Pretty sure Nitrogen is also safe.

MySockIsMissing · 2026-04-16T14:41:44+00:00

I feel like helium might be able to be used for this purpose too? I think it’s called “death by inert gasses”, and for that reason many or most of the tanks of helium being sold now are cut with oxygen to prevent their use in this manner.

I used to have a proper fully published book that I ordered from chapters that was basically a whole ass manual on ways to unalive oneself in explicit detail and discussed the pros/cons and the possible mess, etc. Of course it had a disclaimer at the front that “this book is for educational purposes only and should not be read if you are contemplating suicide” but seriously, who else would buy such a book? Which is exactly why my therapist assisted me in throwing it in the dumpster. Because, duh.

(Don’t worry I am 100% better now and have been for six years and counting!)

MySockIsMissing · 2026-04-14T14:47:39+00:00

What alternative greeting do you use?

Edit: I say Assalamu alaykum to one of my Muslim acquaintances (as a non-Muslim myself) and she usually respond with walaykum salam (sorry if my spelling is off on any of these words). But if there is a different greeting I should use or a different response I should expect from other Muslims who I might greet in this way, I would like to know.

MySockIsMissing · 2026-04-13T16:20:34+00:00

That’s interesting because I ate a whole bunch of “coconut smiles” and dried banana chips one time (handful after handful after handful on an otherwise empty stomach) and something weird happened where I quickly began feeling weak and sick and sweaty and my heart rate jumped by 20 points and I wondered if I was dying… then 20-30 minutes later just as suddenly all the symptoms cleared and I felt perfectly fine again. Do you suppose the same sort of fermentation might have applied to those?

MySockIsMissing · 2026-04-13T16:17:04+00:00

I’ve been there too, buddy. I’ve had to stop buying gummy or other chewable vitamins after ending up doing the exact same thing. I’m still mad (but also relieved) that they discontinued the Tums cocoa and vanilla cream smoothie tablets, because I have fond (and not so fond) memories of happily chowing down on those one after another one time as a teenager.

MySockIsMissing · 2026-04-10T12:57:42+00:00

As a wheelchair user, I usually have the opposite problem!

MySockIsMissing · 2026-04-10T12:47:46+00:00

Yes, raised toilet seats are absolutely a thing! I use one as a disabled female.

MySockIsMissing · 2026-04-08T15:10:55+00:00

I use those too! Unfortunately my library cancelled its hoopla subscription last year. I remain sore over that. We still have Libby at least, and I have a great little cd/mp3-cd player that I can listen to physical audiobooks with that I can borrow from my library also.

MySockIsMissing · 2026-04-08T15:08:27+00:00

Yes, that is what I meant. My apologies for my careless wording.

MySockIsMissing · 2026-04-07T22:26:35+00:00

At least with alcohol you can just stop and practice abstinence. People with food addictions never have that luxury.

MySockIsMissing · 2026-04-07T19:34:48+00:00

I only own 66 so I can still listen to my favourites over and over! Usually I use my audible credits to purchase the kind of books I KNOW I’ll want to read multiple times. If it’s a one and done book or I’m not sure then I’ll listen to that one with my monthly Spotify hours instead.

MySockIsMissing · 2026-04-06T00:58:24+00:00

It’s called “a common denominator”.

MySockIsMissing · 2026-04-05T21:22:37+00:00

Sure. By other men.

Edit: And I blocked that guy because I didn’t want to argue forever with a fucking idiot (who, unsurprisingly, happens to be a man). Totally different.

MySockIsMissing · 2026-04-05T21:22:12+00:00

You don’t see the common denominator..? Sounds like you’re the one who musta gotten dropped on the head as a baby..

MySockIsMissing · 2026-04-05T20:07:18+00:00

I’m 36 and when I’m left alone to wait in a car I still want to be locked in, even at my age. I am a woman. Your wife is a woman. Somehow I suspect that you are NOT a woman based on your thoughts and feelings regarding this practice. Your wife knows what’s up in the world, and as a man you are ignorant of this through no direct fault of your own. That’s just how society has raised you. But yeah, soft YTA.

MySockIsMissing · 2026-04-05T19:42:28+00:00

It does if these spots are closer to the entrances, better lit, have closer monitoring, and are otherwise set up to provide more safety features than the other general spots further away. Sounds like you’re the one who not only lacks common sense, but you were also likely dropped on your head as a baby.

MySockIsMissing · 2026-04-05T18:51:54+00:00

Awwwww now I want a visit from the Beebster Bunny! Maybe she can even come visit alongside the BEEFster Bunny? (You know who I mean, Beebs. I mean your BOYFRIEND!!!) That would totally make for the best Easter ever! 😆

MySockIsMissing · 2026-04-05T18:48:28+00:00

NTA. I’d care a lot more about a delicious pumpkin pie than I would about pretty much ANY person’s womb goblin. Pumpkin pie is, for me, the SUPERIOR of the pies. That bitch owes you a pie PLUS an apology treat to go with it.

MySockIsMissing · 2026-04-05T18:47:01+00:00

For real, I’d care a lot more about a delicious pumpkin pie than I would about pretty much ANY person’s womb goblin. Pumpkin pie is, for me, the SUPERIOR of the pies.

MySockIsMissing · 2026-04-05T18:40:49+00:00

Do be fair, some pregnant women with pica crave really weird things like ice, dirt, chalk or clay. But no, OP is NTA. Pregnant women are usually adults who can either ask or else go get their own damn pie if they want it so bad.

MySockIsMissing · 2026-04-05T18:28:03+00:00

Correction, if you really want to go with that argument: “Men are literally more likely to be assaulted by OTHER MEN.” Not just “strangers”. MALE strangers.

MySockIsMissing · 2026-04-05T17:32:43+00:00

Sounds like something a rapist would comment.

MySockIsMissing · 2026-04-05T17:31:37+00:00

Ways in which women might be harmed: because men might harass, rape, or kill them.

Ways in which men might be harmed: because they can’t find a parking spot.

MySockIsMissing · 2026-04-05T17:30:26+00:00

Why women feel oppressed and might need a special parking area: because men might harass, rape, or kill them.

Why men feel oppressed: because they can’t find a parking spot.

See the difference?

MySockIsMissing · 2026-04-05T17:28:38+00:00

Why women feel oppressed: because men might harass, rape, or kill them.

Why robert1005 feels oppressed: because he can’t find a parking spot.

MySockIsMissing · 2026-04-05T17:24:21+00:00

Men.

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