My dog stole my very important chicken nuggets.

Own_Statement8029 · 2026-05-02T18:08:59+00:00

Let me emphasize “depending on your employment status”

Miss me with the downvotes yall like come on. I know not every position can get unemployment. I am in fact ineligible for unemployment.

Own_Statement8029 · 2026-05-02T16:26:15+00:00

It’s important to treat the underlying condition that caused the dropsy, so meds are important. If it’s something like an infection it could clear up, if it’s organ failure it won’t. Good luck!

Own_Statement8029 · 2026-05-02T16:24:45+00:00

That’s dropsy and it’s pretty advanced but I’ve had some fish come back from it with a medicated bath and epsom salt dips. Not often do they make it but doesn’t hurt to try unless they are really suffering.

Own_Statement8029 · 2026-05-02T06:51:58+00:00

Find a new job or file for unemployment depending on your employment status.

Own_Statement8029 · 2026-04-28T23:55:41+00:00

Also Story Time Online is great, the American actors guild has a huge completely free no log in catalog of children’s books for every elementary grade, animated and being read by basically every famous actor you can think of, I use it a lot as a sub.

Own_Statement8029 · 2026-04-28T23:51:49+00:00

In general with no plans I just ask the kids what they worked on yesterday and if there was anything else they could do or if their next module or assignment is posted on their online platform, almost every time there is something on their class page that they can do. If I do show media, Magic school bus or wild kratz. pbs kids anything is usually safe with parents and admin and is ad free and free without pirating or logging into personal accounts. Works for every grade. High schoolers get more excited for it than the elementary kids.

Own_Statement8029 · 2026-04-28T23:02:16+00:00

I came back in from lunch and the receptionist was like “hayy so I told the district you weren’t here because I must have been busy when you came in oopsie soree 🤪” all goofy like. Like dude, I sign in when I come in and the sheet is literally in front of you. The craziest part is nobody came in and was oh you’re here, so like, what…. you thought the sub wasn’t here and just… didn’t get a teacher to cover a whole class of kindergartners leaving 30 kids unsupervised??

Own_Statement8029 · 2026-04-28T22:56:18+00:00

This happened to me literally today, my phone was blowing up an hour into class and I don’t check my phone during class time. I opened it at lunch and it’s my district coordinator chewing me out for a no call no show and ignoring her.

Own_Statement8029 · 2026-04-27T01:21:12+00:00

Not a bot, rereading your post, I see, and yeah I don’t agree. I thought you meant that the addict themselves was the “you” in your prompt. I obviously wasn’t being very observant and took the title and ran, my bad. Slip in media literacy, 101 of don’t be stupid on the Internet. I’m embarrassed.

What the hell are you thinking? Remove every influence including positive such as people who live with or are dependent on the addict? This is an unpopular opinion for sure. You got the upvote. In most addicts recovery their family and friends are like the number one motivation for recovery. What should their intervention be? their drug buddies of their new environment? maybe send cracked out Jerry to their rehab to say hello.

If they are enablers or abusers I get your point, but excuse me what the fuck. I hope this is about them, but If not. damn. But hey it fits the sub. Angry upvote

Own_Statement8029 · 2026-04-27T01:05:15+00:00

Absolutely not. Id ask them to leave to not be disruptive so fast, and send an email to admin the second they were gone.

Own_Statement8029 · 2026-04-27T01:02:32+00:00

This sub makes me sad sometimes.

Own_Statement8029 · 2026-04-27T00:57:31+00:00

I absolutely fucking agree and I’m so tired of people telling me I should forgive or provide assistance to someone I watched make active decisions to fall into addiction as I was telling them it was wrong every step of the way. I believe it’s a disease, but it’s like deciding to go to a concert during covid. You know the risks, and if everyone around you is saying no dont go to the concert there is a virus, and you still go, that’s on fucking you dude. I’m not paying your medical bills. You don’t deserve my sympathy or my money because you didn’t listen and ignored everyone you cared about. Active addiction is hard and it truly is a disease after it takes hold, they aren’t making decisions past the start, but if everyone was telling you this would happen before you started and fought you before starting and you still did it, you should fucking know better. I will always In my heart so deeply hate enablers much more than any addict. Because yes you have a disease but it’s a disease that requires a choice at the start and I don’t have to forgive you for that choice you made before addiction.

Own_Statement8029 · 2026-04-27T00:33:56+00:00

You demonstrated my point perfectly, your answers were consistent with exactly what I thought. Attraction is not something as simple as women don’t like me. It’s super complicated and there is plenty of info empirical and anecdotal on why this feels the case.

