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I know it seems silly, like “oh all they do is keep you safe, and, well, detect smoke!”

I can’t tell you how much I despise them.

im someone with sensory issues + anxiety, and I have so much trauma from smoke detectors that it triggers me to even look at them.

(please ignore any typos in this post, it is two am and I just had a sensory meltdown.)
no matter what house I’m living in, (and I move houses every 1-3 years) around every 5-8 months, the smoke detectors will go off. Not like the little occasional beep when it’s low on battery. full on blaring. every single one in the entire house. for no fucking reason.

I know I sound crazy, but this is normal for me atp.

At one time at a house we once lived in, all but like one of the smoke detectors in the house were disconnected because they all kept going off for absolutely no reason.

Yes, we check every single smoke detector, Yes, all of them have perfectly good batteries + green lights. Yes, we’ve checked the whole house, there is no fire, smoke, gas, and there’s nothing on in the house besides a ceiling fan and night light, and no, it’s not overheated or anything.

I hate them so much. I hate their stupid little green lights. I hate how they flash and fill your room with weird shadows. I can’t tell you how many ruined nights of sleep I’ve gotten because they’ve gone off for absolutely no reason, then I’m terrified they’ll come back.

I know they’re meant to ’save your life’, but where we live, the chance of wildfires is close to 0%, and we’re not stupid enough to leave the stove or oven on. All smoke detectors have done is cost us money and given me, my mother, and my dog more stress, and given me more panic attacks.

I genuinely have ptsd from all the times I’ve been disruptively awoke n by blaring for no reason.

Does this happen to anyone else??? Because at this point I’m loosing sanity + sleep to a fucking smoke detector.

(I live in the US, if that changes anything, but, who knows? Maybe the UK mfs experience this too)

and fyi, no, I’m being completely honest. i know just how stupid thus sounds, and it wont be taken seriously, but I genuinely hate smoke detectors.

I am a demigirl with chest dysphoria, and have been trying to find solutions. I can’t get a binder because my parents see all my purchases. I‘m already out, but they don’t understand chest dysphoria and just dismiss it.

I made a home made binder out of tights, and I can’t tell you how much euphoria it gave me. however, whenever I make a home made binder, my chest always hurts the next day, even if I only wore it for a few minutes.

I always make sure I can breathe comfortably in the home made binder, but it still hurts me.

Which would be safer, a real binder or a home made one? I’m too afraid to ask my trans or non binary friends, or Trans people I follow online.

I know a real binder can cause lung, rib, and other problems and damage, but wouldn’t it be a lot safer to wear something meant specifically for chest flattening?

I am a demigirl with chest dysphoria, and have been trying to find solutions. I can’t get a binder because my parents see all my purchases. I‘m already out, but they don’t understand chest dysphoria and just dismiss it.

I made a home made binder out of tights, and I can’t tell you how much euphoria it gave me. however, whenever I make a home made binder, my chest always hurts the next day, even if I only wore it for a few minutes.

I always make sure I can breathe comfortably in the home made binder, but it still hurts me.

Which would be safer, a real binder or a home made one? I’m too afraid to ask my trans or non binary friends, or Trans people I follow online.

I know a real binder can cause lung, rib, and other problems and damage, but wouldn’t it be a lot safer to wear something meant specifically for chest flattening?

like I see SO many posts everywhere hating on different hashira, choosing favorites, saying some are weak, but genuinely, all are good. shinobu isn’t weak. mitsuri isn’t a sl*t, giyu isn’t annoying, gyomei isnt boring or ‘too old’, Obanai isn’t basic, tengen isn’t a p*revert or ab*ser toward his wives, murichiro is a CHILD, (and clearly, some of you forget that), rengoku isn’t too unserious, and sanami isnt to complicated. each member of the corps has their own unique personality, backstories, interests, traumas, strengths, and weaknesses. I hate how much genuinely good characters get hated on, s*xualized often, and disgustingly shipped. the only character who deserves hate is gyokuu or whatever tf his name was, the vain mermaid snake demon who murichiro fought. I love demon slayer but hate the fandom

apparently it’s something inappropriate. Yes, I’ve searched it up on Google, ai, TikTok, YouTube, insta, and other platforms, and I can’t get an answer. All I found was ’the jar’ has something to do with a rainbow dash doll in a jar back in like 2018, and involved something inappropriate, but I don’t get it. it seems to be an internet inside joke that everyone knows. someone explain. if this community isn’t appropriate for this post, lmk. thanks yall <3

