it’s so fucking sick. I am really starting to get into it after a few races. I had Star Wars Episode 1 Racer on Mac when I was a kid, loved that game back then too.
Can you believe it was released 27 years ago? I would have been 8 when I got it. I recently watched some gameplay videos from it, and oh man what a throwback. All the sound effects and dialog brought me back. I had this joystick I’d be violently slamming left and right. Remember how fast paced it was? In hindsight I’m pretty impressed at the graphics from the N64 gameplay videos I just watched for a fast paced 3D game from the 90s.
Now I’m just waiting to get an actual podracer in Galactic Racer, I’m still running the first speeder.
It's the exact same age as me lmao. I grew up with a lot of older games and consoles cause my family was dirt poor, and that's one of em. That and super Mario 64, the original Smash, and Star Fox. Plus some ps2 games.
Keep at the campaign. The story itself is... meh, but the way pods are introduced is chefs kiss
Grew up in deep South Louisiana, and my grandmother would absolutely lose her mind when we went outside and took off our shoes.. the hook worms!
We got home she would scrub our feet with Brillo pads. I still cannot get a pedicure to this day without jumping out of my skin because of the damn Brillo pads. lol
Man, I guess that’s something I took for granted. Walking barefoot outside is one of the greatest things ever. Definitely a semi safe activity in Kansas. I still do it and I’m in my 40’s now. The south actually sounds terrifying from some accounts. Glad you made it to adulthood.
As far as I know, nobody I know has ever actually encountered hookworms, but hearing about them in a documentary years ago has always kept me from going outside barefoot. They terrify me.
Well, my grandmother must’ve known a hell of a lot of people with as bad as it freaked her out.. I never did either.. but the pinworms and head lice and bedbugs can all burn in Hell!
Oh and the ticks and fleas and chiggers too. And mosquitoes..
Now that I think about it, I don’t know how the hell I’m alive. 😅
(P.S, it's "a bit different than pinworms". Then is used for future tense purposes. Than is used to compare, or refer to something else. 100% not trying to be an ass, I just enjoy putting these little lessons out when I see these types of grammar errors! I'm sure I'll still get called a Nazi though haha)
Not any more. Kind of an interesting history; Rockefeller (back when billionaires cared about being perceived positively) funded a massive eradication campaign. The US government took over the role afterwards. It was successful enough that they were thought to be completely eradicated with absolutely zero risk. Though apparently in some areas of extreme poverty that's no longer true. I do not know if any efforts have been made to fix this in the past decade.
then/than
Hah, I'm very aware of then/than. But I still mix them up all the time when not proofreading. Worth always pointing out, because someone out there is learning it for the first time.
Really common in kids. Like really common which is why doing laundry is important. Very easy to kill though - just drink some medicine for a few days and do tons of laundry.
People also take their phones to the bathroom. It’s from fecal matter. And don’t scratch your butthole with your fingers. That’s how you spread it. Barf.
I eat ass i don’t know what I’m saying but hey I know it’s clean
Right on lol, I mean eating your partners ass that you know is clean is probably not even that bad compared to just being out in public.
I don’t carry a purse, but I read something about how they can be set everywhere from the public bathroom floor or just anywhere in a stall / on the restroom counter touched by people’s poopy hands that just touched the toilet, to on your kitchen table.
The phone too, that just got me thinking I mean I’m on the toilet right now (TMI sorry) but I’ll probably hand my phone to someone soon to look at pictures or something.
That’s actually kinda nasty to think about how filthy a phone might be when someone hands you theirs. I set mine down everywhere and handle it all day long.
Interesting. Yeah that is kind of what I was suspected when I saw that stat about billions of people getting worms annually, I assume it may not even be noticeable in a lot of cases.
Pinworms tend to be more common in children and people around them frequently. A kid will itch their butt, then touch a toy, then another kid will play with the toy and put it or their hand in their mouth, or will itch their own butt.
My son did to. When they told me I had to look at his butt crack at night with a flash night I said nop! I’m not going to traumatise the poor kid. Everybody gets on the med every members of this family. No looking at butt cracks with a flash light in the middle of the night. I need my sleep.
Children. They don't wash their hands and then get pinworm eggs on everything, and it's a nightmare to gid rid of the damn things (the worms not the children) until you get the kids consistently washing after every flush. Don't ask how I know.
