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[TheBiggerFish]

I'm running on about three hours of sleep after seeing a comedy show last night.

Totally worth it.

About half an hour or so after I posted that? No longer worth it.

I don't think I'm losing my job, but my stupid runaway mind is insisting on conjuring up all the worst possible outcomes. Add in a 14-hour shift and a now three hour-long headache and I can't believe I was in such a good mood this morning.

*hugs Sirus*

Hope you're carrying pillows.  ;P

I hope everything goes well.

[Shook]

Well, you know how the saying goes: If thy head be hurting and thy be at thy wits end, cram your face full of analgesics. Non-lethal amounts of them, of course. :v

also i feel like my sickness is flaring up for a third time what is even going on

[Yoink]

Currently reading about the Romanovs and their fate for the first time.

[TD1]

I know, it's heartbreaking.

Have you read the Tsar's diary? Reading that really drove it in for me.

[Yoink]

There were one or two excerpts included in the articles I read. Those were sad enough, I don't think I'll be seeking out the rest of it any time soon.

[Loud Whispers]

One of my fish gave birth to about 3 dozen fry, one of which was a stillbirth. They're all rather strong and so I am hopeful that a great deal many of them will avoid being eaten by the other fish upon introduction to the wider tank. With some sadness I noticed the mother had died and had begun to rot, her once golden complexion having turned to a motley red, green and white. I motioned to take her out of the tank and throw her away, when I noticed against all odds she still lived. She was upside down in the tank, rotting away, and still breathed. I'm on the phone with one of my friends detailing all of this as it occurs, and it just so happens he studied the ethics of euthanasia as a med student, naturally I ask him for his opinion. He told me that if I was certain this fish was terminally ill and had no chance of survival (given that rot had settled in and it was having trouble doing more than flip flop, I was certain), I should kill it (for those concerned if he applied those arguments to humans, he did not). After setting out to choke it to death on air, after 4 minutes I found it took far too long and seemed to have no end, and at once resolved to kill it with a knife. It took some effort to line up this fish I had cared for for so long, decapitating it with one quick motion. I picked up its head and staring into its brain, I was confident that it was destroyed. I set about brewing some tea and washing the knife, then washing my hands all thoroughly. I then turned to feed the fish, conscious of the fishes whose mother I had just killed, feeling guilty as I fed them fish flakes. Evidently I do not waste time on the death of lesser or smaller creatures or else I would not eat meat or keep carnivorous plants, but to have to kill something you cared for for so long is needless to say, stressful. As I do not eat seafood or practice fishing, I am not skilled at killing fish, thus I am glad at least I could give my fish a quick death in spite of all that.

[Rolan7]

That's sad indeed, LW ):
When my father took me fishing last month, I actually had no problem cleaning the fish.  It was letting them air-drown that disturbed me. 
Also... one case where the hook got stuck, and it took me a while to extract it.  The fish swam away healthy (it was a little small), it just took me a while because I didn't want to tear it up.

Drowning and fishhooks...  I told myself they were lesser creatures, predators even, but it still made me uncomfortable.  I can't imagine how much worse it'd be with a pet.  My Luki-cat received a painless injection when her time came, and I actually cried as I held her...

I'm sorry...

[Loud Whispers]

Yeah not much you can do but grieve, learn and remember ):

[TheBiggerFish]

*hugs LW*

I used to keep fish.  It was always sad when one died.

[Kot]

I'm stable 40C now the whole day. Feel like I'm already dead. When I was coming back I could barely stand because I was so dizzy. Somehow made it back and then went to sleep. I'm proably still going to get up in morning and go to school.
It could be worse, I guess.

[TheBiggerFish]

That is VERY BAD.

Call your doctor, and really, really, really don't do anything strenuous.  ...Like going to school, honestly.

[Avis-Mergulus]

I'm stable 40C now the whole day.
...
I'm proably still going to get up in morning and go to school.

Dude. Listen. Hey. Hey. Listen. Do you want to collapse at school and get carted away on an ambulance? Because that's what's gonna happen. You have about a degree and a half to go before your brain starts dying. What you should do instead (provided you have taken fever pills if your doctor allows them and your fever has not gone down) is get carted away on an ambulance from home. In the other case you should call your doctor and arrange a housecall ASAP and I mean ASAP. 40C is not a joke, especially when you are already seriously ill.

[ChairmanPoo]

One of my fish gave birth to about 3 dozen fry, one of which was a stillbirth. They're all rather strong and so I am hopeful that a great deal many of them will avoid being eaten by the other fish upon introduction to the wider tank. With some sadness I noticed the mother had died and had begun to rot, her once golden complexion having turned to a motley red, green and white. I motioned to take her out of the tank and throw her away, when I noticed against all odds she still lived. She was upside down in the tank, rotting away, and still breathed. I'm on the phone with one of my friends detailing all of this as it occurs, and it just so happens he studied the ethics of euthanasia as a med student, naturally I ask him for his opinion. He told me that if I was certain this fish was terminally ill and had no chance of survival (given that rot had settled in and it was having trouble doing more than flip flop, I was certain), I should kill it (for those concerned if he applied those arguments to humans, he did not). After setting out to choke it to death on air, after 4 minutes I found it took far too long and seemed to have no end, and at once resolved to kill it with a knife. It took some effort to line up this fish I had cared for for so long, decapitating it with one quick motion. I picked up its head and staring into its brain, I was confident that it was destroyed. I set about brewing some tea and washing the knife, then washing my hands all thoroughly. I then turned to feed the fish, conscious of the fishes whose mother I had just killed, feeling guilty as I fed them fish flakes. Evidently I do not waste time on the death of lesser or smaller creatures or else I would not eat meat or keep carnivorous plants, but to have to kill something you cared for for so long is needless to say, stressful. As I do not eat seafood or practice fishing, I am not skilled at killing fish, thus I am glad at least I could give my fish a quick death in spite of all that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xakqMyQu5dc

[Ultimuh]

Not sad, just mildly upsetting. And there is no rage thread to post in.

I spilled a glass of water on my home computer desk. Luckily, nothing too important got wet.
But I am still upset about this.

[TheBiggerFish]

I'm stable 40C now the whole day.
...
I'm proably still going to get up in morning and go to school.

Dude. Listen. Hey. Hey. Listen. Do you want to collapse at school and get carted away on an ambulance? Because that's what's gonna happen. You have about a degree and a half to go before your brain starts dying. What you should do instead (provided you have taken fever pills if your doctor allows them and your fever has not gone down) is get carted away on an ambulance from home. In the other case you should call your doctor and arrange a housecall ASAP and I mean ASAP. 40C is not a joke, especially when you are already seriously ill.

HEAVILY SECONDED.