[worry]

QuickTidal, on 22 November 2016 - 03:20 PM, said:

death rattle, on 22 November 2016 - 01:48 AM, said:

I mean ND law enforcement officers -- shooting tear gas, rubber bullets, and high pressure water hoses (in freezing temps) at NoDAPL people from behind a barbed-wire fence are both going to haunt me for a while.

As a non-American, can you help me understand that? Like as far as I knew you could disperse protestors with non-lethal means....but to me blasting water into protestors in freezing temps seems like a pretty fast way to get people killed by hypothermia and such, no?

How did that get the go-ahead, and how is it being allowed at all?

It got the go ahead because in an oligarchy, what's "legal" is what your corporate masters say is legal. I'm not saying the country is 100% an oligarchy, just that on the ground here the behaviors certainly resemble one at a localized level -- it remains to be seen how accountability plays out as it rubs against other American institutions, but there's a very long history of Natives getting the short end of that stick too. There's calls for federal investigation, obviously, but I don't know if that'll come to anything. We'll see.

Nom is right, and that woman may lose the arm all together. And the sheriff's department involved is denying everything, from water cannons to dispersal explosives, despite all the evidence. Here's a good (if long -- the first half will give you the gist well enough) article on that night: http://thefreethough...-protector-arm/
I suppose you can call it biased -- it clearly has a perspective sympathetic to the NoDAPL side -- but I fail to see how a so-called "neutral" news source that claims this was a "clash between protestors and police" could be said to have any credibility at this point.

[amphibian]

It's not really a clash when one side has multiple people teargassed, possibly suffering from hypothermia, having arms blown to smithereens and the other side goes home untouched.

It's attacking more First Nations people in the grand tradition the Pinkertons, police, and military have done for hundreds of years. It's bad.

The only way the protestors could basically stand there unmoving is if they had heated, gas-proof, and concussion grenade proof suits made - which would make them faceless entities armored up on the equivalent of the police.

[Mezla PigDog]

In the last 7 days the offspring has had his first really bad cold, fallen off a sofa and pulled hot coffee over himself. I can't handle the responsibility (or commandeering the cold tap in a coffee shop for half an hour)!!!

[Andorion]

Mezla PigDog, on 23 November 2016 - 05:29 PM, said:

In the last 7 days the offspring has had his first really bad cold, fallen off a sofa and pulled hot coffee over himself. I can't handle the responsibility (or commandeering the cold tap in a coffee shop for half an hour)!!!

I remember my brother had this fascination for trying to crawl of the the edge of beds.

[Loki]

So far this week my son has used an electric razor to shave large bald patches in his hair, drew on his face with a permanent marker (he gave himself a monobrow 😂), crashed his tricycle, developed a fascination with jumping off the kitchen table onto the tiled floor, tried to eat plastic food, and did a poop in his bath to 'see if it would float'.


I hope your little one didn't burn himself with that coffee.

[QuickTidal]

So far this week, my 3month old has slept 8hours a night solid for 3 days straight.

...and now I'm wondering what she's planning.

Also, she Magi-pooped. She pooped and it barely touched her diaper, but skirted up and out of her diaper and outfit (while avoiding the latter in any significant way) and landed on my wife's pant leg (and subsequently the couch)...enough that my wife thought she was the one who had the accident and didn't realize.

My kid is sorcerer. And now I'm scared what she's planning next!

[Aptorian]

Are you sure you're not putting the diapers on the poop monster inside out?

[Abyss]

Mezla PigDog, on 23 November 2016 - 05:29 PM, said:

In the last 7 days the offspring has had his first really bad cold, fallen off a sofa and pulled hot coffee over himself. I can't handle the responsibility (or commandeering the cold tap in a coffee shop for half an hour)!!!

Future climate engineer.

Loki, on 23 November 2016 - 05:39 PM, said:

So far this week my son has used an electric razor to shave large bald patches in his hair, drew on his face with a permanent marker (he gave himself a monobrow 😂), crashed his tricycle, developed a fascination with jumping off the kitchen table onto the tiled floor, tried to eat plastic food, and did a poop in his bath to 'see if it would float'.

Future YouTube personality.

QuickTidal, on 23 November 2016 - 06:31 PM, said:

So far this week, my 3month old has slept 8hours a night solid for 3 days straight.

...and now I'm wondering what she's planning.

You.
Are SO.
Screwed.

[QuickTidal]

Briar King, on 23 November 2016 - 06:54 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 23 November 2016 - 06:31 PM, said:

So far this week, my 3month old has slept 8hours a night solid for 3 days straight.

...and now I'm wondering what she's planning.

Also, she Magi-pooped. She pooped and it barely touched her diaper, but skirted up and out of her diaper and outfit (while avoiding the latter in any significant way) and landed on my wife's pant leg (and subsequently the couch)...enough that my wife thought she was the one who had the accident and didn't realize.

My kid is sorcerer. And now I'm scared what she's planning next!

Told you so. It's kinda amazing how it gushes everywhere. There will be more to come. Some will come the moment you finish redressing her.

