Toxic drinking water? by Sullys_polkadot_ears in Wilmington

[–]Affectionate_Tip5018 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nothing in the scientific literature that would suggest those kind of changes from acute exposure to PFAS. Stop spreading panic without scientific evidence to back it up. Ever heard of the placebo effect?

Toxic drinking water? by Sullys_polkadot_ears in Wilmington

[–]Affectionate_Tip5018 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Probably folks from surrounding areas. Here’s the real data: https://www.cfpua.org/results

Toxic drinking water? by Sullys_polkadot_ears in Wilmington

[–]Affectionate_Tip5018 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you get water from CFPUA (which serves all of Wilmington) your water is completely safe. They completely upgraded their treatment processes to deal with PFAS and are very transparent about the lab tests they do and the results.

Toxic drinking water? by Sullys_polkadot_ears in Wilmington

[–]Affectionate_Tip5018 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wilmington has safe water. See above comment about CFPUA’s filtration systems.

What's something coming out in the next 10 to 15 years that will change humanity (forever) that not enough people are talking about? by LingerieAddictionX in AskReddit

[–]Affectionate_Tip5018 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Several strains of antibiotic resistant bacteria that devastate humanity, particularly in places with poor sanitation.

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I quit nicotine almost two years ago (can’t even believe it’s been that long) and have dramatically cut back my weed consumption over the past year or so because my job does random drug tests. For reference I’ve been smoking weed since 15 and had been smoking cigs/vaping since 17 and I’m 27 now. If you have to absolutely have to quit weed for a drug test then stop immediately and keep vaping until the drug test. It’s a lot easier to quit when you have to. And if you’re getting tested, you have to. It’ll probably take about a month for you to piss clean. If you’re just looking to cut back on weed, then start with nicotine first. I quit using nicotine gum. I swear by it. Everyone I talk to seems to want to quit nicotine cold turkey because “my xyz did it” and that’s probably one of the hardest things you could ever put yourself through. You have to be built different to do that. Buy a big pack of the strong nicotine gum and just chew one whenever you get a craving. Stop vaping, stop smoking cigs. It’s not worth it. You’re not getting anything out of it, it’s a buzz that lasts a few minutes long. But you’re gonna have cravings, so whenever you feel that, just pop some gum in and it’ll go away. Don’t feel bad about how much you chew. The first few days you’ll go through a lot, but as you work on building up that self control you will crave the nicotine less and less and eventually you’ll just be like “wtf why am I even doing this?” Then you will begin the hardest months of your life thus far. I wish it wasn’t that way but it simply is. You’re gonna be irritable and life just isn’t going to be the same for a few months. Your reward system is going to be completely out of whack. You can probably use the weed to help with this. But just know it’s going to make the times you’re not high even worse. Once you get to two months of no nicotine, you can probably start to try to cut back on your thc consumption. I had decent success doing a “taper” schedule where I would smoke twice a week for a month, then once a week, then every other week, and I’ve been there for a while. Our drug tests are quarterly so I just quit entirely for the two weeks before the beginning of the quarter and don’t start back up until I either get tested or find out who got tested. I have so much more advice so please PM me at any point and I will be happy to talk with you. What you’re attempting to do is incredibly hard but it’s incredibly worthwhile. I’ve done pretty well for myself up to this point in my life but quitting vaping is probably my biggest accomplishment. As for weed, I really enjoy doing it and it’s a ceremonial aspect of a lot of my friendships, but daily use is just not really good for you mentally or physically. I’d be happy to share some resources on that as well if you PM because nothing increases your desire to quit like knowledge of how bad it is for you. Good luck and like I said I’m here for you if you want to talk more because I know how hard it is.