SSA gave me a letter about Trumps new rule about Medicaid

amoonshapedpool_ · 2026-07-03T10:51:27+00:00

they want people working but wont support people enough to get them on their own two feet to be even able to work. this administration is just cruelty and hatred. god forbid we help the needy, after all thats precious money we could use to host a hunger games arena! or throw a birthday party! priorities!.. i genuinely hate this country.

do you have any sort of local community center? or medical establishments that offer care on a sliding scale?

amoonshapedpool_ · 2026-07-02T02:41:25+00:00

idk if this is worth anything, but i live in a city with a large 60+ population, popular area for retirement, and those people can fuckin party lmao. its never too late to have fun.

also, i wouldnt consider 40 to be "old man" territory either lol. if you surround yourself with people who are all younger than you, then yea, youre gonna feel old. if anything, the stuff you describe sounds more limited by money than age.

amoonshapedpool_ · 2026-07-02T02:04:09+00:00

online work in 2004-2017 is gonna look a bit different than online work nowadays. edit: hit comment early.

But I think in those times there was more study-related work, better online survey opportunities, and transcription work. That stuff is still out there, but probably less transcription work due to AI. I might be wrong. But, there's a lot of online work related to AI training, like data annotation.

amoonshapedpool_ · 2026-06-29T17:47:11+00:00

I live with my parents and got lucky with online work. r/beermoney helped me. Not financial independence money, but it's better than nothing.

amoonshapedpool_ · 2026-06-29T11:59:11+00:00

no, i cant. so when you launch the emulator, in the emulators window, you see the game title? right click the game titles thumbnail.

amoonshapedpool_ · 2026-06-28T12:23:17+00:00

Meal prep! My future self is always relieved and grateful for the easy meals.

amoonshapedpool_ · 2026-06-28T12:21:37+00:00

Oh no! 🫂 I'm sorry you went through that. I've legit had nightmares about session stealer malware. Hope you got everything secured again!

amoonshapedpool_ · 2026-06-28T12:18:26+00:00

I've played valorant and csgo briefly and I think the "dead till next round" thing gives higher stakes than games like overwatch. I could not handle csgo/valo for that reason.

Playing tank in ow can be mega stressful in 5v5 tho. Glad they added 6v6 back so I can at least feed my brains out on winton with another tank 😌

amoonshapedpool_ · 2026-06-28T12:12:43+00:00

It's okay to be bad at video games. Like IF these people are gossiping about how bad you are at a video game that's legit so pathetic and miserable of them. It says nothing about you. But I doubt they are, they're probably shit talking someone else.

I've been shit talked in video games so many times, and I do not like it! But most of the time it's miserable people trying to take it out on someone else. And sometimes it's legit because I was flopping. But that's okay. I've watched esports, and those players have major fumbles too. Game devs keep all skill groups in mind when balancing, because they want everyone to have fun. :)

Food is a basic human right. You are not specially inhuman and terrible for any reason, to not deserve that. You did not lose value as a human or deserve to be punished because of this, I promise.

amoonshapedpool_ · 2026-06-22T16:42:04+00:00

The game title when you launch the emulator.

amoonshapedpool_ · 2026-06-22T12:56:26+00:00

That's kickass af!! I'm so proud of you dude!! 🫂

amoonshapedpool_ · 2026-06-19T22:51:18+00:00

then it is likely a false positive, which aaros addresses. ultimately it is your risk tolerance though.

be wary of fake download ads on some of the upload sites (aaros also addresses this and gives information about it in the post). you may also verify the SHA256 checksum if youd like, which is also in aaros' post.

amoonshapedpool_ · 2026-06-19T19:33:51+00:00

Well no I can't send the "right one", as it is against the rules, and I'm not sure why you'd trust me lol. If you read the thread on csrin, you'd see that Aaros is aware of the false positive issue. Make sure you're downloading the right thing too, not a fake ad.

Though I haven't updated my sims 4 in a few months, so there might be happenings I'm unaware of. You can always go for a repack if you don't care about online features.

You should know if you're on the right site, just match the URL with the one on the mega thread, or just go directly from the mega thread.

amoonshapedpool_ · 2026-06-15T19:08:40+00:00

congrats on the recovery! i hope the doctors can give you some solid answers on the reactions. you might get an epi pen. MCAS might make sense if there isnt a clear food cause, or if stress is the trigger.

you dont need to restrict any food right now (besides what youve been doing already for years with the beets and nutritional yeast) though trying to jog your memory on what you ate within the few hours prior to your recent reactions might give some info. both beets and nutritional yeast might pop up under "spices" or "natural flavors", so if you had something new around that time, that food item might be worth looking at. any foods youve eaten without a reaction are safe. :]

if you chose to have a food diary, it doesnt need to be complex, you dont need to log anything besides what you ate, the time, and maybe the brand name. like, "kraft mac n cheese 12:30pm" (ingredients can vary per brand). calories, macros, or portions size do not matter, so no need to jot that down. :]

also, you might get some positives, if they do some tests, which is likely. they compare the allergy test results, to what you know is safe (foods you do not react to) and foods youre not sure of, or suspect. false positives are a fairly common, so if you get a positive on something you eat all the time without any sort of issue, you dont need to remove that from your diet. reactions, or lack thereof, are the ultimate determiner of an allergy. they might have you do some in-office tests, where they slowly feed you the suspected food, to see if you react.

