What is bothering you RIGHT NOW?

I am pissed off because we are losing freedom of speech on the internet.

My fridge just died.

R2- Sorry about that. My ice maker died. Idk why.

My boss just e-mailed me telling me she's concerned that my employee isn't "interacting with the team" enough. Bitch, we're all working remotely! How do you propose he interact with them? Call 'em up and chat about what they're having for lunch?

Fuck off.

"I am pissed off because we are losing freedom of speech on the internet. "

Shut up!

R5-. Make me, bitch. My freedumb!!!

Ida's remnants as she sticks her raw cock in Philly's nasty ass.

[quote]I am pissed off because we are losing freedom of speech on the internet.

The Bill of Rights does not establish your absolute right to livestream yourself blowing up frogs on the platform of your choice.

I'm jetlagged and working through a fog.

And I'm a brain surgeon

I have a ZOOM call with a rabbi in about 15 minutes and my stomach is a mess -- not because of the call, but because I ate too much fiber-y stuff. I'm sure I'm going to fart -- LOUDLY-- and be mortified during this call. What to do!? Oy, gevalt.

The shit going on in Texas makes me sad that I'm not dying fast enough.

Why ? The longer you live, the longer you can VOTE to keep it blue.

I bought a condo and asked every question related to noise as I am a light sleeper....moved in and the seller didn't disclose all noise issues. Some nights I only get a couple hours of sleep as the A/C air compressors are over the bedroom...

R10 Darling, try Gas-X, it works. If you let one rip, jopefully the rabbi will say Mazel Tov!

OP Sounds like you ought to make a nectarine sorbet. Pretty easy if you have a Cuisinart. Partially freeze the leaking nectarines, then add a bit of jam and a few ice cubes, pulse until texture is right. Apricot jam would complement the nectarines I should think, or Apple Jelly. The pectin in the jam helps the fruit set up better, but you could use honey or sugar as well.

Nothing at all bothering me at the moment.

Republican and Republican adjacent "lawmakers"

I'm INCENSED that it is not already Thursday. Where is my goddamned holiday weekend already?

That so many people are irrationally gripped by fear and outrage.

r14

Great idea, thank you! I have Cuisinart and can get apricot jam which I love.

My mom is an anti COVID vaxxer and right wing fundie. She is trying to convince me not to get the 3rd dose. I shut down the conversation because it’s more of a control issue from her side.

I have to have my motorcycle serviced, but the service department at the shop isn’t answering the phone, so I’ll just have to GO there to see if they can take it before my big trip next week.

The extreme stupidity of the general public is what's bothering me most right now.

There's no g.d. tonic in the house, even though I specifically asked my partner to get some yesterday when he went to the grocery store. So, now I will just drink plain gin and... cranberry juice? wtf.

It’s a deluge of rain and my prissy pug refuses to go out to pee. We have another 12-14 hours of heavier rain on the way. Oy vey!

R22, gin and soda (i.e. seltzer) isn’t bad, if you happen to have some of that on hand. It has to be good gin though.

R18/OP You're welcome,; it'll be beautiful in your mouth. YAY! No more guilt or sadness over wasted nectarines now. Start with 5-6 large ice cubes and 2TBS of jam for 3-4 nectarines... as I don't know how sweet they are. You can always add more jam later after tasting.

This old bitch (from another site) who constantly post anti-pharma bullshit, and calls people "sheep" who believe in modern medicine and science. One of the dumbest bitches I have ever encountered online.

That there is some kind of ferocious storm coming.

R22 Gin also makes an excellent Bloody, (better than vodka IMHO) if you have tomato juice or V8. Otherwise make a Martini. Dry white wine can sub for Vermouth if you're out.

A new colleague (academe) who insists on being referred to as "Dr." in any and all communications, including with colleagues who also have doctorates.

Look. Doctorates in academia are a dime a dozen. They even awarded one to me! Only the most insufferable among us insist on the "Dr." when communicating with peers. (She's not young, either, nor recently out of her PhD program.)

I am out of blue corn chips. I have a ZOOM meeting tonight that I am not yet prepared for (as I while away my time on DL). My front yard after days of rain is full of weeds. I haven't had sex in a month.

Ha, funny R29. I'm in the same boat, and my colleague and I were just yesterday texting privately about an online meeting within our school. We all were doing some informal introductions, and every single person was just saying "I'm Jake, I'm Susan, I'm Bill..." etc. This new bitch (with a hyphenated name) does a VERY long introduction, starting with, "My name is Dr. Sheila Brooks Carson...." (not her real name). Bitch, this is a lunch meeting, you're fine.

I have a 5.5 hour flight tomorrow. I'm not looking forward to sitting in a small metal tube with what I suspect will be a lot of covidiots. Help! Pray for me!

I recently flew and didn't catch it, r32. Double mask. Try not to eat or drink on the flight. And hope for the best in terms of fellow passengers.

I'm having dinner tonight with a friend who, as often as not, annoys me.

I have an itchy cooter.

I sometimes still wish I had my very own Beverley Leslie, Karen Walker @ R34. But I cut those one or two people out at least a decade ago.

R1 And You're totally right. don't listen to the stupid cunts on here. What is happening is VERY worrying. Jack Dorsey and Mark Zuckerberg want to control the world. If this forum were full of smart people, they would take offense just like you. Don't worry, those who are making fun of you will be the first tomorrow to come crying on the DL when their freedom is restricted. For now they are too stupid and selfish to realize what social mediass are doing. I'm waiting for the next high-tech genius to create a network that respects freedom of speech and especially without the Woke ideology advocated by Dorsey and Zuckerberg, Google etc.

R22 Gin and ginger beer is delish if you have any on hand.

I’m doing some sexy chat with an acquaintance. He wants to hook up, I do too. What he doesn’t know is a lifetime of anxiety, naughty porn, and masturbation have ruined sex for me. I just don’t stay hard when I’m with someone. So now the thought of hooking up makes me even more anxious even though I want it. 😞

Also, hayfever.

I have to go to the loo, but I don't want to get up and actually move my body over to the bathroom. Sigh...how much longer can I hold it in.

So bothered.

The latest fad in pronouns is "she/they" and "he/they" and "he/she" (and also "he/ze" and "she/ze.")

Basta!!!

If that isn't the death knell of pronominal preoccupation, I don't know what is.

R39 Try Cialis or Viagra. You CAN retrain your cock, it may take awhile.

The whole fucking notion of stating your pronouns seriously makes my head explode, R41.

What's your name? Joe? Cool, hey Joe. Joe, can you help me with __. Hey everyone, this is my friend Joe. Hey Joe, do you like Italian food?

Who the FUCK needs to hear your pronouns.

My USB mouse abruptly stopped working with my MacBook Pro. So I changed the battery and it still didn't work. Then I got another mouse and that's not working either. I'm afraid I might need a new MacBook just because of all this.

My pants are too tight.

News anchors who can’t speak in complete sentences, and use gerunds instead of verb forms. E.g. “The remnants of Hurricane Ida, bringing heavy rain to the Ohio Valley at this hour. Authorities, expecting several inches of additional rainfall this afternoon. Southern New England, bracing for rough weather tonight. Me not like big storm. Hulk Smash!”

ABC News, and particularly David Muir, is the worst offender. Where exactly did he learn how to speak in that bizarrely unnatural way?

The stupid frau in front of me was turning left at an intersection, but instead of pulling into the intersection when the light turned green, -she stayed behind the crosswalk until the light turned yellow, then turned so no-one else could get through. Had to wait through the next cycle. Women should net be allowed to drive cars.

I am sick and tired of women complaining about housework and childcare. It's easy task, and the least you can do in exchange of a meal . Women have become unsufferable. There's nothing easier than caring for children and a little cleaning /cooking. Make yourselves useful, bitches, you're zero value apart from that. The fuck is better with guys anyway. Jeeez

My know-it-all, never-wrong narcissistic mother is leading my father to his grave with antivax conspiracy theories.

The rain and a small leak in my basement that I now have to call someone to repair.

I have a trip to Marseilles booked in October, the EU just voted to reimpose restrictions on Americans entering Europe given the all the fuckwits spreading it around, and I probably won’t know if I’m able to still go or if I just wasted $5k for a couple of weeks. I hate waiting.

I’m bothered that you are IGNORING DL’s long-standing series “I Want to be Underwhelmed.”

My nose has started running, I’m slightly breathless and I feel exhausted, so obviously I’m beginning to think I have Covid.

Hayfever

r48 can't be real

You, OP.

Just you.

r48 is a flame n' freak.

Remnants of Hurricane Ida is slamming into Philadelphia, South Jersey and Delaware right now so yes I’m quite bothered by this at the moment. We’re under a Tornado watch right now.

Marcia

Waiting for tornado

I am worried Joe is doomed after this Afghanistan departure debacle & we're looking at President DeSantis. Yes - mary, I know - but I am trying to fight off pessimism

Fuckin climate change, man

It's hot and humid and raining and I have to get up to turn on the air conditioner and my cat is an asshole .

