What ruined your day?

[BlankAccount]

Our new crayfish died. Sometime in the past couple of days. He was fine at the beginning of the week, now just dead. Might have been the temperature, which I did my best to keep cool with the water changes (we do two per week), low oxygen flow at the bottom of the tank, or simply failed to molt. The last one is the most common cause of death for crustaceans.

Sucks though, since the other two would be directly my fault. Which would lead to an undesirable situation which I will not get into here.

Sorry for your loss.

[Gigantis]

Our new crayfish died. Sometime in the past couple of days. He was fine at the beginning of the week, now just dead. Might have been the temperature, which I did my best to keep cool with the water changes (we do two per week), low oxygen flow at the bottom of the tank, or simply failed to molt. The last one is the most common cause of death for crustaceans.

Sucks though, since the other two would be directly my fault. Which would lead to an undesirable situation which I will not get into here.

aw, losing a pet is the worst. sorry for your lost

[goji89]

Our new crayfish died. Sometime in the past couple of days. He was fine at the beginning of the week, now just dead. Might have been the temperature, which I did my best to keep cool with the water changes (we do two per week), low oxygen flow at the bottom of the tank, or simply failed to molt. The last one is the most common cause of death for crustaceans.

Sucks though, since the other two would be directly my fault. Which would lead to an undesirable situation which I will not get into here.

Sorry to hear that Kiryu.......Knowing you, you tried your best to give him the best environment possible. Sometimes shiit happens.....sorry.

[Rhedosaurus]

Our new crayfish died. Sometime in the past couple of days. He was fine at the beginning of the week, now just dead. Might have been the temperature, which I did my best to keep cool with the water changes (we do two per week), low oxygen flow at the bottom of the tank, or simply failed to molt. The last one is the most common cause of death for crustaceans.

Sucks though, since the other two would be directly my fault. Which would lead to an undesirable situation which I will not get into here.

I'm really sorry to hear that. Losing a pet is never easy. Hopefully you can find what went wrong so that the next one you get won't have that problem.

Take time to heal, man.

[Darth Kiryu]

Thanks guys. He was doing fine for the few months we've had him. I saw him move a bit last night, but today when I checked he was in the exact same position. Pulled him out with no resistance and smelled rot when I got him out of the water.

[Manuelito Canelito]

My lil' cousins managed to guilt me into riding a fairground...
...
...I saw my life passing throught my eyes

[gottatalktothefake]

The realization that I'll be 21 in a few days and my life is passing me by so quickly

I get existential on every birthday

[Red Hunter]

Our new crayfish died. Sometime in the past couple of days. He was fine at the beginning of the week, now just dead. Might have been the temperature, which I did my best to keep cool with the water changes (we do two per week), low oxygen flow at the bottom of the tank, or simply failed to molt. The last one is the most common cause of death for crustaceans.

Sucks though, since the other two would be directly my fault. Which would lead to an undesirable situation which I will not get into here.

Srry for ur lost. I know how ur feel, the first fish I ever had died in the very next day. In fact it looks like maany fishes are sold with infections or fungus. U haave my condolences

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The realization that I'll be 21 in a few days and my life is passing me by so quickly

I get existential on every birthday

Im 21 too. I think is very common this feeling. We get used to being youth since we born (duuh..) and til we left school. When we reach adulthood it knocks reaally hard on the start, but sure you get used to it

[_JNavs_]

For my wooden Monitor enclosure I'm working on, I used some wood for the front that completely splintered as soon as I drilled into it.. So I've gotta go back to Home Depot for a few things tomorrow. I also picked up black Silicone thinking it'd look the best, but my god is it messy and an instant stainer...Too late though, no going back, now the cage is starting to look like a box out of Borderlands (cell shaded black-lines which tbh is kinda cool but still a pain)

Now I can either spray paint it black with some reptile-safe paint (it'd save me from using a heavy sealant) or keep the nice wooden look and hit it with a sealant/brush.

Ughhhhhh

[LSD Jellyfish]

The realization that I'll be 21 in a few days and my life is passing me by so quickly

I get existential on every birthday

Assuming you live in the United States, and you’ve got some awesome friends, 21st birthday is one of the best.

What’s weird/scary to me though is that I’m now 23, and where I was mentally and life wise when I was 21 was so different.

[JAGzilla]

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The realization that I'll be 21 in a few days and my life is passing me by so quickly

I get existential on every birthday

Im 21 too. I think is very common this feeling. We get used to being youth since we born (duuh..) and til we left school. When we reach adulthood it knocks reaally hard on the start, but sure you get used to it

I'm 30, and (spoiler alert) nope! Time just speeds up, and years start to feel like seasons. You don't get used to anything because everything changes so damn fast, responsibility piles up, and knowledge and experience become both blessing and curse. There's no light at the end of the tunnel. Abandon hope, all ye who enter adulthood.

