#performance lab

[aro-culture-is]

quick note - this blog is gonna be sparse again for at least this week. trying new medications and tbh initial side effects are not super pleasant + actual effects build up. as a result: currently as if unmedicated for mental health, with anxiety+ side effect, extra fatigue, dizziness, and fatigue. it's uh, sure something.

totally recognize that most of y'all know we're absent at times due to health things, just wanted to give a heads up that this one is at least anticipated.

#fun fact sometimes condensing meds just means poorer treatment of some conditions #this is a re-expansion + new thing #so that instead of poorly treating my mental health and using an unusually high dose SNRI for another (physical) condition #i will hopefully both be in less pain AND not depressed af AND also have an appetite again #i doubt i will be lucky and not have a fucked stomach due to meds but one can hope that an appetite will allow me to eat foods that upset #my stomach a lot less #my health is forever a massive balancing act #every time a medical thing is like 'so what meds do u take' i'm like here i wrote it down for u #and they're like 'oh. ooookay. let me just...' *five minutes of typing and clicking later* #'so! what did you come in for again? uhuh. you said you experience pain daily? with your chronic pain thing? hm. have you tried yoga?' #/gen #like. straight up every time i say 'i am in pain all the time due to fibromyalgia' they are like 'ooh studies say regular exercise helps' #and like. theoretically yes! but also. i would be lying if i said the fibromyalgia studies i've skimmed don't set off general 'bad science' #alarm bells in my brain #like... cool you performed a fibromyalgia study with... all male lab rats? mhmm? so are you aware fibromyalgia appears to occur #overwhelmingly in women? like. data seems to suggest between 70-85%? #(not that the data can't still indicate things but it certainly makes male rats a poor choice of model for tests on it) #also just... idk i've looked at some metaanalysis and been like 'okay cool theory and for all i know about human bio or bio in general that #sounds more or less correct BUT. you never discussed that one study on this subject that did NOT support your conclusion. #and that's 1) interesting when it was the most diverse group of subjects and the exceptions often teach just as much as the 'rule' #2) just shitty science. tell me how your theory is still credible when some evidence doesn't fit the model. #like... 'given that all other studies were primarily conducted on white american women in their 30s to 40s it is possible that this model #only explains (the early effects of fibro since that's a typical onset period) / (a possible genetic link primarily found in white women) / #(a possible sign of bias in diagnosis that demonstrates the possibility that there are different causes) / combinations of all of those #like... idk a paper that just throws out things that don't support it is a pretty big red flag #it doesn't mean the conclusion is entirely incorrect but it is often important to understand the context in which it applies #like... it's very easy to jump to an incorrect conclusion if you used something in the wrong context #ie: thumbs up is a good job / positive thing in a lot of western civilizations. teenage kee once went to china and discovered it to be #neutral to offensive in many areas outside of major tourist locations that were used to it #anyways i gotta sleep

[wrenhavenriver]

managed to get A's in anatomy and chemistry despite the whole "having a medical emergency that required a four day hospital stay and surgery the week before finals" thing

#still waiting to see my final grade for lab but that's only a one credit hour add-on so i don't care as much if that one falls to a B+ #which there is a reasonable possibility it will since i took the final while incredibly medicated lmao #there was a practical component of it that included performing basic laboratory tasks like lighting a bunsen burner #and i was literally like 'i'm sorry if i blow us up. i am still on heavy pain medication' and the professor just went 'that's fair 👍' #kathryn vs higher education #medical //

[dr-lizortecho]

love the implication that the podsquad just stumbled upon the fact acetone numbs their pain and then by the age of twenty-six they were all morphine addicts

#like- they really just chug that stuff with no considerations right? #like you can say Mikey did some lab things- but he didn’t perform any long form studies that’s for sure #Max dies at 30 cause of liver failure after surviving healing a dumbass planet #roswell new mexico #rnm #max evans #isobel evans #michael guerin #pod squad

[fiddles-ifs]

hi there! I'm having a bit of trouble navigating back to the game from the different pages in itchio, how can I do so?

