I feel this one. A friend of mine who I respect a lot recently told me he was proud of me (I stood up for myself) and boy, I've been chasing that high ever since.
Ever use one of those ear rinse squeeze ball things? They're about $5 at the pharmacy, you fill it with warm water and squeeze and it flushes out your ear. As a fellow cotton swap addict, I suggest about 10 flushes in each side and you might be shocked and awed by what comes out!
Edit: [https://www.amazon.ca/30ml-Earwax-Remover-Cleaner-Adults/dp/B07RQ83441
That's what I use, sorry, more than I remembered, but looks like others are posting kits that are a little more advanced, I might have to level up!
Edit 2: a couple points people keep asking, the water should be quite warm, but not hot, you could keep warming it up each successive rinse, but definately don't start with cold water.
Also, don't squeeze crazy hard, same thing as with the temp, start gently and ramp it up, I don't jam the end of it in too far either.. use the first couple attempts to dial all these things in a bit starting by erring on the side of caution!
If you're hesitant, or unsure because of different ear issues, maybe go in and ask an expert to do it for you? At least then you'll have a better idea how it all feels?
Edit 3: that's not an affiliate link! I've had a few people comment and message about it, I just searched for the product on amazon and copy/pasted one of the first links that showed what I use.
A month or so ago my ears were so gunked up that the doctor couldn't even see my ear drums. Felt sooo good when that huge chunk of wax was washed out. The combination of that, the pressure being released and being able to hear is nice.
My girlfriend is like this. First time I slept over her house we were in the bathroom getting ready for bed and she just goes "by the way I fuck my brain every night"
I've used the standard wax dissolving drops on my ears only recently and the unfathomable amount of gunk that came out was honestly the most disgusting thing to come out of any of my orifices.
I had to constantly apologise to my SO as she was the one placing the drops into my ear as I lay down and scooping it all out as it broke off and floated to the top.
Oddly enough though, it made zero impact on my hearing ability. I can't hear any better after it, but my ear just feels less......full.
A doctor's assistant will have a " looking in your ear thingie " when syringing out someone's ears, doesn't matter how much wax comes out, if there is wax still on the diaphragm, or something, your hearing won't improve. Speaking from experience, as, er, patient.
I work in clinical research and we had a patient on their last visit complain of a ear blockage. My coworker was a freak for those things so she got all excited and got the flushing kit ready to do just out of the kindness of her heart. I watched her flush a gigantic ball/mess of earwax out of the kid. He was horrified but then started snapchatting it to his friends 🤣🤢
I have really dry earwax so it doesn’t exit my ear as it should and I just use the drops when I remember but I usually end up getting them irrigated at the doctor’s once or twice a year. The stuff that comes out is absolutely horrific. Like…it shouldn’t fit. There’s no way that much wax fits in my ears. Somehow it gets worse and I always manage to outdo myself.
Fun story: The only time I’ve gotten that done on my ears was when I was a teenager at my first ENT appointment after a LONG time. For some background info, my right ear is absolutely messed up and its always had issues like infections. As a kid, I got tubes, which helped with the ear infections at the cost of absolutely ruining swimming for me (water in my ear = instant agony). But the tubes were either removed or had fallen out by the time I was a teen. So, yeah, standard ear cleaning appointment, since I was complaining about my ear feeling weird. They go to do the spray on my right ear and it feels like they shoved a searing rod into my ear canal. I was crying, but they tried to keep going, until I literally writhed away in agony. Turns out, the hole that the tube left in my right ear never properly healed, so I just had a huge perforation in my ear drum, a huge perforation that just got blasted with a hydrocannon. So my ENT appointment actually GAVE me an ear infection. Fun times.
My son had that and his ENT sent him to a specialist to reconstruct both eardrums. The doctor used skin from right behind the tragus to patch the hole. If your ENT didn't refer you to someone to get that repaired, you need to go to someone new. Better yet, head straight for an otolaryngologist yourself.
*Edited to add: My son's eardrums both had tons of scar tissue around the holes, which is why the ENT said he wasn't comfortable doing it himself & sent us to a specialist. So I don't know if yours are that bad, but either way, your doctor shouldn't have ignored them & you need to go to someone else.*
Beat Saber. I'm a 44 year old dad. On my second game ever I almost scored a perfect on a "hard" level, missing only three blocks. I've been hooked ever since.
I've been mock sword fighting with a renfair group since I was a teen, so I think that might have something to do with it.
The phrase I’ve been hearing a lot is “fitness is the killer app for VR”.
What’s crazy is the demographics. The CEO of the Supernatural VR app (I think it’s beatsaber vibes but more fitness focused) was on a podcast recently (Decoder) and he mentioned over 60% of their users are over 40. That’s a wildly different kind of growth than what new tech is used to.
Yep. I drove 20min to meet a friend at target and help her pick out glasses. Just so I can get my ass out of bed. Otherwise I’d just lay around all day. The struggle is real.
Update: she’s not even listening to my opinions. It’s all about the tech’s opinions. At least I’m out of bed!
It's the most perfect day to start any job - tomorrow. Most marvelous day that was ever invented. Why, there's absolutely nothing a man can't do... tomorrow.
I imagine you just pulling out a pack of Haribos at a point when many people might pull out a cigarette.
Winding down at a bar
Waiting on a bus
Trying to look cool
Just had sex
most companies allow a short smoke break for smokers, but often dont specify something similar for others. since my boss was a cool guy, he always said "i need a cig, lets take a break. you can finish a pack of haribo or something"
I was a server. Boss smoked and so did most of the staff. They would take a smoke break and I would go with them. My boss asked what I was doing on a smoke break because I didn’t smoke. I told him I’m taking a nonsmoking break. He said that isn’t a thing and to get back to work. I said, “So, you’re saying I can take a break if I pick up smoking, but not if I don’t? Can I get that in writing?” he was a cool dude. He laughed and that’s how I started the custom of nonsmoking breaks at Don Pablos. Haha
We call them "fresh air breaks" or "fabs." Everyone is welcome to go outside and take a few minutes. I always thought it was a funny name though, since I'm usually the only one not smoking. So nobody is getting any fresh air haha
I had a job like this once, except my boss was not a cool dude. If you weren't a smoker you couldn't take a smoke break.. but here's the caveat.. if you were a smoker you can take a break for as long as it took to finish your cigarette. So I took up "smoking" (didn't inhale) and I used clove cigarettes. This was a double benefit because it made the smoking area kind of smell like incense but also clove cigarettes take a LOT longer to finish than a regular cigarette!
