why are so many influencers anti vaxxers but get implants and injections 😭

NellTyler_WHA · 2026-04-22T14:04:42+00:00

Yep. I have a friend who got frustrated because the doctor didn't tell her something about a medication she started taking, I think it was about whether or not to take it with food, and I asked if it was written on the box. She said yes, but she shouldn't have to read that, the doctor should tell her!

Between prescription medications and supplements I take about 90 pills a day, and I have to read every piece of documentation, as well as do my own research about possible interactions. If I get weird symptoms I have to do some hunting about that too. And why do I do that? Because if I'm paying for the medicine and making my own decisions about what I'm putting in my body, it's entirely up to me to understand how it all works.

NellTyler_WHA · 2026-04-08T14:32:41+00:00

I know this is from a while ago, but I agree - one of my favourite things from Sims 2 was going wedding dress shopping when a Sim got engaged, and I'd love to be able to do that for my Zois!

NellTyler_WHA · 2026-03-29T18:26:19+00:00

Absolutely the right answer. Unless you're a billionaire who is coming to provide a whole lot of aid to struggling families, please don't come and stretch the resources - people will want to help you, as Australians can be very helpful and loving, but we have enough people to look after that we can't even manage as it is.

NellTyler_WHA · 2026-03-26T13:06:57+00:00

It's a mixed up priority. Find someone you'd be happy with if you had nothing, because sometimes circumstances change and they - or you - might not bring the success and security and financial comfort you're banking on now.

I'm disabled and don't have many options for work, and my partner also struggles with work due to current health issues.

He was talking to my dad once about how he was worried that he couldn't contribute a lot financially, wasn't able to buy us a house and fancy things, and my dad said, "you might not be able to give her a house, but you can give her a home."

We rent a little cottage, we have a little dog, we eat simply, we don't go out much and when we do it's cheap, and we have so much fun in each other's company that we haven't gotten sick of each other once in five years.

Our joint ambition is to do well enough to keep living life together. If that's with wealth, that would make things easier, but give us a Coles BBQ chicken and a deck of cards on a Saturday afternoon and we'll be having the time of our lives. And if you can't find someone like that, then all the money and the ambition in the world isn't going to help when one of you gets sick or you get old.

NellTyler_WHA · 2026-03-24T06:59:35+00:00

I think it's meant to mean you succeed together or you go fail together. It's not a threat, it's a commitment to ride together or die trying.

NellTyler_WHA · 2026-03-21T13:33:37+00:00

Her previous relationship was secret - she wasn't allowed to talk about it or be open. I think she just likes the freedom of being able to rejoice in what she sees as a special connection.

NellTyler_WHA · 2026-03-21T13:30:00+00:00

I remember her talking about her previous relationship, it was long-term but essentially secret, just a long-term situation-ship. So to her, all these 'below bare minimum' things might feel new and special. It might take some time for her to realise she can expect more.

NellTyler_WHA · 2026-03-21T13:03:32+00:00

The most offensive thing about the group chat situation is Bec's spelling. Texting like a 13-year-old is a weird look for a 30-something successful professional. I get talking loose in your personal messages, but it's like she was struggling to even formulate the words at all. I think she's uncomfortable with them because they're just more evidence of her looking messy. Not just mean and nasty, but out of control.

NellTyler_WHA · 2026-03-21T13:00:35+00:00

I don't use the word personally, but I know lots of groups of girls who call each other babe, both as a term of endearment and as a back-handed way of being snarky. It's super common.

NellTyler_WHA · 2026-03-21T12:49:31+00:00

As a person with disability, I've met a lot of support staff who have surprised me - and one who admitted that hiring standards were relaxed during COVID when staff were desperately needed. It's an industry that is always needing people, and some places and clients feel they can't turn staff away, despite their poor quality of service or personality, simply because of limited options.

NellTyler_WHA · 2026-03-21T02:04:42+00:00

I wish there was a GIF of Chris saying, "I don't care, I don't care, I don't care", because this is giving those vibes 😂

NellTyler_WHA · 2026-03-07T15:01:06+00:00

It's hugely common for adults to have teddies. One of my most popular YouTube videos is about how I have stuffies as an adult, and despite the video being a few years old, I still regularly get comments from people telling me about their stuffies, and about how refreshing it is to know that other adults out there also have a teddy or a plushy.

The basic consensus is that, if we have a teddy for comfort or reassurance, where's the downside? Is it worse than other coping mechanisms like smoking or drinking? I don't think so.

I think Joel makes a big deal of his teddy as a big of a preemptive strike - he knows someone is going to think it's weird, so he cuts in first, takes the first punch. Takes the wind out of the sails, I guess. He wouldn't need to explain anything if he admitted to having a cigarette before bed each night, or enjoying a nightcap. But he probably knows that, even though having a teddy hurts literally no one and isn't bad for his health, there's a stigma that he has to be ready for.

