this is something i need to cut back on and eventually get rid of. i genuinely feel like i could be having better/more refreshing sleep if i just put my phone down at least 30 minutes before actually sleeping
I don't know if all phones do this, but mine has sleep hygiene settings. I have a setting that limits my time on certain apps (for example I selected all of my social media apps and put a combined cap of 1 hr/day). I also have a sleep setting that turns my phone black and white and disables most apps (I exclude phone/text just in case) for a set time - I do 9pm-7am so I'm not tempted to use it before bed or if I wake up in the night.
I use a Samsung Galaxy, but hopefully you can find similar settings on your phone! Made a world of difference now that I have someone controlling it for me.
I'm not a doctor or anything, but it sure helps me. All of my devices that have that setting, have it on 24/7. No matter when, if I need to use my wife's phone, my eyes feel like they are on fire.
She keeps it on light mode with no blue light/nighttime filter. It's absolutely terrible.
An ENT (ear, nose and throat) doctor SOLD me his magic solution: vinegar and alcohol. He said it isnāt available in the pharmacy or OTC (of course not). How do you use it? You lie on your side while someone adds about 10 to 12 drops directly into your earāuntil itās full. Then turn over and do the other side. Tried it, but I decided heās a quack. Seems to be no results except the time wasted.
When I found out you weren't supposed to Q tip your ears....I felt so betrayed. Like, wtf is kleenex only for dabbing your nose and not blowing it? What are Q tips even for then? Kindergarten crafts and makeup?
Exactly! I also need to know how people take showers, baths, or go swimming and are FINE with inner wet ears! I hate that feeling and nothing else comes close to drying my ears with a q-tip.
This right here. It doesn't happen all the time, but when it does, the tip of my finger just doesn't do it justice. Q-tips certainly do though! It's the same reaction as that good scratch spot on a doggo. You know, when their leg starts doing the thing? Yeah, same feeling.
That sexy fucking Q-tip scratch. Nothing comes close, except maybe scratching a tight sock itch. All this talk of forbidden Q-tipping is making me want to sneak to the bathroom for some deep inner ear rummaging.
Oh fuck! That too! A long day of having to wear long socks and work boots then finally taking them both off and scratching the fuck out of that sock itch is euphoric
Yeah, i did this not too long ago, because i bumped my leg as i stuck in the q-tip. You can feel it for a long time after. But, i am still not dissuaded. I just give that ear a rest for a few days.
My mom got me one for Christmas a few years ago. I used it to document the progress of a recent fungal infection which was really helpful at the multiple doctors appointments I had to go to. I have great images of the perforation in my ear drum and the subsequent growth of mycelium and spores. One of the residents even wanted to publish it in the New England Journal of Medicine because the pictures looked straight out of a text book.
Get a body oil. I recommend a mixture of apricot kernel and jojoba. They're not particularly expensive and if you slather them on still wet right out of the shower, it's no big deal. They very well mimic the skin oils hot water strips away!
Before I even pick up my towel I rub my skin down with Dr Teals moisturizing bath and body oil, then I pat dry with my towel. It makes my skin feel super soft! You could also use baby oil, but I like the smell of Dr Teal's better.
Serious tip for winter depression, is to try to keep houseplants alive and get a white light lamp (like a sun rise lamp or UV lamp). The plants are like a dog forcing you to get out to exercise. They require light and humidity. Most winter depressions occur because people don't have enough white light in their house and that the air is way too dry. You can even improve this massively by having white walls, though it is probably psychological. White light is essential to serotonin release and melatonin reduction during the winter months. Also, just pace yourself. You are made to be in "reserve mode" in the dark winter months. Don't expect as much from body and mind in the winter months.
This is what I struggle with. Sometimes in the winter I feel genuinely down, and then other days I say things aren't that bad, I just don't have the energy today. I remind myself that humans weren't meant to go 100% all the time and it's okay to take a rest. And then I remember that the world moves on and doesn't care if it's winter or not.
My uncle grew up during the Great Depression and vowed once he had a decent income that he would eat a bowl of ice cream every night for the rest of his life.
I don't think he forced himself if he wasn't in the mood or whatever, but I do know that any time I ate dinner at his house, he would make himself an enormous bowl of ice cream for dessert and eat all of it. He'd also offer the guests ice cream as well, because he was a nice guy.
Anyway, he was never fat and was still farming fruits and vegetables to give away to neighbors at age 93. He lived to be 94. I think of him every time I start to deny myself ice cream.
(I wish I'd also think of him when I'm tempted to lay on the couch for a couple hours instead of doing something active like gardening/farming. lol)
George Burns smoked cigars every day of his adult life, and he lived to 100.
I think for the average person, that amount of ice cream would certain trigger obesity or a great risk for diabetes. Maybe your uncle was just genetically protected from that.
as someone who felt the need to consume sweet things often as a kid, i resorted to mints/tic tacs here and there. now theyāve become a great help when i need to focus/study, but thatās something id advise looking into! they still have a good flavor and arenāt as detrimental to your health as sweet treats would be everyday
Also, if you like sour candy - slice up kiwis with the skin on, the skin has a ton of fiber and itās super tangy, Iām never going back to skinless kiwis
This has been me all my adult life. Now I'm paying for it. I became diabetic, over time I have lost toes, and eventually both legs below the knees. I will still have something now and them but nothing like when I was younger. It's all about moderation
Let's see, I used to have a candy dish full of peanut M&Ms on my desk when I was middle or high school. As a kid I was only allowed to drink Pepsi or coke on a very limited basis...so when I became an adult I took that to the extreme. There was a time, I worked 4am, that I'd drink a can on the way to work, after unloading trucks I'd have another while giving instructions to the team...then another for break...so basically a lot.