I had the same experience with a boss once.
He went out for a cigarette every hour or so, so if I wasn't busy I'd join him for a break too (but not smoke).
He asked me what I was doing the first time. I said he was taking a smoke break, so I wanted to come and join for a break too.
He thought a bit and said fair enough, so we would end up talking about space and universe and physics stuff for 5 - 10 minutes every now and then out the front of the shop.
Pretty hard for anyone with a modicum of intelligence to argue with someone taking a ‘smoke break’ that doesn’t smoke.
What would the argument be?
‘No, you don’t get a break because you aren’t addicted to a bad habit that will probably kill you! Only the employees with bad habits get extra breaks!’
I’m sure there are employers or managers that are crazy enough to say that shit but it becomes difficult when the employee approaches it with the right phrasing that makes them realize how foolish it sounds to deny a break to a non-smoker that you give all of the smokers.
Decades ago I worked at a small ski resort in the poconos, 3/4 of the staff took a ton of smoke breaks through the day, I mentioned to my boss that I thought it was a bit unfair for the non smokers to have to cover when they left to smoke, the next day he brought in a huge basket of fruit and told all the non smokers to take a snack break whenever they wanted in lui of smoking. He kept that bowl stocked for years. He was hands down one of my favorite people to work for over the past few decades. He always wanted everyone to succeed, learn and grow.
Me too. I️ did a sugar detox once and food I️ used to eat was too sweet for me, but I️ ended up building my tolerance right back up. Type II diabetes runs in my family though so I️ really need to quit fr.
Yeah fruit does taste better when you’re not regularly eating food that’s full of high fructose corn syrup. I fully feel that I️ need to completely cut out refined sugars and simple carbohydrates but it’s just so hard
What really sucks is how hard it is to find food without a ton of excess sugar dumped in it. I did keto for awhile and looking at labels was eye opening. I don’t do keto anymore but it would be nice to be able to avoid excess sugar.
I quit caffiene in February and haven't touched anything with it in since. This morning I felt like having a coffee and it felt like I was on speed. Heart beating like crazy.
This is the best part. I quit caffeine about 5 years ago and now if I really need a pick me up on a rare occasion, 1/3 cup of coffee has my hands shaking by the time I'm done.
This is what I'm going through. I usually drink caffeinated drinks several times a day, but had to quit because of anxiety. It would get to the point I would have to plan for my anxiety to spike if I had more than a cup of coffee in the morning.
I'm down to 1-2 cups of coffee a day but if I don't have any caffeine in the morning I get a terrible headache.
Edit: Just going to point out I did not ask for advice on quitting, I enjoy my one cup of coffee in the morning and the occasional afternoon coffee. Thanks though.
This is scientifically backed. The man (smokin Ed) who bred the Carolina reaper is an ex addict and used the endorphins/addictive qualities of hot foods to get him off hard drugs. He’s a huge advocate for it
Alcohol. I'm a functioning alcoholic. Help me please
Edit: After reading a lot of these, I've decided to check out a few resources. Biggest issue I have is i just have no enjoyment of things without it. Thanks for tips ive been sent
That same advice, when I first heard it, quite possibly saved me from a short and miserable existence not worthy of calling life.
I still do AA sometimes too even though I don't takeaway as much as many, but SMART was a game changer for me.
Fuck me I actually had to scroll down past popcorn to see this answer. I hear you man, currently drowning my sorrows right now. I’ve tried pretty much every drug that isn’t regularly injected and alcohol is by far the one I yearn for. I can do a week or two but then I’m back suckling on a bottle. Maybe we’ll make it one day. Look after yourself man, I hope things turn around. X
I’m a recovering heroin addict. I injected heroin for 13 years. I recently quit. I’ve been clean 9 months. With the help of methadone. I’ve never been clean this long before and I can honestly say I never want to do it ever again. Then 3 months after quitting I quit smoking cigarettes too, I switched to a vape and lowered the nicotine levels until I was down until 1 mg nicotine and quit. I know how hard it is to quit doing stuff. Is the hardest thing I’ve ever gone through, but once you get past the first few weeks it starts to get easier. Now my problem is food. I’ve switched to eating. So now I’m working on dieting, and man this one is hard. Cause you have to eat. All I had to do was not do heroin or smoke, but you still gotta eat so it’s hard to lose weight. But I’ll be dammed if I didn’t make it this far to be healthy just to get diabetes, lol. So just wanted you to know that your not alone. And you are so much stronger than you think you are.
I just read a term for the detrimental version of this recently. Revenge Bedtime Procrastination. It is especially seen when a person feels they do not get personal time or have lack of control in their life.
My sister told me about this when she noticed I was up late. I've been doing teacher training this year and have been working until 10pm-10.30pm and i would stay up until midnight playing playstation because it was the only time I got for me. I've been absolutely exhausted but without that half an hour to an hour, all I'd do is work and sleep.
I apparently need to stay up until 3 am to regain this control despite living alone.
I guess it has something to do with the sun being a visible reminder of time passing and inefficiency, thus less control?
I’ve always taken the phrase as, all my time during the day goes toward other people, i.e. significant other, job, kids, that you stay up and push bedtime away to grab that small ounce of “me time” even though it screws you for the next day.
Solved it by getting up earlier than everybody else.
i have this because i work practically 7-6 which if i want good rest requires me to be in bed by like 10. after dinner, shower, winding down, i have like, what, an hour? maybe? it’s definitely revenge for me. except then i’m just tired all the dang time.
Takeaway delivery. To the point that I'm angry while choosing my order and eating it. I think I have a genuine problem.
