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Cake day: March 30th, 2026

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  • Exercise balls. After my boss bought a dozen for the workplace, I realized how much less my lower back was hurting. If I make an effort to also move my hip in various ways, it hurts even less. I decided to buy one myself to use when gaming on my PC. Works like a charm. Does my back still hurt? Yes. Has the exercise ball worked better and been more cost-effective than any other option thus far? Yes.

    My problem is some kind of hypertension after overdoing cycling about six years ago. At least that’s what they think. After having seen several specialists and doctors, they still don’t know.


  • Edit: who am I kidding, you’re right. My comment was spiteful. I do apologize.

    And I am not trying to besmirch any person or generation, but I do think that there is a correlation between the amount of literature the “older people” of today were exposed to during their youth compared to those that you refer to by saying “young people”. Since you didn’t specify a demographic, I am not touching on any socioeconomic circumstances and/or cultural factors that may or may not lead to young people not being able to distinguish between utopia and dystopia.




  • You mean like the breakdown I had yesterday and I thought that it’s time to end it once and for all because of how miserable and worthless I am? Nah, not been there, not done that. /j

    Somehow I’m still here, on the bus, on my way to work.

    After I finish the few hours of work that my doctor allows me to do, I guess I’m looking forward to sitting down at the local library to do some hobby programming. I’m also looking forward to see some of my colleagues. Not all of them.

    If you would have to say at least one thing that you could look forward to today/tomorrow, what would it be?








  • In Sweden, on paper, everybody has the right to receive health care, even if you’re not a citizen. This is humanitarian and beautiful. On paper. While I wouldn’t trade it for what you have in the US, our system has some serious shortcomings. For example, because of the long waiting times, we had to come up we the term “health care guarantee”, which is a guideline to health care providers that states, that they have to provide health care within two or three months of the application date. Since it’s a guideline it’s practically meaningless and some people have had their health irreversibly damaged because they didn’t receice surgery or whatever in time. Another example are the people delivering babies abroad. Some clinics and hospitals are so taxed, that they cannot make room for one more person to give birth, which has lead to some infamous cases where people gave birth in their cars, on their way to a neighbouring country to deliver their baby abroad. Yet another example is how the physicians are trained to treat patients. While overdiagnosing and overexamining definitely is a thing and a fact in the medical world, our doctors far too often recommend us taking pain medication “walk it off”, instead of actually examining. You rarely get a CT, yet alone an MRI, and if you do, you have moths for it.

    EDIT: trans specific healthcare is years behind. Again, on paper, everybody is accepted and we have our pointless pride parade, but when you actually voice your concern or need for gender affirming health care, you have to prove your dysphoria to a bunch of specialists, which takes up to five years. If and when they decide to diagnose you with gender dysphoria, then you are eligible for HRT or whatever you need. Once you get the diagnosis, the state pays for any and all gender affirmation, which is good, but the journey is murderous…

    EDIT2: Certain workplaces cover both examination, treatments and medicine.