[eabaker]

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The realization that I'll be 21 in a few days and my life is passing me by so quickly

I get existential on every birthday

Im 21 too. I think is very common this feeling. We get used to being youth since we born (duuh..) and til we left school. When we reach adulthood it knocks reaally hard on the start, but sure you get used to it

I'm 30, and (spoiler alert) nope! Time just speeds up, and years start to feel like seasons. You don't get used to anything because everything changes so damn fast, responsibility piles up, and knowledge and experience become both blessing and curse. There's no light at the end of the tunnel. Abandon hope, all ye who enter adulthood.

40 feels like you're already dead. Every moment is agony, and I curse your youth.

[LSD Jellyfish]

I started having mild pelvic pain on Friday (for reference today is Sunday). I checked my urine, and everything appears to be okay. Additionally, I watched some “videos” online and everything down there appears to be “fully functional”. However, the pain has persisted, and in fact has grown slightly. I’m thinking it might be a kidney stone, or some sort of UTI, maybe Gout. While I have eaten healthily as of late, I’ll admit I’ve been binge drinking at parties I’ve had with my coworkers.

I don’t have anyone in person to comfort me currently, and I don’t want to freak my parents over text. I’m scared it’s something bad.

I’m gonna go to work tomorrow, sign in, and then explain my situation to my boss as well as speak to one of the guys who has lived in my area for about 18 years. I’m gonna go to the hospital tomorrow, and thankfully due to stellar Japanese insurance I’m not worried about finance. I just wish I could go now but the hospital is about to close and I’m still not sure if it’s as big of a deal as I’m making it out to be.

[Spirit Ghidorah 2010]

I started having mild pelvic pain on Friday (for reference today is Sunday). I checked my urine, and everything appears to be okay.

When you "check" your urine, what does that mean exactly? Did you just look at the color/smell, or did you actually have a urinalysis done? Because urine can look normal even with an infection brewing. Also, gout manifests in the joints in almost all cases before you see things like kidney stones, so I highly doubt it's that.

I doubt it's anything out of the ordinary. Probably just a mild UTI, which can be easily be treated with oral antibiotics. I'm just glad you have the sense of getting it checked out now rather than Googling it and diagnosing yourself with pelvic inflammatory disease (which, BTW, guys can't get, so don't bother looking that up either)

[LSD Jellyfish]

I started having mild pelvic pain on Friday (for reference today is Sunday). I checked my urine, and everything appears to be okay.

When you "check" your urine, what does that mean exactly? Did you just look at the color/smell, or did you actually have a urinalysis done? Because urine can look normal even with an infection brewing. Also, gout manifests in the joints in almost all cases before you see things like kidney stones, so I highly doubt it's that.

I doubt it's anything out of the ordinary. Probably just a mild UTI, which can be easily be treated with oral antibiotics. I'm just glad you have the sense of getting it checked out now rather than Googling it and diagnosing yourself with pelvic inflammatory disease (which, BTW, guys can't get, so don't bother looking that up either)

I wound up calling my mom, and talking to her about it, just because my first post sort of enabled me to consider telling her after telling someone. She told me that there’s a possibility it’s a UTI, because apparently I got them as a very small infant. She says it’s nothing to freak out over, and I should just go to the hospital tomorrow. We wound up talking about some other things so everything is okay.

Still a little scared/worried, but overall much better especially in that I was able to call her after posting her and then reading your comment. Thanks a lot for the support.

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Saw a doctor today at a clinic. He took a urine sample, and ran some tests on it. Nothing serious, at least anything that would raise alarm bells, or I should be seriously scared over. He prescribed me some antibiotics and said that they’ll test the urine culture for bacteria, though he said most likely it’ll be gone in a week. Says minor pain from a UTI would be normal.

I will say though that I’m happy that I went to a clinic here. I was really scared because of the language barrier, but I’m glad I overcame it and didn’t just not go. I have peace of mind now.

[eabaker]

Didn't necessarily ruin my day, but getting new paged on the "What Made Your Day" thread is kind of a bummer, when I'd just posted something I'm really excited about.

Doesn't help that I got new paged with a post about fucking KotM...

[Red Hunter]

I was drunk as f*ck yesterday and Im still feelling the effects

[goji89]

I was drunk as f*ck yesterday and Im still feelling the effects

You drink? Eeww gross.

[Red Hunter]

I was drunk as f*ck yesterday and Im still feelling the effects

You drink? Eeww gross.

Thaaats how I fell for aa week aafter regurgitating

[goji89]

I was drunk as f*ck yesterday and Im still feelling the effects

You drink? Eeww gross.

Thaaats how I fell for aa week aafter regurgitating

To beat a hangover you have to drink another one the day after......hair of the dog as we say.