I went to uni right out of highschool. Became a paramedic. Has a good career but it just wasn’t what I wanted. By 25 I quit and was travelling doing odd jobs or whatever I could. Meeting people, seeing places. It wasn’t easy but I wouldn’t change it for the world. I’ve been many places, done many things, met so many interesting people and completely changed my world view from when I was 20 because of it all.

I say don’t let society tell you what is right or normal. Find your own path. Do things you find interesting and don’t make your life about your work. Now I am old and have medical issues. I’ll be 50 this year. I’m glad I lived while I had the opportunity. It’s your life make it what you want it to be not someone else’s idea of life.

Us too. Inappropriate memes that make us laugh. Avoids the “can I see” from the kids.

It helps me not drop my toothbrush in there in our tiny bathroom though.

I signed a DNR when I was diagnosed with cancer. I worked as a Paramedic for a long time. I just choose personally to not go through the huge suffering if things should go bad. I had the surgery but refused the rest knowing problems for someone young having major poisons pumped into their body. I was fortunate and didn’t have to use the DNR and surgery seems to have worked well for the time being, aside from some disability.

My family was understanding but I have always been open about my beliefs and desires about major illness and DNR with them. I’d suggest a frank conversation with those you love. Expect that someone won’t understand but also know your life is yours and not anyone else’s.

Former paramedic here. There is a subsect of patient like this. It’s psychiatric. They’re admittedly terrible to deal with but they need psyche help as much as they dophysical medical help.

Where we live it will help a lot. It’s an economically depressed area and has some of the highest poverty rates in the country. Yet the local university has brought so many international students that housing supply dried up prior to COVID. Housing prices have skyrocketed. Food banks are stretched beyond their capabilities. Employment opportunities are at an all time low with a minimum of quadruple the volume of applicants for the few mostly part time positions there are. The local cinema is being used as a classroom there are so many students and no place to instruct them at the university because it is well over capacity on teaching spaces as well as housing. Yet the university keeps increasing the volume of students every single year by the thousands.

This means the local population which already has difficulty for many reasons is seeing homelessness rise dramatically along with food insecurity, housing prices rising at extreme rates, joblessness at extreme levels even for a historically depressed area. Not to mention a huge increase in crime.

For smaller population centers and those with schools acting as diploma mills, which is happening in many areas here, it will slow down the decline somewhat. It’s not an end all situation. Much more still has to be done to even try right the ship.

Mine turned off completely and won’t even download to the phone. Whatever. Less shit is better anyway.

Sculpt. Mixed media but mostly antler/bone, Copper and clay.

Absolutely. For many reasons. Quality, price, delivery options, selection. All beaten by the original market for such items.

If in Canada consider Ketchup chips. Fuck you Stacie you scared the shit out of me.

In order to understand the usefulness of the blender you have to actually use it a lot. It has to be a common item of use in your life. As a kitchen person who loves cooking, that new blender is the best thing since I used a commercial robo coup in restaurant kitchens. A $12 blender is a piece of crap that has to be poked, prodded, messed with and talked nice to just to make a damn smoothie.

Shoes though. I’m with you there. Feet and teeth. You get one life with them and use them every day. Take care of em.

The best boat is someone else’s boat.

My lungs are completely fucked since I had covod in 2021. I can’t go up three steps without being seriously short of breath. I struggle to breathe every day. It’s exhausting.

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We hope the next inevitable American civil war doesn’t spread across the northern border to Canada. The ideologies already have and it’s not good.

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We had loads of Americans move to our part of Canada from Trumpistan. They even stayed after he was voted out. Some good people.

History is destined to repeat itself…

I am my own butcher and bacon maker. I didn’t know this existed because I haven’t purchased that slimy shit they call bacon for decades.