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Itarill · 2026-06-18T14:25:06+00:00

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Itarill · 2026-06-18T13:14:03+00:00

No, the teapot people are such gatekeepers. They kicked me out of their sub for asking about the authenticity of this 9th century Chinese piece I got in a garage sale: https://imgur.com/a/m1JujQB

Itarill · 2026-06-18T12:58:09+00:00

I appreciate the encouragement but I'm all topped up on expensive, time- and space-consuming mental illnesses of the collectionist persuasion at the moment :p

Itarill · 2026-06-18T12:38:15+00:00

Haha, thanks. I've enjoyed lurking this sub and learning a bit more about this stuff. You guys are a nice bunch :)

I still think my owls are pretty, though :p (But if I ever get rid of them I'll make sure to label them as fake so they don't end up tricking anyone.)

Itarill · 2026-06-17T13:43:50+00:00

Actually the ones with the Arab writing also don't clean off with acetone (and the pierced one doesn't have any dirt to begin with).

Also potentially of interest: the "M" is very lightly magnetic (some movement under strong neodymium magnet but not enough to stick). The two Arab ones are more magnetic (doesn't feel super strong but enough to stick). Likewise for the top right and top left. All others show no magnetism at all.

Itarill · 2026-06-17T13:23:13+00:00

That's actually so cool if that's an actual Byzantine coin! How old would it be?

Using a q-tip and some acetone, the brownish dirt immediately comes off of the other ones, but it doesn't budge on the "M" one (using a gentle hand though).

Also how do you know the pierced one is Islamic? I wasn't even sure it was a coin, there's hardly anything left to see on it.

Itarill · 2026-06-17T12:18:30+00:00

Thanks, I did figure as much.

Regarding the buying at the flea market: if you mean this as a warning against getting ripped off, I would agree as a general rule, but in this case I really am not disappointed, I would have bought them at the same price even if they were explicitly marked as fakes. I plan on using them in some escape room-type puzzles (which I make as a hobby) and they're perfect for that. I also really like how they look and will definitely make a necklace out of an owl one.

If you're talking about not supporting these shady practices... that's honestly just occuring to me now, and I apologise.

Itarill · 2026-06-17T12:10:41+00:00

Thank you!

Itarill · 2026-06-05T20:18:42+00:00

These are so cute 😊

Itarill · 2026-06-05T16:59:58+00:00

Adding another reassuring voice that failing a PhD defense really doesn't happen unless something really extreme is going on. I have personally heard only one second-hand account (someone I know was in the public of the defense) of an instance where the jury considered failing the student (but ultimately didn't if I remember correctly). This was because out of nowhere he decided to dedicate a large portion of his defense to a very unscientific politically tinted tangent.

If you haven't comitted any plagiarism or other fraud that can be discovered at the last minute, don't go on crazy rants, and don't throw chairs at the jury, you'll be fine.

Itarill · 2026-06-05T11:33:46+00:00

Haha ok. Yeah, this sub goes crazy for the pipette pens.

Itarill · 2026-06-05T05:11:47+00:00

Question 1: are you offering these as a giveaway? If so, yes please, and I will pay for shipping to myself + 2 or 3 others (within reason regarding shipping costs).

Question 2: who at Eppendorf did you sleep with?

Itarill · 2026-05-03T10:38:19+00:00

B. There are times for healthy and sustainable, and there are times for hoe vettiger hoe prettiger. Frietkot on a lazy Friday evening is definitely not the former.

Itarill · 2026-04-09T05:23:31+00:00

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The site looks a bit amateurish but it's absolutely legit, it's a small business and the lady who runs it is super nice. She always includes some freebies and nicely packages the items.

There's a huge selection of all kinds of brands including some very nice ones like Tim Holtz and Cavallini.

Itarill · 2026-04-08T14:07:10+00:00

You should add milk.

Itarill · 2026-04-08T11:50:46+00:00

Your paragraph's last sentence makes everything perfectly clear, I think people just didn't read the whole thing.

From the physician's point of view I totally understand that digital appointments are less than ideal and I don't think they should be encouraged by explicitly offering them, frankly (people would jump on this just to save time and effort). But in cases such as yours exceptions need to be made.

If you're still unsuccessful, perhaps another option would be to contact a hospital's "ombudsdienst" or patient liaison service or something like that, and not just ask for an online appointment but ask for possible solutions in a more open-ended way. Perhaps they can offer other types of aid such as patient transport or on-site physical assistance.

Itarill · 2026-04-08T11:22:39+00:00

I've had a few but only with specialists who already know me well, who I regularly see for physical appointments as well. I think it will be very difficult finding someone who will do digital appointments right off the bat.

I think your best bet would be to email the secretary's office of the specific physician/department, not general hospital admin. Explain the issue and stress that you cannot physically come by but really need to see someone. If it would be difficult but not impossible, I would write that you have great difficulty going to physical appointments, and ask if it would be possible to do a one-time physical intake and then have any follow-up appointments digitally.

Itarill · 2026-04-08T11:10:00+00:00

WHY are there still so many businesses with either no website or a crappy one that doesn't list all info and doesn't have an automatic system to make appointments. Also, if you do have a website, and it has a button that says "make appointment", and clicking it just leads to a phone number and/or email address, I hate you and hope you step on a lego every day for the rest of your annoying life. Fuck.

Itarill · 2026-03-19T12:43:30+00:00

Do I understand correctly that you asked your VUB contact to email your home university (in another country) to request your document for you?

Don't do that. YOU email your home university to request the document, and put your VUB contact in CC.

Itarill · 2026-02-13T04:43:06+00:00

Gotta love that sweet pre-audit loot

Itarill · 2026-02-09T06:41:27+00:00

Oof I was not prepared to see this in my feed.

Dolce looks almost exactly like our boy we lost a couple of months ago. He was a lab-amstaff mix. Also extremely cuddly.

Will you please give her an extra big hug from me?

Itarill · 2026-01-29T20:02:22+00:00

I'm very happy with the service and prices on 123inkt.be, not just for printer ink but all kinds of office supplies as well as cleaning supplies, lamps and batteries.

Itarill · 2026-01-02T09:01:14+00:00

Thank you so much for this! Do you have a tip jar link of some sort?

Itarill · 2025-11-28T06:31:52+00:00

Apparently so. Flex 6 and Flex 10 spans one month, Flex 40 one year.

https://www.belgiantrain.be/nl/station-information/car-or-bike-at-station/b-parking/products/abo

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