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Flaming Carrot said:
Somewhat of a power level here, but I had a family member who is a pediatric cancer survivor. During his treatment, one of the drugs they gave him with was Accuratane, which weirdly is sometimes used as an off-lable treatment for cancer.

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Isotretinoin for Childhood Cancer Patients

Isotretinoin is a type of medicine called a retinoid. It acts on specific receptors of the cell nucleus to control cell growth. Learn more about isotretinoin.
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The doctors only wanted the kid's dad to handle the pills and to wear rubber gloves when he did. They didn't want his mom touching the pills just because she hadn't reached menopause and therefore had a chance of being pregnant. The box the pills came in looked like this.

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There were a ton of other warnings, but you get the idea. I don't know much about Accutane, but I know that doctors want pregnant women as far away from it as possible.
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Isotretinoin is fucked up. It was developed as a chemotherapy drug and got marketed to teenagers once people realized it also cleared up acne.

It has a list of fucking horrible side effects including birth defects, depression, and organ damage.

Its a pretty extreme treatment for something that usually mostly goes away with time.
 
whitepumpkin said:
It just feels like the consoom has been ramped up to 11 with social media
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Social media has turned everything into consooming (if it wasn't already, sadly im a bit young to know for sure).
For most normies, travelling is just about getting pictures and social posturing on instagram. The tattoo industry has seemed to change since most work (and high paying work) is found by building a following and 'brand' on instagram. It's all about having a cool aesthetic on an instagram account which convinces zoomers that if they pay up they'll feel as cool as your instagram page looks. I mean some people literally call themselves tattoo collectors.
 
I find fast food reviewer on youtube fascinating. They are a mixture of consoomer and fast food addicts. They shill for chain restaurants while they make a video so they can justify stuffing their faces with processed foods.

 
Ponzo said:
I find fast food reviewer on youtube fascinating. They are a mixture of consoomer and fast food addicts. They shill for chain restaurants while they make a video so they can justify stuffing their faces with processed foods.

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Dude look if the Joker was an unemployed YouTube who did food reviews for a living.
 
LinkinParkxNaruto[AMV] said:
I'm actually glad i had my filthy otaku phase in the late 90s to mid 00s before social media was relevant. Accesibility was more limited and people mocked you for it but at the same time we were spared of all of the cancerous marketing and social signaling that is associated with anime today, The consumeristic black hole that we are seeing now in the western anime sphere was already a thing in Japan for decades but that culture wasn't imported yet, anime felt very low key in comparison with western media, was hardly ever advertised, relied more on word of mouth from small tightly nit communities and there was a lot of cherry picking so you only got the very best stuff that industry had to offer, it really felt more about loving the medium more than anything else, there was no motivation to get into it otherwise, fujoshis were common but cosplay thots and "influencers" were nowhere to be seen.

I actually didn't know 99% of anime was disgusting trash until i got broadband and started really seeing how much garbage is made every year. Teenage me thought anime was all on the same level as cowboy bebop, akira and princess mononoke, i didn't know that i had already seen most of the best and most classic stuff from what was localized on cable or spread around on vhs and dvd.
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At least I can cringe at 14 year old me only wearing an Evangelion t-shirt once or twice, meanwhile these kids are gonna grow up haunted by the memories of going to school in full ahegao ensemble.
 
RandallBoggs said:
At least I can cringe at 14 year old me only wearing an Evangelion t-shirt once or twice, meanwhile these kids are gonna grow up haunted by the memories of going to school in full ahegao ensemble.
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I spent all my most intense animu years not even knowing what a dakimakura was, i consider myself lucky for that and that I dropped out of anime fandoms when moe and that sort of stuff was taking over at my early 20s, so just at the right time. I am not sure i would have ever gotten into anime if people my age back then into it were like weebs are now, i would probably have been put off and never touched it.
 
