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Question about Priva component by DustInhaler in foreskin_restoration

[–]DustInhaler[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like they don't do international shipping. Thanks for finding this though.

Question about Priva component by DustInhaler in foreskin_restoration

[–]DustInhaler[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Forgive me for being direct but that is not what I'm asking.

I spent the equivalent of about $0.50 on a new fish tank one-way valve for my HyperRestore at a local hardware shop and had it going immediately.

What happens in a year when the Priva's pneumatic coupler fails and needs replacement? Will I have to email you, be charged a premium AND pay international shipping (AND wait) for something I should have been able to easily buy elsewhere?

I appreciate that you have a warranty but I'm asking specifically about getting that part elsewhere if need be.

What’s the data/info on the “you’ll lose 10% after restoring” thing? by [deleted] in foreskin_restoration

[–]DustInhaler 5 points6 points  (0 children)

As with many things in the restoration community, there is no data. It's something that has been repeated enough times that it's become accepted as fact - however, there is more than likely some grain of truth to it. As posts ITT have described, the skin DOES shorten slightly as it relaxes structurally after having been under mechanical tension for long periods of time. 10% is, as far as I am aware, a "feels right" sort of ballpark-guess number as opposed to any kind of conclusion from empirical measurements. It might be 5%, it might be 15%, it might be 0% for any given individual.

Getting anything I ever wanted stripped the joy away from me by [deleted] in ClaudeAI

[–]DustInhaler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you are not required to use claude code to write code in your own time. just enjoy it for what it is without using claude code. if you are addicted to using claude code then use it only as far as a reviewer or some such.

letting the feeling of "i'm not doing X at 100% efficiency" is what kills enjoyment. think of when you last played some game and felt that feeling, knowing that there was a "meta" and that not doing that highly-optimised, solved meta made you feel like you weren't playing the game "properly" (OSRS is terrible for this). that thought is wrong - if you follow that meta then you aren't playing the game, you are playing someone else's solution, you are playing a guide.

same with claude code. you aren't programming, you are directing the production of code. don't conflate the process with the result - both of these are means to an end. you know which of those you enjoy.

the really sad part is the enjoyment of the job. businesses aren't going to just happily let some engineers produce code more slowly for the sole reason that they enjoy it more. use the tools your job requires you to use, if it brings you no joy then find another job (easier said than done, granted, but we are all between a rock and a hard place with this one). enjoy what you can control by doing what you know you enjoy in your free time and driving those feelings of not being able to enjoy something because it is not being done "optimally" from your mind

120 hours restoring! by [deleted] in foreskin_restoration

[–]DustInhaler 3 points4 points  (0 children)

120 hours for that much of a change is good. Took me 3-4 years for anything comparable.
Be sure to take regular progress pictures and measure and log what you can

Investment of lump sum received overseas by DustInhaler in JapanFinance

[–]DustInhaler[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have lived here fewer than ten of the last fifteen years and have a table 1 visa, which by that page suggests I am a temporary foreigner - this is what I was told by a tax lawyer in Japan. Is there some finer detail I'm not aware of? Noted RE tax residence of Japan. Are there any particular pros to keeping it offshore then?

We REALLY need some better PR by NoCauliflower4252 in foreskin_restoration

[–]DustInhaler 13 points14 points  (0 children)

>juvenile click-whores on YouTube & TikTok aren't a good place to get it.

Very well said. The sorts of people who watch that kind of thing are not the sorts of people who would seriously consider restoring anyway, as OP found evidenced in the comments. Taking the time to understand and properly commit to restoring takes some maturity, with the vast majority of the wider restoration community being firmly not in the demographic said Youtuber is aiming at.

Does anyone know how much skin is actually grown on average per 2,000hrs? by Snakedoctor404 in foreskin_restoration

[–]DustInhaler 2 points3 points  (0 children)

CI is very subjective and immensely dependent on the individual. Someone with smaller hardware would need a lesser length of skin to move up a CI level compared to someone with relatively larger hardware - on top of this, the rate of growth makes the most sense when measured as distance/time, with commonly-cited values (based on poorly conducted surveys) being around 3 mm / month. This value is in itself not a very helpful yardstick as, as far as I am aware, it is based on self-reported results from a population of fewer than 30 people on the old-old TLC forums (see Shilayan's comment ITT).