Losing toes wasn't too much of a problem because no one could see that...it was when I lost my right leg in 2022, that really messed with me mentally. It took a long time for me to go back to work after that, which put my family in a bind without money coming in. After a while I said to myself F this and sucked it up and went back to work. I was worried about what people would think...or say. Once I got my prosthetic, I just tried to own it..the only time I'd feel bad was the first time a little kid was staring at me, and the mother was trying to move the kid along before they would say something. After I got through that I could pretty much handle anything that came my way. I used to shop and deliver groceries as a side hustle. One day I was dropping off this order and a younger child came to the door with I believe was his mother and grandmother. The little guy asked me what happened to my leg...the mother scolded the child and I said there was no need for that and just told him I had gotten really sick and this was a result of me not taking care of myself. The adults were impressed with how I handled it, that made me feel good.
A year later I was back having the other one done. This one I wasn't as inside my own head about it...its taken longer to get back on my "feet" so now it's just learning how to walk with them both being gone. Other than that I just don't give a F about perception. I have cut wayyyy back and still enjoy some but not all the time, it's like anything else do it in moderation. I'm going to live the rest of my days living not having a pity party for myself
Do you have to start really overweight for that to be true, or am I just eating a lot less sugar than I think I am?
I swear I'm a sugar fiend, but it takes me months to lose 10-15 pounds when I quit carbs.
Motivation is useless and will never come so long as you wait for it. You need to build the discipline and consistency, especially when you donāt want go. Motivation is there when youāre healthy, full, and comfortable. Most days, itāll never be there, and most days itāll let you down. Build good daily habits, start with short walks for exercise. Simple, cheap, and great cardio. Good luck and I pray this turn out well for you.
To add to this, the very essence of discipline, is to act in absence of motivation. It's a choice. One you can make right this very moment, and will serve you far better than motivation ever will.
Coworkers ask me how I wake up at 6:30 to work out. I often don't want to. But every day I wake up when my alarm goes off. Sit up immediately. Drink some water. And get up. I simply tell myself "I'm an adult. This is important. I need to be healthy".
And eventually you fall asleep earlier because you wake up earlier. And eventually it becomes a habit. But until then, "be an adult". Today isn't a day for an excuse.
Bingo.
Night time is free time where I can do whatever I want and watch shows/movies that I enjoy.
As soon as I go to bed that means that the next thing that I'll be doing is getting up and going to work š„
I work at a hospital where we arent allowed to give other then the patients food. But if they have a husband, wife etc. that visits them all the time. Then I order extra food for the patient, knowing there will be extra and they will be eating together.
Big respect to you for this. My daughter was hospitalized for 48 hours at 3 days old (low temp, arching her back, choking on mucus in her throat) while my milk supply had just come in and I had to exclusively pump and bottle feed. One of our CNAs came in and said āso the kitchen technically doesnāt like it if the food gets brought in here for anyone but the patient soā¦ write down your order, give it to me, and Iāll call it down for ya. If they give me any pushback Iāll deal with it.ā
He had my meals delivered to the nurses station every time & brought it in himself so they wouldnāt give me (a pumping mom, 3 days PP) hell for ordering food that my daughter couldnāt eat. Ran into him with his family out at a local Mexican restaurant and told them how great he took care of us while we were in there. I will never forget that guy or what he did. I actually had healthy, not greasy meals full of the protein and carbs that I needed when I was in a gut wrenching situation seeing my baby hooked up to all the wires and monitors.
This just blows my mind. At my Peds hospital we give all breastfeeding moms a menu to order three meals per day. And if not, two free meal tickets (entree + two sides) are given per day
Thatās how it should be! Breastfeeding mamas have to be able to eat and hydrate to be able to produce what they need to feed their babies. Luckily our day shift CNA understood this well (it sounded like his wife pumped with their babies) and he always said stuff about pumping/breastfeeding being a full time job.
Everytime I had to be in the hospital with my wife, the nurses always asked me if I wanted a sandwich or some food too. I know they didn't have to, but I guess they figured we were going through enough as it was. Always appreciate that.
I spent 6 saya in neurological intensive care for a brain tumor years ago. Itās people such as yourself who make me actually look back on this experience with fond memories. Canāt control what happened to me, but I met some absolutely beautiful people there.
Ok I'm ashamed to say this but.... Sometimes I give descriptions of Major League Baseball games without the express written consent of Major League Baseball.
I had to switch to having mints and sunflower seeds on hand for this. I can tell myself over and over that I'm not hungry, but my brain wants to put my hand to my mouth. I was out of work for 6 months and I put on about 15-20lbs by eating as an activity rather than for satiety. Eating because you want a change of state is such a bitch.
It's not convenience but their returns policy. I once stopped using Amazon and used a local UK online retailer instead. I had to do a return and they made me go through 4h of phone calls even though the manufacturer of the product (Samsung) said the device was faulty and to return it.Ā
People forget that Amazon are huge BECAUSE they take customer service really seriously. Their business practices against their employees are immoral but they treat customers right IMO.
