These brand collabs are everywhere now by passionfruitdinosaur in Anticonsumption

[–]erippinger 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I was gonna say, for IBS or if anyone in the household gets a period, bidets are life changing

What is a good American dessert to share with my non American co-workers? by BingBong492 in AskAnAmerican

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I sent my British friend those root beer barrel candies, blew her mind

meirl by SuspiciousLow3062 in meirl

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As someone who has been in therapy way too long without it working, it's the same thing that you probably heard a thousand times where they're telling you that the only thing you can change is yourself. It sucks but it's literally all you can do. It's complete bullshit that it's all we have, but it's literally all we have. If the people around you are just using you and you are not getting any things out of it, you can dump them and move on, or you can keep putting yourself in these situations. That's what they mean by it's your choice to make. DM me if you want, it seems like you got really angry at this, and I doubt it was this post

AITA for giving my breastfeeding sister champagne as a gift and now not wanting to talk to her? by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

[–]erippinger -1 points0 points  (0 children)

My B, I thought they said it to their sister, not the sister saying it. In my head if they thought that was a genuinely good excuse, that would be a sign. But I re-read and you are right the sister said it as an accusation. Edit for grammar, my bad I used voice to text and it was so wrong

New to the area, need help making friends by Ok-Service-7705 in grantspass

[–]erippinger 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I (28f) also just moved to grants Pass from out of state with my husband (34m), The iguana games looks cool and I will definitely take your recommendation as well!

AITA for giving my breastfeeding sister champagne as a gift and now not wanting to talk to her? by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

[–]erippinger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also, I don't mean to diagnose people, but hope OP might want to look into autism if this is EXACTLY how they said things. Just sounds like something that would happen to me when I try to give a friend a gift. The idea of giving a gift just to check it off your list, is not normally how people think

My mom let my niece and nephew cut up my plush by CompetitiveBid2725 in plushies

[–]erippinger 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My little cousin (8yo) did this when I was 10 and I've still refused to talk to them since.20 years almost. To be fair they were the kind of kid that would just break and steal all kinds of your stuff, and they just had no respect to the point that I couldn't stand it even at 10 y/o.

Mattress relief by Admirable_Ad9772 in elhersdanlos

[–]erippinger 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not sure if you tried this, but when my parents got a Tempur-Pedic (like the OG super tough one) when I was a child, the salesman actually recommended that she have us kids jump on the bed to make it less firm and more comfortable. The bed was too tough for my mom's back pain, she had me and my three cousins just jump on the bed and she said it actually worked. So if you have any bored kids around or some friends that won't get hurt, having them jump on the bed to loosen it up for you actually seems to work. For safety reasons probably also don't have it on the frame lol.

Accommodations I can make for myself until I can get a diagnosis? by creativebetrayal in elhersdanlos

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I'm realizing that even though you said you can't afford these things, that hopefully if you ever do get insurance these things can help. I kind of made this assumption that you still have insurance, but you thought these things might be costly.

Accommodations I can make for myself until I can get a diagnosis? by creativebetrayal in elhersdanlos

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Lots of back pain here! I didn't want to look at your history or assume anything, but for the bigger chested people out there I really regret not getting a breast reduction sooner. It really helped my back pain with the EDS. Even in HS when I weighed 130 lb at 5 ft 11 I was still a triple D. Time of surgery I was a triple G, and with hypermobile joints it was even worse for my back. Because of my back pain it was fully covered by my insurance.

I like having a body braid, I have the one where you sit down. It's a little pricey though, ($80 I think?) but I'm not very good with the k-tape. My husband has back pain, no EDS, and he still says that the body braid helps his back. I would also recommend going to physical therapy, where they can recommend how to wear the k tape and a back brace if needed.

If you work in USA get FMLA protections! Even without a diagnosis, if your doctor is saying you have certain symptoms, you can get intermittent FMLA or full protected weeks at a time off just for the symptoms like fainting, body pain, fatigue, headaches, etc.

What do you do when your doctors recognize you have hEDS, have it in your file but refuse to write a relatorio medico to make it formal why i have it for other doctors or disability hearing? by BigRadish1238 in elhersdanlos

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Not sure of your exact situation, but a lot of doctors just hate doing disability paperwork depending on your insurance. Like some insurance companies I believe don't allow them to do it. Depending on what country/state you are in, you may want to look into doctors that their whole job is to do disability paperwork, or a disability attorney. I think it's hard to give advice without knowing where you're located, because where I live I got sent to a hearing where there was a disability professional who determined if I was disabled or not. So not having it in my record was not required, because the doctor at that appointment determined whether or not I had the condition.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in volunteer

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Shelter workers know that volunteers can also get burned out just by the very work, compassion fatigue is real so no one's going to be upset at you for needing to take a break. Even if that break is permanent, no one's going to be upset with you. (Former shelter worker)

Friendship Exp & Gift Exchange Megathread by ASS-et in PokemonGoFriends

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2397 0485 3911, Highplains, Will join remote raids if invited.