[quote] The stupid frau in front of me was turning left at an intersection, but instead of pulling into the intersection when the light turned green, -she stayed behind the crosswalk until the light turned yellow, then turned so no-one else could get through. Had to wait through the next cycle. Women should net be allowed to drive cars.

I hate when people don't move into the intersection while waiting to make a left turn. The drivers in my town all wait behind the line. Most of the intersections have left turn arrows, so, they can't figure out how to do a discretionary left turn.

Lord knows we ain’t got money I’m so in love with other women’s pussies.

My asshole has psoriasis

Dr Jacobs is in Sioux City, IA!

My upstairs neighbours are playing video games and screaming/hollering/hooting every time they fail to shoot something. It is 12.35am. They also threw cigarette butts into my garden today. I despise these people.

I wish I had a slice of fresh apple pie

Had some Tapatio salsa picante after a long time and my poor asshole is on fire. FIRE!!

I wish Biden would eviscerate Putin. I am sick of living in Russia. That is what we have become because dark money owns the politicians. I have a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach that is telling me democracy is over. That would mean my disability and social security is over because that will be the first thing to go. They have been waiting for 40 years to end that. I am frightened, angry, and feel traumatized from the last five years. And hopeless. I am actively trying to find a way to get enough medication to end it all in the event I become homeless. Sorry for venting.

I was just put in Twitter jail for referring to Elvis Presley as " the white trash God."

I'm angry because when I tried to renew my vehicle registration online today, I got a message saying that the transaction couldn't be completed because of some bullshit clerical error that is totally not my fault. Now I'm going to have to go to the DMV in person to renew it, which is always a nightmare of long lines and long waits where I live.

Fucking motherfucking Texas

You better be a woman r74 or you’re too far gone.

R74:. Fucking motherfucking Texas.

Just don't get pregnant, dear. You no longer have a choice.

r56/PR stooge, don't get your panties in a wad, just use the handy dandy block feature to the far right.

[quote] Had some Tapatio salsa picante after a long time and my poor asshole is on fire

R79 most people put it in food instead of using it for lube.

[quote] Now I'm going to have to go to the DMV in person to renew it, which is always a nightmare

R73 unless you’re a poor, stop being cheap, join AAA and register there and be in and out in 10 minutes like normal white people.

I STEPPED on the ping pong ball!

I've got a massive floater in my right eye, like a giant spot that keeps moving around.

R71 if you have nothing to lose then you are ready to fight back. Don’t give up. Make yourself available and wait for further instructions. They will arrive via a “divine” source.

As usual, my elderly dad just belched and then farted on his way out the door. He never does it after he goes outside, but always before, in the hallway just outside my computer room.

Physically: my lower back hurts.

Existentially: living in a world where women are chattel, civil rights are only temporarily granted, and the planet is miserable.

I’m putting together a photo presentation of my trip callled My Voyage to Wuhan. As a recent trans Asian, I made a trip to the land of my non-birth ancestors. In every photo I look like a white dude pretending to be Chinese by squinting and laughing too hard. I wish I looked more AUTHENTIC.

It would be easier to ask what ISN'T bothering me right now. And I am not normally like this!

The world is bothering me. I am bothering me. Tense and nervous- can’t relax.

R87---Quest que ç'est!

I'm thinking how in the hell is Szra Montiel still alive? She's 85. And my left ball hurts.

Being a freeper and having to wait to post my replies.

Thanks for the patronizing advice, R79. I've been a member of AAA for years. But this particular situation requires a trip to the DMV. I apologize for being the one who's bothering you RIGHT NOW.

r69 Hang tight I am going to make an apple Pie using Allison Arngrim's recipe.

They're just all gonna get away with it. All of them. And you guys know who I'm talking about!

I'm hungover and I have insomnia.

I'm in Twitter jail for 30 more minutes and boy do I have stuff to say when I get out. Candice Owens is being a cunt. moRON DeathSatan is killing Florida and Greg Abbott is trying to control women's pussies

^ I'm out of Twitter jail and I just yelled at all those people. Man, I feel great!

I should be working. Instead I am on DataLounge. My lack of work ethic vexes me.

Am I the only one who loves R14?

Yes.

The thought that there might be another toilet paper shortage coming.

A couple days ago, a heavy oak lid to a large bin of animal feed fell on my arm., scraping off skin and creating a gash. I also have an unrelated foot injury. I did receive medical treatment for both. Basically now, it is changing bandages and waiting for the healing.

Yeah, I can be accident prone.

R95 what landed you in Twitter jail?

The sheer futile exhausting torpor of human existence.

My sweet and normally healthy kitty has suddenly been diagnosed with two life threatening non-treatable illnesses, and I now have him in home hospice care. It's all happening so fast.

R98 Lots of love to you.

R104 so sorry about your kitty, that's horrible news. You know you have people's support here x

Hungry.

Having so many other goddamned letters included with LGB now

Trans-hating freaks who just have to wage their anti-trans jihad in every single thread.

I am r41, r109.

Pronouns really have nothing to do with trans people at this point.

Homophobic pro-trans misogynists who spew their vile bigotry everywhere.

Fuck off, MatTina.

R110, see r108. The use of “LGB” is a dead giveaway that the poster is an anti-trans jihadist.

I get up in the evening

And I ain't got nothing to say

I come home in the morning

I go to bed feeling the same way

I ain't nothing but tired

Man, I'm just tired and bored with myself

And that tranny trashed my name

People at work who demand last minute changes to projects that have been going on for months.

I scored an important contract for one of our projects at work. It was a big deal, because it saved the whole $500MM project. The VP told me over chat, and group email, and in team meetings, that I was going to receive a bottle of my favorite Islay Scotch Whisky. This has been going on for five months now, and I still see no whisky...

I’m in an aisle seat and fatties keep bumping into me.

Also I am flying to move back to Los Angeles and I hate living there.

Well, Sue Ellen, maybe they're hesitant considering your past behavior....

Microsoft Word formatting nonsense. It’s like trying to get a poltergeist to do your bidding.

I’m fat, have grown fatter during lockdown and have been invited to a formal event in mid-September and none of my smart clothes fit. I’m mortified by the mess I have made of myself.

r120 are you me?

[quote] I’m fat, have grown fatter during lockdown and have been invited to a formal event in mid-September and none of my smart clothes fit. I’m mortified by the mess I have made of myself.

Wear black, seriously. Wear something in your size, not something tight, ie, the size you used to be.

No internet except on my phone, and even that is really slow, and no power. Thanks Ida. I’m also tired after a nap and I have a headache that won’t go away.

Besitos r123

Impertinent underlings

Being told I can't have an opinion on abortion as a man, after just having been told that men can be pregnant, too.

R116 here. The VP just asked me what my favorite Scotch was. Does he read DL? :)

R123 here. You can blow out your novena candles for me because the power is back on. Wait, relight them for my ongoing lack of internet.

I’ll drink to that, R103.

That big floater that was annoying me last night is getting worse, my eye doctor set up an appointment with a retina specialist tomorrow morning. Apparently I am high risk for a detachment and was getting flashing lights for a few days before it happened.

I lost $146,000 last week while swing trading. It’s not going to drastically affect my approximately $3.5 million portfolio, but it still pisses me off.

Sorry to hear, R130. I hope your appointment goes well. Let us know what happens.

I've been dieting and hit a plateau this week. I've been dropping ounces but not pounds!

I can't find anything good to watch or take me down a rabbit hole on youtube

Got a bill in the mail today for 450 dollars. ouch

I owe my doctor 100 dollars

R120 right there with ya. And have a formal event in September. Mortified to see everyone.

OP, I feel your pain. I did the same thing with some peaches. Yuck.

But what is bothering me RIGHT NOW is that I'm out of tomatoes.

Sarah Beth was evicted.

I'm stewing about my doctor firing me today for "speaking to my staff member THAT way.".

My house is FILTHY!

There’s a cricket in my house, it won’t shut up, and my cat won’t do a damn thing about it.

I had a molar extracted a week ago and it's very uncomfortable still. Little chips of broken jaw bone keep coming up through my gums and I bite down on them while I gingerly chew my food on the other side of my mouth.

R75 Who do you think they’ll come for next?

Jake Tapper and his fake husband & father persona.

I forgot to empty the washing machine after doing a washing this morning. Now I need to put the machine on again, and won’t be able to hang the washingg in the garden to dry.

R138 mine too! I could hire a maid but I’d be embarrassed.

My man.

