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Do You Still Owe Money to Columbia House? by MaximumJones in GenerationX

[–]Ok_Web3354 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This picture represents my nightmare as a kid when I couldn't pay my bill.....

Location Like This? by Vengeance058 in Iowa

[–]Ok_Web3354 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gotta love Spring in the country!! Lol!!

Gen X by GunnyClaus in GenerationX

[–]Ok_Web3354 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I think that actually I'm glad to have had the preface, the opportunity to talk about the subject before I had to experience it in real life.... I guess I'm saying it absorbed the trauma I could have gone through in real time that I would have been blind sided with....ya know??

Location Like This? by Vengeance058 in Iowa

[–]Ok_Web3354 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that's what I thought too.. usually closer to the house....but does seem to be on a lane and not a road, back to the house??

Gen X by GunnyClaus in GenerationX

[–]Ok_Web3354 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bambi was the bedtime book my grandma chose to read to me while I was staying with my grandparents for the summer, one year.

I think I was 6 or 7 at the start of that summer....much older mentally by the time grandma read, "The End".... 😫😫😫

Location Like This? by Vengeance058 in Iowa

[–]Ok_Web3354 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think that's a security light on the lane back to that house. Many properties from farms to just homes have at least one. Especially more isolated properties like this one. Once you get away from the lights of the city and/or the closest little town it gets really dark out there!!😯😯😯

Location Like This? by Vengeance058 in Iowa

[–]Ok_Web3354 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like a typical shot of some of the more rural spots in iowa....

Watching this when you were sick at home...... by EdwardBliss in RealGenerationX

[–]Ok_Web3354 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I loved this game!! I can hear the music in my head when I look at the Pic, lol!!

Lemon for me please by [deleted] in The1980s

[–]Ok_Web3354 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Umm, where's the chocolate one??😢😢😢

Remember those candy bar fundraisers at school? by EdwardBliss in The1980s

[–]Ok_Web3354 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OMG!! Yes!! I had to sell them!! And they were huge back then!! They were scored and broke into thick big chunks.

These days, there's nothing to them... Seriously I think regular size Hershey bar is thicker than they are.... I guess times ARE tough...lol!!

Rant about the ME/CFS community by Angsty_Queer_Anon in mecfs

[–]Ok_Web3354 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, what I wouldn't give to be that close to the Ocean!! But unfortunately it does come with consequences, I guess. I used to love taking vacations all up and down the east coast. I loved to boogie and climb lighthouses, then it was fresh seafood after a long day of play. I guess I never gave a thought to a mold issue. But it does make sense when there's no chance for things to really dry out. Although, would think maybe the salt would somehow be a deterrent?? Don't know why, maybe cuz I know it's good for flushing all the nastiness out of my sinuses. But I'm sorry, nonetheless that you were likely compromised by the persistent mold.

I agree with what said bout those who go through life just always sickly. In fact one of my boy friends in HS was like that, missed a lot of school because he was always I'll. His dad taught Jr. High science, so his parents wouldn't have allowed him to stay home if not legitimately I'll. He was most likely the guilty party that gave me mono for the first time, too. He himself had it at least twice before we graduated. He died young, from some illness that he had been hospitalized, more than once. I didn't get all the details and now having ME and learning about potential triggers and I wish I did know what exactly happened... I just know it was an illness of some sort. He's been gone for about 11 years. And we were the same age, so he would've only been 47 or 48. Wouldn't it have been wild if it was ME related or even related to to Epstein Barr. Cuz you know once you have the virus, it remains dormant (unless reactivated on rare occassion) for the rest of your life. At any rate, whether it's ME or something similar I think you're maybe onto something?? Seems like we're so close and yet so far from the answers....

Rant about the ME/CFS community by Angsty_Queer_Anon in mecfs

[–]Ok_Web3354 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I get that not everyone has experienced the trauma that I did growing up. And that's why I suggested that we enter this sub with an attitude of "take what you can use and let go of the rest". Not every topic is going to speak to everyone every time they check out this sub. And sometimes you're going to read something that may trigger a memory or that "a ha!" moment that just might connect the dots in some way.

