Thread: Rant and Rave, Cry and Complain

Ok, I'm skinny. Generally I don't mind, but it's something I'm somewhat subconscious of because people just make ridiculous comments sometimes. As in commenting that I couldn't lift this or that, or that I look 'fragile.' They're actually rather hostile comments, and I don't even understand it. If I ate fast food non-stop and gained 10-20 pounds, I'd be no stronger yet I would look more 'normal' to our society and likely never get such comments. But at work (we all shower at the end of a shift) one guy made a comment the other day along the lines of, "DAMN you skinny! You so skinny boy!" Mind you I'm older than him. Then today I heard him talking again, "That guy's so skinny."

I know I'm not THAT skinny--my weight is healthy, my diet is healthy, I eat frequently (hence the high metabolism) and I'm very active. Besides, it's not intentional, it's just the lifestyle I've always lived and the body I've always had. I also know I shouldn't let his (and others') comments get to me, but it's just damn annoying to be looked upon as some weakling just because I'm skinnier than the average American.

I am liking this site way better than facebook right now...

Its annoying when people try to discuss irrelevant things and they already know the answer. They make pages of garbage just to try and sound smart and than the thread becomes engulfed in their nonsense. I want to flip the table on that thread and say some really mean things with really mean memes but I wont. Just needed to let out how I felt about it. ^ w ^ Feel better now but would feel extra better if I could say those really horrible things I thought of.

Originally Posted by woblybil

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Oh, Absolutely.

Originally Posted by oneiroer

I am liking this site way better than facebook right now...

Recently I look at my facebook wall and can't think anything else except "I literally hate all of you". I just feel so much disgust toward them.
They're so stupid.... omg I need to like this text on a picture that says some lame thing like "i may not seem _____ but I'm more _____ than you know"
WOW! So much care! Please tell me more!

Rant: Float tank again.... Yep. Finally received my new pump. It doesn't work the way I hoped it would.
Turns out you definitely need to have water flowing in to it for it to work. Some pumps you can kind of fill the pipes a bit and it'll work, but this one doesn't.
SO.... that's one more thing I need to fix. I'm gonna have to drill through the side of the tank so the pipe for the inlet to the pump is always filled with water.
On the plus side I found a really easy way to put a pipe through with pretty much no chance of leaking
AND since the tank hasn't been used for a while the water level is fairly low, so I don't have to try and glue the liner under water, which would inevitably end in disaster.

Should be done tomorrow.

If it doesn't work I'm gonna sell my pumps, burn everything else and just go to a commercial tank once a week.
I've spent probably just under $3000 and it doesn't even work properly yet. Got about 20 floats out of it before the old pump started rusting.

Rave: I passed the test! One more to go....
Oh and the new cord for my headphones was delivered today. Can finally listen to high quality music again!

I don't even have Facebook or twitter anymore. I deleted it.

You guys are just doing Facebook wrong. There's an option to just not follow people... If you post annoying stuff or just stuff I simply don't care about, I stop following you. I'm down to about 10 people. The rest of my news feed is made up of posts from bands/labels I like, so I'm always up-to-date on awesome new tunes. It's great.

That is what I use to do with my FB, Sefaik but, It got to a point where I didn't even have time to chat with my closes friends and didn't feel like sharing anything anymore. I don't think there is anything wrong escaping from that place.

Tommo! Grats on your test
Sucks about your tank though. Kudos to you for even attempting it though. Sounds like quite the project!

Facebook... I got out of my Farmville addiction again (didn't last long at all this last time). FB kind of screwed that up by limiting who can see your posts and how the feeds work. Before getting into the game, though, I always add a sort of disclaimer to my wall to tell people how to block notices if they don't play.
Now-a-days, I just check FB a couple times a day. I rarely ever post anything, but I like reading others posts and memes. I have people on the far right and far left of every issue posting things. I like having the opposing views. When people get too annoying or post lots of inappropriate stuff, I just unfollow them.

I have a silly rant. I kept thinking I had a hair on my hand yesterday. I'd absentmindedly swipe at the spot, only the sensation never went away. I finally LOOKED and what I found has me scratching my head. Make a loose fist. Look at the top of your hand right above your wrist. Do you have a dimple there? Is it a deep dimple? I do and it seems the loose hair sensation is coming from within the dimple
When I straighten my hand, I can still see the dimple, as well as the bones from my fingers. It seems the dimple is JUST to the left of the bone for my first finger.
My other hand has a dimple in the same spot, but it's not nearly as pronounced.