I still don't really feel like being social, even though most of the people I know are acting like they're in Times Square at the end of WWII. There's a Labor Day cookout I am planning to stay home from, and I'm getting pressure from other people like "oh, you HAVE to come..." blah, blah, blah.

my caftan just doesn't POP like I want it to for the Holiday party I'm giving on my terrace

I don't feel very well. "Most of the world's work is done by people who don't feel very well. " Voltaire

My unvaccinated uncle keeps showing up (uninvited & unmasked) at my parents, my sisters' and our house, expecting to be let in, fed, to chat. He is unconcerned about my nephews and niece (not old enough to be vaxxed) catching COVID or my parents (vaxxed but getting older and don't need any extra health issues). Frankly, neither my partner nor I want to hear his anti-vaxx, conspiracy theory bullshit anymore. The entire family have run out of patience in regard to him, I think.

R148 Usually attributed to Churchhill.

I had a power outage that fucked up my fridge. The repair was $500, so I decided to buy a new one instead of dealing with the repair and aftermarket parts and all that. Now I'm bothered by all I have to do to get ready for the delivery of the new fridge.

R120 et al I feel you! Am so massive. Battled long COVID and fatigue which hasn’t helped. So depressed. Need to go into office next week (got hired over Zoom which I had at a flattering angle) and dreading it.

Sigh

Covid insanity on both sides. I'm bothered that a pandemic is a political issue. I'm bothered by republican underplaying the pandemic and I'm bothered by democratic overplaying the pandemic. All common sense has been thrown out the window. Someone telling you to put on a mask has nothing to do with your rights, freedoms, and liberty, republicans. And democrats, the sky isn't falling. Calm the fuck down.

There was a cockroach in my kitchen sink this morning. I'm hoppin' mad about it, mostly because that kitchen right now is cleaner than it has been in months. NOW a cockroach?

I cannot keep my damn heels / big toes from getting too dried / crusty. I've done peels, used mineral oil, every damn lotion that supposed to prevent/help, and nothing. I'm sick of it.

R155 me too! Regular pedicures with the foot grater help, but I always let it go too long and then my heel starts hurting and it’s like…dammit!

Flies!

I have to wait to move back to LA. Just a week, though, but still.

Also, I have a family member who shares all of my business with persons whom I’ve never met. For what? Why? What’s the point? I never share his personal plans with others. I don’t share his travel itinerary with my friends. I don’t appreciate that he does so, regarding me. I notice that he rarely ever shares personal information about his friends with me, as it should be, since I’m not interested in knowing about them, nor should I be privy to their personal plans or information.

That said, I find it inappropriate that he discusses me with others. I find that to be improper and impolite.

Please just STFU about me.

Thanks!

The eerie glow, the reddish light of distant forest fires makes me queasy and uneasy.

My poosie is aching for a gentleman. It's been 48 hours.

How come only women can get an abortion? Yhat is flagrant discrimination. Plus, I have to pee.

The dry feet things sounds like a pain. My feet used to be like that. Do you guys work in an air-conditioned environment or live in a cold climate? My skin got way better after I started working from home.

R158 How on earth is this person getting all your personal information to share? Why would you continue even speaking to this person?

I lived through my 5.5 hour flight. Now I get to wait and see if I dodged Covid. Yea.

There's a mosquito in my bedroom. I can't even lie down for a few minutes without hearing it coming at my ear.

A cornichon is wedged in my butt crack and I can't get it out.

My boyfriends insane jealousy | he's gorgeous yet soooo insecure | I just made a sale to a bony little twink & bf lost it because twink looked too happy walking up to me 🤦🏻‍♂️ I wish I was kidding

What were you selling, r167?

I'm worried that bleach isn't as thorough at destroying DNA as I thought.

I’m thinking about a story I read on D/L a few years ago about two employees of universities in the UK and US who met online and ended up killing a man in the US and then fled from the scene. I wonder what happened to them…

My hair stylist gave me a shitass haircut for the first time ever. I’ve been going to her for 15 years. I can’t do anything with it and it’s pissing me right off.

I want to settle down with a nice oriental but there aren’t any available.

It’s 5.10am here. I couldn’t sleep, so i decided to get up and distract myself with some chores. I cleaned the oven, tidied the kitchen. Then I decided to clean the fridge and have just managed to drop the vegetable drawer onto the tiled floor. The drawer is now cracked on both sides.

I know there are bigger problems, but more and more I can’t stop wondering what the fuck is wrong with me.

I would be rage crying R173. You have my sympathy!

My intestines. I have a relatively mild case of food poisoning, but I took pink bismuth and nothing's moving 36 hours later.

I’m annoyed that I don’t know exactly what a cooter is aside from that it can be itchy.

Here’s a video

OP, what are "nectarines"?

R176 a cooter to my knowledge is fish or a snatch or basically a stank ass pussy. The itchiness is probably a yeast infection.

The ambulance sirens up on Canterbury Rd, they're about a kilometre away and I hear them all day and night on their way to Canterbury Hospital. The normal hum of traffic and planes usually drowns the sound out during the day, but Sydney is a plague city now.

I’m getting my astrazeneca jab next week and I’m scared.

Some of you might like to share my nice pottery amongst yourselves.

My oriental neighbors yammering away in Asian language.

R32 I will pray for you but COVID is God's way of chastising you.

I do not think it is going to get any better.

This thread didn’t turn out to be half bad.

R167, tell us more. In a separate thread of appropriate.

R39 To take the pressure off tell him you really get off the first time totally dedicating your energy to getting him off. Suck him like a champ. If you get hard and want to do more, great. If not, fine.

Here you go, r170

A friend called me last night, he was bragging about having a menage a trois with two Asian hookers, and he also thinks that Covid vaccines change people's DNA.

I woke up feeling upset about chatting with him.

R187, I love you! Thanks!

I had a TIA/ministroke and I’m in the hospital. My partner just had to leave as visiting hours are over. I’m scared.

I'm sorry to hear that, r190. I hope we can keep you distracted and amused.

[quote]How come only women can get an abortion? That is flagrant discrimination.

Move to Texas. Nobody's allowed to get an abortion and you can get $10,000 a head for snitching on anyone who tries to!

[quote] A friend called me last night, he was bragging about having a menage a trois with two Asian hookers,

Bragging about sex with hookers? Anyone with enough money can have sex with hookers.

People.

I’m depressed as hell.

I met a friend for lunch today. We ate really well and spent an afternoon drinking cocktails and chatting. I swore to myself that, being so stuffed, I wouldn’t eat again today.

I’m now at home, at 8.50pm, and I am eating a slice of cake the size of Hampshire. I’m pretty sure I have an eating disorder.

R190 WOW OP... That's the biggest bummer of the thread, now displacing bloke with (possible) detatched retina from first to second. Everyone here ought to feel better they're not in your place presently, and be grateful what they can take stock in.

I hope they're making you as comfortable as possible, and that you're able to get some rest. Ask them for a sedative if you're so distressed. Wishing you a speedy and full recovery. 🙏💐

^omit that OP... not quite sure how that actually happened.

My boyfriend and his mood swings. He doesn’t go for violence, I’m not afraid. But he does the silent treatment. Makes me extremely anxious.

Trying to practice healthy detachment….on Datalounge.

R199 sounds like you both just need to grow up

Thanks for the tip R200.

My loud-ass upstairs neighbor. I actually don't mind the sound of footfallss. But he somehow manages to make my ceiling creak as he stomps all over. Wish he'd give it a rest and sit down on the couch and stare at his phone for a few hours.

I haven't had a stalker in years!

R172, the term is "Right here. On the Oriental."

Landscapers. I live in the burbs and work from home. All i hear all day are industrial sized equipment used to mow a lawn the size of a postage stamp. Don’t even get me started on leaf blowers.

Currently, a kidney stone.

I've had many dozens of them since 1994, but this one is probably the worst, situated up next to my right kidney. I'm having difficulty moving, and there's blood in my urine.

^ Sorry it's HELL but it will pass.

R203 I know your IP address.

Zanny Minton Beddoes is a skank

My friend becomes a monster when he’s drinking and doing coke and treats people badly. He doesn’t recognise this and blames everyone else. Now it’s my turn for the shitty treatment and the icing out. I’m really upset and also fucking mad at him.

My new shirt is itchy.

Why are there so many itchy cooters on DL? Is there a remedy to share?

Nothing like a little cooter

A bulging hemorrhoid.

I'm learning to play hockey and I chipped a bit of drywall while practicing shooting in the living room. I can get it fixed but I didn't think I was hitting that hard.

[quote]I'm learning to play hockey and I chipped a bit of drywall while practicing shooting in the living room.

When I was a kid growing up in Canada hockey was played on an ice rink not on carpet in your living room. I can't imagine the damage to your floor and walls from your ice skates.

R206 I'm so sad to hear my favourite Dragon is suffering! I hope you get some relief soon, and despite the fact that I'm not certain anyone is listening, I'm praying for you regardless. (not to Jeebus if that matters much, as I'm familiar with your many posts, but rather to the much simpler mythological god of Abraham and Moses, because that's my style)

Can you possibly try the ultrasonic, or radio wave treatments? Please keep us posted. 💝💐 Lots of love Dragon.

My eyes are telling me to go to bed, but I can't stop looking at DL.

