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Jennifer Thorvig @absurdities.bsky.social

Also, darlings, if you cannot lie, go pick up some hydrocortisone cream. Put a tiny bit on a bug bite. On a fingernail, if you'd rather not absorb it. Wipe it off. You have used a corticosteroid, and you officially qualify for the vaccine everyone needs.

aug 27, 2025, 9:28 pm • 354 101

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rachelmuzzin.bsky.social @rachelmuzzin.bsky.social

So if you're not 65, but you're a smoker, does that qualify? I need my vaccines because I'm always exposed.

aug 28, 2025, 7:23 am • 3 0 • view
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Jennifer Thorvig @absurdities.bsky.social

Yes. All smokers are considered high risk. You get a stab!

aug 28, 2025, 1:34 pm • 2 0 • view
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rachelmuzzin.bsky.social @rachelmuzzin.bsky.social

Yessah!

aug 28, 2025, 4:01 pm • 1 0 • view
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Tahiru @tahiru.mythopoeic.org

"While maintaining expressionless, unblinking eye contact with the pharmacist, in the seconds after having purchased the tube" is optional, but funny.

aug 28, 2025, 5:31 am • 2 0 • view
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Questionable Taste Hours @goodnighteye.bsky.social

I've got depression and I'm overweight, so I can get in (the one time those work in my favor). But fr you can just get hydrocortisone basically anywhere. Do what you gotta do to protect yourself!

aug 28, 2025, 2:04 am • 6 0 • view
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llamalluv @llamalluv.bsky.social

Or bum a drag off someone's cigarette. I jokingly refer to myself as a "former pack a day smoker" because of a poor disciplinary method my mom got talked into by one of my aunts when I was 4.

aug 28, 2025, 3:26 am • 3 0 • view
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Next door in Silicon Valley @nextdoorsv.bsky.social

Wait… did… what

aug 28, 2025, 4:57 am • 2 0 • view
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llamalluv @llamalluv.bsky.social

Yeah, I stole one of my grandma's boyfriend's cigarettes, and my dad's sister convinced my mom that the best way to deal with me was to make me smoke a pack of Marlboro Reds. I puked all over everything later that night. My mom never took parenting advice from her again!

aug 28, 2025, 12:41 pm • 2 0 • view
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eachann.bsky.social @eachann.bsky.social

Did you ever smoke again?

aug 28, 2025, 6:27 pm • 0 0 • view
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llamalluv @llamalluv.bsky.social

No, and my aunt was very smug about it the last time I saw her.

aug 28, 2025, 11:20 pm • 1 0 • view
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comtechdiagnostics.bsky.social @comtechdiagnostics.bsky.social

. Walgreens is currently, as of yesterday, promoting COVID and Flu shots. Walk in and get one or make an appointment.

aug 28, 2025, 11:53 am • 1 1 • view
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Mon221B says eat the rich @mon221b.bsky.social

Make sure you're getting the newest version, though. They may be trying to get rid of their older stock.

aug 28, 2025, 2:41 pm • 0 0 • view
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savta28.bsky.social @savta28.bsky.social

Same to getting a doctor appointment. First available 9 months. I feel a lump. Does tomorrow work. Cardiologist will see you once a year. Chest pains tomorrow. You gotta advocate for yourself. Healthcare in US

aug 28, 2025, 6:25 pm • 1 0 • view
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Banana Dictatorship Banker @bananadictatorship.bsky.social

Go smoke a cigarette you deserve it after all this bullshit

aug 28, 2025, 5:26 am • 2 0 • view
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Sarcasmo Ultra BLAM! @sarcasmoultrablam.bsky.social

I'll try that. Not quite 65...

aug 28, 2025, 3:42 am • 2 0 • view
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Millie, or Mills if we’re friends @millie29.bsky.social

Nice!

aug 28, 2025, 4:07 am • 2 0 • view
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Betsy Cazden @betsy-cazden.bsky.social

I note "physical inactivity" is a qualifying condition, and most of us can plead guilty to that.

aug 27, 2025, 10:00 pm • 17 0 • view
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Jennifer Thorvig @absurdities.bsky.social

There's no specification for how long one has been physically inactive. Sit still and count to five. ✔️

aug 27, 2025, 10:06 pm • 12 0 • view