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Jun 3, 2008

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rotor posted:

airpods are not food!!!

if anyone in this scenario is an expert on what is and isn't cat food, i'm gonna say it's the cat

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everybody remember to get your butthole scoped, it ain't fun but it's important

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i did the whole thing wide awake because the "sedatives" they give you in japan are basically just tic tacs

literally didn't even feel sleepy or relaxed, just wide awake while being spelunked

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PokeJoe posted:

did they find any treasure or lost cavers

just your mom's wedding ring

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Ellie Trashcakes posted:

I still have dreams my father is alive and being a shithead to me and he's been dead nigh on 15 years

yeah they do hang around a while, don't they? i lost my dad almost thirty years ago. we weren't close, and he was in many ways a giant rear end in a top hat, but i still find myself having one-sided conversations with him in my head. mostly of the "why the gently caress were you like this" variety

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Ellie Trashcakes posted:

I got lucky in that regard because my mom is fuckin awesome

same, i got a great mom and they split up when i was very young so i really dodged a bullet there

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Jun 3, 2008

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condolences echi, take care of yourself and yours

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my wife had perfect vision up until around ten years ago when she basically started getting farsighted and nearsighted simultaneously, which just got so bad that she basically had to chooses which pair of glasses to wear at any given time and just resign herself to not being able to see the poo poo that was outside that range

but then last year she got lens replacement surgery and her vision is back to being perfect, it was expensive but it was money very well spent

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echinopsis posted:

I have stage 2 diabetes

when the first stage of diabetes detaches does it fall in the ocean or does it burn up before it hits the ground

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Jun 3, 2008

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i'm overweight and live in japan so i'm at risk for Type R diabetes

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Stringent posted:

what's up trig, i just booked a ticket to see my buddy in ishigaki next month. you're on the main island right?

oh i was there just about six weeks ago! it was absolutely gorgeous





they might have just gotten a 1m tsunami yesterday though so some things might be slightly hosed. i saw that they were under a warning after the taiwan quake but idk how hard they actually got hit

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Bone Crimes posted:

I think I'm going down this path pretty quickly, so I would like to know more about the process here, :tipshat:

it cost about $6k and took a bunch of visits to measure eyeballs and whatnot. the surgeries for each eyeball were done about a week apart, and they did regular followup exams and eyedrops for months after. idk how common that is though; japan is super safety-conscious and we definitely got the impression that they were sort of performatively overdoing it

the crazy thing is that the surgeries themselves were insanely fast - they'd give her a course of numbing eye drops and we'd sit there for 15-30 minutes while those kicked in, and then she'd go in for the surgery and be back out less than five minutes later. she said it was disconcerting to have your eyes wide open while someone was going all chien andalou on them but there was never any pain whatsoever

recovery was fairly quick, with the only lingering thing being an increased amount of halos on bright lights at night (e.g., headlights). not enough to be a problem, though

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the worst side effect is that she can now see exactly what i look like and question her life choices

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Trig Discipline posted:

oh i was there just about six weeks ago!

oh yeah if you're looking to book a scuba trip there i can't recommend this guy highly enough

https://www.vikingscubakabira.com/en/

very much a mom-and-pop operation so there's a good chance you'll have a boat to yourself. fyi the mantas don't seem to be around this year so if you go out expecting to see them you'll probably be disappointed. stunning dives anyway though, and just great service.

there's also a cultural park with a monkey enclosure where you can just sorta go in and chill with a large extended family of spider monkeys. they are absolutely adorable and have zero fear of people



also the big shisa park is really great if you want to have the sneaking suspicion that you've wandered into someone else's acid trip



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Stringent posted:

that all looks great.

unfortunately i'm scared shitless at the thought of scuba diving, but my friend down there is getting his dive master rating atm and tells me it's not as bad as i think.

probably won't mess with it this time, but i'm looking forward to doing some kayak fishing and snorkeling.

the snorkeling is absolutely great as well, when the weather permits. like the rest of this part of the world it rains a lot, but wind is really the important thing - strong winds offshore cause currents, which are the real thing to worry about around here. not a problem at some sites, huge problem at others, but presumably if your friend is close to DM he can figure out where rips are likely and avoid those places if the waves are up

idk if you know this but ishigaki is also home to some of the best beef in japan, so you absolutely should do some yakiniku if you're a carnivore. there are also touristy places that make burgers etc. out of it as a gimmick but that is an utter waste and actually the fat content is too high to even make a good burger

