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[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

10 minutes ago, Delightful said:

What happened? I'm vaguely aware that there was shooting and tragedy but I haven't seen details reported anywhere. 

 

There was a peaceful protest in Dallas, TX over police shootings of black men in Minneapolis MN and Baton Rouge LA. Snipers opened fire on police officers. Five were killed, seven injured. 

[Quiver he/him]

When I work, I completely lose touch with recent events. So I literally just heard about that news.

Sympathy to the families of everyone involved.

[The Honor Spren she/her]

One of my friends (let's call her Eva) just had surgery to get a tumor removed. When I first heard that she was going to get surgery, I wasn't too worried. Something similar had happened to Eva's mom and though her mom can only hear in one ear because of that, Eva's tumor was on one of her salivary glands, not her eardrum. She said the only problem would be that she'd have a dryer mouth. 

But the tumor wasn't benign like we thought. It turned out to be malignant. Eva might need chemotherapy. 

I'm really scared for her.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

5 minutes ago, The Honor Spren said:

One of my friends (let's call her Eva) just had surgery to get a tumor removed. When I first heard that she was going to get surgery, I wasn't too worried. Something similar had happened to Eva's mom and though her mom can only hear in one ear because of that, Eva's tumor was on one of her salivary glands, not her eardrum. She said the only problem would be that she'd have a dryer mouth. 

But the tumor wasn't benign like we thought. It turned out to be malignant. Eva might need chemotherapy. 

I'm really scared for her.

That's awful!  Have they said anything about the chemo itself--how long it will take, etc?

[The Honor Spren she/her]

1 minute ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

That's awful!  Have they said anything about the chemo itself--how long it will take, etc?

I don't know very much about it. I haven't had a chance to talk to her; she hasn't come home from Tampa yet. I just hope so badly that chemo isn't necessary.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

23 minutes ago, The Honor Spren said:

I don't know very much about it. I haven't had a chance to talk to her; she hasn't come home from Tampa yet. I just hope so badly that chemo isn't necessary.

Me too.

[Mestiv he/him]

Yesterday and today, there was the NATO summit in Warsaw. President Obama had some harsh words to say about Polish democracy after last elections :/ The Law and Justice party is demolishing democracy in Poland, overtaking all institutions and public media  And now what do they do, when Obama says something that may be considered negative? They manipulate the footage of his speech  That's just like from before '89 when the government used to censor all the media etc... I'm so sad for what's happening to Poland

Even Washington Post noticed what they've done in out national TV: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/07/09/obama-slammed-polish-democracy-on-friday-heres-how-polish-tv-proved-him-right/?tid=sm_tw

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

9 minutes ago, Mestiv said:

Yesterday and today, there was the NATO summit in Warsaw. President Obama had some harsh words to say about Polish democracy after last elections :/ The Law and Justice party is demolishing democracy in Poland, overtaking all institutions and public media  And now what do they do, when Obama says something that may be considered negative? They manipulate the footage of his speech  That's just like from before '89 when the government used to censor all the media etc... I'm so sad for what's happening to Poland

Even Washington Post noticed what they've done in out national TV: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/07/09/obama-slammed-polish-democracy-on-friday-heres-how-polish-tv-proved-him-right/?tid=sm_tw

Well, that's fairly terrifying.

[Mestiv he/him]

Luckily, we still have private media and the Internet... but what's worse, the Law and Justice party still has a lot of social support, because they launched a program called 500+, where they give families with at least 2 kids 500 PLN for the second and next kids (like 2000 PLN is there are 5 kids in the family). No matter that it launches our national debt into space, that we simply cannot afford a social support like that... They're just buying people support using the money that will be taken away from their kids because of the debt... That's just evil. How can society be so stupid to support them, when they're just giving away money that future generations will have to pay back... Something similar (huge national debt) happened in Greece before and we've seen what happened to Greece :/

[Mailliw73 he/him]

4 hours ago, Mestiv said:

Luckily, we still have private media and the Internet... but what's worse, the Law and Justice party still has a lot of social support, because they launched a program called 500+, where they give families with at least 2 kids 500 PLN for the second and next kids (like 2000 PLN is there are 5 kids in the family). No matter that it launches our national debt into space, that we simply cannot afford a social support like that... They're just buying people support using the money that will be taken away from their kids because of the debt... That's just evil. How can society be so stupid to support them, when they're just giving away money that future generations will have to pay back... Something similar (huge national debt) happened in Greece before and we've seen what happened to Greece :/

How much is 500 PLN worth?

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

3 minutes ago, Mailliw73 said:

How much is 500 PLN worth?

According to the converter I found, it's about $375.61. 

[Pestis the Spider she/her]

14 hours ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

According to the converter I found, it's about $375.61. 