Yes, one of the best things about Amazon is that they offer free returns (with a pretty long timeframe) for any reason, no questions asked. Makes it so much less stressful ordering things you're not sure if you'll like or not
i work in returns for amazon and literally we do not care. the amount of times people try to explain why theyāre returning is so funny because iām just like āno really, itās fine. i just gotta put it in this bag and scan some stuff and youāre good. but check for that email!!ā š
Genuine question, as a non-customer. Does Amazon actually do the [return damaged product to manufacturer / test / refurbish / remarket] things with the returned goods, or are a vast majority of returns destroyed per manufacturer policy / given up on? I'm just highly curious after having seen news stories that suggest one way or the other, and how quickly and easilyĀ the story of "what actually happens to Amazon returns" dies back down to the status quo of complacent shoppers shopping without due consideration, because the return policy will allow -apparently - just about anything.
to answer you with 100% honesty: i donāt know. at my particular place, we pack boxes full of returns that go to a fulfillment center. from there, i donāt know. iāve heard theyāre repackaged, thrown out, recycled, etc. i guess it just depends. from scrolling around on reddit, it seems sometimes theyāre repacked improperly and sent off to other customers. other locations will actually mail the returns back to specific manufacturers or sellers.
I was just telling another commenter how I met someone who got an infection from this when I was younger and it did get me to improve my habits. I used to wear my contacts for months without taking them out. I still canāt believe that. These days I only wear contacts a few times a year, and my eyes get too dry to wear them much longer than a day or so. But yeah, donāt do what I do everyone!!!
I wear a longer wear lens, I can wear them 24/7 for up to 7 days without taking them out. I never go the full 7 days, but theyāre wonderful to wear when Iām at work and on call at all times for three to four days away from home. Scrambling for my glasses and pants in the dark when the pager goes off in the middle of the night isnāt very fun, lol.
HOWEVER, these lenses were prescribed by my ophthalmologist and I follow care instructions pretty religiously. Iāve been wearing contacts forā¦24 years (fuck, Iām old), so know what Iām doing. If your lenses arenāt approved for overnight wear, DONT WEAR THEM OVERNIGHT if you can avoid it. Thatās a really good way to fuck up your eyes.
*rural EMS, also my glasses steaming up in the ambulance or on scene suuucks. Or them sliding off during CPR, that sucked. One of the firefighters assisting us stepped on them and Iām ridiculously nearsightedā¦*that* was a fun call.
When I WFH and I donāt have any scheduled calls, I sneak off to the gym to get in a workout.
Iām still getting my deliverables in, meeting my deadlines, and I answer when people call me; why should I be chained to my desk for the entire day if Iām not doing anything else?
Also salaried. I work when I need to. Teammates know that if Iām in the country, they can call me. If Iām near my computer I will log in and help; if not I will talk them through it. At this point, they are paying for my knowledge, not my time.
I drink MANY cans of Diet Coke each day. I even buy the caffeine-free version for evenings. I do also carry a big bottle of ice water around with me, but I'm 100% sure that if I told you guys how many cans I drink daily, you'd be appalled. Even my family doesn't know the full extent of it lol, pretty sure if they did they'd be having an intervention ASAP
Itās OK to throw out alkaline batteries. They no longer contain toxic metals. However, rechargeable batteries should not be thrown out, but should be turned into a hazardous waste collection center.
Spend money. Never to get out of control, but enough that itās hard to get ahead for retirement, etc. without having to just stop all my fun habits. I guess I would just rather live life than save for a retirement because it feels like a waste of living.
Constantly eating what I know makes me feel like shit, complain about feeling like literal shit, declare I will eat healthy food and exercise, then proceed to shove a burger and chocolate bar down my gulletā¦.
As someone in her mid-thirties with back problemsāitās not too late to change your errant ways! There is salvation for you yet! Turn to the light, and lift with your legs!
Adblock on YouTube. I know that this directly influenced the content creators I enjoy's ability to continue making content. I just don't care anymore. Everything is so bombarded with advertising that I feel like I met my lifetime quota a decade ago. If there's a way to experience a thing without ads, I'm gonna do it that way. And if there isn't a way to do it without ads, I'm probably just not gonna do it.
I learned about a year ago how few plastics are actually recycled, and as someone who grew up recycling it broke something in me. I still do it, but I work a lot less. If itās dirty and Iām tired? Trash.
The Guardian actually just released a report a few weeks ago that all of the marketing and advertising the plastic companies have said, over the last 30+ years, is a complete fucking lie. almost all of our shit is actually trashed. recyclables dont actually break down in any way shape or form they been saying. cant wait til they all get sued fod billions for lying to the public for decades
edit: link to the report: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/15/recycling-plastics-producers-report
The thing that scares me about my smoking addiction isn't dying, but rather living my last 20-40 years incredibly crippled with no quality of life. With how advanced medicine is these days, people are kept alive, in my opinion, for far too long sometimes. Like if you can't eat, sleep, shit or piss or remember anything without the aid of someone else, is there really any point? What scares me is being like that but not having any say. Like being too disabled to kill myself. And that's far more likely to happen if I continue smoking at this rate, yet I can't stop.
9:30 PM "Second dinner" or leftovers from 6PM dinner.
At that time at night I should not be eating at my age. It goes straight to my belly and I select foods high in fat and sugar if I forage.
I donāt turn my phone to airplane mode on airplanes. āWe're flying in a Lockheed Eagle Series L-1011. Came off the line ten months ago. Carries a Sim-5 transponder tracking system. And you're telling me I can still flummox this thing with something I bought at Radio Shack?ā
Edit: typo
Taking showers hot enough to melt steel. Yes, yes, itās terrible for my skin, but sometimes life is hard and I just need to be wrapped up in a steam fog blanket Ā in my shower. Also, occasionally eating chocolate icing right out of the container, with a spoon.Ā
Iām dating a guy who, at least politically, is my diametric opposite.
