Monument
@Monument@piefed.world
- Comment on I'm over here gooning while you're doing NNN. 3 days ago:
Mmmm Crab Racoons.
- Comment on Perfection 6 days ago:
You know how you can run your hand over velvet and it changes color slightly depending on how you’ve mussed the fibers?
I have a another weird spot for you.
Look at the rug.
Someone must have the most consistent pattern of travel ever. - Comment on Thomas Brodie-Sangster (left) and Luke Bracey (right), both of whom play major roles in the TV series „Artful Dodger”, are less than a year apart in age (born in May 1990 and April 1989 respectively). 1 week ago:
Woof. The 80’s were rough.
- Comment on Be better 1 week ago:
Thank you. I really appreciated your comment, and I agree with you.
I’m in much the same boat. Perhaps not so practiced in wielding the tools or so ingrained in reaching for them, but… trying. It’s reassuring to see and hear from folks who share their stories.Currently in the beginning phases of EMDR therapy, and trying to get to that point where the harms of the past hold less power. The outward manifestation toward others tends to be fairly pro-social, but I’m still struggling with the inner thoughts a lot. Hoping with effort and practice that changes.
- Comment on Be better 1 week ago:
I’m glad my intent is coming across, even though I wasn’t very clear with it. I didn’t explicitly say that it’s not acceptable to harm others if you’ve been harmed: it’s not, and I aspire to not do damage to others, even as I sometimes poorly navigate my way through life.
I felt compelled to jump in to give a more human face to how challenging it can be to get from one point to another.I’m in a very similar situation. I’ve struggled for a long time to find a workable therapist. Fragile trust, ADHD, and CPTSD. I’ve done some CBT work, and found a therapist I really trust. I’m now in the beginning phases of EMDR.
- Comment on Be better 1 week ago:
If you read only the black text, the sign is telling people it’s perfectly fine to be victims of their circumstances.
Jokes aside, I reluctantly agree with the sentiment that one or two commenters have expressed that it’s awful privileged to assume it’s within the capacity of those who endured childhood trauma to just “be better”.
At every moment of every day, I carry a wound with me that tells me I’m not good enough, that I’m both physically and mentally in danger, and that everyone and everything I trust will turn on me at a moment’s notice.
It’s a bit like handling a curve on a bike or car. On good days I feel like gentle tug of inertia trying to pull me from the path I’m steering toward. In this metaphor, the curves are the little challenges that are thrown at you socially. I see the edge of the mental road and all the darkness that lies beyond it, but I can handle it with grace and move in the direction I’d like. On bad days - most days, honestly - it’s not so gentle of a pull. I’m sliding right into panic and fear because of the trauma that was built into me. It takes a considerable effort and a lot of energy to not be antisocial, to not indulge in things that protect my wounds.It sucks. And it’s not because I’m not being better, it’s because my starting point is farther back and with fewer resources.
(And time, apparently, as I’m rushing to finish this comment - apologies if that rush comes through with incomplete thoughts.)
- Comment on At least tomorrow is hump day, right guys? ...right? 1 week ago:
Sorry - YouTube
- Comment on Dating a rural Khmer guy + his non-English speaking dad wasn't on my 2026 bingo card 2 weeks ago:
Filling your gap in Cambodia, eh?
(snickers like a 12-year-old boy)
- Comment on 2027 gonna be our year Lemmy! 3 weeks ago:
She could do squats, but if the yard is any indication, she hasn’t been within arms length of the ground for a while.
- Comment on 2027 gonna be our year Lemmy! 3 weeks ago:
Is she a tarted up Megamind?
- Comment on Young, Dumb, and Full of Press Releases 3 weeks ago:
It’s weird - a parasocial relationship that has replaced real ones, and the person just does product placements at you. But it works for some people.
I’d rather talk to my cat. The only thing he tries to get me to buy is cat food. And a million small toys. - Comment on Young, Dumb, and Full of Press Releases 3 weeks ago:
I’m not sort sure if you’re aware but because voter registrations are public records, it’s documented that she registered as affiliated with the Republican Party in June 2024.
- Comment on Young, Dumb, and Full of Press Releases 3 weeks ago:
I didn’t know who the woman with the misspelled first name was, so I looked her up. I was sure the joke was that she is a porn star. Nah - some kind of social media influencer that moves a lot of products through banal videos.
In 2026, Earle claimed that the only book she may have read was Dr Suess, and other than that she has “never read a book”, despite having gained a degree in marketing.
Seems right for Trump.
- Comment on the chance to do it all over again 3 weeks ago:
To my existing body?
I guess I would shit myself. It’s gonna be a bit before I can walk and talk and tell everyone of the horrors to come. I won’t really have autonomy until the 2000’s.In my current body?
I guess I take what little I know of that time period to try to send people to prison for Iran-Contra/prevent the crack epidemic, try to help blunt the HIV epidemic, get renewable energy moved forward, and other pro-social things. I’d give OJ a flat, so SUV’s wouldn’t have gotten popularized. I’d prevent the election of Bush in ‘00, and would give several politicians little nudges here and there. I would of course also become filthy fucking rich by using knowledge of the future (that I was actively changing). - Comment on True story 4 weeks ago:
Okay, I feel you, but my real issue is that I don’t want them to dry my hands, I want several of them mounted high up on the wall so that after a shower I can just rotisserie myself in front of them like a car at the end of a car wash. Or like naked old men at the YMCA.