The thing is.. I don't know if I've always had it. There's no pain, no swelling, just that loose hair sensation that's driving me bonkers. *shrug* I went to each of my kids to see if they had one and I'm the only one

Other than that, life is quiet and fine. I'm still sleeping way too friggin much. Been having some strange dreams too, but nothing too out of the ordinary. I keep dreaming about driving a car off a narrow road into some water. I've not had those dreams for a while and they usually signal periods of high stress. But I'm not stressed about anything. (Sleeping 16 hours a day points to high stress too- what the heck brain I'M NOT STRESSED ABOUT ANYTHING! )

If anything, life is quite peaceful. All of the cats are still banished outside and they're doing just fine. Feebie died and she's smelling up the yard because we can't find her for the tall grass, but I knew she was going to die and the death of kittens is so commonplace that it doesn't truly sadden me anymore (which I guess is kind of sad in and of itself).
The kids have been cleaning the house which hasn't looked this good in a decade... I went to my first meeting in several years and it felt wonderful.... I'm as healthy as ever (except for fatigue), the internet works, the fruit flies are dying and I'm still playing Terraria plus Fallout New Vegas.

Is peace and cleanliness stressing me out Wouldn't that be a hoot?

Hope everyone is well

Originally Posted by DreamCafe11

Excuse my rudeness, but I hate you

Gonna steal this reaction photo...

Mowed the lawn, Played KSP, went to Taekwondo, Had nachos for dinner. Just happy to be alive.

Originally Posted by Lauraw

I don't even have Facebook or twitter anymore. I deleted it.

That is what I use to do with my FB, Sefaik but, It got to a point where I didn't even have time to chat with my closes friends and didn't feel like sharing anything anymore. I don't think there is anything wrong escaping from that place.

I left facebook about six months ago. I thought I would miss it, but I never looked back once. It was just a massive time-vaccum and I found that my time was better spent doing other things.

I will never understand censorship, honestly...
And every time I hear "Wet Dreams" by J. Cole I remember why...

PLEASE, can ANY one tell me why they censor out the words "naked", "condom", "virgin", and the phrase "on top" (among others)?

REALLY?
When did such harmless words become taboo, amid the cesspool of lyrics known as mainstream rap music?

This is after midnight, mind you.
On a station that 24/7 plays songs that regularly talk about tricking, masturbation, murdering genitals (horrible turn of phrase of you ask me), selling/doing drugs, shooting people for looking at you wrong, and all manner of other questionable scenarios.

NO WONDER today's youth is completely confused, when words like "virgin" and "condom" are removed from songs that (unlike most) have the DECENCY to even mention them!

Sooooo, I'm to believe that things like virginity, condoms, and nakedness are on par in vulgarity with words like "bitch", "dick", "fuck" and the like? Not to MENTION all the violent shit that nobody bothers to say BOO about.

Way to make go, censorship.
Way to make NO fucking sense whatsoever.

Originally Posted by JadeGreen

I left facebook about six months ago. I thought I would miss it, but I never looked back once. It was just a massive time-vaccum and I found that my time was better spent doing other things.

At one point I had about 5000 friends and I had my share of famous faces and their fan people that friend request me but, Yeah, I don't really miss it. I am still friends with some of them.

Wow, 5000 is a lot. I only have about 27. And a lot of them are family members i've never met or heard of before. I still have facebook but don't really use it much. I log in every once in a while just to post a few photos and see how the family is doing.

Zhaylin (I'M NOT STRESSED ABOUT ANYTHING!)
Most probably because your life is quiet...things that were stressing you are getting a chance to come to the surface and have some attention, as your mind is allowing them some space to come in.
(The car in your dreams slipping into the deep waters of your subconscious ^^ jokes).

As for the strange sensations it is obviously present but just not on a physical level (currently).

btw I want all your cats, please forward them in a large post
Rgds Meoh =^^=

Yeah 5000 is crazy, how do you even meet that many people? lol. I only use facebook for uni now. It's definitely not a fun or interesting place. It's just necessary for some things.

Rave: My tank is working! Not sure how long the glue will hold up on the liner, but I'm gonna order more salt anyway with this guy I connected with (on facebook, funny enough, haha) but I've been to his float center before. He's ordering salt soon so we should be able to save money on a bulk order together.

