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[Vector]

I dunno... creating a dependancy on these pills seems like a "negative side effect" in itself.  But I guess it doesn't matter too much as long as they're not ruinously expensive.

It's not a "created dependency," it's a dependency based on the fact that I happen to be a living organism with a brain, and brains need omega-3 fatty acids if they're not going to be fucking themselves over every two minutes.

It sounds like the deficiency was there beforehand (by the way, Vector, have you ever gone to a doctor about that?), not created by the pills.  Besides, they're just fish oil.  It's a dietary supplement, not a drug.

Exactly.

When I dropped out of school, I saw a couple of psychologists, a dietary specialist, and a psychiatrist.  They started talking hard drugs, I looked at the nasty, nasty side effects and price (WTF, man, $13 a tablet?), and around then I pretty much said "screw this.  I'm going to take my dietary supplements and put on some weight so the ground stops shaking, and keep far, far away from the folks who make me miserable."  As I'm sure some of you remember, I kept talking to a few of them until I could enroll in community college and make friends there.  I don't complain about them anymore because I don't have anything to do with them.

I'd also had exacerbated mood swings due to trying so hard to suppress them and never talk about how I felt about anything--since I'd been told it was immature to discuss a problem unless you wanted someone else to solve that specific problem for you--so once I stopped that and had taken the fish pills for about a month I was mostly better.  My life improved a lot once I realized I was only 20 and didn't have to be perfect or even particularly mature

I couldn't be arsed with games...

Go to the park and play on the swing?  I still do that sometimes.

[breadbocks]

Go to the park and play on the swing?  I still do that sometimes.

Ah the swingset. Always the most enjoyable/tropeable for flashbacks.

[ToonyMan]

Oh man, at first I thought you meant 1560 out of 1600.  I feel a little old now.

Yep, if I scored over a perfect score I would question my chances on being a super hero.

[Jervous]

Go to the park and play on the swing?  I still do that sometimes.

Ah the swingset. Always the most enjoyable/tropeable for flashbacks.

AND WHEN YOU GET REALLY HIGH YOU JUMP OFF OH MY GOSH SO FUN

[Footkerchief]

I'd also had exacerbated mood swings due to trying so hard to suppress them and never talk about how I felt about anything--since I'd been told it was immature to discuss a problem unless you wanted someone else to solve that specific problem for you--so once I stopped that and had taken the fish pills for about a month I was mostly better.

Damn, your family (or whoever told you that) are serious hardasses.

I guess I experienced that same mode of thinking from a different angle -- when people would discuss their problems with me, I used to think it meant they wanted me to do something about it.  It took me a while to realize that sometimes people just want empathy and stuff.  I probably picked that habit up from my family too (parents weren't very into communication), but they were never that explicit about it.

If I ever get a mood disorder, I'll definitely try fish oil first.  Antidepressants sound really unpleasant.

[Cthulhu]

My siblings and I used to have a swingset.  It was pretty cool but one of the chains broke and they just hooked it back together which is cool but then the plastic cover was gone so it rusted.  I was swinging on it one day and my grandma said it was gonna break.  I was like "Whatever, what do you know old lady?" and then it broke, sending me flying across the yard.  I was okay.

[ToonyMan]

One Chance.
My first playthrough in this game sucked, I have to win.

EDIT:  Okay, apparently the creator didn't put a replay function into the game.  I'm going to have to clear my cache or something.  Damnit.

[Lord Shonus]

A girl (something of a friend of mine) at work strongly "encouraged" me to hit on a girl she (but not I) knew was a lesbian.

[lordnincompoop]

Vector, if they're a dietary supplement why not change your diet to include that nutrient?

[MetalSlimeHunt]

EDIT:  Okay, apparently the creator didn't put a replay function into the game.  I'm going to have to clear my cache or something.  Damnit.

It's simpler than that. If you can start a private browsing session with your browser, then that (supposidly) keeps the game from checking if you have the "played" cookie on your computer. I never tried it, but there you go.

[Aqizzar]

I'd also had exacerbated mood swings due to trying so hard to suppress them and never talk about how I felt about anything--since I'd been told it was immature to discuss a problem unless you wanted someone else to solve that specific problem for you--so once I stopped that and had taken the fish pills for about a month I was mostly better.  My life improved a lot once I realized I was only 20 and didn't have to be perfect or even particularly mature

The brain tying itself in recursive knots is a root problem yes.  But on the subject of omega-3 dependency, if I may offer a theory.  You need extra omega-3 to avoid moodswings, because your body doesn't produce enough naturally, right?  Well, taking supplements for it could trick your body into thinking it has all the omega-3 that it "needs", which is to say its normally deficient amount.  Meaning that when you stop taking them, you're more deficient than you would be having not taken them in the first place.  Certainly you shouldn't "quit" fishpills, I just think the problem might be more than just not having them.

So, took the SAT in May/June this year.  I score a 1550.  I decide that isn't good enough and take the SAT again in December.  The results are in, I got a 1560.

I'm cursed to be average.

Hey, 1340 out of 1600 was nothing to be terribly proud of.  Let me absolutely assure you: only college admission boards give the slightest flying fuck about SAT scores.  Absolutely no else in the world has the slightest interest, and colleges just want your money anyway.

And what's with Evangelion Eddy doing that pose?

[Vector]

Vector, if they're a dietary supplement why not change your diet to include that nutrient?

I'm a vegetarian (other than the fish pills) and it's fairly rare in plants.  I'd have to be eating hemp seed, pumpkin seeds, and walnuts all day.

Honestly, I really have to take these things, and I need to get over how much I dislike them.  They're kind of like my glasses--I could try contacts (eating a bunch of fish and nuts all the time), but I don't want to.  So at this point, I'm mostly grumbling out of sheer spite.

You're right, though, that I should try to eat more foods with the stuff in them.  I'll work on that.

The brain tying itself in recursive knots is a root problem yes.  But on the subject of omega-3 dependency, if I may offer a theory.  You need extra omega-3 to avoid moodswings, because your body doesn't produce enough naturally, right?  Well, taking supplements for it could trick your body into thinking it has all the omega-3 that it "needs", which is to say its normally deficient amount.  Meaning that when you stop taking them, you're more deficient than you would be having not taken them in the first place.  Certainly you shouldn't "quit" fishpills, I just think the problem might be more than just not having them.

Humans actually don't produce any omega-3 at all, and I do take the daily recommended amount (which I think allows for a little buildup).  But yeah, I was basically running on zero omega-3, so it's pretty important that I keep taking them and working on this stuff.

[breadbocks]

Go to the park and play on the swing?  I still do that sometimes.

Ah the swingset. Always the most enjoyable/tropeable for flashbacks.

AND WHEN YOU GET REALLY HIGH YOU JUMP OFF OH MY GOSH SO FUN

We're not talking about pot, dearie.

[Footkerchief]

The brain tying itself in recursive knots is a root problem yes.  But on the subject of omega-3 dependency, if I may offer a theory.  You need extra omega-3 to avoid moodswings, because your body doesn't produce enough naturally, right?  Well, taking supplements for it could trick your body into thinking it has all the omega-3 that it "needs", which is to say its normally deficient amount.  Meaning that when you stop taking them, you're more deficient than you would be having not taken them in the first place.  Certainly you shouldn't "quit" fishpills, I just think the problem might be more than just not having them.

Many substances work this way, many don't.  This kind of shot in the dark is more likely to start rumors or spread misinformation than to help anyone.

[Retro]

Getting bloody sick of Christmas as usual. Why can't I just spend regular time with my family without these stupid 'family ho-ho-holiday' obligations being imposed?