There is being considerate of other's life experiences and then there is being unreasonable. There's so many things that can trigger PTSD in people, are you suggesting we stop doing anything that may trigger someone's trauma? Some people get triggers from benign things (my mother used to suffer traumatic flashbacks from certain smells such as wet mud, I get panic attacks if someone comes up behind me and touches me, I've met someone who gets triggered by cars backfiring or balloons popping). The point is that fireworks, mud, people touching you, and backfiring cars are a part of normal life. There are a TONNE of possible triggers, we couldn't possibly avoid every one of them for every sufferer out there. It isn't up to the rest of the world to change their lives to revolve around us and our issues. It's our own responsibility to try to cope and deal with our problems as best we can. It sucks. I say this as someone who suffers from severe PTSD/agoraphobia among a number of other mental health issues that I have been working on for many years. It's really unfair that this has happened to us but it's also not fair to expect everyone else in the neighbourhood to stop having fun because we are sadly conditioned to have a traumatic response to something.

Yes?

I used to work fast food and retail, both which forced employees to ask customers to donate at the till. We hated doing it. It is awkward for both the customer and the worker. I would get anxiety when donation drive time of year would come round, and I'd feel relief when the customer either just said no or yes, and didn't yell at me for asking. The cashier REALLY does not care if you donate or not. And the cashier usually does not make your food, it's usually someone else doing the cooking, and the cooks aren't paying attention at all to whether you donated or not.

Yeah I don't get why they felt the need to bring up spez being short (is that what they were getting at?) Seems childish. Who cares if he's not tall? What's that have to do with this..

Cancer and other life saving drugs in Canada can still be very expensive, we don't have universal drug coverage in Ontario. You can get coverage if your income is below a certain threshold (ie you are very poor) but if you don't have drug insurance here you are still fucked and can go into debt trying to stay alive or not suffer. It's better than America but it's not all sunshine and rainbows up here either.

No, I found that kind of odd, too. A little offputting.

You are temporarily blind and deaf whenever you begin to fly

He shouldn't have to pretend to be part of a minority group in order to be treated for something.

So fancy looking 🌹 How was it? Are the apple "petals" a crispy texture?

Everytime I see you post a comment it is a painful reminder that Bugles are no longer sold in my country.

I'd say it's normal for this to happen once in a while, you could be fatigued or distracted by other thoughts. If it happens every single time you try to read something it might indicate an issue. I can tell my blood glucose is tanking fast and possibly having a hypo if I'm having trouble comprehending what I'm trying to read.

I completely forgot about these books from my childhood till your post! Thanks for the memory jog

Aww 🦋🐛

Do you have a recommendation for a mandolin brand? I might give it a go.

I am truly frightened

Perfectly rectangular 🍞 what type of bread did you make? I need to see this sliced!

I'm jealous of that person's penmanship

Lemmy Squares sounds adorable. We need a recipe for this.

I have a dumbass/odd question: are mandolin slicers adjustable and could they be used to slice bagels? I need my bagels cut into 3rds or 4ths, not in halves.

This made me smile. Does that dude's bike get stolen? I can't tell if it's the original rider that gets back on and rides away.