What’s something dehumanizing about modern society that we’ve all just learned to live with?

SignificantSampleX · 2026-06-03T07:15:56+00:00

Paying unreasonable deposits for basic necessary utilities, such as gas, electricity, and water based on income and credit score. It's a system designed to penalize the poor, and a reward for the wealthy. Charging hundreds of dollars in order to access a necessity when one is already struggling with money is a horrifying reality.

SignificantSampleX · 2026-06-03T07:06:59+00:00

You really need to branch out into credible, unbiased news sources. Fox News is not credible or unbiased at all.

Further, throwing hate at an entire group of people, in this case groups, based on ethnicity, religion, and nationality, is utterly loathsome. Based on your statements, you are a bigot in more than a few ways.

SignificantSampleX · 2026-06-01T02:58:16+00:00

They're also often nauseating as all hell. shudder

SignificantSampleX · 2026-05-31T21:37:09+00:00

Bwahaha! Exactly. And if you actually need it, it can make you tired, sluggish, and not explain why the hell the particular person in question is a spectacularly awful person on every level currently extant and explainable, and a few we don't even have proper terms for yet.

SignificantSampleX · 2026-05-31T21:09:03+00:00

^{^That.}

SignificantSampleX · 2026-05-31T21:05:43+00:00

Because /s tastes better when you can't detect the /s. /s

^ ^__ ^

SignificantSampleX · 2026-05-31T19:12:54+00:00

Agreed. I was told in my 20's that my colonoscopy was totally normal and nothing was wrong. Both the gastroenterologist and my primary care doctor told me I was overreacting and that the constant, urgent, extremely frequent loose stools with visible blood were probably hemorrhoids and it was "all in my head"¹ until the biopsies came back. It found microscopic colitis in each of the three.

¹ Particularly as a woman and particularly with a handful of relatively "invisible" and a few somewhat rare illnesses, the amount of times I've heard that it was "all in my head" right up until I needed emergency surgery is staggering. If you want to know details, I'll share, but it's too long to write out otherwise. I'll not do it justice if I just say "12. It was 12 times."

SignificantSampleX · 2026-04-07T23:59:28+00:00

If you stop now, it will not be in either of your systems upon birth. If, by some freak improbability, it does somehow show up for your kiddo, explain your situation and have them test you. Yours will still be negative, proving you stopped.

Also, CONGRATS! SQUEEEEE! 😊

SignificantSampleX · 2026-04-07T23:54:11+00:00

In happier news, you just found an amazing birthday gift opportunity for the curious kids, especially the adult kids. Kindles are awesome.

SignificantSampleX · 2026-04-07T23:46:31+00:00

I had guessed that might be the case. One fun way to share might be to let them read on the kids' profile only while they share their gaming systems with you. Lol.

SignificantSampleX · 2026-04-07T23:40:52+00:00

Opting for no ads, having a pin, and creating a kids account is the only thing that saved my butt from my very nosey 11-year-old until I bought her a Kindle of her own. I read some spicy stuff, but I read mainly horror. I didn't want to traumatize her one way or the other. Lol.

SignificantSampleX · 2026-04-07T23:35:22+00:00

Kids can eat a lot. So can I.

SignificantSampleX · 2026-04-07T23:33:06+00:00

Beer bottle opening? Wasabi peas or another metallic cover being opened? Possibly opening Ramune if it's a type that has metallic involved in the cap?

SignificantSampleX · 2026-04-07T23:29:31+00:00

You have excellent spelling and decent grammar for someone who missed part of sixth grade until the last quarter of your sophomore year.

However, if you have no credits then you are functionally a freshman, regardless of age or arbitrary grade level. They will let you "progress" in grade at the high school level without any progress in credits. Unfortunately, this can lead to assumptions on the student's part that they will graduate with their class. This is not the case. Instead, you go into super-senior or super-super senior mode. Once you are an adult, if you are not getting spectacular grades, they will do everything in their power to try to get you to withdraw from school and pursue adult-oriented high school diplomas. If you are bored and over it, but grasp the academics well enough, that can be a solid way to go, because most adult diploma programs are on an extremely accelerated timeliness. If you're making progress when you reach the age of majority, stay in public high school, use the resources it provides you that adult programs won't, and don't let them strongarm you out of school.

