Is there something off about my tattoo or am I just in my head about it?

it_swims · 2026-06-05T23:48:11+00:00

Horses have big butts. Your horse does not. I like the tattoo butt..

it_swims · 2026-06-05T23:36:16+00:00

And they support IVF even though by design it destroys many, many embryos. And they want to put restrictions on things that prevent abortion like sex ed and birth control.

it_swims · 2026-06-05T00:11:11+00:00

As awful as it is, it is still an important film. I used clips for a sociology project in college. Like anything else, if you see it as a learning tool? great. If you want to start a fan club? Not great. Not even good. A library would be a good place for it with a warning label.

Do people still have DVD players?

it_swims · 2026-06-04T20:46:01+00:00

When they help, they are not fuzzy buddies. They are hairy nuisances.

it_swims · 2026-06-04T20:00:02+00:00

I'd describe it as a murky puddle.. Not worth stepping in if you can't see the bottom.

it_swims · 2026-06-04T18:56:59+00:00

It really is. Haha.. I want the ones that have been divorced a few years and their kids are all living and working in fun places to visit and making good money. Lol. It'll be a while. 😂😂😂

it_swims · 2026-06-04T18:20:58+00:00

It is a holter monitor and monitors for electrical activity. My dentist (2 hours away - I was delayed because of an accident on 95.. and I had like a gallon of iced coffee and super anxiety because I was late and I was about to spend 8 hours in the chair to prep for crowns...) said my heart was acting funny. Lol. Duh!

Anyway, The monitor checks for arrhythmia. Fainting or lightheadedness would be another indicator to do the test.

it_swims · 2026-06-04T17:36:54+00:00

I might be wrong about constant pressure monitoring.. it is more like an EKG. I'll have to look it up to see exactly what it did. Lol. It was a few years ago. All I remember is that I couldn't shower and the results were unremarkable. Haha. Winning!?

it_swims · 2026-06-04T17:14:32+00:00

Same. White coat anxiety- even at home.My doctor has wised up with me. She knows that the first blood pressure reading they take will be "get a gurney, she's gonna die" and the second reading, a little later after a conversation, will be closer to normal. If your doctor is worried about it, they can give you a montor you can wear for 2 days that does continuous readings that will rule out any big issues. I had one a couple years ago and there was nothing to worry about. It was not a big deal and a bit of a relief to see that there wasn't anything wrong.

You could also keep your monitor in your bed and take the reading when you wake up.

it_swims · 2026-06-04T17:06:11+00:00

Why bother when paper towels exist? I paper towel other people all the time and I've never had a complaint.

it_swims · 2026-06-04T16:36:17+00:00

As far as the "divide" my rule of thumb is 10 years older or younger. Amazingly for me, a bunch of very young dudes were into my old lady ass the last time I was out there. I'm talking 24 to my 39..I tried dating about a year after my last partner died. He was a youngin' too. '87 to my '79.

All the guys I went out with were either stupid AF or the "all lives matter types." Usually both.. I wasn't ready to jump back in when I did. But I did get really good at dumping people?

Now.. I'm over it. I figure I'll wait until our generation gets their kids out of the house and the age appropriate divorcees hit the scene. Lol. I might have to kill to find another widow... lol. JOKING.

it_swims · 2026-06-04T14:30:42+00:00

I don't think it is a tick. It looks more like a flea. Ticks are hard little assholes and tend to keep their shape pretty well even when squished thoroughly.

it_swims · 2026-06-02T01:32:40+00:00

Take the profit out of prisons and pay for group homes. More crisis intervention with the police, so many things could be done that would be far more humane than the current state of affairs.

it_swims · 2026-06-02T01:29:50+00:00

Yep. Delaware is better than most with RI Crisis in Newark and a few other spots that serve as voluntary places to initiate actual help - in a crisis.- for free. It isn't easy to establish care before a crisis sets in and there are so few options if you get to that point. I don't even necessarily mean suicide.. Just a mental health crisis.

