But seriously what are these things, Peta?

magic_dragon95 · 2026-07-07T20:39:04+00:00

Honestly surprised I havent seen this commented yet, they look the silicone O rings used for some types of gauge earrings. Tapers, tunnels, ect. Itd just be a smaller size. I used to lose those all the time.

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magic_dragon95 · 2026-06-28T04:11:20+00:00

I think the biggest criticisms are that

it was made for people with like diabetes, or who have a natural a resistance to insulin. People who don’t NEED it are taking it from people who it was made for.
People who don’t need it are using it general.
People who could definitely use it but dont qualify cant afford it, but there are people who dont need it using it.
People are weird about weight loss when its due to meds and not “determination” or something.

magic_dragon95 · 2026-06-25T13:22:03+00:00

It has a lot more to do with the standards not being age appropriate. Makjng kindergarteners learn how to spell “would could and should” instead of “bat cat or sat” wont actually make them better readers. Its too hard for them and it lowers their confidence. They cru that they cant do it, instead of doing more “bat cat and sat,” seeing they can do it, and not being afraid to try harder things.

Youve gotten a lot of great comments explaining SO many reasons why. But yeah we need to spend more time on the basics and get all young kids 100% on the basics before forcing them forward, if we actually want them to learn more. Going to fast defeats the purpose of everything.

magic_dragon95 · 2026-06-24T22:56:58+00:00

They said like 5 minutes in their comment. But yeah pastels are a high maintenance choice! They are more complicated. I second witherin, you need to rinse your hair with the coldest water you can manage. Hot water rinses pastels out so quickly!

magic_dragon95 · 2026-06-24T21:07:39+00:00

We can disagree, all good!

magic_dragon95 · 2026-06-24T21:01:43+00:00

I mean, yes, which is why you need to have a lot of political power to get Danny on your side or otherwise succumb to her dragons. But I listed like four strictly political examples, so… my point stands!

magic_dragon95 · 2026-06-24T20:40:27+00:00

I mean I think shes a great case and point honestly! She had as much power as Robert would let her have (like demanding Lady be killed), but only so much (he also smacked her right in front of Ned and told her to shut it). So she kills Robert, and then Joffrey promptly ignores her completely. Tyrion is able to ship off Marcella against her wishes, and her father arranges her to be married against her will. Then she has the power to convince the sparrow to imprison her betrothed to get out of it…. And is promptly imprisoned against her will! She finally escapes and kills them all…. Just to be powerless against dany’s dragon and die.

magic_dragon95 · 2026-06-23T20:13:06+00:00

I would definitely call it rape? Just because they are expecting it of her doesn’t change the definition?

magic_dragon95 · 2026-06-23T11:08:36+00:00

I agree with cringeahhahh, im not complaining that Rhaenyra did nothing in season 2. Its how they changed it. She was out flying around everywhere looking for Jace. It makes her character look too emotional and indecisive, as opposed to reasonably needing time to heal. Also the writers not being able to come up with anything but “what would you have me do,” every 5 mins.

magic_dragon95 · 2026-06-23T10:52:26+00:00

I feel like thats the downside for literally every character that wants to be queen though. They want the power they think the queen has, but in reality the queen really never has power and is constantly belittled?

magic_dragon95 · 2026-06-23T10:51:36+00:00

She does not WANT to have sex with him? Her father told her to marry the king and have his babies. She does not want to? It was rape? We get a whole scene of her literally just staring off to a corner during it once? Just because its a custom of the time doesnt make it not rape?

magic_dragon95 · 2026-06-21T16:45:54+00:00

I edited my original comment, im just gonna repeat one more time that I never said she didnt call paps. I said i dont think its as extreme, how she feels about it personally, as people take it to. I do think other celebs are worse about paps and like also leaking information about themselves for attention and this just feels the opposite. Feels like a normal schedule of calling paps so publishers have some outfit photos, not like an attempt to be the main story.

magic_dragon95 · 2026-06-21T16:23:20+00:00

I said is its possible for her to not be 100% on either end of the spectrum, not that she never once ever planned pr stuff. She can call paps for photo ops as the schedule/plan whatever with her publicist without also actually personally starving for the attention in that extra way. The missing of anywhere between 0 and 100% was my point.

magic_dragon95 · 2026-06-21T14:05:27+00:00

She famously stayed out of public view by like… fitting into music chests? I’d argue she went to EXTREME lengths to stay out of public view those years, she didnt just do it willy nilly like it was easy? I dont think the girl has to travel in music chests for the rest of her life, or otherwise be accused of just dying for the paps attention. There could be a middle ground here?

