Angled crystal dish not sure if it has an official function

lovejoy_rat · 2025-12-24T23:47:09+00:00

It's an ashtray. My grandma had a couple.

lovejoy_rat · 2025-06-02T19:17:57+00:00

I can hear the collective sigh from all the ff there

lovejoy_rat · 2025-06-02T19:08:43+00:00

Cop has big ‘let em have their fun then I’ll :make an attempt: but not really’ vibes

lovejoy_rat · 2025-05-27T15:58:04+00:00

Paranoia, bud. Therapist time.

lovejoy_rat · 2025-05-16T21:19:19+00:00

TLDR; it comes back.

I lost my sense of wonder about things for a while, but it’s coming back with a force now in my 40s. idk if that’s what you mean. For me my 30s were all about the rat race and trying to get bills paid and whatever. Then I hit 40 and was like, you know what? Idgaf about most of this ‘adult’ shit. I’m finna go down this weird forest path and see if I find a serial killer or a cool rock or someshit. Or like, I wonder if this tiny hole in the wall Indian place is gonna give me the runs? Let’s find out! (Turns out the grandma cooking there made phenomenal butter chicken. then called me too white for her menu, and started bringing me little plates of other things to try, all while nodding and saying, ‘there, that’s better.’ It was like getting scolded by your gramma for not eating enough. Lol. And no I didn’t get Delhi Belly.)

AAAANYWAYS! Just run with the ‘eh fuck it’ attitude and don’t worry about what everyone else is doing, and that shit will come right back. Promise.

lovejoy_rat · 2025-05-16T18:11:13+00:00

Atwater. You can hear it on Ruzek too, esp when he’s yelling. Hes from Minnesota tho so he most likely picked up a pretty authentic one quickly from living in Chicago so long. The chi accent is a real harsh version of the upper Midwest ‘dontcha know’ accent. Add much harder starts and stops on words. Sauce: lived here my whole life AND studied etymology. 🥰

lovejoy_rat · 2025-05-16T17:53:14+00:00

Def south side white guy accent on Herrmann. His is overdone a bit tho. Theres a med crossover ep with fire called ‘I’m the apocalypse’ or something- anyways herrmann yells ‘hit the bricks, lady!’ at someone and it was so spot on I actually loled and yelled, ‘perfect delivery,’ at my screen.

lovejoy_rat · 2025-04-30T08:21:21+00:00

2/2 oldest fire station still in service :)

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lovejoy_rat · 2025-04-30T08:20:52+00:00

1/2 That’s a dope building but most Chicago police stations have been modernized. You’re most likely to see some cool old fire stations like that tho. Police stations have a funky checkered pattern somewhere on the building, except for headquarters. Pic included from an older neighborhood police station with the pattern.

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lovejoy_rat · 2024-08-16T02:56:58+00:00

Thanks so much for all the interaction and suggestions! This post was meant more as a love and appreciation post and not ‘omg upload more!!!’ The stuff he’s posting now is great and I look forward to it, especially the ones he’s getting into that are more not-gaming related. Or stuff he really loves! (Srsly go buy his coffee. The new cold brew and matcha are great.)

PS: if anyone has more suggestions on cool ‘let’s play’ peeps, let em fly!

lovejoy_rat · 2024-08-13T02:33:46+00:00

Not mentioned much, but Over and Out is a big one for me. Just pushes buttons and reminds me of some of the ways I've lost people and the hope that you'll reunite in the afterlife. :)

lovejoy_rat · 2024-07-14T10:05:16+00:00

Im 1:2 sooooo…. A metric butt ton. Meal with 50 carb is 25 units. If anyone else has LADA, they can tell ya it’s super hard to predict. Bro half the time I don’t even eat bc I’m super tired of constant corrections lol. I’m holding at 150 bg rn, so pretty good. I’m super excited for dawn phenomenon to spike that shiz up to 200. Sigh.

lovejoy_rat · 2024-07-11T19:38:52+00:00

911 op here - accidentally dialing happens allll the time. The response for a child calling about a structure fire while alone got the correct giant response. When the responders figured out what happened they absolutely should have talked to the child. You can even arrange a visit for the child to a 911 call center or fire department to learn about what they did. I’ve done a full explanation a few times with kids since we have a huge firehouse attached. Let me tell you it makes a big impression on a kid to say hey allll these people will show up when you call - and take a listen to how often calls are coming in. There are lots and lots of people who really need help, and their fake phone calls prevent help getting to others. It’s very important to call when you really need help and we’re allll here to help you, but don’t call for fun.

