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ranthaven · 4 months 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 · 6 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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mylittlecrow · 2 months ago

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i will never shut up about jon promising to protect sansa in 6x09 and then the parallel of lyanna begging ned to promise to protect jon IN THE NEXT EPISODE. something something “if the day should ever come when your lord father was forced to chose between honor on the one hand and those he loves on the other what would he do?” and we KNOW ned picked love. ned loved his sister so much he lied to his king and bff to protect jon. ned loved his daughter so much he sacrificed his honor and duty to the realm and lied to protect sansa.

the writers intentionally put sansa at the center of jon and dany’s conflict. sansa’s not in king’s landing during the battle in 8x05 or 8x06 but she still haunts the narrative, her name is brought up by FOUR different characters. jon was ready to die if dany saw him as a threat to the throne. “i'm tired of fighting it’s all i've done since i left home.” and the only way to get through to him and to get him to fight again and to kill dany is to mention sansa and how she’ll never be safe with dany around. “if we don’t take back the north we’ll never be safe i want you to help me but i'll do it myself if i have to.”

and sansa is so used to being alone. she spent months waiting for robb to rescue her from king's landing, and it never happened. robb chose the north, his duty, over her. and she's beaten for the north's independence and then sold to two different families who stole the north from her. and then she finally finds help in theon and brienne and podrick but she doesn't feel completely safe again until she's in jon's arms. but even then she's still ready for more disappointment, to be separated from her family again because “life is not a song” and “there are no heroes.” but jon isn’t robb. “jon isn’t tormund. jon isn’t davos, or the red woman, or stannis for that matter. jon is jon.”

“where will you go? where will we go. i won’t ever let him touch you again. we need to trust each other. until i return the north is yours. touch my sister and i’ll kill you myself. what you did for her is the only reason i’m not killing you. i’m her family too. what about everyone else? what about the other people who think they know what’s good? i’ll protect you, i promise. no one can protect me, no one can protect anyone.” but jon proves her wrong, he can protect her. he will keep her safe. because when his day comes and he has to chose between love and duty, he chooses her. there still are heroes in her story and their story isn't over yet.

#jonsa #i have such a love hate relationship with that scene #because it makes jon look so bad that he tries justifying dany's actions #and he needs to be like convinced to take down a mass murderer to prevent more death #but the parallel to maester aemon's lesson (despite d&d trying to reverse it and say duty is the death of love - so dumb btw) is chef's kis #*kiss #ned protected lyanna’s son and lyanna’s son goes on to protect his daughter #also robb my beloved and my beloathed #my boy king #he chose his duty to his people over his love for his sister but then turns around and choses talisa/jeyne over his duty to the freys #also don’t get me started on how sansa saw jon making the same mistake she made in s1 in trusting joffrey #she’s not her father. no she’s much prettier #and she saved him from being a political hostage by telling the whole world the truth about his identity #*political hostage or even from death #vs ned saving jon by lying to the whole world about his identity #something poetic about sansa revealing ned’s lie to protect jon with the truth #anyway jonsa still giving me brainworms in 2024?? more likely than you think #i’m really going thru it today lmao #mine

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whump-in-the-closet · 8 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 · 2 years 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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bluehexagone · 5 months ago

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@yellydany’s oc, Danzil!

#myart #digital art #art #its a bit sketchy but it’s for practice so that’s okay #Doubles as a gift too📈#Constantly all the time effortlessly efficient I am #I promise 🙏 I am not lying I guarantee I am extremely organised and put together😁#Just evade everything else I do other than this post and don’t read past the 3rd tag #Because I think it really says something when I go to the tag limit on nearly every one of my posts #I just have things to say I guess #Big time speaker #Unrelated but I’m trying to draw a train and it’s not working out #All those mechanics in the dark. Behind the wheels #Somebody get a flashlight #Also I may start posting photos I take #Because I double down and I am also #get this #A Big time photographer #Or or or #Big time engineer #infested with CAD programs 😕😕😕#Never woodworking though #I show my mistakes but not those ones #Hurrah! No tag cap! Cheer for me