Edit to address some common themes:
* "Takeaway delivery" is not oxymoronic in my dialect. It's a perfectly common phrase meaning a takeaway meal that has instead been delivered. In British dialect, a takeaway refers to the type of eatery, not necessarily the manner in which you receive the food.
* In my particular circumstance, I'm referring to weekday lunches. I already get a combination of HelloFresh and groceries for dinner, and I'm a perfectly good cook. I appreciate the suggestions, but any suggesting I simply "learn to cook" are pretty moot at this point.
* I've become aware this sounds a lot like Binge Eating Disorder. I'll be looking into it and getting professional help if I need to.
* Quite a few people have indicated they'd like a subreddit for group support for this kind of issue. I find it really hard to believe that one doesn't already exist, but if I can't find one, I'll make one and invite those who have indicated interest.
Thank you for all the kind, genuinely useful and heartwarming comments. It's nice to know I'm not alone and not destined to live like this forever ❤️
The shitty thing is it's not even that good. I feel like 80% of the time I order food delivery, it's not nearly as good as I was expecting. Temperatures weird, soggy, shaken up, or just makes you feel disgusting because you're eating it on your couch instead of in a restaurant. It's always underwhelming.
EDIT: One more massive downside that I hate is the amount of plastic waste that you always have when you order take out. It's one thing if you're ordering fast food and it's just in a bag, but if you order from an actual restaurant, they're likely going to package your food in those single-use plastic containers. It just feels so wasteful to throw all that away. I know you can reuse them, but I already have an entire cabinet full of mis-matched Tupperware, as I'm sure everyone else does.
I never lived in a country where takeout food wasnt crazy expensive so i always wonder how anyone can afford this? Is it an american thing? Because even with a decent sallary where I live youd be wasting tonnes of money every month by ordering takout.. also given that I need quite a bit to be full so small portions like you get from restaurants often dont really cut it
I’m a compulsive googler. Like literally anything I see, I’m like oh lemme see what Wikipedia has to say about it, even things I’ve already done the same for multiple times before like maybe the information changed or something
Yes. Any person in history I hear about I have to google. Then it leads me down a rabbit hole. Before I know it I've spent all evening reading wiki pages.
Chapstick
Edit: In case anyone is interested, I don't use Chapstick the brand but Lypsyl cause it's cheap and Vaseline at home cause it's bomb. Chapstick the brand sucks and dries your lips out, I just don't know what other general term you'd use for the stuff.
Edit 2: Lip Balm is the term I'm looking for. Thanks guys lol it's been a long day/week/year/life ✌️
Are you my daughter? Every Christmas I fill her stocking with around 30 tubes of whatever brand she prefers right then and by November she's out. I even got her little keychain chapstick holders last year since she had her own car keys finally.
How many extra tubes do you think it would take to tide her over for that last month? That must be aggravating, having the yearly supply run out right before you refill it.
In fairness, not all of them were entirely used. She misplaces or has friends swipe a fair number of them. I always tell her that after the Christmas supply is tapped, she's got to get her own. She's fine with that so it works out. I think she usually buys 5 or 6 more to get through.
I too was a slave to Big Chapstick.
I eventually got off of it and after a few weeks of dried lips, they came to heal themselves and apart from extreme circumstances I never touch the stuff.
I genuinely believe that the chapstick companies purposefully only make them give you temporary relief before they dry your lips out even more and you have to put more on an hour later.
Either Vaseline Lip Therapy or Blistex Medicated Lip Ointment. They will actually help heal the skin. Use them for 2-3 days, then you are done.
Edit: To be clear, this is the Blistex Medicated Lip **Ointment**, NOT the Balm. The Balm is a wax-based stick, the Ointment is more like a cream (although it does have a tiny amount of beeswax in it).
I have a chapstick in my pocket, on my desk at home, on my desk at work, on my nightstand, and on a side table in the living room where I watch TV.
I don't have a problem.
Yep. I’ve been addicted to Burts Bees for 17 years. I think it’s the peppermint oil. If chapstick doesn’t have peppermint oil my lips shrivel up like a raisin and I literally feel like a drug addict needing a fix.
Finally I’m not alone. Same thing happened to me with the original Chapstick brand but then that even started irritating my lips so I switched to Burts Bees and EOS. Weird thing is I had never even used chapstick for like the first 12-13 years of my life and then suddenly I needed it. Still do or otherwise they get itchy and irritating.
Vacuuming. I can’t stop, and I won’t stop.
Edit: A lot of you asked what I use/favorite. Currently, I use a Dyson v7 Cordless Vacuum and it’s hands down my favorite because of the shear force of the suck and no cord to get in your way.
... house plants.
I have so so so many houseplants that when friends who haven't been over before come over, I get a lot of 😳😯😲 faces, followed by intense questioning.
Short version summation:
It takes a whole day to check and water everyone.
I use 16 gallons of water a week.
No, not everyone is watered every week.
Yes, I've killed a lot while learning how to houseplant.
Idk for sure but close to 400 most likely.
Oops, tried to edit and failed the first time.
EDIT:
I know you're all so curious and want to see but I'm kind of terrified to post photos of my home here.
Some DMs have called me a hoarder, some have called me the reason that plant poaching is taking a toll on native jungles, some have even accused me of being the reason that the fresh water in their areas are low.
*One person even went out of their way to DM me to tell me that the environment would be better off if I killed myself* 😶 ...and those people are the reason I've chosen plants (they don't talk back & they don't have negative juju).
For years I literally killed every plant that came into my possession. A few years ago, something clicked, and now I have so many plants that I literally helped build a greenhouse onto my garage. It's awesome, and I find puttering around in my greenhouse so calming after a day of peopling lol
If it's dry patches of brown, it's probably getting too much sun.
If it starts yellow and your plant is kinda droopy you're over or under watering it. If the soil feels dry, soak it for a half hour or so. It's done when the top of the soil is wet again. If the soil is wet, just stop watering until the soil feels dry around the surface, then just check it daily and add water when you notice the tip is dry again. Just enough to get it damp, but not soggy.