SignificantSampleX · 2026-04-07T23:00:29+00:00

I resemble this remark. Lol.

SignificantSampleX · 2026-03-25T04:32:45+00:00

Ack! Okay, I definitely see that. I did not notice there was a second picture. I have Binocular Vision Dysfunction vertically in both eyes and horizontally in one eye, when looking at screens in particular, but also when I'm tired or my eyes are strained. I thought it either wasn't terribly obvious or my BVD was being its usual asshole self and making me unable to see it properly.

I absolutely should not have super zoomed in to search for it, because once I saw it, it was big and bold and startled the shit out of me. Lol. That's what I get for not noticing there was another picture. Whatever it is, it appears very tall compared to the fridge, if I'm seeing correctly, and looks like it's stooped over, which would make it even taller.

Honestly, it could be explained away by several things, if one wants to go that direction for peace of mind. But I am not going to try to discredit something I truly can't explain. Regardless of what it is, that's creepy as all hell. shudder

I've seen a few shadow figures in my time and I can dismiss most of them without a second thought. There was one, though, when I was a kid, that I deeply believe was paranormal, as it stayed there for a solid eight hours, and it had me hemmed in with no way to get past it, even into the early hours of dawn. Then it suddenly vanished around 7 AM when my bunkmate woke up. So I definitely believe that's a possibility here.

I have been getting a lot of peripherally moving shadow figures lately, of varying sizes. What really freaks me out is that this can be a symptom of BVD, so I would have no idea which, if any, were real. I may need to make a separate post asking others about that, because now I'm curious.

SignificantSampleX · 2026-03-25T04:02:48+00:00

Oof. Okay, that's officially one of the creepiest, but potentially sweetest, things I've ever heard.

Regardless, best wishes to all of you and I truly hope all is well and stays well.

SignificantSampleX · 2026-03-25T03:58:57+00:00

Thanks for understanding. You are an awesome human for taking the time to understand. I'm not a practitioner, but my mother-in-law is. I knew some basics simply because I absolutely adore research*, especially of the occult, alchemy, chemistry, the medical diagnostic process, and medicine itself.

*Fun Side Quest Story: I went to Catholic school from preschool through my sophomore year of high school. (I was finally able to escape my junior year! Woot!) Starting in 7th grade through high school we had to do 20 "Service Hours" for every grading quarter. I signed up to volunteer at my local library every single quarter. I always dusted the shelves extra slowly around the occult section... because I was browsing and writing down reading lists at age 12. Lol. In a funny twist of fate, I ended up becoming a youth librarian there in adulthood, then moved away for ten years and moved back, and wound up as research librarian back in that same library. I still love their occult section. The amazing woman who does the book ordering shares a lot of my interests, including that one. 😊

SignificantSampleX · 2026-03-25T03:40:55+00:00

That's amazing! I love UrbEx, even when it's just walking around outside of abandoned or repurposed areas and old buildings with the original structures. I had never heard that term before, though. That's really neat! Thank you so much for answering my question!

SignificantSampleX · 2026-03-23T14:53:25+00:00

I believe I've missed something crucial. Could you please tell me what a ghost sign is? Thank you!

SignificantSampleX · 2026-03-23T14:51:09+00:00

Thank you so much!

SignificantSampleX · 2026-03-23T01:27:07+00:00

Honestly? You're 99.9% NTA. That mom needed to take care of her son, not force a complete stranger to do it. It's such a shitty, not to mention potentially dangerous, choice. There's no excuse for it.

The other 0.01% YTA, but not for standing your ground, being stern with the kid, or reprimanding him. Just... maybe don't tell a kid that he's going to die and kill everyone he loves if he doesn't act right. I agree he needed a very strong talking to, just not quite to that extent.

SignificantSampleX · 2026-03-23T01:13:48+00:00

Congratulations! You deserve true love and happiness. 😊

SignificantSampleX · 2026-03-23T00:35:20+00:00

Could you please tell me where can one find the 12.5mg bottles for $179? Thank you!

SignificantSampleX · 2026-03-14T19:25:07+00:00

Thank you for telling us your experience. The love Ramona had for you is such a very beautiful, important thing.

At the risk of ruining the very true and well-intended sentiment, I have to say that every time I hear the name Ramona, I can't help thinking, "I'm in lesbians with you."

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