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[dykewozniak]

kind of hilarious how childfree women (or anyone perceived as a woman) are always told they can't possibly understand the trials of life or how to be a proper responsible adult because they don't have kids, yet this doesn't seem to apply when we're being asked to babysit for free

[dykewozniak]

so i had a sudden flare up of severe eczema that was very hard to control, then when that finished i had a three day migraine, and when the migraine finally left i was gifted with allergies so bad i'm getting constant nosebleeds swollen eyes and worsened asthma, followed by a full day of completely unexplained and excruciatingly painful diarrhea

#lovemylife!!

[hungwy]

people born in 2000 should be like 12-14 now. but they’re not. that’s how fucked up our world is now

[how-not-to-human]

The older this post gets the funnier it becomes

[duchesspeggy]

My cousin born in 2000 is a licensed psychologist.

[shepardoftheearth]

that’s how fucked up our world is now

[dykewozniak]

why is every medicated product for eczema, psoriasis or dermatitis like

"this product contains benzyl alcohol which may cause localised allergic skin reactions, burning, flaking, sun sensitivity and redness. it may also increase sensitivity to other products. AVOID using this product if you are allergic or sensitive to the following: benzyl alcohol, sodium lauryl sulfate, sodium lauryl ether sulfate, phenoxyethanol, propylene glycol. this product contains fragrance with allergens. consult a doctor before use if you are allergic to--"

just stop putting them in there????

why can they not seem to formulate medication without this shit in it?

[dykewozniak]

ex I've been in love with for years messaged to ask how I'm doing. told her things aren't going well. she expressed condolences and told me she and her girlfriend are getting married soon, just bought a house and are deliriously happy. cool.

[dykewozniak]

how/why do people watch football or sports in general? this shit is so stressful

[dykewozniak]

will people finally stop bringing up 1976 now?

[dykewozniak]

IT'S TOO FUCKING HOT AGAIN

[dykewozniak]

32 outside and 27.4 in my room. it's not too bad right now. i think because it was cool last night yesterday's heat didn't stick around in da bricks. i think the next few nights are meant to be warmer though and they're forecasting 35, 34, 33, 32, 30 for the days. then it's still high 20s for the foreseeable. at least there's a breeze this time

this is weird though. why is everyone around me pretending that it's normal summer weather? normal summer weather for my part of england is like 15 to 24C

what's the point in this climate change denialism? everyone's like "it was just this hot when we were kids!!" (no it wasn't) "and i'm actually fine with this heat i keep complaining about every 5 seconds!"

[dykewozniak]

it immediately got hotter after i posted this. i was a fool. it's too hot. i'm too hot!!!!!!!!!!!

[dykewozniak]

32 outside and 27.4 in my room. it's not too bad right now. i think because it was cool last night yesterday's heat didn't stick around in da bricks. i think the next few nights are meant to be warmer though and they're forecasting 35, 34, 33, 32, 30 for the days. then it's still high 20s for the foreseeable. at least there's a breeze this time

this is weird though. why is everyone around me pretending that it's normal summer weather? normal summer weather for my part of england is like 15 to 24C

what's the point in this climate change denialism? everyone's like "it was just this hot when we were kids!!" (no it wasn't) "and i'm actually fine with this heat i keep complaining about every 5 seconds!"

[dykewozniak]

england why are you doing this to me again

i'm still on steroids to deal with the flare up from the heatwave a couple weeks ago and during that heatwave i was still in a crash from the previous one in may

i hate this. it's making me so so sick and i'm not recovering. i don't have money for air conditioning - not even a portable unit - and don't have access to a fridge or freezer

i'm currently bedbound and stuck in a tiny room with massive windows on the second floor. my room is a greenhouse

at least the nights are slightly cooler this time and humidity might be a little lower

my cousins in france are struggling too, apparently. stupidly hot over there rn

[dykewozniak]

trying to narrow down what's been giving me huge patches of itchy, painful contact dermatitis so I switched out my heavily-scented garnier conditioner for a france-free one from the ordinary and it gave me one of the worst allergic reactions I've ever had to anything -_-

like throat closing up, wheezing, bloodshot swollen eyes, dark red burning rash across my face, neck, shoulders and chest, runny nose, headache. what in the fuck. it's only got like 5 ingredients. maybe the guar gum was the culprit? who fucking knows

scary!

