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The Second Annual [Quarantimes] Thread

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  • XaquinXaquin Right behind you!Registered User regular
    Ok I’m tired of vaccinating people now. Wait no a man dressed as a pirate is next, all is forgiven.

    jab him in the AAAARRRRRRm

  • WeaverWeaver Who are you? What do you want?Registered User regular
    Ugh why do I have so much sinus pressure this morning

  • CelloCello Registered User regular
    You might think to yourself, did he work at a pirate themed restaurant? Perhaps a tourist boat doing trips around the harbour? No, that’s just what he wears.

    Honestly? I respect the brand

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  • MaddocMaddoc I'm Bobbin Threadbare, are you my mother? Registered User regular
    Yeah I've had a nasty cold for the past few days, almost forgot how badly colds fuck me up thanks to my deviated septum

  • TallahasseerielTallahasseeriel Registered User regular
    It's weirdly hazy out today

  • Librarian's ghostLibrarian's ghost Librarian, Ghostbuster, and TimSpork Registered User regular
    It's weirdly hazy out today

    You getting that fun Canada smoke like we are?

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  • TallahasseerielTallahasseeriel Registered User regular
    It's weirdly hazy out today

    You getting that fun Canada smoke like we are?

    I dunno probably!

  • WeaverWeaver Who are you? What do you want?Registered User regular
    Our AQI is healthy but we have higher atmosphere smoke so the sky just looks gross.

  • Endless_SerpentsEndless_Serpents Registered User regular
    Huh! Turns out one of my school friends is a man now and they looked hella fly. I changed their name on the system which made me feel really good for little effort. It’s not universal, alas, but at least any letters they get from their local surgery will say the right thing.

    But to counteract my good deed I have stolen the last teacake.

    Hope you all have a good week!

  • sarukunsarukun RIESLING OCEANRegistered User regular
    Huh! Turns out one of my school friends is a man now and they looked hella fly. I changed their name on the system which made me feel really good for little effort. It’s not universal, alas, but at least any letters they get from their local surgery will say the right thing.

    But to counteract my good deed I have stolen the last teacake.

    Hope you all have a good week!

    Life's all about balance.

  • JedocJedoc In the scuppers with the staggers and jagsRegistered User regular
    edited August 2021
    One of the many unpleasant side effects of covid time compression is that the dentist appointments just keep happening.

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  • PinfeldorfPinfeldorf Yeah ZestRegistered User regular
    Jedoc wrote: »
    One of the many unpleasant side effects of covid time compression is that the dentist appointments just keep happening.

    I'll let Ultimecia know, maybe we can get it sorted out over the next time reboot.

  • notyanotya Registered User regular
    edited August 2021
    Jedoc wrote: »
    One of the many unpleasant side effects of covid time compression is that the dentist appointments just keep happening.

    I haven't seen the dentist since covid started... And now I'm scared to find out how many cavities I have...

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  • CelloCello Registered User regular
    My teeth are still sensitive from my return to the dentist a week or two ago

    I don't know if it's because I hadn't gone for almost two years due to covid throwing off my appointments, or because the dental hygienist was a little too vigourous

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  • DisruptedCapitalistDisruptedCapitalist I swear! Registered User regular
    I'm overdue too. I'm not looking forward to it

    "Simple, real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time." -Mustrum Ridcully in Terry Pratchett's Hogfather p. 142 (HarperPrism 1996)
  • JarsJars Registered User regular
    I still have my wisdom teeth and mine are naturally susceptible to cavities even if I take really good care of them, which is a bummer

  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    yeah that's why wisdom teeth are often surgeried' out, they can come in weird, crowd the rest of the teeth, rot easily and are impossible to clean.

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  • Houk the NamebringerHouk the Namebringer Nipples The EchidnaRegistered User regular
    yeah that's why wisdom teeth are often surgeried' out, they can come in weird, crowd the rest of the teeth, rot easily and are impossible to clean.

    They sound like the me of teeth

  • VeldrinVeldrin Sham bam bamina Registered User regular
    We discovered last year that my partner needed extensive dental work done due to a shoddy job a previous dentist had done years earlier, and that kind of annihilated 2 year's work of dental cover from our insurance, so I've been putting off my regular visits until we get that sorted

    Dental insurance just sucks ass so hard, my gosh

  • Brovid HasselsmofBrovid Hasselsmof [Growling historic on the fury road] Registered User regular
    Oh, dentists. I forget they're a thing. I should probably get a check up.

  • DisruptedCapitalistDisruptedCapitalist I swear! Registered User regular
    Something something tyranosaurus tooth joke

    "Simple, real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time." -Mustrum Ridcully in Terry Pratchett's Hogfather p. 142 (HarperPrism 1996)
  • Houk the NamebringerHouk the Namebringer Nipples The EchidnaRegistered User regular
    I would actually be embarrassed to admit the last time I'd been to the dentist, if it weren't for the fact that I literally can't remember

    Frankly I can't believe they haven't all fallen out at this point

  • MulysaSemproniusMulysaSempronius but also susie nyRegistered User regular
    My teeth were a little sore, so the dentist was one visit I made post-vaccination.
    Nope. I just clench my jaw too much. Teeth are fine.

    If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing
  • Brovid HasselsmofBrovid Hasselsmof [Growling historic on the fury road] Registered User regular
    I would actually be embarrassed to admit the last time I'd been to the dentist, if it weren't for the fact that I literally can't remember

    Frankly I can't believe they haven't all fallen out at this point

    I mean, as long as you're looking after them, and don't have some massive genetic predisposition to bad gums, they shouldn't. Dentists don't, like, glue people's teeth in more securely during a check up.

  • PsykomaPsykoma Registered User regular
    I was supposed to be going to a dental appointment on monday, but wouldn't be in town for it.