LOL, yeah. And in point of fact she ALWAYS looks at us and smiles or laughs after she does one.

[champ]

The doc wanted me to write about how I feel when the Bipolar kicks in, I wrote this last night, it actually helped somewhat and I wanted to share it here.

THE CRASH:

When I get like this it's like I am a different person, no longer the person I know myself to be...

The normal me is laid back. A fun and happy guy or I tell myself I am, I like to have a laugh and a joke on with my friends, typical Geordie, bit of a smart ass to be honest but obviously in a good way... but this, it feels...

It feels like I'm falling apart, constantly on the edge with no control over my thoughts, it doesn't matter what I try to do, if something bad has happened - no matter when - or if something is frustrating me then it will be there spinning around, unending, pulling me down further... there is no escape.

There are times when I just want to shout in frustration. I cannot begin to tell you what it is like. You try everything to snap yourself out of it when you feel it coming on - personally I read and I will read anything to turn my focus away from it but... - it ultimately doesn't matter, you get brought back to the same spot, that desolate spot and... that feeling... you feel like you're the pebble facing the tsunami...

A moment of distraction and you're there, the wave has hit and you stand no chance...

You have your angry days, your tired or frustrated days, everyone does but this is different, once it really sets in it feels like every action is an effort, the world has lost it's colour and you your purpose...

And it kills you... you make yourself more angry and upset because you know this isn't you, not the real you and that frustration comes because you now know that you face a battle every day just to get by. Just to function whilst it lasts...

Once it sets in then even to speak is an effort for me. I am blessed to have some amazing friends in my life and lucky to work with some of them but when I feel like this, then to even speak with these friends feels impossible. Not because I don't want to but because I just cannot, it feels like running a marathon just to say that first word and ultimately I'm battling just to function never mind conversation...

Aaannddd.... you come back to that frustration because this isn't you as I said above... I normally cannot shut up talking. I generally have a load of crap to add to conversations even when it isn't wanted but I'll always chip in with a daft comment but this me is lost to that feeling, that desolute feeling.

You have to understand, when I am this low and crashed I am still me, the normal me is still there wishing with every ounce of his soul to just snap out of it, to be rationale and think it through, you know the way you are acting is illogical, you know that this isn't you but it doesn't matter what you tell yourself... you're unfortunately in for the ride now and you just have to see it out... you just have to fight the good fight...

[Andorion]

QuickTidal, on 23 November 2016 - 06:31 PM, said:

So far this week, my 3month old has slept 8hours a night solid for 3 days straight.

...and now I'm wondering what she's planning.

Also, she Magi-pooped. She pooped and it barely touched her diaper, but skirted up and out of her diaper and outfit (while avoiding the latter in any significant way) and landed on my wife's pant leg (and subsequently the couch)...enough that my wife thought she was the one who had the accident and didn't realize.

My kid is sorcerer. And now I'm scared what she's planning next!

She is the Sorceror Supreme. You might as well go get the Eye of Agomotto. She will be asking for it.

[HoosierDaddy]

champ, on 23 November 2016 - 09:03 PM, said:

The doc wanted me to write about how I feel when the Bipolar kicks in, I wrote this last night, it actually helped somewhat and I wanted to share it here.

THE CRASH:

When I get like this it's like I am a different person, no longer the person I know myself to be...

The normal me is laid back. A fun and happy guy or I tell myself I am, I like to have a laugh and a joke on with my friends, typical Geordie, bit of a smart ass to be honest but obviously in a good way... but this, it feels...

It feels like I'm falling apart, constantly on the edge with no control over my thoughts, it doesn't matter what I try to do, if something bad has happened - no matter when - or if something is frustrating me then it will be there spinning around, unending, pulling me down further... there is no escape.

There are times when I just want to shout in frustration. I cannot begin to tell you what it is like. You try everything to snap yourself out of it when you feel it coming on - personally I read and I will read anything to turn my focus away from it but... - it ultimately doesn't matter, you get brought back to the same spot, that desolate spot and... that feeling... you feel like you're the pebble facing the tsunami...

A moment of distraction and you're there, the wave has hit and you stand no chance...

You have your angry days, your tired or frustrated days, everyone does but this is different, once it really sets in it feels like every action is an effort, the world has lost it's colour and you your purpose...

And it kills you... you make yourself more angry and upset because you know this isn't you, not the real you and that frustration comes because you now know that you face a battle every day just to get by. Just to function whilst it lasts...

Once it sets in then even to speak is an effort for me. I am blessed to have some amazing friends in my life and lucky to work with some of them but when I feel like this, then to even speak with these friends feels impossible. Not because I don't want to but because I just cannot, it feels like running a marathon just to say that first word and ultimately I'm battling just to function never mind conversation...

Aaannddd.... you come back to that frustration because this isn't you as I said above... I normally cannot shut up talking. I generally have a load of crap to add to conversations even when it isn't wanted but I'll always chip in with a daft comment but this me is lost to that feeling, that desolute feeling.

