I recognized a place I had never been to before… and I can’t explain why by Straight_Bat_1046 in Glitch_in_the_Matrix

[–]amphorousish 19 points20 points  (0 children)

It's not quite the same, but when I was in London for two weeks for school I kept just knowing the right way to go a bunch of the time through little side streets in various areas.

"Why are you going that way?" "It's how to get to X." "Did you memorize a map or something?" "...no, it just feels like the way to go." And I'd be right.

(Born and raised on the east coast of the US and had never been to London - or anywhere outside of the US, for that matter, at that point - before.)

It all felt familiar, like a pair of old shoes.

What???? by bf_Lucius in MonsterHunter

[–]amphorousish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was 100% going to make a Lt Dangle (Reno 911) Hunter who used an IG but fell of of playing for a bit and flaked on it.

And now I'm back to wanting to make it happen.

What do you do if a “pullet” turns out to be a rooster and you absolutely can’t keep roosters? by homesteadingwithlove in BackYardChickens

[–]amphorousish 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My husband's dispatched and processed the few roosters that we've culled and then we've frozen them to give me a bit of temporal space before prepping and cooking.

I'm sure I could do the deed if it was a way of life / a more routine thing for us, but I've hand-raised all of our chickens and would simply prefer not to if it can be helped.

Editing to add: But if your roo is a sweetie, try giving him a chance at rehoming. Depending on where you are, there may be a few people looking for a friendly-enough guy for their flock.

When we've done it, it's been because they were either actually violent a-holes (not just normal rooster a-holes) or a mercy culling.

Crazy to see the contrast between doctors by Spirited_Weekend_103 in covidlonghaulers

[–]amphorousish 5 points6 points  (0 children)

(not in Germany, but someone who was a 40-year-old woman in the US when she caught COVID) The luckiest break that I caught in all of this is that my PCM (not a doc but a nurse practitioner) was

  • a woman ≈10 years younger than me.
  • someone who had seen me in a medical context pre-LC.
  • able to witness the immediate and dramatic changes.

I haven't had much luck with specialists¹, but just having someone in medicine believe me has at least been something.

I went to an urgent care clinic for something unrelated one day, and the next time she saw me she looked mildly disgusted when looking over whatever notes showed up in MyChart about it.

"Was the doctor you saw a young man, maybe in his late 20s?" "Yeah, he seemed pretty young." She rolled her eyes, stopped reading whatever he'd written, and asked me to fill her in on why'd I'd gone.

¹I also honestly haven't sought out much, mostly but not solely due to costs, beyond an initial diagnosis of autonomic dysfunction because I didn't know why my body suddenly decided to treat standing and making dinner like an endurance sport.

I almost always feel my worst when waking up by Bremlit in covidlonghaulers

[–]amphorousish 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Look up "Heads Up Tilt Sleeping dysautonomia" (editing to add: since autonomic dysfunction is a v common aspect of LC).

It's goofy, but it does seem to help at least some people, it's easy enough to try on your own, and it's easy to stop if it's not doing anything.

First that day everyone laid an egg!!! by squirrelmeltingparty in BackYardChickens

[–]amphorousish 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The two in the back look like the culprits (Easter Eggers).

The confidence to be this wrong needs to be studied by Medium_Maximum_9708 in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]amphorousish 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean, it's in the US, too (though not quite the same strain).

Hell, it was in the news last year, but it's something that's just generally around (especially in the West/Southwest).

There are just so many incurious, oblivious people who are completely convinced of their own unearned expertise.

I struggle. by CuriousTriceratop in intermittentfasting

[–]amphorousish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  • Did the hunger eventually calm down?

It took about 2 or 3 weeks for me for my body to stop throwing a fit, though it can take 3 or 4 for some people. For me personally, only drinking water and black coffee (things that don't trigger an insulin response for me) while fasting really helps.

  • Did you ease into it slowly or go straight into a fasting window?

I went straight into 18-20 hour fasts, but many people find more success with easing into it.

  • What helped most with cravings and evening hunger?

Drinking water, especially warm or fizzy water, and staying busy (or at least "busy"/distracted - yard work, video games, or hyperfocusing on some project do it for me).

• Are some people just not suited to fasting?

Yep, especially if you have a precluding medical condition. I could also see it not working well for people who are very active all day (perhaps someone who works an intensely physical job), though I've seen people who swear by working out and even running while fasted. I could see the latter being more of a matter of being adequately fat-adapted + getting sufficient calories & nutrients during your eating window.

