Duranie

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Duranie,

I got COVID for the first time a couple months ago. I was symptomatic 2 days before testing positive (worst fucking sore throat of my life) but on the third day I was able to start Paxlovid. I’m 51, asthma, and 10lbs over the line that qualifies me as obese.

I don’t have the words to describe the nightmare that medicine created in my mouth, BUT I would take it again under those circumstances. It seriously stopped the progression of my sickness. I ended up with a mildly sore throat for almost 3 weeks and it took about 5-6 weeks to recover from the fatigue.

For companies to do things like this should be a crime. The insane amounts of money they spend on advertising should also be held against them.

Duranie,

For a real vitamin c boost cut the milk with orange juice!

Duranie,

I’m not exactly sure what they’re spraying, but it’s still a regular thing where I live. I’m on the edge of suburbs/country south west of Chicago.

Duranie,

No.

Having it can lead to long term damage (lungs, heart, etc.) even if you survive and mostly recover.

Early on they were able to show that people who got the 2 dose initial vaccine showed protection longer than those that were sick with COVID. Again, without the risk of long term organ/system damage.

Duranie,

I’ll take the time to look at these after work, but I wanted to briefly chime in.

Co-morbidities or not, we have been aware since the beginning (well before the vaccines were available) that some people continued to have lingering symptoms and suffered other types of damage due to having contracted the virus. For example - an athletic coworker in her early 40s contracted it August 2020, and to this day continues to have heart problems. I work in hospice, and while the numbers are lower than they were over the last few years, we still regularly get patients entering hospice due to damage from COVID.

I have yet to come across a patient who needed hospice services due to a vaccine.

If I’m going to take a “risk” on anything, it’ll be the vaccine.

Samsung joins Google in RCS shaming Apple (www.theverge.com)

Samsung has released a new video in support of Google’s #GetTheMessage campaign which calls for Apple to adopt RCS or “Rich Communication Services,” the cross-platform protocol pitched as a successor to SMS that adopts many of the features found in modern messaging apps… like Apple’s own iMessage.

Duranie,

Someone leaves me out of a group chat due to the color of my text bubble, I doubt there was any benefit to being included in the conversation anyway.

Duranie,

Pretty sure this is saved from an attachment from a forwarded email of a scan of a photo copy of a mimeograph.

Duranie,

For the love of God could you not?

Duranie,

Braising low and slow would be a better method. It won’t completely break down, but the rest of the connective tissue should melt in your mouth.

Duranie,

“Hipsters and coffee snobs” aren’t the target audience and the vast majority have probably never tried it. It’s a flex for rich people that have more money than sense.

Duranie,

Is stepson aerosol like knock off store brand aerosol? It’s it also red headed?

Duranie,

Not only that, but no matter whether it can identify a person as a person, cars shouldn’t be driving over objects that are child sized or larger.

Duranie,

I grew up with “egg in a nest.”

Duranie,

I had a cat years ago that would lose her shit over carrots. To the point when putting my groceries away after shopping, I’d catch her trying to chew and claw through the plastic grocery bag to get to them. I can only imagine they made her happy like catnip because she’d play and chew on them if I gave her one.

Duranie,

I would kill that with some Nutella.

Duranie,

I love good cornbread but don’t make it often enough to put the effort into finding a good recipe, so I cheat with a corn casserole. There’s different recipes floating around, but it’s roughly a can of corn, can of creamed corn, sour cream, a box of basic cornbread mix, and a couple eggs. Mix it all together and bake. Sometimes I’ll throw shredded cheddar cheese in the mix, caramelized onions, diced bell peppers, whatever. It’s pretty forgiving and you can just scoop a serving with a spoon lol.

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    Duranie,

    American here - it could be different in other states, but as a parent every year at the beginning of the school year I had to sign a specific form during registration stating whether or not I would permit my child’s photo be taken/published. Yes, it’s going to be a nightmare to track, but the school shouldn’t want the headache of the fall out for not pulling a photo.

    Duranie,

    I like me some Ashley Flowers/Crime Junkie (from Audiochuck.)

    There’s another podcast that probably falls under the above category that I’ve been listening to out of habit, but I think I’m ready to cut ties. It seems some podcasts just like to read other people’s work and gossip, and some actually put in work themselves and aim to be respectful.

    Duranie,

    Serious question.

    Following the assumption that it’s not food safe plastic, what is the actual risk that we’re talking about here? I get that there’s many variables (length of time/temp of contact, porousness and moisture content of food, etc) but let’s say that the variety of foods were stored in a cooler for 4 hours prior to consumption. To do this 3x a year, what are the risks? Obviously this set up left in the car during the summer for 8hrs before eating would be a REALLY bad idea, but wondering where it starts crossing the line from insignificant risk to “you should really think twice.”

    I remember years ago Mythbusters tested the “5 second rule” and contamination really had much more to do with what was making contact vs how long.

    Duranie,

    I wish upon you a bag of dicks which you should eat in its entirety, for having made my look at that ass. Twice.

    Duranie,

    I was raised with a couple different approaches to Christianity, first the boring going to church every Sunday sitting between my parents and listening to the droning of the pastor, then in my teens introduced to the “exciting” world of evangelicalism. Long story short, there’s so many interpretations and means which people have used the Bible to control and abuse, I can’t support many of the “Christians” or their churches based off of their messages and their actions.

    Instead I just live my life best I can with the foundational messages and what I think God really wants of me - to be in service, love, and support others to the best of my ability. I’m a massage therapist that works in hospice. I make a modest living bringing comfort and kindness to others. I also volunteer at a food bank every month. My Jewish boyfriend isn’t religious, but culturally follows many Jewish traditions. Which oddly enough makes his behaviors and lifestyle line up much closer to my own values than any other “Christian” man I’ve dated in my 51 years.

    While there may be those who feel called to drop everything and travel to spread the word - you’re right, economically it wouldn’t fly. If I did that, ultimately my welfare would be reliant on creating a burden for others. As long as I can continue to provide for myself, I can use any additional resources and time I have to help and support others.

    Duranie,

    Then I’m guessing rubs the residue on his gums. Repeatedly.

    Can’t let it go to waste!

    Duranie,

    While I prefer the flavor of the burgers from BK, I always end up waiting for my order far longer than McDonald’s, then the combo of ingredients isn’t even warm enough to melt the cheese on the burger (no, I didn’t customize it into an abomination, just asked for no mustard.) So while I’d almost prefer it, I don’t go to BK except for once or twice a year. Even then, it seems like they’re constantly changing the fries that they’re serving, trying to hit a sweet spot?

    Instead my go to is the Daily Double and small fry from McDonald’s.

    Duranie,

    In my 51 years I’ve never seen mold grow in a freezer. Preferably a mycologist would chime in to clarify if there are any molds that grow under those circumstances.

    My guess is that 1) there was a supply chain issue where the product wasn’t held at the right temp long enough for it to mold, then continued on its journey to a home freezer. Or 2) “Oops! I bought too many groceries and can’t fit everything in the freezer. I’ll just throw this box in the fridge (and proceed to forget it exists.)”

    Duranie,

    I was born in 1971. I can’t speak for all of Gen X, but my experience growing up in the 80s is that I was presented with “everything’s fine, you just need to get a job and it’ll all work out.” So that’s what I did, and got nowhere fast. Married too early to the wrong person because pooling our resources seemed to be the only way out, then still struggled to get anywhere. Everything pointed to “I guess we’re just not trying hard enough.” Follow this with depression, divorce, working multiple jobs at a time to keep a roof over my head…

    I think plenty of Gen X were just on the the earlier edge of the wave that became what it is today.

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