The other night husband and I were watching a documentary about the yeti where they were doing DNA analysis of samples of supposed yeti fur, and every one of them came back as bears.
Anyway, the next night we watched a thing about some pig man who is supposed to live in Vermont. People said it had claws and a pig nose but walked upright like a man. Now, I happen to know that sideshows used to shave bears and present them as pig men. So every piece of evidence they gave of this monster sounds to me like a bear with mange.
So now the running joke in our house is that everything is bears. Aliens? Bears. Loch Ness monster? Bear. Every cryptozoological mystery is just a very crafty bear.
Bears. They’re everywhere. Be wary. Anyone or anything could be a bear.
As the OP of this post, I’m going to threaten that if this gets to one million notes by the 10 year anniversary on 1 June 2026, one year from today, I will get a lower back tattoo of the loch ness bear monster.
so back when my little brother was in high school, my mom went as a chaperone for their senior year field trip to an amusement park. which, you know, brave move to volunteer to supervise a bunch of high school seniors let loose in a wonderland of rollercoasters and sugar
my brother and his friends in this field trip group were truly great kids. but they were not above run of the mill teenage boy shenanigans. it’s the end of senior year, you and all your buddies are at the amusement park, you’re naturally going to want to act like a complete moron
there was one kid in the group who was especially prone to goofing around. committed to the bit, some may say. my mom knew that if nonsense was going to break out, he’d likely be at the center of it
so she goes up to this kid at the very start of the trip and says “hey, i’m kinda worried about this chaperoning thing. this might be a lot to ask, but can you help me keep an eye on everyone? you wouldn’t have to do anything big, just be an extra set of eyes for me.”
friends, this kid proceeded to run their field trip group like the fucking us marines. everyone is at the meet up spots at the designated time. everyone waits in line for the rides like a bunch of boy scouts. the second the horseplay gets too out of hand, this kid is getting it back under control
it’s incredible how differently people act based on the expectations you set. instead of going to this kid and saying “hey, i know you’re trouble, so i’ve got my eye on you,” my mom went “hey, i know you have influence in your peer group, so i think you can help me.”
treat someone like a problem, they’ll act like a problem. but give people a chance to help, make them feel important, and they usually rise far above the occasion. it was a stroke of genius that i’m honestly still in awe of
Hey. Hey. Look at me. Run a metal spoon under warm-to-hot water (as hot as you can stand your wrist being under) and press it to the bite for 30 seconds. The heat will denature the itchy proteins in the mosquito saliva and make the itching go away. Just be careful not to make the water too hot or you'll have an Entirely New Problem.
ok but I have to kind of hand it to one specific victim who reported a metal wire grill brush incident and injury on saferproducts.gov for being very medically unadvisable but also very hardcore and then filing a report to try and help protect others.
I read through a ton of these for the grill brush recall post
the specific dangerous metal wire grill brush involved was onward manufacturing company limited grill pro #601627730 although NONE of these fine metal wire grill brushes are safe and they are all an affront to health and nature and are a category of product that should not exist anywhere in this world
the 70 year old dude who got a metal wire grill brush bristle lodged in the back of his throat and instead of going to the emergency room, repositioned the wire before it could get any further down in his system, stabbed it through his tongue, and pulled it out straight through his tongue. in one side and out the other
the majority of victims who wound up with a grill brush wire in their tongue did surgery to remove it because
you have to pull it all the way fucking through. and a good chunk of them had at least one surgery fail because the wire was so fucking fine and got fully trapped in their tongue and there are a ton of horror stories about that
anyway after this specific guy removed his wire from his tongue presumably with limited painkillers and anti inflammatories he marked his injury report as not having received any medical attention
fucking 70 year old dude white knuckled a wire through his mouth and then submitted an incident report and tried to protect others
Incident Description: I want to report a dangerous product, 'Grill Pro' grill wire cleaning brush Model #6016277330 [redacted] The tiny wires break off and can become lodged in a person' throat, stomach, or mouth. In my case I was eating a piece of grilled chicken and one of the small brush wires (which has broken off the plastic brush and stuck to the grill) got caught in my throat and pierced my tongue. I had to pull it thru my tongue to get it out. VERY DANGEROUS. PLEASE REPORT PRODUCT. Sold at Walmart, most hardware and houseware stores.
Incident Date: 1/4/2019
talk about metal. if this happens to you please go to the emergency room afterwards at the very least if for no other reason than to ensure you have no other wires in your body or to get antibiotics
the infections caused by these wires are fucking NASTY
real talk i have become a problem recently. the hospital wanted my fingerprint and i said no. the receptionist was like: but its such a convenient way to check in! and i said ok i dont want you to have my biometric data. and she was so baffled. i said, can you not check me in using an id card?
well of course but dont you want to provide your biometric data for your convenience?
SAME. I will walk out of a store without giving them my money if i can't not give my personal information just to make a purchase. Because if we don't collectively MAKE them leave that as an option by refusing to give them money when they try to make it required for purchase, it won't be long before it's mandatory for making a purchase at every business and you won't be able to buy a box of band-aids or get your car fixed without giving them your details, down to your damn genetic code istfg
During World War II US Major Charlie “the mad major” Carpenter was a reconnaissance pilot who flew light unarmed observation planes to track enemy movements. Growing bored with his non-combat role, he mounted three bazookas to each wing of his plane so that he could strafe any enemy he encountered. He is credited with destroying six enemy tanks and number of other armored vehicles.
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