Another itchy cooter here.

Top of the list: Severe drought where I live Wildfires all around and more to come Pandemic and attendant lunacy The cruelty and idiocy of re-puke-licans High cost of living A high maintenance very elderly parent in hospice who almost dies every couple of months then recovers at great expense and is like a living corpse in a funeral home for the barely living. Her care falls to my partner and myself. in spite of her dementia she still says mean things to us. My house needs deep cleaning I'm eating too much and get depressed.

R220 has given my depression a depression.

I have rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune disease. I am blind in one eye. I can still read. I can no longer drive. Life sucks. My health is good otherwise - and what sucks is that I will probably live a a lot longer.

My delta 8 edibles will run out before the next shipment arrives.

R154, the cockroach came UP OUT OF THE DRAIN. I lived in a NYC apartment- to block them, leave a small bottle of bleach by the sink and pour a cupful in the drain before you go to bed.

Hemorrhoids

A hypochondriac mother

Turning 30

Suicidal thoughts

Finances

Kristin Stewart as Di

R225 hemorrhoids are horrible. I used to play with dildos in a past life. Mama’s mussy is tight and intermittently wincing in pain.

My ears won't stop itching at night. It is driving me INSANE!

"and what sucks is I will probably exist a lot longer"

Fixed it for blind arthritic R222

My house is infested with invisible stinging mites that are impossible to get rid of.

I left my job of 11 years in May because my boss was fucking crazy and I got a text yesterday from someone who worker there who said they were trying to quit before October because my boss was fucking crazy and me quitting gave no wake up call to her, she just kept being crazy.

I’m so glad I’m out of there.

There are two gorgeous Arabs sitting next to me at the coffee shop, both delicious in their own way and look like twins or lovers in thoroughly distracting short running pants.

They have such an ease with each other like lovers or raised as children together. I want them both inside me deeply,

R231 again, I’m happily married and 25 years older than the two Arabs. At my peak looks and whoredom, I would (and have) swept them both home and had sex with them already.

My record was whisking three guys off of a dance floor inside of five minutes. Mary!

I'm tired of living but scared of dying....

My COOTER is about to drive me straight off a cliff!!! It itches something terrible!!!!!

R216, lol, my own fault for being unclear. No skates when I practice shooting and stickhandling at home, so the floor is safe, at least.

My back hurts

This interminable "holiday"

I’m feeling livid at the plans of the UK government to fund social care for the elderly by increasing the National Insurance tax. It essentially means poorer workers will pay for home healthcare for elderly people, regardless of how wealthy they are. So poorly paid people are going to be paying to make sure wealthier people get to inherit more from their parents. I am honestly sick of living in a right-wing cesspit.

Wait, isn’t that more of a left wing policy than a right wing one?

No, r239, it’s a redistribution of wealth from those who are poorer (who will be paying the tax) to those who are richer (homeowners who will now not have to use as much of their own capital to find their social care and who will be able to pass on more of their wealth to their children as inheritance).

A more leftwing option would be to increase income tax on higher earners, but the government has opted to increase National Insurance, which affects lower-paid workers disproportionately.

I need CooterCare

I can’t shit

They have CooterCareExpress now - it's a thing you hang around your neck with a big red button on it. Just press it and a CooterCare representative will be right over.

I prefer the term Vulvar Care

My lower back and hips have been hurting for the past week. I think I tweaked something while bending over to pick up dog poop. It’s really painful just getting out of bed. It’s also painful to lift up my right leg to get into the car so I haven’t been going anywhere either. Hopefully it will get better!

Been down with a migraine all day. Pills aren't helping.

Got a flat tire this morning. Drove two blocks home and called Aaa to inflate tire. I thought perhaps I drove over a nail and the auto shop could patch the tire. I drove to auto shop only to find I need all four tires replaced! Eeeek! Also, my windshield wiper fluid is not squirting out so I’m going to have them fix that too. They quoted me around $700 for everything. Oh the joys of car ownership!

This is like a more depressing version of the "I Want to Be Underwhelmed" threads.

I spent the night at the ER. Today is an ultrasound. Lots of pain. Might be a dicky gallbladder. If not that?…

That’s my RIGHT NOW moment for today.

Prayers for everyone

I regret decisions I've made 40 years ago. One involved a man whom I consider the love of my life. We meet in Catholic college and I was too stupid and naive and afraid to take it to a higher level. He died 5 years ago this month. I wish I could turn back time, but that's impossible. I can only move forward but lighting a Candle each week after mass.

R155, R156 have you tried applying a thick moisturizer (Vaseline, Eucerin Advanced repair foot cream ) before bed and then wearing cotton socks while you sleep? If you do this religiously every night for a week it should help immensely!

Here’s an article that has other foot creams as well.

I’m fucking pissed off, in fact every fucking weekend I get pissed off at the homeless crazy people who poop on the corner of a Walgreens next to my apartment building. Every week I have to use the poop app to get SF city poop cleaners to clean up human waste, syringes, and rotten food/ garbage left on the street by the homeless. This used to be a safe neighborhood but now overrun by crazy homeless people. San Francisco has literally gone to shit. It’s not just that, the homeless are now more openly hostile. I used to feel safe walking after 11pm but not anymore. Every week I ask myself is it worth it to stick around another 3-4 years to build up my 403k and retire early at 45 from my current job, before moving out of state and starting another job.

Oh snd what’s more, it takes the SF poop patrol about 3-4 days to respond to request of human waste cleanup, that is if they show up at all. Supposedly, the city pays cleaners around $130-50k a year in salary and compensations, but these cleaners either don’t show up or show up late and don’t clean up shit. They just remove human waste and leave sidewalks filthy and smelling like human waste.

R254 they really should be disinfecting the sidewalks as well. That is a huge public health issue!

Me not finding ANYONE in my town to gut our house affordably after Ida. The prices are either exorbitant or you’re months away on a Operation Blessing list.

[quote]they really should be disinfecting the sidewalks as well. That is a huge public health issue!

Well, you know what they say about San Fran: don’t wear your shoes inside!

My pussycat was giving me the most lovely scalp massage and I can’t get her to keep doing it.

Dust is pissing me off. Why is everything so dusty lately? I clean and dust, mop, vacuum, and it just reappears the next day. It doesn't bother him at all. (Because he doesn't do jack-shit) It is a battle between me and the dust. I can't live with dust. I can't live in a messy home. Idk why it is so difficult to maintain lately.

I've misplaced my Lee Press-Ons.

I need a plus one to a golden girls pub crawl on Saturday and so far, I can't find anyone. I feel very, very single. I've also lost contact with a lot of my lgbt friends.

My first paycheck is a month away and I'm out of black pepper.

Somebody in my building is smoking shitty pot and it's not me.

R262 i’ve got plenty of pepper. C’mon ova!

[quote] My friend becomes a monster when he’s drinking and doing coke and treats people badly. He doesn’t recognise this and blames everyone else. Now it’s my turn for the shitty treatment and the icing out. I’m really upset and also fucking mad at him.

Mary! This friend must a hot guy that everybody wants to fuck. Why else would everybody take a "turn" at his "shitty treatment and icing out"?

He’s not r264 but we’ve been friends for more than 20 years. Thanks for your helpful input.

The heartbreak of psoriasis.

R261 I would go with you, except for my broken ankle.

I’m bloated, moody, and cramping something awful. At least I’m not pregnant because I’ve really been whoring it up lately.

Thank you for the thought, R267.

My hair is turning grey. And I am not sure what to have for dinner.

I’m suffering with a severe psoriatic arthritis flare all of a sudden. I’m having trouble walking.

R256 that sounds like a horrible thing to go through. Are you still living in the house right now?

I’m horny as hell and I’m not gonna take it anymore!

My neighbor is mowing and every fucking red neck pick up truck is loud!

My husband is in the hospital and I’ve been here for 4 hours waiting for them to take him into surgery (they want to discuss it with both of us).

I guess I shouldn’t complain too much though… at least my area has hospital beds available. (Plenty of them actually.)

r275

Hope all goes well with your husband.

I have a sliver in my finger and I can't get it out. Does it just dissolve in you eventually? Or will I get lockjaw or some other horrible disease?

Thanks, r276, you’re very kind. Are you new here?

I'm a fat whore and I can't be bothered to do anything about it

own it, hon

R277, do you mean a splinter? I typically soak my finger in warm water for a long time (take a bath, even), and that helps me squeeze out the splinter.

Yes, a splinter R281. I guess we say sliver where I grew up. Thx.

R282 If warm water doesn’t work, try white vinegar or apple cider vinegar; soak it for at least 10 to 15 minutes. This should bring to surface then use cleaned tweezers to remove.

I worked on a jigsaw puzzle and now my back aches.

An AirBnB guest wants an early check-in. At 6:30 am. Check-in is at 3:00 pm.

What did you tell them, r285?

I hope you told them to get a hotel room.

