I’ve contemplated posting this for a little bit now & I’m so glad I’m taking the time to finally do it! I wanna start by saying this surgery was the best thing I’ve ever done for myself. I’d do it again a million times over if I had to! But sometimes the greatest things that happen to us, are also the hardest! I’m learning so many new things about my new body and I’ll continue to change each day I’m sure. So here is my very transparent, very honest thread of things that have happened or that I’ve discovered that I think are worth noting. Some may seem tmi but they’re almost all things i had to do an awkward Google for (In no specific order)
•Don’t second guess yourself! I never thought I’d actually be able to obtain the surgery, for one reason or another. One day I finally reached out to the center near me that was highly recommended and now here I stand 1 month post op! Reach out. Get the surgery if you’re considering it. Don’t doubt yourself or the ability to have the surgery. I know it’s hard sometimes and there’s a million things we think could be in the way but it’s so worth it to just go for it.
•Pre-op is fucking hard. Let’s not Sugar coat it. Mentally I think that’s been one of the hardest parts for me. Maybe it’s the type of adhd Or oppositional defiance i personally have, but for me if I feel I can “get away with something” I usually try and skate that thin line. Having the surgery itself was a form of accountability and an actual feeling of change that made myself more accountable. I don’t want to cheat my new life style like I did with preop. That brings me to my next point
•you are not a failure for messing up preop. You don’t need to “reconsider surgery” or “delay your surgery” those are just a few comments I’ve seen when someone mentions messing up their preop one day or a few. We are human. We are learning each day. I think what’s the most important part when you “mess up” during preop is actually consciously figuring out why you prioritized that craving over following what you should’ve done. When we can work through our own mental downfalls to eating we will THRIVE! It’s okay to make a mistake, as long as you correct it and do better the next time. It’s a marathon not a sprint!
•walking barely helped my gas pains! It’s still essential but personally it was not relieving. The BEST relief I got was a heating pad on high applied to where my gas pains were. Ex: my shoulders and collar bones! One nap with the heating pad on the gas ar
... keep reading on reddit ➡I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Do your worst!
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
After reading about both the compound surface fauna and how the pit resembles modern life less as you go deeper, I've been having this theory rattling around.
We don't know how or why compound surface fauna are created. What if the entire pit is just one collective CSF that has kept ground over billions and billions of years? What happens to CSFs that are allowed to wander off and die?
Has any DNA sequencing been done on the pit? (Does it have DNA as we would understand it?). I'd bet you could basically see a meat "fossil record" in the layers of this thing.
(This is as unofficial as it gets. Please don't take any of what I'm about to post as anywhere close to canon - I just loved the idea of a cult gleaning eldritch knowledge from the Pit enough to write about it.)
Just some preface: I've been friends with someone who suffers from Marfan Syndrome. You know, the one that makes you freakishly tall but literally come apart at the seams. It's inoperable, and he's always expressed interest in the PBSO's ballast since it has "healing" properties or whatever. Both of our parents didn't trust the Pit and we never got a chance to go before 2007, though - perks of being a turn of the century baby. I always worried that he'd try something stupid like join one of those "unofficial tour" groups, but he at least respected my fears that he'd end up digested or worse.
So color me surprised when one of those groups found him. And these guys don't just sound like some average Joes trying to see the Pit, but a full-on cult.
He texted me after a music festival, said that someone had approached him and handed him a flyer. And this guy must have been a giant - my man is like 6'6" thanks to his connective tissues not working right, and he had to look up at him. I don't have a picture of it, but I can write out what he told me was on it, at least. I'll try to organize what he said below:
- They call themselves "Listeners to the Truth of Shapes." Pretentious if you ask me.
- They claim to be on some kinda mission of mercy, too. Lots of mentions of "offering the Truth of Shapes to those who need it most." From implications, it seems like this is some sort of medical overhaul of the human body. So do they market themselves to terminally ill people, then? Assholes.
- The flyer was an invitation to join their "Pilgrimage," and judging by the stops listed they plan on going deep. Like, "past the Blue Layer" deep. That's what convinced me this was a prank at first - how could they pull that off?
- Then he read me the rest. A list of places they plan on going, all in this neo-Shakespearean prose, stuff like "a brief rest in the False Grails," "a visit to the Gift Gardens," "a fording of the Lower Gastric Sea," and of course the "leap of faith through the Blue Layer." Seems like a helluva trek through hostile terrain to me.
- This journey will be dangerous, but fear not. Your group will be accompanied by a Truth Incarnate. Whatever that is, they seem real confident that it can keep some Joe Schmoes from becoming copepo
... keep reading on reddit ➡For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
SPOILER WARNING: I THINK TALKING OF SPOLERS WITH REGARD TO A GW BOOK IS AN OXIMORON, BUT CONSIDER YOUSERLF WARNED. WILD SPOILERS ABOUND AT THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS WALL!!!!
