The differential between high and low tides in Alaska is crazy to me

Canada apparently get the highest with 11.7 metres (38.4 feet) mean tidal range, which I found out by accident because I was actually looking up the range specifically for the UK out of curiosity, knowing it was high but not realising it would be on the top 3 list (E: with maximum range in the Bristol Channel being 15 metres (49 feet)! ) lol

TIL

Mine have been pretty much fucked since birth, so I always knew they’d eventually completely betray me lol 😭

I have some similar issues, so I can relate, except for the sitting (or standing) fast, since my joints just won’t let me 😭

Great that changing meds helped so noticeably!

Good on you, keep at it as long as you are able, those who are in danger and stuck in the most dangerous places need to see someone sticking up for them the most. ✊

Fancy!

Sorry, in all seriousness that really sucks, sending you a friendly internet hug.

I kid, but

Maybe don’t if you’re going to perpetuate exactly the same bullshit they are?

It was just a matter of time (and don’t be mistaken, he will act on it), but the general population sadly won’t give a fuck (that’s the only purpose we serve those in power, always have - a litmus test to see how comfortable the general population is with inflicting suffering on to and even exterminating groups of people), if anything a lot more than just maga people will be cheering this shit on, or at the very least “passively” supporting it (even if they don’t think they are, saying shit like “stupid people shouldn’t breed”* is the same eugenicist shit).

The usage of IQ as a measure of anything at all is in itself deeply eugenicist (so ableist, but also racist, classist, and sexist), but try telling people that and see how quickly you get dogpiled by so so many desperate to cling on to the sense of superiority an arbitrary number (which often came from an online quiz, though tbf, those are about as valid as a professionally administered one) gives them. It’s so problematic on so many levels, and serves no purpose but to divide and oppress.

I agree, it really is fucking scary…

E: *like several variations in the replies to this very post, people seriously need to do better.

DANGER: Ball to the face

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I was actually trying to think up a similar list but was too tired, thank you so much, these are brilliant! 😂

In mine, and other cases here I’m sure, it’s called “a collection of chronic illnesses that cause an enormous amount of pain and other symptoms, that flare up every time you move”, but that’s good to know anyway, thanks!

Accurate 😭

Then you must not be paying much attention, or have an understanding of how capitalism functions (nor of how and why it inevitably decays in to fascism).

Lmfao, as if Keith would dare stand up to a mega corporation, or a fascist for that matter… I give it a week, at absolute most.

“I’m such a massive lefty, I see no issue with a mega corporation bending the knee to a fascist regime and helping them virtually take over territory that isn’t theirs”

(also no, it isn’t only showing in the states, and this being an expected part of capitalism doesn’t make it any less of a problem to be taken seriously)

reeks of insecurity big time.

No, it’s literally the opposite, it’s a display of power and support for an openly fascist regime they KNOW will benefit them financially.

It’s the epitome of capitalism, and precisely why said capitalism will always decay in to fascism.

It’s showing the same in at least 3 European countries (Netherlands, Sweden, Poland), too, see: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/37545009

Came here to say sounds like POTS.

Hope you get the diagnosis and the help you need op!

Oh, and if you were serious about using it, I’m sure it’s fine, but credit goes to @ellewoodscore, not me!

I had a similar thought lol, might as well be the spoonie motto 😂

By “mad about capitalism” I mean “mad about capitalism”.

Your need to deflect from or worse, defend capitalism, and the notion that for profit insurance (E: never mind most of ableism in general) exists in some sort of vacuum or is some natural occurring phenomenon, rather than a direct product of said capitalism, tells me you’re definitely not right there with me, and it isn’t because I don’t know what I mean when I post it lmao

I say apparently because I didn’t personally know anyone who went through that one.

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They tried that shit on me my first assessment, the whole “lift hasn’t been working properly”. I explained that my pain was too much to go up 2 flights of stairs, and eventually they got it “fixed”.

They denied me my benefits anyway, it took about 2.5 years, a load of appeals, and a tribunal, the first time before I got what I was entitled to.

They’ve denied me every re-assessment since, too, which they’ve given me every 2 years on average, despite my conditions being either from birth or chronic and progressive, and me winning every appeal and tribunal they’ve put me through, and being in receipt of the highest rates for over a decade now. I’m actually waiting for another re-assessment as I type since my benefit expired again.

Their goal is for us to die, either from our conditions while we wait, or by suicide after being denied or pushed too far by their process (or from the trauma and the feelings of being a useless burden they cause that last long after the assessment is over), either way, the more of us die, the less money they have to spend on us (never mind that disability benefits are an absolutely miniscule fraction of tax spending). So yeah, their MO is to automatically deny all claims. The fact that once appealed, over 70% of decisions are overturned goes to show just how deliberate it is.

I’ve only got this far because after that first assessment I started looking for help with the appeal because I had to get that benefit to survive, and discovered just how bad the system I’m up against is, but also that there are people out there dedicating their time to helping others get through it. I literally owe those people my life.