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Gabriel | medical stuff is tagged #healthtalking | androgynous/trans guy | he/him | TERFs and truscum dni

[lowkeystillsleeping]

I respect and appreciate healthcare workers, but tell me why tf the doctor checking me for POTS told me to keep taking my beta blockers before my tilt table test? The meds that suppress the very symptoms she’s looking for? “The test showed no symptoms of POTS” my brother in Christ all that proves it that my meds are working. That doesn’t erase the years of severe POTS symptoms I experienced before the beta blockers

[lowkeystillsleeping]

Did I return to the helllsite only to complain? Yes, absolutely

[lowkeystillsleeping]

I respect and appreciate healthcare workers, but tell me why tf the doctor checking me for POTS told me to keep taking my beta blockers before my tilt table test? The meds that suppress the very symptoms she’s looking for? “The test showed no symptoms of POTS” my brother in Christ all that proves it that my meds are working. That doesn’t erase the years of severe POTS symptoms I experienced before the beta blockers

[lowkeystillsleeping]

I swear some part of me still deeply believes s5 is gonna start with a shot of Eddie gasping for air waking up having been brought back by the mindflayer or something. They gotta pull another Hopper on us

[lowkeystillsleeping]

[thyrell]

growin up is great cos you get excited over the strangest shit. i just got a cold war era government surplus desk for twenty bucks and this thing is literally the sturdiest piece of furniture ive seen in my entire life. you could toss a hand grenade in one of the drawers n close it and you probably wouldn’t even hear it go off. you remember those cold war PSAs kids had to watch in school about ducking and covering under their desks in the event of a nuke attack? that would have worked they would have lived the desks back then were built different.

[odinsblog]

Finally, some good news.

👉🏿 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/16/health/abortion-pills-fda.html

[teacupsandtimelords]

This is so great because if anyone is caught impeding or messing with these deliveries, it’s MAIL, that makes it a FEDERAL crime, whoever fucks with these packages gets charged FEDERALLY, they face up to five years in prison.

[dwagom]

not enough fireworks and champagne on the whole fuckin continent to celebrate this the way you're supposed to celebrate it

[dwagom]

*chef's kiss from a hot-air balloon* fuck you, suck my dick you speculator fucks, you deserve all of this and worse

[skottichan-deactivated20240228]

I wonder if this is the ramification of the announcement that nVidia is going to make changes to their GPUs so you can't crypto mine with them.

https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/18/22441847/nvidia-rtx-3080-3070-ethereum-mining-drivers-limit-cryptocurrency

[jadegiantess]

Also here's a filter list that blocks scripts that mine crypto in the background to make it harder for them to do what they want.

https://github.com/hoshsadiq/adblock-nocoin-list

[dwagom]

good find, if you're using uBlock Origin, do this:

1) click uBlock Origin's icon in the browser, 2) go to the lower-right and click on "open dashboard" (the icon with the cogwheels), 3) go to the "filter lists" tab, scroll to the bottom, 4) tick "Import...", 5) paste the url from the page and 6) then click "apply changes" at the top

[disgruntledinametallicatshirt]

you know what actually pisses me off? when I finally start to feel a smidge of confidence in my writing ability and then some JERK POSTS A SINGLE LINE FROM A TERRY PRATCHETT NOVEL AND IT’S BETTER THAN ANYTHING I WILL EVER WRITE NO MATTER HOW MANY MILLENNIA I SPEND TRYING!

[thebaconsandwichofregret]

Terry was a professional writer from the age of 17. He worked as a journalist which meant that he had to learn to research, write and edit his own work very quickly or else he’d lose his job.

He was 23 when his first novel was published. After six years of writing professionally every single day. The Carpet People was a lovely novel, from a lovely writer, but almost all of Terry’s iconic truth bomb lines come from Discworld.

The Colour of Magic, the first ever Discworld novel was published in 1983. Terry was 35 years old. He had been writing professionally for 18 years. His career was old enough to vote, get married and drink. We now know that at 35 he was, tragically, over half way through his life. And do you know what us devoted, adoring Discworld fans say about The Colour of Magic? “Don’t start with Colour of Magic.”

It is the only reading order rule we ever give people. Because it’s not that great. Don’t get me wrong, very good book, although I’ll be honest I’ve never been able to finish it, but it’s nowhere near his later stuff. Compare it to Guards Guards, The Fifth Elephant, the utterly iconic Nightwatch and it pales in comparison because even after nearly 20 years of writing, half a lifetime of loving books and storytelling Terry was still learning.