The Wall is said to be such an immense a structure that could “wall out the world”. Gargantuan enough as to make Severian feel as if “the walls of a common fortress must rise before a mouse” and “the people…[]… like mites and the beasts like ants pulling at little crumbs”. Even holding “clouds captive at their summit”.
GoT's Wall, inspired by Nessus' Wall (G.R.R. Martin has acknowledged Wolfe's influence)
In Severian’s own words:
>Pag.240:I:35: I have already spoken of its height. There are few sorts of birds, I think, that would fly over it. The eagle and the great mountain teratornis, and possibly the wild geese and their allies; but few others. This height I had come to expect by the time we reached the base: the Wall had been in plain view then for many leagues, and no one who saw it, with the clouds moving across its face as ripples do across a pond, could fail to realize its altitude.
The Wall perimeter is so huge it “stretches completely around the city [of Nessus]” encircling it fully.
This structure awakens immediate fascination and endless questioning. What is its purpose? Who build it? What is its real nature? How does it fit with the bigger picture at a plot and thematic level? In this micro-essay, I try to give my best shot to answer this enigmas.
THE WALL AS A WALL
The first intuition of the reader when coming across the wall is that it is exactly what it looks like: a fantastical defensive structure that protects Nessus from its many enemies. That idea is reinforced when we start to realize that the Commonwealth counts among its foes with beings of titanic dimensions (the Megatherians). A cyclopean wall seems the most appropriate structure against this kind of gigantic enemy.
Nonetheles, we are are very early in the narrative discouraged from that interpretation by Jonas
>*Pag.299:II:8: [The Megatherians] actual size is so great that whil
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What possible effects could pit exposure during pregnancy have on the fetus? we know that the stomach acid (?) of the pit can cause physical and mental illness, as well as positive effects such as increased libido. speaking of libido, someone must have conceived their child in the libido bath. we know from the 2007 report that birth defects were a result of the disaster, but they don’t specify what.
I’m thinking the mildest effects could be something like increased risk of mental illness, asthma, weakened immune system, decreased pain tolerance and bouts of migraines. I’m not entirely sure what the severe effects, especially the birth defects caused by the 2007 incident, could be.
Pilot on me!!
Nothing, he was gladiator.
So I'm doing something a little different than usual. I saw this form o'er here detailing various forms of parasitic fauna that inhabit the Flesh Pit. https://i.redd.it/3s46bvo1zvn71.jpg Although many of them have not yet been depicted either officially or by fans, leaving it up to imagination! SO...I decided I'd try my hand at theorizing what the heck these creatures could be.
P.S. THIS IS NOT CANON. It is entirely fanmade speculation on my part!
Please do correct me if I'm wrong, or give alternate ideas! I'd be very excited to see what your take on them would be! But meanwhile...let me get started.
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Amoebic Organism - A type of large Hydrozoan that has the ability to alter its shape, and moves around using numerous pseudopods that were once its tentacles.
CAUTION: If they are above a certain size and are attempting to eat you, please use your issued weapons on it. This does not kill the Amoebic organism--since they are colonial organisms, they can regenerate and form into smaller amoebas that pose less threat to you.
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Aquifer Leech - A type of leech-like organism that live in the superorganism's moisture crops. They infest the bottom of condensation pools, and latch onto the bottom to suck blood from the superorganism.
CAUTION: Do not enter the condensation pools without proper protection. There has been many incidents of them accidentally attaching to people. This causes a cookie-cutter shaped wound, and will bleed out quickly without immediate medical care.
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Bristleworm (Vascular) - These are a species of bristleworm which live in the superorganism's vascular system. I.e. within giant arteries and blood pools. They spend their lives swimming in blood, using their tendrils to sift nutrients from them while also seeking out macrobacteria.
CAUTION: Do not pollute any open wound in the superorganism. Chances are that doing so can kill Bristleworms, as their filtration system may feed on something detrimental to it. They're otherwise harmless to humans.
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Bristleworm (Ocular) - This species of bristleworm inhabits what is effectively ocular fluid. That is, aqueous humor filled with a variety of nutrients to nourish what may be an eye (unlocated as of yet). However, they get most of t
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Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.
This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.
If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.
Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.
When I got home, they were still there.
I won't be doing that today!
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This morning, my 4 year old daughter.
Daughter: I'm hungry
Me: nerves building, smile widening
Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.
She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.
Thank you all for listening.
There hasn't been a post all year!
You take away their little brooms
Where ever you left it 🤷♀️🤭
It’s pronounced “Noel.”
After all his first name is No-vac
What, then, is Chinese rap?
Edit:
Notable mentions from the comments:
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Spanish/Swedish/Swiss/Serbian hits
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French/Finnish art
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Country/Canadian rap
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Chinese/Country/Canadian rock
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Turkish/Tunisian/Taiwanese rap
There hasn't been a single post this year!
(Happy 2022 from New Zealand)
Nothing, it just waved
Him: I can explain everything!
(It's his best joke yet I think)
What did 0 say to 8 ?
" Nice Belt "
So What did 3 say to 8 ?
" Hey, you two stop making out "
It was about a weak back.
