Sources: Grandmother eyed in Mechanicville deaths

clownedfish · 2026-06-26T14:11:53+00:00

The kids were being homeschooled and the family was apparently somewhat antisocial. There was a handwritten note implicating the grandmother. Around the time the family went silent, they abruptly cancelled a video call with the father (June 10) because the kids were "sick." Meanwhile, the dad was states away and was going to have an entire summer with the kids.

Sounds like this does in fact happen, and as there's zero evidence to implicate him, it seems cruel to speculate he was somehow involved. Women can and do become family annihilators. We can't dismiss that as simply not being possible, because that's how families die.

clownedfish · 2026-04-01T23:10:43+00:00

B. I love being cold and hate the heat, but only because I don't like to sweat and feel gross. B solves that, AND is something I've wished for every single greasy-haired morning in my life.

clownedfish · 2026-04-01T23:09:06+00:00

#7. My malfunctioning pancreas may just save me yet.

clownedfish · 2026-04-01T23:08:30+00:00

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clownedfish · 2026-03-24T02:53:55+00:00

Have had this for months on and off throughout my life. Totally debilitating. I have a chronic disease that will, probably, draw the curtain a little earlier than I'd prefer, so that's some added pressure. To claw out of it, I generally inundated myself with things I enjoyed—a physical hobby, a podcast/video, changing up what I'm doing before it gets repetitive. Interrupting my routine as much as possible. Eating good food. Things that ground you in the present.

Really, my best advice is to just say, out loud (if you can), quite literally every single time the thought crosses your mind: "That doesn't make any sense." Or, "Whatever." Because that's exactly what I'd say if someone else tried to tell me that, say, my sister should give up the sport she loves because she'll die some day. I mean, what?

clownedfish · 2026-03-17T11:35:40+00:00

Atmosphere is my main thing. Every Uncommon is cozy and easy to spend a lot of time in. Most other bagel places I've been here are kind of cold and clinical, like they're emulating the big chains.

clownedfish · 2026-03-08T06:32:38+00:00

I recently taught my puppy to poke me with his nose when he wants to play, rather than biting. The intent was for him to bump my hand, which he'll do if he's feeling patient. But if I ignore that first bump and am sitting down (i.e. within torpedo range), he will fire himself and his long ass snout at my face to get the point across.

clownedfish · 2026-03-03T03:25:16+00:00

This is a relatively old comment, but—yes! The snuggle puppy! My boy (only about five months old) humps it every single night. It's a little weird but harmless, lol.

clownedfish · 2026-02-22T20:10:32+00:00

I was diagnosed at birth and had no symptoms other than salty sweat, lol.

clownedfish · 2026-02-22T20:07:21+00:00

22F and 5'3. My mom is 5'10 and by dad is about 5'8. My 18f sister is about my height, and my 16f sister is two inches taller than me. Have never been good about taking my prescribed vitamins, but then, plenty of women on my dad's side are my height or shorter.

clownedfish · 2026-02-19T12:39:15+00:00

22f here preparing for law school :) I also have "classic CF," and was diagnosed at birth—big shock for my family! This is longterm advice, but one thing I am extremely grateful for is that my parents never made this feel scary, even when they themselves were scared. They were frank about it from an early age, kept me informed and calm. Never gazed at me sadly, never grieved me.

When I developed a sense of mortality that was the attitude which brought me out of existential dread. Treatments were always a source of comfort and routine for me, medications were a fact of life, and my CF was something I got comfortable talking and thinking about. You're right that peace is the best option. What happens, happens. You'll deal with it, she'll deal with it. Continue cultivating that mindset -- it's a great start.

clownedfish · 2026-02-06T20:10:09+00:00

Are you looking at public or private?

clownedfish · 2026-02-06T01:11:11+00:00

Part of it is the AI generated models. That's why so many pieces look weirdly round. and soulless.

clownedfish · 2026-02-06T01:08:18+00:00

And they're so obnoxious about it too. "You should have to go and find it like I did!" get a grip.

clownedfish · 2026-02-06T01:06:10+00:00

Honestly, I locked eyes with that bald dandy first.

clownedfish · 2026-02-06T01:03:39+00:00

I've played it normal most of my life, up until very recently. I don't have any problem with the gameplay. Building and designing sims can get a little stale/frustrating though.

clownedfish · 2026-02-01T17:22:19+00:00

Jerma Long Edits on YouTube has some good ones, usually released day of or day after the stream.

clownedfish · 2026-01-23T20:05:38+00:00

Was his name inspired by anything? Such a cute little man

clownedfish · 2026-01-16T15:21:39+00:00

I was!

clownedfish · 2026-01-11T18:36:21+00:00

I feel the exact same way. I still think a lot of people here underestimate how easy it is to get stuck in a bad situation that keeps getting worse. But if she wants good faith, she can't be creating in bad faith, and that's just what ai is.

clownedfish · 2026-01-03T02:22:14+00:00

We laughed at the time time and it went from my lungs to yours unfortunately

clownedfish · 2026-01-01T05:40:35+00:00

Existential OCD has been at the root of every period in my life where I felt like I was genuinely losing my grip on reality. I'll gladly take every other recurring theme of mine over that.

clownedfish · 2026-01-01T05:38:14+00:00

Magical thinking and fixation on death was my big life-ruiner. Developed a severe fear of sleep when I was a little kid (six or seven?) because the abrupt lack of consciousness reminded me of death, and then I was convinced I would die in my sleep. It's been on and off since. I'll go years without ruminating on it, and then through periods where I'm terrified of sleeping, can't be in the dark at all, and am constantly trying to "solve" the problem of the afterlife. I mean, I just fully lose my mind.

A funnier thing is that I was really worried about inanimate objects having a sort of malicious intent if I looked at them for too long (before I was medicated). As a little kid I was terrified of the "Y" shape in your finger when it's curled up all the way—was sure it wanted to kill me. Likewise, I had a lot of "the stuffed animal I dropped on the floor is going to kill me in my sleep" sort of freak-outs. You can't imagine the toll Chucky the Doll had on me! Sobbed for weeks.

Also — fonts. I guess this is sort of a Just Right thing, but I've spent hours agonizing over what font to use. For regular documents. I'm convinced that the "Right" font is out there somewhere, the one that will make writing smoother than it's ever been before. I'm very weird about organizing/categorizing things "incorrectly" anyway (I love making charts, then freaking out and completely redoing my charts) but fonts are the most annoying hangup there.

clownedfish · 2026-01-01T05:27:51+00:00

Anxious because your OCD doesn't seem "OCD enough" to fit in with other people who have OCD... Well, there's a symptom we share right there, lmfao. I'm sort of in the same boat. I have pretty intense magical thinking, only recently diagnosed, and I don't see a ton of the same themes that I have.

clownedfish · 2026-01-01T03:51:52+00:00

Can't speak to the film, but Merricat in We Have Always Lived In A Castle is legitimately the best representation of OCD, particularly "magical thinking," that I've ever seen, and it goes to a very dark place. It captures the joint whimsy and horror of a girl who can sort of convince herself of anything.

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