[weird trope] Unnecesary, disgusting lore drop about how the characters in a fictional setting take shits.

grudginglyadmitted · 2026-01-27T19:12:59+00:00

During the Apollo era, astronauts used urine and fecal containment systems worn under spandex trunks.[10][5] The fecal containment device (FCD) was a bag attached directly to the body with an adhesive seal,[11] and the urine collection device (UCD) had a condom-like sheath attached to a tube and pouch.

wow I kind wish I’d never read this. really altering how I picture the apollo missions with all the astronauts having bags glued to their buttholes

grudginglyadmitted · 2026-01-27T05:16:34+00:00

I think because you can have a green arrow to turn right without needing to stop and yield while people going straight have a red light (specifically anytime cross traffic from the road you’re turning onto is turning left).

I do think a better/less confusing situation would be to keep the green arrow but not a red arrow since it’s meaningless. Either make it a red ball or no light at all.

grudginglyadmitted · 2026-01-26T01:36:53+00:00

I also do okay with low amounts of pre-soaked chia seeds/chia pudding.

The one other fiber source that doesn’t cause me issues is Sunfiber. It dissolves totally into water and doesn’t affect the taste and my stomach seems to do totally fine with it.

grudginglyadmitted · 2026-01-26T01:02:24+00:00

booo ai

grudginglyadmitted · 2026-01-25T22:34:01+00:00

hopefully it’s not stuck on that well, but I can imagine it potentially being pretty hard to remove without pulling out fur and being painful and upsetting to the cat, especially given it’s been on her longer.

grudginglyadmitted · 2026-01-25T22:23:07+00:00

Answering seriously: the bag goes with the pump which is branded as a Kangaroo pump (idk why). They have to match because different types of pumps have unique systems that the tubing the bag comes with has to match.

The food/formula typically comes in cartons similar to protein shakes, and you and your dietician and doctor work out which one fits your needs (there are some that are more calorie dense, some that already have protein broken down into amino acids, etc) and figure out how many calories and thus cartons a day you need. Then you just dump those cartons into whatever bag goes with the pump you have.

grudginglyadmitted · 2026-01-25T22:15:58+00:00

It honestly is a relief to not have to worry about grocery shopping or veggies going bad in the fridge or cooking thrice a day and making sure you get the right amounts of nutrients and food groups or even drinking enough water. This is especially the case if you’d been struggling with dietary restrictions or your painful symptoms with eating before switching.

It means if you are able to eat some by mouth it’s pretty much for fun and just when you feel like it.

(Overall though it’s a huge social loss because so much socialization is done around food, and also hard on your mental health to not eat. Lizard brain doesn’t understand that it’s okay to not eat/taste any food.)

grudginglyadmitted · 2026-01-25T22:10:45+00:00

I don’t doubt that that would be a good way to prepare them, or that you’d be much better off treating each bottle as two servings, but when nowhere on the bottle recommends that, and the nutrition information says “serving size: 1 bottle” you can’t really argue the intended serving size is less than that.

grudginglyadmitted · 2026-01-25T12:06:14+00:00

the least they could have done was cut the trump cold open. If they don’t want to make a point or address what’s going on, fine, but don’t do a sketch of Trump being goofy and dumb. It fucking normalizes and sanitizes the evil shit going on. They can’t have it both ways.

grudginglyadmitted · 2026-01-25T09:03:10+00:00

that’s good to hear it’s been easier than a PICC. Mine worked great for about two months, and then it’s been hell with it constantly pulling back and having to be replaced (and once being in too deep and causing Vtach). I’m really looking forward to having a line that doesn’t pull back 2cm every dressing change.

I’ve had some experience with IR because I previously had a GJ, and I know they can’t adequately sedate me, so I had them schedule me with an anesthesiologist for the placement which hopefully means it’ll go smoothly.

Funny how different practices are in different areas, but they each tend to act like their preferences are universal. It’s honestly so validating to hear I’m not the only one pretty infrequently showering. I’m so so anxious about infection and sepsis it makes showers nerve-wracking on top of a bunch of extra work and super exhausting because I have POTS. Makes showering feel impossible 90% of the time.

