What Grinds Your Gears? :)

[Utrommaniac]

It might depend on where in Texas you are and what kind of service is being provided for you.

My aid for Aspergers, and diagnosis for discalcula came from some pretty good people, and with all the horrible reports I've been seeing on disability treatment, it makes me think that I got incredibly lucky. Even in elementary school. My bad fortunes were with my classmates, but the adults (physical therapists, in-home trainers, content mastery teachers that were also sometimes in-home trainers, and just some of my teachers who were well aware of my issues) were my shining stars.

[plastroncafe]

Ear infections are the worst.
The absolute worst.

[Utrommaniac]

A-f***ing-men to that! Get yourself to an ER and get that taken care of. Then eat lots of probiotics.

I have returned to Ear Infection realm after many months! Because they are the worst and I would only wish it on very few people!

[plastroncafe]

Originally Posted by Utrommaniac

A-f***ing-men to that! Get yourself to an ER and get that taken care of. Then eat lots of probiotics.

I have returned to Ear Infection realm after many months! Because they are the worst and I would only wish it on very few people!

I'm still waiting for the antibiotics I got on Monday to fully do their damn jobs.
So sick of the world sounding like it's underwater.

[Utrommaniac]

The pain is the worst part of all of it, though. I was in agony, but I was able to get medication the next day. Technically "several hours later", as it was midnight when I went to the ER.

[thundermaster612]

I used to have several ear infections when I was younger. Annoying as hell. So glad those days are over.

[MsMarvelDuckie]

Originally Posted by IndigoErth

This came back to mind earlier, so...

TMNT: Out of the Shadows book grind - not sure this really quite counts as a grind, but just putting it here as a general complaint/comment on it because there is little sense in making a thread for a book few to none would probably discuss or be able to.


Those who have seen the film may recall that after Leo and Raph argue, Leo goes off alone and Splinter goes to talk to him, counseling him on the fact that he shouldn't really expect his brothers to be all of one mind and embrace the strengths of each. Or something like that.

I actually much prefer how the movie handled that scene. Because this is how the book handles it:


Wtf, Splinter, don't tell him that! I swear this Splinter is a terrible parent. Leo carries a lot of weight on his shoulders and depends on and trusts his father/teacher's wisdom and guidance... but oh, haha, my "wisdom" I imparted on you and what helped shape who you are and how you go about being leader came from a book (again!) and is your own fault for having believed it?? What the hell.



Yeah, because he realistically should be thinking "wtf," too. How does he not lose trust and respect for Splinter's guidance after that...

I also disagree with the whole "You drove them to this" bit. Raph and Mikey alone own their rash decision to go get the mutagen back from the police station. They too were undervaluing Leo's perspective and all of them should have just sat their asses down later to openly discuss it.


My least liked part of the whole book. Other than the end just dropping off with no resolution as if there was automatically a part two.

Oh gawds yes. I actually kind of liked Spkinter's talk with Leo, though perhaps not the harshness of it. But the way the book just left off WAAAY before the end was such a disappointment. I sort of liked some of the book's dialog better than the movie. Or it could have been added in to make the movie make more sense. Someone needed to combine the two. Alas......

[ProactiveMan]

Originally Posted by plastroncafe

I'm still waiting for the antibiotics I got on Monday to fully do their damn jobs.
So sick of the world sounding like it's underwater.

Ear infections are horrible.

I just finished a course of antibiotics for a sinus infection - they're great, but they do weird things to my digestive system.

[Utrommaniac]

Which is why you gotta eat probiotics to keep that from happening . I had so much yogurt during that time...and kefir, which I liked more.

[ProactiveMan]

Sorry to hear that.

[Utrommaniac]

It wasn't that bad. I'm not a big yogurt person, but it was a nice way to come out of that experience.

[Katie]

Adeno viruses. Worst. Cold. Ever.

Nearly 100 degrees outside and I catch one of these on steroids. Fever, sore throat, cough, stuffyness, no smell, no taste, and conjunctivitis. I've never had the pleasure of having that, and it sucks. And all the doctor says is "its a virus, but I'm positive you'll fully recover." From a cold? I'd hope so.

I'm finally feeling normal again today after about 12 days.

[plastroncafe]

The antibiotics do nothing, Lebowski.
And so now I wait for my referring doctor to get back to me.

