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Hahahhaha I don't care as long as they own it. But this person is just...well, he has some MAJOR issues that need years of therapy to fix in order for him to be a half way decent, unselfish bastard PRICK. I truly believe in karma and the way he treats his friends and the people who have helped him is HORRIBLE. I hope he dies a trillion fucking deaths, or better yet, all alone.
- Mona Nomura
You know what REALLY grinds my gears? When a band I like suddenly disables embedding on their music videos on youtube. What this means is that I can't share my love of the band with other people. Bunch of butthurt dick-faces is what they are. Grrr.
Are you sure the band is the one that owns that profile? I've learned that a lot of individuals disable embedding because they're posting things without permission and want to stay a little more under the radar so they don't get the video DMCA'd.
- Spidra Webster
That could very well be, in which case I'm a little less miffed but still kind of irritated in that I didn't get the video from the actual band as I had originally thought.
- Jon, the Beartato of FF
If it turns out it *is* the band, write them and let them know how you feel. When/if I finally get a music video made of songs on my album, I would be overjoyed to have people embedding it. Most artists know that they can only benefit from having fans talk up their work.
- Spidra Webster
What I do is do bookmarket for FB & FF to share. I don't embed videos anymore, I just share with FB or here at FF for now.
- Mol, Time Warping
:( too many assholes in the world. I know it doesn't seem like it, but there are guys out there who don't play games, and are true gentlemen.
- Beau Liening
from iPhone
drop him and move on, there are 3bn penises on this planet give or take, if he's not what you want neither of you should waste time :P
- mjc
I'm not Mother F-ing Teresa. This is why I have a hard time sharing my home with our homeless acquaintances. Once a month is one thing. Every freakin' day, not so much.
Well, since we now know two people in town who are homeless, the visits seem to have increased, that's all.
- Laura Norvig
I may help the homeless when I am financially able, but I draw the line at volunteering my time and being kind toward them. making them my responsibility (guests are the responsibility of the host) is way too far over the line.
- mjc
"Ashley Price felt terrible. She was tired, dizzy spells came and went, dark splotches popped up on her chest for no reason, and she'd gained 50 pounds in two years. Some days she was starving; other days she could barely eat. Her doc suggested that her problems would go away if Price just ate less and exercised more, even though she was dieting and working out regularly. Price demanded thyroid tests, only to have them come back normal. Women may feel like their symptoms aren't taken seriously and that they're told to stop worrying. Her doctor told her: "I have no idea what it is. Wait for it to go away." It didn't go away. "I could no longer think straight, no matter how hard I tried or what I did," Price says. Worse, she suffered three straight miscarriages. Finally, four years after this nightmare began -- after the third miscarriage -- an ultrasound revealed that her ovaries were riddled with cysts. She had polycystic ovary syndrome, a hormonal disorder; symptoms include irregular...
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- Katy S
from Bookmarklet
don't like. It is practically impossible to get diagnosed if you're a woman and have pain. I am sure a lot of other people here have had similar problems. :(
- Andrizzle Gizzle
i also saw this. i think if the doctors aren't taking their patients' concerns seriously, that's an issue that should be addressed in medical school or CMEs. patients being informed about potential diseases is good, but they shouldn't have to make their own diagnoses because the doctors don't believe them.
- Jessie
I suggested a friend ask abut this disorder because I had read about the symptoms in a women's magazine. It might have taken the doctor a very long time to come up with this diagnosis, if ever. Yet if we tell the doctor "I read about this" we're dismissed as hypochondriacs.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
I'm probably really lucky that my mom is a doctor...
- Kamilah Gill
I know several people with PCOS - do doctors somehow not know?
- Daniel J. Pritchett
If I had a bottle of champagne for every time a doctor has told me to lose weight and exercise more we'd be having a big party. And do they ever act even the slightest bit contrite when something "real" turns up? I think not.
- Amy℠
I think PCOS is usually diagnosed by gyn because women come in complaining about the lack of period, and they don't even consider the other symptoms related. I know a few people who just consider not getting a period or getting a few a year to be "normal" - or if the woman has been on birth control a long time and is coming off, maybe? (I don't know if b/c helps control PCOS) - I think a lot of doctors don't want to mess with the pelvic region at all especially if it sounds like your symptoms are unrelated.
- Andrizzle Gizzle
Along the same lines, I feel guilty whenever I complain about a health issue or go to a doctor for a complaint. I feel like people (especially the doctor) think that I'm faking, even though I know darn well that I'm not. I guess I've had a crummy history with doctors plus I hate feeling like a pest.
- Rochelle
same, rochelle, when I made an appt with the doctor yesterday I was like, oh so sorry to bother might I please have a moment of the good doctors time kind sirs!!! I feel like a pest, then I feel like an idiot for not being more proactive.
- Andrizzle Gizzle
We all need to stop feeling like we are "whining." Let's make a pact. I just got an object lesson in this on Friday (see comment to Joey on my thread) - docs had been saying pain is FMS; new doc actually X-rayed & found bone spur. This is a feminist issue - whether or not docs are male/female - it is us cowing down to patriarchy. ARISE!
