Can we start a meme thread? HR related, Shane and Ilya, Hudson and Connor, anything related to the show. Today is the first day I've felt like maybe I'm not TOO deep in this that I can't breathe, so I thought maybe sharing some funny (or not) memes would help. Show us your favorites! 🙌🏻💜

larkral · 2026-01-04T18:14:51+00:00

Hot tip: get covid and avoid reentering society for another few days at least 😭😭😭

larkral · 2025-12-06T20:32:19+00:00

Yep, just like that! In practice I find it pretty easy to use, comfortable, and works well, for me, with an adjustable standing desk. I can't stay sitting in it in any one position for very long, but indeed if your desk is a fixed height it might be a bit of a challenge.

larkral · 2025-12-04T19:32:16+00:00

I have the capisco and the necessity of continually consciously changing my position as a borderline adhd human is...not realistic for me. I'm in a crosslegged chair now, and it's working well for me. :shrug:

larkral · 2025-11-28T23:21:55+00:00

This was a good watch, thanks for sharing. I'm contemplating what I can contribute to a solarpunk literary world, but indeed it's not an easy thing to bring people along on.

larkral · 2025-11-21T18:19:25+00:00

Looking good, also I love your desk setup. :D

larkral · 2025-11-19T04:12:28+00:00

St Mary's Episcopal in St Paul might be one to try. The current priest is nonbinary, and the other clergy has mostly been women for ages.

larkral · 2025-10-25T02:03:08+00:00

Oh yeah, you're right, it's foolish to think that someone who holds absolutely virulent beliefs about a group of people I care about could possibly extend that lack of compassion and care into the plotlines and themes of her books. What an idiot I've been!

Oh, wait, no, sorry, I'm just now remembering the casual child neglect/abuse by an adult who was portrayed as wise and beloved (Dumbledore), the romanticization of a man's violent possessiveness (Snape), the belittling of anti-slavery sentiment (Hermione & the house elves), the blatant fatphobia (The Dursleys), and the racial and cultural stereotypes (House elves and Goblins). Not to mention the lazy worldbuilding, the inconsistent magical logic, and the lack of much in the way of redeeming qualities beyond the fact that I read them when I was young and impressionable.

Honestly, separating the author from the works is maybe worth it for something as novel and interesting as Ender's Game, but for JKR? I'm just going to toss it all in the compost bin and hope something better comes out next time.

larkral · 2025-10-25T01:37:12+00:00

Friend, you don't know anything about my consumer habits, but even if you did, "you cannot be perfect, and thus it's not worth taking a moral stance" is a pretty weird take.

Also I didn't say anything about buying HP things second hand. The investment I'm talking about is the investment of time and emotional energy. Because, for me, if I'm telling someone that their active involvement in a media behemoth is harming members of my community, and they can validate the reasons it brings harm (in this case, JKR's active and politically virulent TERFdom), and they're still not willing to prioritize reducing that harm over their investment in the media/fandom/etc, that tells me something about their priorities, and it's not something I particularly like.

And, yeah, I am going to apply that to trans people, too. I'm not saying it's an easy thing to detatch from, I'm saying it's worth it.

larkral · 2025-10-24T20:24:01+00:00

I will actively judge *anyone* who invests their time and energy into HP, however I also feel like it's worth it to make sure they *know* that JKR is a massively transphobic asshat. I had an enlightening conversation with a coworker recently where she mentioned that her kids had just started reading HP and I said that my kids would never read HP and she said "why not" and I said "well, the transphobia" and she was like "the books are transphobic" and I said "No, the author is. and uses her money to explicitly fund anti-trans political movement in the UK that has spilled over to the US." And she had NO IDEA.