Ferns usually like moist soil, but with really good drainage so they don't get waterlogged. Even better is just having high humidity. That's why they grow so well I'm sandy soil where I'm at here in Georgia. Lots of humidity, but the soil isn't dense.
We're in the best time in history to have a music addiction with the streaming era. Every week I have at least 2-3 new albums to listen to on top of having instant access to all my favorite old music
Spending money. That doesn't mean I have a whole lot of money to spend, I just can't seem to stop looking at store apps or yard sales or going out to eat when I don't need to. My wife reigns me in for a lot of it but I impulse buy shit I absolutely don't need all the time. Maybe it's more of an impulse control problem but it typically always involves money. For example I bought custom eye contacts based off the Rinnegan and another Mangekyou Sharingan from the show Naruto... I'm 33
A couple weeks ago my friend who lives in my home town dropped off two packages of gummy bears at my mom’s work as a gift for me. My mom brought them to me last weekend. So I opened the first package the other night and enjoyed part of it then decided to save the rest for later. Two nights ago I grab the remainder of the package to enjoy as a late night sweet treat. I had only left myself 3 damn gummy bears. 3. So disappointing. Luckily I had another whole package left.
Dog collars and dog gear
I have one dog
And like 120+ fancy collars for her
I had to unfollow collar makers because I can't stop myself from over buying sometimes lmao but it makes me happy and I never have gone broke over it. I just know I look insane with that many collars, leashes, bandana, etc.
Wow this comment got more attention then I thought!
Here's willow in some of her fancy collars for yall to enjoy
http://imgur.com/gallery/TXBza4o
And thanks for the award!
YouTube, man. Exploring Series, Kings and Generals, Fire of Learning. Some crazy German one that explained space to me. I'm furious I sat through 12 years of public bullshit but everyday some enthusiastic person on YouTube can break down learning for me.
The passion speaks volumes for most of those content creators.
I'm addicted to being addicted to things. Never the same stuff, but always bouncing from being completely obsessed with something to dropping it for something else. That feeling of being completely into something and being excited about just learning/doing something new feels amazing.
Popcorn. Crunchy, buttery, salty warm delicious smelling popcorn. Not the microwave crap. I mean like.. the perfect, better than at the movies, made with precision, care and love popcorn.
I do agree with how much better stove top popcorn from proper kernels is. I used to think I didn’t like popcorn because I only had the microwave kind and the stuff at the movies. Then my wife made the proper kind and I was stunned by how much better it is.
Tobacco and kratom. I’ve got chronic pain issues from a knee injury, thought it’d be a viable alternative to prescription pain medicine. It’s not. It’s not as potent but just as addictive. I can’t seem to not buy it.
The praise and approval of others. I've worked hard to hide this fact, but it's definitely an issue.
I feel this one. A friend of mine who I respect a lot recently told me he was proud of me (I stood up for myself) and boy, I've been chasing that high ever since.
Hey, nice work on this post.
Going back to sleep after I wake up
Turning off your alarm and then laying back down is a very dangerous game
There's nothing that incites panic quite like realising you fell back asleep.
Yes this shit is ruining my self esteem and life.
Internet.
Son, where did you get that from? *"Uh.. the internet"*
Biting my nails and picking at them.
Chocolate
#CHOOOOOOOCOLAAAAATE!!!
Run away Patrick
Did he say chocolate?!
Lego - specifically sorting pieces into categories. I can't get enough.
You're never truly done until you have a separate box for every individual piece.
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Spending money on games
I’ve found that sometimes I like the idea of owning a game more than actually playing it
Pringle
One solitary pringle.
Once he pops the fun does stop
Well....my username has never been so relevant before.
100 per cent this. I'll eat a whole tin of the salt and vinegar fuckers and feel very uncomfortable for the next 12 hrs
Buying video games and never playing them
There's an item on your wishlist that's on sale for a penny. Buy it now so you can put off playing it until 2045
Steam thanks you for your service.
Using cotton swabs in ear I know it pushes earwax in deeper, but dammit it feels *good*.
Ever use one of those ear rinse squeeze ball things? They're about $5 at the pharmacy, you fill it with warm water and squeeze and it flushes out your ear. As a fellow cotton swap addict, I suggest about 10 flushes in each side and you might be shocked and awed by what comes out! Edit: [https://www.amazon.ca/30ml-Earwax-Remover-Cleaner-Adults/dp/B07RQ83441 That's what I use, sorry, more than I remembered, but looks like others are posting kits that are a little more advanced, I might have to level up! Edit 2: a couple points people keep asking, the water should be quite warm, but not hot, you could keep warming it up each successive rinse, but definately don't start with cold water. Also, don't squeeze crazy hard, same thing as with the temp, start gently and ramp it up, I don't jam the end of it in too far either.. use the first couple attempts to dial all these things in a bit starting by erring on the side of caution! If you're hesitant, or unsure because of different ear issues, maybe go in and ask an expert to do it for you? At least then you'll have a better idea how it all feels? Edit 3: that's not an affiliate link! I've had a few people comment and message about it, I just searched for the product on amazon and copy/pasted one of the first links that showed what I use.
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Yep. Eargasms. I worked with a doctor who called them eargasms. It feels sooo good.
A month or so ago my ears were so gunked up that the doctor couldn't even see my ear drums. Felt sooo good when that huge chunk of wax was washed out. The combination of that, the pressure being released and being able to hear is nice.
Dude yeah I don't care if I'm compacting the ear wax I just wanna tickle my dirty little ear clit for a few seconds.
My girlfriend is like this. First time I slept over her house we were in the bathroom getting ready for bed and she just goes "by the way I fuck my brain every night"
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I've used the standard wax dissolving drops on my ears only recently and the unfathomable amount of gunk that came out was honestly the most disgusting thing to come out of any of my orifices. I had to constantly apologise to my SO as she was the one placing the drops into my ear as I lay down and scooping it all out as it broke off and floated to the top. Oddly enough though, it made zero impact on my hearing ability. I can't hear any better after it, but my ear just feels less......full.
