They make me want to weep and pound the desk in woe, actually. But I don't.

[mrissa]

I really don't like to complain about personal stuff. I think part of it is that my parents aimed for raising me with a sense of how fortunate I've been, and since they had a very literal small child I wound up with a sense that everyone everywhere has it harder than me. Which is not generally a bad thing in a lot of ways, but it comes with a few

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[shewhomust]

Oh, hey, that's not complaining, that's a public service announcement.

[fidelioscabinet]

Eww.

I'm sorry. I hope they're worth it in the long term.

[redbird]

That does sound nasty. Hang in there.

[mechaieh]

They can be nasty even to those of us whose sense of smell and taste isn't high on the chart. I'm the niece and granddaughter of Taiwanese apothecaries; my brother and I grew up with mysterious grey and brown compounds that we got dosed with when we got sick -- the size and consistency of the sprinkles people put on ice cream and cupcakes, but tasting unpleasant. Dead leaves and bitter cardboard come to mind.

.. I was cleaning out the closet in my parents' bedroom after my mom died, and found a whole stash of the stuff. As it happened, I needed to send a boxful of papers to my brother, so I used the packets as packing filler. Quite possibly a little too gleefully. ;-)

[mrissa]

Such a good sister!

[houseboatonstyx]

The health food store has empty capsules and a fun little capsule-filler for about $12....

[mrissa]

Thank you, but this is not a thing that can be done like that. It must be brewed into tea.