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ranthaven · 20 days ago

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The hell of it all is that, well, we saw it coming. It’s not one killer gut punch out of nowhere. It’s a whole long string of hits, some we blocked or dodged, but the barrage wore us down and we missed the tell for the last big swing. Even at that, it was missing the tell that really hurts the most.

But how could it happen?!? There was so much energy! So much power!! I was grilling sweet chunks of beautiful fruit, you were enjoying an ice cold drink. A light breeze had the colorful flowers dancing. We got distracted and missed the water pulling waaaaaay back out on a calm, sunny day.

Eventually, we’ll get back up. Shake our heads. Look at the sky as though there were any answers up there. Try to gather our thoughts and figure out what needs to happen next. It’s gonna be a slog, for sure.

Next time, we come in fast, go hard, no letting up until we get it right. And always stay vigilant.

#our time will come again #people get ready #don’t take it lying down #it’s gonna be guerilla action for a while

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ranthaven · 3 months ago

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Excellent post! Thank you for sharing!!

Ok so my kid had an ear infection, right? As kids often do.

The doctor scraped out a bit of earwax to have a better look inside.

I was sent a bill for $200 PER EAR for this 5 second procedure which I did not give permission for them to do.

That was key- they did not ASK me if they could do this "procedure". And, as I OWN a medical practice (it's me. The medical practice is me, sitting in my house on video calls) I knew to call them when this bill came in to be like "You did not obtain informed consent for this procedure, and it was not en emergency procedure. You had full ability to gain my consent and didn't. I'm not paying."

And the massive hospital who owned the bill said "yuh-huh you do have to pay."

And I said "I own a practice. I know these laws. I do not owe you money for this."

And they conducted an "internal review" and SURPRISE! Decided I totally owed them money and they had never done anything wrong ever.

And so I called my state's Attorney General office, and explained the situation because, as I mentioned, I know the law. The AG got in touch within a couple days to say they were taking the case and would send the massive hospital conglomerate a knock it off, guys letter.

Lo and Behold, today I have a letter where said hospital graciously has agreed to forfeit the payment.

"How not to get screwed over by companies" should be part of civics class.

Know your rights and know who to call when they're infringed on. This whole process cost me $0 and honestly less effort than I would have expected.

May this knowledge find its way to someone else who can use it.

#american healthcare #know your rights #don’t take it lying down #push back

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whump-in-the-closet · 5 months ago

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of course you have facial scars. and pronouns

#and a trauma response that involves biting #just an absolute feral whumpee #with a dead light in their eyes and a vicious smile #they’ve never received kindness and they don’t expect to #but that doesn’t mean they’re going to take it lying down #just an announcement #feral whumpees #yk #whump #whumpblr

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somesmartsmarties · 1 year ago

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Finished binge watching Sonic Prime the other day, this is basically all you need to know about the show

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thetriggeredhappy · 1 year ago

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would you people still consider me a respectable writer if i told you that basically everything i’ve written since 2019 has been done in the notes app

#shut up me #i just write best lying down idk why #i type equally fast on my phone and computer #i only open a computer to edit for formatting #yes this includes like the entirety of taking shots #also it means i can write or edit literally whenever i want #however the thing i do sucks don’t do this. do not emulate me

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djungleskogs · 6 months ago

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#OK I NEED TO STOP engaging with 911 ship wars but i have ONE MORE THING to say (probably lying)#i think it’s genuinely concerning how many people believe a ship has to have years of emotional connection before you’re allowed to ship it #like. imo you should be allowed to ship characters for any reason #crackships and rarepairs exist for a reason #secondly and probably more importantly #i think it’s really weird how many people are uncomfortable with the idea of gay sex #not in general but like #people were saying they were uncomfortable and weirded out because #an actor vaguely insinuated that the fictional character he plays would enjoy having gay sex with his partner #like people were calling him a freak #I THINK THATS WEIRD AND CONCERNING #it’s giving ‘my ship doesn’t have sex they make love while holding hands’#i think it ties into the first point #relationships are allowed to be built off attraction #you don’t need years and years of bonding for your relationship to be valid #and i think the visceral reaction against bucktommy because they’re not besties who share a kid is borderline homophobic #like there are plenty of valid reasons to dislike tommy and bucktommy like tommys previous behaviour #but being sooo against a ship based on the fact that there wasn’t enough ‘build up’ and that they don’t have a deep emotional bond #weird #and i don’t think it’s fetishisation to enjoy a canon couple im sorry that’s just a fucking crazy take #like it’s insane to me that apparently enjoying a gay ship is fetishisation unless it meets certain ‘emotional bonding’ criteria #also bathena is one of the most beloved ships on the show and their ‘build up’ was one date and a church hangout #and no one claims that they’re rushed and underdeveloped and that’s why one of them should be written off the show #like i said i think there’s a lot of valid reasons to dislike the ship (even if i do enjoy it)#but some of the arguments i’ve seen are just weird and i think you guys need to look at why it makes you uncomfortable #engage with other fandoms with more diverse ships and maybe you’ll calm down a little #911 discourse #for clarity the tumblr fandom seems to be okay but 911twt is an actual hell scape