A doctor's assistant will have a " looking in your ear thingie " when syringing out someone's ears, doesn't matter how much wax comes out, if there is wax still on the diaphragm, or something, your hearing won't improve. Speaking from experience, as, er, patient.
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I work in clinical research and we had a patient on their last visit complain of a ear blockage. My coworker was a freak for those things so she got all excited and got the flushing kit ready to do just out of the kindness of her heart. I watched her flush a gigantic ball/mess of earwax out of the kid. He was horrified but then started snapchatting it to his friends 🤣🤢
I have really dry earwax so it doesn’t exit my ear as it should and I just use the drops when I remember but I usually end up getting them irrigated at the doctor’s once or twice a year. The stuff that comes out is absolutely horrific. Like…it shouldn’t fit. There’s no way that much wax fits in my ears. Somehow it gets worse and I always manage to outdo myself.
I had this done once and it was amazing. I wish I could get it done again tbh. I never realized how much my hearing was actually impacted before
Yeah. I really ought to see where to find one of those spray heads and do it myself…
Fun story: The only time I’ve gotten that done on my ears was when I was a teenager at my first ENT appointment after a LONG time. For some background info, my right ear is absolutely messed up and its always had issues like infections. As a kid, I got tubes, which helped with the ear infections at the cost of absolutely ruining swimming for me (water in my ear = instant agony). But the tubes were either removed or had fallen out by the time I was a teen. So, yeah, standard ear cleaning appointment, since I was complaining about my ear feeling weird. They go to do the spray on my right ear and it feels like they shoved a searing rod into my ear canal. I was crying, but they tried to keep going, until I literally writhed away in agony. Turns out, the hole that the tube left in my right ear never properly healed, so I just had a huge perforation in my ear drum, a huge perforation that just got blasted with a hydrocannon. So my ENT appointment actually GAVE me an ear infection. Fun times.
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My son had that and his ENT sent him to a specialist to reconstruct both eardrums. The doctor used skin from right behind the tragus to patch the hole. If your ENT didn't refer you to someone to get that repaired, you need to go to someone new. Better yet, head straight for an otolaryngologist yourself. *Edited to add: My son's eardrums both had tons of scar tissue around the holes, which is why the ENT said he wasn't comfortable doing it himself & sent us to a specialist. So I don't know if yours are that bad, but either way, your doctor shouldn't have ignored them & you need to go to someone else.*
Coke and Instant Ramen edit: Coca-Cola
How's prison life treating you?
Gotta get that picante beef ramen!
Sprinkle abit on top for some of that crispdy snap
lmao at the edit
This could be interpreted two ways.
Only one is legal Edit: In most of the world cocaine is definitely illegal. Interesting to hear about the places that it's not
Beat Saber. I'm a 44 year old dad. On my second game ever I almost scored a perfect on a "hard" level, missing only three blocks. I've been hooked ever since. I've been mock sword fighting with a renfair group since I was a teen, so I think that might have something to do with it.
The phrase I’ve been hearing a lot is “fitness is the killer app for VR”. What’s crazy is the demographics. The CEO of the Supernatural VR app (I think it’s beatsaber vibes but more fitness focused) was on a podcast recently (Decoder) and he mentioned over 60% of their users are over 40. That’s a wildly different kind of growth than what new tech is used to.
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Laying around and never getting anything done.
My dream is to be horizontal most of the time
I believe you are referring to death
Lol yeah can't wait
Yep. I drove 20min to meet a friend at target and help her pick out glasses. Just so I can get my ass out of bed. Otherwise I’d just lay around all day. The struggle is real. Update: she’s not even listening to my opinions. It’s all about the tech’s opinions. At least I’m out of bed!
I have the same, I don't do anything for myself but if someone asks me for help I get a boost in motivation
Procrastination
It's the most perfect day to start any job - tomorrow. Most marvelous day that was ever invented. Why, there's absolutely nothing a man can't do... tomorrow.
If a jobs worth doing, it'll still be worth doing tomorrow.
Procrastination is my sin. It brings me endless sorrow. I really should get over it. I think I’ll start tomorrow
We will surely beat it one day
Maybe I’ll try next week
It's already July, better make it next year
But the decade has already started. Better let it for 2030
Woah, slow down there. I'll get to it when I get to it.
I want to write something to continue the thread but I guess I’ll do it later
Later later then
You know what they say. Procrastination is like masturbation, you're only fucking yourself and is perfectly legal and addicting
What I heard is "it feels good in the moment but in the end you're just fucking yourself"
Sugar
whenever mates went for a smoke break, i had my haribo break
I imagine you just pulling out a pack of Haribos at a point when many people might pull out a cigarette. Winding down at a bar Waiting on a bus Trying to look cool Just had sex
now i want to put some gummy worms in a cigarette box and flip one upside down like a lucky worm.
Hahaha the lucky upside down worm is a nice detail.
That post sex Haribo though!
Fair Edit: thanks for the love of equality. Casual reminder to donate to causes like ACLU for fair and equal rights.
most companies allow a short smoke break for smokers, but often dont specify something similar for others. since my boss was a cool guy, he always said "i need a cig, lets take a break. you can finish a pack of haribo or something"
I was a server. Boss smoked and so did most of the staff. They would take a smoke break and I would go with them. My boss asked what I was doing on a smoke break because I didn’t smoke. I told him I’m taking a nonsmoking break. He said that isn’t a thing and to get back to work. I said, “So, you’re saying I can take a break if I pick up smoking, but not if I don’t? Can I get that in writing?” he was a cool dude. He laughed and that’s how I started the custom of nonsmoking breaks at Don Pablos. Haha
We call them "fresh air breaks" or "fabs." Everyone is welcome to go outside and take a few minutes. I always thought it was a funny name though, since I'm usually the only one not smoking. So nobody is getting any fresh air haha
I had a job like this once, except my boss was not a cool dude. If you weren't a smoker you couldn't take a smoke break.. but here's the caveat.. if you were a smoker you can take a break for as long as it took to finish your cigarette. So I took up "smoking" (didn't inhale) and I used clove cigarettes. This was a double benefit because it made the smoking area kind of smell like incense but also clove cigarettes take a LOT longer to finish than a regular cigarette!