I’m a teen writer, soon to be an author. my book is called, “stolen from the sea”, and we are working to get it published by July 15th.

it’s about a teenager with a seemingly normal life discovers her whole life was a lie, and her parents arent who she thought they were. Deep down in the sea, it’s been waiting for her to come home.

recommend for ages 12+

:)

forgive me, for this is very long.

This afternoon, on Wednesday, July 1st, 2026, I found myself bored, with the urge to have some harmless fun and prank text random numbers. I can’t remember if I got this number off of TikTok, or just typed in random phone numbers I made up until they worked.

finally, a number worked. I started off the conversation by being silly and pretending to be an uber driver. a few hours later, the person replied ‘no, not intrested’. I said something like, ‘sorry I’m not an Uber driver lol, I was just trolling.’

they sent a waving emoji, I asked if it was a hello or goodbye, they said goodbye.

me being the chaotic and strange person I am, I kept the conversation going, saying the most silly, cursed, and out of context things, and all the person responded with was ‘👍’. I assumed they were just being funny, so I kept sending random, halarious texts, and still got the thumbs up.

at this point, I was pretty damn sure all this person would respond with was the thumbs up emoji, so I was daring enough to text something along the lines of, “send me a thumbs up if you’re pregnant”. I know this sounds super cheesy and weird, but please, listen.

I was just goofing off over text with this complete stranger whom I didn’t even know their name or gender, when they texted these two emojis:

✋🏻✊🏻

if you are unaware, this is a silent distress signal used when someone needs help but can’t say anything directly, often used in abuse situations.

i wasn’t sure what to think, rather if it was a prank/someone trolling, or someone needing genuine help. I asked multiple times, “do you genuinely need help,” “are you seriously, no joke in danger?”, and every time I got a thumbs up. I even sent things like “send me the distress signal emojis again if you genuinely need help”, and I would get the same distress signal emojis.

I genuinely couldn’t tell if it was a literal cry for help or a complete prank/troll. I kept confirming if the person genuinely needed help, and kept getting thumbs up, then the person stopped texting completely.

i tried calling the number multiple times and sending more texts asking if they were okay, but no response for like 20 minutes.

finally, I get a text saying, “who’s is this?” (they probably meant to say ‘who is this”. I reply, “what?”

*this is how the conversation went”

me: “you sent the distress hand signal through emojis. are you okay?”

stranger: “this is her husband.”

me: “Like seriously, I’m just a teen prank texting people. Your wife scared me, Jesus Christ.“

*new message*

me: “I’m so sorry sir I’ll leave you alone if you want“

stranger/husband: “leave US alone she’s in charge of doing something.”

me: “Ok I’m so sorry sir have a nice night”

i deleted the contact + conversation, but something doesn’t sit right with me, and something’s telling me it’s abuse or something. Maybe I watch too much medical + legal drama, and I’m being paranoid, but Reddit, do your thing, help me out.

Does this just seem like a strange/disturbing interaction with a stranger via texting random numbers, a total prank/troll, texting random numbers gone wrong, or some kind of abuse case?

also, this will probably be taken down, because Reddit is seeing this as an urgent cry of mental health crisis, but i promise you, this is just an interaction with a total stranger I want to share.

https://preview.redd.it/xjy77mke81bh1.jpg?width=970&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b787c35f09d0401c63133d83f6b2aac3bcd0f169

https://preview.redd.it/7kbrhnke81bh1.jpg?width=924&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=192e550f1b3e2eb3b6ec4114fd57ec286762262f

https://preview.redd.it/5wvq1nke81bh1.jpg?width=968&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b79e332e4b33e629b85f78aa29379ac9357feafb

EDIT: everyone thinks this is fake, so here’s screenshots.

https://preview.redd.it/40kgx54k81bh1.jpg?width=968&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=af255b5d303ce29696db7b1ea18501323dc1c28c