pepperonisalami

joined 2 years ago
[–] pepperonisalami 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

He teaches men to swallow.

[–] pepperonisalami 2 points 2 weeks ago

This Jesus is too white! We, the conservatives, uphold and conserve the traditional view that Jesus is brown!

[–] pepperonisalami 3 points 4 weeks ago

You're right. I guess there will be a lot of knee jerk reactions to the tariffs as well.

[–] pepperonisalami 12 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

I have a friend who runs a plant to make stamped steel parts for the auto industry, based in Canada. He's so ready to increase the prices to offset the tariffs for US customers. The customers already invested big bucks for the tool development and they can't just source the parts somewhere else. They'll have no other choice than paying the tariff price increase. If Trump supporters think that the tariff can magically move productions local...well, I'm being presumptuous by assuming Trump supporters think.

[–] pepperonisalami 15 points 1 month ago

We truly are the last generation aren't we? Environmental efforts weren't impactful enough in the first place but the American choice of president just sealed the deal.

[–] pepperonisalami 7 points 1 month ago

That's why people are working on flooding the snitch-box with questionably reports.

[–] pepperonisalami 9 points 1 month ago

Well, you could. But imagine after all the conflict, would Russia offer a good deal? Who'd pay for the cost increase? And what else could they ask in return, more raw material for nuclear weapons, so that in 15 years they can go another round with an even better odds?

[–] pepperonisalami 38 points 1 month ago

So...a big tiddy goth??

[–] pepperonisalami 18 points 2 months ago

To be fair, a shaft is supposed to go in there, just not that kind of shaft.

[–] pepperonisalami 3 points 2 months ago

I'll try out Ginkgo, thanks!

[–] pepperonisalami 2 points 2 months ago

It's still going. Yes it could be permanent, but it seems that people can just adapt to it especially when not thinking about it. I used to have momentary ringing as a kid, but now it's there all the time.

Take care of your ears! And teeth, eyes, and joints, and uh... health.

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I think I have tinnitus (self.casualconversation)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by pepperonisalami to c/[email protected]
 

One random night, I lay on my bed in my silent bedroom, and I felt that the silence is uncomfortable. Why, I asked myself, that the silence felt sharp, like I prefer the noise of my annoyingly loud dehumidifier, or the muffled sound of traffic in my old apartment?

I realized that the silence was ringing, in a high pitched noise that we all associate with being hit near the ears. My inner voice told myself: "man, you have tinnitus."

Thinking back, that wasn't the first time I thought that I have tinnitus, but I was probably in denial for years, or it just got louder. The sad part is that I'm only 26, and somehow, I feared getting tinnitus ever since my childhood.

Even worse, I just ordered a pair of headphones with ANC, and when I don't play anything through it, the ringing gets very clear.

Was depressed for a few days, thinking that it's not fair that I got it even though I don't expose myself to loud noises often, I listen to music at a couple levels lower than my preference, and I don't turn up my music to drown out noises.

But nothing in life is fair, and to compared to the suffering of others, this is only a mild discomfort. So I'll try to keep positive about it, and be grateful that I still enjoy a comparatively luxurious life.

I'll visit a doctor soon though!

Any of you have a similar experience? I'll be happy to read your stories!

 

Hi folks,

I've been living in Taiwan for years so I have the NIH. Recently my knee is acting up and will get super painful during runs. As much as I want to deny it, I suspect that I have a meniscus tear 😢.

If that is the case, I don't know if I have the financial means to support the treatment, so I want to ask if there's anyone here with an experience with knee meniscus repair or ACL reconstruction surgery in Taiwan?

Any recommendations for a hospital or doctor? How much did it cost or did you get quoted?

Thank you very much!

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