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Damn @allegate , that's rough. Really sorry to hear about your troubles. That sucks. Must have been pretty scary, I imagine. Hang in there man.
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The scary part was after the CT scan: They didn't have any rooms available and the only bed was one that was in the hallway. So they put me in the bed, roll me down, do the scan, and bring me back to my spot in the hallway. The doc comes by and gives me a five-minute info dump and walks away, leaving me wondering if I'm about to die or go in for lung-transplant surgery or what. In the middle of a hallway. I had told my wife that she should go and take our son out because it was going to be boring in the hospital and now I was alone with news I couldn't process. I cried a little, yeah.
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^^ Wtf. Fucking hospitals.
I got my eye glasses updated recently, and the one of the opticians at my eye doctor's place told me a similar story about how he suddenly had these TERRIBLE CHEST PAINS, like on the FLOOR, grabbing the floor, can't breath, etc. so his wife called 911, and the ambulance shows up, and they do an EKG in the ambulance and they say, well, it all looks fine to us. So he's in the ER, and his wife and young daughter are there, and this nurse is there, and he asks her what's going on? The ambulance guys says the EKG was fine.
And the nurse says, "No, sir, you just had a 'Widow Maker' heart attack and you may not even live through tonight" in front of his young daughter, and then walks away. Sure enough, he had emergency surgery to put in a stent in an artery, which was 90% blocked. Then, they send him home and he keeps having this TERRIBLE pain, so pin-pointed that he says he could take a Sharpie and mark exactly where the pain is, and, like, 20 ER visits, later, they keep telling him it's GERD and all kinds of other shit, until he FINALLY sees a specialist who sends him into surgery and finds a BUNCH MORE BLOCKS and inserts two more stents and now that pain went away and now he's a new man.
And they SAY our healthcare is SO GREAT!!!
Hang in there, @allegate , you're a tough dude!
From what I understand, the newer blood thinners are WAY better (than the old ones like Warfarin (Coumadin), where you bleed WAY too much, plus you can't eat any green leafy veggies or even broccoli ... like @Sarah K said, vitamin k levels, which green leafy veggies have lots of plus other shit you'd never suspect).
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So, we've managed to keep the headliner under wrap for months for this show my BFF and I are putting on. We've got a few hours left until we can announce them. We're under legal obligation to not breathe a word until midnite PST and then THIS LAME NOBODY ACT GOES AND SHARES AN UGLY FLYER WITH THE HEADLINER'S NAME ON IT. WTF!!!!!!! And, of course, he's not responding to any of my messages.
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Given some of the stuff on here i'm not even sure this qualify's as worth getting pissed about but here i go.
I'm renting a "studio" apartment (i use quotes as it's just a room with a kitchen and a small bathroom, but it's quite nice)in a building with 4 other studio's of varying size (mines the smallest) we all share a paid by meter washing machine in the hallway and paid by meter electric, also in the hall, and all have internet built into each room (with our own personal wifi and Ethernet for each studio)
I got home Friday to discover the internet wasn't working (i could connect with my phone and through the Ethernet on my PC, but neither had internet. My PC troubleshooter said it couldn't talk to the DNS...i'll pretend to know what that means) i reported it via our maintenance thing online (at this point i was using my phones 4G as a hotspot just to do that) but they aren't open after 5 (it was 6 by the time i got home) and not open weekends, so i've literally had no internet all weekend...which is an issue when you don't have a TV and only use streaming for your entertainment. I know everyone is having the same problem as my rooms right outside where the washing machine is and i could hear everyone complain about it. So this weekend was F.U.N
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Amazon Delivery Service. What a piss poor service! Packages left out in the rain, even though there is a covered breezeway five feet away. Driveway markers (reflectors) ran over like they were targets or something. Clueless driver parks right in front of my garage, which has our address in six inch tall numbers right over the door, and asks me what our address is (I was already in the driveway working on my car). Driver spends twenty minutes in driveway churning through a pile of boxes in his back seat and can't find my package. Almost never had problems like these with USPS, UPS, FEDEX, etc. Amazon Delivery Service is completely unprofessional.
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Complain. Take a photo of it and upload it. I've had the SAME thing happen to me and I uploaded photos of the morons leaving packages on the DRIVEWAY next to my van in the SNOW when I have a COVERED PORCH, and I uploaded it to every place possible (unfortunately, Amazon SUCKS with no PHONE NUMBER for customer service) but they GOT THE HINT because they never did it again, they only send me stuff via UPS and USPS now LOL. Truth.Originally Posted by zero
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100% agree on this! I had Prime for awhile, with their promise of free next day delivery...almost everything i ordered never arrived the next day, it was always a few days later (funnily enough the same amount of time free delivery without prime was) and they'd mess up orders so much. I'd order 2 items and request them to be delivered together even if that delayed it a day, as i was in. They would then split them up so one would arrive the next day (when i wasn't home) and the other the day after...only to then NOT DELIVER the now 2 packages until 3 days later, once in the morning and again at night...
