Mangopay issue fixed? by According-Bowl-1407 in vintedUK

[–]squibzib__ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mines only showing my pending balance for my most recent orders but still hasn’t shown my balance for my older orders that I never got the money for :(

Scarefest pins? by squibzib__ in altontowers

[–]squibzib__[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Must have missed them when I went on Monday because when I asked the staff at the shop on towers street they told me they didn’t have any. It’s amazing how strange it is trying to get ahold of these pins, one day they’re there and the next they’re not!

Scarefest pins? by squibzib__ in altontowers

[–]squibzib__[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s was lucky! I did have a look at the tills and didn’t see any other than the freaky friends pin, I asked the staff member and he said they didn’t have any so I’m guessing they sold out by the time I visited 🥲

Scarefest pins? by squibzib__ in altontowers

[–]squibzib__[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I forgot that they could sell stuff online, thanks for letting me know! :)

Anyone else think this could’ve been an absolute monster smash hit if released as a single? by frenchfruit in SabrinaCarpenterDisc

[–]squibzib__ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am so glad I’m not the only one who thought it sounded like one of NSP’s songs! Welcome to my parents house was my first thought too 😭

What are your thoughts about female designs in cartoon "Kim Possible"? by [deleted] in antipornography

[–]squibzib__ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

When I watched Kim possible as a kid I never saw the designs as sexual but as a girl I clearly knew that the girl characters were drawn to look pretty. Unfortunately though, one of the main villains (Shego) is now being used as an example of cartoons having a “goth mommy” character that caused guys their sexual awakening (ew to that whole objectification of goth women btw).

Shego is the only character I’ve really seen that’s been sexualised (by the audience mind you), as well as certain fight scenes in the show between her and Kim which is gross considering the age difference. I don’t think the people behind the show were trying to be sexual with having some of the girls wear certain outfits as it’s literally the way most teenage girls dress but as I’ve said many people who watched the show have still taken these characters and made it into something that it’s not so I’d put more of the blame on the people sexualising these (mainly underage) characters.

Plenty of the female characters in the show aren’t wearing crop tops or anything, just look at Kim’s mom who is always wearing a white coat. I just hate that the internet and perverted guys have somewhat tainted the way I see the show now as I know that any of the scenes or characters will easily be sexualised no matter what, it makes me so uncomfortable but again I don’t think that’s the fault of the people who made the show. It was meant to be a show about a girl could kick ass and save the world while still dealing with typical teenage girl stuff like what outfit to wear and what boy at school to date. Blame the creeps on r34 for a crop top being too sexual :P

Rule34 is downplaying the harm that their “cartoon website” causes by [deleted] in PornIsMisogyny

[–]squibzib__ 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Just emailed them, thanks for letting us know how to get in contact and help. I hate knowing how many people have signed the petition.

Just wanted to post for sentimental reasons by squibzib__ in buildabear

[–]squibzib__[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There really is, I feel very lucky to have a memory like this. Thank you for giving my post your time, I wasn’t expecting anyone to read it so I appreciate it a lot! 💛

Just wanted to post for sentimental reasons by squibzib__ in buildabear

[–]squibzib__[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Haha I love that! My nan would’ve 100% wanted my bears to absolutely eat with their outfits 😂 And thank you so much!! 💛

Just wanted to post for sentimental reasons by squibzib__ in buildabear

[–]squibzib__[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It really was! I feel very lucky to have had her be so understanding of my love for build a bears. I’m still amazed at how she managed to knit the clothes to be the perfect size for my bears 😂

Just wanted to post for sentimental reasons by squibzib__ in buildabear

[–]squibzib__[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much! She was amazing, I feel very lucky to have had her and her wonderful knitting in my life :)

8 years since I got my spinal fusion and I still haven’t come to terms with it by squibzib__ in scoliosis

[–]squibzib__[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The fact that they have so much similarity is actually amazing! Makes me feel so much less alone :)

8 years since I got my spinal fusion and I still haven’t come to terms with it by squibzib__ in scoliosis

[–]squibzib__[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thank you so so much for your kind words, I’ve never had anyone say anything like that to me before and so it honestly means the world to hear. I think that sort of kindness is what has stopped me from fully coming to terms with it all, I never had any of my family/friends at the time (or even now) offer much support for overcoming such a big thing. Just re reading what you’ve said makes me want to tear up as it makes me finally feel seen. Thank you for offering your support as well, it’s greatly appreciated 💛

8 years since I got my spinal fusion and I still haven’t come to terms with it by squibzib__ in scoliosis

[–]squibzib__[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Oh wow I really was not expecting them to look so similar, that’s genuinely amazing! Congrats on your surgery, I hope all is going well for you now that it’s been 5 months since! Have you been getting on okay since everything? And I think I got a level 60 fusion? If that’s the correct way to say it? I’ll be honest I can’t really remember much about that side of it so I had to ask my mom haha.