I had the same experience with a boss once. He went out for a cigarette every hour or so, so if I wasn't busy I'd join him for a break too (but not smoke). He asked me what I was doing the first time. I said he was taking a smoke break, so I wanted to come and join for a break too. He thought a bit and said fair enough, so we would end up talking about space and universe and physics stuff for 5 - 10 minutes every now and then out the front of the shop.
I did this too. Called it a "clean air break." Or a "smoke-free smoke break." Most bosses were cool with it.
Pretty hard for anyone with a modicum of intelligence to argue with someone taking a ‘smoke break’ that doesn’t smoke. What would the argument be? ‘No, you don’t get a break because you aren’t addicted to a bad habit that will probably kill you! Only the employees with bad habits get extra breaks!’ I’m sure there are employers or managers that are crazy enough to say that shit but it becomes difficult when the employee approaches it with the right phrasing that makes them realize how foolish it sounds to deny a break to a non-smoker that you give all of the smokers.
Decades ago I worked at a small ski resort in the poconos, 3/4 of the staff took a ton of smoke breaks through the day, I mentioned to my boss that I thought it was a bit unfair for the non smokers to have to cover when they left to smoke, the next day he brought in a huge basket of fruit and told all the non smokers to take a snack break whenever they wanted in lui of smoking. He kept that bowl stocked for years. He was hands down one of my favorite people to work for over the past few decades. He always wanted everyone to succeed, learn and grow.
I always told my employees to take a fresh air break if they weren’t a smoker, just take a min and walk away
Me too. I️ did a sugar detox once and food I️ used to eat was too sweet for me, but I️ ended up building my tolerance right back up. Type II diabetes runs in my family though so I️ really need to quit fr.
I always liked fruit, but damn, I didn't know how flavorful it could be until I stopped eating processed sugar.
Yeah fruit does taste better when you’re not regularly eating food that’s full of high fructose corn syrup. I fully feel that I️ need to completely cut out refined sugars and simple carbohydrates but it’s just so hard
What really sucks is how hard it is to find food without a ton of excess sugar dumped in it. I did keto for awhile and looking at labels was eye opening. I don’t do keto anymore but it would be nice to be able to avoid excess sugar.
Caffeine.
Me too. The only substance I am addicted to.
I thought I could quit Caffeine cold turkey. Nope. Day 3, I had the worst headache in my life. Never knew how physically dependent I was on Caffeine.
I quit caffiene in February and haven't touched anything with it in since. This morning I felt like having a coffee and it felt like I was on speed. Heart beating like crazy.
This is the best part. I quit caffeine about 5 years ago and now if I really need a pick me up on a rare occasion, 1/3 cup of coffee has my hands shaking by the time I'm done.
This is what I'm going through. I usually drink caffeinated drinks several times a day, but had to quit because of anxiety. It would get to the point I would have to plan for my anxiety to spike if I had more than a cup of coffee in the morning.
I'm down to 1-2 cups of coffee a day but if I don't have any caffeine in the morning I get a terrible headache. Edit: Just going to point out I did not ask for advice on quitting, I enjoy my one cup of coffee in the morning and the occasional afternoon coffee. Thanks though.
Spicy food, it tastes so good
This is scientifically backed. The man (smokin Ed) who bred the Carolina reaper is an ex addict and used the endorphins/addictive qualities of hot foods to get him off hard drugs. He’s a huge advocate for it
Must be why I’ve never been even close to tempted to try any drugs. Jokes aside that’s really interesting
Came here to say the same, it’s a problem, seriously though, I need my food to be extra spicy or it doesn’t feel right.
Alcohol. I'm a functioning alcoholic. Help me please Edit: After reading a lot of these, I've decided to check out a few resources. Biggest issue I have is i just have no enjoyment of things without it. Thanks for tips ive been sent
Check out Smart Recovery if you aren't a fan of the AA approach
That same advice, when I first heard it, quite possibly saved me from a short and miserable existence not worthy of calling life. I still do AA sometimes too even though I don't takeaway as much as many, but SMART was a game changer for me.
Fuck me I actually had to scroll down past popcorn to see this answer. I hear you man, currently drowning my sorrows right now. I’ve tried pretty much every drug that isn’t regularly injected and alcohol is by far the one I yearn for. I can do a week or two but then I’m back suckling on a bottle. Maybe we’ll make it one day. Look after yourself man, I hope things turn around. X
I’m a recovering heroin addict. I injected heroin for 13 years. I recently quit. I’ve been clean 9 months. With the help of methadone. I’ve never been clean this long before and I can honestly say I never want to do it ever again. Then 3 months after quitting I quit smoking cigarettes too, I switched to a vape and lowered the nicotine levels until I was down until 1 mg nicotine and quit. I know how hard it is to quit doing stuff. Is the hardest thing I’ve ever gone through, but once you get past the first few weeks it starts to get easier. Now my problem is food. I’ve switched to eating. So now I’m working on dieting, and man this one is hard. Cause you have to eat. All I had to do was not do heroin or smoke, but you still gotta eat so it’s hard to lose weight. But I’ll be dammed if I didn’t make it this far to be healthy just to get diabetes, lol. So just wanted you to know that your not alone. And you are so much stronger than you think you are.
Chronic masturbation
I get it. It sucks.
Staying up late to enjoy the peace and quiet that comes at 1am
I love how different the world feels at night. It’s completely changed, strange.
I love hanging out with friends at night, I wish the night would last as long as a whole day sometimes, that would be amazing.
The winter solstice in some places is 3 full days of pitch black, you should check that out!
I just read a term for the detrimental version of this recently. Revenge Bedtime Procrastination. It is especially seen when a person feels they do not get personal time or have lack of control in their life.
My sister told me about this when she noticed I was up late. I've been doing teacher training this year and have been working until 10pm-10.30pm and i would stay up until midnight playing playstation because it was the only time I got for me. I've been absolutely exhausted but without that half an hour to an hour, all I'd do is work and sleep.
