DivergentHarmonics

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨why do some clothes shrink in the laundry and what can I do to prevent it?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not OP but i just found an answer. Top loaders may have a center agitator which is there to … agitate more – which we don’t want to do.

  Any machine that is without a center agitator will be more gentle on clothes and less likely to cause shrinking due to fiber damage and consolidation. If you have a top-loading washer with a center agitator, reduce its impact on your garments by opting for a gentle or hand-wash cycle.

  (from the same link that i posted in another comment)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨why do some clothes shrink in the laundry and what can I do to prevent it?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Why does it happen? My first answer, it’s dur to felting which happens mostly with sorts of wool that have a hairs with a scaled surface. Felting (when producing felt) is done by moisturing, heating and heavy agitation, so that the scales interlock at a compressed state and then stay that way.

  Search turns up several ways of shrinkage though, for different types of fiber: felting, relaxation, consolidation, and contraction. Interesting to read --> Why Do Clothes Shrink in the Wash?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How did living in caves not backfire on cavemen?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The whole of paleontology/paleo-anthropology has this problem because for remains of organisms to be preserved certain conditions must be met, which is not the case everywhere at any time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How did living in caves not backfire on cavemen?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If i would guess, something like: look up “native american dwellings” and “how to make permanent shelters from tree branches”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is the name of the building at festivals located opposite the stage where the cameramen and lighting crews are located?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d say that’s the difference between the house (the whole building) and the hall (dk if this is the corect term) inside of the building. In a usual theater/opera house you’d have the main entrance in the front (of the building), then the audience room, and the stage/backstage at the back of the building. So the audience is usually facing the back of the house.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which is the final digit?⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Is this a kōan? If not, we could make it one.

  My dry take would be, it’s commonly deemed the least significant one. Though, some cultures/languages might sort them somewhat arbitrarily. … And how much final are we talking, anyway?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does Hexbear mandate all users to specify their preferred pronouns?⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Reminds me of a woman i know. She could totally have written this. Basically, our conversation is still me trying to learn her language. :-D

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why cant the Middle East just chill out?⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Besides all the very interesting comments and links here about the violent history of the area, here’s an answer from one Israeli guy I once asked a similar question. His take was that it is basically a mafiose environment now … “both sides are corrupt to their core” – the religiosity of the people would be abused by profiteers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is everyone so giddy about the flooding thay happened at burning man?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I know, and i hope it isn’t seen as rude when i make such corrections “at everyone’s service”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is everyone so giddy about the flooding thay happened at burning man?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Much older: Cyndi Lauper, 1986, songwriters Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly.