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LethalGeek posted:My (24f) boyfriend (24f) refuses to get the flu shot even though I have an autoimmune disease Find a bar next to a CVS and get him drunk first. Play up how brave he is and how it would really turn you on for him to get a shot.
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LethalGeek posted:My (24f) boyfriend (24f) refuses to get the flu shot even though I have an autoimmune disease  him before he kills you
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Nov 3, 2019 22:01
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My in-laws waste our water and hate our lack of lawnquote:Dear Care and Feeding, quote:Dear TLIaU,
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Nov 3, 2019 22:03
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people who are scared of needles (past the age of like, eight) need to sack up. it's like by definition one of the smallest possible injuries you will ever have and the entire thing lasts about 1.0 seconds. if you're really squicked out by the concept just don't look. what a baby
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Nov 3, 2019 22:07
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Sagebrush posted:people who are scared of needles (past the age of like, eight) need to sack up. it's like by definition one of the smallest possible injuries you will ever have and the entire thing lasts about 1.0 seconds. if you're really squicked out by the concept just don't look. what a baby god you are a smug gently caress 24/7 aren't you
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Nov 3, 2019 22:17
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Cough Drop The Beat posted:I've stopped even bothering to voice my concerns against dumbass idiots who don't understand the concepts of herd immunity whenever someone says they don't need the flu shot. But that story's especially sad because he should probably care about his girlfriend not dying. I mean, this year the shot also can leave you kinda sore for like a day, so I really can't blame him for wanting to avoid that agony instead of keeping his partner safe. poo poo, I feel like shot + soreness is still vastly preferable to the risk of being sick with the flu, so either way he looks dumb as hell to me.
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Nov 3, 2019 22:19
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Sagebrush posted:people who are scared of needles (past the age of like, eight) need to sack up. it's like by definition one of the smallest possible injuries you will ever have and the entire thing lasts about 1.0 seconds. if you're really squicked out by the concept just don't look. what a baby
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Nov 3, 2019 22:21
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carry on then posted:god you are a smug gently caress 24/7 aren't you aw, boo hoo, i'm ~scared~ of a completely harmless procedure lasting literal seconds performed hundreds of billions of times a year, which tens of millions of people have to do to themselves every single day multiple times, to the point that i actively avoid medical treatment because of it. i am a very normal adult human being and NOT a 200-pound infant PetraCore posted:There can be some really bad phobias that you need a more controlled exposure plan to than 'just don't look', but they make the flu vaccine in a nasal spray for that. phobia's a different story of course but that's literally a mental illness.
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Nov 3, 2019 22:22
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Sagebrush posted:aw, boo hoo, i'm ~scared~ of a completely harmless procedure lasting literal seconds performed hundreds of billions of times a year, which tens of millions of people have to do to themselves every single day multiple times, to the point that i actively avoid medical treatment because of it. i am a very normal adult human being and NOT a 200-pound infant
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Nov 3, 2019 22:28
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PetraCore posted:There can be some really bad phobias that you need a more controlled exposure plan to than 'just don't look', but they make the flu vaccine in a nasal spray for that. Whoa, really? How does that work? Is it as effective?
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Miserable Maid posted:Whoa, really? How does that work? Is it as effective?
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Nov 3, 2019 22:49
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Yeah looking it up the flu shot involves dead versions of the flu virus strains they're vaccinating for that year, so it can leave you sore but you usually won't get flu symptoms from it. The nasal spray involves live but weakened viruses needed to trigger an immune response, so there's no needle involved but you might get mild flu symptoms that are more severe than what you'd get from the shot. Given OP's compromised immune system, she might have to stay away from her lovely boyfriend for a few days if he got the nasal version just to be on the safe side, but there wouldn't be needles involved.
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Nov 3, 2019 22:52
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It's a loving hole being forcibly made in my body, a hollow hole with something being INJECTED into it, that horrifies me on its face But if you're unlucky enough to have small veins, getting blood drawn can be an incredibly painful endeavor with many pokes before it takes. Sometimes folks dig around in your arm with the needle. I've had needles hit nerves and bone. That poo poo sucks.
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Nov 3, 2019 22:53
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Miserable Maid posted:Whoa, really? How does that work? Is it as effective? I did it one year just to try it out. No flu (ymmv of course), but I would much rather have a 5 second prick and accompanying day of soreness than the multiple hours of drippy, gross feeling nose that I had otherwise.
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One of the only two phobias I have is needles (not even the pokey part, the syringe freaks me out and just imagining poo poo going into my bloodstream makes me start hyperventilating) and I still go out of my way to get every vaccine I can get. Usually it just amounts to me getting super intense the second I smell rubbing alcohol which spooks newer nurses and doesn't even remotely phase the older ones because they've seen my kind of bullshit like every loving day for 20 years. The other phobia is fursuits. I don't even have anything against furries but seeing fursuits/animatronics makes me go full on fight or flight. Five Nights at Freddys is my favourite horror game. Anyway, that's my story
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Nov 3, 2019 22:56
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Chieves posted:I would much rather have a 5 second prick and accompanying day of soreness than the multiple hours of drippy, gross feeling nose that I had otherwise. Something crude about straight women vs lesbians
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Nov 3, 2019 22:58
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My homophobic relatives are having bachlorette party at gay bar. I am gay, should I go?quote:Hey Everyone! I have a fork in the road situation and need help on how to naviagte it lightly
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Nov 3, 2019 23:08
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I mean yeah tourqouise is gauche af but does it have some further significance I'm not aware of?
