u/rydenshep

First of all: this photo is inaccurate as hell. It has beeped at me for being “below 55” way more than this in the last 14 days. Today it’s done it four times alone.

It woke me up twice last night alone. Today I ate some lifesaver gummies (like half a bag, work has been a damn time). Half an hour later I’m apparently dying and below 55. No, no I am not.

An hour and a half ago, I’m eating dinner. A bowl of pasta. Apparently I’m below 55. No, no I am not. I had a jello and tapioca pudding for dessert. Just now I’m apparently below 55 again. No, no I am not.

Night before last it woke me up twice. Sensor before this, same thing. I am so sick of this thing. I used the first Libre years ago and HATED IT for constantly being inaccurate. I switched to the Medtronic Guardian. Was it bulky? Yeah. Did I have to calibrate every 12 hours? Sure. Did I have to change it once a week? Yup.

But was it always accurate and actually do the damn thing it’s supposed to? Yes. I will NEVER forgive Medtronic for discontinuing the product. Ever. Now they have a new one where you HAVE to be insulin dependent and use their stupid insulin pen to get it. I have boxes of old sensors and they just… discontinued the app and sensors. I hate them so much. They had 24/7 support and everything. And the new Dexcoms are just as bad as the Libre 3s with inaccuracy.

I’m tired. These last two sensors weren’t even from the same batch. It is 2026. Why can’t this crap just WORK? Does anyone else have these issues? 😭😭😭

I’m sure I looked real weird making a beeline for this random lamp at IKEA just to take a photo and calmly walk away.

I’ve had this happen before and man, I’m mad. Had oil stains on my favorite black hoodie, used some oxi clean on it, washed it immediately on cold (I never dry it, always hang dry), and now the spot is lighter than the hoodie itself.

What the heck are you supposed to do for oil/grease stains on black/dark fabric???? Ugh, this hoodie wasn’t cheap. I’m so upset.

Edit: it’s 68% cotton and 32% polyester

Update: Now that it’s dry it kinda fixed itself but the oil stain is still there??

Went to Next Level outside of Portland today (never been to Oregon before and some friends took us), and found a Stargate pinball machine!! It was actually super fun. Got a high score of 365M.. which was nowhere near the 13B on the top 10 list lol.

Took some pics to post here. :) Sorry for the glare, the overhead lights made it a bit difficult. 😅 Before this “my pinball machine” was the 24 one but the fuse went out on the wall it was on. I kept walking and stumbled upon Stargate and got so pumped. It’s definitely my new favorite.

So I was gifted one of these Bodum bean grinders years ago by a friend (he upgraded to some wild grinder), and I gotta say, I love this thing. What I don’t love, though, is the material it’s made out of.

It’s that weird, like, rubbery silicone-type material that is great in concept, but in reality if you let a speck of dust get on it, it’s over. It becomes sticky and getting said dust off of it is physically impossible. You try to wipe it down with a wet paper towel and the paper towel just rips to shreds. Any cloth you use just gets stuck.

I tried to soak the lid (the photo shows a clear plastic lid, mine is a red one made of the same material as the body) in a vinegar-water mixture overnight and that didn’t do anything! Vinegar! Vinegar failed me! I left a cloth soaked in the same solution wrapped on the machine and no luck there, either.

I’m at a loss, Reddit. I don’t know how to clean this thing. Please help me, because I’m at a total loss, here.

For additional context: I do **not** have any offline maps downloaded. So this seems a bit odd (or I’m an idiot lol).

At my friend’s college graduation and she called me from her smart watch panicked because her Waymo dropped her off and she dropped her phone in the car getting out, and it locked with it in it. She repeatedly tried to open it and support tried calling in the car, but didn’t hear her.

I decided to open up a chat and see if I could assist. I gave them her name and location, let them know the situation and they asked for the email address she used to book and the license plate and told me to tell her “to have her keep touching or holding onto the car so it didn’t leave.”

Once the agent got the license plate, she was able to immediately unlock the car and save the day. It would have been a lot quicker if I could use speaker phone (it’s loud as hell in this arena lol), but they were quick and got it done.

Figured I’d share a happy Waymo story lol