ReluctantMuskrat
@ReluctantMuskrat@lemmy.world
- Comment on what’s your best “nitric acid acts upon trousers” moment? 2 days ago:
Yeah… bleach and ammonia are a very bad combo.
Considering how many times as a kid I mixed any household chemicals I could find in empty pill bottles, I’m really surprised I never killed myself.
- Comment on Traffic cameras have caught a white RAM 1500 pickup truck driving above the speed limit or running red lights more than 547 times since 2022. It belongs to an NYPD cop. 3 weeks ago:
Yeah well I remember being convinced that racism would go the way of the Dodo when I grew up too. Sadly some 40 years later it seems to be thriving.
- Comment on Test ride 4 weeks ago:
This really is amazing. I had my motorcycle stolen several years ago and couldn’t get the cops to give a crap. Recovered it a month later, wrecked and abandoned in front of a house and cops couldn’t even be bothered to try and get fingerprints off it. Instead called me at 11:30 at night and said if didn’t get there and pick it up within 30 min, they’d have it towed and I’d be charged for it. About the same experience when I had my car broken into and stuff stole out of it.
Glad they seem to give a crap where you live.
- Comment on What they took from us 4 weeks ago:
Did TMNT get developed because of toy companies…
TMNT was a comic book series in the 80s, long before the first movie and the cartoons that followed.
- Comment on Always use proper lifting technique 1 month ago:
I have 2 herniated disks from about 15 years ago… between c5 & c6 and c6 & c7. Worst pain of my life and when I first learned the wonder of oxy.
There is hope and believe it or not, if you strengthen your back you’re much less likely to experience pain and issues. I started lifting almost 10 years ago now, and heavy lifting at that. I was worried what squatting with a heavy bar on my back might do though. Learned good form - this is key - and in strengthening my back I’m virtually pain free now. Little things never hurt it.
Talk to a PT or other professional who knows your particular issues about strength training before you start, and as I said learn good lifting form. My ortho has encouraged me to keep it up… my PT too. It’ll change your life for the better.
- Comment on I was on social media before web browsers existed. I am Legion. 2 months ago:
–When-- Before the internet was fun
- Comment on [deleted] 4 months ago:
Is no place safe for me??
- Comment on Sea Level 4 months ago:
While a novel idea, a leap month would throw the concept seasons and therefore agriculture off significantly. Relatively predictable seasons and being able to track our place in it with calendars was a great help to agrarian communities, helping them know when to plant and harvest most effectively.
- Comment on How do you sleep at night? Please respond with a number 5 months ago:
I’m surprised to see so few of us actually. Thought this was more common.
- Comment on I didn't verify the headline. 5 months ago:
Worse than that… they’re probably researching if they can reverse this and make their neighbors racist
- Comment on Bank Workers, Rejoice! 6 months ago:
Thankfully no. I think they’re more like 5.5-6% currently. Back in 2020 I managed to get a 2.375%.
- Comment on Bank Workers, Rejoice! 6 months ago:
No, it’s just some exaggeration to make it even more ridiculous. As if 50 years isn’t enough.
What’s really awful is when you see how little the payment lowers between a 30yr and 50yr mortgage with current rates. It’s not nearly as big a difference as you’d think.
- Comment on And now I'm reminded I have two of these to repair. 6 months ago:
This particular model I have in my house. Only ones I’ve ever had that take 2 AA instead of 1 9V battery. And when you open it + and - indicators aren’t easily determined so take note before you remove the old batteries or you’ll be struggling, which is no fun at 3am when you’re barely awake, standing on a short stool and your eyes are full of gunk.
- Comment on mercy merci 6 months ago:
They are not bugs that will eat your food though, which was the point I made.
- Comment on mercy merci 6 months ago:
I had one plop off the ceiling onto my shoulder while I was working a few weeks ago. Took a pic and sent it to my daughters to remind them spiders are our friends and then took him off my shoulder and put him on the ground.
My philosophy… if he’s surviving in my house, he’s eating bugs and providing a service.
- Comment on mercy merci 6 months ago:
Spiders are keeping your house free of bugs that will eat your food if they find it. They’re working hard and get little thanks.
- Comment on Discuss 7 months ago:
Explain… what chocolate is spread on bread? Or do you simply mean hard chocolate sandwiched in the middle?
- Comment on i enjoy high fructose corn syrup too 7 months ago:
You won’t go low on vitamins if your carnivore diet incorporates organ meat. Most people don’t want to do this however. Liver isn’t terribly popular, kidneys and other organs even less so.