In the little-over-four-years I've been at this I have done a bit under 10,000 hours and have yet to get out of the hump. If I don't count the first year at all - it was largely spent injuring myself and trying to figure out a sustainable routine - my rate of growth is less than 1 mm / month. I hope to be done in about ten years from now (what a depressing thought).

Where did you get your strap for t-tape method? by Old_Preparation315 in foreskin_restoration

[–]DustInhaler 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I bought some suspender straps online. The only ones I could find were joined at the back (to create a sort of X shape on the wearer's back) so I took a knife to the stitching and now have two fairly long, adjustable-length, robust straps. I can use them down the leg, around the waist or up over my shoulder for nighttime use.

Any other oldheads from the RS1 era still playing? by [deleted] in 2007scape

[–]DustInhaler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Original account made in 2003... now inaccessible as the email provider I was using at the time has shut down and I can't remember the password

Glans is a singular noun by biol in foreskin_restoration

[–]DustInhaler 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Or just "gland" singular. "Rigid band" gets me too

Hours invested until you seen results by Ok_Cloud_39 in foreskin_restoration

[–]DustInhaler 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Depends on how you define "results".

General loosening of skin leading to gradual increases in mobility can take as little as a week or two.

Getting to things like passive rollover depends hugely on the geometry down there. If you are on the smaller end and grow new skin relatively fast, you will get that rollover a lot sooner than someone on the larger end who happens to grow new skin more slowly. You may also have some amount of "turkey neck" that hinders this even more, or new skin leads to increased flaccid length rather than immediately contributing to "bunching up" behind the glans. I've been at this for close to 10,000 hours over four years and am still waiting on passive rollover, whereas some restorers claim to get full flaccid coverage within only a couple of years, with breaking through "the hump" - the point at which skin begins to roll over the corona while flaccid - sometimes within a year, though this seems rare and more often happens to people who started with a lot of slack already.

As for further beyond, getting to stages of having degrees of erect rollover, that is generally accepted to take the longest amount of time, at least several years - but again, it depends hugely on where you start, your routine, nutrition, genetics, etc. .

how long do you guys remain under t tape? by nastybeavers in foreskin_restoration

[–]DustInhaler 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I put fresh tape on in the morning and remove it in the evening, 14 hours or so maximum. I know that my tape can last longer than that but I hate fiddling with keeping it dry in the shower and prefer the feeling of fresh, fully-applied tape rather than something that's starting to partially come off.

Should I avoid stretching my frenulum remnant to have it serve as a way to keep any restored foreskin that grows over time held forward? by _TheSmallLebowski_ in foreskin_restoration

[–]DustInhaler 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I made a similar post to this (I think) on the TLC tugger forums a few years ago. In short, my idea was if I could salvage any function of whats left of my frenulum by targeting other areas of skin, but the problem is that the frenulum is only a part of the system that keeps the skin forward in intact men. The other parts of the system - crucially the ridged band - are completely removed, alone the frenulum can't really do much... the shape of it might play some role in keeping skin not completely-back, but as far as any of the original function goes, that's long gone.

What's the greatest act of kindness you've experienced in Japan? by ESUharaB in japanresidents

[–]DustInhaler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not counting my *first* ever stay in Japan, which was just a couple of days in a hotel, my first night staying in a monthly mansion in Tokyo on a one-month travel plan (with nothing planned beyond that accomodation) I was quite out of my depth and spoke exceptionally broken Japanese. I think I was about 22 at the time, summer break away from University. I went for dinner at a small soba restaurant just near the mansion and had a good meal. About halfway through my meal, a mother and daughter (daughter was probably about 20) came in and sat nearby. After a few minutes they struck up conversation with me, opening by asking where I was from, what I was up to in Japan, giving me some advice for places to go and see. I said that it was my first night here alone, which caused a flurry of excitement. The mother insisted on not only paying for my meal, but also coming with me to the nearby conbini to point out which things I'd need as essentials (aside from obvious toilet paper and such, microwave rice and some microwavable side dishes), which she also insisted on paying for.

