sparkles
@sparkles@piefed.zip
Hey!
I’m new to piefed. I was a part of the Reddit migration originally. Since then, I really enjoyed the conversations.
I’m a behavior therapist by day. Otherwise a bit of an introvert/gamer. I’m always up for a conversation. Unless I’m asleep, which is earlier and earlier these days.
- Comment on How do people survive in America? This is with insurance! 1 day ago:
Arguing with the insurance about why you need medicine when you’re sick, while you get sicker is so twisted. I’m glad your family was shielded from that at the minimum.
- Comment on How do people survive in America? This is with insurance! 1 day ago:
You should see cancer meds. 😭
- Comment on visiting family back in switzerland for the weekend & airspace home gets closed🤪 6 days ago:
My kids are almost fully grown and I’m in my late 30s, it is super freeing to no longer panic about periods. Especially with gestures at everything
- Comment on Oh when it's done to you .... you don't like it 6 days ago:
Well since breast are for feeding babies and genitals are not, it isn’t really the same at all.
- Comment on Tulsa police pepper sprayed children for walking out/protesting 1 week ago:
Apparently chemical weapons are now in the hierarchy of punishments that can be used against students for noncompliance in red states. Briefly, of course. For their safety.
- Comment on Well, shit 1 week ago:
Someone told me that horse really drowned and I believed it for like 20 years. 😡
- Comment on Well, shit 1 week ago:
Why would you do this, op…
- Comment on Word up 1 week ago:
You gotta wear platform boots with them.
- Comment on Unhinged... I'm gonna start doing that 1 week ago:
Who are these lunatics?
- Comment on Leaked Documents Show Meta Cracking Down on Access to Abortion Information 1 week ago:
Preaching to the choir. Every time people send me Facebook crap they seem aghast I don’t use it and won’t look at it. Happily banned.
- Comment on straight down to business pls 1 week ago:
Angry engagement bait! Who actually talks like that? I need to meet these women. For behavior science.
- Comment on 1 week ago:
Bowl of pickles and flavor blasted goldfish. I’m not above it.
- Comment on Heavy snow when you're a kid is a dream come true, heavy snow when you're an adult is a nightmare. 1 week ago:
Yeah it took me a couple rounds to get the feet of snow off my car. Hope I can get out tomorrow for work. I don’t super mind but I wish I could take another day off to give the plow guys more time to clear things.
- Comment on Some excuses are for you but not for them 1 week ago:
May that kind of love never find me again.
- Comment on this post would have singlehandedly won him the 2024 election 1 week ago:
Joe, your clam would be positively on fire with both physical and mental discomfort and your next piss would be like the fire of a thousand suns. Your butthole would probably get used to it, though. Be a little itchy depending on the laundry soap I guess.
- Comment on Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2026, Week 09] 1 week ago:
Tbh I’m looking for something with the vibe of BSD. Or with characters similar to Dazai.
- Comment on Therapy 2 weeks ago:
It’s just is what it is. People get it or they don’t. Someone has to do this work. You don’t see people stim off your blood after they’ve finally succeeded in lacerating you and change over night…but I think maybe after a few years these things get weirdly mundane and… I am fine with it though. It’s fulfilling.
- Comment on Therapy 2 weeks ago:
Yes, but like…for money.
- Comment on Homeland Security has reportedly sent out hundreds of subpoenas to identify ICE critics online 2 weeks ago:
Right? I said early on the unmarked ones should be treated as kidnappers bc we are drilled to not let unidentified people take us to a second location. Too much?
Or call the real authorities when they’re sniffing around schools and make a real scene because that’s a fiduciary duty.
Idk I’ve seen people say much worse but these are very sensitive individuals.
- Comment on Do you ever feel guilty for trying to sign up for government assistance programs? 3 weeks ago:
Nope. Used them for years. Now I pay a fucky amount of taxes with my high paying job to support them. Use them. We live in a society.
- Comment on Sick days 3 weeks ago:
I get a base month of Pto but it’s not designated as a sick day. I just use it how I want (usually for emergencies lol). But I can earn like 2 more weeks as well. Which I know isn’t great compared to a first world country but most of my friends don’t get anything.
- Comment on What do you recommend I carry in my first wallet? 3 weeks ago:
Bank card, ID, library card, and maybe a small amount of cash. Nothing that you can’t cancel with a quick phone call or replace.
- Comment on What should I NOT do in front of rich people? 3 weeks ago:
You gotta fold the big floppy ones in half, silly.
Really that’s how we eat it .
- Comment on Is it normal I feel embarrassed about being female sometimes because of feminine smells I don't want to be associated with? 3 weeks ago:
This is internalized misogyny. Someone would only have that smell if they had an infection or other strong smells come from poor hygiene which is not related to sex specifically. Also, not like you’re going to know about it said smell unless you’re down there in someone else’s businesses. It is really not okay to let these sexist and nonfactual thoughts permeate to the point where you dislike yourself or are hateful towards women. I would see a therapist, and if you are around people who speak about women this way I would see them to the door.
- Comment on Is it better to follow your parents footsteps and help them with their thriving small bussiness, but you have to deal with toxicity, or trying going your own way and risk homelessness? 3 weeks ago:
I would say always be able to support yourself. You can help your parents if you want, but always be able to stand on your own. Otherwise you are vulnerable to victimization. Think…is it those very same parents who threaten you with homelessness if you have any independence? That will be held over you forever. I’d quietly work towards independent living while not causing a conflict.
- Comment on Hamburglar, meet Hat Man 4 weeks ago:
Having allergies prob saved me from experiencing less socially acceptable recreations. I still have a Benadryl from time to time. For my allergies.
- Comment on Sending someone LLM output in response to a question they ask is the intellectual equivalent of sending an unsolicited dick pic. 4 weeks ago:
I get it, it’s obnoxious and annoying, bereft of deep thought or courtesy. Qualities the senders must possess. But I could go the rest of my life without seeing unsolicited genitals tbh.
- Comment on Your teenager AND your husband 4 weeks ago:
Have to teach the child (grown adult should have self control and understanding of portion size) healthy eating habits.
I make one grocery trip a week so I’m not dealing with all that.
- Comment on From the mouth of babes 4 weeks ago:
I knew some with dead parents, a few in jail, a couple “call the police on sight” and plenty of abandonment… Life really isn’t fucking fair. I know it is a joke but it definitely is a privileged one.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
I don’t post there anymore but the only time it felt like I was talking to real people was on my small state sub. That’s the only reason I even lurk. Since I’m banned from Facebook it’s the only place to get the tea.