3 ways to make TV/AN a more pleasant and more useful experience

[alex8912]

1 hour ago, Lacessit said:

You're entitled to your opinion, for what it is worth.

 

If the topics of Trump and COVID did not exist, I am sure I could find others.

 

As far as oxygen goes, my lung capacity is 5.5 litres. Smokers are usually 3 litres.

As ALWAYS....you dah man!! 

[metisdead]

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• Be polite and respectful to other users.
• Avoid flaming, trolling, or stalking other members.

 

Edit: Some more posts of a personal nature have been removed.

[Lacessit]

33 minutes ago, atpeace said:

The problem is many simply follow the experts almost blindly and are appalled if you question "their" experts.  I definitely listen to "my" experts but am open to new ideas and this surely applies to health issues.  Looking at how dismally unhealthy society is and how medicated it is at the same time should raise some questions.  

 

Docs are great when you break something or an organ has issues.  I have found them almost useless for most of my medical issues I have had the last few decades.  

I would not be posting here without several medical interventions. That's all I can say.

[atpeace]

1 minute ago, Lacessit said:

I would not be posting here without several medical interventions. That's all I can say.

Sorry, I don't understand.  You had several medical interventions?

[Lacessit]

14 minutes ago, atpeace said:

Sorry, I don't understand.  You had several medical interventions?

BCG immunotherapy for bladder cancer, 19 years ago. Targeted inhibitors of obinuzamatab and venclexta for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia two and a half years ago. All three cancers in full remission.

 

Surgery, let's see:

Appendicectomy

Right knee arthroscopy

Double carpal tunnel surgery

Most recent, inguinal hernia corrective surgery one year ago.

 

Perhaps I was not clear. I would not be alive now without modern pharmaceuticals.

 

Is it any wonder I have utmost respect for the medical profession?

[fredwiggy]

8 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

BCG immunotherapy for bladder cancer, 19 years ago. Targeted inhibitors of obinuzamatab and venclexta for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia two and a half years ago. All three cancers in full remission.

 

Surgery, let's see:

Appendicectomy

Right knee arthroscopy

Double carpal tunnel surgery

Most recent, inguinal hernia corrective surgery one year ago.

 

Perhaps I was not clear. I would not be alive now without modern pharmaceuticals.

 

Is it any wonder I have utmost respect for the medical profession?

Good to see you beat bladder cancer. My mom passed from it awhile back because the doctors waited too long to remove her bladder, and then it spread.

[Lacessit]

1 minute ago, fredwiggy said:

Good to see you beat bladder cancer. My mom passed from it awhile back because the doctors waited too long to remove her bladder, and then it spread.

Thank you. As with most cancers, early detection and treatment significantly enhances survival chances.

 

Cancer killed my father because he was terrified of doctors. By the time he went to one with his symptoms, it was too late.

 

Message to everyone reading this thread. DON'T ignore symptoms in the hope they will go away.

[fredwiggy]

2 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Thank you. As with most cancers, early detection and treatment significantly enhances survival chances.

 

Cancer killed my father because he was terrified of doctors. By the time he went to one with his symptoms, it was too late.

 

Message to everyone reading this thread. DON'T ignore symptoms in the hope they will go away.

My dad also passed, at 79, from lung cancer. He smoked 3 packs a day for 60 plus years so he did it to himself. I've been trying to do whatever I can to stay healthy and hope genetics isn't too involved in my case. My mom passed at 84 and never smoked, as it's a big reason one gets it, so who knows.

[Lacessit]

1 minute ago, fredwiggy said:

My dad also passed, at 79, from lung cancer. He smoked 3 packs a day for 60 plus years so he did it to himself. I've been trying to do whatever I can to stay healthy and hope genetics isn't too involved in my case. My mom passed at 84 and never smoked, as it's a big reason one gets it, so who knows.

Statistics say a smoker is 20 times more likely to die of lung cancer than a non-smoker.

 

The stats also say a smoker who quits will come back to the same level of risk as a non-smoker, 10 years after quitting.

[atpeace]

19 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

BCG immunotherapy for bladder cancer, 19 years ago. Targeted inhibitors of obinuzamatab and venclexta for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia two and a half years ago. All three cancers in full remission.

 

Surgery, let's see:

Appendicectomy

Right knee arthroscopy

Double carpal tunnel surgery

Most recent, inguinal hernia corrective surgery one year ago.

 

Perhaps I was not clear. I would not be alive now without modern pharmaceuticals.

 

Is it any wonder I have utmost respect for the medical profession?

Perspective creates reality?  I think I remember you being around 75 but seems you have many more serious medical issues than most.  If I survived your issues, I'm sure I would have a different opinion in regards to the medical profession. Happy for you! 