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oh my, you have a real treat ahead of you then. there's some more info about it here:

https://www.japan-experience.com/plan-your-trip/to-know/japanese-food/ishigaki-beef

just fyi this is the way japanese people mostly eat it:



it is very high in fat so it's basically impossible to overcook, but that means that it's also a bit much for an actual steak-sized slice of meat. the yakiniku procedure is to put mouth-sized bits of meat on the fire, cook them until they're brown, and then just salt or sauce them and put them immediately in your face-hole

you can eat yakiniku pretty affordably but they always try to sell you on some special "set" of ultra expensive meat which, in my experience, is never worth it

do be aware that they eat a lot of bits of the animal here that many westerners (including me) are not all that keen on - intestine, tongue, etc. most places have an english menu so you can avoid any mistakes, but sometimes they don't list the individual cuts of meat in those "set" selections

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Stringent posted:

i've lived in japan for a long time, just never been to ishigaki.

oooooh i didn't realize, sorry!

yeah so anyway you obviously know what's up

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also if you dive keep your prescription so you can get prescription scuba masks, they rule

in fact one of the main things pushing my wife over the edge to get robot eyes was that we could no longer find a prescription scuba mask that would work for her and she didn't want to dive with three masks she was constantly switching out so that she could see stuff

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knox_harrington posted:

transitions lenses are extremely goony

*quickly tucks driftwood chain into shirt*

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zappa had a ton of skill and very little taste, and would have been a much better musician if he had actually been cool enough to do drugs

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rotor posted:

fhe good 60s weirdo was Captain Beefheart imo

this is just facts

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jesus WEP posted:

my heart palps had been leaving me alone for a couple months and now they’re back. hi guys

same but weird migraines

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Stringent posted:

just got back from ishigaki yesterday.

didn't get to go snorkling but i did ride in one of the glass bottom boats from kabira.

was absolutely gutted at all the coral that died this summer, i hope somehow someday it can come back.

went during a new moon though, so i got to wade out, lay in the water and stare at the milky way, all immortal beloved style.

oh yeah it got properly thrashed by a storm very recently, right? drat.

the coral will recover over the next few years, if it's just storm damage. i've seen that happen here in okinawa and in curacao a bunch of times.

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in the past thirty years i have puked twice

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knox_harrington posted:

Fibre supplements are magic

i used to take them intermittently as needed but for real my whole stomach situation improved drastically when i just started taking them daily without fail

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President Beep posted:

i have to pee more at night than i used too. i have also had tendonitis and bursitis this yesr.

bursitis sucks rear end, i got a hosed up shoulder that i just had to have another steroid injection in because of it

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Achmed Jones posted:

i found out today that another close friend died. we don't know exactly how it happened

this is by far the worst part about getting old

i have gotten to the point where there are some friends who i can't remember whether they're dead or alive and i don't know how to ask a mutual without coming off as a complete fucknut

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Beeftweeter posted:

it's bizarre, i grew up 25 minutes from here and went to nyu. i had a ton of friends all throughout school (yeah yeah i'm a yosposting goon. its true regardless), but now i feel like i'm down to a literal handful of close ones. the last time i went back to my hometown i learned 8 people either od'd or otherwise suicided. it was brushed off as normal by everyone in attendance

yeah this is the thing - it's mostly not people dying from cancer or whatnot, it's because i hung out with the arty lefty weirdo crowd in a conservative shithole state and they just tend to check out early one way or another. can't say i wouldn't be in the same boat if i'd stayed

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Achmed Jones posted:

every time i get a physical they get really confused, then worried. "achmed," they say, "you're just too healthy and handsome. a man near 40 simply shouldn't look this good. we need to do some more tests."

and then they do the tests, and all the tests verify that yes, i really do look that good. and then they have to show all the med students the handsome guy in room C and it just takes so much longer than it should :(

oh man every time i go for a physical the doctor gets halfway through but then excuses himself to his office for like five minutes and last time i just yelled I KNOW YOU'RE JACKING OFF IN THERE and he came out so embarrassed

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rotor posted:

I am having a BGS relapse

butthole gear solid

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merry xmas thread

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXJNpyOYjBI

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i'm working on a version of white rabbit that starts out "one pill makes you start making GBS threads/one pill makes you stop"

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Trig Discipline posted:

i'm working on a version of white rabbit that starts out "one pill makes you start making GBS threads/one pill makes you stop"

one pill shrinks your prostate so you can piss more than a drop

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go ask cialis

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