- Comment on 🐀🔥🔥🔥 9 months ago:
Your explanation doesn’t seem to match Wikipedia or what Google’s AI summary says on how Scoville’s are calculated. It’s essentially a parts per million capsaicin x a scale.
In any event I can say the 2022 One Chip challenge and eating a dried Carolina Reaper seems about the same to me. Only did the chip once but I’ve done reapers a couple times and they’re certainly hot, but I’ve never struggled with anything hot. Doesn’t bother me in the restroom either like so many others… not sure why. The one time I did the gummy… way hotter than a pepper or the One Chip. Not even close. Wouldn’t recommend to anyone that found the chip or a straight pepper an issue. And the gum? Like I said it’s devious in how much capsaicin you’re forced to swallow while trying to get to the place to blow a bubble. About 5 minutes after completing the challenge my stomach started to feel like there was a balloon inside it. Told my wife I’m either gonna have a monster burp or I’m gonna puke and then the evacuation started. I’d do it again probably if I had someone doing it with me just to be entertained by their reaction, and to see if my stomach would respond the same way again. Wouldn’t recommend to anyone that hasnt challenged themselves at extreme levels already though. The one I ate was no joke.
- Comment on 🐀🔥🔥🔥 9 months ago:
I’m not sure how the Scoville system measures it exactly since of course no pepper or anything else is going to be pure capsaicin. Is it based on the number of milligrams of capsaicin within a serving or what? Certainly a tiny sliver of Carolina Reaper is different than eating the whole thing but it’s considered a 2.2M pepper regardless.
In any event I’ve eaten straight reapers and done the 2022 One Chip challenge - the blue tongue one - without issue. The Lil Nitro gummy is way, way hotter than a reaper or the One Chip challenge, and the Trouble Bubble seemed about the same as the Lil Nitro gummy and its the only thing I’ve ever eaten that got a reaction out of me so I wouldn’t call it BS. Can your taste buds really distinguish between an unnatural 9M or 16M scoville anyway? The gum is devious in that you have to chew it a long time to get the sugar out of it and make it pliable enough to blow a bubble. You make and swallow a lot of saliva filled with lava during that time. I’m sure that’s what made me puke. Whatever it’s rating should be - if the 16M is inaccurate - there’s nothing mild about it. I can guarantee you eat it and you won’t call it BS. 😄
- Comment on 🐀🔥🔥🔥 9 months ago:
There are worse experiences.
One Chip challenge was no big deal to me. 9M Scoville Lil Nitro Gummy was much hotter but I did it without regret. 16M Scoville CaJohns Trouble Bubble bubble gum felt like it was roughly the same heat as the gummy. I completed the challenge blowing a bubble, but soon after started puking lava. There was regret. 😄
- Comment on Anon describes experience 10 months ago:
This is such a strange and irritating limitation of an other great OS.
- Comment on I had no idea y cunt was this powerful 1 year ago:
I knew there was a reason I love 'em so much!
- Comment on shrimp colour drama 1 year ago:
I don’t have it but one of my kids does. She sees colors with certain numbers and letters. Certainly doesn’t seem to have a downside for her and in my reading I haven’t heard of a sensory overload issue. Is this strictly related to the synesthesia or perhaps synethesia exaggerating an existing autistic or ADHD issue?
- Comment on shrimp colour drama 1 year ago:
Your description of hearing shapes and colors sounds a lot like someone with synesthesia, a rare condition that’s seems to have no downsides and only benefits.
- Comment on Skill issue 1 year ago:
That summary may also explain why some men are so insecure about women earning more money than them too.
- Comment on fair treatment 1 year ago:
I’m old and first played paintball before masks were a thing… we just wore goggles. This was mid-80s. I got shot at very close range right in the jaw. Took a perfectly round, paintball-sized piece of skin off, my jaw immediately swelled and with the red paint splattered all over my face, I looked like a crime scene. 😄
Masks were a great addition to the game.
- Comment on Anti-acknowlegements 1 year ago:
You are indeed!
- Comment on Owing your home today is nearly impossible, but even if you did the ever increasing property taxes will bury you 1 year ago:
Not for the billionaires, no, though they probably have several homes and lots of acreage and still pay significantly more than you and I. Better the wealthy pay more even if it’s not going to scale precisely.
- Comment on Owing your home today is nearly impossible, but even if you did the ever increasing property taxes will bury you 1 year ago:
And the bigger the chunk, the more they owe.