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Talking about self injecting... My partner had our first child the other day. We'd spent 9 months planning a home birth but the baby refused to come out so at 18 days over the due date we made the shitty decision to have a c-section and instead of a home birth we had to have her cut open and spend 3 days in hospital. I was sat in the operating room with her - it was one of the most intense things I've ever been through - I had to use all of my strength not to burst into tears the whole time we were in there. I managed to keep it together, just about, but fuck me it was intense.
Anyway, after going through all of that, feeling like she's been cut in half, having the baby kicking her wound, going through excruciating pain breast feeding, andnot sleeping, she also has to inject herself in the leg once a day. It's grim. And most of the time I'm just sat there next to her, in perfect comfort, pain free, feeling guilty and wondering what small, meaningless task I can do next to try and make myself useful.
The baby is adorable though. She cries way less and sleeps way more than I thought she would, and her poo smells like double cream.
- Oh ho! As harrowing as all that sounds, congrats, papa!Continuity
- Thanks! To be fair to my misses though she's a trooper, she's in high spirits and is enjoying the new experience, despite all of the fuckery she has to endureset
- Congrats!
Now the fun begins.palimpsest - Your woman’s a gladiator, brother.
Congrats on the little one!! ...also—what the hell is double cream and where can I get some?PonyBoy - Oh man yeah that’s rough but congrats on the baby!!! We went through 2 c-sections with my kids, my wife doesn’t love the scar but she loves how everything_niko
- ...”else” stayed intact lol_niko
- lol what a fucking ride, and then to end with "poo smells like double cream". Madman, congrats.garbage
- CONGRATS!!!bezoar
- Congrats!! Cherish your wife—they’re incredible; that’s true strength. If we men had to give birth, we’d be extinct by now, lol.OBBTKN
- Continuity5
blog
Look, as long as we're all gonna talk about self-injecting ...
I may or may not have mentioned before that I have severe psoriasis. Or, rather, *had*.
I went for years and years using topicals like betamethasone. For a bit they worked, but they're greasy as fuck and really do a number on your quality of life.
But eventually, the condition just got so out of control that I couldn't keep up anymore. The other issue I had was that my previous dermatologist — some cantankerous 957-year-old cunt of a witch doctor — didn't believe in prescribing anything other than creams and ointments.
Probably to no-one's surprise, he also had a great, big, giant wooden cross hanging in his office. So I guess science was off the menu, there.
Finally, I got sick to the tits of this guy, and found myself a new dermatologist. Younger, in her 30s, not long out from her doctoral studies, and very much believes in stuff other than creams and ointments.
So, she prescribed me risankizumab earlier this year. One epi-pen every three months. Stab myself in the leg with it, and I'm good to go.
And I can't even believe what a difference it made. Before that prescription, there wasn't a single part of my body not affected by psoriasis. Ugly, painful, raw, horrific, and completely uncontrollable.
Now, I'm completely clear, and it took maybe two or three months to get to this point. But I started seeing results maybe ten days after the first injection. After that, it's just maintenance doses every three months.
Fucking miraculous.
- Krassy3
Architecture of the Day
louis kahn - side elevation, fisher house, hatboro, pennsylvania, usa, 1960-67
- PonyBoy11
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I have to self-inject a medication into my belly twice a day now through Sunday. I'm used to a spring-loaded needle lancet to draw a quick tap of blood for testing (I do this weekly)... but I've been given actual syringes that I have stick in my belly and inject myself twice a day for the next 3 days.
Holy shit I was a ridiculous pussy doing this on my own in front of my wife and nurse this morning for this first time ever... but I did it... where's my fucking popsicle???!!!
- Whoa shit, what happened?garbage
- You've just gotta commit.
Needling yourself is way less traumatic than needling someone else - a loved one.
Get that wrong and.. jesus.Nairn - Position it, turn your head, close your eyes and Just Fucking Do It.
I believe in you, PonyBoy xNairn - ...You could make a great Junkie ;)Nairn
- Ouch! Take care Kevin <3OBBTKN
- I don’t usually pray. But just so you know, you’re in my prayers ;) Hugs!OBBTKN
- lol @nairn "you could make a great junkie" is such a linegarbage
- You'll get used it. #signsyourgettingoldfalcadia
- Take care!prophetone
- lol!!... love you allPonyBoy
- Lol @nairnOBBTKN
- Sounds grim mate. I'm a right pussy when it comes to needles. Get well soon!set
- the only thing i've injected myself recently is mayonnaise...pango
- Krassy3
blog
Loved Ali G back in the day when he first came out; but the new movie was hard to watch. Yikes. Awful.
- the interview was good though... https://www.youtube.…neverscared
- ali g might not fly as good as then.. but i thought it was hardcore.. seeing it like the milgram experiment.. iam still wtf is going in there with the plasticneverscared
- butt guns and wanking..., i was a stunned.. but i didnt see -who is america- where its probably all like this.neverscared
- the interview is good yeahKrassy
- elahon23
- No!!! Rest in PeaceSquiddy
- Do Borg ever ‘die’?misterhow
- I had the same photo ready to go.
