Published in Blow Your Stack·16 hours agoOver-50s Retirement HellCan’t you do your gardening quietly? Like any *normal* person? — I live next door to one of those over-50s retirement developments. And if you think they’re a haven of peace and tranquility where you can relax in your old age, think again. It’s like living next to an industrial estate. Every Tuesday the gardening team arrives and everything is done…Rant3 min read
Published in Modern Women·3 days agoAttitudes from 1980s Dynasty Will Shock You!Where abuse seemed pretty normal — I’ve been watching Dynasty from the 1980s recently, and some of the attitudes from that time are shocking. There are, for example, a number of storylines where women get raped, and in each case, it’s almost treated like it’s normal behaviour for a man to lose control and force himself…Women3 min read
Published in In Fitness And In Health·3 days agoManaging Eczema NaturallyKim shares her experiences… — Kim grew up with eczema. It caused itching and irritation. “It was inside the elbow, behind my ears, on my scalp and under my breasts,” she explains. “Symptoms would come and go. They were worse at some times than others, but I never really identified what triggered the flare-ups. “I…Eczema2 min read
Published in Unpopular Opinions·3 days agoHaving an Opinion is Dangerous on Social MediaBut you can get away with more on Medium, than on most platforms — I hadn’t really thought about the effects of the membership fee on negative comments until Paul Walker pointed out that it keeps trolls off the platform. He makes a good point. Why pay $5 a month to insult people on Medium when you can insult people on Twitter for free! …Opinion2 min read
Published in Feedium·4 days agoI’ve Reached Some Very Cool Medium Milestones Recently!1 year on Medium, 2000 followers, 450 stories, 5300 comments! — My Medium journey started just over a year ago, when someone on Twitter was raving about his earnings on the platform. I was inspired and thought I’d give it a go. …Medium3 min read
Published in Modern Women·5 days agoFemales Are More Likely to Get Long CovidThe odds of females developing Long COVID is 22% higher than males — A new study published in Current Medical Research and Opinion, reveals that females are “significantly” more likely to suffer from Long COVID than males and will experience substantially different symptoms. Long COVID is where complications persist more than four weeks after the initial infection of COVID-19, sometimes for many months.Covid 192 min read
Published in MIDFORM·6 days agoIgnore Your Stats — The Important Data Is Elsewhere!Checking your stats every day is probably a waste of time — Are you addicted to checking your stats? I’m not. I don’t even notice when my stories get distributed, because I rarely get an email alert and I don’t look at the stats. The reason I gave up looking at stats, is that I realised they weren’t telling me the important…Medium2 min read
Published in The Side Hustle Club·Jun 21My Ebay EmpireThe ups and downs of trying to make money on the platform — Once upon a time I had an ebay empire… well actually it was more like a little market stall, but either way, the plan was to sell lots of stuff and make money. I did sell lots of stuff. I did make money. I was selling books and items from…Side Hustle3 min read
Published in The Shortform·Jun 21I Tried to Help Someone and They Blocked MeThat went well! — Have you ever tried to help someone and they take it completely the wrong way? This happens to me occasionally. A while ago, I tried to help a Medium writer who was worried that his story was missing a link. I tried to explain how to update it, how the…Medium1 min read
Published in Unpopular Opinions·Jun 21Kids Should Be Banned from Social Media Until They Turn 18Because cyberbullying isn’t going away — Cyberbullying on Social Media is a well-known problem. If I’d had a smartphone at the age of 10, I certainly wouldn’t have had the psychological tools to deal with the trauma of being bullied online. I had enough trouble dealing with the bullying that was happening in the real world. …Bullying3 min read
