DakRalter
@DakRalter@thelemmy.club
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- Comment on Elon Musk: Zack Polanski is ‘a scumbag and traitor’ 1 day ago:
CRI MOAR, ELON.
- Comment on [PDF] The Rape Gang Inquiry 2 days ago:
- Comment on Tommy Robinson detained at Heathrow under counter-terrorism laws 5 days ago:
I think they mean Fashy McFashface.
- Comment on NHS staff battling wave of food supplement disinformation 5 days ago:
It’s crazy how some people think medicine is just “take this pill” and nothing more. I had a severe blood test phobia, so bad that I even delayed getting cancer symptoms checked for a year because I was so scared of the needles.
When I eventually got it checked and my gp said I’d need a blood test, I went into a panic attack. He prescribed me three lorazepam. One for the morning of the test, one for just before the test and one “just in case”.
I didn’t take them because I know I have an addictive personality.
Another GP told me to self refer to the local talk therapy. After three sessions I went from crying at photos of blood tests to being able to get a two practice tests done with my therapist and then the actual test. Without getting dizzy or throwing up like I did as a child.
Medicine is and should always be about what’s best for the patient, not “here just take a pill.” Is anyone really going to say that I should have gone down the lorazepam route? Also the amount of times I’ve had SSRIs pushed on me when I didn’t need them. Once when I was 13 because I had autism related mutism. Instead of pushing my mum to get me assessed, I wasn’t even told that I could be autistic (aspergers back then), which is a big contributing factor to me being the basket case I am today.
This is not me deriding modern medicine, just pushing back against the argument that pills should always be the answer. Long term solutions are better than relying on quick fixes.
- Comment on Do not use our tragedy to fuel violence, family of Belfast attack victim say 1 week ago:
Something five mil frogface doesn’t have for victims or their families.
- Comment on Anti-immigration protesters in Belfast set bins and vehicles on fire amid unrest over knife attack 1 week ago:
Well it’s like how the “protect our women and girls” mob end up being wife beaters and child molesters.
- Comment on How the Far-Right Is Using the Racist Myth of 'Two-Tier Policing' to Exploit Henry Nowak’s Murder 1 week ago:
How is the investigation into Five Mil Farridge’s finances coming along?
- Comment on Tommy Robinson, Nigel Farage and the ‘Pure Cold Rage’ Used to Trigger a Racist Pogrom in Belfast 1 week ago:
It’s easy and free to change your name by deed poll, so it’s weird that Waxy Lemon is so keen to use a stage name. If he’s so ashamed of his real name, he could easily change it but chooses not to.
- Comment on Far right accused of seeking to foment UK-wide unrest over Belfast knife attack 1 week ago:
Oh, you know Five Mil Farridge is just rubbing his hands with glee.
- Comment on Keir Starmer rejects US State Department comments on UK 'two-tier' policing 2 weeks ago:
Their boos mean nothing. We know what makes them cheer.
[Insert meme here]
- Comment on The disaster of Brexit is a warning against simple solutions to hard problems 2 weeks ago:
Except very few people gave the EU much thought UNTIL the referendum made it a big deal.
- Comment on The American Dream (terms and conditions apply) 2 weeks ago:
Looked it up and yes, dreamstime is now hosting AI. It’s crazy, why would you pay for an AI image when you can generate them elsewhere for free? Also afaik you can’t copyright an AI image anyway.
- Comment on The American Dream (terms and conditions apply) 3 weeks ago:
It looks like a dreamstime stock image, at least there’s a watermark. Or does dreamstime now expect people to pop for slop stock too now?
- Comment on UK experiences ‘tropical night’ after hottest ever May day 3 weeks ago:
I’ve tried that, it doesn’t work. I must have a secret furnace in my room somewhere. Once it gets to about 9 or 10 am it’s better with the window closed and the door open, since the hallway always feels a lot cooler. Eventually there’ll be a breeze that will run from the north side of the house to my room and that will cool things down. In the meantime, a spray bottle and fan are my best friends for the next few days.