This is the fourth Star Trek actor on this page.CyBrainX - "It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not weakness; that is life."
Onward to your next adventure, good sir. :(Akagiyama - Engagegarbage
- RIP another good one.
I blame Starfleet AcademyMrT - Fuck.
RIP.Continuity - 86. Not tragic. Still sad :'(jagara
- https://www.youtube.…jagara
- Meeting a friend tomorrow for tea. Earl Grey, hot.jagara
- fuck :(PonyBoy
- Damn. I'm out of Earl Grey. is this my fault?CyBrainX
- Fucken hell man. RIPfuturefood
- Welppango
- Only the good die young.utopian
- RIP legendrenderedred
- Hurts like losing Dolly did.evilpeacock
- a great actor is gone..api
- tank0222
RIP of the day
Old-school member here. I can’t remember his username, but I still had him on Facebook.
A message from the Higgs family.
Alan Higgs ❤️ 13/01/1935 – 24/10/2026
We are very sorry to share the sad news that the wonderful Alan Higgs passed away this weekend.Many of you will know him from this page, of course, but also locally, as he was often out and about, getting involved in just about anything he could!
His zest for life knew no bounds. He had slowed down a little in recent years, but at his peak, he could be seen not just roller skating down Toddington High Street, but hula hooping at the same time!
We've already received so many lovely messages, with words such as "legend", "inspiration" and "unique" being used to describe him. And he really was all of those things.
He didn't like a fuss, really. He just had a wonderful, go-getting attitude to life and was always up for giving something a go! He loved his walking group and playing pool. In fact, at the age of 90, he even became a TikTok star, with a video of him playing pool in the club reaching over 8 million views!
He played the drums and harmonica and loved jazz music.- https://www.qbn.com/…tank02
- toulouz. I remember seeing him around here. RIP :(OBBTKN
- 91? was he the oldest QBNer? I want to see this playing pool video now.fooler
- Yes he got into web design in his 60ies and ended up on QBN, he was the oldest membertank02
- Oh man RIP started this shit in his 60s? Mad respect!_niko
- Oh man, RIPSalarrue
- sad!Gabriel
- Sounds like a cool cat - rest in peacestoplying
- Legendmoogchild
- oh man, legend for sure! there is a winery up here called toulouz and always reminds me of him! RIP.lvl_13
- Wow, sad. But what a story. Would love to see an in memoriam with pictures and his work to remember him.stewart
- RIP, qbn brother.bezoar
- RIPrenderedred
- He's set the age bar for the rest of us.
I think he'll beat me, at least.
Rest well, Toulouz.
xNairn - <3PonyBoy
- ♡ · ❤︎ · ♥︎ ·ok_not_ok
- sab4
FUCK ADOBE!
Did the Adobe dance again for another 12 months. They wanted to bill me A$113.49 a month! Fuggers! Did the dance and got offered $47.99/mo for 12 months. FFS, just offer it at that price to start with!
- thanks for the reminder, had to do the same_niko
- No wuzzas! Cash better in our pockets than theirs!sab
- im about to do that shit rig[ht nowAQUTE
- It has become a strange habit—the same thing every year... ridiculous!OBBTKN
- they have you over a barrel, fucking cartel. 48 / month is a disgrace as well.hans_glib
- At least you don't have to go through a chat with an "agent" to do it these days. Just cancel the day before renewal, and then pick the reduced plan offering.evilpeacock
- *sets reminder for day before renewalNairn
- Hans: $48 is in Aussie dollars but still more than the USD equivalent. Yep I just used the cancel method for discount.sab
- In the US it's around $33.15/mo with the best discount. Without that it's $69.99 + tax!evilpeacock
- Gardener4
- I love this trailer
Also, need to know what FONT that is!!hydro74 - ooh, i've got tickets to the screening of this in leeds in a couple of weeksIanbolton
- Me too. But not in Leeds.
The restoration looks spectacular.Morning_star - Wow. The editor was allowed to go berserk. I shouldn't have watched this fullscreen, I feel dizzy now.Longcopylover
- Font could be Americana Bold?prophetone
- I like itprophetone
- I love this trailer
- Akagiyama3
- beautiful locationakiersky
- Location, Location, Locationutopian
- Why is Thanos there?Ianbolton
- This isn’t going to last_niko
- @ian Thanos would never miss this wedding, he's a known Swiftie.garbage
- THANOS is there for jus primae noctis... It's his righthydro74
- For the jus from primae notcis?
Absolute pervert.Nairn
- rzu-rzu6
quote of the day
"Tell me, gentle flowers, teardrops of the stars, standing in the garden, nodding your heads to the bees as they sing of the dews and the sunbeams, are you aware of the fearful doom that awaits you? Dream on, sway and frolic while you may in the gentle breezes of summer. To-morrow a ruthless hand will close around your throats. You will be wrenched, torn asunder limb by limb, and borne away from your quiet homes. The wretch, she may be passing fair. She may say how lovely you are while her fingers are still moist with your blood. Tell me, will this be kindness? It may be your fate to be imprisoned in the hair of one whom you know to be heartless or to be thrust into the buttonhole of one who would not dare to look you in the face were you a man. It may even be your lot to be confined in some narrow vessel with only stagnant water to quench the maddening thirst that warns of ebbing life."