Do you mean navigating itch.io the website, or the game itself?

If you mean itch.io the website -- pray? Or search the game up in the search bar. Or try your browser history, if you have that saved.

If you mean the game itself -- I’m still working on a way to return to your last seen passage from the character/relationships/glossary screens that doesn't bork the code. You'll just have to keep pressing the back button until you get to your original position.

#greenasks #I’m working on a project that’s basically my little code Barbie doll #i have it trapped in a lab and perform experiments on it #like figuring out a back to last seen passage button

[transmechanicus]

“I’ll be fine i just need to uhhhhhhh idk kill” but like…what if i did haha

#my stuff #dear diary and the several thousand mfs who can see it. Despite arguably good academic performance today feels like a bad day #bc i skipped lab to take a nap #and i feel lonely and incapable of connecting more than superficially with my classmates #like i can talk to them and i do and we get along well but i never…hang out w em #or at least not as much as they seem to without me #it’s not a malicious thing i think a huge part of it is groups of ppl living or working in the same space #and i’m in a different lab building than a lot of ppl #idk…struggling to find anything that sparks joy. unable to see the future with optimism #it’s just day after day of Job where i’ll beat myself up on weekends if i don’t do Even More Work #bc that’s the nature of grad school. always homework or literature review to do like i give a shit abt the latter #i don’t care what other people are doing i don’t wanna obsessively comb through journals to make sure i’m doing Brand New Shit #i want it to stop #i don’t want to read anymore. i don’t wanna have to worry about my job outside of work. #i want to cry and scream and #like i don’t wanna quit after i worked so hard to get here #i don’t wanna wuss out #but i’m always tired. i’m never rested or relaxed or truly enjoying myself #why is this only hard for me…how tf is everyone else able to read and remember and understand this much?? #like yeah maybe i should be on adhd meds but those are fuckin spensive and a pain in the ass to get #i’m tired of being tough #i want to curl into a ball and be told it’s going to be okay and that i can rest and have it not be a lie or a half measure

[metalcatholic]

so tldr I had hearing issues growing up, got surgery for tubes twice, etc. when I was older audiologist said I was no longer hearing impaired and I haven’t been since.

except I don’t think having me sit in a sound proof box focused on listening for one sound isn a reflection of how my hearing performs in the real world.

Like today I cannot hear blood pressure when taking it manually, my professor and I left the classroom to do it out in the hallway when it was quiet and I still couldn’t hear it. So now to pass my skills exam to be cleared for fieldwork, I guess I need to guy buy a amplifying stethoscope.

#There’s other issues i have as well this is the most pressing currently #And this is also a good example of why I am in OT school #If you perform fine in a lab but your function outside is impaired #You need services

[wild-wombytch]

I got destroyed at the TRX + solo gym today.

Like, I'm starting to really love my frame getting bigger with bulking and with the baby hypertrophy (and I can tell the cut will be 👌 despite the bulk being really dirty and not smart), but damn. I'm already struggling to sit when the exercises were like. two hours ago. If *that's* already how I feel, I guess I'll just crawl on the floor to move this weekend. With my teeth and not my arms, preferably, because they got screwed as well.

#on the bright side I can still follow the course even after weeks not coming due to irl businesses #And like. my performances are rising and I *finally* received my transparent lab supplement today. #but I know I won't laugh when I'll wake up tomorrow lmaooo. ouch 😬🫨 #Tañ ha Gerioù

[ofherlionheart]

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#unhinged shower musing of the day #a/b/o bodyguard au #(stay with me) #where in a group of cohabitating alphas #one of them suddenly presents again as an omega #surprise uterus!! #freak of nature or medical miracle?? #who's to say #but a lot of ppl who should not have opinions on it want to loudly give fucks and or perform five billion ethically questionable lab tests #ergo #the bodyguard #so like. is this something or do i need fucking sleep #yes im thinking about the sex changing fish #why are't YOU thinking about the sex changing fish

[corntort]

Np!!

