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- Had a wisdom teeth pulled which was especially difficult to get out ("if you were able to handle this you can handle anything!" the surgeon said smiling)
- My uncle died
- Another uncle died (had no contact with this one though)
- My dad had part of his pancreas removed, the surgery was delayed because of last years heart attack
- While he was in surgery my mothers depression and psychosis hit her hard and she didn't even want to visit him
- He panicked in the hospital because he realized he couldn't take care of her
- The weekend after he got home from his first surgery he suffered an internal bleeding
- He was taken to the hospital with an ambulance and in terrible shape
- I had to stay home with my mother to prevent her from panicking
- I visited him alone in a mostly empty hospital, he was very frail and could barely move or speak
- After a blood transfusion he started to recover
- 14 hospital visits later he was due to come home
- On the last day his sugar levels went haywire, while he could go home he was diagnosed with diabetes
- My brother may lose his job and with it his residency status in Canada, already 95% of his team has been laid off by Embracer, he's unsure if he's still there because of a tax credit or if they'll actually rebuild the studio
- The 3 months it took my father to recover left a mark on my company as well
- My car needed new breaks and front tires
- Prices continue to rise, energy, groceries, everything is getting more expensive still
- One of my friends is in pretty bad shape financially
- I haven't been able to drink any alcohol all year because of my medication
- My meds also give me mood swings sometimes while I'm usually very stable, which is very confusing for everyone around me
Yay
+ It took months but the medicine actually worked and the rosacea outbreak I got from my COVID booster last year has been tamed, I'm no longer suffering from Scarlet Rot
+ My dad learned this morning that he is free of cancer
+ Had a nice dinner with friends from university I hadn't seen in a long time
+ Gaming was incredible this year: new Fire Emblem, Tears of the Kingdom, Alan Wake 2, Cyberpunk fixed etc.
+ My new 4070 Ti with path ray tracing
+ AI provides our company with great new opportunities
+ I'm close to signing our biggest deal ever
+ Wilders won the election in a landslide
+ Overall the tide is turning against censorship, people who said I was wrong about all of it before are now more zealous in the culture war than I ever was
Gay
~ Terrorist attack on Israel really brings out the worst in people, who knew so many genuine jew haters lived among us
~ People keep telling me what a good job I did with my dad considering I kept working at all but I really don't feel that way about it myself
~ When this site shit the bed, now there's two of them but also lots of new members on the other one
~ Movie strike and delays, I was really looking forward to DUNE 2
Overall one of the worst years of my life and for those around me. Lots of people sick, dealing with sick or dying family members or going through messy break ups and what have you.
But the outlook for 2024 is positive.
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