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  1. I was in Beijing and Xi'an earlier this month. The great vs horrific food strikes deep. Great stir fried noodles everywhere, but one evening I was absolutely gassed so I ordered a "pepperoni pizza" from room service. What showed up was revolting. First there was a bowl on the side that I didn't taste but I'm pretty sure was ketchup, no sauce on the pie. The "pepperoni" was what I would describe as slices of bologna with whole peppercorns shoved into it. Lots of gross stuff out on the street available, but everything else I ate was fantastic.
  2. I've had 3 procedures where the guidewire is inserted into an artery from the groin. The last one the girl in pre-op shaved the pubes and then in the operating room one of the nurses is like "yeah that won't do" and goes to get a new razor. She must have been doing something else at the same time because I laid there for what felt like 10 minutes in a cold OR completely covered by blankets except my d&b on full display and in danger of frostbite.
  3. seven

    Fat People

    Well duh
  4. seven

    Fat People

    Ketchup is gross 🫠
  5. seven

    Fat People

    Oh no, someone isn't exactly like me, time to cry
  6. seven

    Fat People

    The level that some of you care what other people eat is hilarious. Get over yourselves lmao
  7. No, the canned response is "that's just trump being trump, it drives the libs crazy hurhurhur"
  8. Canada?
  9. I am not religious and have gone to church only once as an adult so maybe this is a dumb question but why not just look for a different church if this one isn't giving you what you want? I'm sure there are plenty out there without laser shows and other performative aspects.
  10. I'm an old ass millennial and grew up in Topeka, Kansas the chain restaurant capitol of the great plains. Texas roadhouse is still a guilty pleasure, but I haven't been to any of these others in over a decade.
  11. Well Gen x is trump's highest voting demographic, so maybe it's the boomers who don't want to move in with their asshole maga kids?
  12. Yeah, to add to this, treatment and surgeries and all that shit seem so daunting but when you do it it's like anything else and you just live a day at a time. People routinely say something like "I don't know how you do it, I sure couldn't" and I know it's just something to be supportive but I always respond with "yes you could, there is nothing special about me". There are days or moments that suck but there are lots of great moments during those times too. I had a colostomy bag fall off at the Louvre, on two different days... But I was at the fucking Louvre and none of that overshadowed how cool the display of winged victory was.
  13. Chinese guy on the great wall with a speaker blasting "what does the fox say". Happened to me a week ago.
  14. I just left two weeks in China yesterday, I don't think you have anything to worry about.
  15. Yeah, I have had multiple different chemo variations of both pills and infusions and too many side effects to list. The absolute worst was after months of ox I couldn't even watch TV because it was too hard to focus. So I'm just laying in bed for full days doing absolutely fucking nothing while also feeling as though I'm constantly 30 seconds away from puking. As far as "pain" while receiving chemo I did start to have a reaction to ox around round 9 where I would get flush and develop hives all over my arms during the infusion. They started giving me a good dose of benedryl beforehand and that took care of it. My favorite port story is I was in the er because I was having some horrible pain, fever, and vomiting (all potentially very bad symptoms while immunocompromized) and they decided to give me morphine because the oxy wasn't doing anything. From what I've read morphine is supposed to be a slow push over a minute or two but this nurse just slammed the whole thing and I felt it hit my heart and instantly travel to every corner of my body. Fucking intense. Hours later I was able to "dream" by closing my eyes while awake and if I didn't like the dream I could open my eyes and reclose them and something new would be on like changing the channel except it all felt very real while at the same time knowing it's not. Really strange experience.
  16. We need a ai version with the gemstones, roys (not that they'd ever show their face at such an establishment) , and sopranos.
  17. It had to be be that illegal promise of ice cream
  18. There was a point during chemo where I actually gained about 20lbs in a month after losing 30 over the previous few months and the onc was like "uh, so it's great you're keeping weight but we, uh, don't want to put additional stress on the body either" I appreciated the tact.
  19. Yeah, there's a spot on my lungs that they can't figure out, it's been there from my first CT and hasn't grown or reacted to chemo. I got sent around to different specialist and their best guess is it's a dormant viral infection that I've suppressed for maybe decades. Unfortunately the body is not an exact science.
  20. There are many many variations of this sort of thing. I have a few around the house. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CM6V5GL2/ref=sspa_mw_detail_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9waG9uZV9kZXRhaWwp13NParams
  21. I really enjoy pet scans too. It's almost meditative with the hum of the machine. Mine are always at like 7am also and I am NOT a morning person so I'm usually on like 2 hours of sleep. No music or video at my place but the 2x4 grid fluorescent lights have a beach scene cover on them and it's fun to open my eyes every few minutes and see how far the bench has moved by how much of the palm tree is exposed.
  22. Yeah it's gross but it's not dominant or anything. It's a very vocal section though. I love wow and came back to it recently after about a 10 year break. The player base now (for classic at least) is solid millenial dads 30-45. Most people are normal but like every other aspect of american society the maga idiots love to let everyone know they are maga and revel in being disruptive assholes.
  23. The "competent" person she is talking about is herself. This isn't maga turning on trump, it's just petty infighting bullshit like everything else from maga.
  24. As a non-religious person facing their own approaching mortality I have found a certain comfort (for lack of a better word) in the idea that the atoms my body is made of come from exploded stars and when I die my atoms return to the universe to be reused. The water metaphor deeply resonated with me and I'm not ashamed to say I teared up.
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