u/pissonmybonfire

I was diagnosed with celiac disease very recently, just a month ago! It was a long time coming and I was having symptoms for a while.
I eat a fully celiac friendly diet in the house and it’s honestly very easy, some adjustments but it’s been all good. But it’s the going out now that I hate. I went out for a friends birthday dinner and they weren’t a celiac friendly place unfortunately. I just had some drinks and I ate afew potatoes. I had a nice night but I was warned by a friend before hand to not get a full meal there.

Last week I went out to a bar and got afew drinks. They also sold food there, but I didn’t get any. I got some cocktails (3, which I never had a problem with before, I wasn’t even drunk) and I still ended up having intense pain and celiac symptoms later that night. I knew it was the drinks because I’d only eaten in my home that day.

I didn’t even think about being concerned about drinks!

I know it’s only been a while and it’ll be a long journey but yeah just wanted to vent haha.
It’s not all bad tho, a lovely gluten free bakery had opened up near my work which is amazing, and who knew who nice home made gluten free bakes could be? I’ve made about 300 of these gluten free chocolate chip cookies. My boyfriend says if I don’t stop we might drown in them.

This hasn’t been said by anyone on the show before (as far as I know pls let me know if I’m wrong!) but I’ve noticed a lot of parallels between the two and I think it’s super interesting.

The similarities:

1. Both have two central characters who have been raised together as siblings, not blood related, but have a much deeper, more intense relationship than that.
2. One of the main characters is very violent, dark, and brooding force in the others life. This character also has alot of trauma that has caused them to be this way. (Heathcliff and Ruben)
3. The other main characters is at first seen to be slightly timid and naive but as the story progresses we see their darker more compelling side. (Niall and Cathy).
4. At some point in the story the “Heathcliff/Ruben” character leaves for a long period of time after a seeming betrayal of their love (Heathcliff leaves after Cathy says she will marry Edgar Linton and Ruben leaves after Niall chooses Alby over him in the court case and subsequently gets imprisoned)
5. Eventually, after the “Cathy/Niall” character gets married, the “Heathcliff/Ruben” character returns and begins to interfere with their life again.
6. Not a parallel but as a fan of gothic romance (as Wuthering Heights is) we can also view Half Man as one. It shares themes like suspense, terror, complex relationships, violent characters and dynamics, cold and decaying environments (see the coldness of Nialls uni accommodation, the decaying old barn in the wedding scenes, generally dark and atmospheric sets), the past haunting the present through flashbacks and prolepsis. We also have the classic “brooding hero” character in Ruben (

he can be seen as a hero in the sense that the mystery around him and his psychology drives the story forward, not that he is necessarily a good or moral character) and Niall as the “venerable heroine” character (the person who is at the mercy of the other for much of the run time, who is often portrayed as the more innocent one who is corrupted by the other in many ways.)

This was long but if you stuck around thanks for reading haha. I’m so curious to see people’s views!! Maybe I completely missed the mark but thought it would be an interesting thing to type up :))

Edit: the format and the end of the 6th point is all messed up for some reason lolll and I can’t fix it for some reason, pls ignore I hope it’s not to distracting

I’m just super curious honestly!! I’m Scottish and I live very close to where the majority of the show is set and in the same place as the uni Niall goes to!!

It’s been great seeing a Scottish show get so popular like this. Didn’t really occur to me that non scots would be watching (not for any reason I’m just small minded) but I love that you are 🫶
So where is everyone from and how are you finding it in general?

This may be taken down and I don’t want to start any arguments but this is a topic I’ve been wrestling with.
I am and have always been very progressive in terms of politics and will continue to be so. I vote, I engage with politics in my country (not American btw).

I feel like it’s getting harder and harder to engage with conspiracy theories online as much of the community is conservative and hold beliefs that I find terrible. These people may not engage with politics in any meaningful way (voting etc) but still proliferate them.

Just curious if anyone else sees this and has the same views.

Edit: changed left and right wing to different terms as people seem annoyed by those terms.

I’m looking to get a red ink tattoos (for anyone wondering it’s not fine line but thick blocky stars within the piece) but I’ve heard and seen a lot of stuff online, specifically TikTok, about red ink being a notoriously bad healer and not looking good after a couple of years.

Does anyone have any first hand experience of red ink? If so what can you tell me about them so I know :)) thanks!

I have been maintaining a calorie quota everyday that I’ve been really good at sticking to. I heard that having a consistent caloric intake was good for weight loss and so far this has proven true!

I am due to start on a new medication (nothing to do with weight loss) and one of the main side effects is vomiting for the first few weeks. I have been on this medication before and I know that it does this to me.

I am curious because I don’t know how to maintain my calories while knowing I will probably throw up some of them inevitably.

How many calories are lost when vomiting up a meal if any? I don’t want to over or under eat and ruin my progress.

Thanks !