He was a man with a wonderful natural talent, yes. But more importantly he worked and worked and worked to be a better writer. He was writing up until days before he died.  He spent 49 years learning and growing as a writer, taking so much joy in storytelling that not even Alzheimer’s could steal it from him. He wouldn’t want that joy stolen from you too.

Terry was a wonderful, kind, compassionate, genius of a writer. And all of this was in spite of many many people telling him he wasn’t good enough. At the age of five his headmaster told him that he would never amount to anything. He died a knight of the realm and one of the most beloved writers ever to have lived in a country with a vast and rich literary tradition. He wouldn’t let anyone tell him that he wasn’t good enough. And he wouldn’t want you to think you aren’t good enough. He especially wouldn’t want to be the reason why you think you aren’t good enough. 

You’re not Terry Pratchett. 

You are you.

And Terry would love that. 

[rsfcommonplace]

I only ever had a chance to talk to Terry Pratchett once, and that was in an autograph line.  I’d bought a copy of The Carpet People, which was his very first book, and he looked at it with a faint air of concern.  “You realise that I wrote that when I was very young,” he said, in warning.

“Yes,” I said.  “But I like seeing how authors grow.”

He brightened and reached for his pen.  “That’s all right then,” he said, and signed.

[lowkeystillsleeping]

Being home on Halloween won’t stop me from doing sexy elf makeup

[homofied]

Demon Quiche

[bevismusson]

I don't know of the pause after "smooth top" where he's clearly considering if he needs to make the innuendo or not, or his reaction to the taste is the best part of this one

[hickeywiththegoodhair]

you are forgetting about “”BEAT UNTIL SOFT”honey i dont need instructions”

[guccikadearts]

[homunculus-argument]

character in a movie: Oh no, angry dog, please don’t bite me!

the dog: I’m at work! I’m doing so good at being at work! I’m barking because my handler gave the sign ‘bark’! I am going to get such a good grade in being a dog actor, which is completely possible to achieve, and normal to want! I am doing a great job! I am proud of myself for doing such a great job! I love this, because I’d make it physically impossible to get anything done if I wasn’t enjoying it! I’m barking!

[sindri42]

I love seeing dogs and wolves in movies because they’re acting so vicious but also their tails are wagging so hard unless the post-processing guys specifically edited out the tails (which is slightly less obvious but also hilarious in a different way once you spot it).

[spectral-cervid]

This is why I love the dog in the original casting of The Thing so damn much. I have never seen an acting dog move with such a deliberate, calm intent. It was like every single motion and gesture this animal made was intentional.

Apparently, according to the behind-the-scenes documentation, this dog was just fuckin like that. Almost never, if at all, looked at the camera crews and production teams. Never excitedly wagged his tail on set no matter how much of a good boy he was being. If he did, it was the same… deliberate motions.

His name was Jed, and even though he’s a dog, he deserves an oscar. He was an exceptionally good boy.

[snorlaxatives]

incredibly grateful that tumblr doesn’t have a memories feature like every other social media platform because frankly i am terrified to even think about what kind of tomfoolery and hooliganery i was getting into 6 years ago on this website

[val-ritz]

tumblr’s memories feature is other users, because every once in a while one of you motherfuckers will reblog a post i made in like 2012 and detonate all of my bones like they’re C4

[matsuropalette]

doctors HATE her: local woman shows symptoms of an actual illness and wants to be treated 

[ritaremade]

lesbians should get $20

[pennaraptor]

everyone on tumblr keeps talking about the worst animal or whatever. well. this is the best animal

[nudityandnerdery]

[analog-machine]

And he’s upset why?

[clueingforbeggs]

This is a behind the scenes from a TV show. He’s the guy who plays the character whose gravestone it is. He’s mad that people are memeing a behind the scenes photo of a fictional character’s death because he happens to play that character.

[analog-machine]

I’m not sure if I should laugh or hit my head on the desk over this one.

[a-little-bit-scary]

The face I just made 🙄

[peregrinsonofpaladin]

My favourite part that this is leaving out is that by the end he and the rest of the cast weren’t getting along and they did a full on photoshoot in front of his grave.

[starcunning]

if he doesn’t want us to use THAT photo, it seems like we’ve got three malicious-compliance-ready replacements right here

[kingpin-of-steel-act3]

[electricnerd]

Please, for the love of God, unmute this