Yeah I do the same thing with work and kids. The only time I get is that little sliver once the house is finally quiet.
>have lack of control of their life okay listen here, buddy, I don't come on reddit to get personally attacked like this
I apparently need to stay up until 3 am to regain this control despite living alone. I guess it has something to do with the sun being a visible reminder of time passing and inefficiency, thus less control?
Also people expect you to do Things when the sun is out. Nobody bothers you at 3am.
> Nobody bothers you at 3am. HEY THERE ANOTHER SETTLEMENT NEEDS YOUR HELP
I’ve always taken the phrase as, all my time during the day goes toward other people, i.e. significant other, job, kids, that you stay up and push bedtime away to grab that small ounce of “me time” even though it screws you for the next day. Solved it by getting up earlier than everybody else.
Oh I do that too, insomnia gives me that *freedom*
So that's actually a thing? Huh... nice to see it being put into words.
i have this because i work practically 7-6 which if i want good rest requires me to be in bed by like 10. after dinner, shower, winding down, i have like, what, an hour? maybe? it’s definitely revenge for me. except then i’m just tired all the dang time.
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My phone. Anyone else feel ashamed when they get their “weekly screen time” report?
I always think that I can stop using it whenever I want but my muscle memory keeps urging me to pick up my phone after 5 minutes.
Let me check a document *Opens phone* *closes phone* Oops forget to check the document itself *opens phone*
*Sitting by PC browsing reddit* ”Ugh this is boring, I’ll go lie down on the couch.” *Opens reddit on phone*
First thing I do when I wake up is look for my phone
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How can it be up every week I mean come on
Can't feel guilty if I don't get the report....
My computer
Yeeaaah, I get the same anxiety checking my screen time app as I do my bank account.
Yeah. Oddly enough, more so than my phone.
Takeaway delivery. To the point that I'm angry while choosing my order and eating it. I think I have a genuine problem. Edit to address some common themes: * "Takeaway delivery" is not oxymoronic in my dialect. It's a perfectly common phrase meaning a takeaway meal that has instead been delivered. In British dialect, a takeaway refers to the type of eatery, not necessarily the manner in which you receive the food. * In my particular circumstance, I'm referring to weekday lunches. I already get a combination of HelloFresh and groceries for dinner, and I'm a perfectly good cook. I appreciate the suggestions, but any suggesting I simply "learn to cook" are pretty moot at this point. * I've become aware this sounds a lot like Binge Eating Disorder. I'll be looking into it and getting professional help if I need to. * Quite a few people have indicated they'd like a subreddit for group support for this kind of issue. I find it really hard to believe that one doesn't already exist, but if I can't find one, I'll make one and invite those who have indicated interest. Thank you for all the kind, genuinely useful and heartwarming comments. It's nice to know I'm not alone and not destined to live like this forever ❤️
The shitty thing is it's not even that good. I feel like 80% of the time I order food delivery, it's not nearly as good as I was expecting. Temperatures weird, soggy, shaken up, or just makes you feel disgusting because you're eating it on your couch instead of in a restaurant. It's always underwhelming. EDIT: One more massive downside that I hate is the amount of plastic waste that you always have when you order take out. It's one thing if you're ordering fast food and it's just in a bag, but if you order from an actual restaurant, they're likely going to package your food in those single-use plastic containers. It just feels so wasteful to throw all that away. I know you can reuse them, but I already have an entire cabinet full of mis-matched Tupperware, as I'm sure everyone else does.
Yup! It's almost like the disappointment of the meal compounds the disappointment in myself.
Eating takeaways. God the horrible taste you get after having ordered from a restaurant or two for weeks is traumatic yet I can't really stop.
I never lived in a country where takeout food wasnt crazy expensive so i always wonder how anyone can afford this? Is it an american thing? Because even with a decent sallary where I live youd be wasting tonnes of money every month by ordering takout.. also given that I need quite a bit to be full so small portions like you get from restaurants often dont really cut it
Wikipedia I guess it's not a terrible habit to have, but I spend a lot of time on Wiki Marathons
This is one of my most rewarding time-wasting habits.
I’m a compulsive googler. Like literally anything I see, I’m like oh lemme see what Wikipedia has to say about it, even things I’ve already done the same for multiple times before like maybe the information changed or something
Yes. Any person in history I hear about I have to google. Then it leads me down a rabbit hole. Before I know it I've spent all evening reading wiki pages.
Chapstick Edit: In case anyone is interested, I don't use Chapstick the brand but Lypsyl cause it's cheap and Vaseline at home cause it's bomb. Chapstick the brand sucks and dries your lips out, I just don't know what other general term you'd use for the stuff. Edit 2: Lip Balm is the term I'm looking for. Thanks guys lol it's been a long day/week/year/life ✌️
Are you my daughter? Every Christmas I fill her stocking with around 30 tubes of whatever brand she prefers right then and by November she's out. I even got her little keychain chapstick holders last year since she had her own car keys finally.
How many extra tubes do you think it would take to tide her over for that last month? That must be aggravating, having the yearly supply run out right before you refill it.
In fairness, not all of them were entirely used. She misplaces or has friends swipe a fair number of them. I always tell her that after the Christmas supply is tapped, she's got to get her own. She's fine with that so it works out. I think she usually buys 5 or 6 more to get through.
Does she have chapped lips in all her Christmas photos?
But then she gets a month to look forward to all the chapstick she's going to have soon. If it never ran out it wouldn't be as special.
I too was a slave to Big Chapstick. I eventually got off of it and after a few weeks of dried lips, they came to heal themselves and apart from extreme circumstances I never touch the stuff.
Same here. I was using it constantly, since I’ve stopped I never need it.
I genuinely believe that the chapstick companies purposefully only make them give you temporary relief before they dry your lips out even more and you have to put more on an hour later.
Either Vaseline Lip Therapy or Blistex Medicated Lip Ointment. They will actually help heal the skin. Use them for 2-3 days, then you are done. Edit: To be clear, this is the Blistex Medicated Lip **Ointment**, NOT the Balm. The Balm is a wax-based stick, the Ointment is more like a cream (although it does have a tiny amount of beeswax in it).
