Posts by Gerald Morgan4

Listen up... my girl has been struggling with bad headaches lately..
Since she used to deal with anemia, we figured that was the culprit first. She went in for blood work, but her iron levels were totally fine. Then she thought maybe it was just PMS, but nope. We checked sinuses and even saw an eye doctor, but everything came back normal. It looks like our only move left is booking a neurologist.

Anyway, here’s the quick c & p:

"The whole head hurts, sometimes the temples, right now it's the crown... It lasts from morning until night."

Based on this, it doesn't seem like a typical migraine because the pain is constant.. Does anyone have any clue what we're dealing with? (I know there are a million different reasons for headaches, but still 😁) :\

Thanks in advance 🙂

Chris Gomez3 said:Same here.
The only catch is once the damn flakes disappear, you're stuck using that same shampoo forever.
The second I stop using it, the dandruff comes crawling right back.

Yeah, I went through that too, a few times actually, but eventually I could switch to any shampoo I wanted.🙂

Head & Shoulders actually worked for me..

Check this out:

Tyler Evans4 said:If that makes you happy, then I guess it's good for you.

Helpful for a single household, maybe. For society at large? Completely useless.

red_shrike said:The government. They pull these stunts every single day. Whether you like it or not, someone has to step up and deal with it.

Sure, but that per se doesn't actually support your original point. There's a massive difference between what's happening and whether it's actually justified.

electricscout15 said:My apologies, I meant to say I wrote it.
Sure, we all know how things ought to be. But they aren't. I don't really need to Google anything; my point is simply that if things ever shifted toward what we're discussing, someone would step up to handle the job, and that's that. It’s just like how someone always steps up to perform a lethal injection on a prisoner—which I imagine isn't exactly a pleasant way to earn a living. But it gets done because that's the decision made. So, I suppose if a decision were made in the interest of the people, folks would eventually adjust to it and accept it as part of daily life, much like they've managed to adapt to everything else over time.

Apology accepted.😬
Obviously, there's always someone willing to do the dirty work, regardless of what it does to a person's conscience or mental health. If survival is the priority, you just adapt to the circumstances. But where does that leave us? Just because something is a reality doesn't mean you can use it to justify other terrible facts. Honestly, it seems easier to just slap another pillar on a crumbling structure than to fix the foundation from the ground up. Unfortunately, it might already be too late. You're right to look at it that way; I was looking at the "issue" from a different angle since, hypothetically speaking, we haven't reached that point yet. Personally, I really hope we never 😬

electricscout15 said:Where on earth do you live? I mean, it's pretty obvious people don't need to be an incarnation of the Almighty to understand what works for regular folks. Did you write the laws for yourself or for everyone else? Do people walk themselves straight into prison, war, or death, or is it other people making those calls? I think it's fair to say there are certain people chosen to make those big decisions, and frankly, most of them couldn't care less how they use that power.

I didn't write them; I already wrote them... As for that bolded part, honestly, there isn't much to say. Go look up mass psychology; maybe things will finally click for you. Power should exist solely to serve the interests of the common man, not the other way around. Sadly, that seems to be nothing more than a pipe dream.

Melissa Rivera5 said:Society doesn't really get to call the shots on who you are; it's more about being the person you decide to be, regardless of what everyone else thinks.

And what exactly makes up a society? A bunch of slaves who just pick a handful of leaders?
And I guess those people are just incarnations of Svemoguceg, huh? They just magically know what’s best for us mere mortals? 🙄

Since you love bringing up Hitler, look at the facts: back in 1933, the Nazi Party, backed by Hic, won a majority vote... In March 1933, the German people elected 288 candidates from the Nazi Party, securing a parliamentary majority... I don't even need to explain how the rest unfolded... That same Hic, whom the German people helped rise to power, actually said right before the war ended that he wouldn't shed a single tear for the victims because they would, to quote him, "get what they deserve," and that he wouldn't feel guilty about it... Goebbels held that exact same attitude... At the end of the day, they didn't just stumble into power; someone had to choose them as the representative political party to rule Germany... By that logic, they aren't responsible for any of it... You got exactly what you voted for. 🙄

Jonathan Brooks8 said:One really ought to scrutinize—and I mean truly weigh the actual utility of it all—

In what sense? Give me some actual substance here.😁

redtinker36 said:.. I honestly think that line of thinking is pretty unnecessary..

