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      Muscle Car @Gashlycrumb
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      @Gashlycrumb “If I die, don’t eat me.” ~ Gashlycrumb, 2025

      Got what you wanted, lost what you had.

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      • GashlycrumbG
        Gashlycrumb
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        Finally! My dog has taken two pills!

        a man in a tutu is dancing in a field with a group of people .

        "This is Liberty Hall; you can spit on the mat and call the cat a bastard!"
        – A. Bertram Chandler

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        • DreampipeD
          Dreampipe
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          Our house got struck by lightning and it bricked the modem, a work computer, and the PlayStation.

          “Did you have a surge protector?”
          Yes all of it was, unfortunately it was against the power of Zeus.

          Ask me about professional wrestling.

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          • saoS
            sao @Dreampipe
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            @Dreampipe nooooo Zeus why 😞

            let it be a challenge to you

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              Aria @Dreampipe
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              @Dreampipe

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              But also, that seriously sucks and I’m sorry that happened to you!

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                Pavel @Dreampipe
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                @Dreampipe said in Real Life Struggles/Support/Vent:

                “Did you have a surge protector?”

                You should’ve got a Lieutenant Surge protector.

                He/Him. Opinions and views are solely my own unless specifically stated otherwise.
                BE AN ADULT

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                  Ominous @Dreampipe
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                  @Dreampipe How old was the surge protector? I lost some things to a surge that were plugged into a surge protector, looked into it, and found out that the damned things have a lifespan of 3-5 years. After that, it’s just a fancy extension cord.

                  Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam

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                    Dreampipe @Ominous
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                    @Ominous I’m not entirely sure but I’d guess maybe 2-3 years? Interestingly not everything plugged into it got fried. The PS5’s innards were destroyed but the TV and everything else hooked into it survived. All of our CO2 alarms went off at once too but I’m pretty sure they’re alright.

                    I mean either way if I had to bet on a plug or 1.21 gigawatts, the odds are not in our favor.

                    Ask me about professional wrestling.

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                      Pavel @Dreampipe
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                      @Dreampipe I think at that level of intensity you’d be relying entirely on circuit breakers to force the energy to ground – but even then, it’s lightning, so if it wants to run roughshod over your expensive shit it’s just going to do what it wants. Zeus famously doesn’t care much about consent.

                      He/Him. Opinions and views are solely my own unless specifically stated otherwise.
                      BE AN ADULT

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                        junipersky Administrators @sao
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                        @sao No, they won’t be final. 😕 But the general rule of thumb is that VISITS stop as soon as termination goes through, even with appeals to come. (The bio-mom rants on FB about appealing constantly). The pause will give the girls time in therapy and stable homes to keep processing their trauma and building skills. If appeals restart visits then they will just be that much stronger to face them.

                        I’m really proud of oldest sister. Shit went down again Monday with mom. She had decided to come back to the visits upon deciding that staying mad at mom for not believing her about her assault wasn’t helping her heal. Mom decided to be a prat and badger her and kiddo about why they hadn’t done calls with grandmother the previous night. When the girls both told bio-mom they didn’t walk to talk about it she got sarcastic-angry. Sister walked out of visit, had some hysterics, then told the supervisor and her foster mom what upset her. Mom got told to knock it off or visit would end, then sister went back in and finished the visit. She STOOD UP for herself.

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