[TheRetiredBridgeburner]

worry, on 22 November 2024 - 10:43 AM, said:

That's pretty great news. Hugely under-diagnosed (and invisiblized) in women and girls.


Everyone here should probably book an assessment. Maybe just bring in some photos of your bookshelves and see if that's enough.

How many books on a given topic counts as a hyperfocused interest. Asking for a friend. I am the friend

[Azath Vitr (D'ivers]

The big one finally came.

And it didn't wipe out humanity. (Well, not yet...) Or make a mess.

There was only a minor extinction-level event.

Before the pandemic, after fasting for five days I'd ease back in to eating, especially foods high in fiber. Primarily to avoid impaction, which can be very nasty. Though also because a five-day fast can kill off much of your gut microbiome, depending on whether / how much / what you do eat during the fast. In my case the hardest part of my chocolate fast was near the end of day two when I had extreme nausea---which I imagine might have been part of my gut microbiome dying off. Or maybe not---seems a little quick (for a mass die-off, at least)?

But since the pandemic is still going on and I really don't want to hazard getting long covid, I decided to prioritize eating more earlier. And replenishing my gut microbiome.

As such I expected to take a massive dump the day after I ended my fast.

But no. No more than when I had been fasting.

I was ready to nuke my bowels with milk of magnesia, prune juice, stool softeners, and additional laxatives if need be.

First I looked up how long it usually takes food to come out as poop. Of course I've read this many times before and forgotten it. 2 to 5 days on average. Okay, not so terrible, I thought. And with my deplenished gut microbiome it might take a bit longer.

Then by day four I was a little concerned. I did poop a little more, but it wasn't the behemoth I was expecting. Made sure to give my abdominal muscles plenty of stimulation. And a bit of massage. Prayed for the floodgates to open.

And then this morning, in the middle of my breakfast, like the Heavens parting, I could feel it coming, stopped eating, and sprinted over to the toilet... like an inverted Jonah, I shat Leviathans.

Now my insides feel so much more spacious... and relaxed, and satisfied. Satiated, almost, with emptiness.

This post has been edited by Azath Vitr (D'ivers: 22 November 2024 - 01:09 PM

[QuickTidal]

Tsundoku, on 21 November 2024 - 07:57 PM, said:

Well, that escalated quickly.

I'm thinking maybe every post from BK's #19514 should go into the IPCC climate report (& general climate change thread?)

Fair point, this kind of got discussion-y. My bad.

Tsundoku, on 21 November 2024 - 07:57 PM, said:

Also, QT - I propose the opposite: A pinwheel hat with a propeller that is wind-driven and lights up a panel! Especially effective when you're moving faster than a dawdle.
Or, even better - por que no los dos?

I would wear either!

In fact at Disney my son saw some kid with a pinwheel hat and said "I want one of those"....so it likely runs in the family.

[QuickTidal]

worry, on 22 November 2024 - 10:43 AM, said:

That's pretty great news. Hugely under-diagnosed (and invisiblized) in women and girls.


Everyone here should probably book an assessment. Maybe just bring in some photos of your bookshelves and see if that's enough.

Both my kids are ADHD (as are my wife and I to an extent) and my son is also the process of being assessed for mild autism. So I think you're right, it's massively undiagnosed and it bleeds into a tonne of other regions.


Funny ADHD story, my dad who is DEEPLY OCD said when we told him about the kids he said: "ADHD? Bah, it's fine. He's just rambunctious. When I was a kid my sisters had to take me outside because I was so rambunctious I annoyed my mom"....YEAH DAD TELL ME MORE ABOUT YOUR UNDIAGNOSED BOOMER ADHD. LOL

[QuickTidal]

TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 22 November 2024 - 11:06 AM, said:

worry, on 22 November 2024 - 10:43 AM, said:

That's pretty great news. Hugely under-diagnosed (and invisiblized) in women and girls.


Everyone here should probably book an assessment. Maybe just bring in some photos of your bookshelves and see if that's enough.

How many books on a given topic counts as a hyperfocused interest. Asking for a friend. I am the friend

Forgodssake don't look at my shelf of Patrick O'Brian collection, with the giant hardcover Royal Navy books, next to the Napoleonic war non-fiction, next to a Nelson Biography, with a LEGO ship in a bottle sitting on top of it, and bookended by two wrought iron sailors....theres nothing whatsoever hyperfocused there! LOOK AWAY!

