Note to self: To avoid hurricanes, move to the equator.

The people who own a lemmy instance have the right to associate (federate) with whatever other instances meet their guidelines.

If you don’t agree, then you are free to join a different lemmy instance that is federated with objectionable material.

You don’t have the right to demand that lemmy.one meets your standards. You don’t own it.

If you find that no other instance federates with what you want, you’re free to make your own, with blackjack, and hookers.

https://youtu.be/e35AQK014tI

You totally have that ability… it’s under “Block User”.

Freedom of speech does not constitute an obligation to listen.

Good for you!

Ronald Reagan was President for 8 years.

At the time the doc said they could do a laminectomy, which is removing some of the spine material to prevent the spinal cord from being crushed. But it’s expensive, would require I be off work for 6 weeks, and wouldn’t be super effective.

So I told him “Ok, pretend we did that, because pretending doesn’t cost anything, not super effective, still in pain, now what?”

“Well, we can do cortizone shots into your spine…”

“Gee, that sounds pleasant, but I’ve heard you can only have so many of those and you’re done, you can’t have anymore. I’ve got, maybe, what another 40 years? Let’s not burn all the cortizone shots now… What’s next?”

¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯ “Vicodin?”

Feb. 2008 my spine tried to kill me. Lower lumbar spinal stenosis.

Did a bunch of stuff, winded up on vicodin. At my peak, just to function as a normal human being, I was taking 10 a day.

2 when I woke up.
2 when I got to work.
2 at lunchtime.
2 when I got home.
2 to be able to sleep.

For a year, it felt like my head was stuffed with cotton.

I got tired of not being able to think so I stopped the vicodin, managing the pain with stretching, breathing exercises, and meditation.

The pain never left, but I could “distance” it, like shouting from the house across the street.

I would not wish stenosis pain on my worst enemy.

Kind of sad if you think about it… After my heart attack and open heart surgery, I had considered setting up a bot to randomly send an /r/aww or /r/funny link to my wife every day after I die. Glad I didn’t now. :(