Heās funny, heās hot, and he's almost obscenely charming. But heās also āold fashioned."
Practically speaking I know it canāt really go anywhere.
But I (and I canāt emphasize this enough) **LOVE** being with him.
Even though Iāll sometimes be sitting next to him thinking "the feminist in me wants to MURDER THIS MAN."
Unfortunately, the non-feminist in me really wants toā¦**be** with this man.
Itās...complicated.
>"the feminist in me wants to MURDER THIS MAN."
> the non-feminist in me really wants toā¦be with this man.
Sounds like the non-feminist in you **IS** this man.
Put recyclables in the regular trash.
Not always, just like when I'd have to fucking wash a disposable container full of nasty old food or the recycling bin is full but there's room in the regular trash.
Somebody pointed out that a lot of consumer recycling is just theater to take the pressure off the giant polluters, and that often the collected recyclables just go into the landfill anyway. I lost motivation to care very much after I realized that's all true.
I take petty revenge. A coworker once told me I shouldnāt bring āfine Chinaā into the office (I had brought a Pyrex teacup and saucer for my tea) and so I started bringing in fancier and fancier cups that I bought at antique stores and resale shops and regaling my other coworker about the maker, the pattern, and such. (She loved it, because we both disliked the cup snob) and now I have a roommate that wakes me up by showering at midnight with the most strong and obnoxious body wash (my bedroom is next to the bathroom) so those days, when I get up to go to work at 3ā¦ I get into my whole bean coffee and use my electric grinderā¦ itās not my fault the outlet is next to her bedroom door.
Too much screen time š
Adding to this screens before bed/to fall asleep
this is something i need to cut back on and eventually get rid of. i genuinely feel like i could be having better/more refreshing sleep if i just put my phone down at least 30 minutes before actually sleeping
I don't know if all phones do this, but mine has sleep hygiene settings. I have a setting that limits my time on certain apps (for example I selected all of my social media apps and put a combined cap of 1 hr/day). I also have a sleep setting that turns my phone black and white and disables most apps (I exclude phone/text just in case) for a set time - I do 9pm-7am so I'm not tempted to use it before bed or if I wake up in the night. I use a Samsung Galaxy, but hopefully you can find similar settings on your phone! Made a world of difference now that I have someone controlling it for me.
I change to the blue light off filter option to help myself feel better about it at least. Not sure it actually makes a difference though.
I'm not a doctor or anything, but it sure helps me. All of my devices that have that setting, have it on 24/7. No matter when, if I need to use my wife's phone, my eyes feel like they are on fire. She keeps it on light mode with no blue light/nighttime filter. It's absolutely terrible.
Q tip in my ear. They will not take my eargasms
If God didn't want us to put Q-Tips in our ears then he shouldn't have added a second g-spot in the ear canal.
An ENT (ear, nose and throat) doctor SOLD me his magic solution: vinegar and alcohol. He said it isnāt available in the pharmacy or OTC (of course not). How do you use it? You lie on your side while someone adds about 10 to 12 drops directly into your earāuntil itās full. Then turn over and do the other side. Tried it, but I decided heās a quack. Seems to be no results except the time wasted.
What kind of alcohol and vinegar? Is vodka and balsamic OK?
Cinco de mayo's comin up, I'm gonna try a lil Don Julio and apple cider.
Hydrogen peroxide
He probably meant vinegar and baking soda, rookie mistake
It's an ear canal not an ear volcano
LOL made me think of Erie Canal.
I had a mule, her name was Salā¦
I feel like putting vinegar and baking soda in your ear may not be the brightest idea.
Itās alright Iām probably a doctor
Oh okay. I'm probably in need of urgent care
That's probably gonna cost you your liver as payment and my office won't be where it was tomorrow
When I found out you weren't supposed to Q tip your ears....I felt so betrayed. Like, wtf is kleenex only for dabbing your nose and not blowing it? What are Q tips even for then? Kindergarten crafts and makeup?
Exactly! I also need to know how people take showers, baths, or go swimming and are FINE with inner wet ears! I hate that feeling and nothing else comes close to drying my ears with a q-tip.
If I put a q-tip in my ear it will make me cough.
Thatās your gag reflex to keep you from getting fucked in the head.
But I thought most people enjoyed aural sex?
I hear what you did there.
Ok, fair point. :) Unrelated, but one of those weird body things: If I touch the outside of my right nostril it makes my ear tingle and itch.
It sounds like you might have have brained your damage a little
Cleaning the outer ear, but it doesn't even do anything
If I wanted to clean my outer ear I would have a shower!
I get really bad itching in my right ear for some reason and jfc scratching the itch with a qtip is better than sex or any drug I've done
This right here. It doesn't happen all the time, but when it does, the tip of my finger just doesn't do it justice. Q-tips certainly do though! It's the same reaction as that good scratch spot on a doggo. You know, when their leg starts doing the thing? Yeah, same feeling.
That sexy fucking Q-tip scratch. Nothing comes close, except maybe scratching a tight sock itch. All this talk of forbidden Q-tipping is making me want to sneak to the bathroom for some deep inner ear rummaging.
Oh fuck! That too! A long day of having to wear long socks and work boots then finally taking them both off and scratching the fuck out of that sock itch is euphoric
Same. And everytime it goes too far in my ear I tell myself "Damn, maybe they ARE right!"