Flaming Carrot said:
Somewhat of a power level here, but I had a family member who is a pediatric cancer survivor. During his treatment, one of the drugs they gave him with was Accuratane, which weirdly is sometimes used as an off-lable treatment for cancer.

together.stjude.org

Isotretinoin for Childhood Cancer Patients

Isotretinoin is a type of medicine called a retinoid. It acts on specific receptors of the cell nucleus to control cell growth. Learn more about isotretinoin.
together.stjude.org together.stjude.org



The doctors only wanted the kid's dad to handle the pills and to wear rubber gloves when he did. They didn't want his mom touching the pills just because she hadn't reached menopause and therefore had a chance of being pregnant. The box the pills came in looked like this.

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There were a ton of other warnings, but you get the idea. I don't know much about Accutane, but I know that doctors want pregnant women as far away from it as possible.
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I took Accutane for a few months when I was 17. I've seen it may be linked with IBD. Even though I only took like 20 mg/day, I developed severe ulcerative colitis in my 20s that I had to have surgery for a few years later. I don't know if the the Accutane caused it, since IBD is an idiopathic disease, but it makes me regret ever having taken the drug.

I definitely wouldn't recommend taking the drug, since there's been so many issues with the drug since its inception. It's probably one of the most controversial drugs ever created. The drug that worked best on my skin was minocycline. I wish had just taken that when I was 17 instead.
 
NoReturn said:
I see you are one of my people.
We shall keep these memories alive. It's important the younger generations know Anime Club is a documentary.
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:semperfidelis: The Anime Club is an absolute treasure to this world. 10/10 comic, would re-read every year.

LinkinParkxNaruto[AMV] said:
I spent all my most intense animu years not even knowing what a dakimakura was, i consider myself lucky for that and that I dropped out of anime fandoms when moe and that sort of stuff was taking over at my early 20s, so just at the right time. I am not sure i would have ever gotten into anime if people my age back then into it were like weebs are now, i would probably have been put off and never touched it.
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Same. The most risque anime things you could get in the Late 90s/Early 2000s were doujinshi, and you had to know the right people at conventions. Even then, doujinshi back in the day was uncommon and always had everything blurred out heavily or just omitted. And Yaoi Doujinshi was all... well. We know the memes.

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At least, back in the day, you could actually avoid this shit by not going on certain tags on FF.net or groups/journals on Livejournal. The fujos had their caves and you could exist in a fandom without ever seeing this.

Nowdays, it's like @RandallBoggs says. Consoom Zero Two merchandise and consoom hentai doujins and film yourself looking like you have down syndrome making the "ahegao" face wearing the sweater meme and phone case. Show off your hentai collection to make sure the boys know you're a cool girl who says 'booba' and 'mommy milkers' with them while wearing a maid outfit. Make your profile pics hardcore yaoi and spam your twitter with it while buying Nendroids to set them up in weird sexual positions. Make those stupid ita bags of your 'ship' and buy kickstarter pride pins to shove in there too. Just fill your life up with low-grade and numerous anime garbage to create a personality, and make sure everyone knows what you jack it to as well.

I'll give the Kawaii UwU gamer girls points for not overtly showing off their degeneracy, but you know if they were given the green card, they'd display it all for our displeasure.
 
whitepumpkin said:
:semperfidelis: The Anime Club is an absolute treasure to this world. 10/10 comic, would re-read every year.
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Another thread-relevant bit:
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Ponzo said:
I find fast food reviewer on youtube fascinating. They are a mixture of consoomer and fast food addicts. They shill for chain restaurants while they make a video so they can justify stuffing their faces with processed foods.

My Movie.mp4
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On this same topic, behold the sister of "Starbucks recipes", the "Fast Food Hacks" subgenre:
 
whitepumpkin said:
Nowdays, it's like @RandallBoggs says. Consoom Zero Two merchandise and consoom hentai doujins and film yourself looking like you have down syndrome making the "ahegao" face wearing the sweater meme and phone case. Show off your hentai collection to make sure the boys know you're a cool girl who says 'booba' and 'mommy milkers' with them while wearing a maid outfit. Make your profile pics hardcore yaoi and spam your twitter with it while buying Nendroids to set them up in weird sexual positions. Make those stupid ita bags of your 'ship' and buy kickstarter pride pins to shove in there too. Just fill your life up with low-grade and numerous anime garbage to create a personality, and make sure everyone knows what you jack it to as well.
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As long as brands are offering sponsorships and simps are offering neetbux then grifter thots are gonna swarm like flies to pigshit. The homely yaoi sperg girls from back then were cringe but they were earnest godamnit

