Posts made by JinShei

I've been out of mushing for a while but now I have a better job that isn't killing me, I am tempted to rejoin the party. What's out there atm? What's to be avoided at all costs?

@Ifrit said in RL things I love:

@JinShei Yes! My home is also in that picture (though not the centre of it), and I had a lovely view of the storm in the clouds!

So beautiful! I was rather glad we live on a hill though, given the torrent of water that flooded down it.

Storms. Beautiful lightning storm overhead tonight! Edit to add picture of storm front

@Cheesegrater yep. Homeopathy the basically water one.

@Tinuviel They can be used interchangeably or differently, depending on context. I like to think I provided holistic care to my patients, etc.. Homeopathic medicine (as in the practice) is not the same as homeopathic medicine (the not-a-drug), which I realise I phrased poorly

https://partnersinpediatrics.com/resources/holistic-vs-homeopathic-vs-integrative-care/

But basically, homeopathy doesn't work when tested, and delays treatments shown to work when used before or as a stand-alone treatment.

https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/reference/homeopathy/

I got into a real fight with a local guy claiming his machine treated neurodegenerative diseases. I asked him for his evidence, he couldn't produce some so I reported him to the advertising standards people and let the local patient groups know. It does real harm to populations where hope is a rare commodity and finances are tight. To charge for a treatment that does not work is ethically dodgy AF.

@Auspice said in Sexuality: IC and OOC: For the underwear-junk-adjustment? Boob adjustments. Sometimes you just gotta reach in there and fix em.

Although not to the extent seen on a particular windy city charade that kept adjusting herself every few poses

Homeopathy and homeopathic medicine are different. Homeopathy had literally no active ingredient in it and works wholly on placebo which can be harmful when promoted instead of treatments such as cancer. Homeopathic medicine supposedly takes into account the whole person and is also called holistic. It's complementary, not alternative and will use proven medicine as well as other therapies.

The good quality trials with homeopathy showed no difference from placebo.

Useful website called what's the harm

The line between complementary and quackery is the evidence base and the ethics

@Ganymede and I didn't say those didn't.

I wasn't a nerd. I came to nerdom late in life - after I started living with a computer geek and gamer. I started playing discworld mud, which turned me into a massive geek and was my first attempt at coding (still can't do it, my brain isn't wired to work like that) and being staff on a game.

I have raised a native nerd though! She tabletops, computer games, and has mudded in the past.

Last night my mother sent me an email from the Alternative-doctor, a quack, suggesting although he generalises, it might be helpful.

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

Also festival season in my local area! I'll be in a muddy field listening to music. Most of the summer

@Auspice said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:

@Macha said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:
For me it was 'if we fix your depression and insomnia the add should go away!'

Like I said, I do truly hope it works for you but gosh they seem to love denying women and add diagnosis.

I always got "if you lose weight your depression will be better." Turns out I have bipolar so they gave me meds that make me put on weight, with some as needed meds that slow metabolic systems down. And still the nurse lectures me about my weight. Things have have been "caused" by my weight over the years:

• Polycystic ovary syndrome / endo
• Trapped nerve
• Migraines
• Asthma

Also Gee, I'm fat? I totally did not know! Wow! Losing weight might be good? Wow, why didn't I think of that...

@Aria I'm in a war with my DPS delivery man. He leaves packages out in the rain, in view of the main street, where they get stolen and when I complained he left our gate open (marked dogs running free). Twice.

I get shit delivered to work now where our lovely receptionist emails me and I actually get my parcel.

I get that he only has a microsecond to deliver but it takes a moment to put it in the delivery place and not let my puppy out on to a busy main road. Twice.

Annual leave. Two weeks with himself, friends and the dog, in Devon.

If it helps I have a metric shit ton of fate based pdf games. Happy to answer any stuff based on D'S experience

@Ganymede Hehe. It is based on the diaries of Lister, who was a really interesting character.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentleman_Jack_(TV_series)

Gentleman Jack.

Playing too! 2601 6665 3853

If you want the darkspires fate code, it is in a public repository.