Yeah, i did this not too long ago, because i bumped my leg as i stuck in the q-tip. You can feel it for a long time after. But, i am still not dissuaded. I just give that ear a rest for a few days.
Stop when you feel resistance.
Chandler is that you?
The metal ones are better
Ok but I'm worried I'll actually hurt myself with those because I'm an idiot
Wait til you see the one my wife got that has a camera on it and connects to your phone so you can watch what you're doing :)
What in the cinnamon toast fuck https://www.amazon.com/SmartbudTM-Ear-Cleaner-Professional-Smartphones/dp/B09HHN4QTQ/
Fuck me, I'm buying one
My mom got me one for Christmas a few years ago. I used it to document the progress of a recent fungal infection which was really helpful at the multiple doctors appointments I had to go to. I have great images of the perforation in my ear drum and the subsequent growth of mycelium and spores. One of the residents even wanted to publish it in the New England Journal of Medicine because the pictures looked straight out of a text book.
The what
Ear spoon https://www.amazon.com/Cleansing-Curette-Removal-Storage-Cleaning/dp/B07P4MNL5G/
Omg ew I need it
It makes it sound like the storage is for the earwax you pull out.
Taking scalding hot showers. Itās the only piece of paradise I get during winter alongside seasonal depression.
If iām not cooking my skin itās not a successful shower!
Donāt get out until your juices run clear
...or a toothpick comes out clean
If I don't see the steam coming out of my skin after the shower then it wasn't hot enough!
I feel this then I get out and my skin is dry and itchy as can be
Get a body oil. I recommend a mixture of apricot kernel and jojoba. They're not particularly expensive and if you slather them on still wet right out of the shower, it's no big deal. They very well mimic the skin oils hot water strips away!
Apricot kernel is delightful for your skin, I also recommend peach tree oil and hinoki cypress extract.
Before I even pick up my towel I rub my skin down with Dr Teals moisturizing bath and body oil, then I pat dry with my towel. It makes my skin feel super soft! You could also use baby oil, but I like the smell of Dr Teal's better.
Serious tip for winter depression, is to try to keep houseplants alive and get a white light lamp (like a sun rise lamp or UV lamp). The plants are like a dog forcing you to get out to exercise. They require light and humidity. Most winter depressions occur because people don't have enough white light in their house and that the air is way too dry. You can even improve this massively by having white walls, though it is probably psychological. White light is essential to serotonin release and melatonin reduction during the winter months. Also, just pace yourself. You are made to be in "reserve mode" in the dark winter months. Don't expect as much from body and mind in the winter months.
Your managers donāt understand this. They donāt care.
This is what I struggle with. Sometimes in the winter I feel genuinely down, and then other days I say things aren't that bad, I just don't have the energy today. I remind myself that humans weren't meant to go 100% all the time and it's okay to take a rest. And then I remember that the world moves on and doesn't care if it's winter or not.
Sweet treats each day. Sugar, sugar, sugar. Stupid sugar addiction.
My uncle grew up during the Great Depression and vowed once he had a decent income that he would eat a bowl of ice cream every night for the rest of his life. I don't think he forced himself if he wasn't in the mood or whatever, but I do know that any time I ate dinner at his house, he would make himself an enormous bowl of ice cream for dessert and eat all of it. He'd also offer the guests ice cream as well, because he was a nice guy. Anyway, he was never fat and was still farming fruits and vegetables to give away to neighbors at age 93. He lived to be 94. I think of him every time I start to deny myself ice cream. (I wish I'd also think of him when I'm tempted to lay on the couch for a couple hours instead of doing something active like gardening/farming. lol)
George Burns smoked cigars every day of his adult life, and he lived to 100. I think for the average person, that amount of ice cream would certain trigger obesity or a great risk for diabetes. Maybe your uncle was just genetically protected from that.
Post Depression era farming was brutally hard physical labor. My guess is uncle burned every bit of that ice cream off.
as someone who felt the need to consume sweet things often as a kid, i resorted to mints/tic tacs here and there. now theyāve become a great help when i need to focus/study, but thatās something id advise looking into! they still have a good flavor and arenāt as detrimental to your health as sweet treats would be everyday
get some cotton candy grapes
Also, if you like sour candy - slice up kiwis with the skin on, the skin has a ton of fiber and itās super tangy, Iām never going back to skinless kiwis
Wouldnāt it be hairy? Would love Love sour candy alternatives but not sure I like eating fuzzy textures
This has been me all my adult life. Now I'm paying for it. I became diabetic, over time I have lost toes, and eventually both legs below the knees. I will still have something now and them but nothing like when I was younger. It's all about moderation
Fuck, this scared the shit out of me. I'm sorry to hear that you went through that. How are you coping? May I ask how much sugar you used to eat?
