TooMuchDog @ TooMuchDog @lemmy.ml

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I'm genuinely shocked that you're the only one in this thread who picked up on "I'd never heard of narcissism until I recently watched some YouTube videos and concluded that both my parents and several of my relatives are narcissists.".

I'm not going to say it's impossible, but I'm highly skeptical.

Regardless of the reliability of the definitions used, I really do think you have provided the best advice in this thread. OP, if you read this, I agree with them full-heartedly. Seak out whatever counseling you can and look to more than just YouTube / the internet for information.

Really? You find it accurate that many people who want biological children want them over adopting because they dislike/hate orphans?

That might be those people's answer to why they wouldn't adopt, but I'd put a lot of money down that the majority of people who want their own kids feel that way for reasons that are far more nuanced, and far less rooted in hate, than "fuck orphans".

I 100% agree that there are far too many people working the hours I work out of necessity. I also agree that I shouldn't have to work the hours that I do, but I'm also in a less common situation where I'm working these hours out of (to an extent) my own free will. I'm in my clinical year of vet school right now so I fully knowingly signed up for this ahead of time. I absolutely could get another job somewhere else, that would probably pay just as well with better work life balance, but honestly I love what I do too much.

None of that is to say that the medical field isn't horribly exploitative and in desperate need of an overhaul. But also I'm not going to be the one to push for that change, or at least not until I'm firmly established in my field. Unfortunately I've gotta just go along with it for now if I want to be able to keep doing what I love.

Wow, that's a really horrible and judgemental take.

My friends and I have known each other for years and have been playing ttrpgs for almost as long. We're also all very comfortable in our sexualities and have no issues roleplaying flirting with each other. Whenever it happens we usually just lean hard into cheesy over the top romance which both helps easily separate it from real life, and makes it extremely fucking funny. You've just gotta know what everyone in the play group is comfortable with.

Oh yeah. That one caught me off guard as a child. Did not expect to leave that theater crying. 9/10 movie though.

Believing in God and believing the Earth is 8000 years old are not the same thing btw

Maybe you should focus your anger towards your boss who isn't paying you enough and not on the customer who is unfairly being expected to subsidize your salary.

I used to cook literally every day of the week, but then I started clinical rotations and now I'm working 14-16 hour days 6-7 days a week. I've entirely stopped cooking for myself, even though it was previously my favorite hobby, because there's no fucking way I can fit it into my schedule anymore. Anyone who wants to call me lazy can go fuck themselves, and doubly so for anyone who argues it's my fault for paying exorbitant prices for delivery "because there are alternatives". I don't have the luxury of voting with my wallet and it honestly makes me made whenever I complain about unregulated prices and am told I should just not use the service and instead do X, Y, or Z option that isn't even close to practical for me.

Oh GTFO man. This is a beautiful picture of a mountain, why do you feel the need to turn it into an excuse to shit on other people.

It looks a lot like Whiteside mountain in NC, but idk if there's a river you can kayak on that close to Whiteside.

You know you don't have to kill fish when you go fishing

The "extremist views" I'm talking about is the support for authoritarian regimes that use draconian laws and excessive military force to enforce the law. Tankies often do support the subjugation of people they deem "lesser", but unlike extremist on the far right, they often keep that part quiet.

The fact that you're downplaying the extremity of Tankie talking points is a perfect example of how they are able to normalize their opinions by being allowed a voice in groups where their opinions should be shunned and shamed.

This is a great breakdown of the exact thing I'm talking about.. The video focuses on these tactics and how they are used by the alt-right, but this is not something exclusive to the right and is exactly what tankies are doing on lemmy.

I haven't worked with an AlphaTrack 3 yet, everywhere I've worked still has AlphaTrack 2s because they still work just fine lol.

Shrugging off extremist views as "just a political opinion" that should be ignored if you don't like it is like the #1 way to normalize and spread extremist views. You do not, and should not, politely ignore extremist. Doing so is explicitly allowing and inviting more into your community. Tankies can fuck off and I will continue to say so.

I haven't seen much far right stuff here, but I see toxic far left rhetoric all the time on Lemmy and it's honestly extremely off-putting even as someone who's solidly ledt if center.

Wow holy shit I'm glad you went to the vet, urinary blockages are a life or death emergency. I'm a senior veterinary student and your description just screames blockage, but I was worried I was late to comment since your post is already a day old!

I've been in vet med for 8 years. The only glucometer that I've ever seen in any hospital (private practice, corporate, and academic) is AlphaTrack. I don't think it's a coincidence that it's been the glucometer of choice across everywhere I've worked and gone to school.

To be clear, I've actually literally never even seen or used another brand of glucometer.

Looking back it really does feel like things just happened to fall in place for me. I feel extremely lucky and thankful for it every day.