And there's five times a day yeah! Two of them are sunrise (fajr) and sunset (maghrib). If you miss the time then you pray in between. Like if you miss prayer 1's immwdiate time and it's not prayer 2 yet, do prayer 1 in between them

OH OK OK scribbles this down. i'm getting the rundown of the routine of salah but is it possible to condense it into like a timeline of how its done. cause the wiki is getting very very indepth which is good but also i just need like.

wudu -> qiyam -> takbirat al-ihram -> reciting al-fatiha -> another takbir -> ruku -> tasbih -> allah hears the one who praises him + our lord all praise is for you -> another takbir -> sujud -> tasbih -> takbir -> qu'ud -> tashhahud (if second/last rak'a)

like is that correct does that sound right ??

#learning many many things today #how would wudu be performed like. in a lab is my question. i doubt faucet water counts right? #rambles #ask #anonymous #trace av

[onemillionfurries]

ok is anyone else kinda completely baffled when people put "18+ im posting adult stuff so if ur a minor im gonna BLOCK YOU" on their FurAffinity profiles because... FA has a maturity filter?? if youre properly flagging adult subjects AS adult then you shouldn't have to worry about minors seeing that stuff??

i distinctly remember as a kid going on FA and watching an artist i rly liked the style of, but getting kinda bummed bc they seemed to only post art once every couple of months... "seemed to" being the key phrase here.

#lab notes #furry fandom #pls i feel like im going crazy here #this was NEVER a thing when i was a kid. at least not to the level that it is now #pls stop bringing social media habits to non-social media websites #it feels more performative than actually functional in keeping kiddos out

[gayorphandepression]

so i started watching lab rats,

#yes this is about lab rats #more specifically marcus #anyways. 'hows your winter break going. my winter break is going fine' i say as i sob over marcus davenport and the season 4 finale and #his god damn performance. what was that fucking lip quiver mateus ward WHAT WAS IT #TELL ME. GRRRRRR #YOU WANT ME TO EXPLODE??? CAUSE I WILL #I WILL FUCKINF EXPLODE #if i wasnt chewing on drywall from the fucking concept of androids and pizza nights and 16th birthdays i would explore right here right now #you heard it here first folks #anyways thanks mateus ward for your amazing performance. he truly went above and beyond #thanks for blessing me with another hyperfixation #the hero we needed but didnt deserve #lab rats #marcus davenport #mateus ward #im going insane can you tell #suga liveblogs

[danothan]

this is definitely a concept that has already been developed in greater detail, but the idea of needing surgery while having superhuman healing is absolutely terrifying. unless the superpowered character in question has some kind of kryptonite to balance it out, they’re just stuck like that

i’m just wondering if i should draw trans barry pre- or post-op, and i think i can see which one i’m leaning towards

#danbles #dc #the flash #barry allen #genderposting #oh my god wait #you guys know abt those trans mad scientist concepts #the ones that make their own hormones in lab/perform their own surgery? #he could be fast enough… #there’s so many reasons why this couldn’t work actually but hey don’t blame a guy for trying to cover all the bases #much to think about

[goldensunset]

i’m literally gonna fail this lab.