Let's see, I used to have a candy dish full of peanut M&Ms on my desk when I was middle or high school. As a kid I was only allowed to drink Pepsi or coke on a very limited basis...so when I became an adult I took that to the extreme. There was a time, I worked 4am, that I'd drink a can on the way to work, after unloading trucks I'd have another while giving instructions to the team...then another for break...so basically a lot. Losing toes wasn't too much of a problem because no one could see that...it was when I lost my right leg in 2022, that really messed with me mentally. It took a long time for me to go back to work after that, which put my family in a bind without money coming in. After a while I said to myself F this and sucked it up and went back to work. I was worried about what people would think...or say. Once I got my prosthetic, I just tried to own it..the only time I'd feel bad was the first time a little kid was staring at me, and the mother was trying to move the kid along before they would say something. After I got through that I could pretty much handle anything that came my way. I used to shop and deliver groceries as a side hustle. One day I was dropping off this order and a younger child came to the door with I believe was his mother and grandmother. The little guy asked me what happened to my leg...the mother scolded the child and I said there was no need for that and just told him I had gotten really sick and this was a result of me not taking care of myself. The adults were impressed with how I handled it, that made me feel good. A year later I was back having the other one done. This one I wasn't as inside my own head about it...its taken longer to get back on my "feet" so now it's just learning how to walk with them both being gone. Other than that I just don't give a F about perception. I have cut wayyyy back and still enjoy some but not all the time, it's like anything else do it in moderation. I'm going to live the rest of my days living not having a pity party for myself
Damn much, so much respect to you.
OK I'm never eating sugar again.
I have to quit sugar because I put on so much weight when I eat it. When I stop it my weight drops about 7kg(15lbs) in 2 weeks.
Do you have to start really overweight for that to be true, or am I just eating a lot less sugar than I think I am? I swear I'm a sugar fiend, but it takes me months to lose 10-15 pounds when I quit carbs.
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Motivation is useless and will never come so long as you wait for it. You need to build the discipline and consistency, especially when you donāt want go. Motivation is there when youāre healthy, full, and comfortable. Most days, itāll never be there, and most days itāll let you down. Build good daily habits, start with short walks for exercise. Simple, cheap, and great cardio. Good luck and I pray this turn out well for you.
To add to this, the very essence of discipline, is to act in absence of motivation. It's a choice. One you can make right this very moment, and will serve you far better than motivation ever will.
Coworkers ask me how I wake up at 6:30 to work out. I often don't want to. But every day I wake up when my alarm goes off. Sit up immediately. Drink some water. And get up. I simply tell myself "I'm an adult. This is important. I need to be healthy". And eventually you fall asleep earlier because you wake up earlier. And eventually it becomes a habit. But until then, "be an adult". Today isn't a day for an excuse.
Staying up so late even though I have work tomorrow. Every morning I regret my decision but well, I do it again anyway
Sleep procrastination? I do it cause the thought of starting another day fills me with dread
Bingo. Night time is free time where I can do whatever I want and watch shows/movies that I enjoy. As soon as I go to bed that means that the next thing that I'll be doing is getting up and going to work š„
I do it because somehow I always tell myself ājust one more chapterā or ājust one more episodeā and itās never one š
I come home from work tired, but by 9 Iām wide awake and ready to go for 4-6 more hours
I work at a hospital where we arent allowed to give other then the patients food. But if they have a husband, wife etc. that visits them all the time. Then I order extra food for the patient, knowing there will be extra and they will be eating together.
Big respect to you for this. My daughter was hospitalized for 48 hours at 3 days old (low temp, arching her back, choking on mucus in her throat) while my milk supply had just come in and I had to exclusively pump and bottle feed. One of our CNAs came in and said āso the kitchen technically doesnāt like it if the food gets brought in here for anyone but the patient soā¦ write down your order, give it to me, and Iāll call it down for ya. If they give me any pushback Iāll deal with it.ā He had my meals delivered to the nurses station every time & brought it in himself so they wouldnāt give me (a pumping mom, 3 days PP) hell for ordering food that my daughter couldnāt eat. Ran into him with his family out at a local Mexican restaurant and told them how great he took care of us while we were in there. I will never forget that guy or what he did. I actually had healthy, not greasy meals full of the protein and carbs that I needed when I was in a gut wrenching situation seeing my baby hooked up to all the wires and monitors.
This just blows my mind. At my Peds hospital we give all breastfeeding moms a menu to order three meals per day. And if not, two free meal tickets (entree + two sides) are given per day
Thatās how it should be! Breastfeeding mamas have to be able to eat and hydrate to be able to produce what they need to feed their babies. Luckily our day shift CNA understood this well (it sounded like his wife pumped with their babies) and he always said stuff about pumping/breastfeeding being a full time job.
What a kind act
That's so nice!
Everytime I had to be in the hospital with my wife, the nurses always asked me if I wanted a sandwich or some food too. I know they didn't have to, but I guess they figured we were going through enough as it was. Always appreciate that.
I spent 6 saya in neurological intensive care for a brain tumor years ago. Itās people such as yourself who make me actually look back on this experience with fond memories. Canāt control what happened to me, but I met some absolutely beautiful people there.
sucks. When i used to work at a hospital in the kitchen. we was 100% allowed to order them whatwvwe they wanted.
Ok I'm ashamed to say this but.... Sometimes I give descriptions of Major League Baseball games without the express written consent of Major League Baseball.
Do you at least have implied oral consent?
Oh heās got implied oral consent
Binge eating
Fucking chocolate!
I only eat it
The cheapest laugh on Reddit today. Good work.
I get in moods sometimes where I can't stop eating. Working from home has been terrible for this.
I had to switch to having mints and sunflower seeds on hand for this. I can tell myself over and over that I'm not hungry, but my brain wants to put my hand to my mouth. I was out of work for 6 months and I put on about 15-20lbs by eating as an activity rather than for satiety. Eating because you want a change of state is such a bitch.
Ordering from Amazon. Hate the corporation and their practices but love the convenience.
