It feels like everyone’s getting hit hard today; I just checked my own history and realized I’ve lost over two thousand posts, which is honestly pretty staggering. I was digging through my archives trying to make sense of it, but I don't really know... I've never been much of a heavy chatter on here, so it’s genuinely baffling to me how so much could just vanish into thin air. Looking at my archive, there isn't even any trace of where I actually contributed, so if anything, I should have had way less missing than this.. 🤷 Maybe they were clearing out some threads in the 'Off-topic' section or something, but there's no way I dropped more than two thousand posts in that specific area.
neonsailor26 said:Thanks so much, my friend 🙂. Honestly, I’ve been dealing with this nagging toothache, and since my regular dentist is out of town, I ended up wandering into a local pharmacy hoping for some relief. It was absolute chaos in there—just total madness—so nobody had a spare second to actually explain anything to me. The pharmacist basically just handed me some liquid drops, told me to pay up, and waved me away. Thanks again for the help!
neonsailor26 said:I just picked up some drops for my toothache, and the instructions say "4x2 every six hours." Does anyone actually know what that's supposed to mean? I could really use a little help deciphering this before I try anything.
So, where did you pick up those drops? I was just trying to wrap my head around what "4x2" actually implies—my assumption is that it means four times a day with two drops each time. Usually, when it’s for something like an eye or ear infection, they’ll specify the exact ratio on the box, whether it's 3x3, 4x4, or 3x4, so I just want to make sure I'm not overcomplicating the math here. Just to clear up any confusion on how to read this: the first number always indicates how many times a day you're dosing, while the second one tells you exactly how many drops to take per dose.
For some folks, the count has actually gone up; one day @michael collins was sitting at 70,000, and now he’s climbed to 88,210 🤔
I haven't really spent much time participating in any chat threads, so I ended up losing a fair amount of posts myself, though it doesn't truly matter since I know they don't count toward the total on the OFF topic boards, which is where I never bother posting anyway; those extra 3,000 posts I used to have date all the way back to around 2014. 🙂
I honestly don't even have the energy to type this out anymore, but here we go again—today’s post count is looking about a thousand short, so 🤦 I was wondering if there is any way you could restore the posts for @hiddenmarlin14/">@@hiddenmarlin14? Of course, if those threads were deleted along with them, then I know I'm out of luck and I'll just be stuck at zero like some guy who signed up yesterday, but I noticed that even she shows 2,000 posts when she actually had 20,000 yesterday after they were restored, so I'm starting to think there's some glitch with the counter? I suspect the same thing is happening to my account, since there's no way that many of my old threads could have been wiped all at once (I assume). 🙂
The whole forum seems to have completely lost its mind lately 😱 , and since I see you’ve been registered since 2012, you probably have a massive post count by now, which makes me wonder what we’re all supposed to get out of this mess. 😲 It’s like they won't even touch Rachel Richardson. 🙂
hiddenmarlin14 said:No, sorry, I don't think I've quite grasped the explanation yet. If we look specifically at the trivia threads—and a few other topics I’ve covered that haven't actually been moved to the archives 😳—my posts are still sitting there, untouched. Yet, for some reason, they aren't being credited toward my "opus" 😳, and I honestly can't wrap my head around why.
I’m not suggesting this is some massive, life-altering grievance, of course. But regarding the trivia stuff, seeing that zero this morning was just a slightly awkward little surprise to wake up to, if I'm being honest. 😳
@hiddenmarlin14/">@@hiddenmarlin14, so, just how much did you actually lose? Did you seriously hit rock bottom at zero? 😲 😱 I lost about fifteen hundred myself—nothing life-altering, really—but if I were to drop all the way down to nothing, I’d feel like a total amateur, like I was showing up to this forum for the very first time.
I find it just as bizarre—how does one actually manage to do anything else on a computer? Like, how do you sit down to watch a movie or browse some random websites, or even just step outside for a second? 😁 I was honestly thinking the same thing about it seems totally impossible ^^
if you look at his stats, he’d probably have way more, since they don't count the posts from the off-topic boards (not that I know if he even posted there)
but then again, doubling 😁
still, gotta hand it to him 🙏
Back in the day, before the old AOL forums went belly up, people would hit around 40,000 posts, which was massive. Some accounts date back to roughly 2003, with folks posting all day long, though there were some hitting 100,000 🙏 , even if this stuff from 2002 or 2003 doesn't mean as much because high-speed internet wasn't really a thing yet, so in those early days, people probably couldn't get online enough to write that much anyway.
I just realized that Michael Collins has a huge amount too, haha
My sister spent years feeling completely wiped out, bouncing from one specialist to another while everyone offered their own little theories about what was wrong. She spent ages drifting from doctor to doctor without any real answers, until people started suggesting she was just imagining things which is always such a frustrating thing to hear. Eventually, she decided to see a private neurologist on her own initiative, and they ran a test for myasthenia gravis right away—it came back positive, and she’s been on treatment for four years now. Even with all the regular check-ups, she hasn't really seen much improvement, which just goes to show how incredibly difficult it can be to pin down the actual root cause. I’m certainly not saying you have an autoimmune condition, of course, but it might be worth looking into some additional antibody testing just to rule everything else out. Best of luck with it all! 🙂
Every single night, I used to sit down in front of my computer to watch a movie, or maybe two, since I’ve got a massive collection saved on my hard drive, but ever since I started dealing with this constant physical pain over a year ago, I just can't bring myself to watch anything at all; I spend the whole time just praying I can fall asleep as quickly as possible, and honestly, I miss movies so much... I really hope I can get back to enjoying them soon, because when you feel absolutely awful, it's nearly impossible to focus on a story.
I honestly don't think I even made it to the end 🤔 ; it felt a bit sluggish for my taste, and since I just grabbed it off a torrent ages ago, I was really expecting something much more impactful. ☕
He doesn't really need anything high-end for what he's doing; my own cooler is linked right here at $23 and it gets the job done just fine, Arctic Freezer 7 x wasn't even in stock when I checked Best Buy yesterday, and honestly, I didn't bother looking further since the guy didn't even mention which processor he's running. Maybe brush up on your grammar because nobody is going to take you seriously if you write like this 😉 , being completely illiterate on a forum these days isn't exactly a great look.
I remember being all set to grab that Lc Power LC-CC-95 myself, but it was out of stock everywhere, so I ended up looking at the Alpine instead. It felt like everyone on the forums was constantly raving about how much of a steal the LC 95 was, especially considering the price point wasn't even that bad. 👍
I’ve been running an Alpine 64 plus cooler for years now, and honestly, I couldn't be happier with it; it keeps my quad-core Phenom running ice-cold, though it seems to have vanished from the market entirely, which is a shame because I picked mine up back at Best Buy . Maybe something along these lines:
This is the one I’m using, bought way back around 2015—nothing flashy by any stretch, but it’s served me incredibly well, and the installation was so effortless you could practically do it with your eyes closed.