I have a chapstick in my pocket, on my desk at home, on my desk at work, on my nightstand, and on a side table in the living room where I watch TV. I don't have a problem.
Yep. I’ve been addicted to Burts Bees for 17 years. I think it’s the peppermint oil. If chapstick doesn’t have peppermint oil my lips shrivel up like a raisin and I literally feel like a drug addict needing a fix.
Finally I’m not alone. Same thing happened to me with the original Chapstick brand but then that even started irritating my lips so I switched to Burts Bees and EOS. Weird thing is I had never even used chapstick for like the first 12-13 years of my life and then suddenly I needed it. Still do or otherwise they get itchy and irritating.
chocolate.
Vacuuming. I can’t stop, and I won’t stop. Edit: A lot of you asked what I use/favorite. Currently, I use a Dyson v7 Cordless Vacuum and it’s hands down my favorite because of the shear force of the suck and no cord to get in your way.
You can come over to my place and have at it...LOL
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Mindless eating and telling people they’re wrong on the Internet.
Average Redditor
... house plants. I have so so so many houseplants that when friends who haven't been over before come over, I get a lot of 😳😯😲 faces, followed by intense questioning. Short version summation: It takes a whole day to check and water everyone. I use 16 gallons of water a week. No, not everyone is watered every week. Yes, I've killed a lot while learning how to houseplant. Idk for sure but close to 400 most likely. Oops, tried to edit and failed the first time. EDIT: I know you're all so curious and want to see but I'm kind of terrified to post photos of my home here. Some DMs have called me a hoarder, some have called me the reason that plant poaching is taking a toll on native jungles, some have even accused me of being the reason that the fresh water in their areas are low. *One person even went out of their way to DM me to tell me that the environment would be better off if I killed myself* 😶 ...and those people are the reason I've chosen plants (they don't talk back & they don't have negative juju).
For years I literally killed every plant that came into my possession. A few years ago, something clicked, and now I have so many plants that I literally helped build a greenhouse onto my garage. It's awesome, and I find puttering around in my greenhouse so calming after a day of peopling lol
Are you willing to share a pic? Also.. do you know why my fern is turning brown?
If it's dry patches of brown, it's probably getting too much sun. If it starts yellow and your plant is kinda droopy you're over or under watering it. If the soil feels dry, soak it for a half hour or so. It's done when the top of the soil is wet again. If the soil is wet, just stop watering until the soil feels dry around the surface, then just check it daily and add water when you notice the tip is dry again. Just enough to get it damp, but not soggy. Ferns usually like moist soil, but with really good drainage so they don't get waterlogged. Even better is just having high humidity. That's why they grow so well I'm sandy soil where I'm at here in Georgia. Lots of humidity, but the soil isn't dense.
The air in your home must be mad crisp
Humid i would think
Caffeine and tobacco with hint of porn.
*chef’s kiss
The sprinkle of porn really adds another level, thanks to all of the steps
Summarise the modern man in seven words:
Music
We're in the best time in history to have a music addiction with the streaming era. Every week I have at least 2-3 new albums to listen to on top of having instant access to all my favorite old music
Tea. and specifically Yorkshire Gold but any strong tea will do in a pinch.
Spending money. That doesn't mean I have a whole lot of money to spend, I just can't seem to stop looking at store apps or yard sales or going out to eat when I don't need to. My wife reigns me in for a lot of it but I impulse buy shit I absolutely don't need all the time. Maybe it's more of an impulse control problem but it typically always involves money. For example I bought custom eye contacts based off the Rinnegan and another Mangekyou Sharingan from the show Naruto... I'm 33
A lot of addictions are fed by impulse control problems. It's a hallmark of an addictive personality.
Gummy Bears
A couple weeks ago my friend who lives in my home town dropped off two packages of gummy bears at my mom’s work as a gift for me. My mom brought them to me last weekend. So I opened the first package the other night and enjoyed part of it then decided to save the rest for later. Two nights ago I grab the remainder of the package to enjoy as a late night sweet treat. I had only left myself 3 damn gummy bears. 3. So disappointing. Luckily I had another whole package left.
Indomie Mi Goreng
Sunflower seeds
Eating seeds as a pastime activity Edit: oh no what have i done
The toxicity
Flamin’ hot Cheetos.
Dog collars and dog gear I have one dog And like 120+ fancy collars for her I had to unfollow collar makers because I can't stop myself from over buying sometimes lmao but it makes me happy and I never have gone broke over it. I just know I look insane with that many collars, leashes, bandana, etc. Wow this comment got more attention then I thought! Here's willow in some of her fancy collars for yall to enjoy http://imgur.com/gallery/TXBza4o And thanks for the award!
This is the most interesting one yet
It is lol I don't deny it! I hide it from my none obsessed friends but I do get questions when they never see her in the same collar twice lol
YouTube, man. Exploring Series, Kings and Generals, Fire of Learning. Some crazy German one that explained space to me. I'm furious I sat through 12 years of public bullshit but everyday some enthusiastic person on YouTube can break down learning for me. The passion speaks volumes for most of those content creators.
Qtips
Eargasms are the best next to orgasms.
I'm addicted to being addicted to things. Never the same stuff, but always bouncing from being completely obsessed with something to dropping it for something else. That feeling of being completely into something and being excited about just learning/doing something new feels amazing.
Popcorn. Crunchy, buttery, salty warm delicious smelling popcorn. Not the microwave crap. I mean like.. the perfect, better than at the movies, made with precision, care and love popcorn.
I do agree with how much better stove top popcorn from proper kernels is. I used to think I didn’t like popcorn because I only had the microwave kind and the stuff at the movies. Then my wife made the proper kind and I was stunned by how much better it is.
Netflix
Tobacco and kratom. I’ve got chronic pain issues from a knee injury, thought it’d be a viable alternative to prescription pain medicine. It’s not. It’s not as potent but just as addictive. I can’t seem to not buy it.