.. In this day and age.. one could argue that humanity is essentially just livestock.. scattered in different herds across various pastures..
.. The cowboys tasked with watching over them.. they know the drill.. how to brand, how to use the lasso, and exactly when it's time for the slaughter..
.. Letting the cattle decide.. democratically.. whether or not to slaughter themselves.. doesn't strike me as particularly logical..
.. Though, if we're talking about cinema.. say.. I could definitely see a movie like that.. maybe even seeing an American director pick up an Oscar for a lifetime achievement award based on it..

.. Community is.. a good thing..
.. Unfortunately.. bringing it up feels like showing weakness..

.. Regarding Hitler.. it almost seems as though God favored him..
.. It’s incredible the kind of force he built within Germany under his rule.. the work ethic.. the efficiency.. the unity.. the spirit.. frankly, the US isn't even operating at that level of productivity today..
.. He was given territory stretching all the way to Africa and Stalingrad.. and then later, we Communists were given the task of taking it all back..
.. In the end, he was left with that.. what was it.. some kind of poison.. people used to say they saw someone near the bunker with a small vial.. a total spit in the face of providence..

.. One German official supposedly remarked.. that it was impossible for mere livestock to be the goal of a nation..
.. No matter how you look at it.. those Germans seem quite brilliant to me..

This makes me sick. God gave him Africa?! God gave him Stalingrad??! Like, WTF? Man, pick up a history book instead of babbling nonsense here. I’d ask you what would have happened if they didn't have brilliant commanders, like Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, who—despite a chronic lack of military resources and equipment—managed to rack up numerous victories with his Afrika Korps and inflict massive losses on the Allies, leading one of the most disciplined armies ever? It was Prussian school: discipline above all else, not to mention their technical achievements.

I think it's completely pointless to talk about Stalingrad because Stalingrad NEVER fell.. though that's not the point.. it's that "His Excellency," Mr. Führer himself, didn't personally march into Stalingrad wearing a belt engraved with "Gott mit uns," because after all, the Germans were the *herrenvolk*. What could one Russian, a communist, an *untermensch* against such a force hungry for *lebensraum*, actually do 🙄🙄 .. besides what didn't stop them from wiping everyone out and contributing to a "Thousand-Year Reich"? 🙄 .. What kind of dark God would it be if, despite the countless sacrifices, the lack of food, clothing, and medical supplies, the Wehrmacht's morale hadn't held? If it hadn't, Hic could have kissed God's ass... and the entire 6th Army under the command of Friedrich Paulus, which numbered 250,000 soldiers (!), was surrounded.. massive losses.. nothing but Führer's cannon fodder.. but still, the Führer knows best, just like those clowns Göring and Goebbels 🙄 .. *ein volk, ein reich, ein führer*, yeah, sure.. a bunch of idiots.. and that "God" of yours didn't give him poison; he just blew his brains out with a 7.65 mm Walther after taking a cyanide capsule on the side .. *bis zum letzten mann*. He wasn't exactly a tough guy waiting for the Russians in his bunker. It's a shame he didn't do it sooner, because there were more casualties in the final year of the war than in all the previous years combined.. too bad Claus von Stauffenberg didn't succeed, like so many before him.. this "spirit" you're talking about is pure brainwashing, meticulously overseen by Goebbels's propaganda machine ..

I'm writing all this because I'm disgusted by how people love to trivialize things, like, "oh, it just happened." Give me a break. The same goes for that scumbag Stalin. The fact is, any soldier with half a brain saw immediately where all this was heading. But whatever.. economic crises forced many to be recruited.. and you get a bullet anyway. As for the Germans, I have immense respect for that nation. Just look at the end of WWI. Germany was in total chaos, inflation was insane, the Ruhr was occupied by the French, unemployment was rampant... and they managed to reach superpower status again within about 20 years, enjoying the same status they had before, even being able to initiate another WORLD WAR (unfortunately)... it's just a shame the painter took over the state by exploiting the favorable conditions of that era. They were exceptional workers, a very valuable nation, and that deserves respect.