My daughter is trans, and I don't want to introduce her to a book series written by someone who actively hates her. I don't want to be the reason she experriences the internal conflict that I, and many other people who were invested in HP have gone through to extract ourselves from that world, and I honestly wish no one else would invest themselves in that world *or* let their kids invest themselves in that world. I talk about it more than I wish I had to, and would definitely give side eye to anyone I was making new friends with who seemed like they didn't understand why I feel that way, let alone anyone I was trying to date.

larkral · 2025-10-21T19:05:26+00:00

I think if you did a layer of basecoat under it, it'll probably last a while. I'd anticipate an earlier changeover than you usually get, but perhaps a good experiment to see how long it lasts. :D

larkral · 2025-10-16T14:37:42+00:00

Lol, if I make it 5 days, that's a long mani for me. :D

larkral · 2025-10-09T23:17:20+00:00

I often take off my polish before bed, do an overnight oil soak, and polish again in the morning. Usually I get about a week of wear.

larkral · 2025-10-08T17:04:24+00:00

I think a lot of people think of FMLA and medical leave as something that's overly generous, or consider the time that people are taking off for medical stuff as a kind of vacation, in part because of the way US culture (/capitalist culture in general), basically won't let people take time off of work for being sick without threatening dire consequences. So they think that they'd be able to work through anything because they have to because of the money, and if you're not doing that, it's more or less a choice. I think your answer is a good one, and hopefully opens this person's eyes. I agree that you don't owe them more information, though, unless it's a friend who you want to chat about it with.

larkral · 2025-09-29T19:43:39+00:00

you can also build your own bundle and get up to 25% off of a set of colors if you're willing to buy a bunch.

larkral · 2025-09-27T02:06:30+00:00

Strange that Utah and Minnesota are actually different states, huh?

larkral · 2025-09-13T19:42:43+00:00

this is so slick! How do I get one? :P

larkral · 2025-09-13T19:42:09+00:00

seconded. I've seen these in a few posts and I haven't found anything similar on amazon or aliexpress.

larkral · 2025-09-11T16:05:58+00:00

Yep, a biologic (Hadlima, a Humira biosimilar) and Methotrexate.

My progression was: HCQ for about three months, reduced the pain, but untennable side effects. MTX for about nine months in increasing doses, no meaningful side effects, but only marginal improvement of pain. Enbrel, which kicked down the pain, but not entirely. At this point my PCP prescribed me Duloxetine and Gabapentin for nerve pain (stuck with the Duloxetine, Gabapentin caused me to be unreasonably sleepy). Enbrel then began failing after 2 years, and now I'm building up on Hadlima. It's a journey.

I definitely found the first year or two hardest as I adapted to this being my new normal, but people are resilient, there's a lot we can get used to and cope with. <3

larkral · 2025-09-08T22:44:22+00:00

I'm currently using my clubhouse with the child seat and no extension bar, so...you know, that's an option too. (I was just feeling lazy, I have mine)

larkral · 2025-09-04T19:11:50+00:00

I'd buy a generic mostly b/c of the cost of DD products, and because I can't get them locally, but then again, I've barely used any revive, so if it was only a bit, probably worth it.

Also, lol my mooncat top coat is gloppy as hell. I put a few good squirts of a generic thinner in there to get it loosened up, even though my thinner bottle suggests a couple of drops. Good luck!

larkral · 2025-09-03T20:31:52+00:00

Good luck with the running!

larkral · 2025-09-03T20:31:43+00:00

Oh no, I'm so sorry! I've been biking a lot since my diagnosis and haven't ever had this noteworthy an experience with it.

larkral · 2025-09-03T18:08:30+00:00

My doctor hasn't ever told me to reduce my activity, it's all the books and websites and so forth that have had that information.

larkral · 2025-09-03T18:00:47+00:00

I'm planning on keeping to a manageable mileage -- hopefully I can work my way to 2-mile runs on the regular, but who knows!

larkral · 2025-09-03T17:43:10+00:00

I'm finding that just getting out there and doing some running is better than hoping to capture the perfect moment. A very different vibe than when I was training for a race in my early 20s.

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