NoReturn said:
Another thread-relevant bit:
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On this same topic, behold the sister of "Starbucks recipes", the "Fast Food Hacks" subgenre:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=MrEgA2Sr2PQhttps://youtube.com/watch?v=vUZu3gWD0cE
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the anime club is a masterpiece, for real, the eltingville club is also a good one. I actually had a friend as a kid who was exactly like Mort that i mentioned in another thread, i couldn't stop laughing first time i read that comic because of it
 
LinkinParkxNaruto[AMV] said:
the anime club is a masterpiece, for real, the eltingville club is also a good one. I actually had a friend as a kid who was exactly like Mort that i mentioned in another thread, i couldn't stop laughing first time i read that comic because of it
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Honestly, did anyone *not* know a Mort growing up in the early 2000s?

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Like you said, at least there was genuine passion in what they liked. I don't know if you can equate them to the E-Girls of our times, who probably couldn't tell you why they consoomed so much plastic of Zero Two with anything other than "Stop putting down girls for their interests!!"' and "Let girls enjoy things!"

It bothers me how much people will go out of their way to justify all this. If someone legitimately just said to me "Yeah, it's an indulgence, and it's unhealthy. I know. I'm a retard for doing this." At least you can be like "Well, you're being honest."

But they argue how you're wrong to criticize them for being so impulsive. The worst being that one tiktok that's starts with the high-pitched annoying "I'm a fake gamer girl! I spent all this money on stuff I never play!" while they show off all their plastic pink shit on their desk, with their only games being Stardew Valley, Animal Crossing, and Overwatch. Not that I want to encourage them to waste more money on games they'll never play, but when you've spent more on the shit that decorates your desk than actual games... yeah, you're kind of just here for the fad.

If they showed off they emulated all their games, bought their pink stuff used and their mangas from used bookstores, keeping their spending to a moderate amount, no one here would even be bringing them up. Instead...

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Buy the fucking pixel divoo, you impulsive slut. And make sure to get some Starbucks cups and coasters while you're at it.
 
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Fun Fact: KOTOR was a free download for a bit when it first released on mobile in the Playstore...6 years ago.

Also WHO ELSE IS EXCITED TO PAY 50 DOLLARS FOR 20 YEAR OLD CONTROLLERS???? NINTENDO PAY PIGGIES ARE!

It's vomit inducing particularly when there is a fairly competent company called 8bitdo making replica controllers at half the price.
 
Quixotic Man said:
Isotretinoin is fucked up. It was developed as a chemotherapy drug and got marketed to teenagers once people realized it also cleared up acne.

It has a list of fucking horrible side effects including birth defects, depression, and organ damage.

Its a pretty extreme treatment for something that usually mostly goes away with time.
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Did you even attempt to read my comment, where I sperg about Accutane?
It can lead to organ damage, but do you know what else can do it? Nearly everything. It's a reason for why you have to take blood tests regularly on it.

Aha? And what if it doesn't go away? Countless people with acne hear this, drink more water, cut dairy and other bs, change pillowcases often. You have the exact same tone of those people that think they know skincare, but don't know shit.
UselessIdiot said:
I took Accutane for a few months when I was 17. I've seen it may be linked with IBD. Even though I only took like 20 mg/day, I developed severe ulcerative colitis in my 20s that I had to have surgery for a few years later. I don't know if the the Accutane caused it, since IBD is an idiopathic disease, but it makes me regret ever having taken the drug.