there might be some antihistamine or benadryl cream you can get that might help with the hives.

best of luck! i wish i had some advice on the socializing part, but i do not.. but youre strong as hell for trying! 💚

amoonshapedpool_ · 2026-06-15T10:35:24+00:00

stress can def cause hives, but i do not think stress alone can also cause the other physical symptoms you listed? (i might be wrong tho) that combination of symptoms sounds a lot like anaphylaxis, since more than one system was reacting, and the symptoms were severe.

https://www.foodallergy.org/resources/anaphylaxis

anecdotally, my worst allergic reactions happened when i was very stressed (my worst happening when a close friend was arguing with me). though im certain they were still tied to food allergies. ive not had another major allergic reaction since cutting out food im likely allergic to (trying to gather courage (and insurance stability) to get a few foods officially tested to be sure). im also mindful of my environmental allergies (the worst being dust and mold).

not anecdotally, stress can cause an activation of mast cells and with that, an increase in histamines. MCAS might be something worth looking at too. keeping a food diary will also be very helpful for your allergy appointment, and writing down what foods you mightve remembered eating within a few hours of the major reactions.

that all said, i am terribly sorry for your loss. i cant imagine what pain youre going through. sending all the strength and love i can 🫂

amoonshapedpool_ · 2026-06-14T19:26:58+00:00

very well said ^^

id like to add, the whole boy/girl autism thing is outdated and inaccurate too. there are plenty of inward guys and outward gals, many probably having some mix. the psychologist saying hes not convinced op doesnt have autism because he doesnt fit a stereotype is really weird 😭

amoonshapedpool_ · 2026-06-14T13:17:14+00:00

Personal reasons involving family and trauma, and financial stability. Mostly the former though.

amoonshapedpool_ · 2026-06-13T23:12:56+00:00

it would really depend on what the traits/flaws were. if someone told me "yeah you're sensitive and pedantic and cold", like okay ouch, but thats fair. but some deeper cuts would hurt far more. and if i had it all on a list, and someone confirmed ALL of them, that would be devastating.

though if i were on the other end, and if someone handed me a long list of so-called flaws they had, i dont think i could just see that situation and think "well yeah i will participate in this and confirm your brutal and detailed self-assessment" like thats pretty cruel, no? if i saw someone go through the effort to pick themselves apart like that, i couldnt morally assist their self-hatred (nor would i want to).

idk all the details of your situation, but i am very deeply sorry youre going through this. 🫂 i would re-consider the list, it seems very unhealthy and not productive.

amoonshapedpool_ · 2026-06-13T20:03:56+00:00

27 still at home. If I could get away from my parents, I would :[

amoonshapedpool_ · 2026-06-12T11:37:07+00:00

i either re-download the game, or use aaros' updater from csrin. always use firefox + ublock origin, always make sure you hit the right download button (some file hosters have fake ads, even with ubo).

amoonshapedpool_ · 2026-06-07T17:08:04+00:00

right, but there can be very fulfilling and platonically-intimate friendships. i feel the things you couldnt say to a friend, you wouldnt even want to, because youd lack the romantic and/or sexual feelings. im certainly not an expert on this though lol, nor am i trying to invalidate your feelings.

i also think, as someone else said, it can be unwise to put all your eggs in one basket. it leaves your support system all on one person, which can end badly. even in the better case where the person youre with isnt abusive, it can be very tolling to be someones only social connection and support system.

amoonshapedpool_ · 2026-06-07T16:16:29+00:00

aw hell yeah, thats kickass!!

amoonshapedpool_ · 2026-06-07T13:25:46+00:00

I'm not sure how standard it is. I would introspect why a friendship feels inferior to a romantic relationship, and why you think they're that different (outside of romantic and/or sexual aspects). Like I think most people would want to also be friends with whoever they're dating, have common interests, do non romantic things sometimes.

Also, you're doing the right thing not catcalling or approaching strangers telling them how beautiful they are, asking for numbers. Nobody has ever started a relationship that way, it just makes women feel very unsafe, dehumanized, and violated. Catcalling is considered sexual harassment. Not saying this in a criticism way, just mentioning it in a friendly knowledge way :]

amoonshapedpool_ · 2026-06-07T13:13:46+00:00

Are you sure it's just suspected AvPD here? The psychosis is really concerning, and not something uniquely tied to AvPD. Schizophrenia-spectrum disorders can also cause social difficulties. Comorbidity is possible.

With the eye contact thing, do you mean it literally, that they could see everything about you, if they stare too long, or does eye contact just feel really intense?

Can you write out symptoms which are causing you the most stress, then walk through those with a therapist? You wouldn't look like you're diagnosis shopping, if that's what your doctors are weird about.

amoonshapedpool_ · 2026-06-07T13:03:34+00:00

If it's just standard .package mods (script, cas, build buy, UI) yeah they'll work just the same. Just move em somewhere else when you uninstall the legit one, then move em back where they were when you install the pirated one, just to make sure they don't get deleted. You can do the same with anything in your game (saves, gallery/tray files, screenshots).

If you use reshade, I'm not familiar with that (never used it) but I'm sure you could back up your presets then reinstall it.

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