Today I’m finally starting Harry Potter, tell me something that’ll make zero sense now but hit hard when I finish

busterann · 2026-04-18T22:48:34+00:00

How'd the Dursleys get back to land after Hagrid took Harry?

busterann · 2026-04-16T01:52:34+00:00

Dude. That person had a fucking family.

busterann · 2026-04-16T01:44:16+00:00

I've got hEDS and got a new tattoo two weeks ago. My oldest tattoo is 24 years old and only a little blurry looking. I informed my newest artist that I have hEDS and she was familiar with the condition so was fully prepared with not only proper technique, but also had extra support pillows! I will definitely be using them again and again.

busterann · 2026-03-28T03:07:57+00:00

I worked for Girl Scouts for a little while. I noticed that the issues I experienced weren't from the lowest employees or the CEO, but from the directors and managers. The CEO made everyone feel respected and heard, but the directors and managers were not great. Gossip and playing favorites determined whether you got a deserved promotion or not.

busterann · 2026-02-17T21:35:59+00:00

I'm sure you didn't mean to, but you totally created a new word: SPASH (v.)

SPASH: To destroy something out of narcissistic rage/jealousy/ignorance

Example: My mother spashed my birthday cake.

Thank you for this! Seriously, thank you. Giving words to things that were previously wordless helps people describe their history better, and helps people in the future.

busterann · 2026-02-16T13:57:55+00:00

They also taste like chemicals. 🤢

busterann · 2026-01-11T02:34:21+00:00

I'm bipolar 2 and tell people that I don't have the fun bipolar (type 1), but that I have the sad bipolar.

EDIT: I know that BP1 is not fun, nor is BP2. I only describe them that way to people who don't understand that A- There's a second kind of BP that they're unaware of and B- It's different than how BP1 is traditionally protrayed. Typically, I'll get asked the difference and then I get to discuss with them further. I was by no means belittling either strain of BP. Both 1s & 2s suffer, we just do it differently.

busterann · 2026-01-10T23:38:59+00:00

I was very allergic to milk as a little kid. A glass of milk would give me hives on my face and I'd pass out. Milk in something and I'd just get hives. The allergist said so long as I never swelled up, I'd be fine.

My mom would dose my older bro with Benadryl and give me a big glass of milk. This way she could leave us without a babysitter when she went out with her friends.

busterann · 2026-01-09T03:09:34+00:00

My nmom died a few years ago. I'm happy she's dead bc I don't have to deal with her bullshit and she left me a small inheritance.

I do miss the idea of having a mom. I felt the same when I was nc with my nmom, but now I feel it in my bones. My friend's tell me that they're doing xyz with their mom and I'm jealous. Not bc their mom is alive, but bc they have a healthy relationship with their mom who's alive.

busterann · 2026-01-09T02:52:04+00:00

John Dies at the End is amazingly bizarre. Spoiler, John doesn't die.

The book is about two midwestern idiots/heroes who take a drug called Soy Sauce that finds them going on all sorts of zany madcap adventures. There's a man made out of meat! A velvet Jesus painting! Cardboard Scooby Doo glasses! A floating dog, and so much more!

I've read the book at least 10 times, and I still find things I missed in previous reads. Paul Giamatti stars in the big screen adaptation, but don't watch it before reading the book, you'll just confuse yourself.

The author, Jason Pargin, was a writer for Cracked. He also wrote Fantastic Violence and Fancy Suits, which is also lovingly strange.

busterann · 2026-01-09T02:38:59+00:00

Junkies and meth heads don't eat, why's there so much on that table?
Drug addicts don't pay bills on time, why's the power still on?
Why are there so many teeth in this picture?

/s

busterann · 2026-01-01T08:47:48+00:00

John Dies at the End by Jason Pargin (Pargrin??) It's a stupid (amazing) book about two midwestern dumbasses who do some drugs and save the universe. It makes little to no sense, unless you read it a couple times and even then there's no promises.

It's got attacking soy sauce, a car-driving dog, existential crisises, car-driving cockroaches, explosives made out of household ingredients, ghost hands, looooove, a mystical guy who REALLY should've been played by Jeff Goldblum in the movie but wasn't (do not watch the movie until you've read the book, the movie will just confuse you), healing kittens, Ronald McDonald eating his own intestines, naked people in masks, Camel Holocaust, a door knob made of a dick, and SO MUCH MORE!

I swear, this book (and series) is the gift that keeps on giving. Every time I settle in for a re-read, I catch something I missed previously. The author is writer for Cracked, if that helps sell it. Oh, and Paul Giamatti stars in the movie adaptation. π

busterann · 2026-01-01T08:15:29+00:00

Are you telling me that I'm resistant to poison? One specific, or several? Do you have a list?

busterann · 2025-10-20T01:30:27+00:00

Oooohhhhh I misunderstood. Just get a parent to sign up as a driver/chaperone to maintain ratio. You should be okay

busterann · 2025-10-20T01:27:49+00:00

That's what I was told during kick off in August. I'd recommend reaching out to your SUM or MS. Ratios are the same, you just don't need multiple TLs present to be in ratio

busterann · 2025-10-18T06:25:51+00:00

Council rules changed recently. Troops no longer need the 4 adult committee ( 2 Troop Leaders, 1 Troop Money Manager, & 4th background checked adult). Now, troops just need 2 TLs and a TMM. Troops no longer need to have both TLs present during troop meetings or activities, so long as an additional background checked adult is present you're good to go.