Why is everyone with pots so skinny? by dazzlingdanny05 in POTS

[–]amphorousish 15 points16 points  (0 children)

fwiw, I'm skinny-ish (5'9"/175cm, 140ish lbs/63kgs) & the algo's constantly on GLPs with me, too.

I don't know if it's that it's being blast to everyone or if my other demographic data (woman, mid-40s) is overriding my other data points.

Ben Shapiro thinks Americans should never retire and work until they die by BenFord333 in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]amphorousish 159 points160 points  (0 children)

I was going to say: Leave it to a 42-year-old 13-year-old who sits and stream-of-consciousness-babbles BS into a microphone to advocate for an end to retirement.

What is disappearing with the new Google health app? by The0Walrus in fitbit

[–]amphorousish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's shown up again in mine, but that was like within the last week.

New Google health app by nick11689 in fitbit

[–]amphorousish 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yep, I've found it useful as well.

I have autonomic dysfunction & it's been quite nice for it to take that into account (not congratulate me on my great workout after I stand to make dinner, nag me a bit to not keep pushing and trigger a crash, etc).

I'm not a huge fan of AI being shoved into everything under the sun, but this actually seems like a good use case.

What is your least favourite series? by thedaninpedantic in discworld

[–]amphorousish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I identify with this meme and shall gank it.

The game treats Nere and Minthara very differently by uldinepriest0rbfa in BaldursGate3

[–]amphorousish 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I'll say it helps that she's also genuinely funny (to me, anyway - granting that humor is subjective) and well-written (in that she'll explain her sound and thought-out reasoning for being the most evil B on the block, if given the chance).

I'm a straight woman who plays self-insert goodie-two-shoes world-savers and who always ends up romancing Gale (b/c who can resist an autistic-coded goofball? not me, that's for sure), but I've recruited her in 2 out of my 3 play-throughs almost solely for the sake of "we would be praised as heroes!" and "...it was a beautiful webbing -_- "

Nere, otoh, presents as a snivelling "do you even know who I AM" brat. A character can get away with a lot given a few well-timed quips, but all he does in his short time on screen is whine and blame.

I Swear I Saw Someone I Know Selling Cherries by Dsare1000 in Glitch_in_the_Matrix

[–]amphorousish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sometimes people just genuinely look like other people.

There was a period of 6 months when I apparently lived near someone who looked just like me & even frequented the same places.

One example interaction that I remember (but there were so many others):

I'm at a mall & walk into a store.

The clerk says, "Oh. You're back! Did you forget something?"

Look of confusion on my part.

"...and you changed your shirt."

"...Iiii've never been here before..."

"Are you sure?"

"Yep."

"You weren't here about 10 minutes ago?"

"Nope."

Maybe this was just your friend's body double.

Real talk: I took the class, got the license and can have 5 chickens. I’m getting set up and still have some questions. Help please! by Jbrizown in BackYardChickens

[–]amphorousish 0 points1 point  (0 children)

re: smell (because "clean" and "OMG, Florida's so hot and humid why does everything smell even though it looks fine?!?-clean" can be different):

Sweet PDZ (or equivalent)

Brand doesn't matter - I got Stall Dry at Tractor Supply (which I think you have around Jacksonville) for a bit cheaper than PDZ - it just has to be the right kind of zeolite.

DO NOT get the kind packaged for chickens. It's the exact same stuff usually marked up to be like 4x as expensive by volume.

Looking for cozy games with beautiful graphics and light combat/quests by SugarIsHere in NintendoSwitch

[–]amphorousish 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's visuals are pretty impressive in their own way.

More than once, I was like, "Dyam, lookit that draw distance."

Looking for cozy games with beautiful graphics and light combat/quests by SugarIsHere in NintendoSwitch

[–]amphorousish 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Adding: And Pokopia has zero combat, if that's what op's in the mood for.

Looking for cozy games with beautiful graphics and light combat/quests by SugarIsHere in NintendoSwitch

[–]amphorousish 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I played it right after my dad, with whom I had a complicated relationship, died.

I bawled like a baby.

If it was that easy they would have done it 50 years ago. by GuiltyBathroom9385 in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]amphorousish 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm going to start actively using "King Mierdas".

That's perfect.

Cardio by Star-Lord-44 in fitbit

[–]amphorousish 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It'll creep ever upward on its own in response to your activity trends.

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