#sorry for taking an eon to reply . and also sorry for co-opting your ask for my own agenda . whoopsy daisy ig

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what’s ur fav marauders era ship?

i mean of course the answer is quillkiller always and forever but i've been pondering sybillily a bit today so please allow me to hit you some thoughts <3

the main thing that's been sticking w me today is the way they're kind of opposites in the way they connect w the world around them but w each other this can be complementary and sort of balanced out.

like w lily, she's so in tune to what other people think and the expectations that they might have of her and the way that she is Perceived and she uses this to make herself into something Perfect and something that fits onto the pedestal that she's been put on, in a way that i think makes her a lot less able to Define herself and what she wants and who she is when she isn't operating within these bounds that other people have imposed on her (and that she has then perpetuated bc it's easy and comfortable and she knows how she's meant to behave when she follows these rules even if she can't quite ignore the itch to break out of those bounds).

sybill on the other hand has no conception of these things, she can't anticipate people's thoughts and reactions in the way that lily does and she doesn't think before she speaks or even try much at all in her social interactions, she's clumsy w her words, tactless, telling people that she's seen them die bc she's trying to help them avoid that fate but not clocking at all how that could be a horrifying thing to hear, how that could be something that's easier to ridicule than actually properly listen to. and the way she functions is kinda boundless in that it slides so smoothly between her dreams and her visions and her mind and actual reality that she also struggles to fully define herself and tether herself to anything absolute.

but i think together they can find a bit of a middle ground. bc sybill has no expectations for lily, she doesn't have any pre-made notions of what lily should say or do or be, doesn't try to project anything onto her. she lets lily exist in this kind of boundless space with her. but at the same time, lily is something absolute, something who exists fully and tangibly and she can kinda bind sybill more fully into reality with her, ground her, she's so vividly and brightly Alive and Present that she can help sybill to connect just by being there.

like idk i just think they complement each other so nicely. i think this idea of the way they interact w the world around them and the way this is affected by their relationship w each other is at the crux of all of the aus i have about them, especially for sybill, bc she's kinda more malleable as a person so she's naturally more affected by the sort of unrestrained, altering nature of their love. also there's something to be said about the both of them and the idea of Responsibility that i won't go into here bc this is already super long....

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melayneseahawk replied to your post “Its called Azelastine bc its only used Azelast resort”

*pharmacy technician hat* It's also possible that is has to do with step therapy: other drugs work, and are cheaper, so a lot of insurances won't cover azelastine until you're on record as having tried other (cheaper) stuff first

JESUS CHRIST CAPITALISM IS THE REASON I HAD A TWO MONTH SINUS INFECTION.

Sorry not yelling at you, just yelling :D Of course the insurance company wants me to buy the OTC they don’t have to pay for. Jesus CHRIST. 

dignitywhatdignity replied to your post “Its called Azelastine bc its only used Azelast resort”

My gp was just like, "Just use Flonase whenever you're congested." And it's worked wonders; I've only had one sinus infection since, as opposed to the several a year I'd had before that point.

ariadnespyns replied to your post “mishaberryreblogs replied to your post “How do you clean your...”

Azelastine is an antihistamine, where otrivin is... something else. Have you tried flonase yet? That's what we give people here in the hospital!

Sadly, Flonase sits at the very top of the “does nothing for me at all” list. Doesn’t even make my nose run. Just sits there and tastes bad. :D 

myjennieblr replied to your photoset “theambassadorposts: Signal boost 99% Invisible just did a great...”

So, this was fascinating, but i initially read "History of Consumption" and went the tuberculosis route, not the consumer goods route and was a little perplexed at how the Sears catalogue linked to pulmonary health.

HAHAHA ME TOO. I didn’t mention it because I didn’t want to dilute the message, but yeah my immediate thought was “the history of tuberculosis? That’s an understandable but very niche class...”

constant-instigator replied to your post “WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR ROOMBA??”

Oh! can we get deets on where to send the old Roombas For Science? Our poor old Rosey is ready to go to a nice farm upstate.

Oh, this wasn’t anything formal, I just asked Knotta (who is a children’s librarian) if she wanted it for anyone who was nerdy enough to want to take apart a Roomba. But you should check around with children’s libraries, STEM programs, and scout troops in your area, someone may want it. 

geekgirl76 replied to your post “WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR ROOMBA??”

Oh, speaking of, didn't a friend of yours do research and have a recommendation for uprights? When we got rid of the wall to wall, we switched to lighter cordless stick vacs, but we're on the third and they ALL suck. (or I guess technically, don't suck) gave up on Hoover eons ago, Bissel lost our loyalty with this last one that chokes up on ANYTHING other than the finest dust. (who puts a 80 degree corner in the throat of a wimpy stick vac?!) 

Yes! One of my co-workers wanted an efficient, cost-effective vacuum that would handle their dog’s hair decently. They went with the Dirt Devil Quick Lite. I looked at it, but I opted for the Black & Decker Airswivel Ultra because it was slightly lighter and had a longer cord. 

There are things I’m not crazy about -- to unlatch the handle (so that it tilts) you just put your foot on the vacuum and press down, and then it snaps back into place when you’re done, but it doesn’t always snap on the first try and I’m just waiting for that latch to break. It also doesn’t have any way to adjust the height of the brush, so it can be rough going on denser-weave carpets. If you have wall-to-wall carpeting I would not recommend, but I just have small area rugs and runners, and it does fine on all but one of those, and it’s pretty good on my vinyl flooring, too. It’s great at getting up dust and cat hair, and for $70 I didn’t expect a lot of bells and whistles, so on balance I’m glad I bought it. But I think it’s definitely a vacuum for someone like me, who only has 900 square feet to vacuum and most of that not carpeting.  

dreamwaffles replied to your post “How do you clean your sinuses? I'm currently suffering =(”

I tried for years to use neti pots and they never worked. Turns out I have a deviated septum.

Yep, I have a punctured septum, so it just goes in one nostril and out the other.

lacrimula-falsa replied to your post “WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR ROOMBA??”

@copperbadge The fact that your roomba was named MagNeato has me in stitches. XD

It gets better, it wasn’t even a Roomba -- it was a roomba-knockoff by the Neato Company, that’s why we named it MagNeato :D My original Roomba was Dalek Suck (after Dalek Sek). 

and-rugelachs replied to your post “I managed to do something to my foot in the past two days- I woke up...”

Do you know about plantar fasciitis? It causes arch pain, and I hear it can happen through running. I had it for a year (I did it through actual injury and couldn't rest it until 4 hours after, so mine was a bad case) and it sounds similar to what you're describing.

That’s what I thought this was! That’s why I ran on it, because plantar fasciitis pain usually fades with activity. It’s been suggested to me that it looks more like  peroneal tendonitis and I think that’s probably the case. Notably, I get some relief when I ice not the bottom of the foot but the back of my ankle.