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What’s a completely normal thing you thought was illegal as a kid?

Specifically for me, I was told that looking at cops in public was illegal (which is insane because there was absolutely no reason my family should be scared of interacting with cops)

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u/CalamitousSky_ — 16 hours ago
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Spaghettios. I am a woman with autism and I had to advocate for myself today. I really didn't want to do that. Now I'm unsure of what's to come in the future.

I have a chronic health condition that requires me to go to a specialized clinic for regular, intense medical treatments. The treatment itself is exhausting and requires me to be in a calm, relaxed state for it to work properly.

​Recently, a newer nurse joined the small team at my clinic. She is incredibly rigid, always in a hurry, and treats me like a box to check off on a to-do list. Personally, I am a very easygoing person. I don't like confrontation at all, and I actually prefer to build bridges and make friends with my nursing staff. So when she started treating me this way, it made me sad, but I just put my head down and tolerated it because I'm not there to start drama. But during my last appointment, things went too far.

​The harsh clinic fluorescent lights were triggering a severe migraine, and I politely asked if we could turn them off until it was time for my treatment to start. She flatly refused, making an excuse that the doctor wouldn't like it. But that ended up being completely false—the doctor didn't even arrive for 40 minutes, and the charge nurse later told me that of course turning off the lights is no big deal. Because I was forced to sit under those harsh lights for nearly 40 minutes alone, I got sicker and sicker, my actual treatment was completely disrupted, and I woke up in excruciating pain.

​To make matters worse, as soon as the procedure was over, she rushed me out. I use a wheelchair and was still heavily medicated, groggy, and in an altered state from the drugs. Instead of ensuring I was safe, she basically pushed me out into the lobby area and left me entirely unassisted. My specialized medical transport ended up falling through, and I was stranded. I had to take an Uber home as a vulnerable woman on drugs with a really creepy driver who drove like a nut job.

​Once the medication wore off, I decided I’d had enough. I have never once raised my voice or spoken down to the clinic staff—I always remain polite and just stick to the facts. So, I sent a long, polite email to clinic management explaining the breakdown in patient safety.

​Here is the problem: I didn't realize that messages sent through the patient portal route to a general nursing inbox first. The nurse I complained about read the email before management even saw it.

​The partial good news is that the charge nurse intervened and promised to handle my care directly whenever possible. But there are no guarantees, and this is a small clinic. This nurse now knows exactly how I feel about her, and I am anxious about the potential awkwardness if I get assigned to her again. No one from the clinic has actually apologized to me for leaving a sedated patient in a wheelchair stranded, either.

​I am proud of myself for speaking up, but I'm just trying to figure out how to process all of this. If she does happen to bring up the email with me, my plan is to just politely state, "I'm uncomfortable and don't wish to have this conversation with you," and ask to talk about something else. I'm just a little bummed that I can't be completely guaranteed a different nurse in the future. No one should be dumped off like a piece of trash and left to fend for themselves when they are vulnerable.

I don't know, for so long I've just felt like I've lived in a world that wasn't made for people like me. I just want to get treated nicely like everybody else does. Once you look past my silly tics and quirks, I'm not that bad of a person. I just make goofy faces and fidget when I talk.

u/Lijey_Cat — 1 day ago
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"This town ain't big enough for the two of us."

"There's a snake in my boots."

"Somebody's poisoned the water hole."

"I'd like to join your posse, boys. But first I'm gonna sing a little song."

- Toy Story 3 & 4 (Canon) — 8 Phrases

"Reach for the sky!."

"There's a snake in my boot."

"You're my favourite deputy."

"I'd like to join your posse, boys. But first I'm gonna sing a little song."

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"Giddyap, pardner! We got to get this wagon train a-movin'!"

"Somebody's poisoned the water hole."

"This town ain't big enough for the two of us."

u/Electrical-Gap-7421 — 1 day ago

When I was 10 years old My tuition teacher once sent me to buy hair remover cream and I was so confused the whole time .What’s something an adult once asked you to buy/do when you were younger, and you had absolutely no idea what it actually was for?

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u/ViewScared9541 — 3 days ago

Remember this arcade game

The horse game at Chuck E. Cheese usually refers to Ken Chuck E. Derby, an interactive kiddie ride and arcade game found across various locations. It is a Chuck E. Cheese-branded parody version of the classic arcade ride Junior Jockey.

u/Minty_Battery671 — 3 days ago
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Did anyone else lose their childhood without one specific reason?

Did anyone else lose their childhood without one specific reason?

I've been trying to put this into words for a while now.
I wasn't the oldest sibling. Nobody assigned me a role. But somewhere around age 7 or 8, I just... stopped being a kid. Not dramatically. Not all at once. Just slowly, quietly, the way you don't notice something disappearing until it's already gone.
I became the child who needed nothing. Who was always fine. Who learned to read every room before even walking into it fully. And everyone around me called it maturity. It took me years to realise it was just survival.
I made a short video about it because I couldn't find many people talking about this specific experience. Not the parentified child, not the eldest daughter, just the kid who grew up too fast because life quietly asked too much.
Has anyone else felt this? Would love to know I'm not alone in this.

https://youtu.be/Ia6Q2P\_HRSE

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u/agdaw124 — 5 days ago
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📺⋆ 90s / 00s Kid Nostalgia Simulator 7 ✧ Assorted 90s Commercials & Ambience

it's been decades since i've seen half these commercials... so many memories and i still can quote most of them lol

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u/shmuggz — 6 days ago