Harp the Wigglytuff @wigglytuffitout@computerfairi.es

@Doggo oh man, i know EDS might make it a pile of fuck. i don't have it myself but i've heard some friends talk about their struggles, and apparently there are some over the counter pain meds that just Don't Do Any Shit At All because of EDS fuckery interfering. on the plus side tho it's a clear and obvious diagnosis to hit any doctor in the head with if they get stroppy about you taking pain meds. i wish i could remember details there but my head's full of mucus lol

@Doggo also HOLY SHIT I AM SO SORRY FOR ALL OF THIS SPAM UPON YOUR INNOCENT PERSON, but as someone who has chronic pain and is disabled for it, i figure i might hopefully know some tips and tricks. worst case scenario this is shit you already know in which case i apologise, and please have these capybaras as just restitution for talking your ear off

@Doggo or you could even look to non-medicine at all. does ice help? or heat? can you see if immediately icing down [wherever body part] after [activity] helps you avoid future pain? can you get in with a doctor to say "hey, my ___ hurts whenever i do ____, is this something physical therapy would help with?" would trigger point massage help, or doing exercises on your own help? ( https://askdoctorjo.com is fucking phenomenal for such shit.) >

@Doggo and depending on the type of pain, i'd encourage you to look at shit that's maybe alternative treatments. for example, if it's largely muscle soreness after physical exertion, have you tried any topical creams or sprays? (i really like Two Old Goats cream here, it works really well in a lotion roller.) or would you be down for trying a supplement like CBD oil that can help knock down that long-term diffuse pain? etc. etc.

@Doggo for example, if you're taking a regular-ass anti-inflammatory, often if you take it before you get to the painmaking thing, you can end up ahead of the game significantly. the best example of this i can think of is my orthodontist saying to just go ahead and take some advil *before* an appointment to get braces adjusted. that way there's already the "shh, shh. calm down." when your body goes "AAAAAAAA SOMEONE'S TRYIN TO MOVE OUR TEETH". >

@Doggo sometimes it's good to take pain medicine BEFORE you get hurting more severely. this seems counter-intuitive but if you're really worried about opioid addiction, this is actually how to prevent it - get ahead of the pain and stay there. that way there's no cycle of "overwhelming pain and then massive relief" for your brain to want to find again and again.

to a lesser extent this goes for over the counter pain meds as well >

@Doggo i think it depends on the type of painkillers to be honest

if you're talking over the counter advil or what have you - life's too short fam, pop that shit for like a 2 outta 10.

if you're talking about heavy duty rx-only opioids or some shit - i'd save that for "i'm having trouble functioning or focusing because of my pain and it's negatively affecting my daily life".

h o w e v e r...

also my dad managed to give me his fucking cold. seven hours ago i was praising the virtues of my neti pot. and then an hour after that it had slammed down on me full force. now i feel like a bullfrog a bit because my thyroid glands are so fucken swollen and one nostril appears to be full of concrete while my aching throat is trying out a variegated crimson for the new season's fashionable style.

does anyone have an IV drip of nyquil or perhaps just a big fuckoff hammer to bash me over the head

reading back at my ranting i think it's obvious that you can scope out the ONE TRUE UR-KINK in my mind:

having a good time with somebody while genuinely connecting with them as another human being and feeling able to be vulnerable.

while mashing genitals together.

pls no kinkshame

@KendanKip@snouts.online for actual college advice, tho:

1. eat breakfast

2. there is only so much caffiene one should consume per day

3. if living in a dorm/apartment, get a good pair of headphones/earbuds

4. don't be afraid to ask professors and advisors for help

5. no really, actually eat breakfast, you need that

6. you can get away with slipping bites of something soft like a clif bar (not a crunchy granola bar) between sips of coffee in most classes even if the teacher says no eating

@KendanKip@snouts.online i will let you in on a horrible secret of adulthood:

nobody ever feels ready, and yet it happens nonetheless.

and it's never as much of a calamity as one thinks. i promise.

even the worst case scenario has a way forward. there is always a way forward. there will always be a way forward.

nothing will be the end of the world. it will just be a little different than you expected. (and it always is a little different - Murphy always takes his cut.)

@CyclopsCaveman honestly all of them know damn fucking well it's not 'a clever subversive joke' when they wear their ahegao hoodie to mcdonald's or whatever

it's baby rapists demanding everyone participate in their kink without consent, and being taught to ignore the consent of other people in sexual acts (even/especially when it comes to children tbh)

And this is why 4chan must be nuked from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

but also BOO FUCKING 4CHAN WEEBS RUINING ONE KEYWORD WHERE I COULD FIND STRAIGHT FUCKIN' WHERE IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THE WOMAN IS IN ABSOLUTE AGONY AND IS PERHAPS EVEN ENJOYING HERSELF

can we just yeet them into the sun already!!!

why can't we go back to "feels so nice i'm making a silly face because sex is fun and nice and you can have genuine expressions of joy to connect with other people in the moment" instead of fucking

4channers wearing hoodies out in the world and banking on nobody saying anything so they get off on shoving their porn in public spaces because iTs jUsT tHe SiLlY fAcEs something something "triggered snowflakes" i'm breaking out in hives help.

@CyclopsCaveman basically it was a fairly ok fetish before the weird-ass weebs took hold of it and now it's become the flagship of some like

fucking 4chan regrettableness

where it's not people who are into the "wow sex feels so good that i'm gonna make a silly orgasm face!", but people who are instead out to make a game of putting it out in the world as a type of pervasive sexual harassment to passersby, forcing everyone to... well, look at their porn they printed on a tshirt

@CyclopsCaveman as a random allo person seeing your hot take drifting across the fediverse

honestly, agree

even as someone who has kinda been into it at times

about idk, 3 years ago, i feel like the term was a lot more lighthearted. also it was one of the few ways to find straight porn where a woman didn't look like she was in absolute agony lol.

i can still see the appeal - like, sex so good you forget about not looking goofy - but it's become... deeply unfortunate.

@maple yeah! too impatient to bring the stuff to a boil for however many minutes after filtering yada yada LOL

instead i just have a big ol jug of distilled water and my electric kettle, which can warm to a temp of 104 F, perfect for shoving up my face HOORAY

(pro tip for other neti pot users: you can mix the saline solution double strength to make a rinse that is less soothing, but much more drying, meaning you get to breathe through your nose, which is very nice)

@maple i think it's boiling for a certain number of minutes?

honestly i just buy a jug of distilled though, because it's easy and brain amoebas aren't good times

@maple OH YEAH THAT'S IMPORTANT, ONLY USE DISTILLED

or previously boiled then cooled as per recommendations etc etc.

i may have gotten a fancy electric kettle *just* for heating up neti pot water lmao but honestly it's been one of my best recent investments