[TheRetiredBridgeburner]

QuickTidal, on 22 November 2024 - 02:08 PM, said:

TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 22 November 2024 - 11:06 AM, said:

worry, on 22 November 2024 - 10:43 AM, said:

That's pretty great news. Hugely under-diagnosed (and invisiblized) in women and girls.


Everyone here should probably book an assessment. Maybe just bring in some photos of your bookshelves and see if that's enough.

How many books on a given topic counts as a hyperfocused interest. Asking for a friend. I am the friend

Forgodssake don't look at my shelf of Patrick O'Brian collection, with the giant hardcover Royal Navy books, next to the Napoleonic war non-fiction, next to a Nelson Biography, with a LEGO ship in a bottle sitting on top of it, and bookended by two wrought iron sailors....theres nothing whatsoever hyperfocused there! LOOK AWAY!

Or my five separate books about the life of Anne Boleyn... if we widen it to historical women the total is in double figures and history books generally is mental. I have my niche

This post has been edited by TheRetiredBridgeburner: 22 November 2024 - 02:41 PM

[Tiste Simeon]

TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 22 November 2024 - 02:31 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 22 November 2024 - 02:08 PM, said:

TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 22 November 2024 - 11:06 AM, said:

worry, on 22 November 2024 - 10:43 AM, said:

That's pretty great news. Hugely under-diagnosed (and invisiblized) in women and girls.


Everyone here should probably book an assessment. Maybe just bring in some photos of your bookshelves and see if that's enough.

How many books on a given topic counts as a hyperfocused interest. Asking for a friend. I am the friend

Forgodssake don't look at my shelf of Patrick O'Brian collection, with the giant hardcover Royal Navy books, next to the Napoleonic war non-fiction, next to a Nelson Biography, with a LEGO ship in a bottle sitting on top of it, and bookended by two wrought iron sailors....theres nothing whatsoever hyperfocused there! LOOK AWAY!

Or my five separate books about the life of Anne Boleyn... if we widen it to historical women the total is in double figures and history books generally is mental. I have my niche

I'd like to put the two of you in a large room with a ton of books and just observe what happens

[QuickTidal]

Tiste Simeon, on 22 November 2024 - 03:13 PM, said:

TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 22 November 2024 - 02:31 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 22 November 2024 - 02:08 PM, said:

TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 22 November 2024 - 11:06 AM, said:

worry, on 22 November 2024 - 10:43 AM, said:

That's pretty great news. Hugely under-diagnosed (and invisiblized) in women and girls.


Everyone here should probably book an assessment. Maybe just bring in some photos of your bookshelves and see if that's enough.

How many books on a given topic counts as a hyperfocused interest. Asking for a friend. I am the friend

Forgodssake don't look at my shelf of Patrick O'Brian collection, with the giant hardcover Royal Navy books, next to the Napoleonic war non-fiction, next to a Nelson Biography, with a LEGO ship in a bottle sitting on top of it, and bookended by two wrought iron sailors....theres nothing whatsoever hyperfocused there! LOOK AWAY!

Or my five separate books about the life of Anne Boleyn... if we widen it to historical women the total is in double figures and history books generally is mental. I have my niche

I'd like to put the two of you in a large room with a ton of books and just observe what happens

We'd become a librarian superteam. Probably.

[Mezla PigDog]

I'm not purposefully ignoring the assessment enlightenment, it's amazing news for people to find a route forward that feels right. But Azath just posted about a life affirming turd. Which deserves recognition. We've all had them - I had one last Saturday morning that changed the outlook of my whole weekend.

But!!

Butt??

The industry I work in is mad for microbiome testing. I'm a believer that the microbiome is important the more we understand it. However the research out there in this subject is almost unanimously quackery. Just watch yourself, Azath. If it doesn't feel good, it's not good.

[Abyss]

Research has shown that humans only use 10% of their microbiome.

[worry]

I'm all microtundra, babyyy.

[BK (NTS no politics)]

There is a shit thread.

Colace is your friend.

[Tsundoku]

Briar King, on 23 November 2024 - 06:58 AM, said:

There is a shit thread.

Point.

https://forum.malaza...ost-andor-poop/

[Macros]

Black Stone Cherry, great gig!

[Tsundoku]

Macros, on 24 November 2024 - 12:06 AM, said:

Black Stone Cherry, great gig!

Any relation to Eagle Eye and Neneh?