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shima-draws · 2 years ago

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Told my boss that NO I cannot take over customer phone calls because my anxiety will literally not be able to take it. And I’m being SO brave about it,

#I say this as I’m sitting here shaking and on the verge of having an anxiety attack. AHA #Shima speaks #She called me yesterday morning and was like. Hey your coworker is drowning and I KNOW you hate phone calls #But she really needs help #And I was like. Yeah okay. Maybe I can do this.#Fast forward to last night. I’m in bed hyperventilating bc no I CANNOT do this #My mental health has already been Bad for the past few months bc I’m already working overtime for this job #And now to take on the One thing I generally get anxious about? Bro. It’s gonna kill me. 100% no exaggeration #So I called my boss this morning and was like hi I’m so sorry I said I would but I actually can’t. I deadass had an anxiety attack #just THINKING about it last night #And she was like omg no I get it. I have anxiety too I know what it’s like. It’s debilitating sometimes #So she said I didn’t have to do the phone calls and now I’m like YIPPEE #And she said hey that was a really brave thing to do. Speaking up like that and making it clear when you’re not comfortable with something #Me still shaking and holding back tears: Thank you I’m being SO brave about this rn #Anyway I’m still coming down from the near panic attack I had before I called her to tell her lmao #It’s been a rough 24 hours. I’m fine (lying)#I’ll BE fine now that I don’t have to talk to angry customers on the phone tho 🥰

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lightblueminecraftorchid · 10 days ago

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My roommate and I had a conversation last night and I keep rotating it in my brain and I Don’t Like It

#blue chatter #they called me a resilient person. and no the fuck I am not. I break down so easily over everything and my body is falling apart on me.#I scream in terror when someone knocks on the door too hard the fuck you mean I’m good at handling adversity #I pointed out that I freak out whenever my grade gets low even a little bit #and they were just sitting there like ‘yeah. and then you pick yourself up again and you do the work.’#and no? not always? oftentimes I give up and don’t try hard enough to fix it and let points go that I could have earned #I barely ever go for extra credit opportunities and I’ve never gone to office hours of my own free will #I can’t even think about talking to a professor about a bad grade without wanting to cry? hello?#but they were insistent that even with those things I am still managing Incredibly Well in class given the circumstances. which made me #uncomfortable. like. I don’t think of myself as resilient At All and I feel a bit like I’m lying or tricking them.#I start shaking like a chihuahua when people are upset and I’m In The Vicinity. even when they’re clearly not upset with me.#I really struggle to advocate for myself ever and even when I do I usually feel guilty and walk it back partway so I don’t cause a fight #and I always get way too emotional for the situation when someone has anything they’re upset with me for. which isn’t fair to them bc I need #to be able to take constructive criticism without taking it as a personal attack on me.#like what the fuck do you mean *resilient*. I can’t even handle seeing a bug flying near my face or getting a B in a class. or being told #that I did something wrong. I’m actually significantly worse at handling adversity than I used to be. high school me was a resilientish kid.#and it’s not like I was ever *good* at handling my emotions. even when it was essential for my safety. I’ve always cried way too easily #even when it actively made the situation I was in Much Worse. even when I knew better.#I would get angry and scared and sad and start shaking and crying and even screaming at my parents when they were mad at me even though #I knew that it would always make my life much worse. and extend an already beleaguered argument.#I brought this up with my therapist and she was like ‘well. anybody would have done that if they were treated like you were’.#which. okay. maybe so. I still feel like I should have been able to handle it and just shut up and move on and not make it worse.#but I am aware that this is probably a cognitive distortion. even so. that definitely doesn’t make me resilient.#I just. I feel gross being called resilient. I’m not. I’m weak and easily scared and unable to handle even small amounts of adversity.#the fuck is my roommate even *seeing*.#the annoying part is that they’re generally an insightful person about other people and I know logically that they’re probably right #which is why I’m not going to complain any more about this to their face bc I should just drop it and not make it a Thing #I talk too much about myself and my problems anyway. not every conversation has to be about my brain worms.#but the discomfort is Distinct and Unpleasant. and now I’m just having to sit with it. and Feel Uncomfortable. and try to accept what was #definitely intended as a compliment. I know it’s draining to talk to someone who doesn’t accept any of the kind things you say about them.