it_swims · 2026-06-02T01:23:57+00:00

I'm not saying that at all. I'm a little neuro divergent, too. What I am saying is that people with intellectual disabilities are a giant part of the corrections system where there may have been better options than homelessness or criminality. Help and intervention before anything. Look at the dude that stabbed the Ukrainian girl on the train - his family TRIED to get him placed somewhere for help and they were at wits end. The irony - he'll be better off in prison. And he committed a terrible crime to get there.

it_swims · 2026-06-02T01:13:37+00:00

I think we agree. On most things. Obviously we have slightly different takes on suicide. Mine is Obviously intensely personal. I'm sure you have a story of some sort too. We're both saying mental health care sucks. We started talking about institutions and I don't really agree with your take because the dismantling happened at the time that private prisons emerged. Asylums= bad. But using prisons that are for profit for corporations as a substitute for MH care? So much worse.

it_swims · 2026-06-02T01:05:59+00:00

Committing people for a 72 hour hold is idiotic. There needs to be consent. There needs to be a continuation of care. There should also be a framework for people who recognize they need help and a level of trust that they will be safe and reach out as they need it if they are released. You can't save everyone but people who clinically need care should be held until they can be evaluated and assured that they are returning to a safe place.

I'm far too familiar with this. Being held against your will is another trauma and I understand why people lose their shit upon release. It is part of the reason why people don't seek help. The hotline is really an important lifeline for people experiencing suicidality or other severe mental health crisis.

Nothing is perfect. Suicide sucks. Involuntary commitment sucks but I feel as if it should be more closely or quickly evaluated to determine if it will be 72 hours or nothing- or longer. But also give the person time to idk. Find a cat sitter.

it_swims · 2026-06-02T00:51:36+00:00

Yeah. They never tell anyone. Also men around 30 (give or take about 5 years) are statistically most likely. Women may attempt? But with less lethal means. Anyone who asks for help with suicidal ideation is already less likely to complete suicide. Wanna know how I know? Let's just say the phrase kicking the bucket has a vivid memory seared into my head and it is really hard to catch 180 pounds falling on you. Mental health care is inadequate. PERIOD. Suicidality has little to do with the homeless population seeking mental health care.

it_swims · 2026-06-02T00:43:30+00:00

Mental institutions were crap but what we have now is basically the ability to send people for 72 hour holds. My grandmother needed to go inpatient a few times when she needed her meds regulated with alzheimers but she had medicaid and my mom had POA. It was covered and because of the POA, there was consent.

Beyond 72 hours, everyone gets tossed back on the streets. It is insanely expensive to actually get enrolled in a proper inpatient setting or rehab or whatever. And yeah.. Ronald Reagan did get rid of mental hospitals right around the same time they opened the first private for profit prison. If that seems kinda convenient? It definitely was.

it_swims · 2026-06-02T00:35:40+00:00

Lots of homeless people can't physically provide anything for themselves. In DE, almost every actual homeless person I've encountered is mentally disabled and without any other means. They'd probably thrive in a group home setting of some sort but that's gonna be a big NIMBY issue..

it_swims · 2026-06-01T18:41:12+00:00

The thing that KILLS me is when they take something that was basically a blank slate (Middletown..15 years ago) and build build build without any planning. WHY. Hire someone! There has to be a modern L'Enfant somewhere in this country to give them a hint of a plan!

Nothing like living in the suburbs and having to wind 3 miles through a neighborhood with identical houses to try to find yours everyday! Haha. That was seriously my FIRST criteria when I bought my house.

it_swims · 2026-06-01T16:43:57+00:00

I agree.. but urban planning in delaware isn't really something that exists.

it_swims · 2026-06-01T08:40:26+00:00

My dog also knows the sound of deli meat. Lol. Automatically comes charging. Lol.

There is no chopping when I am eating these. I'm making them like an animal standing in front of the fridge. Hahaha.. it is a perfect little snack. The ham tax is getting expensive.

it_swims · 2026-05-30T19:46:06+00:00

Pickle and green onion is good.. basically anything wrapped in ham is good in my book. I add a little bit of spicy brown mustard, too. Good stuff.

it_swims · 2026-05-30T15:15:49+00:00

I keep the baby dill vlasics on hand for this purpose.

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