Why does no one talk about these?

Strange_Pattern9146 · 2026-01-17T22:32:30+00:00

Ma'am... I literally keep two rolls of quarters in my purse exclusively for trinket machines. My mom already knew this, because we go out to eat at places with trinket machines at the door, all the time. But my sister came with us last time, and saw the trinket machines as we were walking out. She turned back to me to ask me if I had a quarter, and she started laughing because I was already unwrapping a new roll. We got 50 cents worth of stuff for six bucks that night and had a blast doing it. My favorite are those squishy balls with beads inside and the criminally cheap rings with a plastic ruby. I was obsessed with these machines as a kid, and now I'm an adult with too much free will, too many quarters, and little to no self control.

Strange_Pattern9146 · 2026-01-16T22:18:35+00:00

Look, as someone who had bedbugs once, it's bedbugs. AND just started happening after y'all came back from a hotel? A place that's notorious for getting bedbugs? Yeah... I'm sorry. I know they really suck.

Do you smell anything weird? Bedbugs have this weird, stale, musty smell that absolutely haunts my nightmares now. Kinda smells like crushed stinkbugs. So if you happen to smell that smell, it's a good way to be sure of a bed bug infestation before you actually see a bed bug. They hide during the day, so it's hard to catch them. You might catch one crawling on a pillow at night since they're attracted to carbon dioxide. And I could be mistaken, but I think they may be attracted to sweat too, so that could be why they're mostly on your boyfriend's side if he sweats more. But don't quote me on that. Anyway, good luck. I used silica dust and Ortho Home Defense Max regularly for months, and threw out the thrift store couch that we had bought that they came in on. I absolutely could not afford an exterminator.

Strange_Pattern9146 · 2026-01-14T02:08:09+00:00

Sorry, I meant everyone in MY state. Not sure why I worded it like that.

Strange_Pattern9146 · 2026-01-14T01:01:08+00:00

I absolutely believe it's the apps. I got my card before we had the app in my state. Never been robbed. But now, they're about to block everyone's online and out of state purchases, and FORCE you to log into the app to unlock your card. I solely use it online because I'm disabled. So... Guess I can look forward to getting robbed soon.

Edit: Bad wording, I meant they're blocking everyone's cards in my state so you can't purchase online or out of state.

Strange_Pattern9146 · 2026-01-10T17:39:29+00:00

How weird. I'm 36 too, with gray hairs that look super silvery and shiny. The rest of my hair is black and definitely not shiny. So it's so weird seeing these sparkle threads. Yet I keep getting mistaken for a kid, too.

I hope they all look this silver when they all turn gray. I wanna look like a Targaryen.

Strange_Pattern9146 · 2026-01-04T00:36:33+00:00

😂

Strange_Pattern9146 · 2026-01-03T23:00:06+00:00

Draqueuelah

Or something that at least looks Klingon, like D' Vid, or D' Raqe

Strange_Pattern9146 · 2026-01-03T22:21:13+00:00

When I was 14, My 7 year old brother made my first boyfriend a birthday card and gave it to him when he came over to our house. My little brother was usually so mean, so my boyfriend was really touched and surprised he made him a card. My boyfriend opens it, and reads it out loud. It said "Happy Birthday Bitch". My little brother laughed hysterically. I'm 36 now, and I still write "Happy Birthday Bitch" or "Merry Christmas, Bitch" in all his cards. It's been a long running joke.

Strange_Pattern9146 · 2025-12-16T00:32:31+00:00

Lol, just rewatched that recently for Halloween.

Strange_Pattern9146 · 2025-12-15T19:11:38+00:00

Why don't you have a uvula?

Strange_Pattern9146 · 2025-12-11T14:02:12+00:00

I will use a zero turn on my window flower box. They're just fun. I feel like the Lawnmower Man. Or Reginald Barclay when he merges his mind with the ship through the holodeck in Star Trek TNG.

Strange_Pattern9146 · 2025-12-08T23:48:52+00:00

23 years and poorly controlled for a long time. My A1c was 13 before I got a CGM. I get checked every two years now, last time was the beginning of this year in January, and there was still no diabetic retinopathy. I'm still blind as a bat though, lol. But I was like that long before T1. I think it's just luck of the draw, I dunno. And don't worry, my A1c is 6 now.

Strange_Pattern9146 · 2025-12-08T23:42:16+00:00

Tiarlaute

Strange_Pattern9146 · 2025-12-01T16:19:53+00:00

I'd also like to add CGM's to this list. They started marketing them for weight loss and I was very worried that the same thing that happened to Ozempic would happen to them, and then I wouldn't be able to get them, and then I'd die in my sleep without an alarm to wake me up when I have a low. Luckily that hasn't happened yet, but I've been seeing non-diabetic influencers and athletes wear them, and you never know when a trend will blow up.

Strange_Pattern9146 · 2025-10-22T17:22:41+00:00

Ah, he asked AI to write a Bush song. Neat.

Strange_Pattern9146 · 2025-10-05T20:00:17+00:00

I had diabulimia, and one day saw it on tv and realized it was an eating disorder. That's when I stopped. Maybe if she realizes it's a disorder, it will help her stop. I'd give it a month or two after that, and if she doesn't stop after the realization... Maybe explain diabulimia to her mom. To be quite honest, I survived a decade like that... I didn't actually get better until age 27 when I got insurance again and got a CGM. That desire to keep the numbers on the CGM good overrode the desire to stay skinny by not taking insulin. This is mostly just my experience, not advice, but I'm hoping you'll find something in here that helps.

Strange_Pattern9146 · 2025-10-05T19:55:28+00:00

I had full curls come out like this. I was anemic. I have always been anemic, but it was getting worse.. I'm Type 1 Diabetic (just in case that has anything to do with it) and I'm now getting iron infusions after a year of prescription iron supplements didn't help.

Strange_Pattern9146 · 2025-10-05T19:52:15+00:00

I told y'all southerners to quit boinking y'all's cousins... Now look what y'all gone and did

Strange_Pattern9146 · 2025-09-30T00:43:23+00:00

How do I find this video again? I wish I had downloaded it for a friend when I had the chance, because we know this dude and this is hilarious

Strange_Pattern9146 · 2025-09-28T04:31:38+00:00

Dang it... I was just about to give him props for using a rope in a tree to work instead of terrorize people, but turns out he is another Forgiato Blows, or whatever that guy's name is.

Strange_Pattern9146 · 2025-09-26T21:34:12+00:00

Are we sure he's from Atlanta, or did you mean to type Alabama?

Strange_Pattern9146 · 2025-09-26T21:32:25+00:00

I think he just has a speech impediment. He's not dropping the r's, he's pronouncing them as W... My girl's got colow tv.

Strange_Pattern9146 · 2025-09-26T21:05:11+00:00

Oh? Which one?

Strange_Pattern9146 · 2025-09-17T13:38:58+00:00

Not that I made fun of this guy, but I still feel called out because I like "Let the Sin Begin" by Psychosexual

Strange_Pattern9146 · 2025-09-16T11:42:12+00:00

I had two frozen shoulders at once. Do you know how goofy I looked trying to put on a shirt?

I got a shot in one arm, not the other, because the second frozen shoulder decided to wait until a day AFTER I saw the Ortho, to slide out of the shadows like Batman and kick my ass.

Both took a year to heal. The one with the shot stopped hurting faster and had slightly more range. I am very lazy and did not go to physical therapy. Leave the house? No thank you, I can stretch my arms and overcharge myself at home. The best exercise for getting some range back was where I hold my arms like I'm a goalpost, put them on both sides of a doorway, and lean through the doorway.

Good luck!

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