#but I don't have scurvy

[firebirdsdaughter]

Looking back at your Ask box…

… And realising you have Asks going back at least two years…

Which is a good thing bc I just accidentally found out someone blocked me that I think I only interacted w/ them all of once and I'm not sure why but I might know why and now I feel bad, and…

… Yeah. I'll. Uh. I'll go think about the Asks, maybe.

[pickapea]

my job is reactivating and rehabilitating patients in post surgery care and one of the first things i tell them once they've tried to drink some juice and stand on their legs without throwing up is "every bite is a good bite" and i think that's a good sentiment for everyone

[quillsand]

one of the most common ways my health anxiety presents itself is that sometimes i will genuinely convince myself i have scurvy and start to panic about it. my friend knows this and for christmas she made me an 'anti-scurvy kit' with lots of foods that are high in vitamin C and also a ton of these affirmation cards. it's so sweet and thoughtful but also, devoid of context, it's so fucking funny that if i take a step back and read these cards i end up laughing so much i automatically stop worrying about having scurvy.

[running-in-the-dark]

a super fun thing that my brain is really good at is hearing a random fact and remembering it forever. but only if it's bad :)

[thewardenofwinter]

every time i see false information about pirates i die a little inside, but at the same time it brings me joy that other people find interest in something i am so passionate about. in the end, as long as people are having fun writing about these high seas robbers, it doesn't matter if everything is historically accurate. why should I ruin their fun with correcting them? (but i still want to)

[trans-cuchulainn]

i haven't worn earrings for literally years and i'm pretty sure if i ever wanted to do so again, i would have to re-pierce them bc they've almost definitely closed (they never healed quite right, love that hypermobile life), and yet somehow the piercing holes are going crusty as though they're new/i've worn earrings recently

BUDDY YOU HAVE BEEN THERE FOR 14 YEARS AND HAVEN'T SEEN AN EARRING FOR ABOUT 4 OF THEM AT LEAST, WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU

[arctic-hands]

Is eating only applesauce a perhaps overly sweet and not very nutrient-dense meal? Yes. Is it better than not eating anything, which was my original plan for the day until I could run to the grocery store after running around town? Also yes

[notquiteaghost]

various health websites keep telling me vitamin C supplements have no proven effect on helping illness... respectfully, i didnt take mine to visit isaac n then on the coach back i caught a cold but newt (who isnt hamstringing their immune system with perpetual malnutrition) didnt. so. i know more than you here

[todayisafridaynight]

Sorry for ruining your posting kfjdj I also didn't know such a person existed but I ended up finding the post where they defended him because it was the same one in which they said they hated Park cos she was abusive and manipulative to Haruka 😭😭 like. The dissonance between what they can't accept and what they CAN just cos they find a guy hot really gets me

OH NO YOU'RE GOOD THE TIMING WAS JUST REALLY FUNNY the halo effect and misogyny can hold grimy ugly hands unfortunately

oh damn i aint readin all that. i skimmed it just for you but if i read it any more i was gonna feel my eyebrows merge as i pinched them together perplexed

[grimmwoodtangle]

i should watch a scurvy playthrough.

[midweekblues]

What's with the porn bots. I'm here for Cold Boys :/

[homunculus-argument]

And speaking of scurvy, I am eternally amused by the thing where some ancient form of healing that was born in a time where people didn't know exactly how the human body works, or what causes it to stop working sometimes, that still somehow worked. Like how so many old folk medicinal plants were listed as a cure for various ailments that - from a modern view - are clearly just symptoms of scurvy, and the plant itself is rich in vitamin C.

I recall reading some story, no recollection of the exact time or place, where the king of a large empire suffered from constant horrible headaches and was incapable of falling asleep unless drugged or blackout drunk. Sick of taking temporary fixes to dull the pain and having to be sedated every night, he called up some old sage healer who was said to know how to fix things nobody else could explain, and the healer heard his symptoms and went

"Hmm. You spend too much time being a king. Your skull is packed so full of kingly thoughts that they don't all fit in there and that's why your head is in pain. You need to spend time not being a king." And prescribed him to schedule three days every month where he must go to a peasant village where nobody knows he's the king, live with a family there under a fake name and identity, work in the rice fields with them, eating the same food and sleeping on the same mats. Absolutely nobody is allowed to address him as the king, speak to him of any royal or political matters, and he himself is not allowed to think any kingly thoughts or think of himself as the king.

And naturally, this worked. Taking a regular scheduled break from a highly stressful office desk job to completely decompress, paired with physical exercise in the form of hard but simple physical labour, plain and simple food and Just Not Thinking About Your Fucking Job All The Time does help chronic stress, which here was worded as "spending too much time being a king clogs your brain."

Sometimes you do have ghosts in your blood, though I'm not entirely sure whether you should do cocaine about it.

[spock-buys-houses]

The NHS is really coming through for me in these challenging times

[dokyeomini]

i have a very hectic and random night routine

[handern]

marathoning TMA when you're sleep deprived will have you absolutely convinced that you're haunted by Jane Prentiss

[raved-cheapstake]

Citrus <3