The problems are that they blow air that is too hot. You’re going to start sweating, and then why did you shower?
And also, those things are fucking loud. We’re talking ‘hearing loss’ loud. And if you want to use them on your hair, you’re basically blowing them right into your ears!Now, see - I bought this medium-sized shop fan for other purposes. But that fucker blows. And I realized that I could just tuck it away in a corner and stand in front of it after I towel off. Yeah. It might make you a little chilly for a minute, but you won’t spend the next hour getting swamp ass and coffee sweats right as you got clean to start the day.
Instead, if you finish off your shower with a nice blow job, you’ll pop out of your bedroom crisp and dry, like the finest hotel sheets, ready to take on the day. That first harsh edge of your perfume or cologne will be wafted away. Your not-heat-damaged hair will get that ‘touseled in the wind and lovingly teased to perfection by the delicate fingers of angels’ look that will make everyone give you a second glance. It’ll give your pubes a lovely fluffy feeling, and you won’t stick to your clothes or wind up shoving damp feet into non-breathing shoes! - Comment on *Proceeds to append an exclamation mark* 4 weeks ago:
That is a wonderful compliment. Thank you.
- Comment on *Proceeds to append an exclamation mark* 4 weeks ago:
In systems that accept whitespace, “Live, Laugh, Love” is considered a strong password.
With that being said, “In systems that accept whitespace, “Live, Laugh, Love” is considered a strong password.” is an even stronger password.
- Comment on Fuck ‘em 5 weeks ago:
It’s never too early to do the right thing for yourself.
- Comment on Fuck ‘em 5 weeks ago:
It’s all the unsolicited biting.
- Comment on Useful things at the mall 1 month ago:
I’m weirdly disappointed the real product has a gem in the base.
- Comment on Useful things at the mall 1 month ago:
Many years ago, before Walgreens started selling sex toys in store, I bought a hitachi magic wand from them. (This was before their mainstream adoption as a sex toy, and they were not labeled as such on their site. They were significantly cheaper there than at places selling them as sex toys.)
But to your point - many believable lies contain plausible truths.
- Comment on About to ruin your whole day 1 month ago:
Oh, that’s so rough. I’m sorry you had to go through that.
- Comment on About to ruin your whole day 1 month ago:
Thank you. It looks like she’s going to be okay.
Ate one of those plastic cups that you put on chair legs to prevent it from scraping the floor. And a cat toy. But they could pull it out endoscopy.
She’s 15, and a big girl that’s already survived a softball sized tumor that caused her spleen to burst about 5 years ago. She’s a tough girl.
An older brown and white pitbull sleeping on a fluffy blanket with her tongue out.
- Comment on About to ruin your whole day 1 month ago:
My dog cast that today.
She had bloody poop and couldn’t stand.
So I’m here.
Waiting on a phone call from the emergency vet. - Comment on This Far and No Further 1 month ago:
I bought an ebike online recently and it was 4 days late being delivered. Every day FedEx said it was on the truck for delivery, then every day, the delivery window shifted, before finally getting pushed back to the next day (after their call center was closed).
I finally went outside while the trick was stopped at my house and the guy asked what it was. When I told him it was an ebike, he told me they probably couldn’t fit it on his over packed truck.
I wound up just going to the depot and getting it myself.I say that to commiserate - it seems companies are squeezing their workers to (and beyond) the limit where they can successfully carry out their work.
- Comment on Genius idea. Somehody should share this with the antivaxxers 1 month ago:
Got an MMR booster recently. Doctor told me it was a live vaccine and that I’d feel a bit off while my body fought it.
First thing I did when someone asked how the doctors visit went was to respond with “Well, I have measles…”They’re used to my bullshit, so they didn’t believe me!
- Comment on We ain't happy anymore... 1 month ago:
We could try to whoop him, but he’s got a truncheon, a handgun, and a small Christmas ham hidden in his hat and he knows how to use them. They make him happy, you see.
- Comment on We ain't happy anymore... 1 month ago:
Don’t be intentionally obtuse about the TV. People buy what’s available. Yes, there are edge cases, and no it’s not the argument you think it is to assume everyone has the foreknowledge, means, and wherewithal to employ one of those edge cases.
The U.S. government does not offer its citizens a right to privacy against corporate surveillance, and that is not something you can blame on the average person. - Comment on I'm not saying you should... 1 month ago:
Why would I want to scoop ice cream into cubes? That’s the same shape as wallaby poop.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
You all have never met my cat.
Look - I’m married, and I’ve tended to regard myself as a dog person my entire life. We got this cat like two years ago because my wife kept talking about a chihuahua, and that is a line I will not cross.
So anyway, we get this cat for her, and he has clearly chosen me as his human. He spends most of his days in my home office. He’s constantly jumping into my lap. If no one else is around, he will loudly beg for my attention. He sleeps next to me. He lets me pick him up and hold him upside down at the furthest extent of my reach. He is my baby cat and I love him.
(It’s okay, we got a very sweet kitten a year ago, and she has clearly chosen my wife as her human. She literally climbs onto her chest and falls asleep with her head on my wife’s shoulder every day.)
