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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Some people prefer corn for some ungodly reason ⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  My partner’s in the same boat.

  What’s wicked sad is he loves garlic but it doesn’t love him. He can have garlic oil but that’s about it (something to do with FODMAPs).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YOLO⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Native English speaker. What I got is “His guts were fucked up in these technical ways so we did magical medical stuff. He went home, came back a 5 months later with sad butt symptoms and we did this other medical thing to treat it.”

  So yeah, I have no desire to understand more details

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Eat more fibre or something⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  IBS, medication with “surprise diarrhea” as a side effect, and occasional almost–passing-out on the toilet (overactive vasovagal reflex). It’s not a fun combination. Fiber only helps so much.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨elixir of a god⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I tried different prescription meds until I found one that worked for me without bad side effects.

  I’m honestly bad at taking my meds, but I take them when I really need to focus on something. But, my current job lets me flit from task to task, so I usually have something novel to work on and so don’t need the meds. I do still take coffee, but only about a large cup a day.

  Sorry that’s not more helpful.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨elixir of a god⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  What’s he drink?

  (Btw, I have you tagged as the person that learned loufas are a vegetable. Hi! 😊)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨elixir of a god⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I used to self-medicate my ADHD with coffee. I could have 12 cups over the course of a work day. My new job doesn’t provide coffee, so now I just use prescription amphetamines.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does every commercial depiction of honey involve one of this things? Literally nobody has ever seen one of these in real life⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m all about creamed honey. It’s the consistency of peanut butter and has the happy crystals in it, if it’s not fresh.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Actual theft ⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I think it’s just under-eye eye liner

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Always wear protection, folks⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I already have intermittent tinnitus, as does my partner. “Is that noise tinnitus or do you hear it, too?” is a common question in our household :(

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Always wear protection, folks⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m excited for when my ears get old enough to not hear those. At 40 years old and I still get a headache from them.

  At least as an adult I can leave when they’re around. My grandparents had one to repel rodents. They were shocked I’d always want to hide away and read instead of being in the room next to the repeller.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's the Lord's problem now.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Agreed, it’s gross seeing poo bags on the trail.

  I have a dog. I scoop the poop. I use bags that claim to be compostable and I put them in the bin. I don’t like carrying a full poo bag. That’s why I have a little scent proof zippered I hang from my leash. I don’t leave the bag on the side of the trail and lie that I’ll totally pick it up on my way back.

  At home I use these magic corn based ones that dissolve in the toilet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Assumptions⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My understanding: dairy cows interact with humans on a regular basis, for dairy stuff. Beef animals don’t interact with humans nearly as much.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Libraries are cool⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My (academic) library does. We send out a student worker with a laptop on a book cart to scan all the books on a shelf, then the next shelf, etc. The system flags if anything is missing or out of order, so the student can fix the order right then.

  When I worked in a public library, every librarian sleeper adopted a section of shelves and, when it was quiet, went and made sure it was in proper order.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Settings you believe ANY game should have? (This is me advocating for a restart/reboot button on ALL games)⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Please let me invert y-axis for games where I control the field of view. Nothing takes me out of a game like suddenly staring at my feet when I try to look up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This is the type of Q&A that makes the internet so important⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The bits where skin touches skin. Like in the crotch or under the breasts.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This is the type of Q&A that makes the internet so important⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Luxury is drying the your folds with a blow dryer in winter.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨SipsTea⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s for sure paper rock scissors

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Does Hitler have a right to privacy?" and other big questions in research ethics.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The sort that would make a Hitler clone would be happy with a direwolf-style pseudo-clone with good marketing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FOX BREAKING NEWS ALERT!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  All potato items 💔

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨fragile masculinity⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Tbh, I’d grow them myself except

  1. They spread out like crazy
  2. My HOA would have kittens. We’re not allowed to grow quote “vegetables” because they might attract bears. I’ve gotten away with mint and chives because they’re small and I can argue being confused (“herbs aren’t vegetables!”) but a trellis full of growing giant dangling luffa on my condo porch might be a bit much.
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨fragile masculinity⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I have no idea. Dad never complained about them and had a whole trellis of them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨fragile masculinity⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, they’re really cool.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨fragile masculinity⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  My dad grew tomatoes, loufas, and those decorative gourdes you turn into bird houses.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thank you, Boston⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I rode the subway and bus from Logan Airport to Worcester, heading back to college after winter break. I had trouble understanding the announcers on the T so asked strangers to help me know my stop. I think they knew the story because I had my luggage with me. They felt like… I don’t know. Tolerant indulgence of my inexperience?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Online Oxford English Dictionary puts definitions/meanings and usage behind paywall⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  You can probably get access through your local public library, if you’re on their Wi-Fi. OED has been like this for as long as I’ve been paying attention. Source: librarian and before that was annoyed at OED, but now I’m almost always on work Wi-Fi if I’m looking something up, so it’s invisible to me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ok, boomer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  As soon as my PCOS got treated (metformin) I lost 20 pounds. Looking back, it should have been caught decades ago. It pisses me off how much “you just need diet and exercise!” bullshit I swallowed when all I needed to do to lose weightwas take a stupid pill to treat the underlying condition.

  Caveat: I believe treating the underlying condition has had a bigger impact on my health than weight loss.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Great Depression: Part Deux⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s what we had tonight! Well, I had sliced turkey because it needed eating and my partner had canned chicken. I rather like Mac and cheese with peas.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨#environmentalist⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Not neurotypical, but yes, I do chew on them.

  I ended up going with silicone straws in my household. Mine open up down the side so you can run your finger up them for easy cleaning.

  The metal and hard plastic ones suck for chewing on.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reducing power consumption of a desktop PC⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I had no problem viewing the site on lynx. I wonder what their list of allowed browsers is. It’s bizarre.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Public service announcement ⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m with you on this one.