- Amy℠
PCOS is very common. Shop around with doctors until they get it right. Sad.
- Louis Gray
I love my (GP) doctor. I call him "Dr Doogie" because he's the same age as my kid. He takes me seriously. I can email him. He does my GYN but he'd be cool with it if I asked to see a female instead. He's one of the New Breed who believe in collaborating with patients in making health care decisions. And it's great that he's at a Johns Hopkins campus; I can get my lab work done right there. When I found a lump in my breast I was examined that day and had surgery 8 weeks later.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
I also have PCOS. I probably had it since high school, but it was only diagnosed about 5 years ago. I'm actually glad for the experience, because it made it that much easier for me to be diagnosed with interstitial cystitis. (In that I knew something was wrong and pursued it.) Oh, and like many others - I only started investigating it when a friend from grad school suggested it sounded like PCOS (she had a friend with it).
- Laura H.
To finally get my diagnosis, I really had to push. I now bring a one-page doc to each appointment, with my current meds/dosages, med allergies, recent diagnostics/procedures, symptoms, and questions/concerns. The doctor doesn't always read the whole thing, but they do put them in my chart. My pain mgmt doc often reads it completely when she reviews my chart before my next visit. And my PCP *loves* them.
- Ladybug Heather
Guess they're not aware of how many teenagers smoke Swisher Sweets, which include the flavors Strawberry, Chocolate, Peach, Grape, and Tequila flavored Blunts (and we all know what those are used for). The only responsibility that 'government' has concerning flavored cigarettes, is to enforce that they are not sold to people under legal age. It's like St. Paul's efforts to ban the sale...
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- Sharon McPherson
there's gotta be something that can be done about this i mean this effin sucks!
- Cardeen Martinez
What The Fuck!! No CLOVES!!!! MUTHA FUCKAS!!! AAAAARRGGGHHH!!!!!
- jamar78
I'm not at all a fan of smoking but that's a stupid law. And clearly the result of Philip Morris and others' lobbying bucks. No surprise a North Carolina guy is involved.
- Spidra Webster
If you don't want to authorize the release to contact your bank for your credit check, why did you supply me with the information?? Do get all fucking defensive when I'm trying to do my job. Fucker...
People that have no idea what's involved to complete a task, who complain about why it's not done, annoy me immensely. If you want to know why it's not done, ask me, and I'll explain it to you. Don't be an asshole and assume everything is quick and easy.
Insurance people came into the office. One of my co-workers said that they were here. I said I didn't have time to meet with them. Apparently, that "embarrassed" her, and she made it a point of telling me so. She's now making it apoint to go around the office and tell people what a horrid person I am, because I told her I wasn't available to talk to the insurance people.
- Helen Sventitsky
I would get bored if every conversation I entered into consisted of shouting insults back and forth. Clearly, this is not true for some people.
- Katy S
Is it wrong to be upset b/c I was one letter off and couldn't make my next scrabble play be "clitoris?" It wouldn't have been better than when I played "vulva" a few days ago. http://friendfeed.com/lovefes...
I personally giggle like a 12 year-old when people get bingos on words like "pussies" "vaginas" etc. I haven't quite figured out why, but I am not prepared to silence my inner teenager yet.
- emme oh
"Everyone knows by now that magazines extensively airbrush the stars on their covers, and usually the celebs appreciate a little touchup and wouldn't want it any other way. But imagine Demi Moore, 47, getting her first look at the latest (December) cover of W and finding that a huge chunk of her hip has been digitally removed? That's what the folks at Boing Boing called attention to yesterday. The mistake hardly needs to be pointed out. If you look at Moore's left hip (our right), it seems that what used to be flesh is now a great deal of white space. But, don't worry, Mrs. Kutcher's thigh still seems normal, though now it appears to bulge out below her sarong. Magazine covers go through an exhaustive process of approvals, so it's puzzling that this one made it to press with a mistake so obvious it's visible a few yards from the newsstand. Check out the close-up view."
- Katy S
from Bookmarklet
The photo wouldn't attach. I hate this stuff, but I love it when people get called on it.
- Katy S
Holy crap are you serious??? I want to download a song from iTunes. Can't. Need to upgrade iTunes. Upgrade iTunes, launch it and am told "iTunes requires Safari 4.0.3 or later to use the iTunes Store within iTunes." Lame, but fine. Open Software Update. iTunes is not in there. Go to Safari's page and download version 4.0.4. Try installing. Can't....
This was frustrating, but not as frustrating as Windows restarting my computer when I wasn't looking ;) Thanks for the reminder. I'm much happier as a Mac than as a PC ;)
- Dan Hsiao
Yup, it's stupid on Apple's part. They've gotten very arrogant.
- Spidra Webster
Anyone remember when you could just go into a record shop and, you know, buy a record. Without having to upgrade your wallet AND your pockets?
