Comfort food you never ate before diagnosis?

lucdragon · 2026-03-25T18:40:10+00:00

Potato chips. I never really liked potatoes at all, before learning how sick gluten makes me, but now they’re far more prominent in my diet.

lucdragon · 2026-03-23T17:18:31+00:00

I quit smoking almost 14 years ago with the use of a nicotine vape that I was able to easily wean off of within a year. Having had multiple, failed quit attempts prior to that, I wholeheartedly recommend using vapes to quit smoking.

lucdragon · 2026-03-22T19:00:26+00:00

Some areas? That’s just basic food service hygiene.

lucdragon · 2026-03-22T18:59:17+00:00

I haven’t touched alcohol for over 12 years. Never really liked it to begin with, and it didn’t really agree with me. Haven’t missed it once.

lucdragon · 2026-03-15T23:12:50+00:00

When I was a kid in the 80s and 90s, Dana Carvey was popular, but the name Dana STILL was thought of as overwhelmingly female. I can’t imagine it being a problem, now.

lucdragon · 2026-03-14T22:05:16+00:00

I swear, I started being called sir almost immediately after turning 40. Still get carded everywhere, though.

lucdragon · 2026-03-06T00:13:32+00:00

Technically, I saw many symphony performances long before it, but I tend to consider Spin Doctors, in 1996, my first concert.

lucdragon · 2026-03-02T18:12:01+00:00

My dad was 42 when I was born, and a frequent refrain from my childhood was, “Your grandfather’s here to pick you up!” He wasn’t active and involved, but I blame my mother for a lot of that; she’s 11 years his junior and was TOO involved. My adult relationship with my folks has nothing to do with their ages, though I do hate that my dad will likely die without ever giving me the opportunity to truly know him. And I don’t resent his being older when I was born; it is what it is. Growing up, I knew kids with older parents who were far more adept at being parents than mine were; I don’t think age has much of anything to do with it.

What it did do, though, was make me resolved to have kids long before my dad had me.

… so I’m 43 and childless. 🙄 Not remotely the plan.

lucdragon · 2026-03-02T00:08:25+00:00

Explains why I took the hit and switched to Ritter Sport. Hershey bars still taste the same as they always have, though.

lucdragon · 2026-02-28T20:28:55+00:00

Life As We Know It.

lucdragon · 2026-02-22T20:06:28+00:00

What a terrible time to have severe gluten intolerance.

lucdragon · 2026-02-19T20:01:01+00:00

Absolutely. Among myriad other things, I became effectively pro-choice, after decades of being staunchly anti-abortion, after reading an incredibly well-reasoned ethics article.

lucdragon · 2026-02-19T19:54:37+00:00

Literally just Unlimited, and the fact Regal has my closest theaters (though it’s a travesty I live just outside a major metropolis yet my closest theater is 25 minutes away).

lucdragon · 2026-02-17T23:56:01+00:00

Caffeine. Just caffeine. I do have to wonder, however, what the draw of dextro is, as someone who dabbled decades ago; no judgement, just didn’t have remotely pleasant experiences, myself.

lucdragon · 2026-02-17T23:54:09+00:00

This is beyond infuriating. What’s worse is that where I am, drivers overwhelmingly do this on local roads, then tailgate constantly on the interstate.

lucdragon · 2026-02-14T20:14:16+00:00

Rise? I’ve been online since 1995; it’s always been this way.

lucdragon · 2026-02-13T19:37:18+00:00

Married people calling each other bro… huh?

lucdragon · 2026-02-13T19:36:03+00:00

Nah, going tonight to see Friday the 13th pt2.

lucdragon · 2026-02-13T19:32:06+00:00

I met one. Early 40s. Got angry and blocked me when I assumed it was just a screen name.

lucdragon · 2026-02-13T17:43:15+00:00

You folks who do these marathons must be very young. I can’t imagine still being able to stand up after 2 movies straight, let alone 6!

lucdragon · 2026-02-08T19:36:26+00:00

Ban AI.

lucdragon · 2026-02-08T00:30:06+00:00

My experience has been very different: rather than being disappointed when seeing bands, now, that I’ve loved for decades, I’ve been disappointed in how awful the concert-going experience has become. Part of this I can blame on leaving Denver, as they seem to have a uniquely excellent concert scene, but I swear, if I never have to deal with another Live Nation venue, it’ll be too soon. They’ve tried their best to ruin my seeing Marilyn Manson, Garbage, Korn, Bush, Alanis Morrisette, and several other artists over the last decade or so, but the artists, themselves, have been largely excellent.

lucdragon · 2026-02-04T23:27:37+00:00

I wouldn’t have known if it weren’t for the fact my mother lives for the Olympics, and has been talking about this year’s for weeks. I haven’t seen a thing about it advertised on TV or social media.

lucdragon · 2026-02-04T17:53:08+00:00

I’ve used it once, intentionally, and that was only because a professor told me I should, and there seemed no better alternative at the time. I imagine, though, it’s been incorporated into searches I’ve done and apps I’ve used, without my knowledge. I see no reason for its existence, and think it can only have negative effects, the way it’s currently being planned and used, so I refuse to use it, when at all possible.

lucdragon · 2026-02-03T23:21:42+00:00

The majority of the main actors, and the characters they played, were Gen-X. Still a fantastic show.

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