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Cake day: July 12th, 2023

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  • I used to be an EMT (am going to be working as one again soon) and where I worked we had some good cops and some real shitty cops who had no business being cops, but one thing that they all had in common was that the rules were if someone asked for medical help, they had to call the ambulance. Didn’t matter if it looked like obvious bullshit, all the departments in the area I worked had a blanket policy that they weren’t medical professionals and they couldn’t make that decision. You could have a tiny little cut on your finger and ask for medical help and even the shittiest cops would sigh and call for EMS. These cops infuriate me. How many more people have to get murdered? If someone asks for help fucking help them and sort out the details later.









  • I like sweet things. I totally confess that I eat way too many sweet things. 3 or 4 times in my life I’ve “challenged” myself to go 30 days without eating any sugar except what’s in fruits and vegetables and food like that naturally, making sure to eat a very careful diet and no treats or processed food. Every time within a few days I was having awful cravings and mood swings, and by a week I felt like an emotional wreck who just wanted sugar. I completed my “challenges” but it was disturbing.

    It also gave me a ton of empathy for addicts. If I can’t not eat sugar without a massive struggle, I can only imagine trying to get clean from heroin or another drug.