Thanks to ants in the SW, I’m scared to death of walking barefoot in the grass - or even wearing sandals. This is a huge problem because getting to and from my house requires about 20 or so feet trekking through grass. Fire ants are no joke. I don’t suppose you’re a genocidal ant expert? Just fire ants, tho. All the…

Someone I know in my city is in a chronic pain Facebook group and she invited me in. That’s a good place to ask people about doctors who will treat you. But you likely will have to see a doc at least once every 3 months. Then there are the contracts you have to sign. No big deal, really. What gets me are the drug…

The pain clinic I went to when I moved to a new city had a policy that patients are required to have 2 types of treatment. Obv they made more money, but it also made patients do more than just take pain meds. We could do PT, yoga, behavioral (CBT), and other options. I chose therapy. Just yesterday the therapist told…

You don’t really pay much attention to issues that don’t affect you, I’m guessing. “Family planning centers” (aka abortion clinics) are so rigidly regulated that laws have been written declaring how wide hallways should be, how far exam rooms should be from janitorial stations, how wide doorways should be. All for the…

No use in dissecting the past. Just give $10. You would have spent that on booze or cigarettes, pizza, or porn anyway.

Did we have to issue a travel alert? Airports were shut down. You should really look into the travel recommendations from that time before declaring that “you think” something did or didn’t happen. Now 4 idiots will go off to Storm Front and shriek that even the US didn’t have travel warnings issued against us after…

You can move here as long as you adapt to our culture. By the way, no one will give you a job, no one here trusts you, see those lovely neighborhoods with barely functioning infrastructure ? That’s where you have to live. And even though we’re a secular country, you can’t wear clothing that adheres to your religious…

You’re very limited in your ability to problem solve. I’m sure this is an issue in many parts of your life. For you, my friend, I’m afraid it will likely never get better. I suggest watching mildly funny rom-coms and lots of chicken noodle soup until the lights go out.

If you want to see how a grown person turns out when brought up by a parent with an eating disorder (plus a bi-polar, surgeon father) just listen to Marc Maron’s podcast, WTF. He stills suffers with food issues. His senior mother recently told him “I don’t know if I could love you if you were fat.” He’s 50 (or in his…