I cancelled Prime shortly after.
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TD fucking Bank.
In four years, my account information has been stolen and used no less than 10 times. This time, my account is negative. Right before winter tuition is due. It takes WEEKS for this shit to get refunded. Even though the charges are still pending, they won't lift a fucking finger until it clears. Then they "allow" you to file a dispute.
By then I will miss the deadline for winter payments... Money I've saved for this exact purpose for MONTHS now. I am so fucking pissed right now.
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You can get a hold of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to file a complaint about the bank: www.consumerfinance.gov/
To report/track the identity theft, you can contact the Federal Trade Commission: www.identitytheft.gov
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@Sarah K , you MUST switch banks. That one obviously really really sucks.
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watched a few video on you tube o people that do the delivery for amazon i forget what the service is called it the one where you use your own vehicle, anyway your timed they lump all your packages together. and you get dinged if you can't get all you packages delivered it's news paper delivery for adults. i was told pro tip don't get the prime free shipping especially high ticket items.
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I’ve had Prime for many years and use it for free delivery, and I know people who work at the Kenosha fulfillment center, and it nearly always comes via UPS or USPS, now, or their own Amazon van.
They used to use these white rental vans from Enterprise around here with a contract driver bringing stuff from the Kenosha fulfillment center. I think they had WAY too many complaints about those drivers who I swear are drunk and the cost of the rental vans exceeded the discounted cost of USPS and UPS, or the new Amazon vans. When I started getting my UPS driver and postal carrier delivering my Amazon packages, again, I was like HALLELUJAH!!!
See this: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amazon-...-branded-vans/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/...00/1204619002/
I’ve gotten the new service where they email you with a confirmation of the delivery plus a photo of the item delivered, which is cool. They’ve been good at hiding the items or at least putting it on my porch out of the rain etc. I also have SkyBell so I know when they arrive, etc. lol.
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I'm gonna switch banks as soon as my next round of financial aid funding comes through. Ain't trying to fuck around and get that shit delayed.
I was nobody. Nothing.
Well, so I went to the dr.
It's definitely at LEAST osteoarthritis. The Dr seems to think it's probably psoriatic arthritis.
They did some bloodwork and x rays.
So I go back on Monday to find out which particular incurable degenerative joint disease I have
I've been playing guitar since I was 7 and I'm 38.
And I basically can't fucking play anymore, like, at all.
I can still make two finger power chord though. Maybe I should go punk rock.
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It’s snowing pretty hard and the roads are awful, and I’ve seen four friends who live in the area upload snapchats and Facebook videos they filmed WHILE driving. One of which was driving by and taping a car accident where a vehicle flipped on the highway.
Come on, guys. Your social media can wait. You don’t need to show off to everyone that it’s snowing and you don’t like it. It’s really okay.
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"reaction videos"
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Buying something listed as "Brand New" online and having it arrive not New. Came with folded pages and sticky residue on the cover.
I'm so OCD about my books I now need to buy it full price at Barnes & Noble (which is what I should've done to begin with) for a copy that's not fucked up. So now I can eat $7.00 because the seller doesn't accept returns. Saving money buying online always results in me spending more overall. This is the 3rd book this year I've bought that isn't what I bought.
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STOP DUMPING COFFEE INTO THE TRASHCAN TO MAKE ROOM FOR MILK YOU FUCKING SWINE.
Jesus fucking christ.
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why don't people just ask for room in their cups? i don't get it. i see people do that and i'm like "...you know that's plastic that can melt, right?"
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The only thing I can think of is they think the barista is going to leave 5/8" room when they only want 7/16" room and that's getting shorted 3/16" of coffee. YOU CANT GET THAT BACK! So instead they just dump it into the trashcan(!!).
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my back has been fucked up (technically for 17 years, but more specifically at the moment) since last monday. my massage therapist mom has worked on it a little, i've been trying to stretch plenty, but i think yesterday was finally the breaking point - i had to carry heavy loads of stuff (motorized shades, tools, etc.) up 12 flights of stairs, and it took me two trips. then i went to a show last night and had to stand the whole time while also holding my big winter coat, etc. and i think my back was finally just like NOPE. so when i woke up at 6 today to get ready for work, i basically couldn't get out of bed. my wife is dogsitting for her boss so she didn't sleep here with me, and it was a monumental effort to get up and get my work phone so i could e-mail and tell them i can't come in. i can't believe i'm already having to take a sick day less than a week after starting this job. it fucking sucks.
thankfully, my chiropractor can see me at 12:15 today and hopefully realign whatever is so out of place that it has been causing me pain for over a week and now is making me basically unable to function. my only worry is that i won't be able to drive there.