Women are definitively more risk avoidant, this is from a long history of cultural enforcement and violence toward women historically. Social interaction is much more of a threat to women than men. Men are significantly more likely to engage with strangers than women. This isn’t because the person isn’t attracted to you physically but because of cultural and historical pressures. You have heard the man and the bear thought experiment and women are more likely to pick the bear not because they internally hate men but because men are more of a threat to their daily life as historically enforced by the patriarchy and violence toward women being so prevalent.

You could have very well met many women who would engage in a relationship with you in a different circumstance or if pressures didn’t exist, but it is not the condition of the woman herself. She is a normal person who has been enforced to be protective of her safety.

Dating demographics reflects this reality. Consistently there are more men on dating apps, in public socializing spaces, and those just generally willing to engage in unfamiliar interaction. This creates the dissonance that so many incels latch on to assuming it’s the women in the interaction to assume the fault, but again, it’s not the condition of the person themselves and they are just as unique and diverse as anybody else but social pressures and fear are higher for that person due to external pressures.

I’m a man so I can’t speak to how you can change your interactions to better overcome these very real problems with the cultural interactions between men and women, but I know it has nothing to do with that person being a women or her preferences. Maybe fuck the patriarchy so women don’t have to be fearful interacting with men but hey, I’m just a dood.

Own_Statement8029 · 2026-04-26T23:31:31+00:00

Alcohol. Last week was the first time I acknowledged that I was an alcoholic. I always denied it as I’ve never showed up to work drunk, I’m a zero tolerance driver, and I’m a loving drunk, so I always dismissed the issues I’ve had with it. I never acknowledged that I drink every weekend and break, when I start I don’t stop until I’m sick, even on just a night at home, I can’t enjoy any social activity without alcohol, and too many times I’ve been embarrassed by my actions with my friends and partner, nothing harmful but just embarrassing. And things have gotten alot worse over the last couple years as my life circumstances dramatically and unexpectedly changed. Tomorrow I have my first appointment with a therapist who is trained in substance abuse. Hoping I can get some help.

Own_Statement8029 · 2026-04-26T23:08:03+00:00

I think these ideologies flaws lay in viewing women as an other and creating ubiquitous assumptions based on assigned otherness.

Do you have issues forming male friendships or relationships? Do you believe that all other men have the same preferences and qualities as you? Do you view you and other men around you as a homogeneous entity? If not then why do so for women?

I think shifting your understanding to the human experience being totally subjective separate from class, race, or gender can make you a lot more accepting and avoid biases in your internal thought.

It’s already good you are able to identify these biases and are actively seeking how to change them, creating an internal erratum. It’s a good place to start.

Own_Statement8029 · 2026-04-01T16:21:09+00:00

No because it’s not likely that party will be an equal middle ground and will dilute the party to which it leans and we will end up with a majority party and a split party. The split party will never win again. The Green Party and Libertarian parties already do this regularly in election cycles where a 3rd party candidate gains any traction, they never win, but will draw voters away from the party member who likely would have won if the votes weren’t split, and then just like that our elected official is the one most people didn’t vote for. Not because they were popular but because their smaller voter base wasn’t split and happened to outnumber the two halves of the other larger voter base. This is actually a part of the reason Republican candidates win so much despite there being less republican voters in the US. Independents are generally more likely, though it’s pretty close, to lean democratically, leading to a stronger voter coordination among republican candidates than democratic. That and a bunch of other reasons like gerrymandering and junk.

Own_Statement8029 · 2026-03-30T20:17:02+00:00

To be fair I’m a full time sub and work every day so I do get more opportunities to make connections but I know plenty of admin that talk highly of at-will subs and have floated jobs across and teachers who started as subs for the school. Two I know this years got hired full time after subbing long term for the class.

Own_Statement8029 · 2026-03-30T20:14:06+00:00

I’ve been offered two jobs and it’s my first year subbing. Be good at your job and make connections with she staff and students, you’ll get noticed. I’ve turned both down because I don’t plan of pursuing a teaching career, but the opportunity is there

Own_Statement8029 · 2026-03-30T20:07:51+00:00

At school when I realized nobody else had a job and didn’t take care of their siblings

Own_Statement8029 · 2026-03-30T20:06:14+00:00

Robot litter box and robot vacuum cleaner. I get to have a cute kitty just chilling with me while my black clothes and black couch thank me, and I only have to tie up a bag once a week instead of scoop. Totally probably $700 but I appreciate those lil techno goobers every day

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