the_itsb (she/her)

fka u/the_itsb, aka the_itsb@beehaw.org, the_itsb@midwest.social, the_itsb@lemmy.world, the_itsb@sh.itjust.works 41f artsy ADHD married to 42m machine whisperer, teen son trans & also ADHD. We do outdoor equipment & small engine repair at our home just outside Athens, OH.

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  • Hurray! And then, if we can all stop pretending that pregnancy is magic and babies are awesome, maybe mothers will feel less monstrous when they’re struggling and more willing to seek help.

    Pregnancy and mothering an infant was the hardest and worst extended period in my life - I’ve had individual, shorter worse experiences, but that was the longest stretch of misery I’ve had. Meanwhile, people were telling me that I should savor every moment because it just gets harder! 🤦😂 I can laugh about that now, but jfc did it make me suicidal to think that!

    If you’re suffering through that period too and surrounded by people telling you how awesome it is - maybe that was their experience, but it’s totally okay if it isn’t yours, because it wasn’t mine either, but things got better. Once your child can communicate, that lessens the difficulty dramatically. And if you ever wanna bitch to a sympathetic mom who is open about the shitshow it all can be, I am here for it. ❤️


  • US has imperial for everything but guns and drugs

    If we’re talking legal drugs, my prescriptions all come in milligrams.

    If we’re talking illegal drugs, though fractions of ounces or pounds were more common, it wasn’t unusual to come across someone selling stuff by the gram back in the day, and I can’t imagine that’s changed. The weed dude would sell any amount at $10/gram - and yes, I did see someone come with $3 once. 😂 I don’t remember the coke dude’s prices because that was much longer ago, but he was also totally fine with selling single grams.

    Maybe my experience was different because I live in a college town, so the black market was supportive of the small purchases necessitated by student budgets.















  • It’s wild to me that there are actual adults who think “diversity, equity, and inclusion” is somehow evil and bad. I grew up in a conservative family in a rural area, and even I remember being told by my parents and Sunday school teachers that “It takes all kinds,” and “Jesus loves them, you should too.” Those lessons convey the same ethos as “diversity, equity, and inclusion.”




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    1 year ago

    It’s one misguided poster spamming the shit out of a bunch of instances, but this post itself seems to imply a more widespread problem.

    What are you trying to achieve with this post? Would you like to spark conversation about this particular person’s crusade ? Or are you the umpteenth poster this month complaining about content referencing Reddit?

    Honestly, the bitching about the bitching about Reddit is becoming pretty fucking tiresome, imho. Why are we talking about this? Why did you make this post? Why not just downvote that asshat’s content and move on? It doesn’t contribute, you allegedly don’t care, why post to complain about complaints?