Anecdotally, I have seen a case of “stem cells tourism” where the patient traveled to a foreign country to get stem cells injected into their spine. Can’t remember why they paid for this treatment. When they came back to their home country they started developing multiple spinal tumors due to the injections…causing significant morbidity. It honestly sounded like a horrifying case. Apparently this is not unheard of. I work in healthcare, but do not have a direct patient care facing role, so unfortunately I do not know what ended up happening to the patient.

I’m sorry you had a bad experience, but personally I’ve never understood “microblogging” myself. Like on Lemmy/Reddit, you can have pointless short conversations with people. On BlueSky/X, what is the point? It just seems like people screaming into the void hoping to attract some likes. I never understood how you were supposed to use it. Part of your problem with it seems to be that you want it to be more of a forum when it really isn’t.

What if we don’t agree with the compliment?

There are certain degree paths where it will net you a specific career path. The healthcare field is very particular about the specific degree/certification/licensure you have. In that regard, schooling makes sense for those.

Well I just ate a buttload of cookies

This is only tangentially related, but I just wanted to share a random anecdote.

I ordered a mobile pickup order at my local Taco Bell with their app. Since it’s nearby, I walked there and I had selected in store pickup. I walked inside and waited for a few moments. The manager comes out and this interaction happens.

Manager: “Inside was supposed to be closed. Idk who unlocked the door but you have to go through the drive through”

Me: “Oh uhh I already paid for an in store pickup through the app.”

Manager: “You have to go through the drive through.”

Me: “Uhhh…can I walk through the drive through? I walked here.”

The manager looks at me in total disbelief that someone would do that. “You don’t have a car???”

Me: “I mean I just walked here.”

Manager: “Ok hold on I’ll get your order.”

Lol. She looked at me like she had never heard of anyone walking some place to get some food lol. Granted I live literally a 5 minute walk from there which is probably not really the norm.

Shrimp taste very similar to crawfish to me. I can’t really tell the difference. I like both, though.

Yeah, I never get these strange AI results.

Except, the other day I wanted to convert some units and the AI results was having a fucking stroke for some reason. The numbers did not make sense at all. Never seen it do that before, but alas, I did not take a screenshot.

No, I don’t think there is a hierarchy anyone has to stay within. I am simply not attracted to 99% of people. The 1% I am are ultra attractive and thus not attractive to me or other “regular” people. I wish I could force myself to be attracted to others but I just can’t.

While nice of you to say, it’s not particularly realistic. Some dude from My 600 Lb Life is not dating Angelina Jolie unless there is something else going on.

Does babby come out of man’s pee hole or poop hole

My supervisor is a bit of a bully at times, but it’s not so direct and frequent that I have much of a case for HR, unfortunately. Especially because I often act irrationally with her specifically when my buttons are pushed. If I was a better employee in terms of interpersonal relationships, I could potentially build more of a “case” against her. As it stands, she has plenty of “evidence” to get me fired if I spoke up.

In that particular instance, there was a miscommunication about the lunch schedule. My friend did something to attempt to be helpful, but there was some confusion and it did not go over as intended. My supervisor accused my friend of having a “conspiracy theory” about the lunch schedule, then proceded to lecture her about how much “time was wasted” in the confusion.

My supervisor actually often makes valid points. She just acts like a condescending bitch when she does so.

Recently, my supervisor at work was berating my friend over something ridiculous. I was standing 2 feet away when it occurred. I was surprised at how it oddly put me back into my childhood, reminding me of when my dad would scream at my mom and I was powerless to stop it. I ended up blubbering some nonsense to try to distract my supervisor, but it didn’t really work. It’s frustrating to not be able to protect those you care about. I guess it’s in my nature to want to fiercely defend the people who I am loyal to, but I also don’t have a way to do it without getting myself or the person I am defending in trouble.

As a kid, I would always flip on the TV for the evening episode of the Simpsons too haha! Except I swear for me it was 5pm.

Idk if she was my bully necessarily, but the interactions with that group of people fucked with me. Anyway, she became a therapist which I thought was absolutely fucking wild. I wonder if she ever thinks about the way she acted as a teen.

Well, when people wrong me in very significant ways, I actually don’t forgive and tolerate them. Especially when said people repeat the harmful behaviors to others over and over again, often without remorse. In that regard, I’m not necessarily being a ton different in the way I view myself. One of the problems is that I continue to do X even when I try not to.

Idk if any of that made sense.

I hear this a lot. I know you’re just answering the OP, but I just wanted to say I have a hard time with this. The point is that it’s me and that I know better than to do X. So what then?

How is this a meme

Congratulations, man! :)

A party within walking distance sounds pretty chill! One of the reasons I can’t relax at parties is because I can’t have much of anything to drink because I have to worry about driving!