    I called an rescheduled it to the next available appointment. So now I'm going in march. -_-

  • JedocJedoc In the scuppers with the staggers and jagsRegistered User regular
    I started flossing daily a couple of years ago, and I still resent how much it has improved my cleanings.

    I miss the moral clarity of never flossing and getting mad at people for poking my gums with metal hooks and then griping at me about the blood.

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  • chromdomchromdom Who? Where?Registered User regular
    Yeah, I had started flossing and had been pretty good about it. And it's surprising how quickly it improves your experience with dentists.
    But I got to a point where sticking my fingers in my mouth to floss the back teeth was doing things to my gag reflex

    Bad things.

    After one particular evening of losing the floss string part way down my throat and all the fun and joy that brought around, I had to give it up again.

  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    Hmm, maybe I wasn't doing it consistently enough but flossing never seemed to improve my gum strength, it would always bleed no matter what and the hygienist still chewed me out for not flossing even after I had been doing it 6 months at least a few times a week. I think I just have shitty gums.

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  • XaquinXaquin Right behind you!Registered User regular
    blaaaaahhhhhhh

    I'm sick. 101 fever and fatigue. Though I'm vaccinated, I'd like a covid test, but there are no walk-in or appointments anywhere today and my car is in the shop till Thursday so I can't go tomorrow.

    this blows

  • VeldrinVeldrin Sham bam bamina Registered User regular
    In an uncharacteristically positive and charitable move from our big telco Telstra, it turns out all of our pay phones around the country will now be free to use.

    I’m naturally suspicious about what actually pushed them to the decision, but my gosh this is fantastic nonetheless!

  • TallahasseerielTallahasseeriel Registered User regular
    Neighbors decided Tuesday night before I have PT Wednesday morning is the night to blast a bunch of music.

    So guess I'm going to miss pt again and get discharged for not making my appointments.

    That and I am going to be up at least until they turn it the hell down.

  • MrMonroeMrMonroe passed out on the floor nowRegistered User regular
    Well I've been laid low all day with gastric pain/poopin' issues, now it looks like I have a fever of 101.5 and my whole body is super sore. At least I have no apparent respiratory symptoms and can still smell/ taste fine, so hopefully it's just a standard stomach bug of some kind.

  • sponospono Mining for Nose Diamonds Booger CoveRegistered User regular
    Veldrin wrote: »
    In an uncharacteristically positive and charitable move from our big telco Telstra, it turns out all of our pay phones around the country will now be free to use.

    I’m naturally suspicious about what actually pushed them to the decision, but my gosh this is fantastic nonetheless!

    You still have pay phones??? I haven't seen a working pay phone in years

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  • VeldrinVeldrin Sham bam bamina Registered User regular
    spono wrote: »
    Veldrin wrote: »
    In an uncharacteristically positive and charitable move from our big telco Telstra, it turns out all of our pay phones around the country will now be free to use.

    I’m naturally suspicious about what actually pushed them to the decision, but my gosh this is fantastic nonetheless!

    You still have pay phones??? I haven't seen a working pay phone in years

    Yeah there’s usually a handful in most cities here

  • OwenashiOwenashi Registered User regular
    Variety wrote:
    Offspring Drummer Says He’s Been Booted From Band for Not Getting Vaccinated

    According to the article, Pete Parada has (or says he has) Guillain-Barré Syndrome, a condition that could make side-effects from the vaccination worse. However, he also said he had COVID previously and thus has antibodies. I'm not sure what to say except the tweet that led me to the one above surprised me in that what it said about the band's vocalist, Dexter Holland, is true.

    SuedeBlade wrote:
    Imagine telling the lead singer of your rock band, a molecular biologist, that you refuse to get vaccinated

    I wonder now if there's any other active bands that have members rocking a PhD like that.

  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2021
    The CDC specifically has a section on their website about how patients with GBS are not at risk from the vaccine and should get the vaccine, the drummer is full of shit and giving ammo to antivaxxers.

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  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Also the lead singer isn’t just a molecular biologist

    He wrote his dissertation on mRNA

    Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
  • BucketmanBucketman Call me SkraggRegistered User regular
    Hey smarter then me folks. Does anyone know anybody who has a autoimmune disorder and got the vaccine? I have a friend who seems to have had (he thinks) an inflammatory reaction when he got COVID and lost his sense of taste and smell. It hasn't come back yet (though he also permanently damaged it with a stupid "treatment" he read about online). He said he's afraid the vaccine will give him another reaction and he'll lose the rest of his senses. He said his doctor agrees with him, but he's also told me this is his forth doctor because the other one's kept telling him things he disagrees with and wouldn't prescribe him the medication he decided he needed through his own research.

    Yes he's gone off the deep end and I'm trying to get some testimonials that if folks with actual auto immune disorders got the vaccine, him and his suspected one will be fine.

  • 3cl1ps33cl1ps3 I will build a labyrinth to house the cheese Registered User regular
    Here's a paper!

    https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanrhe/article/PIIS2665-9913(21)00181-8/fulltext

    The important concluding bit:
    Overall, our data indicated that COVID-19 vaccines are well tolerated by patients with autoimmune diseases. Such findings might reassure patients who remain hesitant about COVID-19 vaccinations, and help physicians in guiding their patients towards accepting such vaccines.

  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    That would be me, Skragg. I have Crohn’s, an autoimmune disorder. I got the vaccine. I have to take immunosuppressants in order to keep my Crohn’s in check.

    Unfortunately, autoimmune issues covers a wide range of conditions, so him being worried about some nebulous one makes it hard to point to something specific and say “all clear,” but this section of the CDC webpage does list the information we have: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/recommendations/underlying-conditions.html

    Which - again - specifically says people with GBS should get the damn thing.

    Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
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