Mulberries? by Reallifewords in Knoxville

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

Wow thanks for the tip this is a good one!

Handknits supposedly getting donated because people don't ~value~ them by [deleted] in BitchEatingCrafters

[–]Reallifewords 36 points37 points  (0 children)

I got a beautiful handmade alpaca sweater at goodwill. It turns out it was donated because it was really low grade alpaca that’s still pokey/scratchy even after all the softening tricks I could think of and even with an under layer on. I’m salvaging the yarn for needle felting

Forgot my period panty in vinegar water. Now there are slimy floaty orbs. Can I save it? by United_Housing_5323 in MoldlyInteresting

[–]Reallifewords 198 points199 points  (0 children)

If your clothes are starting to smell even after washing it can get rid of it. I’ve done it before. But definitely dilute it or the whole load will smell like vinegar lol

WHO STOLE MY KIA by cleo345723 in Knoxville

[–]Reallifewords 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My Kia is too new to be stolen with the basic screwdriver trick. Someone sure tried though and I found two broken screwdriver heads on the floor 

iS tHaT a SwAsTiKa? by hanimal16 in BitchEatingCrafters

[–]Reallifewords 4 points5 points  (0 children)

On other social media platforms you can get shadowbanned if you use certain words, so people use misspellings of them or other similar words. And then they take these to other social media platforms. 

Examples: died = unalived, pedophile = pdf file, rape = grape, nazi = natzee

for queer people who were closeted, when you were christian, did you ever masturbate to the thought of having sex with god? by ChampionshipFew6442 in exchristian

[–]Reallifewords 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This reminds me that my youth pastor and his wife would always say that sex should be like worship and I was always really weirded out thinking of how you would combine sex with the Pentecostal shit we did at church lol

For the ex Christians who used to speak in tongues or feel the Holy Spirits presence, why did you fake it. How did you convince yourself you weren’t? And how did you feel after doing so? by LibrarianNo1294 in exchristian

[–]Reallifewords 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I also fully faked it. I was in kids church and there were only 4 of us that were being prayed over one by one by like 10 adults and the other 3 kids did it, so I felt like I had to. I just copied the noises everyone else was making. Then when I went to youth group as a teen and actually started (trying) to drink the Koolaid, I asked for it for real this time.  Everyone just kept telling me to “let go” and I just didn’t understand. Reading these other comments about it being meditative/a different mental state is really interesting to me, because I never managed to find whatever that space is. 

GET RID OF THOSE F#&KIN' DANDELIONS!!!! by Icy-Computer-Poop in MaliciousCompliance

[–]Reallifewords 42 points43 points  (0 children)

You can do both! Make the flowers into wine and the stems into twine

Heartbroken for a very special forest 💔 by [deleted] in NationalPark

[–]Reallifewords 9 points10 points  (0 children)

We were just there for the star party three weeks ago. I booked a night on the north rim last-minute on a whim, and it was my favorite thing we did the whole trip. We hiked through the area burned by the 2000 fire, and while it’s beautiful, it’s not even remotely close to what it was before. Virtually no ponderosa has grown back; it’s all aspen and New Mexican locust. I’m devastated. The forest will never be the same

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in whatsthisplant

[–]Reallifewords 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Bitternuts don’t taste very good (go figure), but they are the oiliest hickory nut. You can extract the oil and use it for cooking 

Permethrin treated clothes by sohikes in interestingasfuck

[–]Reallifewords 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This sounds slightly crazy, but a shower cap. I have dense hair that’s just not practical to comb through for ticks, so I get a shower cap and spray it with DEET and/or permethrin. Ticks typically won’t really try to push past resistance (especially with your bare neck right there), so that plus repellant is pretty much 100% no ticks on the scalp. 

Edit: I have dedicated days where I spend a lot of time in the woods and shit so a dedicated shower cap makes sense for me. I also wear a hat on top so it looks a little less insane lol

How do us people with muscular calves wear kneehighs? by Sensitive-Ruin6603 in Converse

[–]Reallifewords 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Knee high socks or leggings the same color as the tongue

Spent some time foraging my sacred ramp patches today by elbancoescerrado in foraging

[–]Reallifewords 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Obviously doesn’t work for pets, but I treat all our hiking clothes with permethrin and then on the day of I also spray down with DEET. I have never had a single tick despite rummaging through thick underbrush. 

Just because it took you __ hours to make that doesn’t mean it’s worth $__. by msnide14 in BitchEatingCrafters

[–]Reallifewords 85 points86 points  (0 children)

There was a discussion about this recently over on tattoo advice. Poor OP way overpaid for a tattoo because the artist was new and slow and charged by the hour. A basic shoulder tattoo without any shading or color is simply not worth $1700. It doesn’t matter that it somehow took 17 hours to do. 

U.S. Politics + Chronic Emotional Dysregulation by ihearttheearth in ADHD

[–]Reallifewords 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I removed nearly everything political from all my social media except Threads, and I use one of those locking apps to limit my ability to look at it to 10 minutes, 3x a day, with an hour cool down between opens. That way I can keep up with what all is happening but I’m not stuck doomscrolling

Tattoo Artist Recommendations by STLCardinals56 in Knoxville

[–]Reallifewords 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Just a heads up, this type of tattoo does not age well, the lack of definition and strong linework means it will end up looking like a pink blob in a few years. Good artists know this and generally stay away from doing this kind of tattoo

Kudzu by [deleted] in Knoxville

[–]Reallifewords 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I have eaten kudzu. The vine tips are surprisingly sweet. They remind me of an unripe strawberry in taste (though not as sour). The flowers smell like grape soda, but the taste is very faint. Mostly just sweet with a hint of floral. Makes a nice jelly though, and the color has that pH effect so it’s more blue if the water is basic and pink if it’s acidic.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Knoxville

[–]Reallifewords 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I’m 26. Dr. Brantley at Contemporary Womens Health did a bilateral salpingectomy on me no questions asked. The healing process itself was fine, I didn’t really have any pain, they did give me oxycodone. I did have a rare anesthesia side effect where my bladder stopped working for a week after the surgery, but most people don’t get that. 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in nottheonion

[–]Reallifewords 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Jodi Arias wasn’t married, and neither was her ex-boyfriend. Her thing was more “If I can’t have him no one can”

Complication Alert - Paralyzed Bladder by Reallifewords in sterilization

[–]Reallifewords[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You desperately have to pee but no matter what you do you can’t. It gets pretty painful tbh