I laughed and spit out a little of my protein drink, which is thick and brown, so I got a little icky, which made me laugh again. Thank you for leading me through this emotional journey. I have grown as a person.

Safety razors are the best! I bought enough Feather blades on sale for the rest of my life. Now I’m just done. I occasionally get shaving soap. That’s it.

I could actively make things worse for a fraction of the price!

I dunno, does it mount vertically or horizontally?

We’re going to need a Butlerian jihad at the rate this is going.

It’s less about no microbes than starting with a reasonable amount. As long as the wound is cleaned of debris and large amounts of dead tissue, one’s immune system will typically be able to prevent bacterial overgrowth or handle a small amount of pathogenic bacteria. I make the distinction in the hope that people don’t go overboard with disinfection. You just need good enough.

I had a sizable wound treated with a hydrocolloid bandage. They’re sealed to form a moist environment by retaining exudate and are changed every 5-7 days. No antibiotics are used. It should have been a festering mess according to previous wisdom, but it was fine the entire time.

It’s so much better than Reddit, especially since that shit hole promotes the controversial posts and comments that lure people in to argue. I was on there a few days back and almost got sucked in.

Username checks out.

DIY concrete is fucking brutal work, though, even with a mixer, unless you’re pretty strong or have strong friends, and you have to do it in one go if structural strength is a concern. I love the savings and personal satisfaction of DIY, but I started eating the cost of getting concrete poured professionally somewhere in my early thirties.

I just exclaimed “HOLY SHIT” loud enough to get my partner’s attention. There are two in my area! They have so many tools!

Why didn’t I know about this?! I considered myself educated, but now see I still have much to learn.

I was worried at first you were having a stroke. It took me a moment to realize it’s a damn good impression of the president of the United States.

2025 is the worst year… yet!

Pot roast smell, just musk and a little rosemary essential oil, was my single times secret weapon. People asking about it was a zero effort conversation starter and it dovetails perfectly with my style of attempts to be charming.

Yeah, alum, usually potassium alum, is just a solid block of one of the ingredients used in antiperspirants to plugs up sweat glands to keep you from sweating as much. That’s partially how it works as a styptic - it’s irritating, so blood vessels will contract, but it also just plugs up some of the smallest vessels. Its use was much more common before the widespread adoption of electric razors, even if just as a little styptic pencil.

Yes, I’m one of those hobby shaving people.

And lasts for ages. You can also use it to stop bleeding, though it STINGS.

Fuck yeah, rock it. I am a naturally very manly smelling person, sometimes to my dismay, so I always stayed with scents that “matched”: cedar, sandalwood, rosemary, juniper, bergamot, and the like. I often smelled like a lumber mill or a very conversational pot roast.

I got a scent sampler pack from Boy Smells a bit ago and I get so many compliments from others when I wear them.

Hey, you’re right! I didn’t even realize.

I find the new interfaces to be less user friendly. I’m not a child: I don’t want my BIOS to look like a fucking sports car. My bed, sure, but not BIOS.

I can’t stop scatting “cat kitty cat cat kitty cat cat” now.

I thought so! I remember setting up all the computers in the labs to start playing the musical All Your Base animation at the same time at full volume. That was definitely 2000 or early 2001.

I’m allergic to cats but live with three without issues. I took one cetirizine a day for years and I’m now asymptomatic. I can love all the cats now!