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l0std1adem · 28 days ago

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in the past year, I wrote critical APIs, built a microservice from the ground up, did a fuck ton of ops work, played a key role in the WEEKEND meetings that we were having to get our service ready for customers and was the most junior person there, demoed to my manager’s manager twice and a guy right under the CEO once and am currently working on solving the problem that was the reason that our team was created in the first place…

AND IM STILL NOT GOING TO BE PROMOTED BY THE END OF THE YEAR BECAUSE OF OFFICE FUCKING POLITICS

#I got a new manager who doesn’t know me at all and tomorrow I’m meeting him to drill into his head that I am a key member of this team #and that while this team won’t fall apart without me it will be very annoying to not have someone who will literally pick up any task #that is given to them and has a very solid understanding of this extremely complicated codebase #I will not be taking this lying down and if I don’t get promoted by EOY I will be on the news #naina.txt

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prozach27 · 4 months ago

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#ok I’m so proud of myself bc this involves finance which is something I avoid at all costs but like I did it!!#my work failed to process my check which I should have received yesterday. I’m now expected to get it next week #and part of growing up poor is like. idk. this learned helplessness or defeatist attitude with money problems #like ohh it’s my bad I should’ve had more savings to cover waiting an extra week or longer for my monthly check #and historically I just shut down and panic while doing nothing bc this is my biggest possible stressor to come across #but!!! being around rich people? I’ve learned they negotiate!! and demand to not be inconvenienced!!#my work was like ehh I’m sorry too bad so sad about your check and I was like actually no #I explained how this impacts my ability to pay rent. my credit score. how they didn’t inform me in time to stop bill autopay #and asked what their detailed plan is to fix this #and within an hour admin was scrambling. four different people emailed me apologizing for the mix up #and they worked it out with finance to get me a $2000 loan to get me by until the check hits #but I was like actually no. I won’t be paying interest on this because I shouldn’t be penalized for your error #and so they GOT RID OF INTEREST #0% interest cash advance essentially that covers all my bills #I picked up the physical check for the 2k today so it’s legit thank god #I thanked everyone involved and remained extremely polite #and they said if there’s any other questions you have please let us know #so I was like actually you know what lmao #I explained that I’ve incurred fees for overdrafts and returned items due to bill autopay that I couldn’t cancel due to them informing me #basically the day of my check being late #and so I specifically said I’ve incurred $270 in fees at this point as a result of your error and I shouldn’t be expected to pay this.#and!! they just said… okay!!! I just got an email that they’ve processed a secondary check for $270!!#so like?!?! what?!?! is this what life is like when you don’t shy away from discussing money?!#im genuinely shocked. this is a life lesson. I never would have imagined this outcome #thank god I decided to not take it lying down

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modern-inheritance · 1 month ago

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*Dramatic point towards Arya and Glen*

I love my Platonic Soulmate Idiots, Your Honor.

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kavehater · 4 months ago

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I cannot fathom the level of self importance some people must have to behave this way