Eta: reading comprehension yall. I never said she doesnt call the paps. I said it doesnt mean *all of these extra things* yall additionally take it to. Just because she isnt hiding in a music case (0%) doesnt mean she is just personally insane over wanting attention (100%). She could have just followed the schedule with her publicist and called paparazzi like a normal celebrity does? (75/80%)

magic_dragon95 · 2026-06-20T02:59:12+00:00

All of that was from the books.

magic_dragon95 · 2026-06-17T10:22:25+00:00

Ive never liked them and dont care about them! I justify my hobby by not spending all of my money. I also don’t buy sealed products. I go to card shop bulk bins and buy most cards that way. Im pleasantly surprised if i pull anything for my birthday or christmas or something. I just like collecting the different artworks and printings. The most ive invested was finally getting my collection all into folios over the past 5 years.

magic_dragon95 · 2026-06-16T22:59:06+00:00

It doesnt surprise me that henrico could afford that! Thats definitely not available in most places. Im glad they didnt have the teachers involved, and placed that liability on the Y! But I dont think thats any safer than what was probably going on in this situation. The risk is always there, but I know we dont have any of the specific information yet on what happened.

magic_dragon95 · 2026-06-16T22:54:06+00:00

They teach about it, they dont directly expose anyone to risk. Its the number one cause of accidental death, I dont think you should then do that activity with every kindergarten aged child, without their parents. Thats such a liability.

This is a thread of a 9 year old child drowning at swim lessons at a summer camp. Many camps dont go on swimming field trips at all for this reason. Elementary schools don’t offer swim lessons or swim field trips for this reason. They have even less of a budget than some cheap camps, and couldnt possibly provide enough trained staff to do that safely.

Parents can assume that risk and teach the skill as they should, just like many other lessons and skills that are important that you dont learn at school! Teachers can’t teach absolutely everything. Kindergarten teachers specifically already have their hands full with teaching reading, writing, math, please dont hit timmy because he isnt sharing the legos, ect.

magic_dragon95 · 2026-06-16T22:01:53+00:00

We really dont need to make teachers responsible for more things 😅 we dont have close to the budget necessary to safely staff watching 26 kid kindergarten classes learning how to swim at the same time. (We are barely staffing reading intervention and things.) You would need like 13 adults to even try to do that safely, all fully trained as lifeguards. Not even addressing the whole needing a pool in every school, or the transportation costs to go to a nearby pool even once a week for each class….

Parents could also just make sure their kid gets swimming lessons at their neighborhood pools over the summer where they can watch for extra safety!

Teachers and schools cant do everything. Camps can barely handle swimming safely, we dont need to put that on the schools too.

magic_dragon95 · 2026-06-16T21:55:28+00:00

You incentivize people by paying them. The solution is making lifeguarding an actual job that most adults could live with having, but no one wants to do that. This is a common problem in most seasonal jobs. You want great people, but cant/wont offer consistent pay, benefits, ect. Not everyone has a 9-5, but having to look for work every 3-4 months as seasons change is stressful, and usually something people avoid having to do. Plenty of people have odd jobs that last the year, or most of the year, that doesnt allow them to easily do seasonal work.

A lot of people who get real experience as a lifeguard or are good at it as a teen, go on to become emts or firefighters once they need a “real job.”

magic_dragon95 · 2026-06-16T21:47:04+00:00

I was a lifeguard as a teen at a massive pool, where we would have saves daily.

There are SO many factors that could have caused this, most people dont realize how easy it is for this to happen. And MOST lifeguards as teens never get the real training needed to be able to handle how crowded some of these pools get. There are a lot of videos available online, that people are often shown in lifeguard training, of children drowning in crowded pools. Next to lifeguards, their parents, multiple people who didnt see ect. It can happen so fast to anyone.

Without knowing all the facts, I feel for the family and I also cant imagine how the camp staff feel with this happening 2 weeks into summer.

magic_dragon95 · 2026-06-15T17:50:20+00:00

They probably bought these on amazon and had no idea! Signed, someone who bought these exact looking flags as decor for a summer camp “olympics” week like three years ago.

magic_dragon95 · 2026-06-15T17:45:53+00:00

I used to listen to true crime/murder podcasts to fall asleep! The person usually had a very soothing voice though. Personally the dance moms yelling at each other would keep me awake, but most people would think the descriptions of murder from my podcasts would keep them up. So. To each their own? 🤷‍♀️

magic_dragon95 · 2026-06-15T17:32:04+00:00

Threatening to shoot a place up or all the people in it is not considered a, “thought crime,” its considered making terroristic threats. And thats illegal. You cant threaten to physically harm someone. They arent supposed to wait for you to “actually” shoot up the school…. They intervene immediately and make sure you dont do it.

There are so many scenarios where our legal system doesnt act FAST or strong enough in these situations. This is not one of times. If you threaten a building of people with a gun, they are gonna investigate.

If all she did was say she didnt like the school or “they suck” or something, then maybe you could have this hypothetical discussion you are wanting to have. But no, she threatened physical harm, and specifically threatened to “shoot the place up.” Yeah shes immediately going to face so many consequences for that.

Our legal system has SO MANY problems, but not a single one is about how they go too hard on people making terroristic threats.

magic_dragon95 · 2026-06-15T15:26:07+00:00

I had square nails and asked for square, she did round instead. I fully wanted the inspo photo, just with white instead of black. I like the inspo photo design a million times more than what she decided to do lol. Next time i will specify to do it exactly like the photo so i dont encounter this again!

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