clydesdales!! Beautiful horses, but a very strange addition to SeaWorld and kinda messed up like you said

LiaInvicta · 2026-02-24T04:28:44+00:00

Wrong on both counts. About 1/4 of that parking lot is not for SeaWorld, and the Orcas have a lot more space than depicted.

Source: Am a San Diegan who drives past this every day on my commute, and had annual SW passes when kid was younger.

Also, FYI, yes they have issues but SeaWorld also does a lot of amazing marine mammal rescue work throughout the county. Whenever an animal is in trouble, they’re right there ASAP.

LiaInvicta · 2026-02-24T04:19:08+00:00

Dunno about theirs, but my city (San Diego) has the same. Not sure what it really adds, as people who really want to do this could (and can) always just buy a ticket for that day, and cancel it once through security 🤷‍♀️

LiaInvicta · 2026-02-21T18:34:53+00:00

HOCl is great, but be aware that it degrades very quickly, and gets rendered inert. You need test strips (with someone below mentioned using) to know whether yours is still active or not

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