 

I've always been healthy, minus a few terrible accidents, and have found most my doctor visits worthless.  Someday it is highly probable that a doctor will extend my life or ease the pain at the end.  I do respect the profession but rely on my own diagnosis much more than a doctor.  

[novacova]

On 1/7/2025 at 8:15 PM, Old Curmudgeon said:

3 ways to make TV/AN a more pleasant and more useful experience

1) don’t let what you read be a bother 

2) don’t be reactionary 

3) compartmentalization and take it easy.

[Lacessit]

9 minutes ago, atpeace said:

Perspective creates reality?  I think I remember you being around 75 but seems you have many more serious medical issues than most.  If I survived your issues, I'm sure I would have a different opinion in regards to the medical profession. Happy for you! 

 

I've always been healthy, minus a few terrible accidents, and have found most my doctor visits worthless.  Someday it is highly probable that a doctor will extend my life or ease the pain at the end.  I do respect the profession but rely on my own diagnosis much more than a doctor.  

81 yo.

 

It's possible to use blood tests as a health monitor without a doctor in Thailand, and I do think doctors here tend to over-prescribe medications. If it's not measured, it can't be controlled.

 

There is also the risk of misdiagnosis. I have been diagnosed several times with high blood pressure, when the fact is I have severe white coat syndrome. Any time I am near a hospital or clinic, my systole spikes by 50 mm Hg.

 

Having said that, ignore persistent pain or blood in urine, feces or sputum at your peril.

[cdemundo]

7 hours ago, KhunLA said:

Ban Trump topics

Ban Covid topics

Ban Me  

You could start a topic on toothpaste (for example) and it would get turned into a Trump or Covid topic.

[IsaanT]

On 1/8/2025 at 10:52 AM, BarBoy said:

....I wonder how many ignore lists you show up on 🤭

@BarBoy, FYI I can advise you that you now appear on another one.

[thaibeachlovers]

On 1/8/2025 at 1:53 PM, atpeace said:

As for me, never used it and can't imagine using it.  It seems silly to create a bizarre reality where only people you agree with are allowed in which may posters do but up to them.

In my case I ignore posters that insult me or others constantly, and there are a lot that I don't see now.

It's not a question of only posters I agree with, as there are loads of differing opinion posters that don't think insults are a valid option.

If a poster can't post without insulting other posters, then I'm not interested in what they have to say anyway.

[Yagoda]

7 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

In my case I ignore posters that insult me or others constantly, and there are a lot that I don't see now.

It's not a question of only posters I agree with, as there are loads of differing opinion posters that don't think insults are a valid option.

If a poster can't post without insulting other posters, then I'm not interested in what they have to say anyway.

Insults. Try being a Trump supporter. Want me to set forth the list, on a Board where one is supposed to be civil?  There are simply tons of people here who would get punched out in real life.

[Centigrade32]

5 hours ago, Yagoda said:

Insults. Try being a Trump supporter. Want me to set forth the list, on a Board where one is supposed to be civil?  There are simply tons of people here who would get punched out in real life.

 

But aren't you one of the worst offenders? Anyone who doesn't agree with you is called a 'leftie' or a 'socialist'. Weird that you think that it's other people insulting you. It's you who is the rude one.

[Yagoda]

1 hour ago, Centigrade32 said:

 

But aren't you one of the worst offenders? Anyone who doesn't agree with you is called a 'leftie' or a 'socialist'. Weird that you think that it's other people insulting you. It's you who is the rude one.

So you agree that being called a Leftist or Socialist is on par with:

Scumbags

Morons

Cultists

Fithy

Dishonourable

Racists

Nazis

Dangerous

Hitlers

Insurrectionists

Treasonists

Stupid

Brainwashed

Haters

Zionist lovers

Cannibals

Deplorables

Bitter old coffin dodgers

Liars

White supremacists

Fools

Idiots

I'll take it, Im starting to reach people.  

 

How about gay, you all throw allegations of homosexuality around

[Centigrade32]

6 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

So you agree that being called a Leftist or Socialist is on par with:

Scumbags

Morons

Cultists

Fithy

Dishonourable

Racists

Nazis

Dangerous

Hitlers

Insurrectionists

Treasonists

Stupid

Brainwashed

Haters

Zionist lovers

Cannibals

Deplorables

Bitter old coffin dodgers

Liars

White supremacists

Fools

Idiots

I'll take it, Im starting to reach people.  

 

How about gay, you all throw allegations of homosexuality around

 

How about them? I didn't use any of those terms when you attacked me. The fact is that you appear completely obsessed, seeming only to see life in a totally one-sided manner. Often ranting and abusive. This is from someone who isn't at all political nor wedded to any particular political philosophy.

I don't see people to the left or right. I see idiot or not an idiot. 

So what's up? Is there a normal @Yagoda that isn't completely obsessed with left and right?