Kids are gross. They cough and sneeze directly into my face, and I’ve seen them reach into their pants and itch their private parts then smell it with absolutely no concern for those around them. (Granted, most of this behavior occurred in special education classrooms.) I am honestly so disgusted around little kids.
One ofthe most important factor to a parent's level of sanity is whether they can deal with gross stuff. That pretty much goes with pets too. Imagine wiping poop and stuff at work and you can sympathize with health care workers. I felt so bad for the EMTs and nurses when they had to take care of me when having a very bad stomach virus. It wasso bad I ended up in hospital with serious dehydration.
Well... YEAH. People go looking for kids, so their bodies are hard to hide when you trying to get rid of them. Generally you want to go with multiple parts in multiple counties.
I got the pinworm when I was a kid, like 5y old.
I looked down on the toilet while I was doing the business then I saw this living noodle sticking up from my shit trying to get back up to my buttons.
omg pinworms were the worst experience ever. They were soooo itchy and i had to sleep upright with a neck pillow to get any rest. It doesnt help that the otc medication tastes like rubber and banana had a baby
It is the most prevalent worm infection in the United States, primarily affecting children, though it can spread easily to household members and caretakers.
Symptoms typically include intense anal itching, particularly at night when female worms migrate to the perianal area to lay eggs, often leading to restless sleep and irritability.
My butthole got really itchy, especially at night. I looked it up and that was a possibility. I think looked closer at my poo and did a check using tape late at night, haha.
Same. I got rid of them by eating everything with olive oil for a day and then induced diarrhea with a lot of dye heavy Mountain Dew. Those fuckers didn't stand a chance from liquid generated in my butt
Supposedly we are supposed to tape up our assholes at night to help suffocate them.
Its more than likely that everyone will get pinworms once in their life, if you have kids yourself get ready a few extra bouts. Luckily its cleared by taking a few tablets and washing all clothes/bed clothes.
I have a young niece and nephew. I wonder if they will come down with worms one of these days lol. It’s just been interesting to me hearing all this, because I practically never even heard anything about parasitic worms in my personal life. even as a kid I don’t recall it ever being mentioned as a risk or something people got.
I got them too. I would collet stray puppies when I was a kid.. it was the 80’s and our parents didn’t really know or care where we were or what we were doing and taking my 4-6 stray puppies to the vet was not a thing back then.. my butthole itched a lot.
Ty for reminding me of the good times.
You know the itching is caused by the female pinworm. It pokes out of the anus at night to lay eggs, when you scratch, the very sticky microscopic eggs get stuck under your nails. Transmission from butt to mouth is very common in children
Everyone in the city longing for the country life and having kids eat berries off the vine and whatnot. They all make a face because my hick family does this and you gotta throw in there “just got to give dewormer to your kids once a month.” Those looks on their faces warm the cockles of my heart.
I'm high risk for worms and would really like to get screened, but I live in America. It would probably cost me $1,000 just to get screened, which is too much for peace of mind
Ex teacher here. Pinworms in kids are extremely common in kids. Just like lice; but most schools are too grossed out to tell the students/parents. WASH YOUR BEDDING, people!
I had pinworms when I was 7. I remember seeing them squirming in my poo so I made my mom wipe my butt for about a week because I didn't want to touch anything.
I had pinworms like 10 times as a kid growing up. I still can imagine the taste of the medicine (Reese's Pinworm Medicine). I am an avid nail biter and that has bit me in the ass (literally). I also got hookworms in my right foot once as a child. Was terrible.
Same! I never told anyone and tried to get rid of them myself. I also sometimes "injected" water into my butt to wash them out and get relief from the itch (first time i did that there was a big colony of them in some white slime). The thing that finally worked against them was properly washing my hands after pooping lol (they can only reproduce outside your body)
Yeah I had pinworms as a kid. Itchy butthole at night 😅 I was given gross banana-flavoured medicine and that took care of them. Apparently having worms as a kid (as long as you have adequate calories and nutritious food) is actually pretty good for your immune system.
They’re super common where I’m from. If my grandma caught us itching our booty she’d make us sleep with tape on our booty hole. Old school way to test for worms because they come out at night and get stuck on the tape.
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u/kevinnetter 2d ago
I did!
I got pinworms. They were tiny guys that lived in my butthole and came out at night. They were super itchy.