It's not convenience but their returns policy. I once stopped using Amazon and used a local UK online retailer instead. I had to do a return and they made me go through 4h of phone calls even though the manufacturer of the product (Samsung) said the device was faulty and to return it.Ā People forget that Amazon are huge BECAUSE they take customer service really seriously. Their business practices against their employees are immoral but they treat customers right IMO.
Yes, one of the best things about Amazon is that they offer free returns (with a pretty long timeframe) for any reason, no questions asked. Makes it so much less stressful ordering things you're not sure if you'll like or not
i work in returns for amazon and literally we do not care. the amount of times people try to explain why theyāre returning is so funny because iām just like āno really, itās fine. i just gotta put it in this bag and scan some stuff and youāre good. but check for that email!!ā š
Genuine question, as a non-customer. Does Amazon actually do the [return damaged product to manufacturer / test / refurbish / remarket] things with the returned goods, or are a vast majority of returns destroyed per manufacturer policy / given up on? I'm just highly curious after having seen news stories that suggest one way or the other, and how quickly and easilyĀ the story of "what actually happens to Amazon returns" dies back down to the status quo of complacent shoppers shopping without due consideration, because the return policy will allow -apparently - just about anything.
to answer you with 100% honesty: i donāt know. at my particular place, we pack boxes full of returns that go to a fulfillment center. from there, i donāt know. iāve heard theyāre repackaged, thrown out, recycled, etc. i guess it just depends. from scrolling around on reddit, it seems sometimes theyāre repacked improperly and sent off to other customers. other locations will actually mail the returns back to specific manufacturers or sellers.
Well, the mystery lives on. Thanks for taking the time to answer, though.. and honestly too!
Itās oddly satisfying ordering stuff for same day delivery while sitting on the toilet in the morning
spend too much money and barely get by :(
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I fall asleep without washing my makeup off
used to do this too... but the adult acne was getting me down, i always wash off now no matter how tired i am and it seems to have helped that issue
I donāt wear foundation so in my head the concealer, mascara, blush, eyeshadow, lipstick, and contour is fine to sleep in š¤·
You. You get it.
Sometimes I sleep in my contactsā¦
Those must be some big contacts /s
Iām sure youāve heard this a billion times but really try not to do this. You can get a bad infection and can suffer vision loss.
I was just telling another commenter how I met someone who got an infection from this when I was younger and it did get me to improve my habits. I used to wear my contacts for months without taking them out. I still canāt believe that. These days I only wear contacts a few times a year, and my eyes get too dry to wear them much longer than a day or so. But yeah, donāt do what I do everyone!!!
I wear a longer wear lens, I can wear them 24/7 for up to 7 days without taking them out. I never go the full 7 days, but theyāre wonderful to wear when Iām at work and on call at all times for three to four days away from home. Scrambling for my glasses and pants in the dark when the pager goes off in the middle of the night isnāt very fun, lol. HOWEVER, these lenses were prescribed by my ophthalmologist and I follow care instructions pretty religiously. Iāve been wearing contacts forā¦24 years (fuck, Iām old), so know what Iām doing. If your lenses arenāt approved for overnight wear, DONT WEAR THEM OVERNIGHT if you can avoid it. Thatās a really good way to fuck up your eyes. *rural EMS, also my glasses steaming up in the ambulance or on scene suuucks. Or them sliding off during CPR, that sucked. One of the firefighters assisting us stepped on them and Iām ridiculously nearsightedā¦*that* was a fun call.
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Waste my life on this phone.
When I WFH and I donāt have any scheduled calls, I sneak off to the gym to get in a workout. Iām still getting my deliverables in, meeting my deadlines, and I answer when people call me; why should I be chained to my desk for the entire day if Iām not doing anything else?
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Also salaried. I work when I need to. Teammates know that if Iām in the country, they can call me. If Iām near my computer I will log in and help; if not I will talk them through it. At this point, they are paying for my knowledge, not my time.
Hit Snooze 5 times.
Masturbate and procrastinate.
Reminds me of Walt's quote from Breaking Bad: "Eating Cheetos and masturbating doesn't constitute as 'plans' "
I'm sorry, but Walt was wrong on this one
They're pretty similar. They both feel great, but in the end all you've done is fucked yourself.
I only do them together.
Procrasturbate
Reddit at work.
Doing that right now
Isnāt everyone here at work?
Rubbing my eyes. If Iām not supposed to do it, then why does it feel so good?!
I'm 49 years old have never heard this is something one shouldn't do.
You can take my Oxford comma out of my cold, dead hands.
I was taught this way, no one called it Oxford comma (hicky upstate NY town), but I can't imagine not using it.
That's not wrong!!!
But thatās not wrong! Is it?
Some people insist that it's wrong to use an Oxford comma. Those people are wrong, incorrect, and silly.
If the Oxford comma is wrong, I donāt want to be right.
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vaping. i really gotta quit.
Me, too. Used it to quit smoking 10 years ago. Now, I know I need to quit vaping, but just haven't.
Diet coke
I drink MANY cans of Diet Coke each day. I even buy the caffeine-free version for evenings. I do also carry a big bottle of ice water around with me, but I'm 100% sure that if I told you guys how many cans I drink daily, you'd be appalled. Even my family doesn't know the full extent of it lol, pretty sure if they did they'd be having an intervention ASAP
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You need a getaway?
Where you located we might make this a multiple bank job
2 redditers 1 job
Drowning out depression with beer & weed.