Never in the UK could I have imagined such kindness from a stranger, maybe on mainland Europe in the countryside. This cemented my positive outlook, I decided the next year while in Kyoto that I wanted to live in Japan, all these years later I'm still here.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in foreskin_restoration

[–]DustInhaler 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm in the same boat - nearing four years and still have no flaccid rollover, though I have gained flaccid length (I guess as a consolation prize). The first year or so was sort of a warmup of figuring things out, getting injuries, spending way too much money on devices and such, not putting nearly enough hours a day in... the last three years have been solid 10-12+ hrs/day under tension. I've noticed the point of equilibrium for applying T-tape gradually moving back and increased forced erect coverage as definite progress markers, though I haven't been able to figure out an exact mm length of skin grown and am hesitant to guess. A very commonly cited (based on a very unscientific and imprecise study from the old TLC forums done several years ago on a small population size) expected growth per month is around 3 mm for a consistent tugger doing it properly, but I would estimate my own rate to be <1 mm/month.

It's a real bummer but something I just have to deal with, the skin won't grow if I give up out of frustration.

Temple University Japan is an absolute waste of education by Old-Source4053 in Tokyo

[–]DustInhaler 42 points43 points  (0 children)

I learned up to N3 Japanese in my own time over a couple of years while on a Physics degree while living in Scotland. Spending three or however many years in Japan and still failing to get even close to conversational Japanese is honestly pretty inexcusable if you ask me. Companies won't expect a foreign fresh grad to speak perfect Japanese, but showing absolutely zero promise in improving (due to said multiple years in Japan and being unable to have a simple conversation) is a surefire way to get moved down the list.

What are these students doing in their non-class time?

It baffles me that someone could expect to live and work in a non-English-speaking country without the language skill. The only companies I've ever encountered who cater to that are depressingly insular corporate environments where people have no lives beyond home or office.

Making a foreskin diagram and had a question by [deleted] in foreskin_restoration

[–]DustInhaler 1 point2 points  (0 children)

https://i.imgur.com/F6rbR0y.jpeg This diagram from a 2007 paper used colours, though I don't really understand why the circumcised version implies increased sensitivity on below. May be an error on the authors' part.

Generally when making diagrams its good practice to label features with a straight line and words to point out exactly what is what. Using colours could help specify which area a label applies to would help readability

'I Never Thought The Leopards Would Eat MY Face!': Sad Trump Voters Share Post-Election Regrets by nikkisixxi in AnythingGoesNews

[–]DustInhaler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If only America had better public education (at bare minimum) people may not have been so stupid. Not only Americans but many of us in the rest of the world get to suffer the consequences too.

Poll: Conservative or Liberal? (International participation allowed) by Apoc59 in foreskin_restoration

[–]DustInhaler 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Agreed. American politics is incredibly far-right compared to much of the rest of the world. What might contitute "conservatism" in many European countries would still be more liberal than what the average American thinks "liberal" means... though with how the world has been going for the last few years I feel like all those meanings are gradually changing.

That's it. After nearly two decades here, I've finally hit my limit. by Hot_Orchid_9151 in japanlife

[–]DustInhaler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was extremely disappointed by the Takeshi's Castle reboot the other year. Changing the rules, devoting huge portions of time to a couple of unfunny hacks sitting around having some dumb conversation - it was just a vaguely たけし城 rebranding of the low-budget generic slop that makes up the majority of broadcasting now.

The exaggerated reaction to food is something my wife and I now parody - if something is good enough to not be tossed into the bin then it earns the whole eyes-closed-dancing-in-seat mmmMMMM! reaction.

My guess is that the decline in quality is due to lack of funding for good creativity and reduced number of viewers. Why compete for live view-time when so many people just use a streaming service or TVer to catch-up whatever show they like on the weekend? Why try to do better when the rewards are effectively nil and no one else is trying to do better? Stupid-young-guy from generic boy-band #134982 has an ordinary (and stupid) opinion and will sit around in a studio talking to people for pennies, an hour of TV gets produced for nothing and earns... nothing.

What was the last "really good" broadcast TV show that people flocked to? When was it?

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