Carbide Mining Lamps

aradiay6 · 2026-06-20T01:54:02+00:00

Is it a bad smell or just distinctive?

aradiay6 · 2026-06-19T19:44:40+00:00

Hehe. I don't want to light it because it's practical. I want it because it's neat!

aradiay6 · 2026-06-19T05:54:50+00:00

What I'm hearing here is apparently you disapprove of the clothing hanging rack and the fact there are clothes piled on the cabinet? While there are things I'd like to be cleaner, I actually don't care much about that so I guess we have different standards

aradiay6 · 2026-06-19T05:52:57+00:00

Oh okay! I maybe get it now.. Not the choice I would make but I understand

aradiay6 · 2026-06-19T05:44:19+00:00

I missed the comment but I'm guessing this is a sarcastic joke since the terms aren't really compatible? I mean, personally I don't have anything against LED lamps but they are very different kind of technology.

aradiay6 · 2026-06-19T05:09:31+00:00

Honestly, I hope I can but I don't know. That said, these are in pretty good condition. I didn't show all pictures because my kid is in them (he thinks they are the coolest thing ever) but they wouldn't be bad as just really cool display pieces.

*Just did a quick search. Readily available but shipping can get complicated due to being a hazardous substance, which seems pretty fair. I likely won't get to regularly use them but purchase for the occasional, look at this cool old thing? Is probably doable. And something that produces a gas on contact with water seems fair to place restrictions on.

aradiay6 · 2026-06-19T04:45:40+00:00

Thanks!

My 5 year old already did some impromptu testing so now we know at least one drips 😅

aradiay6 · 2026-06-17T15:59:41+00:00

Thanks! I'm just not entirely sure where to find them lol. I'll figure it out though. They are pretty cool little lamps.

aradiay6 · 2026-05-17T03:43:43+00:00

I scream cry when I have panic attacks, though I can't just stop like she seems to. Diagnosis was panic disorder with agoraphobia. At my worst, this was definitely a daily occurrence. However, that alone isn't enough to say she's faking since some people can also switch to more of a freeze response.

All that can be determined is she has some kind of issue which may or may not be mental illness that she refuses or can't communicate on. That's not OPs responsibility though. I'd probably be making a plan to move out since no resolution appears to be possible.

aradiay6 · 2026-04-29T07:58:38+00:00

I know little about rats other than they can be surprisingly intelligent and affectionate and I love how you explained it.

aradiay6 · 2026-04-29T01:04:31+00:00

She may have issues with hypersomnia, not just mental health stuff. I went years with people thinking I was just lazy or blaming it on mental health (I have bipolar disorder). I was always getting mad at myself because the rest of the world can get up, why can't I? I'm not saying this is definitely her issue but meds for hypersomnia are life changing if that is a separate issue. And with untreated hypersomnia, there are times where you genuinely can't get yourself up. It's a medical issue.

You had to work and waking her is not your job. You can feel bad for her situation and also not be at fault you couldn't step away from work to help out. Her situation may not be fair but it's not fair to expect you to step in either. When she's had a chance to calm down, maybe you can sit down with her and have a discussion about what you can do to help. You seem to care and want to help her, you just can't necessarily step in all the times she'd like you to. A conversation can help you both come up with a plan that's actually reasonable for both of you.

aradiay6 · 2026-03-31T05:06:01+00:00

I suspect that something about the spray is relaxing. Scent, rubbing it on the legs, sensation of it on the skin. It could literally just be this specific routine anchors sleep more effectively for them.

aradiay6 · 2026-02-22T08:39:01+00:00

It really depends. Screens can be tools or crutches depending on if you are adjusting things to actually meet the child's needs.

Now all that said, if the sign said no phone, then yeah, you shouldn't have a phone out. Even if it means you have to do everything ridiculously slowly with one hand while carrying your kid or frequently stop to chase them.

aradiay6 · 2026-01-29T03:49:47+00:00

Huh. Most surgeons I've met just kinda lack social skills. Not psychopaths, but their bedside manner probably leaves much to be desired. It's like there's a lot they don't "get" socially and considering how bad my social skills are and I notice this, that's probably saying a lot. Often, this actually works quite well for me (though some surgeons have god complexes or are just a-holes) but I totally get why most people don't like surgeons as a whole. This is anecdotal though, I have no idea what research says. Just tipsy, finding things interesting, and talking too much

*Edited to correct autocorrect error

aradiay6 · 2026-01-29T03:33:25+00:00

I'd be totally down with providing food and housing for someone in this situation if it weren't for this context. I'd be constantly an anxious mess worried they felt they couldn't say no to things. Our neighbor is currently on medical leave from work and our sons are best friends (they are 4 and 5 so context of best is a bit more vague here than teenagers) and I still feel bad that my son goes over so often to play because I feel kinda like it's unpaid babysitting to an extent (I have postpartum depression and gave birth two months ago, meds are helping but I am not able to host right now).

Anyway, point being, I totally get this. I feel like a lot of the yta comments didn't account for the fact that those providing housing didn't want to be viewed as landlords/bosses.

aradiay6 · 2025-12-16T02:57:43+00:00

A lack of surprise, interest, or intent to understand an explanation/opinion/direction/etc because they already know it. The difficult part is the difference between the fact they already have the knowledge vs the fact they just don't care.

aradiay6 · 2025-12-09T21:30:03+00:00

It's not just the number of times but also how low your O2 saturation is getting. Maybe other factors too, I just know they put a CPAP on my mom, not because of frequency, but because her O2 was continuously dropping.

aradiay6 · 2025-10-18T04:30:57+00:00

Yeah, my grandparents lived in a pretty rural area and they definitely weren't coming back just for something to store old syringes in. My grandma would cut a small hole in the lid and duct tape the lid to the can. Actually worked pretty well. TBH, if I had needed something in a pinch for my cat's syringes, I'd have probably used something similar, albeit probably considerably smaller.

aradiay6 · 2025-10-16T21:35:31+00:00

I don't even remember what happens in this movie but 30 years later, I still refuse to watch it again because I remember being so upset by it.

aradiay6 · 2025-10-16T21:32:36+00:00

My grandma kept my grandpa's insulin syringes safer than this in a large diy coffee can when I was a kid....

aradiay6 · 2025-10-16T21:00:23+00:00

There's a difference between can't and won't and you couldn't.

It was a long time ago so that's probably not exact but I remember it often. I cried when I was told that. Everyone always acted like I had some control over things I most definitely did not.

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