and also so annoying because I bought it specifically to avoid allergens!!!! ugh why is my body like this?!

anyway back to the garnier that you can smell from 2 miles away because apparently my body's actually cool with that

[dykewozniak]

i posted the other day on instagram about it being over 38C in my room and 69% humidity, how i got so sick the doctor ordered me not to go in my room until the heatwave ended (not an option, unfortunately, but it's better now at a balmy 29C) and i had a relapse of symptoms so back on steroids and antibiotics

and some YANK replied "you think that's hot? try being in 106 F" so i offered my condolences on having to cope with 106 F (41C) with no air conditioning and high humidity

the guy replied "well i have AC thankfully but it's still hot outside even without the humidity. are you saying you don't have AC? if so, get it installed and turn the ceiling fan on too"

lmaaaaaaaoooooooo

yeah buddy i'll just turn my non-existant ceiling fan on. i'll just pick up a $150 portable AC unit from walmart (in reality would be a $400 minimum and they're all sold out everywhere anyway), or have $5000 AC installed in the house i don't own, i'll just go to the air conditioned library (my local librarians wish that were true) and all these other useless things americans keep suggesting

the majority of our shops don't have air con. offices don't have air con. our fucking HOSPITALS don't have air con. my aunt had a stroke during the may heatwave just over a month ago (because remember how this heat is DANGEROUS?) and is still in hospital, unable to properly speak, unable to walk or use her right arm, with 80% blockage in one neck artery and 50% blockage in the other. all they've got is one cheapo standing fan for the whole ward and they've had to keep all the lights off because they generate too much heat

yeah yeah europoors whatever

can these people try to have some fucking empathy for once

[rainbowmoonshadow]

The heatwave is making so many people feel miserable. Where I live the temperatures have not gone below 33°C ( 92° fahrenheit) during the day, for two weeks. (And yes the houses here heat up that much too, because they are designed to trap the heat inside, as they were built for the cold) We are expecting 40°C (104° fahrenheit) in two days. I can't think, I'm sweating, I'm unreasonably angry all the time, my health got worse....

On social media people are basically all saying the same thing .... And then there are some Americans (I know it's not all of you guys 💙) in the comments like "Lol, climate change is not real! Fear mongering! Just turn on your AC lol."

Buddy, millions of people are living through this heat wave RIGHT NOW! This is not some made up concept, it is happening to millions of people right now! And it happened two years ago and a few years before that. The point is, we keep breaking heat records every year here. When I was a kid temperatures did not go over 32°C and those summers were rare! We are concerned about climate change, because we can see the impact happening in just a decade or two.

And most people do not have AC here. And if we do, it's the small portable ones, who can keep one room a little bit cooler. And that's it.

[dykewozniak]

current strategy:

no clothes. clothes can fuck off

lie down in front of a fan on full blast

continually spray self with a fine layer of water from a plant mister

stick ice blocks in armpits

drink ice water when able

cover self in a thin towel soaked with water

windows open as wide as possible the second the temperature starts to drop

[dykewozniak]

haven't done wordle in literally years but felt compelled to today and it's just called me a slur

[curiositypolling]

You’re going about your normal day when suddenly youre in an entirely new fantasy world with nonhuman people walking around you. This is clearly not earth and there is clearly magic, everything looks/feels as real as you can tell even after walking around for a few minutes. what is your assumption? after realizing its not a split-second flash

I’m clearly naturally hallucinating from a mental illness reason

something drug induced (you were not on drugs prior to this)

a very elaborate prank

some sort of big conspiracy (ie government)

it’s real and I’ve been isekai’d

other

Voting ended onJun 30