They might be good given time, probably a lot of time, but right now all they’re doing is allowing that well meaning roommate that puts your cast iron in the dishwasher to also ruin Wikipedia articles and fuck up open source projects.

Woah, same. Crazy. What language do you speak?

Capitalism?

Canada, and nil. Unless you count my older relatives (boomers), everyone I know that’s my age rents (from boomers).

Canada, Vancouver (HAHA I LOVE THIS CITY HAHA).

Maybe it was set to the same wavelength as the router and cause destructive interference. IME repeaters work quite well if you don’t have any other option.

It’s really ironic that public transit service is reduced on holidays when more people are likely to need it. It’s especially grievous for people that still have to get to work… it speaks a lot to how many city councils treat public transit, as if it wasn’t one of the few things that keeps a city going.

all the cool kids are using firefox these days

Ooohhhh you don’t have the emoji symbol for hugs installed, or your browser doesn’t know it.

Hump Back - 「番狂わせ」(Bankuruwase - Upset) - Japanese

Linked to an invidious instance because the publisher only made their music available in Japan last I checked.

When I walked in on a 17 year old kid and two of his older friends stomping on a homeless guy in a cocaine fuelled rampage. I almost had to stab the kid because he didn’t realize I already had my knife out… luckily one of his friends suddenly wasn’t in the mood to beat the shit out of me and stopped him.

The combined energy of five separate universes courses through your body and you explode.

EMOTIONAL DAMAGE

I might delete because it’s a bit much. Sorry :3

I totally get that. There were a lot of concerned looking people in the waiting room to haha. Just FYI it becomes more difficult for your eyes to fully heal after the surgery as they age, so most places won’t operate on people older than ~35 due to the risk of complications.

That’s awesome that you got some retro glasses that just happened to be your prescription. Fantastic lol. Part of the reason I got surgery was somewhat the same as the issue with your glasses, just there wasn’t anything I could’ve done to fix it. If it’s on my face, I don’t like it. Also I could see all the smudges and tiny hairs on my glasses at any one time, which annoyed the heck out of me.

I still wear ‘sun glasses’ when I go outside though. I was given a new pair of safety glasses when I was setting up a stage for IATSE a long time ago, they’re clear but still protect from UV, so I use those whenever I go out. I get some weird looks sometimes, but yeah, it’s not about the fashion, it’s about health.

Thanks for your second comment too haha.

I didn’t answer about the risks, so I’ll do so here:

Most common issue is having consistently dry eyes afterwards. If you normally have really dry eyes then you might not be able to get surgery because it disrupts the ‘channels’ in the epithelium that keep your eyes moist. As I said in the previous comment, it took a year for mine to get that back fully and I mine were on the edge of not being able to get it done (they look at the thickness of the epithelium beforehand).

Another issue is rubbing your eyes too hard and the flap opens up again… D: It’s happened a lot before because the dryness after the surgery makes your eyes really itchy sometimes, especially if you’ve put in too many eye drops.

Recovery time is really dependent on age too, I was ~30 when I get it done, and they cap it out at 35 or so because after that it might not heal correctly.

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with a hug.

You can elect to get knocked out iirc, but it costs a lot more and I think you have to wait longer as they have to call someone in; however, they give you numbing eye drops so you don’t feel it and you also don’t see it because they use a vacuum to hold your eye in place which temporarily disables vision in the eye they’re working on. You still feel the pressure though and it smells a bit like burning hair (at least with the laser they were using on me).

The least invasive option is to have a special kind of contact lens attached to your cornea after an acid treatment. The cornea then heals to the shape of the lens. This is the oldest type of treatment and you’ll have to keep the contacts in for a few weeks I think. It’s mostly used by emergency service workers and military people.

Second least is a newer surgery that uses a femtosecond laser that is able to cut away the inner parts of the cornea (the stroma) without damaging the surface (the epithelium). So the only cutting that has to be done is a small nick on the side through which the surgeon pulls out the extra cells that were mucking up your vision.

The last option is the most invasive where the epithelium is cut and folded out of the way (like a hobbit door) so the laser can burn away the excess cells. The epithelium is folded back into place and a special glue is used to keep it there. It took about a month for my eyes to heal and a year or so for them to stop being super dry.

If you do get corrective surgery find a practice that uses a femtosecond laser. It’s the best option I think.

Literally Jesus

I got surgery a while ago and am super happy with it. Though for me it was more of a “I hate having stuff on my face” kind of deal so it was a bit more urgent…