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[–] 133 points 8 months ago (3 children)

At least the comment was an overall happy one. Luckynumber bot could have done this to a comment about someone dying to the drugs.

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  • [–] 32 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Had the "dadjokebot" jump in a tread about not having children in a subreddit for folks with a genetic disorder. The novelty of those bots wore out in 2013.

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  • [–] 91 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Man, I miss the time that this is what bots meant

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  • [–] 77 points 8 months ago (8 children)

    I have massive respect for anyone who’s been addicted, done the work, and overcome it. It shows a level of determination, maturity, and self awareness that many people don’t have.

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  • [–] 20 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    Ditto. I'll hear people disparage because "why did they get addicted in the first place" and it frustrates me - I used to work IT for a company with a dedicated facility for people with criminal records. I met many recovered addicts and the most common cause of their addiction was being prescribed opioids.

    But I don't think people need an excuse anyway. Life isn't perfect, far from it.

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  • [–] 14 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    can i offer a minor correction? everyone (besides me) i know who has struggled with opioid addiction, the cause for their addiction wasn't being prescribed opioids. the problem was their doctor removed the access to legal opioids while they were still in enough pain that they required opioids, so they were forced onto the illegal market and the cheapest thing they could get was some mix of heroin and fentanyl. by the time they no longer required opioids, they had gotten addicted to the illegal drugs.

    without going into too much detail of my personal experience, i'll just say for the love of whatever gods you don't worship do not fuck around with opioids. take them as exactly as your MD prescribes if you can. if everything goes wrong you run the risk of waking up every morning with a deep, craving instinctual in your veins.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    I mean, the other way you could interpret this is that they were prescribed opioids, got addicted to them, and then (because they were addicted) convinced themselves that their only option was the black market.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago

    yes, that is what the doctors keep telling themselves, that the book says oh no you should have healed by now. oh yes i promise that we didn't screw up. i promise that you recovered properly we didn't completely ruin your body.

    ask me how i know.

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  • [–] 20 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    Hey, I am a anyone. Got a job, family is stable, haven't died in a puddle of something gross in years.

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  • [–] 20 points 8 months ago (5 children)

    c/cursedcomments

    !the sub never took off, i tried!<

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    Can someone recommend me a mobile app that turns c/ into links like on Reddit?

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

    Uh, not jerboa. I think you have to do something with exclamations but I haven't looked into it too close. Give me a minute to test?

    /c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago* (1 child)

    !lemmyshitpost

    I'm on boost. When i write ! And something immeditely after, it suggests me to conver it into a link. It is actually a normal link

    The same with @, which is used for users.

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  • [–] 18 points 8 months ago (3 children)
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    [–] 17 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    We need bots like those on Lemmy, those are the things I mostly miss from Reddit.

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    [–] 7 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    I was gonna upvote this post, but it's at 666 currently so I couldn't.

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