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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Some people prefer corn for some ungodly reason ⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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 ⁨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 ⁨Judging by how many users on the internet telling Americans to "just move to another country lolz", people must think immigration laws are very lax or something... (it's not)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I tried that route, but it turns out my folks left the Poland before it was modern Poland, so never held Polish citizenship. If only they’d sucked it up and stayed through World War I. /s

• ⁨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 ⁨It's quite impressive that most English speakers across the world understand each other, despite variations in accents/dialects⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I remember having to interpret for my boyfriend when we drove through the Western end of Virginia. The accents get thick out in Appalachia. We’re both native speakers, he’s even from Virginia, but by the coast.

• ⁨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 ⁨ChatGPT is down worldwide, conversations disappeared for users⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My main use case is “hey, I need to make a change to this system I touch once a year. The documentation is thorough, dense, and I don’t know where to look. What button do I push to do Y?”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anubis is awesome and I want to talk aout it⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The creator is active on a professional slack I’m on and they’re lovely and receptive to user feedback. Their tool is very popular in the online archives/cultural heritage scene (we combine small budgets and juicy, juicy data).

  My site has enabled js-free screening when the site load is low, under the theory that if the site load is too high then no one’s getting in anyway.

• ⁨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 ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨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 ⁨Elon Musk’s Grok Goes Haywire, Boasts About Billionaire’s Pee-Drinking Skills and ‘Blowjob Prowess’⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The online card catalog my library uses recently added an “AI Research Assistant” feature. While debating whether to turn it on (we decided against), this blog post came up. tldr the assistant won’t return results for certain topics. The is Not Cool. That (and the fact the flipping assistant can’t even limit itself to suggesting resources available in our library) is a deal breaker, without even getting into other considerations.

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

  All potato items 💔

• ⁨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 ⁨Here’s what ads on your $2,000 Samsung smart fridge will look like⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s my partner. I just shop hungry and ask him to check the refrigerator for me while I’m out.

  We also have a shared grocery app, which works nicely.

• ⁨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 ⁨Being asked "Have you gotten the tour yet" upon entering a house for the first time is the adult equivelent of the kids asking: "Do you want to see my room?"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I really just want to know where the bathrooms and sitting areas are.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reducing power consumption of a desktop PC⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.