random rants

[XZero77]

Over the past few days, I seem to be experiencing some mild tinnitus and I don't know why

I woke up one day a few months ago with tinnitus, and thought it was just a normal transient episode, but while its intensity has oscillated a bit, it hasn't abated much at all during that time.

I saw my doctor, got referred to an ENT, had a contrast MRI, an array of hearing tests, etc. (I only have one functioning ear, so we erred on the side of caution). Nothing was detected. It seems to get worse when I get congested, but doesn't seem causal. Sometimes, apparently, it just appears and becomes your new normal, with no clear cause.

The prognosis for chronic tinnitus isn't particularly reassuring, as there is no cure or treatment of note, and one of popular long term options is therapy to help you accept your ringing reality. The way I have been dealing with it is to have some sort of background noise (music, TV, podcasts, w/e) playing constantly.

It's pretty freaking annoying, and I am pretty much reduced to distracting myself from it.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I had a riveting conversation at work today about CPAP machines.

[We Got The Whole 9]

I got a nasty sore throat on Xmas eve that is still hanging around. I think I fell asleep on the 23rd dehydrated and probably slept with my mouth open. Pretty much killed my Christmas spirit as I can't enunciate and just in general I wish to not talk. I've been super irritable and have just wanted to rest all the time. I've barely eaten at all the last 2 days. But somehow, I have also been struck with diarrhea. I am horsefeathering starving but i can't keep anything in.

Went to the clinic yesterday and tested neg for COVID, strep, flu. Im horsefeathering miserable. Had to call off today and I'm trying to be as fun as I can for my twins but it is not easy.

[Derwood]

I left town for a week and gas jumped $0.70/gal while I was gone.

[17 Seconds]

pinched nerves are terrifying

[Derwood]

Over the past few days, I seem to be experiencing some mild tinnitus and I don't know why

Still have it. I should probably see a doctor.

[CubinNY]

Nothing makes you feel more dumb than helping your 8th grader with math homework on multiplying integers and exponents.

Statistics was my foreign language requirement for both my
Masters and PhD.

[Derwood]

I’m in the ER because I dropped a bucket of paint and it splashed into my eye. Exactly how I wanted to spend my saturday afternoon

[jersey cubs fan]

I’m in the ER because I dropped a bucket of paint and it splashed into my eye. Exactly how I wanted to spend my saturday afternoon

[BigbadB]

I’m in the ER because I dropped a bucket of paint and it splashed into my eye. Exactly how I wanted to spend my saturday afternoon

One day as a teenager on summer break, my dad asked me to put a new coat of paint on the flat roof of his house. He'd buy the big 5 gallon drums of this reflective paint and I'd roll it on. I'm wearing nothing but a pair of short denim shorts and flip flops. I'm hauling this 5 gallon drum up the ladder, one wrung at a time. I get to the top and I'm struggling the balance the bucket so I can transfer from the ladder to the roof. The ladder extends a good 2 to 3 feet above the roof line. The bucket tips backwards and dumps at least a gallon of that paint all down the front of me, starting at about chest high. I get this chrome looking paint dripping all down me, all over the back deck the ladder was sitting on, and my shorts did nothing to prevent the paint from entering my nether region.

So I get the paint thinner and head up to the tub to clean up. I tried my best to avoid getting the paint thinner on my balls, but the rag I was using was dripping in paint thinner at this point and as I was wiping and wiping at my waist area to remove the paint, the paint thinner did get on my balls. I wished I was at an emergency room at that point, but then again, I didn't. The embarrassment would have killed me, but the shrieking screams I bellowed when the paint thinner actually had some time to ferment on my fellas, it became to painful to do anything but scream.

Moral to the story. If you ever get paint on your balls, kill yourself or just live with paint on your balls for the rest of your life.

[Sammy Sofa]

If you ever get paint on your balls, kill yourself or just live with paint on your balls for the rest of your life.

I'm putting this on my tombstone.

[Derwood]

I’m in the ER because I dropped a bucket of paint and it splashed into my eye. Exactly how I wanted to spend my saturday afternoon

One day as a teenager on summer break, my dad asked me to put a new coat of paint on the flat roof of his house. He'd buy the big 5 gallon drums of this reflective paint and I'd roll it on. I'm wearing nothing but a pair of short denim shorts and flip flops. I'm hauling this 5 gallon drum up the ladder, one wrung at a time. I get to the top and I'm struggling the balance the bucket so I can transfer from the ladder to the roof. The ladder extends a good 2 to 3 feet above the roof line. The bucket tips backwards and dumps at least a gallon of that paint all down the front of me, starting at about chest high. I get this chrome looking paint dripping all down me, all over the back deck the ladder was sitting on, and my shorts did nothing to prevent the paint from entering my nether region.

