• Llabyrinthine
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    1 month ago

    Still feeling wrecked. Am kind of wondering whether it’s related to (an unpleasant road related incident)

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    an accident yesterday. I was riding home and had to u-turn as there had been accident involving a motorcyclist just several minutes before. I didn’t see anything, but I saw the bobbing of a head and I knew they were desperately doing CPR. A witness said they’d been trying for 5 mins and didn’t know when the ambulance would arrive. They were on the way when I was riding back in the opposite direction. The news reported that he died at the scene. I’m trying not to think about it, but it’s hard since I ride there almost weekly. I mean, I know that it can happen anywhere, but most people on the weekends are sort of chill. It is a winding 60km that increases to 80km, but most people on the weekends take it pretty easy. Hell, I rode Black Spur yesterday and one of the drivers was literally driving half the speed limit. sigh Just that constant reminder of life.

    Sorry, just needed to offload it.

    Edit: Oh no. The spoiler isn’t working on mobile? I’m so sorry. 😔

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      1 month ago

      It’s hard to witness, your feelings are valid. Make sure you take care of yourself, self-care. Sending you good vibes

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        Thanks, StudSpud. I guess I didn’t really realise how it might have affected me. I had a pretty bad sleep last night and didn’t put two and two together.

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      1 month ago

      Mate, being so close to the scene like that would absolutely have residual effects on your nervous system. Definitely take it easy, it can be a lot to process

      e: btw your original spoiler worked, but I think you edited it wrong. You need to write it like this:

      ::: spoiler INSERT_HEADING_TEXT
      actual content
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      to get this:

      INSERT_HEADING TEXT

      actual content

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        1 month ago

        Thanks, JK. It looks like that in formatting and works on desktop, but I only noticed it wasn’t working on Memmy. I tried to fix it, but to no avail.

        Appreciate your words, thanks.

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          Odd, it looked fine to me on mobile browser but not on desktop. Ah well. I think everyone here empathises with your situation. Hope your sleep improves over the week.