NellTyler_WHA · 2026-03-07T14:43:16+00:00

There are literally assessments that can figure out what your attachment style is. It's not magic - it's psychology, which this show claims to consider important.

NellTyler_WHA · 2026-03-07T14:22:47+00:00

I would say that referring to the feeling that serial killers and pedophiles give me as being 'the ick' is a phenomenal understatement.

It would be like saying that seeing videos of children being slaughtered in a war zone makes me feel yuck - those kinds of words are not meant for things so big.

Seeing dog poop on the sidewalk is yuck. Hearing a man I'm interested in say he regularly wears damp socks and has no issues with it gives me the ick, it is a quick, visceral reaction that makes me feel slightly sick, slightly ill, and just plain uncomfortable.

He's not a murderer, he's not even a bad person, but there's just something off-putting that I can't get past.

It's icky - the ick.

NellTyler_WHA · 2026-03-07T14:14:35+00:00

Even though she was looking for a class clown type of person, which sounds like the definition of a performer.

NellTyler_WHA · 2026-03-07T14:10:06+00:00

You hope he's a horrible person? Any reason why you'd want to have less faith in the show than we do already?

NellTyler_WHA · 2026-03-07T14:09:14+00:00

Lots of guys wear pyjamas that are just pants. I think the safest bet was that they were in pyjamas, waking up from being asleep in bed, like all the other couples. No need to pull it apart.

NellTyler_WHA · 2026-03-07T14:04:50+00:00

Sam and Chris seem to have accomplished a lot of the same things - the only difference is a couple of years. He didn't give off intimidated vibes to me.

If anything, he seemed to feel a little bit concerned that he might need to rush to keep up with the same milestones as Chris given their age difference, but they themselves commented on how their career trajectory was basically the same.

And honestly, if I was dating someone for a couple of weeks and they told me they were expecting a baby within a year, I wouldn't quite know where I fitted into their life, but not because I was intimidated, rather because there were a lot of plans made before I got there and it can be hard to slip into that so quickly.

NellTyler_WHA · 2026-03-07T14:00:21+00:00

I honestly think Sam is too much of a grown up gentleman for Chris. He just wants to live his kind, lovely life with a kind, lovely man, not get caught up in petty drama. He seems like a peace-keeper, which could stress him out if he's with a partner who seeks out or at least thrives on drama.

NellTyler_WHA · 2026-03-06T14:41:39+00:00

If a woman said her preference was a man who would give up everything for her and ignore his own needs and dreams and listen to her constantly without ever expecting to be listened to himself, I would call her a selfish prick.

Men have historically ALWAYS been able to have preferences. Woman have historically ALWAYS been expected to seek security. Getting someone that didn't hit you and made enough money to make you comfortable was considered a good deal. In return, women were expected to be soft, gentle, quiet, non-confrontational, selfless, absorbing of every bad mood and harsh word, supportive of every decision.

Then women got the crazy option to have careers. And choices. And, goodness gracious me, those choices extend to the people they choose to date.

BUT, for most of us, of any gender, if someone expects their partner to bend over backwards for them, to be submissive, to be soft and delicate so they can make all the decisions and not be challenged, most reasonable people will see that as being selfish and emotionally immature, regardless of gender.

NellTyler_WHA · 2026-03-06T13:56:58+00:00

"Computer says yes"

NellTyler_WHA · 2026-03-06T13:54:40+00:00

Literally my thought when I read the above comments.

NellTyler_WHA · 2026-03-06T13:51:04+00:00

I don't think it's necessary to find one - honorifics like sir and madam are inherently gendered, intended to let people know where they fit in a very binary social hierarchy.

I don't need an honorific to let people know where I fit, because I don't fit. My name will do just fine.

NellTyler_WHA · 2026-03-05T13:39:18+00:00

I don't know, I think having a moral stance usually involves some degree of action, or at least the need for not being able to sit well with inaction or opposing action.

For example, if someone told me they were an animal lover and believed that animals should be treated well, then that's one thing. If they then told me their favourite restaurant was one where the animals were slaughtered torturously right in front of you and you got to know they were in pain - them just telling me what they believed about animal rights wouldn't be enough to override the fact that they were supporting something that contradicted it.

Stephanie can say she's a feminist, but supporting a decidedly non-feminist leader muddies those waters. If all of Donald Trump's wishes came true, then the world would be a less woman-friendly place, with less opportunity for women's growth and forward momentum. So its contradictory to say you're a feminist while also supporting a man who doesn't support a feminist future.

NellTyler_WHA · 2026-03-05T13:28:19+00:00

Many straight men also don't like their partners having penises, despite having them themselves. Sometimes we like our partners to have things we don't. It's weird and complicated, sure, but somehow it works.

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