- Kakuzo Okakura
- Nice :-)Ianbolton
- that's plucking beautiful <3PonyBoy
- https://www.gutenber…rzu-rzu
- wowstoplying
- Krassy14
- _niko9
- great logoutopian
- https://www.nytimes.…utopian
- I'm sure Pentagram could improve it by changing some stroke widths.duckseason
- Also, I never noticed the MB until this day...duckseason
- sorta reads BM... which um, means something elsePonyBoy
- Congrats to the Brew Crew - at least the Dodgers didn't win itstoplying
- BM does mean something else. That's why it took this long to win their first World Series.CyBrainX
- ideaist3
Apple
An onslaught of new products this week:
https://www.apple.com/ca/macbook…
https://www.apple.com/ca/macbook…
https://www.apple.com/ca/imac/
Etc.
YET, I can't seem to be excited about a single one... Utilitarian brain?! Lack of disposable income, perhaps?!
The "Foldgate" iPhone Duo scandal seems to be huge on its own albeit social media (namely Reddit) seems to be blowing it out of proportion...
...I mean, these devices are barely out yet and folks jump to conclusions and than fight about it.
#TooOldForThisShit
- these days they're just like a newer screwdriver. they still do the same stuff so what's to get excited about? a new coloured handle, shinier shaft etc etchans_glib
- Wow they created a touchscreen laptop, thought it would never happen.yuekit
- The 14" touchscreen laptop is $2900 and the 16" version is $3400. The older version 14" version: $2000 and 16': $3000CyBrainX
- I see an even worse price than that....$4k for the starter model, almost $5k for the 16" one.yuekit
- I wonder if more expensive laptops are just going to be the new normal as they become more powerful and capable of running local AI.yuekit
- more fingerprints are also the new normalaliastime
- Probably wont work with the Apple Pencil procannonball1978
- What do we want?!?! An iMac Pro 27” !!!
When do we want it?!?!? Consumer 24” iMacs in 8 colours nobody needs!!!!_niko - But but the color thing that they did in the 90s... why isn't it working still?cannonball1978
- feels like they are release a bunch of experiments or dumping excess of parts, hence no new models. Read the HomeView thing was warehoused since 2025.Squiddy
- is 120Hz that big a deal? So much hate cuz the new iPad Mini is 60Hz. (though the price increase doesn't help)Squiddy
- InNOvation Never Sleepsutopian
- Interesting https://www.apple.co…yuekit
- still chasing the high of the first iPhone? or first iMac? these all do the same thing, just a little bit fasterinteliboy
- Remember when apple product launch and presentation was something everyone tuned into? Now I just read the summary and move on.pango
- @Pango - I learn everything about Apple, third hand on QBN..utopian
- Short take is it's a new nice OLED screen that "also happens to support touch".
https://daringfireba…evilpeacock - i wonder if that means more touch laptop is going to be on the market and decrease the none apple touch laptop pricepango
- the next innovation is an ipad that unfolds into a computer like Huawai hasSquiddy
- i_monk1
Punches For:
Anyone showing up for a Teams meeting more than a minute early.
- I do it. Sometimes it's to avoid getting sucked into something else.spl33nidoru
- I concur, I show up for Zoom meetings early, because if I don't i'll forget and be late.dedlaast
- I wait until a few people are already on there to avoid small talk.fooler
- I casually show up a minute late all the timeutopian
- A punch for Teams, regardless of the timeMrT
- Like topes, I show up a minute late. I don't wanna have to be doing small talk with folks.duckseason
- Gardener0
- Island Boyfooler
- qbn get together 20 years agorenderedred
- Tim and the Finnsfuturefood
- MAGA circle jerkutopian
- The Suicide Squadbezoar
- isn't this on disney+?cotton
- Your dadspango
- No one that I used to know.Nairn
- The Cure and friendssab
- canoe0
Artificial Intelligence
I need to 'vibe code' a speech to text function on a website using the browser dictation capabilities.
Where do I find people to do this... I was going to try it, but seems like a headache.
- it's not. not at all. Use Claude. he's your best friend._niko
- you'll get it done 1000x faster and 1000x cheaper and be 1000x more satisfied._niko
- or just hire pali or any other coder on here :)_niko
- or just put two fingers in your pussy and blowrobthelad
- yeeshcanoe
- use or google/claude the 'Web Speech API'.
no code needed, it's native browser tech.uan - Just type "I need to vibe code a speech to text function on a website..." into the AIyuekit
- I have successfully built speech to text apps using Google Studio purely by vibe coding, it is very easy.utopian
- https://aistudio.goo…utopian
- https://www.youtube.…utopian
- I generally use Gemini to build the best prompt, as Gemini is free, then shit that into Claude or Codex. Takes a bit of pissing about, but you can do it canoe.Ianbolton
- Use Claude. Explain what you want to do in normal language. Tell it to write a plan. Examine that and tell it your tweaks if needed. Then tell it to build.Squiddy
- select the text input and press Windows key+HmonNom
- beta test successfulcanoe
