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Post by Faceless on Dec 18, 2019 16:30:42 GMT
Wtf has happened to Fortnite? Just fired it up for the first time in several months and my kid got 12 kills and his first ever solo victory on his first go. Bots. |
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Post by Sheep2 on Dec 18, 2019 16:35:52 GMT
Bots
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Post by Sheep2 on Dec 18, 2019 16:37:41 GMT
Slow responding bots at that.
Still enough to make Shenguin throw the odd tantrum.
If you play better you get fewer bots and more real teenagers. Or at least bots that respond like teenagers.
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Post by RollingEscargot on Dec 18, 2019 16:51:23 GMT
I see. No wonder Banyfark has hit form.
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Post by BabyfarkmcGeezak on Dec 18, 2019 17:07:50 GMT
I see. No wonder Banyfark has hit form. It does gradually get more challenging, I saw someone build a wall recently. |
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Post by Sheep2 on Dec 18, 2019 17:22:18 GMT
Trump plays Fortnite?
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Post by amipal on Dec 18, 2019 18:37:33 GMT
So sack off outer worlds before i invest any more time in it? Fair enough. I might give the half life series a go. I tried to play it years ago and it gave me the fear. We don't go to Ravenholm anymore. |
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Post by Faceless on Dec 18, 2019 19:28:00 GMT
I see. No wonder Banyfark has hit form. It does gradually get more challenging, I saw someone build a wall recently. I still haven't figured out how to do that. |
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Post by MrTiddles on Dec 18, 2019 19:35:04 GMT
So sack off outer worlds before i invest any more time in it? Fair enough. I might give the half life series a go. I tried to play it years ago and it gave me the fear. We don't go to Plymouth anymore... ftfy. |
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Post by RollingEscargot on Dec 18, 2019 19:41:37 GMT
It does gradually get more challenging, I saw someone build a wall recently. I still haven't figured out how to do that. Get the Mexicans to pay for it up front. No IOUs. |
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Post by Felice Landry on Dec 18, 2019 19:59:06 GMT
It's always disconcerting to meet a nice person.
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Post by MrTiddles on Dec 18, 2019 20:08:06 GMT
I noticed earlier that I've got a lump in my left armpit, size of a malteser. Dr. Shenguin , am I fucked? [EDIT] This is sadly true, a bad business. |
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Post by gongfarmer on Dec 18, 2019 20:14:27 GMT
Evening.
I kinda get where you're coming from re Outer Worlds. I completed one of the 'good' endings, and enjoyed it. I did however spank through it so it seemed to keep up the momentum. Since finishing I've not felt the pump to go back and try another playthrough as a different character, although that might change. As a shooter it's a bit lacking even on hard difficulty, and as an RPG despite all the character building Parvati was the only one I felt any kind of involvement with.
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Post by Shenguin on Dec 18, 2019 20:34:40 GMT
I noticed earlier that I've got a lump in my left armpit, size of a malteser. Dr. Shenguin , am I fucked? [EDIT] This is sadly true, a bad business. Do you want a genuine reply to that? I typed out a serious response, and then thought I should check before posting. In essence, statistically speaking, you're ok, to a reasonable level of statistical likelihood. Practically speaking, ring the GP first thing tomorrow morning. |
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Post by tenthenemy on Dec 18, 2019 20:38:58 GMT
I noticed earlier that I've got a lump in my left armpit, size of a malteser. Dr. Shenguin , am I fucked? [EDIT] This is sadly true, a bad business. That is most likely nothing more than an enlarged lymph node. Either that or stop sticking Maltesers to your armpits. Swollen lymph nodes are a sign of an infection. So take that best of medical advices: Lots of fluids and plenty of rest! See your GP if the swelling doesn't go down within three weeks or if the node feel hard and unyielding or you are feeling feverish for more than 3-4 days. And if you have to consult Dr Shenguin then of course you are fucked. |
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Post by Sheep2 on Dec 18, 2019 20:56:35 GMT
Most likely it's bubonic plague.
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Post by Sheep2 on Dec 18, 2019 20:57:38 GMT
Which can be treated pretty well with modern antibiotics.
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Post by Sheep2 on Dec 18, 2019 21:00:39 GMT
So give it a couple of days.
If you start coughing up blood and die then it was plague.
As Tenthenemy says though the lymph node will most likely go down in which case I wouldn't worry.
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Post by Tuffers on Dec 18, 2019 21:34:36 GMT
It's a curse from Jehovah. Dead by dawn.
RIP in peace, Tiddles. He wiv da Angles now.
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Post by crankcaller on Dec 18, 2019 21:44:06 GMT
We don't go to Ravenholm anymore. I'm ashamed to say I had to look that up. Been at a pals. Rather leathered. Send grapefruit. |
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Post by Destry on Dec 18, 2019 21:49:37 GMT
Games: none
OTTM: A Christmassy Ted in 10 minutes on Ch 4.
Christmas isn't Christmas without it. *
* Despite Graham Linehan's Trans problem
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Post by Shenguin on Dec 18, 2019 22:25:25 GMT
This is why I'm the Doctor in here. Sheep2 's and tenthenemy 's adivce is poor. From the description, it's unlikely to be a swelling of the lymph in response to infection. That would be a more generalised swelling over a larger area than a malteaser. A malteaser sounds more like a well-defined lump rather than a general swelling in the area. That would point to a ganglian cyst, a cyst caused by a localised infection, or a tumourous growth (which might be benign or malignant). I would book a GP appointment as soon as possible, especially at this time of year when any referral to a hospital may be delayed by the festive period or by winter pressures on the NHS. Even if an urgent two-week referral is given, then it is still almost certainly not cancer. The vast majority of urgent two-week referrals where cancer is a possibility are not cancer. For some cancer referral pathways the proportion of referrals that turn out to be cancer are well below 0.2%, and even the highest rates of cancer among people referred with suspected cancer are 2 - 3% or so. Even if it is cancer, then for most common cancers, over 80% of people diagnosed with them are still alive ten years later. There's no magic bullet cure for most cancers, but increasingly it is becoming a manageable chronic illness. It is also the case that one of the reasons men are more likely to die from cancer is because they have an ostrich approach to healthcare, and ignore symptoms. I commend MrTiddles for seeking advice from medical amateurs on this blog. In any event, it's almost certainly a cyst of some non-cancerous sort. You could ignore it, and everything will probably be fine. Or you could do the sensible thing, and really double-check with a GP that it's all going to be fine, which will mean that you don't have to worry about it after that's done. Or, on the off-chance it isn't all fine, then you get to know that earlier, avoid the regret of not doing something sooner, and give yourself a lot more medical options and a better chance of it all ending up fine in the end.
To be clear, I would recommend that the first thing you do tomorrow morning is to book a GP appointment.
I don't believe there is much to be gained for any of us by shying away from talking about medical stuff, even if it involves the word cancer. It's an illness, not some dreadful Big-C curse that is invoked by talking about it. It can be difficult and upsetting to think and talk about such things, but that's sometimes precisely why it's worth talking about. Putting on hushed tones and shying away from such subjects is precisely why people sometimes don't seek help when they need it or are somehow ashamed to ask for help, whether that's medical help or emotional support.
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Post by crankcaller on Dec 18, 2019 22:35:10 GMT
MrTiddlesHello. Just read that. Go to the docs.
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Post by Shenguin on Dec 18, 2019 22:36:16 GMT
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Post by tenthenemy on Dec 18, 2019 22:40:47 GMT
I still maintain that you can't go wrong with plenty of fluids and rest.
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