Posts made by Ganymede

Moved.

@Runescryer

You should try the Gundam game. I was working on an ExoSquad game a long time ago, but this game has all sorts of potential.

@Derp

Good paralegals are worth their weight in gold for so many reasons, JFC.

@Lotherio said in Sexuality: IC and OOC:

Not the time to bring up Spar Oom but crickies a lonely goat man in the closet talking to kids about magical journeys someone dial CPS.

@Tinuviel

@Tinuviel said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:

@Ganymede said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:

except through sheer spite.

Isn't that how we're all still alive?

@Auspice said in Sexuality: IC and OOC:

...found the backing but not the crumb. It's like goddamn Narnia in there.

@Ghost said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

If we ever did an MSB Fantasy Football League, here are some prospective team names:

• Jill
• Social Rolls are my Forte
• FORTEtude Check
• I Butkus Staffers
• Demarcus +Warn
• The Faradelphia Eagles
• My MLB plays BSG
• Bill Belliclique
• Surrty Yard Penalty
• Into Tight End TS
• The Shangri LA Rams
• FS3 Point Conversion
• Page Interference

Sorry, but I'd have my own team:

My couch pulls out, but I don't, so now I have twincest babies.

@Auspice

MSB League?

@Ghost said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

When your family tries to pressure you into Fantasy Football because it's "family time" but really it's because they want a bigger league.

It's Dungeons and Dragons for people that used to pick on the kids who played Dungeons and Dragons.

@Cobaltasaurus said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:

Now, mind you, I also had chronic bronchitis and breathing issues and get ear infections a lot (or used to on into adulthood) b/c my mother gave me "alternative medicine" antibiotics as a child one winter when I got really sick. An "immune booster" or some shit that was a bunch of grass packed into a pill capsule b/c her second husband convinced her that alternative medicine was better.... and well guess what, by the time she finally took me to an actual doctor I had bronchial pneumonia and an ear infection so bad I had pus dripping out of my ears.

I want to take this and interject generally to say that I would never advocate for homeopathy or homeopathic medical treatment first. Studies upon studies upon studies lend greater credibility in my mind to the practice of modern medicine. And there is a rather fine line between accurate and inaccurate statements.

For example, in the UK there was the "Alkaline Diet" fad, which has been thoroughly debunked. That said, doctors all agree that what you eat does have a profound effect on your cancer risk. The Alkaline Diet encourages eating more fruits and vegetables, and less processed meats and high-fat dairy products. And coincidentally, doing exactly that may, in fact, have a profound effect on your health if you previously ate a lot of processed meats and high-fat dairy products.

All that said, my partner is still the worst eater I know, and I swear to God I don't know how that woman is still alive, except through sheer spite.

@insomniac7809 said in Sexuality: IC and OOC:

But you're probably better off glossing over it than you are getting lost in the weeds about that sort of thing.

This may be true if you are aiming for ease, but I find myself drawn to people who can play trauma well and have had much deeper connections with the characters that have been through the same.

@Cobaltasaurus said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:

The problem is that homeopathy and alternative medicine also give a haven for a lot of quacks and woo peddlers.

I really can't disagree with that.

@Selira said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:

What homeopathy (and to a lesser extent, naturopathy) are good at is not rushing a patient through, making them feel like a real person, and not demeaning them.

Maybe this is the key? Also, maybe avoiding drugs with a lot of side-effects.

I'm not a fan of quackery (I have an intense dislike for chiropractors), but I suppose that if conventional medicine has failed to help perhaps something different may be in order.

@silverfox

I read that, and it seemed to be different than how the American Institute of Homeopathic Medicine described it, but then I read further.

I don't really think (keyword) that it can cure bipolar, asthma, PCOS, endo, or arthritis, but I think it's more than just sugar pills. It seems to be a milder version of chemotherapy.

@Ghost said in Sexuality: IC and OOC:

• SIT DOWN.
  "Umppff."
  "Whats wrong?"
  "Nothing...nothing..."

This has happened. I have RPed this.

And good times were had by all.

@Cobaltasaurus said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:

My love, there's a difference between cognitive behavioral treatments and quackery.

Well, sure, I understand that. My understanding of homeopathic medicine is that it is an approach that works on the whole of the person, rather than simply treating the symptoms of a problem, and that cognitive behavioral therapy is considered part of that field of medicine.

I could be wrong, though.

But, yeah, quackery is quackery, quack, quack.

@JinShei said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:

No, homeopathy doesn't cure bipolar, asthma, PCOS, endo, or arthritis, because it is SUGAR PILLS.

I agree, but I have found that many of my past conditions have been affected by my choice to alter my nutrition, exercise, and lifestyle-related habits.

Some doctors just go right to the drugs, rather than going straight to harder mechanisms to change. I understand why, but that doesn’t make non-drug alternatives ineffective.

@Thenomain

The entire series and fan base seems to reek of nostalgia, even though most of the movies and episodes I like are undeniably anti-traditional.

I too will wait and see, but I don’t think I will be disappointed.

@JinShei said in Good TV:

Gentleman Jack.

Is that a show?

I mean, I know what Gentleman Jack is, and I use it when my partner is watching medical porn.