Omg, thank you. That started my dreary Wednesday off right.

Yep! It's astounding how people will get into it with you.

God bless their dumb little brains. And may they never have to go on 90 mg prednisone for an extended period of time. Because the self-flagellation and hair shirts would be very difficult to handle while they’re ‘roided up, right?

I do. Sorry! It's such an amazing drug. And then there are the side effects.

I happen to do research on health, and a big part of that requires understanding that major public health problems like obesity (because it is clearly one), may have a simple ultimate cause (excess caloric intake over output), but they have incredibly complex proximate causes (genetic, epigenetic, environmental,…

Thanks, but oh that sucks. I need to have a bone scan soon, crossing my fingers. And yes. I got out relatively unscathed from that situation (minor vision loss in that eye, barely even notice it anymore), though the mysterious auto-immune issues have continued to crop up in unexpected places. Never fun, but beats…

It certainly seems that you have very strong feelings about other people’s weight gains and how they think and talk about it. Have fun with that!

No, optic nerve swelling that was apparently autoimmune in nature but might have been triggered by a viral cold. Steroids saved most of my vision in my left eye, but it took a LONG taper to keep the swelling from flaring back up. Oh, I was miserable. Except you know what? My joints felt great while I was ‘roiding it…

May you never have to take high doseage steroids and be disbelieving of your body’s immediate attempts to turn you into a miserable, sweaty balloon version of your previous self. Rapid onset edema, as well as dramatically altered blood sugar levels, psychiatric symptoms like the loss of impulse control, and dramatic…

Hi. You have no actual idea what you are talking about, and yes, there are definitely major, fast, and terrifying effects of high doseage steroids. I gained 55 in 3 months and I didn’t eat wildly (which is hard to do when you are very hungry, can’t sleep, and slightly unhinged). I even tried to slow it down and…

Also 55 lbs in 3 months. High five! I felt my skin stretch. My dose was so high for so long that i got the Quasimodo neck hump.

Oh man. 90 mg daily of prednisone that had to be tapered off over 10 months 5 mg at a time. But I’m not blind! I gained 55 lbs in 2 months. It was terrifying to experience, but I would just look at myself in the mirror and try to remember I might not be able to do that but for steroids.

Has someone written “I wanna go out but I don’t want to wear a bra, shoes, or real pants?” That's my album.

I’m late the game, Kara. But I have a theory. She did it all FOR THE HAIR. I suspect she feels a great affinity to black culture and knew she couldn’t go half-way with a hairstyle she wanted without being seen as disrespectful. And then it was all-in from there.

She’s lovely, but serious question here: what makes a great cover? I tend to really dig covers that transform a song, like Johnny Cash making Hurt his own.

Me too - I want this on a vine loop.

What, you forgot about the Winnersville Classic? Have you even BEEN to the Olive Garden yet, bro?

You are wise to be skeptical of every single word you read about this. There are some people who have lost their damn minds.

Yes. First, a bunch of students (all Black) were having a peaceful, but raucous protest where they walked on the American flag. Offensive to many, but NOT AGAINST ANY LAW. Then, this nitwit (white) lady stole their flag and was detained, but not arrested and became a local cause célèbre. This young man, Eric, was the…

If it’s a fake, it’s a good one. I’m thinking, though, that the person who wrote this is a bit on the autism spectrum and is very, very rational and literal and can’t see why telling people they must send receipts with their poorly picked alternate presents would be offensive. I don’t see “entitled” when I read this.…