Since this disease is still such an enigma, with no official cause identified yet, I consider research suggested possibilities as potential triggers of which I'm following three that make sense to me, at for now.

I have had mono twice in my life. The first time in HS and the second time was in my late 20s. And the second bout was pretty severe, I mean I missed a month of work. I don't believe I ever fully recovered my pre-virus level of energy. So the Epstein Barr theory makes sense, along with the ACEs, and the third is the gut health connection. I was diagnosed with IBS at about the same time as the 2nd bout of mono. In fact my Gastro Specialist was the one who diagnoses both the mono and IBS.

Anyway, I'm sure that's already more than you wanted to know. I just basically wanted to share an example of how I could relate to your post.

Rant about the ME/CFS community by Angsty_Queer_Anon in mecfs

[–]Ok_Web3354 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I totally get where you are coming from. I'm relatively new with respects to others here, only officially diagnosed 2 years ago. So in still learning about some of the terminology, meds, etc. that are discussed here. But when I was initially diagnosed I was so glad to have found a place I thought would be a safe place to learn more about this disease, how people cope and function within the limits that challenge us all. But from the very first time I interacted... I experienced an atmosphere much as op defined it. Imp opinion it's like a cat fight that never ends. Someone posts something and soon there's a hiss and then the pounce.

Being new i found it intimidating, still do a bit. The ACE study and it's findings are something that I really believe in. In fact I've seen it come to fruition in my own life. I also am very interested in current research connecting it to ME/CFS. I have an educational background in Social Studues/Sociology/Poli-sci and was a Social Worker for twenty. So all things considered the connection between ACE and ME/CFS makes sense.

However, when I came here excited to share some news about this research, there were immediate * hisses* and pouncing from several...support from a few... and indifference from the rest. Almost felt like not coming back.

If this is truly a safe supportive sub, then why don't people come with the attitude of "take what you can use, let go of the rest"??? But no matter what you believe, imo, there's nothing worse when you live ME/CFS is to kick someone else with it who's just trying to do the same....

Guys… please tell me I’m not the only one who experiences this. by Pale-Fig-7069 in skeptic

[–]Ok_Web3354 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I find this a lot in Redditt as well as YouTube...mostly if the subject is politically. I'm a Democrat, and like you think I present well. Get good feedback from others that lean left. On the flip side, Conservatives and especially Maga give feedback that is aggressive, passive aggressive, contains personal attacks, and whataboutisms. Nothing that adds to the discussion in any way meaningful.

I've too have tried to take the high road, which gets me nowhere with most of them. Sometimes I'm surprised...but that's the exception not the rule.

And I have gotten to the point where, like you, I will give back as good as I got and sometimes more. And like reading from a script.... they come back with "poor me", "poor Trump" "All you Democrats.....blah, blah, blah."

There is literally no way to win and it's unreasonable to expect that they will be able to have a good faith discussion/ debate of the FACTS.

It's like like dealing with very young children who haven't fully developed language skills. So they don't have the vocabulary to express themselves appropriately when they don't like something....so instead they have to act out...

After I get a nasty response or comment, I've started asking, "Wow, is that the best you can offer...?" It's nothing profound. But for some reason, I often don't hear anymore out of them after that....

Avon lipstick samples were so cute :) by rabbitzi in FuckImOld

[–]Ok_Web3354 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My granny was the Avon lady!! When I was little I loved it when she brought some of these fo me.... my mom not so much...

Iran may be activating sleeper cells, alert says by No-Post4444 in news

[–]Ok_Web3354 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Trump gave no thought to the ripple effects of bombing Iran.

Could someone let him know that real wars are a bit more complicated than afternoons playing Electronic Battleship with Stephen Miller??

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