I’ve got the trots

My cat keeps giving me dirty looks. I don't know what that's about

I spend literally my entire fucking life picking up dog shit!

^ Meow.

My back, it's killing me.

I'm feeling so tender to the touch.

THIS

I bought a fruit bowl but my teeth are too sensitive to eat it cold

I made an anonymous text to a friend I fell out with and sent a pic of his ex with her new boyfriend and he sent her the message and she text back the next morning screaming & ranting. I was being impulsive and dumb and it rattled me! That’s what I get I guess.

R277, if you have or can get name brand surgical tape (such as Johnson & Johnson), secure a piece of the tape over top of the area where your splinter/sliver is embedded. Before your next shower, steadily and gently pull the tape off, in the direction of the grain of the injury so that the adhesive can latch onto the edge of the splinter dislodge it. Shower, re-apply the tape and repeat the removal until the adhesive from the tape has helped to extricate the entirety of the embedded splinter.

R259 check into your hvac. There could be some solutions there.

I'm hurt and annoyed by the "I'm so busy!" types. I've wasted literally years of my life chasing after people who were too busy to text back the same day/hang out/pick up the phone/actually show interest in me as something other than a convenient audience or cheerleader only when it suited them.

I'm great. I deserve to be with folks who see and value that. I'm trying to give up the ghost a bit. Don't want to spend time with me? That's fine. Say so, and I'll move on. Just cut the bullshit excuses designed to lead me on and make me keep chasing you because I chose the "wrong week" to ask if you were free.

It's amazing how hard some people make things.

I didnt realize the three chicken strips I hate today were over 600 calories

I work with a highly skilled individual who is unfortunate looking. These should balance out, but I'm still pissy about it.

That's a whelming number of calories for three lousy chicken strips, R300.

STILL IN PAIN Holy Mother of God. The ER did a bunch of tests and have ruled out heart, gallbladder, liver, infection. Have a few days to wait for cat scan and endoscopy.

What is wrong with me? Crohn’s disease? IBS? Pancreatitis?

Going to break out my ancient supply of codeine tomorrow

I’m scared an elegible Chinaman will never come into my life.

R303, my husband had the same thing and ended up requiring an emergency laparotomy. It was diverticulitis.

My sliver came OUT gurls, (just like me years ago!). Thank you for your advice.

xoxo

That’s great R277! I was going to suggest going to Walgreens and buying some Prid drawing salve. It’s an ointment that gets out splinters.

I have 2 1.75L bottles of vodka at home and I can't find where I hid them. I hid them a few days ago because my dad unexpectedly popped over and he would get pissed if he saw them.

[quote]I have 2 1.75L bottles of vodka at home and I can't find where I hid them.

So you were drunk when you hid them?

R286 Book the night before. They did. And then they asked for a late checkout of a few hours, but I agreed because I didn’t have another guest arriving that night and I was sick of dealing with them.

R309 I little hungover, not full on drunk.

My doctor's a jerk. But he's also very close (less than 10 blocks) and I'm afraid the next one will just be another loser. I'm thinking of starting a thread "Do you hate your doctor?" I need the reassurance that they're all pretty lousy.

I’m sitting next to a perpetual bitch!

Tweekers in the church parking lot next to my property screaming at each other all day.

Portland. The police don’t care. The church doesn’t seem to care.

Well I see why I found an affordable bungalow in Portland.

My foot is stuck in the mud

What’s eating Gilbert Grape? 😂

Cooter Is still very itchy.

You should try essential oils for your itchy vage, R317! In between my bouts of Morgellons, I positively douse my "down-there" with pharmaceutical grade essential oils so the hubs and I can enjoy post-date night activities! Soooo much healthier than anything OTC or anything you'd get pushed on you by a doc made by Big Pharma. Lucky for you, I also sell the oils. I'll send you a PM, hon!

I think it needs to be irrigated and flushed. This cooter is high maintenance!

I have something at work that could go one way and life will be amazing. I can take a dope trip over the holidays, like maybe December off. If it goes another, it's not the end of the world but it will be a disappointment. I hate anticipation and just want to wrap this up ASAP.

R318 eats his own dick cheese.

Tender to the tough tonight, R321?

R312 I've known several doctors socially. Yeah, all assholes, you got that right. They also are the cheapest SOB's ever. Penny pinching toads, all of them. As for their doctoring skills, I wouldn't know. I'd never let one of them near me in that way. I do have a dentist friend that's a good guy but that's it.

NICE to see Joni Mitchell is a Datalounger! (@ R18)

^ meant R318

Feeling completely stuck in life and indecisive

the global pandemic

Is it nice enough to flush my gunt outside, or nah.

Ragweed

I don’t like myself very much. I’d like to change that, because it is exhausting and sad.

The wellbutrin is working but is also making me quick to temper. In the current climate, its becoming my entire mood, all the time. Exhausting.

My bf is mad at me. And I don't feel like making up yet.

I’m so fucking tired.

I want to be entertained on DL, but no one is posting anything right now.

I’ll entertain you. Want to watch me stick my mfingers up my ass then pull em out and smell em?

Well, that would be better than nothing! Half an hour later and still no new posts on DL. I didn't think DL'ers actually had Friday night plans!

Does a mussy/bussy count as a cooter?

I have been 3 loads a day horny for a few weeks now. I think it's anxiety manifesting as horniness.

Gas

Bugs - I live on a farm and they're just everywhere. I had something big crawl on me last night in bed and I flung it off. Yuck!

The fact that I can’t get quarters for laundry.

My brother just joked on our weekly family Zoom call that my partner and I are like Mitchell and Cam on Modern Family. He’s never met my partner. He then imagined me at a gay party, full of snarky queens.

I said it was inappropriate and that he should be careful about stereotypes. Because my mom was there, I stopped short of mentioning how his high school girlfriend miscarried his child or how he hooked up on my roommate’s bed, which I discovered when some blonde showed up the next day with laundered sheets.

I’m getting a gut.

R340 as long as your cooter is bug free!

I drunk texted an ex who is horrible and I feel sick with regret

Electric Vomit

R345 tell yourself it never happened, repeatedly. Also delete or restrict the ex’s number.

Gayle King

The sun

We feel like you’re a whore and we’re gonna have to let you go.

I think my job might be in jeopardy. Work has been drying up for a few months now, and clients are trying to reduce our fees. I’ve felt like this before but it has never been this striking.

My bosses seem to have noticed and are giving me random tasks to do. They fill the day, but are also pretty tedious.

I’m not sure what to do. I work in a fairly specialised field, and job opportunities are very rare. I’ve stuck with my job because it is interesting and fairly well paid. It’s very unlikely that I would find another like it. I think I’m going to start again, which is daunting after 20 years in the same firm.

R351 sorry to hear it. It is scary. I’m going to voluntarily change roles to a less demanding one due to health reasons. It’s been a role I love doing, but have realized it has changed in ways that are too demanding for me and I’d rather make a lateral move voluntarily and stop killing myself trying to hold on. Maybe you should start looking for another job and give yourself the latitude to move rather than being dropped if you see it on the horizon?

My medication makes me very gassy. All I do all day is toot, toot, toot. It can be quite embarrassing.

Somebody has jizzed on my rhododendrons

I had a shower just two days ago and yet I already stink.

R314 do you have any friends with vicious dogs like a pitbull? Let them off the leash near the tweakers and let the fun ensue!

I am wearing jeans for the first time in over a year. They still fit but holy shit are they uncomfortable. I can’t believe I every thought they were comfortable but after living in sweats, track pants, pajama pants and basketball shorts I don’t think I am going to stop.

[quote]I had a shower just two days ago and yet I already stink.

This would seem to indicate that it's time for another one.

I had a soft water system installed and my hair is greasy. Thanks

I'm pre-enraged by 9/18 D.C. bullshit. It's going to be a loser circus with lots of coverage when we have real issues on the table.

As a worker bee, I'm way too emotionally invested in federal politics. It's supposed to be fun. Instead, it feels like another tired addiction.

A couple of friends of mine just called today and are more or less inviting themselves and a few others over to my place for the "day before Thanksgiving" festivities. They're already starting to plan my day for me and expecting me to host.

I just lost my mother earlier this year to cancer and this will be my first Thanksgiving without her.

R361 So sorry about your mum. Your friends mean well, but assert your wishes and stand your ground.

IT's bothering me that we haven't had a reply from Poisoned Dragon letting us know how he's doing. I haven't read any recent posts by him in any other threads. Hope you're breathing fire again soon Dragon!

I dont want people to talk to me about the vaccine anymore. I think I will make a little sign to wear. Im so indifferent. I really dont care if people get it, or not. Pro vaccine people are annoying me as much as anti vaxxers. I got the vaccine cause I don't feel like getting sick, its not a political statement. I dont give a fuck if others get it or not.

Anything about politics, vaccines or climate change. Or fucking Trump. Or COVID. Or masks and vaccines. I’m done caring about any of it. Life is too short and I probably shortened the time I have left worrying endlessly the last year and a half— while a huge majority of people gave no fucks or revealed they are profoundly stupid, assholes or both.