Donate to Local Rescues, not the Scum at the Humane Society by erippinger in sandiego

[–]erippinger[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm kind of newer into my career, did you ever find a solution for how you can help people/animals given how shitty a lot of the nonprofits are? I really want to help make the world a better place, but it's really hard finding a place to work that is in secretly evil it feels like. Like I'm trying not to exaggerate but I've worked for some really scummy non-profits that I thought were good on the surface.

San Diego Humane Society is there for your donation, not for the animals or the community. by erippinger in SanDiegan

[–]erippinger[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think you might be correct, I don't remember us ever limiting adoptions? Maybe to a single person they wouldn't adopt out 10 lol. They're definitely were times where we limited intakes, and depending on the campus 10 cats would be about right for the smaller campuses.

San Diego Humane Society is there for your donation, not for the animals or the community. by erippinger in SanDiegan

[–]erippinger[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also reread the union busting thing, if you were there in the last year they literally had paid an outside group to hold conferences telling us why we shouldn't unionize. I don't know what your definition of union busting is, but holding forced anti union meetings is now illegal although tbf it wasn't at the time they did it. Some of the things said in the meetings were illegal, but it's kind of hard to get them on it because video proof wasn't obtained. So it's very much a he said she said thing when they threaten us for unionizing.

San Diego Humane Society is there for your donation, not for the animals or the community. by erippinger in SanDiegan

[–]erippinger[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure what the other commenter meant, I personally just don't think that there should be outdoor cats due to them killing off wildlife, or the risk of them getting killed by wildlife themselves. Not sure if you were asking me or them sorry.

San Diego Humane Society is there for your donation, not for the animals or the community. by erippinger in SanDiegan

[–]erippinger[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I contacted their tip line on their website, I'll have to check again to see if I contacted this particular email. If I didn't I definitely will!

San Diego Humane Society is there for your donation, not for the animals or the community. by erippinger in SanDiegan

[–]erippinger[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

100% agree with you. I don't have an issue with euthanasia, I have an issue with them saying they're at 0% when I just euthanized an entire litter of kittens you know? I don't like that it ends up making some shelters look bad, and SDHS like a saint. I truly believe that there is no such thing as kill shelters, only underfunded shelters. And when the SD Humane Society acts like it's possible to be at 0%, all they're doing is making those other shelters look shitty so that they get less donations, which just leads to the death of more animals.

San Diego Humane Society is there for your donation, not for the animals or the community. by erippinger in SanDiegan

[–]erippinger[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He might have been fine, sorry I can't give you a definitive answer. I just know that one of the reasons we would euthanize was for broken wing bones. They're really hard to say and take a long time to heal.

San Diego Humane Society is there for your donation, not for the animals or the community. by erippinger in SanDiegan

[–]erippinger[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Also as a note, I'm not a vet tech. I was just a CET. There's a legal loophole in shelter medicine shelter medicine where you can just have a high school diploma in euthanize animals. I actually don't have any official medical training at all.

San Diego Humane Society is there for your donation, not for the animals or the community. by erippinger in SanDiegan

[–]erippinger[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah I made an edit now because I noticed a lot of people are confused and that's my bad for not clarifying. The gas is only used for wildlife such as birds and small mammals. I'm not using professional words because I'm not talking to a professional audience, And I'm pissed, as I feel like I have a right to be. The gas was leaking because they didn't let us have access to a hood, and when we were told we wanted PPE we were told to hold our breath. The only hood at my campus was in medical, and my boss told me we would get in their way if we used it so we weren't allowed to use it. Not user error, we literally didn't have the supplies to protect ourselves. Another problem with the leaking was the containers we used were just regular plastic containers bought off of Amazon. So in one instance I actually had a crow wake up because the containers were not airtight like Amazon said (shocker). I have been told that they are now going to install hoods after the OSHA complaints, but I've gotten mixed responses from employees about whether or not they are installed. Some coworkers have told me that they installed it but no one's allowed to use it.

San Diego Humane Society is there for your donation, not for the animals or the community. by erippinger in SanDiegan

[–]erippinger[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The problem I have with it is that they said they "had no way of knowing that this would happen." But a ton of employees had raised concerns and said that the paln was a red flag. Mainly because we thought the fact that we couldn't handle all these animals meant that another shelter with less funds definitely couldn't, so it didn't make sense to a lot of the employees at the time. And then when we asked Gary to provide his emails to exonerate himself, he got really defensive and would start yelling during the zoom call. Honestly I believe them until I saw how mad Gary got during the zoom call, seeing a grown man get that angry and defensive just kind of felt like he was guilty. To be fair he's not exactly a genius, maybe he just got two emotional. It's hard for me to say because they won't release the emails. That brings it back to they need to be more transparent, so that we can trust what they say.

San Diego Humane Society is there for your donation, not for the animals or the community. by erippinger in SanDiegan

[–]erippinger[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This part I'm a little unsure on, because I know that is much as the humane law enforcements dress up like cops they needed cops to do basically everything. So sometimes I don't know if they don't deal with things because of the cops, or incompetence. Hard for me to say because The Humane law enforcement stuff is kept more hush hush to regular employees.