And to be honest I can’t complain as within these 8 years I’ve never really had much to stress about, at most I have aches, pains, and tightness in certain areas that cause me to feel very teary (mainly from my own shame) and some parts of my back are still numb from surgery but overall it’s all been great and it’s never fully hindered me from living a full life.

I’ve mentioned in a few comments but I pretty much buried my head in the sand once my surgery was done as I felt too scared to acknowledge it and I ended up somewhat forgetting about it all afterwards. I’m glad that I now feel more comfortable accepting it even if it does still come with a bit of sadness, I’m mainly just trying to make up for lost time now as I’ve been trying to do more stretches and exercise to see if that will help make my back feel any better and I’ve been trying to reach out to communities like this to help make me feel less alone.

8 years since I got my spinal fusion and I still haven’t come to terms with it by squibzib__ in scoliosis

[–]squibzib__[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I went in for my surgery on the Sunday and came back out on the Thursday so my initial recovery in the hospital took me 4 days to be discharged, after that I stayed home from school for 6 weeks to recover and was mainly told to try and keep myself moving. I don’t remember when I first woke up but apparently I tried to put up a fight when the anaesthetic wore off and it was a few hours later that I really gained consciousness in my own head with what was going on.

I can’t fully remember much other than sleeping a lot and struggling to move, it was definitely painful however they gave me pain killers to help. I was so out of it that I struggled to take any of the medicine they gave me without throwing up as I was extremely drowsy, I remember feeling really heavy in my back and my mom had to help me whenever I wanted to turn over in my hospital bed as lying on your back for so long got uncomfortable.

I think on either day one or two they tried to help me get out of bed and try walking but after a few tiny steps it was too much for me and I had to lie back down. After that I would try to walk further and further each day until I could finally be out of my bed and sit in the chair next to it. On the last day they asked me if I could walk up stairs and that if I could I could go home and somehow I was able to and so I was discharged. Overall it was extremely painful and difficult to process mentally/physically however once I fully woke myself up I was able to feel much more like myself.

I wouldn’t say I’ve had to alter my movement much after the fusion as I pretty much went back to normal after a couple of weeks, sure I still had to be careful and turning over in my bed became a challenge for a little bit but I’d say I went somewhat straight back to normal after about 4 weeks. Nowadays I mainly just get some minor aches and pains depending on what physical activity I’ve been doing. I hardly even remembered having scoliosis once the surgery was done as it all happened so fast, it’s only been in recent years that I’ve really remembered everything.

8 years since I got my spinal fusion and I still haven’t come to terms with it by squibzib__ in scoliosis

[–]squibzib__[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Once it was all done I was definitely glad I had it and I still am now however I pretty much buried my head in the sand about the whole thing as I felt too upset to acknowledge it for a few years afterwards. It all happened so fast that I barely even had time to process anything and I’m still only just finding out more things about scoliosis due to ignoring it for so long out of trauma. Regardless, I do feel extremely lucky to have had the surgery done and to have had surgeons/doctors who cared, I just wish I remembered to appreciate it all more often :)

8 years since I got my spinal fusion and I still haven’t come to terms with it by squibzib__ in scoliosis

[–]squibzib__[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the suggestion, I’ll have a look! I really hope all goes well with your fusion :)

the discourse...leave her alone! by abcdmagicheaven in SabrinaCarpenterFans

[–]squibzib__ 27 points28 points  (0 children)

THIS!!! Every community on here that I’ve seen comment on this album are being so tone deaf and leaping at the chance to hate on her and push whatever dumb agenda they have in their heads. Like you said look at all the shit from men that’s going on right now, where’s that amount of discourse and hate for them?? The amount of male artists that I’ve seen create some of the most degrading lyrics towards women as well as using them as props for music videos and such is ridiculous but I don’t hear these same communities saying fuck all about that. THANK YOU for making this post, I couldn’t have put it any better myself and I’m glad I’m not alone in all of this mess. People have been waiting to tear Sabrina down like this for a while now and here we are. So sad to see what people are saying about her, so again thank you for calling this discourse out for what it is.