So I get the paint thinner and head up to the tub to clean up. I tried my best to avoid getting the paint thinner on my balls, but the rag I was using was dripping in paint thinner at this point and as I was wiping and wiping at my waist area to remove the paint, the paint thinner did get on my balls. I wished I was at an emergency room at that point, but then again, I didn't. The embarrassment would have killed me, but the shrieking screams I bellowed when the paint thinner actually had some time to ferment on my fellas, it became to painful to do anything but scream.

Moral to the story. If you ever get paint on your balls, kill yourself or just live with paint on your balls for the rest of your life.

Yikes. The good news for me was that it was water-based latex house paint.

[WrigleyField 22]

I’m in the ER because I dropped a bucket of paint and it splashed into my eye. Exactly how I wanted to spend my saturday afternoon

One day as a teenager on summer break, my dad asked me to put a new coat of paint on the flat roof of his house. He'd buy the big 5 gallon drums of this reflective paint and I'd roll it on. I'm wearing nothing but a pair of short denim shorts and flip flops. I'm hauling this 5 gallon drum up the ladder, one wrung at a time. I get to the top and I'm struggling the balance the bucket so I can transfer from the ladder to the roof. The ladder extends a good 2 to 3 feet above the roof line. The bucket tips backwards and dumps at least a gallon of that paint all down the front of me, starting at about chest high. I get this chrome looking paint dripping all down me, all over the back deck the ladder was sitting on, and my shorts did nothing to prevent the paint from entering my nether region.

So I get the paint thinner and head up to the tub to clean up. I tried my best to avoid getting the paint thinner on my balls, but the rag I was using was dripping in paint thinner at this point and as I was wiping and wiping at my waist area to remove the paint, the paint thinner did get on my balls. I wished I was at an emergency room at that point, but then again, I didn't. The embarrassment would have killed me, but the shrieking screams I bellowed when the paint thinner actually had some time to ferment on my fellas, it became to painful to do anything but scream.

Moral to the story. If you ever get paint on your balls, kill yourself or just live with paint on your balls for the rest of your life.

Yikes. The good news for me was that it was water-based latex house paint.

So you weren't blinded?

[Elon Musk]

If you ever get paint on your balls, kill yourself or just live with paint on your balls for the rest of your life.

I'm putting this on my tombstone.

that is the funniest sentence in nsbb history lmao

[17 Seconds]

who else has stupid ER stories? when i was like 16 i was chewing on the tab of a coke can and it went down my wind pipe and got stuck. they did multiple tests or whatever and determined i had already swallowed it. i told them they were wrong and they got mad and sent me home. a week later i coughed it up, that mf was in my throat the whole time.

[Sammy Sofa]

who else has stupid ER stories? when i was like 16 i was chewing on the tab of a coke can and it went down my wind pipe and got stuck. they did multiple tests or whatever and determined i had already swallowed it. i told them they were wrong and they got mad and sent me home. a week later i coughed it up, that mf was in my throat the whole time.

Only time I went to the ER turned out to be because I coughed a a piece of a Pringle back up into my throat.

I was in middle school, and was home from school because I was legit sick, and I was watching horsefeathers daytime TV and scarfing Pringles when I had a coughing fit, and one of the pieces came back up and got stuck.

I couldn't breathe or talk, and went running back to my parents' room where my mom was, and I'm pointing and wheezing and she is just freaking out and immediately calling 911. Best as I can remember I kind of fell back against the bathroom door, and I think that knocked it loose, and thankfully I could breathe again. I tried to explain to my mom, but she's convinced that it has something to do with the chest cold I had, and makes me ride in the horsefeathering ambulance to get checked out.

That was all bad enough, but once they had determined everything was all good I asked to use to the bathroom, and once I got there I had the horrific realization/discovery that I had horsefeathers my pants from all the violent coughing and convulsing.

Good times!

[CubinNY]

Jesus Christ, I’m in the Delta Sky Miles Club (first time), and some dude just vomited all over the place. I came here to get away from the rabble and now I’m probably going to catch some exotic disease. It’s disgusting.

[CubinNY]

My flight has been delayed for two hours because they can’t find pilots

[rawaction]

Jesus Christ, I’m in the Delta Sky Miles Club (first time), and some dude just vomited all over the place. I came here to get away from the rabble and now I’m probably going to catch some exotic disease. It’s disgusting.

My son has been on a plane 1 time. A little over 5 years ago, we flew to Houston because he, my nephew, my sister (nephew's mother), and my mother all have birthdays early-to-mid November. My nephew was turning 16 so decided to have a party. Well anyway, we're flying, he's super excited. I asked him if he wanted the window seat and he actually declined it. So he's sitting between me and some young-ish guy (probably late 20s). We're probably about an hour and a half into a 3 1/2 hour flight and they come around with drinks and peanuts. My son decided to get peanuts. He popped one in his mouth and hated it and I gave him a napkin to spit it out in. So then he gets tired of his I-Pad or whatever and lays his head down. About 15 minutes later, he puts his head up to ask me something and his face is completely swollen.