- Comment on UK experiences ‘tropical night’ after hottest ever May day 3 weeks ago:
I didn’t even get the usual evening breeze last two nights to cool my room down. I had to keep a wet sheet over my legs and I still felt hot. I’ve got foil on my windows and one of those car windscreen mylar things but since it’s supposed to be flush with the windows and I have those annoying upvc monstrosities I wonder if it’s not just trapping heat instead. For some reason the hot air really wants to stay in my room. Even with the door open and a through current to the front of the house which is north facing. There’s a big difference in heat the moment you step through my doorway 😭😭
- Comment on Woman died after vegan diet made her delusional 3 weeks ago:
Exactly. One of the first things you learn when you switch to a plant based diet is to be mindful you’re getting enough B12 and D.
My B12 was fine, whereas my omni family had low levels and my grandma needed injections due to her age. My D was low, but my omni family had very low levels. Bad diets are bad diets, whether they include animal products or not.
- Comment on Seven Afghan men charged over child sexual exploitation 4 weeks ago:
I grew up in a society that protected Jimmy savile, what’s your point?
- Comment on Father of Gaza flotilla activist says UK ignored call for help after son seized by Israel 4 weeks ago:
I dunno, it doesn’t really matter. I see them as pirates with a mandate.
- Comment on Father of Gaza flotilla activist says UK ignored call for help after son seized by Israel 4 weeks ago:
- Comment on Will UK supermarkets cap food prices and how could it work? 4 weeks ago:
We’re talking about Reform Ltd voters. They don’t care if they suffer if it makes the brown people suffer too.
- Comment on UK ‘built for climate that no longer exists’ and needs urgent changes to survive global heating, report warns 4 weeks ago:
Umm, no I haven’t?
I was a kid in the 90s, I don’t remember 25 being considered a heatwave here. It was only once we got close to 30. Otherwise it was just hot.
My last comment was tongue in cheek, like this kind of thing.
- Comment on JD Vance urges UK anti-immigration activists to ‘keep on going’ 4 weeks ago:
Maybe the couch-lover’s curse will befall the racist party too.
If he and Lettuce Liz met, would their abilities cancel each other out, or amplify each other? 🤔
- Comment on UK ‘built for climate that no longer exists’ and needs urgent changes to survive global heating, report warns 4 weeks ago:
I can’t keep up with all the weather changes this year.
Here in London, heatwave weather is more when you get to the 30s. Are you further up north, by any chance?
I know, this year is crazy. We had hot spells back in, was it March? I can’t keep up with all the changes, even in the same day. Yesterday went from chilly to sunny to rainy, to hot and sunny again. This is Britain, we should get 5 days of sunshine a year and rain or overcast for the rest.
- Comment on UK ‘built for climate that no longer exists’ and needs urgent changes to survive global heating, report warns 4 weeks ago:
We have the gulf stream to help even things out here. 30°C is considered a heat wave.
- Comment on Nigel Farage bought £1.4m property after receiving £5m gift from British crypto billionaire 5 weeks ago:
He claims that £5m was for security (but only after he got busted, before that, he was saying his life was good and he felt safe).
But then he can’t do surgeries because it’s “not safe”? Where £5m security fund, Farridge?
- Comment on We should give them the benefit of the doubt 5 weeks ago:
Ya like jazz?
- Comment on Zack Polanski declares two-party politics dead after Hackney mayoral win 1 month ago:
I bet they used the word “woke” about 10 times per minute. I hope they’re triggered as heck.
- Comment on Pink Ladies: Anti-migrant movement hides behind women's rights 1 month ago:
TIL Jimmy savile, Ian Huntley and Fred West were illegal immigrants 🙄
- Comment on Woke Reicht 2 months ago:
This is the same woman who ranted about how immigrants need to “earn” their right to be here.
She “earned” her right to be here by having rich parents who just came here to have her born in a private UK hospital so she could get a UK passport, then bogged off back to Nigeria.
This woman has zero self awareness. I wonder if anyone has challenged her over that hypocrisy yet.
- Comment on One in 10 women in UK are facing period poverty in 2026 2 months ago:
Reusable products have been a game changer for me. They definitely need to become more mainstream. On my heavy days at work, I still need to double up with a disposable (lidl does big heavy flow packs for under a quid), but overall I’ve saved a lot of money. Reusables really need to become more mainstream.
