These look super good! I have a little PPTSD (Post Pepper Traumatic Stress Disorder) from stuffed peppers: a few weeks ago my mom asked if my fiancee and I wanted them when we were visiting for dinner. I figured she'd make 2-4, since bell peppers upset my parents' stomachs and they were just for me and my SO. She made 12 absolutely massive ones, took up a whole casserole dish, each was softball sized, and they were stuffed with quinoa and rice for maximum carbs. We had to eat all of them, as we don't waste food in our house. My fiancee and I ate stuffed pepper every day for a whole week, multiple times a day, since there were so many and they were so big and calorie dense.

Just Egg for breakfast? Fry up a half a pepper each. Tacos? Side of stuffed pepper. Barbecue? Stuffed pepper. Ice cream? Stuffed pepper for dessert. Walking through the kitchen? Take a bite of pepper.

It sucks and makes dealing ith the illness so much worse. Ironically, stress is a trigger for Crohns/UC and the stress of dealing with this has been responsible for multiple flareups of mine. Luckily, a lifeline might be on the horizon for autoimmune disorders like Crohns, Celiacs, and MS

A new (anti?)vaccine is being tested that can rewrite the immune system to take the body's normal, healthy cells off its kill list. Fingers crossed that before I turn 35 I can just be done with this horseshit before it causes any lasting damage to my insides

https://scitechdaily.com/new-vaccine-can-completely-reverse-autoimmune-diseases-like-multiple-sclerosis-type-1-diabetes-and-crohns-disease/

I got my Crohn's diagnosis about 3 years ago. While it has been worth it, the amount I have spent on medication, procedures, doctor's visits, etc has kept my credit card near its limit for years and is a constant source of anxiety. This is with decent insurance. I have a job that is flexible with hours, but between flare ups and infusions, I have to miss work semifrequently and someone not in my position could be in a very tenuous state with their employer. Not to mention the stress of fighting the insurance for coverage of medications that are thousands of dollars per dose and dealing with systemic incompetence of the people involved in every stage of the process. They all fail (doctor's office, infusion clinic, insurance, etc) to communicate in anything resembling a timely manner without my constant pestering and prodding. It is torturous, and only marginally better than the symptoms themself, and I understand exactly why people forego treatment if they have deal with any one of these issues individually, let alone with all of them. Just so BCBS/UHC/etc can turn a profit off our suffering.

I almost never preorder games anymore, but I make an exception for Bethesda Games. I managed to snag a Constellation Edition on Gamestop after the direct, but the order has been fucked up and I haven't been able to see the status for weeks. I had to call like 8 times to get the issue escalated so I could make sure I would get it and just got confirmation that my order was fixed today 😭

Should be an alt-evo for sinistea imo. The convergent pokemon evolution idea works for some pokécological niches, but for a spirit inhabiting tea vessels, it seems oddly specific for two distinct species.

My research collaboration is based out of Spain. My boss is British. After traveling to Spain with him, the word guiri is now my favorite and how I refer to him when he is being overly British.

The Mattel Cinematic Universe is the true MCU

A true Sapphic Barbie Utopia is too powerful for normies to gel with

No. https://tenor.com/view/its-me-im-the-problem-taylor-swift-problem-taylor-im-the-problem-gif-26994473

No problem, sorry if that came off as snippy. it is something I actually still feel some latent guilt(?)/regret about since it was technically my fault that my parents had to lose one of their pets (I know it is illogical and I don't actively blame myself, this happened 24 years ago and I was a literal toddler).

The memory sucks, not gonna lie, but I luckily don't remember the pain aspect. it had the positive effect of making me a staunch proponent for the well being of animals, even those perceived as dangerous. If it could happen with our sweet dog that had never shown any signs of aggression, I think we owe it to these creatures that rely on us to show them compasion.

I agree completely that it is never the dog's fault, and irresponsible dog ownership hurts the dog as much as those put at risk by the owner's carelessness.

It was one of our family dogs, and we all loved her dearly. I was playing on the couch and fell off, landing on her tail and hurting her. She instictually snapped and it resulted in, unfortunately, the worst possible outcome (it is shitty, but it is one of my first well formed memories). Despite it being a freak one off, my parents couldn't feel safe given what happened and rehomed her to a family friend who didn't have children. She lived a long happy life and my dad still got to see her regularly, as he was heartbroken that he had to make this choice. I personally don't think my parents letting their kid play around the family dog, one that they had since before I was born, should have their faces readjusted.