By putting a glucose monitor on my arm that tells my phone how good ive been at feeding myself and whether i need more sugar or more insulin, i realize i have turned myself into a tamagotchi
@moliver mfw i eat a single bowl of cereal and my blood sugar spikes to 420   
@scattapilla @moliver Ayup, it’s crazy how a “normal” meal can throw off glucose patterns for a whole day. And all food is carbs… the treats, the staples, the gourmet. I feel so bad for people with even worse carb sensitivities, like celiac 😵‍💫
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Ok, that's pretty damn funny.
@scattapilla But does it take a CR2032 battery?
@scattapilla "Fitbits are just like Tamagotchis, except the stupid little creature you have to keep alive is yourself." -- https://www.reddit.com/r/Showerthoughts/comments/5qzrpp/fitbits_are_just_like_tamagotchis_except_the/
Fitbits are just like Tamagotchis, except the stupid little creature you have to keep alive is yourself.

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@mattcen the analogy is close but incomplete. Fitbits only tell you if you hit a minimum they have no idea if youve taken too many steps and need to chill
@scattapilla We didn't know it at the time but tamagotchi were just training for smartphones.

@scattapilla add a pump in the loop. (closed so it regulates insulin on its own based on the monitor's values).

Then you'll feel like the poor support staff that has to figure what the hell did grandma do to her laptop that was still working last week and why did it suddenly stop talking to the printer and/or the cable modem.

@scattapilla My mother's husband has one too and it does feel like we're trying to keep a tamagochi alive.
@scattapilla I thought of it more as being a cyborg but I think you are more correct.
@scattapilla OMG, I never thought of this when I had one...
@scattapilla @kianryan unintentional “I’ve been training for this day since childhood” situation hahah😆
@scattapilla This is amazing and now I want to patch my xDrip to have a tamagotchi interface.