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I’m gonna expand on this a little -
STOP FUCKING THROWING HALF-FULL CUPS OF ANY DRINK IN THE FUCKING TRASH. DUMP IT IN GRASS OR A DRAIN, NOT IN A GODDAMN EASILY-RIPPED PLASTIC TRASH CAN LINER. YOU FUCKING SWINE.
Any time I change trash out at work or have to dispose of trash someone left out in the parking lot (again, swine), I have to worry about someone who dumped half a gallon of Pepsi or some shit in their trash can that’s gonna just leak all over if one tiny hole rips in the bag. How hard is it to NOT put liquids in a trash can?
I was nobody. Nothing.
It's fucking freezing.
It's fucking freezing IN our suite, but this apparently only affects me for some reason.
I say goddamn.
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I have been freezing for years and I made a surprising correlation the other day - eating a full meal warms me right up. It doesn't even matter if it is a cold meal, just the fact that I gave my body something to do (process and digest food) warmed me from the inside out. I skip breakfast and lunch pretty often and found myself shivering the entire day until dinner now that it's colder. Ate a full breakfast and lunch the next day and was toasty the whole time. Give it a shot!
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I'll co-sign the fuck outta this. Even more disgusting than having trash water drip (or worse: pour) from a ripped bag is the smell of Pespi that has baked in a hot trashcan in July. I can't even describe it other than it will make you nearly vomit.I’m gonna expand on this a little -
STOP FUCKING THROWING HALF-FULL CUPS OF ANY DRINK IN THE FUCKING TRASH. DUMP IT IN GRASS OR A DRAIN, NOT IN A GODDAMN EASILY-RIPPED PLASTIC TRASH CAN LINER. YOU FUCKING SWINE.
Any time I change trash out at work or have to dispose of trash someone left out in the parking lot (again, swine), I have to worry about someone who dumped half a gallon of Pepsi or some shit in their trash can that’s gonna just leak all over if one tiny hole rips in the bag. How hard is it to NOT put liquids in a trash can?
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Not having internet. Not having internet that is covered and maintained by your landlord because i can't sort it myself, i have to wait for him to sort it...and he has been dragging his heels for weeks!
I have noticed however that my mobile when teetered via USB has almost 4x the speed of the internet supplied?! between 6-7mps on Ethernet cable to landline internet vs 35-45mps via my freaking phone?! Sorry what!?
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This week, in my country, there was controversy all over social media because of a black youtuber.
The guy was asking for money from his followers so he could fix his very (especially in my country) very very expensive Apple laptop.
Fixing its screen would cost the same as a very good PC which could process any videos/run any editor just fine.
He claimed he wanted that Apple computer so he wouldn't be in disadvantage in comparsion to white people.
I'm white and I'm not even close from being able to getting a laptop like that in the first place. The same for probably 90% of the rest of the white population in here.
People were all like "What the fuck is this guy saying?". Even the black community reacted badly to his pathetic behavior.
His reaction? He said he got this negative reaction because people are racist (including black people). No you idiot! You're a fucking spoiled kid who's traveled the whole world and are now exploiting your stupid fanbase so you don't have to pay for your luxuries!
I know this is a touch-y subject in here but I'm sick of this kind of thing. I'm an atheist, I'm pro-abortion and I really dislike religion but I simply can't stand this other side of the spectrum either. Each day I realize something very important: I'm not from this world.
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After being an idiot and keeping all of my savings in cash (well, savings account) for way too long, I basically did a lump sum dump into investments.
In late September.
I've lost 10% of my life savings in the last six weeks thanks to this market slide. Yes, I know I'll get it back at some point. But I can't help but think "what if I'd just waited two more months". Even if it still slides, I would have lost so much less. FML.
Down, but not out.
I'm sure this never gets old for most people.
When people insist that you listen to them, but they too just always want to get the last word and ignore what you're trying to say, even when you can actually back up and fact-check your points.
Or when people tell you to let them finish, yet also keep cutting you off and talking over you every single time you get an actual chance to speak up. And at the very worst, go as far as to put words in your mouth.
Oh, and should you do the very same exact thing to them, they hate it, get pissed off and offended/irritated, and it's absolutely wrong, but when they do it to you, it's always okay, just fine, or even right.
It just makes me want to leave and make time for myself with peace and quiet, and also reminds me not to open up more cans of worms, especially if such arguments could be prevented and/or avoided.
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