In other gear-grinding news: My phone.
My smartphone committed suicide the first day of SDCC. Spent the Con and week following using a burner phone as a stop gap.

Brand new fancy-pants phone arrived earlier this week, but rather than use micro-usb, it's got usb-c connectors.

So I bought appropriate peripherals.
Case, screen protector, extra cable, and car adapter came today...only the extra cable doesn't work. So now I get to send it back, and wait for a replacement to come in.

Frickin' thing.

[IndigoErth]

Why can't the Rio opening live stream be on a video thingy that has quality control options and on a page that doesn't have to load a crap ton of stuff, that way I might have been able to make it simpler for my old computer to run without wanting to overheat because, you know, it's frigging August and a little warm in the house.

Without quality controls, my luck it's default is probably HD. My same complaint about the Nick site's videos... but at least there shrinking the window forces the video to change size and plays better. Shrink this one hardly at all and the video goes away thinking your on mobile...

(Edit: Think I found a second option via NBC's own website. Keep getting the loading thing spinning now and then, but at least the computer isn't flipping out. Edit more: Never mind, it doesn't like that either.)

[Electric]

This place grinds my gears.

Lord, I know debate and disagreement are bound to occur on forums, but here it's just become toxic. Specifically, the incredibly and screechingly loud minority of members that do nothing more than spend their time being dramatic, starting arguments and are unwaveringly negative and critical of any and everything. The PD movie thread is just trash now because of them, the nick threads are constantly springing up with them, and they always lurk in General categories.
My god, if you don't like something get over it. It's childish and conceited to try and repeatedly bash into others brains that they shouldn't like something simply because you don't.


There's trolls galore now, whether they know it or not. They clog up anything and everything so that no actual discussion occurs. And it doesn't matter if they get banned, they either come back or new ones step up and take their place.

There's so much more but I can't even get into it.

I used to love being on the forums, now it's draining. I physically feel worse and bothered after I read just about anything here

[Katie]

I feel you on that, electric. I had to take a break because I didn't like how I felt after reading through things here. The discussion about movies is especially toxic here...well, internet wide really.

I decided the best course was to pop in occasionally, ignore certian people that I find insufferable, and leave for awhile when I find myself angry about what some idiots on the internet are saying.

It isn't worth it to get mad and fight with people who think your opinion on something like a movie is worth starting world war three over, or who will call you names if you don't follow the popular opinion.

[Prowler]

The very hot weather being back. Just when temperatures were going down a bit, the heat comes back in full force. Also, man riding the metro trains today was a pain. It's like the city is getting invaded by hordes of tourists. Makes it hard to move around.

[Netkeeper]

Originally Posted by Utrommaniac

It might depend on where in Texas you are and what kind of service is being provided for you.

My aid for Aspergers, and diagnosis for discalcula came from some pretty good people, and with all the horrible reports I've been seeing on disability treatment, it makes me think that I got incredibly lucky. Even in elementary school. My bad fortunes were with my classmates, but the adults (physical therapists, in-home trainers, content mastery teachers that were also sometimes in-home trainers, and just some of my teachers who were well aware of my issues) were my shining stars.

Oh man that is reminding me of the **** my oldest brother is going through right now. After about 13 years of no-questions-asked aid due to his physical limitations + paranoid schizophrenia, Texas decides to be the first state we've lived in to stick its nose where it doesnt belong and have a psychiatrist talk to him and ask him **** to determine if he still qualifies for disability. As if the permanent physical crippling goes away, as if the paranoid schizophrenia goes away.

What the everloving ****. I'm pretty sure even they have the common sense not to mess with his disability money but in the off chance something happens, we will have no choice but to drop EVERYTHING and leave the state, we cannot afford living without his income and taking it away will only insure I go down there myself and physically beat someone in the ass.

[plastroncafe]

There are other reasons to have a trained professional talk to him.
Like making sure that his needs are being met, and that his treatments are still effective.

[Netkeeper]

Originally Posted by plastroncafe

There are other reasons to have a trained professional talk to him.
Like making sure that his needs are being met, and that his treatments are still effective.

Sure. But this was a required thing, he had to do this, and he didn't want to. Like, it was a disability check thing, specifically.