I got Vicodin for an infected finger a few years back, with zero information on how much to take, when to stop taking it, etc, just “as needed”. Fortunately I didn’t get any high from it, and the pain management was about the same as cannabis or Motrin, honestly, but I gamely took it ever so often until I saw the doc…

Not to mention the insurance companies who prefer to reimburse expenses for painkillers instead of things like more physical therapy. And god forbid we legalize medical marijuana so that’s an option. The insurance companies also don’t like to pay for things like therapy so people could get help for depression etc…

Agreed, they can’t afford the Oxy so they buy heroin. Oxy needs to be more regulated, for fucks sake you can’t even by sudafed anymore without a prescription. There has to be a reason they are still giving out these ridiculous prescriptions, I wonder what the underlying motive really is.

My dad had a tooth pulled a couple of years ago, and the dentist gave him a script for a week’s worth of oxy. For a pulled tooth! Blows my mind how careless the dentist was handing out such strong medication. My dad never filled the script and stuck with advil for a couple of days.

My area has been hit hard with…

When my friend’s mom had cancer, she signed up for a medicinal marijuana card, and she compared the pain management properties of the prescription painkillers she was given vs. pot. She said the prescription was very slightly more effective, but the side effects were pretty bad. She stuck with pot through the entire…

Drug Firms Poured 780M Doses into WV. This article laid bare for me the extent to which pharmaceutical companies are straight up negligent in this public health crisis. Shipping 9 million doses to a town of 392 people over two years? Tell me again how they “couldn’t have known.” It’s total bullshit and I hope they’re…

Oh god I’d forgotten that one. Yikes!!

He thinks rhetorical style peaked in the King James Version of the Bible, most likely. Pseudo-religious trappings are intended to lend weight and credence to his words, and may be effective among his target audience, who also generally believe that the King James Version was directly written by God.

It’s interesting but sad that this guy is completely oblivious to the fact that he himself has been radicalized. Threatening to kill yourself for a cause and leave your kids as orphans, calling for the murder of people of a different religion, putting your anger and your cause over everything precious in your…

Isn’t that a crime? Genuinely curious if he can be arrested for inciting violence.

Unfortunate but true. I saw an article yesterday positing that Mark Zuckerberg has decided to clamp down on terrorists using Facebook to plan their terrible deeds, and I was like:

This is the type of thing that gets right-wing news outlets all riled up about “intolerant liberals.” I’m certain they will bankroll lawsuits to attempt to ensure the right to express truly horrible sentiments without any repercussions.

Yeah, that kind of passive aggressive shit ain’t cool, especially when it means he never has to alter his behavior.

I’m reading The Radium Girls by Kate Moore, historical non-fiction about women who contracted radium poisoning from their work and sued their employers for compensation in the 1920's.

So sorry to hear about your loss - my condolences.

Learning to fight fair and productively (or hopefully, in time discuss fairly and productively) is DEFINITELY a thing. And it is worth doing in any LTR in my opinion.

You two need mushroom counseling. From what you’re describing - it seems that you two are compatible, so you just need to get weird and air some shit out.

The “oh, you HATE me” thing is passive-aggressive behavior. He needs to learn to express his real feelings (anger or whatever).

Oh. I dated one of those. He probably needs therapy on his own on top of couples counseling. I completely get where you’re coming from and it’s frustrating when you’re upset to have someone take your upsetness and frustration and turn it into their own negative self talk rant session

Oh god. Performative religious people have really run out of ideas, haven’t they? I wonder how much a Jesus appearance costs these days...