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 [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
I wasn’t paying attention to the community.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Ok, I guess you’re right. I will unfollow the community. I accidentally responded not paying attention to where it was posted.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
What a sad thing to want or wish for. You have to think, divorces and discontent don’t come out of nowhere. Wife or primary caregiver often gets fed up with taking care of someone with arrested development which becomes massively apparent after children are born, or there are money issues, etc. Divorced/older men chasing younger naive women is a stereotype for a reason.
- Comment on Every single time. 2 weeks ago:
Ya for real though, don’t worry, people in medical/human services aren’t too worried about your explosive diarrhea. (I know it’s hard to emotionally detach on this when you’re younger). But…It’s just a job. My colleagues and I have often incidentally been extremely intimate just by virtue of we have to work with people who are sometimes naked, and deal with fluids and the like. In any other context it might be embarrassing to meet someone and thirty minutes later look at a penis together. Nature of the beast etc. Everyone poops!
- Comment on How do people survive in America? This is with insurance! 3 weeks 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! 3 weeks ago:
You should see cancer meds. 😭
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 4 weeks 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 4 weeks ago:
Someone told me that horse really drowned and I believed it for like 20 years. 😡
- Comment on Well, shit 4 weeks ago:
Why would you do this, op…
- Comment on Word up 4 weeks ago:
You gotta wear platform boots with them.
- Comment on Unhinged... I'm gonna start doing that 4 weeks ago:
Who are these lunatics?
- Comment on Leaked Documents Show Meta Cracking Down on Access to Abortion Information 4 weeks 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 [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
Angry engagement bait! Who actually talks like that? I need to meet these women. For behavior science.
- Comment on 4 weeks 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. 4 weeks 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 4 weeks ago:
May that kind of love never find me again.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks 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] 4 weeks ago:
Tbh I’m looking for something with the vibe of BSD. Or with characters similar to Dazai.
- Comment on Therapy 5 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 5 weeks ago:
Yes, but like…for money.
- Comment on Homeland Security has reportedly sent out hundreds of subpoenas to identify ICE critics online 5 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? 1 month 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 1 month 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? 1 month 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? 1 month 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? 1 month 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? 1 month 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 1 month ago:
Having allergies prob saved me from experiencing less socially acceptable recreations. I still have a Benadryl from time to time. For my allergies.