You have to understand, when I am this low and crashed I am still me, the normal me is still there wishing with every ounce of his soul to just snap out of it, to be rationale and think it through, you know the way you are acting is illogical, you know that this isn't you but it doesn't matter what you tell yourself... you're unfortunately in for the ride now and you just have to see it out... you just have to fight the good fight...

You recognized the problem.
You are working on the problem.

It is working.

Well done and keep it up! Good on you!

[Abyss]

Andorion, on 24 November 2016 - 01:11 AM, said:

QuickTidal, on 23 November 2016 - 06:31 PM, said:

So far this week, my 3month old has slept 8hours a night solid for 3 days straight.

...and now I'm wondering what she's planning.

Also, she Magi-pooped. She pooped and it barely touched her diaper, but skirted up and out of her diaper and outfit (while avoiding the latter in any significant way) and landed on my wife's pant leg (and subsequently the couch)...enough that my wife thought she was the one who had the accident and didn't realize.

My kid is sorcerer. And now I'm scared what she's planning next!

She is the Sorceror Supreme. You might as well go get the Eye of Agomotto. She will be asking for it.

The plush is version is really cute and smells like strawberries.
Also, Nameless Ones.

[Loki]

Origin - EA's shit gaming inflterface or whatever it is. It's shit. Just buying a couple of games almost had me throwing my monitor threw a window. Why can't you be more like Steam, Origin? Huh? Try harder!

EA is the worst.

[MTS]

Mezla PigDog, on 23 November 2016 - 05:29 PM, said:

In the last 7 days the offspring has had his first really bad cold, fallen off a sofa and pulled hot coffee over himself. I can't handle the responsibility (or commandeering the cold tap in a coffee shop for half an hour)!!!

Loki, on 23 November 2016 - 05:39 PM, said:

So far this week my son has used an electric razor to shave large bald patches in his hair, drew on his face with a permanent marker (he gave himself a monobrow 😂), crashed his tricycle, developed a fascination with jumping off the kitchen table onto the tiled floor, tried to eat plastic food, and did a poop in his bath to 'see if it would float'.


I hope your little one didn't burn himself with that coffee.

Briar King, on 23 November 2016 - 06:54 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 23 November 2016 - 06:31 PM, said:

So far this week, my 3month old has slept 8hours a night solid for 3 days straight.

...and now I'm wondering what she's planning.

Also, she Magi-pooped. She pooped and it barely touched her diaper, but skirted up and out of her diaper and outfit (while avoiding the latter in any significant way) and landed on my wife's pant leg (and subsequently the couch)...enough that my wife thought she was the one who had the accident and didn't realize.

My kid is sorcerer. And now I'm scared what she's planning next!

Told you so. It's kinda amazing how it gushes everywhere. There will be more to come. Some will come the moment you finish redressing her.

I know it all changes infinitely for the better once it's actually your own child, but it's stories like this that make me want to back away slowly and go buy all the birth control in the world.

Not only that, but my first experience with babysitting didn't go well. Got thrown in the deep end a couple of years ago and ended up taking my cousin's 3 children (all under 5 then) to go berrypicking on a farm for a couple of hours (an annual tradition of theirs). A great time was had by all. On the way back though one of the twin 3 year olds starts puking in the back seat from too many berries (it was 35 degrees that day), which makes 5 year old start puking. After pulling over and getting out to clean it all up, other twin vomits all over me, which leaves me dry-retching and not much use to anybody. Luckily a farmer was driving a tractor past and saw my distress, and he helped me clean them up. So now my cousin makes sure whenever I babysit them we never leave the house.

[Loki]

MTS, on 24 November 2016 - 11:19 AM, said:

So now my cousin makes sure whenever I babysit them we never leave the house.

Well played. Well. Played.

[Solidsnape]

Maark Abbott, on 21 November 2016 - 02:01 PM, said:

Not been well lately. If symptoms are anything to go by, I might have Coeliac. Wonderful.

Welcome to the club.
Any questions? Shoot my way.

[Tsundoku]

My boy's bottom was like a portal to the Shit Dimension for a couple of years. He would unleash epic poonamis all the time. You cry with joy when it slows down and becomes more consistently solid.

@champ
Thanks for the insight, I've never really had someone describe it like that before. Chin up mate.

[Andorion]

I am having a very bad week. I have been getting continuous allergy attacks since Friday. I have been unable to get any work done. I have a huge deadline and tons of stuff to do. The house is an utter mess. Feeling extremely defeated and out of it.

Plus I hurt my back sneezing. Now it hurts no matter what I do.

[TheRetiredBridgeburner]

Flat purchase. Seller's solicitors had enquiries sitting on their desk for three and a half weeks without even telling him, let alone sending them to him so he could respond to them. This is a really simple mortgage free purchase of a vacant property – I could have been in by now.

There are days when I really think if I didn't have falconry I'd have gone mad this year. It's not as if living with the ex is awful, we get on fine, but it'd be nice if both of us could start our lives again.

I'm just so tired.

This post has been edited by TheRetiredBridgeburner: 24 November 2016 - 01:46 PM