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PORL 29th Oct 2023 6:50 AM

drrr @ 29/10/2023 3:29 if you really miss the old guys, i saved copies, though i dont expect there's much demand: Spoiler + One of my only forays into graphic art This is why it's not a thing Posted in Patch Notes

PORL 28th Oct 2023 3:04 AM

mal @ 27/10/2023 7:45 Giving out Pokemon cards and candy from my front porch. Got a pretty simplistic ninja turtle costume. Just a green shirt and orange bandana/wristbands lol These ones? I have a boatload of those. Wasn't planning on doing anything with them though tbh! We have a weird relationship with Halloween. It's not a British staple. Much like Black Friday, in recent years it's another stateside import we've landed on. I've always found it a bit perplexing as a result. This year the shops are trying to vie for halloween products and early Christmas stock. It's a bit strange. Post Edited by PORL @ 28th Oct 2023 3:04 AM Posted in Halloween

PORL 27th Oct 2023 2:58 PM

hb kori You are an orcapenguin You might be a robot But we are equal opportunities here and I no longer have hatred for your kind Posted in hb florian

PORL 27th Oct 2023 2:56 PM

Wherever you may be. May your quotes continue to service the hopper. Posted in hb florian

PORL 26th Oct 2023 1:25 PM

Double whammy now, went for a follow up from the other day's appointment. I've been labouring under the assumption that I had a rare genetic condition that meant early onset lung deteriation. It would make the fact I got a pneumothorax in the first instance make more sense, and it's well known to carry down genetically. My dad had it and he ultimately died from lung disease brought about by it. Prior to my surgery I got tested for it. Tests come with a phenotype code and had a doctor tell me I was a "carrier" based on the code (although she admitted she didn't understand what it meant and essentially just Googled it. Can't begrudge that too much, since it's 90% of my own job) Carrier in these circumstances also means a small degree of illness. My dad was a carrier. I've spent the months since confident that ultimately I've got a life long disease that will probably mean a decent life-span (my dad was early 70s) but ultimately lead to an unpleasant death. As part of my follow-up today I asked to see the phenotype results. Nobody had ever showed me the actual conclusion until today. Turns out I have the normal phenotype, e.g. I have absolutely no condition whatsoever. I have normal lungs. This does raise more questions than it solves. Spontaneous pneumo can be just random bad luck. But although my brain is frantically trying to play catch-up, I think I can write this off as happy news. I thought I knew my own mortality, and I no longer do. Again, not something I've ever had to think about before a year ago but it puts your head in strange places. I've now got to unpick my brain from said places. But there's a definite underlying relief washing over me. It doesn't help that I've been told conflicting info. I can probably at some point get a second opinion on all this just to be sure. For now I'm treating this as a win. Celebrated by buying a bunch of Japanese snacks. Diet currently in stasis. Milk mochi going down a treat. Posted in Happy News Thread

PORL 24th Oct 2023 6:29 PM

I have every intention of doing that, and I get to about 1 iteration and it falls flat. I'm not totally convinced it helps anyway, but I do suffer from lower back pain already and I'm definitely not helping things. Posted in Happy News Thread

PORL 24th Oct 2023 3:32 PM

Incidentally I have a standing desk to help with all the problems you get from being sat at a keyboard all day (at home mostly now, so barely even leave the house unless I force myself to) Like hell do I use it. I like to believe one day I'll stand. Posted in Happy News Thread

PORL 24th Oct 2023 3:31 PM

Just attended A&E after sudden onset sharp chest pain. Quite a wait, but the result is that my lung hasn't collapsed. Sounds like a very strange thing to be happy about (well, I'm sure that most people spend every day subconsciously happy that their lungs work), but I can't quite express the sense of relief. Last year I was diagnosed with a spontaneous pneumothorax (collapsed lung) following a nasty bout of covid. They got the air out, let it heal and it proceeded to collapse again a month later. After two collapses they put you forward for surgery, which I had done in February. Since then it's pretty much been a non-event. I've had weird nerve pains here and there but nothing quite like this. I think I just pulled a muscle from slouching in my desk, because I'm a software guy and have awful posture. I assumed it was just a muscle thing, the probability of another collapse after surgery is next to nothing (went from about a 60% chance of recurrence to <1%) But the health anxiety gets you every single time. There's nothing I've experienced quite like the wait to getting another x-ray and the "has it collapsed again". I think I remember what it felt like, but I'm never quite certain. It's a weirdly specific problem that the vast majority of the population will never experience thankfully. But for those who've had pneumothorax (there are at least dozens of us) it's the most relatable thing in the world. There's a whole subreddit devoted to the condition just full of people freaking out that they've had another episode because once it happens once, it's just so ridiculously likely to keep on happening. All good, still healthy as of now. Really drives home what's important (heirarchy of needs, health > all the things). Posted in Happy News Thread

PORL 22nd Oct 2023 7:29 PM

Mostly painting, easier to paint walls when kitten won't rub up against them. A few doors need replacing but I'm not planning to do that myself, it wouldn't go well. This house has been a project. Posted in Happy News Thread

PORL 21st Oct 2023 9:18 PM

We're planning to get a cat imminently, but it requires me to do some DIY, so it's been imminently for quite some time. Posted in Happy News Thread