I don't want to derail this thread by going off-topic, but I have to address Red Shrike's logic. If you look at this whole mess through a strictly utilitarian lens, maybe you could justify it. But let me paraphrase John from *Good Will Hunting* for a second: the best results happen when every single person in a group does what’s right for themselves and the collective simultaneously 😉. You can't just make a clean "cut" and declare there are no compromises
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Karen Doyle2 said:I did the exact same thing. Driven by total confusion over what this thread was even about, I downloaded that industrial remix, gave 😱 a listen, then listened to 😱 😱 once more, and immediately deleted it before it could ruin my Spotify queue.. 😬
It’s just not my vibe..

Oh, come on... it's actually pretty cool 🤣. Try downloading the "original" version 😁 instead; the melody is killer 😬. But hey, to each their own =)

Seriously, Wikipedia 😬 ... they’ll believe just about anything if you type it in. 🤣

Ugh, fine... thanks for the heads-up. I guess I'll go through the list then. Definitely won't be skipping the required reading. Is 😬 correct? Anyway, cheers everyone 🙂

PS: That Nine Inch Nails track, Get Ur Body Beat, is actually featured in the upcoming movie, Gen Z... I need to track down a remix 🙂

Thanks! 🙏 Anyway, what’s the consensus on VNV Nation? I caught one of their tracks on YouTube and, first impression, it was killer. ^^ Now I'm on the hunt for their albums. 😈 😬

Bottom? 😲 😬 Thanks for the advice. 😉

So, I stumbled upon a track by Marilyn Manson that actually hit the spot, which leads me to ask for some genre recommendations... basically, per Wikipedia 😬,"harsh song structures, aggressive and generally uptempo beats and lyrics of a militant, pessimistic or explicit nature. Typically, the vocals are distorted to sound hoarse, harsh and without tone. Artists also frequently use atonal melodic structures." Any ideas? Thanks in advance. Barney's. 🙂

jadesailor14 said:well honey, you might want to sharpen up those little sock puppets😬
they show up way more often in the summer than in winter
they're cute when they scurry across your field of vision in a little swarm😁
even without my glasses I see them, but with my lenses? forget it

you don't have much choice but to make friends with them

Yeah, they really are kind of cute🤣 🤣 🙂 .. I don't know, I'm heading out to get some bloodwork done soon just to be safe, though I doubt it'll matter... it's not a retinal tear... ahem, anyway, I won't speculate and leave it to someone far more qualified... but seriously, they can be charming🤣 .. my vision looks like a giant chromosome, basically a huge X with one leg stretched way too far🤣 .. but as long as there isn't too much light, everything stays fine👍

Does anyone have any ideas? 🙂 What’s eating at me is that my eye exam came back perfectly fine physically, but this whole situation is incredibly aggravating 😁 .. all I was told was to go get some blood work done to see what comes up .. has anyone dealt with something similar? Thanks.

Listen up... For a few months now, I’ve been dealing with these annoying visual disturbances—basically little spots or shapes. It's like a faint shadow that just irritates me; sometimes I can even "catch" it or center my focus on it. About two months ago, I went for an eye exam, and everything supposedly came back fine, except my prescription shifted significantly. I went from being slightly farsighted (+0.5 and +0.25) to suddenly needing a -0.25 cylinder. Honestly, it feels better, so I wear glasses occasionally for computer work, reading, or watching TV—mostly just to stave off headaches—though lately, I haven't been wearing them at all. These shadows mostly pop up when I shift my gaze suddenly, and they're much more noticeable in bright light. I don't notice them much at home, but at school, it's constant and incredibly frustrating. Sometimes I see a whole "swarm" of these spots drifting through the lower field of vision in my right eye. My left eye is almost fine—maybe some very faint shadows, but rarely. It's definitely the right eye causing the trouble here. I have no idea why this is happening. I realize it's not easy to diagnose and that I probably need to hit up my primary care doctor first, then head back to the ophthalmologist to report this, and maybe even see a neurologist. Any advice or explanations would be appreciated. Thanks!

Look, here’s the deal... when I’m heading to school in the morning... say I roll out of bed at 7:00, get ready, grab my gear, and then—before I have to catch the bus at 7:30—I’ve got maybe 5 to 7 minutes to double-check everything. Honestly, I could wrap it up in 2 minutes if I wasn't such a disaster, but because I'm perpetually running late, that "quick check" usually turns into a 10-minute chaotic mess. But, on the rare occasion I'm not rushing like a maniac... 5 or 7 minutes usually does the trick.