- Slippy "Threadsbane" Lane
I'm guessing you ignored some of your software updates for a long time? I wouldn't expect to be able to run the latest version of core apps if I hadn't kept my OS up to date.
- LogEx
So iTunes won't work without Safari. Nice.
- EricaJoy
LogEx, ever since Apple pushed an update to TAKE AWAY A FEATURE with 4.0.1, I've been wary of downloading iTunes updates. Of course, if I want to still use the iTunes Music Store, eventually I have to give in.
- Spidra Webster
Spidra, I understand that, it's always is a choice of whether to stay in an ecosystem or not. Now that all audio is non-DRM though, I don't see any limitations.
- LogEx
I don't want to install Safari to use iTunes. :-(
- Kol Tregaskes
Ya know? FAIL! iTunes bites...which is amazing given the elegance of other Apple products. Perhaps it sucks because it's free.
- ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift
I don't think it's necessary on Windows, iTunes must be bundled with enough WebKit to work there, or have some other way of rendering.
- LogEx
LogEx, no not that I've seen. But I'm sure it's just a matter of time?
- Kol Tregaskes
I doubt it, especially after the flack they got by checking that box in the software update. But a dormant app is not big deal anyway on either platform, it's not like disk space is scarce.
- LogEx
Yes, I lived through this hell before. I hear you, Dan. I have given so much of my music buying business elsewhere because my 'primary library' machine can't handle all the upgrades needed to cope with iTunes. I just wanted to say, I feel your pain.
- Holly Rae, FFer
This is why I buy from Amazon so I don't have to keep up with Apple's bloatware.
- Alex Scoble
when I discovered this picture with the "Shut up Bitch" t-shirt, I just had to insert it into a blog post somewhere. LOL! (*cough* I'd like one of those shirts).
- Jannifer @wordsforliving
from Bookmarklet
I only want one if it has "go fetch me turkey pot pie" on the back.
- Trish Haley
Redbox just charged me $75 for 3 movies I supposedly didn't return. When I called to tell them they were returned and I wanted those charges reversed, they offered to give me $10 credit. I don't think so.
No, when I asked them if they were saying I'm lying about returning it, they said "We're not saying you're lying, but you might have returned it to another video rental besides Redbox." Yeah, that's because there's so many different ones in this small town. /sarcasm
- Trish R
I wish to register a complaint. I am having such a relaxing day today that I can find bugger all to complain about. This needs to be fixed immediately, so I can have a darned good whinge.
It's tough enough visiting my in-laws for a long holiday weekend. I can't imagine living with them. In our case, I'd imagine some old bad feelings coming out into the sun.
- Ha3rvey (sent home)
I had my late mother -in-law come to stay with us for two months when we were in England, As she'd retired to the Philippines (from California) for the first few days she couldn't relate sunshine to cold. The weather was bright and there were clear blue skies, but it was topping out at about 45F each day. It was about this time of year. After about 4-5 days, she huddled in front of the fire, and didn't want to move!
- Ian May
Is it really that hard to call me to tell me the Thanksgiving luncheon has been postponed so I don't waste my day driving back and forth for no reason?
Apparently it's the time of year when people I knew in high school post photos of their kids' deer kills on Facebook. Hunting is fine, but I don't need to see a carcass staring at me when I go to that site.
Hey, we have the same friends list! Seriously, my FB wall looks the same way.
- Trish R
My cousin posted a picture such as this on FB, then I visited his parent's house where they had deer chili simmering in a crock pot. Blah. I prefer my meat in cellophane.
- Jess
I see them hanging around outside and tied down on the roofs of cars, too. that seems normal this time of year. I just didn't expect the first thing I saw on facebook today to be a dead deer.
- Katy S
I'm happy to learn she didn't actually buy it. She won it in some game at a charity auction for the local animal shelter. Her words: "Isn't it cute? It could have been ugly but it's actually cute." We need to have a talk about aesthetics and my preferences.
- Katy S
I totally love that actually. You could be all "i'm an ironic hipster" with that, no one would know the difference.
- Sarah's Got Talent
"Mares eat oats and does eat oats and little lambs eat ivy"
- Katy S
It's okay, it's okay. Game not over. Flip the bag inside-out (exposed stitching is so *now*) line it with a hastily-chopped-and-stitched pillowslip. Bag saved. Now you can heat-transfer "I <3 Cats" on it in EVEN BIGGER LETTERS!
- Slippy "Threadsbane" Lane
and then i bought a 9 piece star shaped drill bit set to change the side the fridge opens on. it's not hard, it's just kind of a pain. you have to change the hinges and the door handle. Then i bought a $20 set of brill bits that had over 50 pieces. lots of long drill bits, like 8 inches long. All different sizes. Also some wood boring and masonry bits.
- Baroness Von Cut-A-Bitch
Oh, I forgot to mention my drill. it is dewalt. some swear my cordless, but i go with corded all the time. it's all about torque, i would have gone with makita - they are the best, but i was on a budget. I used to use makita in college when i worked on sets.
- Baroness Von Cut-A-Bitch