As long as the liner holds up for a month or so I'll be happy. Then I'll dump this water, clean it, fix the liner properly and fill with nice new water and salt.

Rant: WTF is with women? seriously. They just go spaz occasionally for absolutely no reason. I mean yeah I know it's prob that monthly bleeding but still. Chill out ffs....
It's like.... I wasn't trying to offend you or make you feel bad. I've never done that before and you know I wouldn't do it now. Get angry at someone else, not me.

Zhaylin I too have developed "intermittent hypersomnia". I recently joined a hypersomnia forum. Some people are born with it. But some folk develop it.

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I get good days. I can't seem to fight it. My dr keeps ruling out this and that. It is just as well that I like dreaming hahaha.

Originally Posted by Zhaylin

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Other than that, life is quiet and fine. I'm still sleeping way too friggin much. Been having some strange dreams too, but nothing too out of the ordinary. I keep dreaming about driving a car off a narrow road into some water. I've not had those dreams for a while and they usually signal periods of high stress. But I'm not stressed about anything. (Sleeping 16 hours a day points to high stress too- what the heck brain I'M NOT STRESSED ABOUT ANYTHING! )

If anything, life is quite peaceful.

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Is peace and cleanliness stressing me out Wouldn't that be a hoot?

Hope everyone is well

Zhaylin, I love what MeohMyoh said

Originally Posted by MeohMyoh

Zhaylin (I'M NOT STRESSED ABOUT ANYTHING!)
Most probably because your life is quiet...things that were stressing you are getting a chance to come to the surface and have some attention, as your mind is allowing them some space to come in.

(The car in your dreams slipping into the deep waters of your subconscious ^^ jokes).

As for the strange sensations it is obviously present but just not on a physical level (currently).

btw I want all your cats, please forward them in a large post
Rgds Meoh =^^=

Getting a Chevrolet Camaro door slammed on your ankle hurts a LOT, this happened to me last night; I'm gonna be sore today!

Feel better Mooseantler!

Youch, Moose! Feel better soon!

Meoh, loved your post While we're in the interpreting mood, why the heck do I keep dreaming about a secret safe hubby owns (dream only) and I keep stealing stuff from it. But it's usually unimportant stuff like papers. It's recurring too and always leaves me scratching my head. When hubby and I first got together back in 1998, I "stole" some beanie baby cards from him. He bought them by the case and I sold 2 cases. I never told him and wonder if it's guilt. But that seems silly. (Says the person who once cried for hours as a TEEN because I didn't wave back to some person dressed in an animal suit )
In all seriousness though, your interpretation makes a lot of sense. That's how my anxiety works which leaves me wanting to bang my head against a concrete wall. Whenever a stressful situation is happening (like a car accident), I'm not stressed. I'm pumped or angry or ???. It's not until after everything settles that the situation hits me. But during those times I KNOW what the stressor was.
Now? I haven't the foggiest

If only I could send you all my cats

Tommo Way to go. Have a soak for me
And about the menstruation jab. Hubby was very cranky earlier. I didn't say anything to him then but he later told me his blood pressure was elevated. I laughed and told him: "Yeah, you were so cranky earlier that I wanted to ask you to take your blood pressure.... but then I thought it could be insulting- like how people always blame women's crankiness on their period. Sometimes people just get grumpy."
So yeah... I wouldn't joke to a woman about being on her period. You're likely to get popped one

Ebb, hypersomnia... I'll have to look that up again. My fatigue (I think) is mostly caused by being naturally naucturnal (sP!). I don't feel energetic until 10PM no matter how much or how little I've slept. When I make myself sleep, I sleep fitfully so I'm still tired all friggin day. If it wasn't for hubby, I would embrace my night-owl ways.
But there I go simplifying again. I think I might also be a little anemic. I've been freezing even in 70 degree weather.

My rant is that I cannot drink ANY alcohol. Hubby and I went out tonight and I had a frozen Grasshopper... but I also had 2 tomatoes on my sandwich. The pain wasn't as severe or long lasting as it has been in the past. It actually took about 15 minutes to hit me. I came home, laid on my side for a few minutes and it cleared right up.
I also don't care for this 6mg nicotine. I'm okay if I'm distracted while gaming or something. But the heat is turned up to 10 and I usually keep it at 5-6.5. I'm also not loving the flavors though. They're okay, it's just not quite doing it for me.

Time to crash. I have the Kingdom Hall in the morning. Too bad there isn't an evening meeting
Goodnight DV.