#it’s more so selfishness lmao #idk I’m getting unnecessarily worked up about this but 6 months ago I kinda vanished off of everywhere and then I noticed she deleted some #messages #girl I would’ve responded later calm down gosh the messages aren’t going anywhere nor are they disappearing #dora daily #I think of all people who should be mad you’re the last one because tell me why you were so viscerally rude to me since the beginning and #played a massive part of the roaa situation by being complacent when oh ! I thought you’d side with your alleged best friend ME #girl you have no right to complain at all not to mention you take FOREVER when you have no excuse to reply back but when I’m struggling I #apparently have zero excuse ☠️ girl bye #not to mention the fact that when I was so frustrated with myself having these bad headaches and being so incapable of doing anything when #exams were so close all you had to say was what can I do #well bitch what could I have done when you were at hospital #I guarantee you I was the only one texting you 24:7 asking how you were #reassuring you that it’s okay to feel upset about being in the fucking hospital and you don’t need to have such toxic positivity all the tim #oh but when the other girl had freaking back pain from her period or something apparently that’s more of a concern #girl bye #not me who has chronic headaches and cannot even study and nothing sticking cause it’s that bad #oh but go ahead compare it to your chronic illnesss like yes it’s horrible and yes it impacts you a lot #but I don’t think it impacts your brain and memorisation capacity #not to mention how fucking jealous she is of everything like I can say oh god I was so stressed and girl she has not felt stress in her life #compared to what I go through yet she is jealous of the fact I can stress ? tf?#and when I say I almost passed out cause of exhaustion she doesn’t give a shit when I was being so serious #in truth I’ve come to realise nobody does seem to care at all lmao they all think I’m lying #why would I lie about that be so fucking fr rn #anyways this is why I simply don’t want to talk about my physical condition with anyone anymore because they’ll think I’m a liar anyways 🤷‍♀#not to mention the fact if you even knew me a little you’d understand that it’s so impossibly hard for me to feel comfortable enough to #complain to talk about me feeling sick or sad or whatever I only do it here cause no one follows me and no one will rlly see it at all #but even here I feel like my throat closes up and I can barely breathe when I do complain #so pls …#this one sided friendship thing is crazy cause girl how do I shake you off?

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superbattrash · 8 months ago

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When your sis tries to tease you with your unhealthy yaoi obsession, so you gotta remind her you have no shame when it comes to fictional men 🤷🏻

#heheheheeheh #don’t astrology me girl #I don’t get it anyway lol #never gonna take yaoi teasing lying down #…unless it’s one of the yaoi men lying with me wink wink #….sorry #misha rants

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sacredpit · 11 months ago

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i am very sadly very unfortunately very disgustingly going back to school tomorrow so my activity is about to be very not hot and sexy ( not that it has been on this blog anyway lol but it’s about to get ✨ worse ✨ ) but of course i will do my best to be active here and get back to everyone as timely as i can 😭 i know i spend most of my time on giorno but honestly that’s just because i’m logged in there on the app on my phone lol. i plan to do some writing tonight but idek which muse i’m feeling the most since my mood has been fuckin weird so ,,, thank u in advance for ur patience!! i’m just a silly little guy attempting to keep track of all the silly little ideas careening through my brain at breakneck speed while my energy levels are consistently in hell uwu

#/ tbd #did i accomplish as much as i wanted to this break? hell naw lol #i spent 90% of it lying face down and rotting like a corpse. but maybe that’s what i needed #i really don’t feel refreshed or ready to take on huge tasks at all but chile . my school does not care lol #i’ve been getting emails for the past 2 weeks like bitch if you don’t leave my ass alone #anyways once i get into the swing of things and establish a routine i’m sure my activity will be At Least Consistent #but there will be a few weeks of adjustment time where i’m just sitting amid a housefire pretending that my flesh isn’t roasting #as one does

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horsemage · 11 months ago

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Jesus christ why do I feel so much like a hunted animal (<- knows exactly why)

#I feel like I haven’t had a proper break from my semester yet and I’m not going to get one anytime soon :/#first I got food poisoning right before flying home and had to take my physics final on Xmas eve which I fully believe I failed #then I got an eye injury on new years eve and had to spend eight hours in a hospital about it followed by days of lying in a dark room with #only audiobooks for company because it hurt too much to do anything #and now on the tail end of that I’m flying out for almost a week to a conference I’m presenting at #and this entire time my parents are moving everything from our short term rental to a proper house #when I get back from the conference I have exactly a week before flying back to Philly to volunteer at another conference #and then the semester starts immediately afterward #I need to be put down for my own good I fear #if I don’t get to go to the beach alone for a week on spring break I’m going to snap I feel it in my soul

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skhardwarevers1 · 1 year ago

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tbh I think my top (kinda shitty) coping mechanism is just posting here

#Ehhh actually it’s not entirely shitty #This time around I don’t have to make side blogs to vent on so my bf doesn’t get alerts that I posted and then start spamming me #So that’s a plus side #Down side is it’s a little addicting tbh #But then again I haven’t had free rein over my posts in months. So #I’ll take this as a small victory and a crack in the foundation #Okay I think that’s the last of my hyper self aware call out posts about myself #Nobody ask me about them because within three minutes I’m gonna feel like I’m lying about everything I said (/srs unfortunately. Idk)#S.K thinks

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