I'm just like WTF! He doesn't have a peanut allergy, or at least never did before. And even still, he didn't actually eat the peanut just briefly held it in his mouth, there were no bite marks on it or anything. He says he feels fine, but eyes are completely puffy. No issues breathing or closing of the throat. So he puts his head back down. About 15 minutes later, puts his head up and throws up all over the place. On himself, on me, but missed the guy on the other side. So, now we're thousands of feet in the air and have to change clothes and try to clean up in a tiny airplane bathroom. Mind you, this is right before his 8th birthday so he can barely dress himself and I can't fit in there with him. Luckily, it was only a weekend trip so had clothes in the overhead.

But we get cleaned up, change clothes, they give us trash bags for our clothes, but while they clean our seats, they have to separate us on the plane to the few empty seats. And he's way in the back, I'm in the front, so I can't even keep an eye on him. So, I'm freaking out again because now we're near landing and IDK if he'll be scared being separated from me. Plus, if we land and are apart, idiots like to stand up when the plane lands and rush to get off the plane and it's nearly impossible to go backwards to get my kid. Luckily, they get us back in our seats right before landing and he was find. Got him some Benadryl when we landed and swelling went away. He hasn't had a peanut since.

[WrigleyField 22]

Jesus Christ, I’m in the Delta Sky Miles Club (first time), and some dude just vomited all over the place. I came here to get away from the rabble and now I’m probably going to catch some exotic disease. It’s disgusting.

My son has been on a plane 1 time. A little over 5 years ago, we flew to Houston because he, my nephew, my sister (nephew's mother), and my mother all have birthdays early-to-mid November. My nephew was turning 16 so decided to have a party. Well anyway, we're flying, he's super excited. I asked him if he wanted the window seat and he actually declined it. So he's sitting between me and some young-ish guy (probably late 20s). We're probably about an hour and a half into a 3 1/2 hour flight and they come around with drinks and peanuts. My son decided to get peanuts. He popped one in his mouth and hated it and I gave him a napkin to spit it out in. So then he gets tired of his I-Pad or whatever and lays his head down. About 15 minutes later, he puts his head up to ask me something and his face is completely swollen.

I'm just like WTF! He doesn't have a peanut allergy, or at least never did before. And even still, he didn't actually eat the peanut just briefly held it in his mouth, there were no bite marks on it or anything. He says he feels fine, but eyes are completely puffy. No issues breathing or closing of the throat. So he puts his head back down. About 15 minutes later, puts his head up and throws up all over the place. On himself, on me, but missed the guy on the other side. So, now we're thousands of feet in the air and have to change clothes and try to clean up in a tiny airplane bathroom. Mind you, this is right before his 8th birthday so he can barely dress himself and I can't fit in there with him. Luckily, it was only a weekend trip so had clothes in the overhead.

But we get cleaned up, change clothes, they give us trash bags for our clothes, but while they clean our seats, they have to separate us on the plane to the few empty seats. And he's way in the back, I'm in the front, so I can't even keep an eye on him. So, I'm freaking out again because now we're near landing and IDK if he'll be scared being separated from me. Plus, if we land and are apart, idiots like to stand up when the plane lands and rush to get off the plane and it's nearly impossible to go backwards to get my kid. Luckily, they get us back in our seats right before landing and he was find. Got him some Benadryl when we landed and swelling went away. He hasn't had a peanut since.

That's really crazy. Glad he's okay. Sucks to have to manage a peanut allergy now.

[minnesotacubsfan]

My daughter has a severe peanut allergy, she reacts the same way. She'll get lethargic and yuke her stomachs contents all out. After some water, about 15 mins of time, she's fine again. We have to be very specific at Thai restaurants in particular, because they tend to make a lot of noodle dishes along side pad thai and other peanut sauces. We specify her allergy and make them make her order separate, on a cleared griddle. Luckily, we've never had to use an epipen, but even she is trained how to use it

[mul21]

I'm all for legalization and may even partake myself from time to time, but if you're gonna toke up, please don't do it in the main restroom of the pharmaceutical R&D facility I'm responsible for safety at.

[Sammy Sofa]

I'm all for legalization and may even partake myself from time to time, but if you're gonna toke up, please don't do it in the main restroom of the pharmaceutical R&D facility I'm responsible for safety at.

Yeah, I'm all for it, too, but [expletive] if it hasn't become the new "smokers have absolutely no clue how terrible they smell."

[bddavidson]

I'm all for legalization and may even partake myself from time to time, but if you're gonna toke up, please don't do it in the main restroom of the pharmaceutical R&D facility I'm responsible for safety at.

Yeah, I'm all for it, too, but [expletive] if it hasn't become the new "smokers have absolutely no clue how terrible they smell."

Another all for it here, but to that point can we reinvest some of the taxes to developing a strain that doesn't completely smell awful?

[Sammy Sofa]

Especially people who live in apartments or condos or townhouses who seem to think that weed smoke doesn't count since it's not tobacco.