#peach rambles #i don’t know what i’m writing i don’t know where to get the numbers i need #if my LAB PARTNER WHO UNDERSTANDS EXCEL HAD BEEN THERE #maybe i’d be able to figure it out earlier #but i don’t even have access to those files anymore i just have screenshots of data that i don’t understand #this makes no sense to me #and i have no access to real resources or help this course packet doesn’t offer any tutorials #this is so frustrating bc it’s not even the actual physics or math i’m struggling with here…that stuff’s easy #it’s literally technological/practical knowledge that i just. lack #and that shouldn’t be my fault bc this should be taught in the lab idc if it’s a college class #they reteach all sorts of things in college #and they never taught this in hs #i think just no one teaches this ever but everyone expects everyone to know it #it shouldn’t be my fault that my lab partner didn’t show up and that the TA couldn’t help me or didn’t care about doing so #it shouldn’t be my fault that i didn’t perform this experiment very well when i had to do it *all alone* #it shouldn’t be my fault that this wasn’t explained properly #if it was a physics concept i was failing to grasp then it might be my fault bc that meant i shouldn’t be in this independent lab class #w/o being in the concurrent lecture class #but i’m being tripped up on something beyond my power to fix #i can’t stand this #there are ten thousand numbers and foreshortened words abd acronyms staring me in the face and i can’t make sense of them

[psychoticwillgraham]

me, walking into a Sephora that’s five times as big as the one back home without knowing the layout:

#i looked like a deer in headlights just standing there for a few minutes #while a bunch of teenagers laughed at me as i looked around confused #luckily my guardian angel alt girl took mercy on me #and showed me where the gaga eyeliners were #and i told her i was a drag performer and looking for good blue eyeliner #and she recced the haus labs one i got #and told me the good brands in the future #she also thinks that Anastasia Beverly Hills is extremely overrated #and that i need to go for indie brands if i want the longer wear #and more vibrant and full coverage stuff #she literally was an angel in disguise for me so whoever u are #i hope you have an amazing weekend <3

[dbphantom]

on this laptop is some old near art from hs/college and augh them...

#i can tell the person walking in front of Caleb was meant to be jerric bc the color of his lab coat is a super pale green #also honestly shout out to 2016 me for putting cord in a postal worker uniform SEVEN YEARS BEFORE I DECIDED TO MAKE RESTORATION #A DELIVERY/POSTAL SERVICE #GIANT BRAIN MOMENT FROM TEENAGE ME #i am however deducting points for not making Jerric fatter until a few years ago #also jerric was assigned a fursona at work he's actually a wolf jsyk #idk unrelated to the tag tangent but related to some of the art #veneer has always had a big theme (?) of like. the horrors of a corporation owning you #esp when you don't have a choice #jerric is a huge part of that in 2 ways #his implants are crestfall tech (that HE designed and THEY own) which they can just turn off at any time #(he's so lucky being the one who designed them because what abt the people who CAN'T PERFORM THEIR OWN MAINTENANCE) #and he needs that job to because of his daughter (like he literally sold his freedom to CF to ensure her safety n livelihood) #all of them were specially chosen and their families allowed entry to the bubble cities by basically selling themselves #to the corporation in order to ensure their families would be able to live safe and happy lives not constantly under threat of #mutated wildlife trampling their homes or the fear of corporate wars destroying their hometown (oh hey Julian when did you get he-) or #natural disasters from the fcking climate crisis or the alien technology that eats people THE LIST GOES ON. THE WORLD IS IN RUIN. #POINT IS THEY SIGNED A CONTRACT ESSENTIALLY SELLING THEMSELVES TO THE CORPORATION IN ORDER TO ENSURE THEIR FAMILIES WERE SAFE #BUT THE ISSUE WITH THE BUBBLE CITIES IS THAT LIKE. THEY'RE ALL JUST WHITE SUBURBAN TOWNS. HELLSCAPE AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE #LITERALLY THEY'RE JUST CULTURE BLACK HOLES IN ORDER TO BE MARKETABLE. THAT IS KARAN'S STORY #so THEN the biggest theme of veneer is the art of being consumed #that is why the portals have teeth and [turn you into the funny fungus] eat you alive #there u go. now everything makes sense forever #i gotta draw more trains #veneer #cruddy rambles

[cavegirl66]

Listen/purchase: Venal by Human Performance Lab *** HUMAN PERFORMANCE LAB *** Post Punk, Minimal Wave, Industrial, Coldwave from Berlin

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