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ramblingflan

@ramblingflan.bsky.social

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49, he/they/them, microblogging about my experiences as one of the USA's 700+ thousand unhoused persons as well as posting cool retrogaming / retromedia things i see. see ALT text for details of game screenshots. https://ko-fi.com/ramblingflan

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ramblingflan @ramblingflan.bsky.social · Aug 1

Someone DMed to ask how they could send a few $$ and suggested I set up a ko-fi. Those who've known me for years know the only donation requests I post are for others struggling.

But I did make a page, and the link's in my bio if you want to help out w/ my storage, laundry and prescription costs 💙

ramblingflan @ramblingflan.bsky.social · Aug 1

People sometimes ask why I don't sleep in the storage unit where I keep clothes (which enables me to stay cleaner and look less homeless). Besides breach of contract, trespass, and cameras, these shared rolling stairs of death I need to get up and down from it don't help.

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madmarcigan.bsky.social @madmarcigan.bsky.social · 12d

If you get a bill, you’re still alive.

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ramblingflan @ramblingflan.bsky.social · 12d

Pretty sure my body's a car. Every time I take it in for a quick oil change, I leave with a long list of needed repairs. Now I'm knocking them out one by one.

Had a stent placed in my heart. Not sure if I survived or died and went to Hell. How is one supposed to tell the difference? 🤔

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Remarkable Media Cafe @remarkablemedia.cafe · 18d

Send this to the birthday person if you think they need it in their life [ #foundmedia #weirdcore #wtf ]

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Remarkable Media Cafe @remarkablemedia.cafe · 28d

Set the perfect, romantic mood with the Spaghetti-Os candle!
[ #foundmedia #importantimages #memes #spagettios ]

Spaghetti-Os on a plate that have somehow retained the shape of their can. Also there's a lit candle wick in it

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ramblingflan @ramblingflan.bsky.social · 27d

Definitely that, plus a bunch of dithered Samantha Fox GIFs with phone numbers for someone's two-line 9600baud BBS

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ramblingflan @ramblingflan.bsky.social · 27d

nah i'm good
thanks tho

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ramblingflan @ramblingflan.bsky.social · 28d

More a reframing of one I've been struggling with. I think looking at it this way will help me through it.

ramblingflan @ramblingflan.bsky.social · 28d

facing a "greater of two kindnesses" choice

i know what i want
i know what i should want
the question is how to weight the deciding formula

the result may be the same regardless
but the endgame will be different

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ramblingflan @ramblingflan.bsky.social · Sep 15

thanks for nothing too 😒

ramblingflan @ramblingflan.bsky.social · Sep 15

Says he's looking for a no-strings-attached relationship, but I don't believe him

GIFS GALORE @gifs-bot.bsky.social · Sep 15

CARTOON/1_24.GIF

ramblingflan @ramblingflan.bsky.social · Sep 11

When your face meets camera, it's always a win regardless of angle

ramblingflan @ramblingflan.bsky.social · Sep 11

thanks for nothing 😒

Screenshot showing an Amazon customer service bot processing a refund of $0.

ramblingflan @ramblingflan.bsky.social · Sep 10

Yep, they're scheduling it now. I'm going to ask them to decorate my insides for Halloween while they're in there.

ramblingflan @ramblingflan.bsky.social · Sep 10

D'oh. A complication with my bile duct requires follow-up ERCP, which is not to be confused with WKRP.

a man is holding a microphone and saying oh my god oh the humanity .

ALT: a man is holding a microphone and saying oh my god oh the humanity .

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ramblingflan @ramblingflan.bsky.social · Sep 7

Many thanks to Dr. @pacbilly.bsky.social 👨‍⚕️ for providing me video of my surgery
youtu.be/E7DOCw1vTWg?...

Commodore 64 -=GallBlazer=-

YouTube video by Saberman RetroNews

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ramblingflan @ramblingflan.bsky.social · Sep 7

Oof. They weren't joking when they said there might be some pain for a few days ⚡

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ramblingflan @ramblingflan.bsky.social · Sep 5

Operation successful, probably. I'm about 50 grams lighter now without my gallbladder. I do not recommend including this approach in your own slimming plan.

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ramblingflan @ramblingflan.bsky.social · Sep 4

Ok which one of you sponsored this 🙄

A pair of silver earrings above the following ad copy:

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Sponsored

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ramblingflan @ramblingflan.bsky.social · Sep 4

No history that I'm aware of, so I think I'm breaking new ground. Good luck with the dietary changes! At one point in my life I weighed nearly 300lbs, and most of my subsequent weight loss came down to eating better and drinking more water. Never did any drastic caloric restriction.

ramblingflan @ramblingflan.bsky.social · Sep 3

Well that's not something I expected. They haven't spoken with me about it yet, but apparently it means I have gallstones. That may explain the pain I often have after eating.

(Medical report)

IMPRESSION:
Cholelithiasis

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ramblingflan @ramblingflan.bsky.social · Sep 3

A social worker is trying to arrange somewhere to go. It's tough when the shelter system's already been overloaded for a while, and now faces an influx of refugees from the homeless crackdown in DC.

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ramblingflan @ramblingflan.bsky.social · Sep 3

Still receiving care, though I may be discharged a little later today. Someone is advocating for keeping me longer so I don't have to finish recuperating on the street, but I doubt that's something the doctor in charge and Medicaid would approve.

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ramblingflan @ramblingflan.bsky.social · Aug 29

Me: Can I remove this bandage?
Him: If you want to bleed
Me: Okay *starts removing the bandage*
Him: Wait!

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ramblingflan @ramblingflan.bsky.social · Aug 28

A new doctor has appeared, and he looks like the creator of Star Wars. That's reassuring. George Lucas definitely never messed anything up.

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ramblingflan @ramblingflan.bsky.social · Aug 28

Yes and no. Figuring it out. Good news is the bleeding isn't anything to be too concerned about.