Posts by John Ross7

Hold on a second, is someone actually calling for NATO to jump straight into this war? 😲
If that happens, we can all just head straight for the bunkers, because we're talking about a WW3 of absolutely terrifying proportions.

Linda Harris59 said:I did read it.

Of course a more lethal and contagious variant could emerge. Viruses mutate in completely unpredictable ways, and naturally, the variants that are most efficient at spreading are the ones that take hold. In my opinion, the absolute worst-case scenario would be a strain that is highly deadly but moves slowly—something that spreads silently through the population and only starts triggering symptoms after a significant amount of time has passed. That’s when you really get hit.

Japan is the light at the end of the tunnel here. Over there, the virus essentially mutated itself into extinction.

I don't want to go down a Google rabbit hole right now, but is Japan actually hitting zero cases, or are they just going to be reporting zero cases in the very near future?

Sarah Ross21 said:No, the world is actually worse. Extremism is up and the number of senseless conflicts has only increased. Of course, the people who live for reality TV wouldn't understand that. They’ll finally grasp the fallout from the situation in Afghanistan once they see the oil and gas pipelines starting to shut down across Europe.

THE WORLD IS ONE BIG BOWL, and it's a complete delusion to think we aren't affected by what happens on another continent—especially with modern travel and pandemics. You used to spend your whole life in one small town without even worrying about catching an African disease. Not anymore.

That is exactly it. Things have been heading downhill for a long time now; this whole pandemic just acted like a massive accelerator for everything that was already broken, and now we're left wondering where this is all headed. It's a rough time to be alive. At some point, a total "reset" is going to have to happen—it's just a matter of how. If you ask me? I don't think we're ever going to get rid of this mess.

Do you ever feel like the world never actually went back to normal after 9/11? Because honestly, I don't think it did. And looking at everything happening right now, I don't think it’s ever going to. It’s just a matter of figuring out how much our daily lives are going to be permanently altered from here on out. This whole era feels like it's dragging on forever, and frankly, it feels like science has completely dropped the ball across the board lately. I can't help but worry about what kind of mess this is all going to leave behind for us.

I honestly can never tell which foods are going to trigger me. There’s just no rhyme or reason to it—one day I’ll eat the exact same meal and feel totally fine, and the next, it hits me with that sharp, stabbing pain. It’s so frustrating because sometimes I can pinpoint the sensation down to the millimeter, too. And don't even get me started on stress; that definitely sets off the stabbing pains for me, at least.

I honestly don't think that's how it works. It’s not like polyps just turn into that. What I’ve seen in my own experience is that when you deal with diverticulitis—you know, that painful inflammation from diverticula—it can be a real nightmare to tell the difference between simple inflammation and actual cancer on a CT scan. It's super tricky. Usually, once the inflammation finally settles down, the doctors will send you in for a colonoscopy just to be absolutely sure about what they're looking at. That usually happens maybe eight weeks or so after the initial flare-up.

I have diverticula myself, and since I'm not even that old, no doctor has ever even hinted that there was a chance it could turn into something more serious. They always just tell me to keep an eye out for those sharp, stabbing pains so I can catch any potential inflammation early.

I witnessed an elderly gentleman (around 77) take a nasty fall today—a hip fracture. It was honestly pretty gruesome to watch. A whole crowd of people rushed over to try and help him up, but it became immediately obvious that he couldn't put any weight on his leg. Just by looking at how his leg was positioned, I was almost certain it was a broken hip. The paramedics eventually arrived and I assume they took care of everything, but I’ve been sitting here wondering: what is the actual right way to react when you see something like this? Should you just leave them lying there? Is it better to stop people from trying to move them? In this case, we were waiting about 45 minutes for the ambulance, and since he fell in such a cramped, awkward spot, leaving him stuck in that position felt totally wrong. But then again, I can't help but worry—could trying to lift him have actually made the hip injury even worse?

You should seriously give Neosporin a shot; it was a total lifesaver for me once one of my blisters started getting infected. 🤮

The movie was honestly great, it’s just that Jafar was such a total letdown.

Matthew Jackson2 said:Do you honestly think you can just politely ask bacteria to leave, and they’ll just pack up and go? Of course, medications like this are absolute lifesavers, but because of those scary side effects and how they wipe out all the good bacteria in your system, doctors usually save them as a last resort.

Well, obviously not. 🙄

I actually went through that exact treatment twice myself, and I didn't deal with a single side effect—not even one. So, I really don't get this whole "deadly poison" narrative. Where is this supposed to be happening? Where are these inevitable side effects supposedly manifesting that lead people to label a drug like this? Calling something a "poison" requires actual evidence. Every single chemical on this planet has its downsides; that's just science.

Why do people call it a "harsh poison"?

My grandfather (he’s 85) was dealing with this absolutely brutal urinary tract infection, and honestly, nothing seemed to touch it. His inflammation markers were just climbing higher and higher, and he was getting worse by the hour. Things only finally turned around once the doctors put him on Ciprofloxacin.