So much yoink!
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Canāt retroactively put fluoride in the waterā¦ or can we?
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I know those feels. I knows them.
Moved to a new town recently. They donāt put fluoride in the water here. Like heathens.
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Well, it was a filing that fell apart, not a tooth. But it still needs a crown. Good job I did all that overtime last week. Not what I wanted to spend it on, though.
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You got paid for OT?
Stupid CSC going you are exemptā¦ so yeah no OT for youā¦
On the other hand they didnāt get more than 40 hours out of me.
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Unions FTW. You think Iād work OT if they didnāt pay me?
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IT peeps really need to change their views about that especially desktop and server supportā¦ sadly too many libertarian bent sorts in the field.
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No fluoridation here in Honolulu. Great market for dentists.
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I found out today that my mum died. I hadnāt been in touch for a while, because of my depression. Iād listened to the thoughts in my head that told me that I was disappointing her, and I only just realised that those thoughts lied to me. Far too late.
Although Iām a filthy atheist, I wish I was wrong about that, so I could tell her Iām sorry.
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Iām so sorry to hear this.
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Nelsie, Iām so sorry.
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Youāve told us, so youāve put it out into the cosmos that you wish you had been able to do things differently. Thatās enough.
You have a medical condition that affected your ability to spend time with her in recent years. If you were in a wheelchair with no way to transport yourself to where she was, would you feel just as guilty for not going to see her? Depression is no different.
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All of my sympathy from here. Donāt know what else to say really. Those voices are just the fucking worst.
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Iām so sorry to hear this. Hard times, take care.
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Iām sorry for your loss and I hope you feel better soon.
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Iām so sorry. My condolences to you.
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Just to provide a few anecdotal data pointsā¦ my house uses well water, no fluoride. None of my children have had any cavities in the 20 years the eldest has been alive. They brush carefully with fluoride toothpaste and that seems to be sufficient.
I drank fluoridated water as a child and had a dozen large fillings by the time I was a teenager.
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Except that, as @Nelsie observes, the latter condition tricks you into thinking that youāre the problem and that youāre a terrible person and should feel guilty, you ungrateful, oxygen-sucking waste of life.
I swear, depression is King Arsehole among the mood disorders.
Nelsie, I canāt imagine your pain right now. No words left. *hugs*
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Iām so sorry.
I hope you can be kind to yourself.
I know well what a lying asshole depression is. Depression says a lot of horrible things. One thing itās never told me is to be kind to myself. It took a friend to tell me that. She tells me that often, and I want to say it to you. Be kind to yourself.
Being horrible to yourself is a trick of depression, Iāve worn a gully walking back and forth on that track, but when the fog lifts, I can see the love in my friendās words. Be kind to yourself.
It wonāt help the pain, I know, but being mean to yourself can make the pain worse. So be kind to yourself, it really is OK to treat yourself with the sort of gentleness you would use with someone else.
Be kind to Nelsie.
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