Zhaylin, idk about your dream. I try and think how the dream made me feel to get the underlying message. Our souls are supposed to speak through our emotions among other things in our dreams.

So I TRY to categorize (meow) my dreams based on how I feel. (this is based on dream yoga which got me interested in lucid dreaming. )

Sacral Chakra dilema/block -> groundless - no place to go/lost etc
Heart Chakra dilema/block -> powerless - "boo hoo" things totally feel out of my control
Throat Chakra dilema/block -> unpeaceful - it's zombie attack time or anything else violent I guess
then the theory is I work on that chakra and the dream to try and unblock things.

It makes me feel more in control that I have some kinda handle on things even if I have no clue on specifics relating to "waking state" events.

I so wish I had a tank like tommo, I suppose having 2 people in it would kinda defeat the purpose huh.

btw my computer keeps not starting...so I may be offline till I get a new one Oo

hugs all
Meoh

They killed off pooh from the anime Charlotte in episode 11. WHY!!? T - T They also tortured him and broke all his teeth. THEY COULD HAVE COME UP WITH A BETTER PLAN TO SAVE HIM AND NAO!I HATE THE GIRl THAT JUMPED YU! I really liked Charlotte and I know lots of people rated that they loved the episode but come on! Why they love all the torture!? IT MAKE NO SENSE!!>: / How this help the plot anyways? :/

They should bring pooh back.

Good reference guide, Meoh. I think I'll try to incorporate something similar to interpret my dreams
Hope you get your computer fixed or replaced quickly.

My rant is that I've been up all night. I decided to teach myself canvas needlepoint because I want a niftier e-cig lanyard. what a beginners project eh
I got the basic stitch down. I finished one long panel and one short one... but the panels that have to have openings (a small panel need one opening for the ignition (?) button and another for temp controls- then the bottom panel needs one for the charger cord) have me absolutely stumped. I know how to work boxes... but the ones with the openings leave only single lines to work with around the edges.
I might have to sacrifice better measurements so I can keep boxes to work with.

For now, the design sucks. It's just a basic stitch of variating brown colors (yeah, I know the real word is variegating but that word sucks IMHO )
I just want to make something to see how it functions. If I like it, I'll learn better designs and stitches.

For now, however, I must sleep...

... and I'm FINISHED

NewLanyard1.jpgNewLanyard.jpg

It's not perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but I'm proud of my accomplishment
I had the metal rings (which are too large) and I just added the strap from my original lanyard.
So far, I prefer the way this one LOOKS (except for the rings and tattered strap), but it's not as (?) user friendly as the crocheted one. The crocheted one fits the unit like a glove and pressing the button feels very natural and unhindered. This new one is a box. It has the harsher edges of a box.

But. I am done.

I'll wear it for a few days and see how I warm up to it. If I like it, I'll work on the design some more.
In the mean time, I learned a new skill. Beginning and unrefined, but a skill none-the-less

And I'm sleepy. I didn't wake up until almost 6PM (having fallen asleep at around 8AM). I want to get some gaming in before going to bed.

Oh yeah, another rant is that needlepoint is hard on my allergies. I don't know WHY it's so different, but working with the needle creates more (?) yarn dust. Crocheting doesn't. So, perhaps I'm not actually 'sleepy" it's just my eyes burn so much that my body thinks I am
Yet another rant is that the fleas are going out with a vengeance. The weather is turning colder and I guess they know their days are limited

Y'all I'm a dumbass. I think I uploaded my essay to the wrong file thing. I'm going to see if my teacher will show me mercy this morning, but I'm not sure she will.

I shouldn't be allowed to be around computers. XD

Originally Posted by Lauraw

I don't even have Facebook or twitter anymore. I deleted it.

Good job, who needs that shit anyway. I know I don't.

Also Sefalik, the truth you're gonna get much less shit in general when you're muscular, tall or big (to a certain degree big). I'm skinny as well, but I've never gotten shit about it. Maybe back in the days, but I work out a lot now so I am more toned and aggressive. I've never understood why people would give shit to one another (unless friends).

Cat phobic, society is shaming us by censoring these kind of words. In a couple of generations we will all be softy pants!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcVrLbluvLw
Fuck, shit, piss, cock, pussy, ass... condom? lmao
Fuck will always be the best word.

Spoiler for kek:

Fucking pussy ass bullshit condom-licking ass weed smoking ass, lsd dropping mother fuckers