Stalled negotiations. Just wrap it up already and stop wasting everyone's time.

Hear, hear, R364!

Life is too short to spend it all worrying and obsessing about how it's all going to end. Fuck that noise.

a) a nasty bug bite on my knee that won’t go down is sore and itching like mad tonight n anti-histamines are failing me;

b) another of my wisdom teeth just erupted and it’s giving me a headache and nerve pain that i have to just live with (my wisdoms are horizontal in my jaw and so can’t ever be safely extracted);

c) this week in the English Premier League is not going the way I would ideally like (sidebar—am painfully aware that i am not young or sexy or instaready enough to thot w/my footballer bias (Hendo), tho he’s a rare decent and law-abiding Xtian with a wife/family he loves n respects so he wouldn’t go there anyway😞he can have this virginity but it doesn’t even matter! down bad for nothing is the worst!!)

so im physically uncomfortable/in pain and sexually frustrated all at once ugh

I'm pissed off because I applied for a great job that I was perfect for, had a really good interview with the talent recruiter, who immediately scheduled an interview with the person who would have been my manager, who then showed up 15 minutes late (it was over Teams) because of computer issues, and after a 20 minute conversation (I was on camera, she was not), said that my background was perfect for the position. A week went by without any info, so I emailed the recruiter, who emailed me back at midnight to tell me that while my possible manager enjoyed our conversation, they were moving ahead with another candidate.

This is a company I've wanted to work for and when someone in authority tells you your background is perfect for the position, the least you expect is a follow up interview. And this has been happening more and more in recent months. I am very qualified for these positions (yes, I know so are the others who are being interviewed), and yet I'm not getting the offers. I don't know what more I can do.

R367 Stop wallowing mate! Soak some cotton wool with ammonia (non-sudsy) and tape to the bug bite, or apply a plaster over it.

Find a better Oral Surgeon. My Wisdom Teeth were positioned likewise, and I've successfully had two cut out under anaesthesia. There's always a risk of nicking a facial nerve when they're ill positioned or impacted, but it can be successfully done. BTW, things can always be worse, as I was born with five Wisdom Teeth. I'm only a bit demented now that only three are remaining.

Have a Paracetamol and an Ibuprofen (but only if you haven't been drinking) and go toss off to your wildest Hendo scenarios. Hope you're on the mend soon!

R168 Drugs lol

MY COOTER!!!!! IT ITCHES SOMETHING TURRIBLE!!!!!!

I’m bored. My dogs are bored. It’s ☔️ outside.

Feelin’ bitchy

Some times I feel like a nut

Hugs, R368. I've had so many interviews that seemed promising yet I was blindsided. Tons. I burnt out. I couldn't take it anymore and I have found ways to work for myself now. Hang in there.

I tried starting a business almost three years ago and not only am I broke, but I am burnt out and completely disillusioned with most things. I have to keep going, though. I had high hopes and ambitions. Now I am just stressed and angry most of the time. I feel bitter and need to improve my quality of life.

Ear plugs R13. For the love of God.

I was on a fairly successful diet until a family reunion last weekend. Since then, I have eaten like a pig.

Time to get back on track.

This asshole at Wendy's drive thru.

He was maybe 23. Looked like a meathead frat boy. White dude with an Asian girlfriend. BMW, the whole 9.

There was a long line at the drive thru. Usually I would just go in and order, but the lobby was closed. The line was out on the street, so I passed the line, and got out on the street and took my place in line. This kid decided NOT to go out on the street, and to just turn into the line. I was there first, but he was taking his place before me. Usually I'd let it go, but I'd been working for many hours, and was in a crappy mood. You know how you get sometimes.

I said "hey man, you know I was here first. Come on." He said "fuck off, faggot, I was here first."

I laughed and said "that's right, I'm a faggot. And I'll suck your dick in front of your girlfriend, bitch."

At first, he just laughed, like way over laughed and looked at his girlfriend and she was laughing too. It was a laugh like "I can't believe this faggot just admitted to being a faggot."

I figured it was over at that point, but no. As he sat there, humiliation started to creep in on him. He got out of his car, and I rolled up my window most of the way. He said "open your door so I can smack you, faggot." I looked straight ahead, ignoring him. At first. But then I said "go ahead and smack me, and spend tonight in jail. You're on video, scumbag" At which point, he spit on my windshield. I said "Oh good, I'll use that as lube to jerk off later. by the way, that's on video. you're gonna be famous and lose your job tomorrow. Or you dad will. I'm sure he's very proud of you" Then, a security guy (the Wendy's is in a strip mall parking lot type thing) asked what was going on. At first, the kid started telling the story like he was in the right. As he kept telling it, he realized he was not coming off well, having threatened me with physical violence and all. He got back in his car, and that was it.

I kinda wish I'd gotten out of the car. I'm 6'5, and much bigger than this asshole. But, I mean, I guess it turned out as well as it could've. I dunno, it's bothering me that I could've handled it differently. But I'm not sure what I should have done instead, you know?

BTW none of it was on video. I should've gotten my phone out.

Trans woke leftist mob

The way gay men on this board talk about womens' bodies.

R379 you’re equally as bad or worse than the dude you mouthed off to. Next time, keep your comments to yourself or enjoy the repercussions of escalating the back n forth dialogue.

I want to hear some Janey Frickie

i am mad that i weighed myself this morning and gained 3 pounds. I've been dieting since July. I have been eating the same amount of calories. No cheating.

My sugar addiction. I’m currently drinking pepsi. I bought a 2 litre bottle yesterday, and I fear I may end up finishing it today.

I just need to stop, and not buy any more. Cold turkey. It’s the only way.

The lower end demographics. ( of all races) that bring their inferior, misbehaving sociopath " products of conception" with them while shopping at Ikea. My shopping experience is ruined by these mongoloids!!!! Lifegard at the gene pool!!!

this has always bothered me but i've never really told anyone.

this was the late 80's. Before the internet, if you wanted to see a concert and have good seats, you camped out at the ticket office overnight to be first in line. Anyway, my best friend was working the night of the camp-out for tickets. We were seniors in high school. So i offered to camp out all night to get us great seats. It was to see REM. The next morning i managed to get us 4th row seats up front. The concert was a couple of months away.

A couple of weeks before the concert, my best friend told me he was going with another friend and gave his ticket to his little brother. I was so pissed. I ignored him for a week or so, and he came up to me at school one day and went off on me for ignoring him. I ended up giving my ticket to another friend and didn't go to the concert. My friend and i never spoke again after that. Why does this still bother me? Wasn't that an asshole thing to do?

R382 You think a person should sit quiet after being called a faggot? Maybe you're right. I don't know. That option didn't feel right to me at the time.

That I might be getting cataracts from all the laptop screen exposure at work and at home. Like right now.

R386 bothers me.

Some asshole r577 in the Gabby body found thread.

MUH COOTER!

The weather is turning autumnal, Covid is still making life seem a little dull, and I am sick of watching TV and browsing the internet. I need a new hobby, I think. I’m just not sure what it should be.

R387 what is bothering you RIGHT NOW? Not 33 years ago!

PS – your friend was an inconsiderate ass!

R387 Thanks. Im R387. For some reason, the memory came back to me this morning and pissed me off again.

Oh I’ve got my damned foot stuck in the mud!

R386 Going anywhere in general has been ruined by this.

The square root of negative numbers. Aren't they called 'imaginary numbers'?

Anyway, that shit's fucked up.

I totally agree R397! I actually prefer online shopping to actually going to the mall. Also, we have more and more homeless in our city every day and I’m paranoid about them attacking me. We’ve had a few murders from unhinged people that live on the street. I know that all of the homeless are not like that but their behavior can be erratic so it makes me very nervous.

We're being attacked by Republicans

Oh I’ve got my damned ass stuck in the mud!

Here Feefee. Nice kitty. Here Feefee!! Oh god no! Don’t you hurt me Feefee! Don’t you kill me, Feefee! Oh god help me!

Someone said something trollish and I said so, and they went nuts insisting they were not a troll so I backed off, because it seemed like I'd hurt their feelings, only to later see them saying things like "When I got COVID I had could tell that it was man made because it just felt targeted" and is also posting homophobic ESTs. I'm mad at myself for giving him the benefit of the doubt.

^ my response is always 'F&F first, ask questions later'

The A/C guy is here working and he is the CUTEST guy I have EVER seen. He's has a really bad stutter and can barely get any words out, which makes him even cuter. And there's nothing I can do about it, I'm twice his age (for one thing).

My garden is a mess, and I probably only have the next week or two to get it into a decent state before the weather changes. I’m thinking of hiring a gardener.

My housekeeper broke another lamp, again. Shit. Guess she's hinting for another raise. She knows too much about me to fire her.

My new kittens are ripping the house apart.

