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Cake day: December 4th, 2025

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  • I’ve always been dyslexic with lefts and rights, or perhaps their names? Even now I have to catch myself most of the time when I say the wrong one.

    I’m a little bad with numbers, that got worse after a head injury, so now I frequently confuse 6s and 8s in addition to the usual ‘was it 2493 or 2349?’ kinda things. As long as I double check my numbers I can do math right, but if it’s just a number sequence, they get a little mixed up.

    Mines very mild though, and I’ve met/seen people that take a solid minute or two to parse it when they’re corrected.

    I know a “NEET of 8 years” who basically won’t try at anything because of this. I kind of feel like its an excuse to be lazy, but I can’t say for sure.

    That could go either way. I’ve heard (from family or friends) of people that have it so severely, they can’t trust themselves enough to accurately read.

    That said, it could also be an easy excuse to avoid trying, but ultimately without consulting or being diagnosed by an expert, you only have their word to go on as to the severity.



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    I haven’t seen the video but I read the interview (equally gross), and it’s kinda like that. I don’t remember it hitting the floor but he admitted that it got a little crooked when it was going in, which was one of the main contributing factors.

    Apparently he had done it before (and continues to do so) with no issue because he filled them with water first, so the density counteracted the tension.

    Also he was like 50ish when it happened.







  • I’d do a lot of the same, but in different ways. I don’t want to mess up and miss out on my pets and all the other wonderful things that have happened to me, but I would try to live a better/less fucked life.

    Try harder in school, achieve some modicum of success so I’m not such a loser, and fix my biggest, less consequential regrets. Nothing that would be life-changing, but would make me feel less guilty at least. I would do more to help the pets I couldn’t save (2 babies taken too soon) and I would try to just live more, and not be as much of a shut-in homebody.

    Probably try not to become an alcoholic too.







  • Maybe try ice water? I’m not much of a water person myself, but I love some cold ice water. Aside from that, my top 2 are tea/juice and Gatorade or similar.

    Tea/juice is basically water with flavor. Gatorade/Powerade/similar are a great option cause it’ll hydrate you and the electrolytes are good for your gut bacteria.

    Another idea is to just water down the things you already drink. For sodas I think it actually makes them taste better.