[amphibian]

Big cheers for TheRetiredBridgeburner getting that assessment booked with an expert who's interested in specifically women who have this disability.

Having the documentation is oddly powerful in a workplace context and in a personal one too - there are protections in place (that hopefully aren't going to be unraveled by far right wing governments), there are support groups, and there's a real sensation of not being alone in this.

That's powerful and I'm quite happy it's already useful for dealing with family etc.

[TheRetiredBridgeburner]

Macros, on 24 November 2024 - 12:06 AM, said:

Black Stone Cherry, great gig!

Saw them years ago and they were great - glad you enjoyed it!

amphibian, on 25 November 2024 - 02:42 AM, said:

Big cheers for TheRetiredBridgeburner getting that assessment booked with an expert who's interested in specifically women who have this disability.

Having the documentation is oddly powerful in a workplace context and in a personal one too - there are protections in place (that hopefully aren't going to be unraveled by far right wing governments), there are support groups, and there's a real sensation of not being alone in this.

That's powerful and I'm quite happy it's already useful for dealing with family etc.

Thank you amph!

[Azath Vitr (D'ivers]

Maintenance unclogged the drain overheard without entering my apartment. Probably won't have to worry about that again... for about a month.

Did early Thanksgiving with my elderly relatives. The ultracheap flatscreen TV they got from Amazon (Fire TV, Amazon brand) was stuttering when playing Youtube, and none of the complicated sequences they'd tried from reading support threads on the internet worked. So I did what my grandfather taught me: I unplugged it and plugged it back in. And voila, it worked. So my elderly father was finally able to get back to obsessively watching chess videos. (My mother is rightly wary of Youtube after one of her old friends---who teaches psychiatric nursing but is a devout conservative Catholic---went down some sort of QAnon rabbit warren of racist anti-LGBT reactionary insanity (as in, she thought Black Lives Matter Communists were going to be breaking down her door)... which didn't get any better after she was ordered to take a remedial DEI course or lose her job (they're all in on the conspiracies too?). Though I think the latter was because she told her students that homosexuality is a mental illness.)

My father doesn't eat after 1 PM, so we made lunch our big family meal. We ordered from the local Nepali-Indian restaurant. Father was somehow concerned he wouldn't get enough fiber---even though he's been to many Indian restaurants, and I'm pretty sure his parents (who loved Indian food, and trying different cuisines) took him on their trips to South Asia---and needed my help picking something. He liked the dal (dal bhat is the Nepali national dish). The food was delicious and they loved it.

Korean for dinner. Had kimchi with a bit of raw oyster---mainly for the probiotics, but it was actually delicious, a much tastier sauce than most kimchi I've had. My main course was one of my all time favorites, gejang (raw crab fermented in chilis and soy)---since it's fermented and not heated it should be a probiotic. The fermentation/marinade makes the shells very soft. Traditionally in Korea people don't eat the shells, but I enjoy the crunchy texture and crab chitin is supposed to be good for you (and is a prebiotic, in that it provides insoluble fiber that promotes the growth of gut bacteria), so I devoured the shells as well. They use female crabs so it includes a lot of creamy crab roe. Granted, when I googled whether gejang is probiotic, I got this AI warning:

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No, gejang is not probiotic, and it can be a potential microbiological hazard:

[...] raw crab can contain pathogenic microorganisms that cause foodborne illness.

Crab meat can be contaminated with Vibrio, also known as "flesh-eating bacteria". Symptoms of Vibrio infection include diarrhea, abdominal cramping, nausea, vomiting, fever, and chills.

The nutrients in raw crab, like protein, carbohydrates, and minerals, can be used as energy sources by bacteria.

Silly AI. That means it is pro-biotic. Those bio-entities might not be conducive to human health---particularly when "flesh-eating" also means "human flesh-eating"---but that should still count as probiotic.

Well it's a risk whenever you eat raw shellfish. But it's a critically acclaimed upscale restaurant, so I should be fine. They even delivered it on ice. Just to be safe I froze the leftovers before taking them back on the train---freezing doens't kill bacteria but it does slow their proliferation.

This post has been edited by Azath Vitr (D'ivers: 27 November 2024 - 12:00 PM

[Maark Abbott]

Wife is going for my old job.

Should be interesting if she gets it. She said the other day that she's feeling a bit lost in that she doesn't have a career plan (she DID at one point but then she realised it'd be too much) so maybe the legal sector would work for her?

[Orfantal]

An evening spent babysitting my youngest granddaughter