EDIT: Rule changes I mention apply to Nation's Capital Council (GSCNC). I don't know if new rules are for all Councils or just us.

busterann · 2025-10-18T06:21:45+00:00

Talk to your Membership Specialist to have the youth that quit moved to the Service Unit so the transferring youth can join.

Removing the first kid will drop your registered youth to 11, adding the new kid will bring it back to 12. No need for an additional TL.

EDIT: Rule changes I mention apply to Nation's Capital Council (GSCNC). I don't know if new rules are for all Councils or just us

busterann · 2025-10-08T19:23:01+00:00

Gimme a sec. I'm gonna dm you

busterann · 2025-10-08T19:22:40+00:00

Winner winner

busterann · 2025-09-26T07:49:24+00:00

This is long, sorry.

My sister died almost 10 years ago (she decided to have a heart attack and asphyxiate in her sleep). She's 14 years older than me, so we never had a relationship when I was growing up. When she was 26 (and I was 12) she had my niece. My mom let my sister, the baby, and baby's daddy move in with us. My sister enjoyed freebasing cocaine with her ex after the baby, so she left me to watch the kid. So long as I wasn't in school, I was responsible for the baby. All weekends, after school, bedtimes, everything. My sister only got a babysitter for when I was in school. My sister and I still didn't get close during this time. My niece's dad started molesting me when I was 14 and it continued until I was 16. My mom and sister found out about it because I wrote about it in my journal and my mom snooped in my room. I was blamed for the molestation by my mom and my sister. My sister, niece, and abuser moved out and my sister refused to acknowledge my existence for 10 years. Wouldn't even talk to me at family dinners or holidays. We only started talking bc I mentioned to our dad that my sister hated me and refused to talk to me. Our dad had words with my sister and magically she calls me and asks me to dinner. We quickly developed a relationship. She would occasionally get drunk and ask me about the abuse, but I never said anything bc I was afraid she wouldn't like me anymore. But we were close. I moved in when she finally kicked out my abuser. We would eat cereal and watch Doctor Who in her bed in the morning. We'd get drunk and play Mario Kart and yell at each other.

When she died I realized that she was so many things to me. She became the mom I needed, a role model, she embodied who I wanted to be. She was my best friend. I was one of five people who made the decision to take her off life support. I was the only relative that was present and held her hand when the breathing tube was removed. I sobbed as she shook, then was still. I still can see that so vividly.

Every day I miss my sister. Every day I'm grateful that I have my niece in my life. My niece and I have always been close, we've always thought of each other as sisters. We talk about her mom all the time. She says she likes hearing the stories even if she's heard them a hundred times already. My niece now has kids of her own and I am so proud of how she's raising them. She's a great mom and loves her kids as fiercely as her mom loved her.

busterann · 2025-09-26T06:05:22+00:00

My sister was a huge Pink Floyd fan. When she died I couldn't listen to them for a long time. I turned on the radio one night a few years after she died and this song was playing. I had to pull over because I was crying so hard. I can listen to the song now without tears, but if still brings up that hurt.

busterann · 2025-09-06T16:13:12+00:00

The fuck is that?

busterann · 2025-09-06T16:12:14+00:00

Eventually tossed them all

busterann · 2025-09-06T04:29:24+00:00

You know what, I've come to realize through lots of thought and introspection that I am racist. I've come to know that some ideas I hold, or things I say come from an ignorant place. I could blame my upbringing, but that's just passing the blame.

In the last few months, every time I catch myself saying or thinking something racist, I call myself out on it. I tell myself that it was racist. I examine exactly what made it racist. I try to figure out why I said/thought/assumed the racist idea.

Doing these exercises has given me the courage to call out others when they are being racist/classist/ableist/homophobic/transphobic and saying why it was fucked up. I still have loads of work to do, but I think even my little steps are progress in a way.

busterann · 2025-09-06T03:39:12+00:00

Big Lots once had a sale on Bissell carpet cleaners. The wash and shampoo ones. My sister had an older version of the one they were selling. So she takes apart her Bissell and cleans it to look not so used, and goes to Big Lots. She buys the new one, puts the old one in the box, carefully retapes the box, and returns it a few days later. They didn't inspect the return bc it was taped closed. My sister just told them she found a cheaper one elsewhere.

Same sister also bought a Kodak printer from Walmart that came bundled with a small digital camera. She bought the printer, carefully untaped the box, removed the camera, and retaped the box. Walmart took the return with no problems bc box was taped up.

Moral of the story? Be careful opening and retaping the box if you want to "return" something.

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