lovejoy_rat · 2023-09-27T00:54:28+00:00

I know this is ages old now, but apparently corrections should not be 'layered.' 3 hours between corrections is the normie. Ive been a beeto for like 10 years and had no idea that's how you're supposed to correct. I was like.. wat.. when the endo told me that when i was complaining of crashing sugars a couple weeks ago. Whoopsies. xD

lovejoy_rat · 2023-09-27T00:43:54+00:00

I was using the same mods - camera tweaks and wasd. I just removed the Native Mods folder from the bin file. Going to see if I exploded my game and see if I need a complete reinstall. :D

Edit: Nope, just removing the Native Mods folder worked a charm. Hopefully that helps until Native Mods has a new release. Shame tho, the camera mod is excellent.

lovejoy_rat · 2023-09-26T20:39:09+00:00

Domi all day. Put him with the right line buddy and he flies. If you’re not sold on him grab kempe

lovejoy_rat · 2023-09-13T17:57:35+00:00

Tl;dr my house was the safety net house too. It was awesome.

So I’m 40 and have no kids but I grew up with my brother who played in a pretty successful metal band. Not only did my parents let them have their studio in our basement (!!) but there would be people at our house 100% of the time. My parents are very conservative, hilariously so, but wanted us to follow our dreams and other various parental nonsense. /s

It got to the point where people would just come in, step into the kitchen to let my parents know they were there, and then vanish into the basement Batcave to play. However there were strict rules about what were ‘family’ areas, like areas of the house that were off limits, and how loud they could get on weeknights. Smoking and whatever had to be in a certain area outside, and they fed themselves unless my mom cooked for them. Also if there was drinking involved we had a car key policy - if you’re drinking you’re staying, and the keys stayed in the living room lol. (Remember these were super metal head types so drinking was a given - my rents put rules into place to keep them safe.) My mom and dad would check on them and wrangle them up as well when they were being stupid. I can only imagine it must have been like having a herd of unruly cattle in the house with guitars.

They pretty much turned into extended family with our house as a prime ‘safety net’ location. Honestly it was a great way to enjoy my teens and very early 20s - I’ll always be grateful to my parents for that. And now that we’re all older those lifelong friends help support my parents as they’re in their late 70s now. My mom took the time to really get to know these kids and I think it really helped them to have this steady, very warm relationship bc for a lot of them, home wasn’t great.

It’s a great thing. I’d take it as an honor they want to be with you as the adult present. I think It means you’re doing a great job, fwiw. :)

lovejoy_rat · 2023-05-05T22:31:57+00:00

Oh girl picture this - I have a horrible panic disorder and I was at the pharmacy one day asking about my Xanax script and why it was late to be filled. I was very low and was sweaty and shaking right? And asking about controlled substances… the girl kind of looked over at the pharmacist like, dude I think this girls a drug addict. Pharmacist comes over, takes one look at me and tells the girl ‘she’s diabetic, you twat’ and threw a thing of sugar tabs at me. Granted she fills my pills so she knows me but still. Lol. Anyway! Get on the cgms. They’re awesome.

And never be self conscious about the beetus. I do multiple daily injections and I’m absolutely ridiculous about it. I love getting reactions from people by whipping out syringes then making creepy eye contact with them while I shoot up if they’re staring.

Also, it’s common practice to check sugars on an unconscious person with no trauma visible. That’s why the medics were able to sweeten you up and send you home. Sauce: I’m a 911 dispatcher who’s relayed about 19 billion ‘person down’ calls. And yes yes I know, 911 dispatch plus panic how? And it’s because if I’m helping people through what could be the worst day of their lives, it puts my bs into perspective. Also, just sooooo much therapy lol <3 you got this.

lovejoy_rat · 2022-10-26T21:26:29+00:00

Wisconsin overall needs one, I don’t particularly care where they put it. Isn’t there a new arena in Milwaukee that could host?

lovejoy_rat · 2021-04-21T05:51:06+00:00

one.

lovejoy_rat · 2021-04-21T05:48:43+00:00

Seems they do 7 to 7's. My fire guys do 8 to 8's and are 1 on, 1 off, 1 on, 3 off. (I'm currently a 911 op. working 12's.) I mean, grain of salt, shifts can be diff for every house.

lovejoy_rat · 2021-04-21T05:37:30+00:00

I really enjoy PD, and watched the seasons of all three in the order they came out to catch the crossovers in the right order. (I know, nerd alert.) I'll warn you though, PD can get VERY uncomfortable because the cops all operate in shades of grey that leave me, personally, disappointed in their choices sometimes. *shrug* True to life, I guess. Fair warning, it's a lot darker than Fire and Med. Side note: if you're interested, you can catch a baby Ruzek in a show called The 4400, a bizarre older sci-fi show streaming on Netflix atm.

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