I was at a cookout party last weekend and this guy I know had me laughing so hard my damned ol teeth fell out! I was so embarrassed. Most people don’t know I have false teeth.

i'm depressed and can't seem to get out of it. i want to run away.

I’m dining out with friends tonight, but I really just want to stay home, eat toast and lie in bed.

They do now R409

This.

I'm having trouble getting the motivation to go to the gym, but I'm too vain to skip it.

We’ve had a houseguest since Wednesday and he isn’t leaving until tomorrow, Sunday and he wants to go out for brunch before he leaves! He doesn’t like the food options. We told him that we don’t eat three squares a day but he sniffs if we suggest skipping a meal. AND he’s completely joyless, a real death-in-life type! He’s visiting a friend so we can watch college football in peace!

My cat shit on my doorstep. I hate cat shit soooo much.

r415 Sounds like all of my relatives.

It’s 7.05am. I have barely slept, and now I’m starving and tired.

Why didn't you sleep, doll? Something on your mind, or just getting in from the clubs?

My friend of 30 years visited from west coast. She stayed only 24 hours but that was 23 hours too long. I find as I age I just don't have the energy to cater to her narssicistic demands and self absorption. We went to the Tiki bar and she was convinced every man between 18-80 was leering lustfuly at her. I came this close to saying " they are staring at you because you are blocking their view." She is a 62 year old fat woman who dresses like a 18yr waif model. Zero self awareness. She's Blanche.

^ My older mentor once told me after knowing friends for 30 years 'You can't stand to be in the same room with them."

I continued to see the same profiles on Grindr 24/7. Do these people fucking work ? And the undesirable "section 8 types " and " trannies of color " keep messaging me !!! Well, I never .........!!!! I wish I could pre-emptively block unwanted contacts based upon profile attributes !

My seedless grape had a seed

r423 I condole you.

A good friend is in a terrible marriage, to a nice dull career-obsessed man who she convinced herself was a deeply emotional, sensitive type, who shared her interests. I was uneasy when she married him, as I suspected they were incompatible and that she just wanted to have kids before it was too late. Now she is stuck living as a virtual single-parent, while her husband spends as much time at work as possible.

. She is desperately unhappy and sees no way of improving her situation. I wish I could help her, but quite honestly, every practical suggestion I make is shot down. What a mess

i made chili tonight and it wasn't that good. i am mad i wasted money on all the ingredients.

R425, has all his hard work made them wealthier than when they were first married?

R427, I don’t think so. He went back to study part-time for a postgraduate qualification, which meant they actually incurred some debt. I don’t think the debt is the problem though, and the qualification he gained may bring in good money in the future. He was unlucky to graduate just as the pandemic struck, so hasn’t been able to improve hhis employment yet.

Chili can be salvaged, r426. What about it tasted bad? Maybe we can help.

r426 It'll taste better tomorrow.

What's bothering me right now is a cricket just outside my window. First time I heard it I'd have sworn it was IN the room, it was THAT loud. Its stridulations are incessant, and I'll swear they sound angry. It's even louder when I go out, and I wonder if it's plotting to do me harm? I think it's been communicating with the spotted lantern flies.

R426 don’t rub the chili on your crotch and taint.

I can’t sleep and I’m MAD!

I’m in London for a few days. The hotel room is tiny and has no storage. I’m tripping over my suitcase.

The weather forecast yesterday said sunny and delightful today. Now it's going to rain. Again.

I got moss growing in my ass-crack.

R425 She made her "mess" let her lie in it.

R425 Most people are in their hellish relationships because they want and need to be in them. It's a fools game to judge a relationship from the outside. No one knows what goes on...

R429 The chili had no depth and it wasn't really spicy. I used chili powder, cumin, cayenne pepper, a tsp. of oregano (recipe called for it). i dont want it to burn my tongue, but a spiciness would be nice.

Fuckin kittens man

Add some unsweetened cocoa powder, like a heaping tablespoon for a big pot. It really gives it depth.

Fry up a habanero chili or two and add it in. Let it set for a while. You'll have some heat!

I'm the first occupant of a new apartment with completely new appliances as of last spring. Last month, the oven, which I never used, developed a fault where it would start beeping an error code loudly every so often at random. I reported this to the building management who are incredibly sympathetic, but it seems the warranty fulfillment service is giving them a real run around on these issues. It's on the same electric circuit as the microwave, so I have to keep both appliances shut off at the breaker, turning on the current for a few minutes each time I wish to use the microwave for something.

cavities

Thanks R439, I will try that next time

If you saved the leftovers you can try to spice those up when you reheat it. If you're using a chili recipe you found online, I suggest doubling the spices. For chili made with 1 lbs ground beef, I tend to use 2T chili powder, 1T cumin, 1T paprika (not smoked), 2t garlic powder, 2t onion powder, 2t oregano, dash red pepper flakes, 1/4t cayenne, and plenty of salt and pepper. Some people swear by cocoa and/or cinnamon, too.

r426/r437 I used to make a huge pot of chili(10 gallons) for a party every year. One time the chili tasted "flat", like it needed salt(which I knew was not the case) I eventually realized I'd used meat that was unbelievably lean(one of the benefits from having worked in a supermarket) When I was browning the meat, no fat had appeared after the moisture had evaporated, and once in the pot with the other ingredients there was no oil slick.

I added approx. one cup of a mixture of oils, stirred well, let it simmer and after that a sheen of oil appeared on the surface of the chili. That fixed it up a treat, the familiar flavors were there. I had failed to remember what a great vehicle fat is in helping to add savoriness to a recipe, and how it makes flavors "bloom." The chili was rescued.

To give you an idea of how fat absorbs and distributes flavors, we go to the perfume industry. There is a process called 'enfleurage,' which is the macerating of fats and/or oils with botanicals, in order to extract various compounds. This is basically what happened when I increased the fat content of the chili. The fat pulled in flavors from my spice blend, and released them into the chili. Now you know why many cooks tell you to sauté your herbs/spices in fat before continuing with the recipe.

In reference to a recent thread about haunted houses, here's my "ghost" experience. I had an old cat who used to live with someone (naming no names) who never cleaned her litter box, and the cat got in the habit of crapping outside her box. I kept her box scrupulously clean and she would use it, but occasionally I'd find a crap in a random place on the floor. I didn't make a big deal out of it so as not to enforce the behavior, just used white vinegar and floor polish to clean and sanitize the area and cover up the odor.

After the cat died I adopted another one, this time from a shelter, who was six years old and had no problem using her box, UNTIL RECENTLY, when she started taking random craps on the floor just the way my old cat did. Now maybe my current cat can sense the old cat's trace despite my attempts at sanitizing and is marking the territory as hers, or the cat just happens to have a similar out-of-box issue, which may be why she ended up in the shelter. But I find myself imagining my old cat materializing in the middle of the night and telling my current cat "Hey, you know what's really great? Taking a crap on the floor! Go ahead, try it!"

I brought in my car last week for a recall issue with the fan. It needs to be replaced and they have the part. My service advisor was out two days last week so I could not talk to anyone about my car. They took my name and number and said the manager would call me back. Nobody ever calls me back from this dealership! I freaking hate dealership “service” departments! I am now on hold to talk to a service agent about my car. I’m about to scream in their ear!

I just barfed up my supper.

^ woot! you can eat again!

What isn't?

I just wish everyone would be quiet.

I re-heated last night's leftover pizza. It's not really hot enough but I'm too lazy to put it back in the oven. I'm just letting it bother me.

R451, do you think it's getting to the oven?

Nope. I'm just eating it the way it is and being bothered by it's lukewarm temperature.

I'm lounging poolside in Hawaii trying to enjoy some much needed relaxation. But a small fly keeps buzz around me.

r454 Your name wouldn't happen to be Emily Dickinson? If it is, may I have your stuff?

I'm irritated because I have a migraine. Certain music helps. Bach's St. Matthew Passion. Mahler's Symphony No. 3, final movement.

R450 agreed, but actually I just wish everyone would just shut the fuck up

Psychiatrist here. Just found out my beloved patient killed himself yesterday. I am quite heartbroken.

Sorry for your loss, R458.

R458 my condolences.

Sorry for your loss r458.

I dont feel well. I had a headache and my sinuses are irritated. Im fully vaxed and I dont feel like doing a covid test either, Ive felt like this numerous times over the last year and its just burnout from work.

I have R458 blocked and it bothers me that I don't know why.

[quote] Psychiatrist here. Just found out my beloved patient killed himself yesterday. I am quite heartbroken.

Sorry to hear, R458. My therapist (not a psychiatrist, has a Ph.D.) told me that she's retiring next spring. I'm sad! She's helped me a lot! I guess doctors and patients can become close.

I have a burn on my thumb from holding a lighter too long

Insane real estate market

It's nearly 11 PM and my asshole neighbor just got home, he lives above me, and he is slamming shit around and he has hardwood floors and he won't take off his fucking shots and he is really disrupting the peacefulness of our building and from 10 PM on the rules are that is "quiet time." So yeah, I am real pissed off and I want to be able to sleep but if I get too agita' I won't be able to. Asshole.

