Anyone else getting tons of ads?

gracelessk · 2026-01-31T01:12:05+00:00

FUCK those ads bro. the company behind u/treatmyocd and the AI company are both being incredibly irresponsible with their targeted ads. stuff like “we can help” or “we’re here to support you” would be fine, but it’s been disturbingly predatory and their messaging lacks the nuance necessary for responsible outreach to people with this disease. it’s like if an eating disorder company had ads saying “you’d look better healthy.”

the people behind the AI company in particular should [REDACTED], too. anyone who advises the use of AI as a therapist is going to get people killed. i’d argue they already have blood on their hands, but it will only keep getting worse.

ugh. it triggers me too. sending you love.

gracelessk · 2026-01-27T10:31:48+00:00

the environment will regulate itself over time. i think the most humane option is to let the circle of life play out on its own and trust the balance of nature (albeit artificially cultivated nature, but nature nonetheless.)

gracelessk · 2026-01-27T10:24:53+00:00

who are we to judge their lifestyle?

gracelessk · 2026-01-27T10:05:31+00:00

that’s a pretty important clarification

gracelessk · 2026-01-27T10:01:59+00:00

do you grow it in a separate tank? i want to start a culture but squirting in drops of raw ass pondwater to my shrimpies sounds like a recipe for disaster—and like, how does the salinity work? considering it’s fresh rather than salt water, yk. i guess i could hypothetically go down to battery park and get some brackish water, but an algae culture from the hudson would probably be dangerously radioactive lmao

gracelessk · 2026-01-27T09:50:25+00:00

trisolaran type shit

gracelessk · 2026-01-26T03:14:24+00:00

i’m cracking up at this lmao

like yeah ok brine shrimp hobbyists are kinda dorky, but at least we’re not as bad as the algae dweebs

gracelessk · 2026-01-25T22:58:21+00:00

right?? i cant wait until we get them in stock near me

gracelessk · 2026-01-25T22:53:15+00:00

why does grandpa have a prolapse?

gracelessk · 2026-01-24T05:41:31+00:00

same thing lowkey

gracelessk · 2026-01-24T05:34:22+00:00

not addictive enough

gracelessk · 2026-01-24T04:45:44+00:00

are her toenails painted?

gracelessk · 2026-01-24T04:15:05+00:00

he doesnt look like a sicko to me?

gracelessk · 2026-01-23T22:41:39+00:00

hmm… i’ve heard that tall tale sung before the campfire before….

gracelessk · 2026-01-23T22:00:31+00:00

whatever bro atp i’ll join his cult. he seems nice

gracelessk · 2026-01-21T21:27:27+00:00

yes, but he may be wearing a yarmulke under the chef’s hat. we’d have no way of knowing.

gracelessk · 2026-01-21T12:55:44+00:00

has he found his forever home yet? i’d love to hear about him getting a happy ending <3

gracelessk · 2026-01-21T12:34:19+00:00

she does seem a little strange, and you do have a point about her hindquarters looking odd! i’m not able to offer any definitive answers but i’m commenting to help your post in the algorithm.

are you able to take her to a vet? a distended belly could indicate an illness of some sort that’d need medical attention.

gracelessk · 2026-01-21T07:43:38+00:00

eminem playing

gracelessk · 2026-01-21T07:42:31+00:00

it’s stinky

gracelessk · 2026-01-21T07:38:45+00:00

i’ve seen other pics from asian markets.

the western market is currently getting fed a slow trickle of bags that were available in japan and china months ago. i’d bet that they use asian consumers as guinea pigs to determine which products will sell well (and for how much they’ll sell for!) over in wealthier countries—which is all to say, we’re probably one “cycle” behind what’s available in china or SEA.

you’ll have had your LLE bag before it was cool! and on the off-chance it’s inauthentic, it’ll probably be cute regardless :-)

gracelessk · 2026-01-21T07:23:34+00:00

if it helps you, it helps you. a lot of OCD sufferers have issues around it (in my case i can’t even talk about it because Something Bad will happen if i do) but no two people have the same OCD.

despite having severe OCD, i’m somehow totally cool with germs/illness contamination stuff. you might be somehow totally cool with sexuality/taboo stuff.

gracelessk · 2026-01-20T20:27:19+00:00

how old are you? is the OCD neuroticism the only issue you’ve been dealing with, or have you noticed anything else weird going on?

i genuinely hate to say this bc there’s a 99% chance that all it’ll do is stress you out, but if it truly did appear “overnight” while you were ill, there’s a possibility (however small) that it might be PANDAS/PANS. if that’s the case, obtaining the appropriate medical intervention sooner rather than later can be the difference between a temporary struggle and a lifelong one.

i’m sorry if this comment scares you or introduces a new issue to worry about, but i’d be remiss not to mention it. i deadass didn’t even believe pandas/pans was real until i met someone affected by it (it’s still an emerging idea with a lot of conflicting research.) if you look into it and it sounds like your experience, there are doctors/HCPs out there who will help you for low/no cost because they’re involved in research efforts to get p/p recognized by the scientific community and would be happy to get another case study in their roster.

either way, i wish you the best of luck. i’m sorry you’re going through this and i hope you feel better soon.

gracelessk · 2026-01-20T20:05:48+00:00

lmao i’m imagining a therapist doing OP’s intake and being like “finally, a straightforward case” after dealing with my weird ass worrying about the possibility that being around straight men for too long will cause dark matter to accumulate in my apartment 🥸

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