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lightblueminecraftorchid · 4 months 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 · 4 months 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 · 7 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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kavehayati · 7 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 · 11 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 · 1 year 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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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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theexorcistiii · 2 years ago

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Does any1 here use copics one of the caps of my black copic just. Doesn’t go on right anymore for some reason n I didn’t notice so it DRIED up is it salvageable. Please say yes

#I read that soaking the nib in the ink can help does anyone know if that’s true.#I needed to get. a refill for it anyway cause we’ll I use it a lot so.#I also just taped the cape on since it’s the end I don’t use anyway. which actually makes it weirder that it just stopped. staying on proper #ly cause I like never take it OFF. it’s not like it got worn down or anything. anyway please pray for my black copic I love her dearly

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sanchoyo · 2 years ago

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🧍🏻 girl help the blood tests came back and I do possibly have pre-hypothyroidism. They want me to come back in 3 months to do another panel just in case bc smth was apparently way way too high 😭 wtf !!

#I don’t know what they’ll do if it’s confirmed I mean. I mean they confirmed my levels are high but maybe it’s a fluke 😭 PLSS if that’s #actually fr a reason or contributing factor to my mental stuff I will lose it I don’t want another diagnosis I have enough shit wrong!!!#enoughhhhh like stoppp ittttt 😂 please. ☹️#I am also going to …book an appointment w a disability lawyer #I once again quit a job after 2 days 😔#but I’m alive! I survived a level 10 brain crisis . I can’t keep getting jobs and then having huge horrible week long meltdowns over them #it’s disability or bust!!!! if the lawyer tells me it’s not realistic and she doesn’t think I’ll get it idk 😭#but like. I’m not able to work rn. I can’t keep lying and downplaying it and then spending weeks recovering after meltdowns #it’s not sustainable!!!! it cannot continue!!!!#literally nervously admitted to my sister how bad it actually is and saying it out loud was so hard and embarrassing but…#I promised the crisis hotline lady I’d get help and tell my support system that I need help. I will not let her down 🫡 I will get help #if I have to drag myself. which I will .#lol…(pained) I rly hope the lawyer takes me seriously 😐#medical talk #sanchoyorambles #actually thyroid issues run in the family my grandma has thyroid issues!!! I’ve gone w her to a specialist that’s like 3 hours away!!!#maybe I shouldn’t be surprised but I genuinely am I am like wtf!! bro !!#I mean tbf I’ve had anxiety forever like even as a very small child so I don’t think that’s the ONLY reason but if it’s contributing…🔫#I don’t even kno how they’d treat that I will look it up I guess 🧍🏻

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justtogetthrough · 19 days ago

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This week I’m supposed to buckle down and get to near-completion of my project but this week is so damn busy. On top of being mentally unbearable. And physically taxing because my body is being a shithead.

How am I supposed to get any work done when I have so much other shit to do? And then I’ll be “off” for two weeks on account of next week my human kid arrives and we’re putting my cat down, and the week after I’ll be totally alone in my home for real for the first time in 9.5 years and I’m not gonna cope well.

Will I magically be able to resume work by the third week? Gonna have to. Cuz I have to submit a final project at the end of the fourth.

I don’t see how any of this is possible. Thinking about it reduces me to tears, which also doesn’t lend itself to getting any work done.

I wish I could at least get some sleep.

#I’m fucked #I’m absolutely fucked #I wish my project hadn’t been so fucking delayed #then my cat dying wouldn’t have factored into this at all #I’m so upset about everything it’s making me too dysregulated to get in the headspace to work and idk what to do about that #trying to do TASKS to keep moving forward is o ly just taking up time I wish I was working #it feels impossible to turn my mind to that right now. but if I don’t graduate this semester. I won’t at all.#I’m so done #so I need to just scrape the rest together this week #I hate being alive #I’m so mad my project got delayed this many semesters and now this is happening #how do I calm down enough to put it aside and keep working anyway?#mb

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