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Cake day: June 14th, 2023

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  • I had my tonsils removed when I was in my late 20’s and it was not the best experience, however I did have a strong support system in-place. I ended up needing to spend an extra day in the hospital, and my recovery was long. It needed to be done, however, my ENT said, “we had to stop surgery several times because of how bad your tonsils were. They were the worst I’ve ever seen.”

    On the good side of things: It literally changed my life. I had no idea how poorly I had been sleeping, and once I did have some healing, and started getting good, consistent sleep, many of the things I struggled with just suddenly disappeared. I didn’t have the rapid mood swings. I didn’t struggle with anger. I could think more clearly, and focus on tasks. Life was truly a fundamentally different experience for me.

    I still have abnormally large adenoids, and have a handful of sinus problems (a different ENT said, “you look like a 12-year old in there” because of how packed the tissue is). I do not regret or lament the problems I had healing because of how different everything was post-surgery.




















  • It’s kind of the defining line between “community as a product” and “community as a platform.” What is offered and provided is a platform for all of us to work together to build and sustain a community. What we’re used to is the other type, where there has always been a drive to monetize the experience. It’s like the fallacy that content creators owe their audience anything other than the content they’ve already provided. The people here running and moderating the community have my respect and admiration, because it’s not something I’d willingly step into, knowing the unrealistic expectations of most Internet participants.