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I would offer a poll, but I don't see that option.

Just wondering if there are any others like me who just abhor the "one space after a period rule" that all academic institutions have imposed on writers?

I have safely navigated higher ed and ignored this new rule up till now that I'm on the dissertation phase and I'm being forced into it.

I know we were the last generation that grew up having to put two spaces at the end of a sentence. Conversely, is there anyone who was actually glad that this changed in our mid-twenties?

Someone asked what the most recent idiocracy thing we’ve seen lately… I asked about demographics because I thought there probably weren’t too many young people on here…

So I thought I’d post about the younger generation. They’re just sex crazed. There’s tons of dating apps out there and they’re all basically hookup apps. It’s just full of these stupid people looking for sex. If you could see the conversations smh. They sound just like they came out of the idiocracy. I don’t know how else to explain it.

Edit: ok. I’ll take the criticism that I just sound like an old dude complaining. Fair enough.

Casual sex has been a thing, yes. The point I was trying to make was that they sound like the people in the movie. Conversations read like: Hey. Hey. I’m going to do x to you. Oh yeah. Here’s a picture of my x. … then more bad porn/sexting dialogue.

Seeing it in real life, it’s like no wonder Mike Judge wrote that opening sequence that way and made the characters talk about sex the way they do all the time. Just an observation.

Yes, I talk like a you know what lol.

My wife went to Walmart and brought home of brand crocs for all the kids because they were in clearance.

I had to hold my tongue. Because I wanted to say, hey those are the shoes from idiocracy. lol

Hi everyone. I know disability can be hard to obtain for a lot of people with chronic pain. I’ve never tried and I think I’d have a hard time getting it.

I just was wondering how others who don’t get disability deal with getting enough to pay bills and such. I don’t want details, just wondered if you work at all, or a spouse works, or savings, etc.

So normally I feel like I get weird looks when I tell them I’m at like a 6/7 and I for all intents and purposes look normal to them and I wonder if they think I’m serious.

Today the pain was bad and they ask me if I’m at a 10 and I tell them a 10 would be me writhing in the floor in agony and a 9 I wouldn’t be able to even speak, so I’m around an 8 or 8/9.

Am I confused here? Do I understand their scale at all? Anyone else agree with how I assess what a 10 is or know the secret to communicating pain levels to them? Not ranting here just wondering.

If you and your wife are having problems or not close with each other like you used to be, like to the point where you think you need professional counseling, do you think that disqualifies you from being a pastor?

The doctor recommended trigger point injections. The first time I had them done I don’t know how many they did but then they got a nerve or something and made my pain go to a 9/10.

Decided to try it again (because we’ll try anything) and they did two and the pain while they were doing them was just so intense I was breathing hard and barely able to cope. I was already at an 8/9 today so I don’t know if that’s part of the problem.

Has anyone else experienced this?

Felt pretty good. I helped my son put up a gate in our pasture. No prob. Still feel good. I’m going to fix this chair that needs new screws. Chair said, “No, screw you buddy!”

Why do we do these things when we feel good that we know are likely to be problematic and cause a flare up? Do we just go through life not doing any of those things? I still try to do stuff all the time when I feel good enough and if my wife sees me she tries to stop me. Sometimes she doesn’t. Sometimes I argue with her because I really want to just be able to do things again.

Anyone ever feel like their nerve pain is like the pain box from Dune? Inside it feels like your flesh is being burned alive or crushed to a pulp, but outside it looks just normal?
Just pain in its purest form for no apparent reason.
Here’s a new rendition. Call it the Pain Litany.
“I must not feel pain.
Pain is the mind killer.
Pain is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my pain .
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the pain has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain."

This has happened to me twice this week. I think I’ll be okay to go without them then i realize I’m not functional and I just go lie down and pass out for three hours. And I’ve been getting plenty of sleep. I wake up and feel worse and then take my meds.

Thing is, brain fog prevents me from always realizing how bad a state I’m in. And meds give me more brain fog. It’s like a no win situation. Choose the lesser of two evils.

You all understand the toll on our bodies because of the constant pain. I went outside today in the 90+ degree weather and noticed that I was just getting furious over things that should just be mildly annoying. Looking up online and true to form, heat really does increase stress levels and cortisol production, which is honestly too much on a system already taxed.

So I wondered if anyone else here has tried this stuff and if so, what was your experience.

Full disclaimer, I don’t have some of the just horrible conditions that many of you have. I think that actually contributes to the guilty feeling more. I know there’s things I can’t do without making my situation worse, but not doing things keeps me at around a 6, which is functional. However, I still find my brain is not where it needs to be and I either think about pain or I can divert to something that is pleasurable but doesn’t require much of me.

Then I have a bad day or two, or I try to do something/be more active and regret it, and then I need recuperation days, or I just get to the end of every day wondering what happened and how the day went by. I feel like it’s all becoming a blur. I think my wife is subconsciously mad at me because I just can’t do stuff. I don’t do anything about the projects I have to fix stuff at home.

I just feel like I’m not contributing much of anything but when I try to do things I hurt more. I can’t even really cook anymore beyond very small light duty items because the repeated actions normally cause a flare up.

How do we get over the guilty feeling of not really contributing to things and feeling like a burden on our loved ones?

Hi everyone. I'm not going to go into details, but suffice to say through a number of recent and past events, our relationship with my parents is tenuous at best. We have tried for years, but now even my adult kids and one of my younger kids don't even want to be around them. My ten year old is dealing with trauma from something that happened with them a few years ago, as are my wife and myself.

I can't help but feel guilty for not wanting to be around them or have my children around them and I think how can I model respect for one's parents in a situation like this. It's not like they are atheists or anything, they profess belief but just cannot seem to understand/accept that they have hurt us a lot. When we have tried to explain some of the problems to them, they act like they are the victims.

So, I just wondered if there were any other pastors who had difficulty getting along with their parents and how they handled it.

I'm a little hesitant to purchase "random item silver rounds" not knowing the quality, mint, etc. I just wondered if anyone else on here has bought this product and what your thoughts were on the items you received. What did you get, quality, etc.?