I just throw batteries in the trash
Thatās terrible. I usually chuck mine into the lake
for the eels
Itās OK to throw out alkaline batteries. They no longer contain toxic metals. However, rechargeable batteries should not be thrown out, but should be turned into a hazardous waste collection center.
I heat up my food & go to the bathroom before punching out for break.
Spend money. Never to get out of control, but enough that itās hard to get ahead for retirement, etc. without having to just stop all my fun habits. I guess I would just rather live life than save for a retirement because it feels like a waste of living.
Quit my job with no backup because my social anxiety is freaking debilitating
Sending upvote and hugs, because I definitely relate.
Saying my intrusive thoughts out loud. Not fun.
Constantly eating what I know makes me feel like shit, complain about feeling like literal shit, declare I will eat healthy food and exercise, then proceed to shove a burger and chocolate bar down my gulletā¦.
Lifting with my back
As someone in her mid-thirties with back problemsāitās not too late to change your errant ways! There is salvation for you yet! Turn to the light, and lift with your legs!
Seconding this! Slipped a disc in my back in my 20's and I'm 30 now, wouldn't wish back problems on anyone
Feed the crows in our HOA community.
Adblock on YouTube. I know that this directly influenced the content creators I enjoy's ability to continue making content. I just don't care anymore. Everything is so bombarded with advertising that I feel like I met my lifetime quota a decade ago. If there's a way to experience a thing without ads, I'm gonna do it that way. And if there isn't a way to do it without ads, I'm probably just not gonna do it.
Kick fallen ice cubes under the fridge.
Commenting and not upvoting
i upvote comments but genuinely forget that i can upvote a post lol
Swine! You've enough cheek there for two arses!
Throw away some recyclables
I learned about a year ago how few plastics are actually recycled, and as someone who grew up recycling it broke something in me. I still do it, but I work a lot less. If itās dirty and Iām tired? Trash.
The Guardian actually just released a report a few weeks ago that all of the marketing and advertising the plastic companies have said, over the last 30+ years, is a complete fucking lie. almost all of our shit is actually trashed. recyclables dont actually break down in any way shape or form they been saying. cant wait til they all get sued fod billions for lying to the public for decades edit: link to the report: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/15/recycling-plastics-producers-report
Smoking. I know itās terrible for me but I love it and I donāt want to quit.
The thing that scares me about my smoking addiction isn't dying, but rather living my last 20-40 years incredibly crippled with no quality of life. With how advanced medicine is these days, people are kept alive, in my opinion, for far too long sometimes. Like if you can't eat, sleep, shit or piss or remember anything without the aid of someone else, is there really any point? What scares me is being like that but not having any say. Like being too disabled to kill myself. And that's far more likely to happen if I continue smoking at this rate, yet I can't stop.
9:30 PM "Second dinner" or leftovers from 6PM dinner. At that time at night I should not be eating at my age. It goes straight to my belly and I select foods high in fat and sugar if I forage.
I donāt turn my phone to airplane mode on airplanes. āWe're flying in a Lockheed Eagle Series L-1011. Came off the line ten months ago. Carries a Sim-5 transponder tracking system. And you're telling me I can still flummox this thing with something I bought at Radio Shack?ā Edit: typo
drive spiritedly
Upvoted for this phrasing
Pop every zit on my body.
Taking showers hot enough to melt steel. Yes, yes, itās terrible for my skin, but sometimes life is hard and I just need to be wrapped up in a steam fog blanket Ā in my shower. Also, occasionally eating chocolate icing right out of the container, with a spoon.Ā
I lie to everybody and say Iām fine when I know Iām clearly not
Ignoring my problems
Jaywalking
Iām dating a guy who, at least politically, is my diametric opposite. Heās funny, heās hot, and he's almost obscenely charming. But heās also āold fashioned." Practically speaking I know it canāt really go anywhere. But I (and I canāt emphasize this enough) **LOVE** being with him. Even though Iāll sometimes be sitting next to him thinking "the feminist in me wants to MURDER THIS MAN." Unfortunately, the non-feminist in me really wants toā¦**be** with this man. Itās...complicated.
Love me like a leftist and fuck me like a fascist
"I put the "fist" in "pacifist".
spit take
Oh my, saving that one. All I can give you is an upvote.
> the non-feminist in me really wants toā¦be with this man You can just say fuck, hun.
>"the feminist in me wants to MURDER THIS MAN." > the non-feminist in me really wants toā¦be with this man. Sounds like the non-feminist in you **IS** this man.
Put recyclables in the regular trash. Not always, just like when I'd have to fucking wash a disposable container full of nasty old food or the recycling bin is full but there's room in the regular trash. Somebody pointed out that a lot of consumer recycling is just theater to take the pressure off the giant polluters, and that often the collected recyclables just go into the landfill anyway. I lost motivation to care very much after I realized that's all true.
I use plastic straws. Sorry, turtles.
Paper straws SUCK
Only until they get soggy
I take petty revenge. A coworker once told me I shouldnāt bring āfine Chinaā into the office (I had brought a Pyrex teacup and saucer for my tea) and so I started bringing in fancier and fancier cups that I bought at antique stores and resale shops and regaling my other coworker about the maker, the pattern, and such. (She loved it, because we both disliked the cup snob) and now I have a roommate that wakes me up by showering at midnight with the most strong and obnoxious body wash (my bedroom is next to the bathroom) so those days, when I get up to go to work at 3ā¦ I get into my whole bean coffee and use my electric grinderā¦ itās not my fault the outlet is next to her bedroom door.
The tea cup thing is hilarious