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Nov 3, 2019 23:19
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Pirate Radar posted:You have a picture of his rear end in a top hat on your Visa Black card? Visa black cards are for assholes
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PetraCore posted:There can be some really bad phobias that you need a more controlled exposure plan to than 'just don't look', but they make the flu vaccine in a nasal spray for that. Yeah, I forgot the CDC actually approved the nasal spray this year for once, so that poor lady's boyfriend is even more an rear end in a top hat if he's that scared of needles. :/
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Nov 3, 2019 23:29
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SHY NUDIST GRRL posted:Visa black cards are for assholes I think that would hurt more than rear end pennies.
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Beachcomber posted:I think that would hurt more than rear end pennies. man I was just thinking of UCB yesterday it's one of those shows that just kind of vanished completely
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DemoneeHo posted:My homophobic relatives are having bachlorette party at gay bar. I am gay, should I go?
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tactlessbastard posted:I mean yeah tourqouise is gauche af but does it have some further significance I'm not aware of? For people who believe in the "healing power of crystals" (*spits*) it's a calming stone that promotes serenity and creativity. Also worn by people interested in appropriating a parody of Native American mysticism (which starts off assuming that there's some monolithic mysticism to be appropriated in the first place). Or it could just mean they live in Santa Fe. That doesn't exclude the other options by any means, but most folks I know in that area have some turquoise just because the nearby mines mean you can get it pretty cheap from local crafters.
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FilthyImp posted:There's actually a bunch of stories about queer spaces like this being co-opted by cishet party tourism, to the point where the stupid drunk chicks ruin the mood, so they can get fuckt.
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Mr. Lobe posted:man I was just thinking of UCB yesterday If you're ever in NYC or LA try to catch a show at one of their theaters.
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yeah idk what to say about needles. they scare the absolute poo poo out of me too, to the point where novocaine at the dentist wears off real fast cuz im just kind of having a mild panic attack the entire time, but it's something that no matter how much you hate it, you cant get away from doing it. like waiting in line or whatever other insanely commonplace thing weirdos get fixated on. i just dont look at them and maybe sometimes bite my thumb. i still donate blood even though i hate it and it scares me a bunch.
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Needles are just penises for your skin. There is no need to fear them. They are your friend.
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FilthyImp posted:There's actually a bunch of stories about queer spaces like this being co-opted by cishet party tourism, to the point where the stupid drunk chicks ruin the mood, so they can get fuckt. Wasn't that more about hens parties going to male gay bars because "eye candy + they won't hit on me" meant that it should be fine go and ruin everyone else's time.
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My brother is deathly afraid of needles and passes out sometimes too, but he still gets a flu shot every drat single year because it's the right thing to do if you care about your friends, family, and public health as a whole.
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your skin is just an rear end in a top hat for needles
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freckle posted:your skin is just an rear end in a top hat for needles hey, I don't mean to be creepy but your yoga pants get kind of translucent when you're squatting and everyone can see your needle-assholes wait why are you mad now
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freckle posted:your skin is just an rear end in a top hat for needles I had never thought about it like that, but it's true. Thank you for enlightening me, freckle. I find that all ideas, no matter how complex, can be analogized into gay sex. Gay sex truly is the universal language. If you look up colonial history in any country, it is the way that colonizers first communicated with the native peoples. Gay sex is the lingua franca of humanity.
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Danaru posted:The other phobia is fursuits. I don't even have anything against furries but seeing fursuits/animatronics makes me go full on fight or flight. Five Nights at Freddys is my favourite horror game. Anyway, that's my story It's the dead "emotions". The faces are frozen in some mockery of life, an impenetrable mask that hides how they REALLY feel. Like a slasher movie villain wearing a happy face mask Miserable Maid fucked around with this message at 00:36 on Nov 4, 2019 |
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DemoneeHo posted:My homophobic relatives are having bachlorette party at gay bar. I am gay, should I go? quote:...and their jobs are in cosmetology, nursing, and MLM schemes Uhhhh one of these things is not the gently caress like the others!
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Tell the gay folks ahead of time so they'll invite a bunch of straight guys to hit on the chicks gently caress you for using queer spaces for your bachelorette tourism
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GCU Quelle Suprise posted:Uhhhh one of these things is not the gently caress like the others! You are more wrong than you might expect. The number of nurses in MLMs is UNFORTUNATE
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Midnight Voyager posted:You are more wrong than you might expect. The number of nurses in MLMs is UNFORTUNATE Is there a smilie for deep disappointment? I know you must be right, but I always hope for more from my fellow science minded folks. Although I did have a woman who was an earth science teacher tell me to cure my MS with...flax seed.
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cumshitter posted:I had never thought about it like that, but it's true. Thank you for enlightening me, freckle. That sounds like a wild gay sex maneuver.
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I went to some gay bars with some queer friends in college and I remember one of the places did in fact have a bachelorette party of bleach blonde southern women present being loud and obnoxious.quote:It feels weird to celebrate marriage in a place where 95% of the people could only get married a decade ago. It doesn’t sit right The only states that had gay marriage legal ten years ago were Massachusetts, Connecticut, briefly California, Iowa, and Vermont. So it's even worse than that! Grape fucked around with this message at 00:35 on Nov 4, 2019 |
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