[quote] It's nearly 11 PM and my asshole neighbor just got home, he lives above me, and he is slamming shit around and he has hardwood floors and he won't take off his fucking shots

I condole you, R466, and assume you mean "shoes." Yet another reason to remove shoes in the house.

r466 you have white noise machines?

THIS…..

My partner of 37 years is always complaining that he’s still hungry and needs some sweets. He has asked me several times to keep him on his diet and to not buy and or prepare anything w/ sugar and or carbs.

Now he’s pouting & being an ass.

sucks to be you r469

Tinnitus. And an overwhelming urge to just get a hotel room in the city by myself for a few days and drink a lot (but not too much) and wander around Manhattan for fun. I used to do that when I was younger and it always recharged me.

R462 Going to block you now. You sound too middle class and low brow for my tastes.

-R458

[quote]I’m in London for a few days. The hotel room is tiny and has no storage. I’m tripping over my suitcase.

Which trendy place did Tablet Hotels suck you into, r433?

Old white men .

R382, I drive a lot and encounter stuff like this often. Mostly aggressive, asshole drivers and have to keep myself in check. I can feel all of your emotion in your post. The problem is.. You never know who has a gun. Plus crime is escalating like crazy here (I'm in Minneapolis) and some of these kids don't care about life or death or anything.

Home Depot. These asshats don’t even match their own online prices on the SAME ITEM. That is the last time we buy a cordless drill from this cesspit. The department manager was an HD burnout prick who should’ve lost his job ten years ago.

The co-worker frau to the right of me, with a volume busted at MAX, fighting with her husband the phone. No one cares about your issues, bitch! Go outside on your break and nag him!

My anti-vaxx and anti-mask, conspiracy theory loving uncle was escorted out of a store yesterday after harassing another patron. It wasn't filmed that I know of, but my partner and I are waiting for him to go viral and be doxxed for it. He would deserve whatever ended up happening to him, he's become such a horrifying human being that I no longer recognize him. My parents are really torn up about it, though. They're embarrassed and ashamed of him and his actions and of who he's become. I hate that for them because my mom and dad are actual good people.

R253? This sh!t won’t change! It’s time to move to the suburbs.

Roofers are here today and one of them has the meatiest ass in tight pants. I can barely control myself. I might offer him $25/hr just to let me look at it while he works.

r479, clearly you're already doing that....

I've got more chins than Carters has Liver Pills.

The smell of a string of farts.

Damn this high-fiber diet!

I ordered food to be delivered for dinner, and it was utterly revolting! What a waste of money!

R379, you shouldn’t feel bothered. In these situations, most of us react on an impulse which mightn’t always be the best reaction. You could either have ignored him completely, or got off the car to show him your size and start shouting with the same level of aggressiveness he spoke with, and you could have mentioned here his whore in the car. Assholes are everywhere and we can never expect their level of craziness. I feel you, cheer up.

What is bothering me right now:

- Indecision on when to start receiving my late husband's pension

- the mandatory 20% federal tax charged on lump sum distributions before an age I won't reach for at least ten years.

I’m so fucking tired!

r486 Have you slept a wink? Is your mind on the brink? Why don't you get up and fix yourself a drink?

Getting ready to end a 30 year "friendship" with a malignant narcissus fag hag. First I'm going to bait her with another "free cruise" to the Med ( I let her accompany me on two). I'll start getting her usual "I'M so excited" I'LL be back in Rome. I'LL be in a suite. I'LL be shopping in the Plaka! She just stayed with me for 24 hours (23 hours too long}. My home is modest but I have many quality art glass pieces I've collected in Italy that I'm quite proud of. She knows this. She worked in art glass gallery for years. She says not a word about anything in my collection. Actually about nothing in my home .On the way out the door the passive aggressive cunt sees a coffee mug in the sink and says " Nice cup". Mailing her the mug she so admired along with the confirmation of "our" cruise. Once I know she has it. Block, Unfriend. Punch and Delete. The relief I feel will be like passing a kidney stone. Fat bitch has zero self awareness so she won't know WTF went wrong with our relationship. Leo of course.

Constipation. And a sudden craving for carbs.

Not one of you fuckers mentioned Gene Kelly portrayed a manwhore in "An American in Paris."

I've always avoided the plot and gone straight to the music and dance numbers.

The property brothers are lovers

Did William Clito do a good job as Count of Flanders? It's been on my mind lately.

R488 Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Trader Joe cashier - fit, slim, older woman with sleeve tattoos and manic energy- asking probing questions about my day and my plans.

I’m barely stumbling through my day. Please back off.

R469 Your partner needs to be checked for diabetes. That's a major indicator.

I’ve got an itch in the left quadrant of my ass to hear Skeeter Davis

For r496's left ass:

I LOVE us!!!! Who needs real people when we have DL!

My husband works from home and will for the foreseeable future. I really miss having the house to myself on my days off.

i am out of weed.

I was supposed to flip-fuck with a cute flight attendant last night. I only topped him.

I have to take the bus in the rain.

R499, I feel you. I need my alone time and I get real irritable when plans change and my outline is disrupted.

Autocorrect: When my "routine" is disrupted...

Wanted to go to the gym and am stuck in a zoom meeting.

People who complain about autocorrect instead of turning it off.

My boss made it clear today that we will be expected to return to the office at least part-time within the next few weeks. Just in time for winter cold and flu season. Our office is fairly damp and poorly ventilated, and although I am vaccinated I am still concerned. Two of my neighbours died of covid over the past few weeks.

Of course, none of the people making the decision that we need to return will be joining me on public transport to get to the office!

Somebody posted "Oh, dear!" on another thread because I made a grammatical error. It's been bothering the fuck out of me.

The pettiness gets to me, as well R508.

I’m refinancing my mortgage with the same bank that holds the current mortgage and they keep emailing me for copies of documents that I know very well they already fucking have!

R322 has only ever touched himself, and not tenderly, I understand. He uses a cheese grater to masturbate. Which is why he is so irritable on these threads?

I saw a home listing yesterday, which is perfect for me. I wish I had a mortgage arranged already.

When I eat chocolate it sounds like a cow dragging its foot out of the mud.

Worked with tooth-challenged maskless folks again today who spat stray rice crispies at me while they talked.

Who is the motherfucker giving these people rice crispy snacks?

I need one of those plastic sneeze guard masks. Or a welder's helmet.

I'm tired of being tired of all my friends.

Tired of coming home to a house that's empty. I

I went out to dinner with my partner tonight to celebrate our anniversary. We haven't eaten inside a restaurant in over a year. It was completely packed with people and so fucking loud. We had shitty service, but the food was good.

I hope R516 didn't commit suicide just then.

I'm addicted to candy orange slices and it's all a DLer 's fault.

Recently there was a thread about 'nostalgic candy" and someone posted that he loved orange slices and kept them in the freezer. Well of course I had to buy some and put them in the freezer. Totally addictive, I grab a couple each and every time I get something out of the freezer. So very good cold.

Damn you DLer! I didn't need another bad habit in addition to the many I already have.

I have a long term addiction to orange candy slices R519. I am glad to have company.

I just realised today that I actually miss lockdown. The solitude suited me. Now life is moving back to normal again, and I understand why that pleases most people, but the thought of returning to the office and resuming my social life is fairly exhausting.

I went to McDonald's with a friend and she asked me how my burger was. Um, it was a McDonald's hamburger. It tasted the same as the hundreds of other McDonald's hamburgers I've had in my lifetime. She does that a lot. She asked me how my sandwich was at Subway last week. And before you start, I'm 165 pounds.

R522 stop being an asshole to your friend or she’ll dump your ass and you’ll be alone and might die.

Had a meeting extender who griped about shit outside our team's control. It triggered our self-appointed translator who shitsplained everything for the team.

Can someone on the DL please create a sequel thread to this paywalled one?

I miss discovering lesser known tunes from around the globe.

R523, who said I was an asshole to her? I don't roll my eyes when she asks.

I can't find the thread suggested in R525.

469, when this happens, try finding a low carb protein shake and blend it with plenty of ice and thick enough so it’s like a desert. Top it with sugar free whipped cream.

R469, when this happens, try finding a low carb protein shake and blend it with plenty of ice and thick enough so it’s like a desert. Top it with sugar free whipped cream.

I tried to post a new thread but couldn't.

Can any non paying members post a thread to the DL now?

i wished an old acquaintance Happy Birthday on FB she immediately restricted me from seeing her page. wtf? she didnt block or unfriend me but still. just weird.

She knew what a nosy bastard you are

I'm irritated with everyone and everything right now. I wish I had a Xanax.

My last gentleman gave me an awful rash. I can't be on camera if it spreads to my hands & face. I am visiting the doctor and pharmacist today.