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Cake day: June 19th, 2023

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  • I think it’s pretty common that systemic problems are painted as personal failures. Poor? Get on that grind. Fat? cAlOrIeS iN cAlOrIeS oUt. Medical debt? Go do a Kickstarter. Got depression? Have you tried sunshine? Got ADHD? Just make habits. Anxious? Meditate. Can’t find a job? Just walk into a place with your resume and a firm handshake and variations thereof. Etc etc.

    It’s everywhere because people want to think the world is just and they deserve their successes. This is just the other side of the coin, that people must deserve the misfortunes that happen to them.

    But also screw people that can’t show up on time habitually.



  • Ah, looks like lemon balm, chamomile, and magnesium sterate are the ingredients I recognize.

    Chamomile, you can find herbal sleepy time teas with it. The only downside is now you have an extra cup of liquid to possibly wake you up in the middle of the night.

    Magnesium you can get in bulk. Iirc sterate is one of the easier ones to absorb. Magnesium citrate is also available, but may give you the runs if you take too much and it’s not as readily absorbed.

    Lemon balm is a common herbal sleep aid.

    There are bunches more possibilities. The one that usually worked for me was skullcap as far as I could tell. Hops is another common one as is valerian root.

    That’s awesome that you found a combo that works for you, just remember that none of them are good long term, either for buildup side effects or tolerance, with the exception of melatonin.














  • In the US. My partner has health insurance through her job, but she works remotely and the company is based in a different state so the insurance is, too. Partner severed her Achilles tendon about two months ago. Because of confusion about her insurance, every appointment related to the initial injury took an extra hour or more while the office staff tried to get in touch with the insurance company. Her MRI was cancelled because the provider of the MRI thought she was uninsured. She had to reschedule and ended up paying out of pocket for it to ensure it got done. Getting reimbursed out of her HSA took several hours of compiling receipts and filing out forms. After all that, and being insured, she still paid $4000 out of pocket. There’s also a very low limit to the amount of physical therapy sessions insurance will cover plus there’s a copay for every session, so that’s an ongoing cost as well.