I definitely wouldn't recommend taking the drug, since there's been so many issues with the drug since its inception. It's probably one of the most controversial drugs ever created. The drug that worked best on my skin was minocycline. I wish had just taken that when I was 17 instead.
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I feel like you aren't telling something, because healthy people can take Accutane just fine. It is linked, but there's nothing written about them not having bad health before taking it. Accutane works by drying out your oils, so of course it would be problematic. If you have prior illnesses.

Hydroquinone is controversial, because retards think it causes cancer. No evidence on that, but it can give unwanted effects, if you don't use it as directed. That's on the person, not hydroquinone.

Antibiotics is well known to wreak havoc on the stomach, so why is it Accutane that is the culprit? We have a skincare-thread here, and I did post a story about a guy that had a bad allergic reaction to antibiotics.

Another thing that's controversial? Parabens, even though there's NO evidence for it to be dangerous.
It's bad for you that you got sick, but I believe in an informed opinion rather than just pinning the blame on something easy. Because it's already "controversial".


Some thread-tax, I really didn't expect this to turn into a discussion about skincare. Other than coonsoming it :stress:
 
gaystoner said:
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Fun Fact: KOTOR was a free download for a bit when it first released on mobile in the Playstore...6 years ago.

Also WHO ELSE IS EXCITED TO PAY 50 DOLLARS FOR 20 YEAR OLD CONTROLLERS???? NINTENDO PAY PIGGIES ARE!

It's vomit inducing particularly when there is a fairly competent company called 8bitdo making replica controllers at half the price.
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Come soon Steam Deck, come soon.
 
Jazz never died! said:
Anyone who acts like they need to get the Xbox Series and PS5 they have 4 exclusives worth a damn the rest are multi gen games that run just fine on last gen. This even more funnier given the low chances of getting one thanks to the awful management of just about everyone involved and chip shortages that were evident since June of last year. Estimates are that next gen will be plentiful in less than 2 years so until then more multi plats devs and publishers are angry especially Sony. Then again at this point Gayming is a consoomerist hobby since most games made now are average at best outside of the Yakuza team.
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Don't get me started on this shit.
The Yakuza Team and Sega/Atlus Gacha Department seem to be the only companies actually putting out any effort to rob you of your hard earned cash.

Games these days are so poorly made it's impressive they're even allowed to launch.

Aliens Fireteam is the most recent bullshit I've rented.

Looks like ass on the PS4 Pro, like... Still loading ass. Like this game came out in 2009 and you're playing it on a broken PS3 bad. Know what people tell you to do? Play it on PC! Where it is still broken shit!
Like, this looks so bad it has to be intentional and part of a planned obsolescence maneuver. The worst part? I have a 1080 founders edition and I don't even play games, I just use it for digital art.
When I get off work I'll post what people consider acceptable for a game that launched in 2021.
 
Vingle said:
Did you even attempt to read my comment, where I sperg about Accutane?
It can lead to organ damage, but do you know what else can do it? Nearly everything. It's a reason for why you have to take blood tests regularly on it.

Aha? And what if it doesn't go away? Countless people with acne hear this, drink more water, cut dairy and other bs, change pillowcases often. You have the exact same tone of those people that think they know skincare, but don't know shit.

I feel like you aren't telling something, because healthy people can take Accutane just fine. It is linked, but there's nothing written about them not having bad health before taking it. Accutane works by drying out your oils, so of course it would be problematic. If you have prior illnesses.

Hydroquinone is controversial, because retards think it causes cancer. No evidence on that, but it can give unwanted effects, if you don't use it as directed. That's on the person, not hydroquinone.

Antibiotics is well known to wreak havoc on the stomach, so why is it Accutane that is the culprit? We have a skincare-thread here, and I did post a story about a guy that had a bad allergic reaction to antibiotics.

Another thing that's controversial? Parabens, even though there's NO evidence for it to be dangerous.
It's bad for you that you got sick, but I believe in an informed opinion rather than just pinning the blame on something easy. Because it's already "controversial".


Some thread-tax, I really didn't expect this to turn into a discussion about skincare. Other than coonsoming it :stress:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=qVfJheBp7Ys:1
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Ok, glad we have an expert pharmacist here to tell us whats what.
 
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