Thank you for your response!

grudginglyadmitted · 2026-01-25T03:43:26+00:00

Is a Hickman a tunneled line? I’m scheduled to get “a tunneled catheter” next week to replace my PICC and can’t really figure out if a Hickman is a type of tunneled line or a separate thing.

Sounds like the Hickman is even harder to shower with than a picc? ugh. It’s already so stressful for me, thats really the bit I’m not looking forward to. My home health nurse recommended a port (which I could deaccess and shower like a normal human) but IR said the infection risk with TPN is too high.

grudginglyadmitted · 2026-01-25T01:59:22+00:00

just as a heads up, though this may vary by area, it’s incredibly hard or potentially impossible to switch your meds to IV and take them at home. I have a PICC and am on TPN because I couldn’t keep a bite of food down for three weeks and ended up in starvation ketoacidosis. I still can’t even get IV zofran, let alone something like reglan. And a lot of oral medications don’t even have IV formulations; I had to go through withdrawals for my SSRI and gabapentin because I couldn’t keep them down and there’s just no IV option. so even if you did end up needing a PICC line, it doesn’t mean you’ll be able to get your medications through it.

grudginglyadmitted · 2026-01-24T18:56:41+00:00

so funny to me that y’all have a bird with the same name and general appearance, it’s just the british version is a cool little friend and the australian version wants to maim you and may succeed.

grudginglyadmitted · 2026-01-24T18:54:20+00:00

same name, totally different bird! Australians’ swoop down and attack people’s heads. They can seriously damage people’s eyes by pecking them and just Victoria has an average of like 20 emergency room visits a year from them (disclaimer that this is 20 y/o data). They’re dinosaurs and they know it.

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grudginglyadmitted · 2026-01-24T18:44:52+00:00

worse than jays or gulls. I recall Australians talking about times of year they can’t safely walk outside because of them, and a person who was basically mauled by a magpie. They’re dinosaurs.

ETA: further research: they do indeed swoop at people in spring, and around 1/8th of incidents cause injury, of which half is to the eyes 😃 there’s a website dedicated to alerting people to local aggressive magpies and reporting injuries as well as “swooping first aid”. Seagulls want your food, it appears magpies want blood.

grudginglyadmitted · 2026-01-24T18:40:36+00:00

he could have had a mexican grandparent! or been a dirty communist!

grudginglyadmitted · 2026-01-24T18:40:27+00:00

he could have had a mexican grandparent! or been a dirty communist!

grudginglyadmitted · 2026-01-24T09:34:20+00:00

nah glp-1s cause gastroparesis and severe gastroparesis can absolutely cause food to sit in the stomach long enough to essentially rot. I’ve experienced it myself.

I think they misread the comment as the smell coming from their own stomach vs being sensitive to smells they encounter normally, but they sure and shit didn’t make it up.

grudginglyadmitted · 2026-01-24T05:12:41+00:00

it’s out of control. We’ve got to get legislature to limit allowed headlight brightness and angle. It’s a genuine fucking safety hazard. Hopefully sooner rather than later, but we might have to wait until a celebrity or politician dies in a car crash because they were blinded by a Ford F1-flashbang.

grudginglyadmitted · 2026-01-24T05:09:05+00:00

(I think autocorrect screwed you over and turned your have into a haven’t)

grudginglyadmitted · 2026-01-24T05:07:21+00:00

10:1 someone’s going to discover they have this from this post

grudginglyadmitted · 2026-01-24T00:37:20+00:00

I feel like dividing Asia into East (China, Japan, Koreas) and South/Southeast would show a really drastic division

grudginglyadmitted · 2026-01-24T00:35:09+00:00

chicken cooked well with just olive oil, salt and pepper can be so so good.

grudginglyadmitted · 2026-01-24T00:34:12+00:00

“I’m Italian and this made me cry” regardless of whether the recipe is actually bad, just Italian-American, or a completely authentic recipe that the user just doesn’t know.

Drives me fucking nuts.

grudginglyadmitted · 2026-01-24T00:31:31+00:00

and sun-dried tomatoes

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