It doesn't sound like much, but life is cheaper in Poland than it is in western countries. Also it's 500PLN per child a month, not just one-off. O.o

[Mailliw73 he/him]

3 hours ago, Pestis the Spider said:

It doesn't sound like much, but life is cheaper in Poland than it is in western countries. Also it's 500PLN per child a month, not just one-off. O.o

A month?? That's crazy!

[Pestis the Spider she/her]

3 minutes ago, Mailliw73 said:

A month?? That's crazy!

Yeah, it is. You can already hear the talk about some pathological parents with lots of children quitting the jobs, because now they have lots of extra money for drinking without any job...

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

1 minute ago, Pestis the Spider said:

Yeah, it is. You can already hear the talk about some pathological parents with lots of children quitting the jobs, because now they have lots of extra money for drinking without any job...

"There is no way this can possibly go wrong." —the Law and Justice Party, probably 

[Oversleep]

31 minutes ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

"There is no way this can possibly go wrong." —the Law and Justice Party, probably 

Looking at what they do, I read it as a gamble - either we experience a population growth and it pays off in the future, somehow managing to generate enough income to get the country prospering... or we all plummet to financial blackhole.

Probably the latter.

[Mestiv he/him]

5 minutes ago, Oversleep said:

Looking at what they do, I read it as a gamble - either we experience a population growth and it pays off in the future, somehow managing to generate enough income to get the country prospering... or we all plummet to financial blackhole.

Probably the latter.

Yeah, I've heard that there are no demographic effects. Hardly to expect any, if you can hear everyone saying that there is not money to continue this program for coming years... Anyway, PiS (Law and Justice) is just soo bad for Poland :/ 

[Pestis the Spider she/her]

53 minutes ago, Mestiv said:

Yeah, I've heard that there are no demographic effects. Hardly to expect any, if you can hear everyone saying that there is not money to continue this program for coming years... Anyway, PiS (Law and Justice) is just soo bad for Poland :/ 

PiS is bad, PO is bad and so on. They're all bad.

[Mestiv he/him]

5 minutes ago, Pestis the Spider said:

PiS is bad, PO is bad and so on. They're all bad.

With PO we were at least more or less liked and respected in Europe... Now I feel like we're losing friends :/ 

[Pestis the Spider she/her]

1 minute ago, Mestiv said:

With PO we were at least more or less liked and respected in Europe... Now I feel like we're losing friends :/ 

I actually feel like we're getting further apart from western Europe, so I kinda agree. But I am just cynical and so I don't like any of the parties. 

[Oversleep]

I think we strayed the topic away enough My political beliefs are too complicated even for me, although I'd like a government which would focus more on the economy... and when I say "focus" I don't mean "ruining".

[MrMistborn he/him]

Feeling an absolute wreck because when I come back to the shard I read over my old posts and have 75% of my digestive system shoved out my storming cremhole by the sheer cringe 

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Bruce's face wrinkles are infected. It's a fairly common thing for pugs, but I haven't been able to get it cleared up through keeping his wrinkles clean and peroxide (which worked with Bruno and Mollie) so I'm taking him to the vet on Sunday. On top of that, he seems to have a small inflammation in his paws. It's not causing him to limp, just to chew on one of them (which incidentally led to me noticing it) and I'm going to call the vet tomorrow as soon as they open and ask that they take a look at that issue too. But I feel bad for the little guy. And….I don't know, I feel like I should've known what to do to prevent this sort of thing. It was never a problem Bruno or Mollie had, but still.  

[Orlion Blight he/him]

49 minutes ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

Bruce's face wrinkles are infected. It's a fairly common thing for pugs, but I haven't been able to get it cleared up through keeping his wrinkles clean and peroxide (which worked with Bruno and Mollie) so I'm taking him to the vet on Sunday. On top of that, he seems to have a small inflammation in his paws. It's not causing him to limp, just to chew on one of them (which incidentally led to me noticing it) and I'm going to call the vet tomorrow as soon as they open and ask that they take a look at that issue too. But I feel bad for the little guy. And….I don't know, I feel like I should've known what to do to prevent this sort of thing. It was never a problem Bruno or Mollie had, but still.  

Keep in mind, Bruno and Mollie never lived in a Louisiana swamp. There could be unique "experiences" for pugs in such an environment.

The best thing to do is recognize a problem is occurring and have a professional diagnose it. As preventive measures, you could also inquire about common ailments for dogs in the area.

[Sunbird she/her]

2 hours ago, Orlion Determined said:

Keep in mind, Bruno and Mollie never lived in a Louisiana swamp. There could be unique "experiences" for pugs in such an environment.

The best thing to do is recognize a problem is occurring and have a professional diagnose it. As preventive measures, you could also inquire about common ailments for dogs in the area.

No kidding about the Louisiana swamp. Warm, wet environments like swamps are horrendous breeding hotbeds for parasites and bacteria and all sorts of nasty crem. Twi, I hope you and the vet are able to figure out what's bothering Bruce and how to fix it quickly.