[scottiejohn]

2 minutes ago, Centigrade32 said:

Is there a normal @Yagoda that isn't completely obsessed with left and right?

No, going by ALL it's posts!

[Yagoda]

2 minutes ago, Centigrade32 said:

 

How about them? I didn't use any of those terms when you attacked me. The fact is that you appear completely obsessed, seeming only to see life in a totally one-sided manner. Often ranting and abusive. This is from someone who isn't at all political nor wedded to any particular political philosophy.

I don't see people to the left or right. I see idiot or not an idiot. 

So what's up? Is there a normal @Yagoda that isn't completely obsessed with left and right?

Translation: I can never dispute what you say so I will just attack you.

[Yagoda]

1 minute ago, scottiejohn said:

No, going by ALL it's posts!

Translation: Im another one who cannot dispute what he says.

[Centigrade32]

1 minute ago, Yagoda said:

Translation: I can never dispute what you say so I will just attack you.

 

Do you see an attack?

Crazy world inside your head. I guess you have to enjoy it. It's all you have.

[Centigrade32]

Just now, Yagoda said:

Translation: Im another one who cannot dispute what he says.

 

Have you considered that no one is looking at a dispute? No one here has called you any of those names, but you still choose to be argumentative. That's all you.

[scottiejohn]

11 hours ago, Yagoda said:

Translation: Im another one who cannot dispute what he says.

I do love the way you describe yourself, even if your punctuation leaves a lot to be desired!

 

[Yagoda]

2 hours ago, scottiejohn said:

I do love the way you describe yourself, even if your punctuation leaves a lot to be desired!

 

Clearly English is not your first language

[Andrew Dwyer]

On 1/8/2025 at 11:10 PM, billd766 said:

That won't stop people being ignored though.

 

AFAICS ignoring a poster generally, at least to me, means that I don't see any of their posts, unless somebody else responds to that poster. Generally I get a notice that I have ignored that poster, but gives me the option  of reading that particular post or taking the poster off my ignore list, plus something else.

 

What I have been doing in the last few weeks, even before I read the posts, is checking who the OP is and what the topic is. Many times before I have opened the post to find that I have no interest in the topic or the responses, so I then dump the topic and move on to something else.

To me that makes perfect sense, no need for an ignore function when you can just scroll on by !

Obviously the topic will attract most people’s attention but more recently it is those newcomers who appear and bombard the forum with a multitude of threads about nonsensical topics that are getting the most hits.

Usually these topics are best avoided but can give some puerile entertainment when you feel like being entertained in a puerile manner ! Good to pass a few minutes of childish comments or bombard those posters you loathe with sad or confused emojis …. yes, i am that guy !

 

Mostly the conversation will obsess on who the op was in a previous life, as if it matters, i.e. is Barboy Bob Smith’s reincarnation, how many pseudonyms has MalcolmB had and which was your favourite ( i am going with Yinn )

Or my current theory, Barboy and MalcolmB are one and the same despite their obvious differing opinions ( a cunning plan ! ) and is using a new tactic stolen from his childhood heroes Dame Edna and Les Patterson !!

 

Yes, i am quite aware that i have dragged down the level of this topic to the level that the op despises and will have probably become the latest addition to his ignore list ….. but as he said a while ago once you get past page 2 it goes downhill quickly and he should have used that theory to put a stop to this nonsense !

[scottiejohn]

29 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

Clearly English is not your first language

I assume you mean that your version of American English is not my first language!

[billd766]

27 minutes ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

To me that makes perfect sense, no need for an ignore function when you can just scroll on by !

Obviously the topic will attract most people’s attention but more recently it is those newcomers who appear and bombard the forum with a multitude of threads about nonsensical topics that are getting the most hits.

Usually these topics are best avoided but can give some puerile entertainment when you feel like being entertained in a puerile manner ! Good to pass a few minutes of childish comments or bombard those posters you loathe with sad or confused emojis …. yes, i am that guy !

 

Mostly the conversation will obsess on who the op was in a previous life, as if it matters, i.e. is Barboy Bob Smith’s reincarnation, how many pseudonyms has MalcolmB had and which was your favourite ( i am going with Yinn )

Or my current theory, Barboy and MalcolmB are one and the same despite their obvious differing opinions ( a cunning plan ! ) and is using a new tactic stolen from his childhood heroes Dame Edna and Les Patterson !!

 

Yes, i am quite aware that i have dragged down the level of this topic to the level that the op despises and will have probably become the latest addition to his ignore list ….. but as he said a while ago once you get past page 2 it goes downhill quickly and he should have used that theory to put a stop to this nonsense !

Inow read the topic title and who started it before I open a topic. If I am not interested in either, I simply move on to the next topic.

[Yagoda]

28 minutes ago, scottiejohn said:

I assume you mean that your version of American English is not my first language!

Assume? LOL. I mean any recognizable version of English LOL