The ranting thinking thread

[Beef Jerky]

So my mum is at risk of having an aortic dissection because of an abdominal aneurysm, but she prefers to smoke constantly. Plus, she has emphysema and high blood pressure as well.

That's crazy!

 

[therogis]

So my mum is at risk of having an aortic dissection because of an abdominal aneurysm, but she prefers to smoke constantly. Plus, she has emphysema and high blood pressure as well.

That's crazy!

That sucks. My mom used to smoke as well.

My current rant: making eyeglasses doesn’t really cost that much, but somehow I ended up paying 500 € (~540 $) for new glasses. I absolutely need them as my left eye has approx 40 % vision with my current glasses (said my opthometrist) so that's pretty much a no-can-do situation, but c'mon... these prices are crazy!

Luckily I just got a raise as my traineeship ended and I'm now a full-time lawyer. Still. I'm not used to spending money lol

I wonder if I could get an income tax reduction by announcing that they are "work equipment"
(Basically they are but I don't think their price can be used as grounds for tax reduction, unlike a new computer or a set of law books)
(No I'm not a tax lawyer as you can see)

 

[Lain]

Fat, ugly and flabby are among the hundreds of words that have been removed from Roald Dahl’s children’s books so the stories “can continue to be enjoyed by all today”.

Publishers have made a string of changes to Dahl’s work, primarily around language related to weight, mental health, violence, gender and race. They have also inserted sentences into the books which were not written by the author.

In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, for example, Augustus Gloop is described as “enormous” rather than “fat”.

In The Witches, 59 changes were said to have been made, the publication said. One paragraph explaining that witches are bald beneath their wigs ends with the new line: “There are plenty of other reasons why women might wear wigs and there is certainly nothing wrong with that.”

And people wonder why we keep harping on about censorship. "1984" was supposed to be a warning, not an instruction manual, yet people seem to be intent on doing a double plus good job of making sure we're walking right into it.

 

[Beef Jerky]

I wear glasses too. I'm now minus 6. So without my Gregory Pecks, I cannot really see anything.

 

[therogis]

I wear glasses too. I'm now minus 6. So without my Gregory Pecks, I cannot really see anything.

Yea that sucks. -6 on right, -1.5 on left plus prism lenses. I wouldn't survive a day without glasses even though my left eye is a bit better.