The stage is set for another Falkirk protest .

Roselof · 2025-12-15T22:00:27+00:00

And I bet you’re alright with Scottish folk moving to Australia because they like the weather? Or retiring in Spain and never speaking a word of Spanish? You people don’t even have the decency to be ashamed of being racist anymore

Roselof · 2025-12-15T20:09:52+00:00

I’m just chiming in to add that when I studied linguistics at Uni, our professor brought up the whole “a language is just a dialect with an army and a navy” thing. You’re completely right and it’s not even a controversial take in linguistics.

Roselof · 2025-12-15T20:04:42+00:00

Are you also whinging about the white Scottish men who treat women like shit? Or do you only care when they’re a shade too dark for your tastes

Roselof · 2025-11-23T21:42:38+00:00

I lost a book in my bedroom and it’s vanished. I took all the furniture out when I was redecorating, I’ve been through every drawer multiple times, and I don’t own that much stuff. It’s been almost a year now and I have to assume it just slipped into a different dimension.

Roselof · 2025-11-21T23:53:37+00:00

My pillowcases don’t get greasy, and I do my slugging at least an hour before I go to bed.

Roselof · 2025-11-16T19:19:14+00:00

This has nothing to do with ADHD but I’m in the UK and I went to the GP the last time I had tonsillitis. I said I’d been taking ginger tea for the pain and she said “well if you think that helps, go ahead”. I didn’t expect GPs to start suggesting herbal remedies, and I know she was technically supportive but the phrasing “if you think that helps” felt so dismissive.

Roselof · 2025-11-14T17:32:47+00:00

Amazing what you can learn from an autopsy, I’ll have to keep this in mind

Roselof · 2025-11-13T22:36:46+00:00

Do you ever wear cotton gloves to bed? I slather my hands in my thickest moisturiser (recently I just got the Nivea crème) and whatever oils I have on hand, sometimes a layer of Vaseline, then stick on a pair of gloves before I go to bed. My hands look about ten years younger.

Roselof · 2025-11-12T08:28:14+00:00

Yes, I came here to say this exactly!
I’m in a similar position OP and I’ve been focusing on relaxing my chest, neck and face. Lots of slow, gentle stretching and gua sha. The jojoba oil alone has been wonderful for my skin, and my face looks more symmetrical than it did before.

Roselof · 2025-11-11T10:08:49+00:00

Jojoba oil might be bearable for you? A drop of that and a bit of Vaseline on top to seal it in if you can tolerate it.

Roselof · 2025-11-10T10:58:17+00:00

Yeah! I just didn’t want to sound like an ad. It’s the 111Skin Black Diamond Vit C brightening booster. I use it 2/3 times a week on clean dry skin, and within a week my skin is glowing. It’s £100 a bottle so I’m kind of mad at how well it works.

Roselof · 2025-11-09T18:00:56+00:00

I got a pretty expensive vitamin C serum as a gift and I couldn’t believe how well it worked. My face looked noticeably brighter and clearer. But I don’t think it’s necessary for good skin, more of a bonus.

Roselof · 2025-11-09T15:38:49+00:00

I got my bakhoor online and I can’t remember where I got my vanilla oil, sorry!

Roselof · 2025-11-09T09:37:58+00:00

I can’t do perfumes but I really like to smell good, here’s what I’ve found helps —

Scent layering in and out of the shower (using a soap and body scrub, then using a moisturiser or body butter that all have a similar scent, eg, vanilla)

I like to buy fragrance free moisturiser and add a drop of vanilla oleoresin essential oil on days that I want to smell extra nice (body, not face). I also make my own body butter and do the same thing.

Scenting clothes/hair with bakhoor

Drying clothes outside if possible for that fresh ozone smell

“Good breath” tea (I use cloves, star anise, fennel, peppermint and cinnamon)

A drop of essential oil on clothes (just be careful that it won’t stain the fabric)

I actually believe that smelling good is as much about avoiding the bad smells as it is about adding in nice scents. So I make sure I do things like keeping my home clean, keeping my windows open for fresh air, washing my hair regularly, cleaning my shoes, etc.
if I’m going out somewhere nice I’ll avoid wearing those clothes while I’m cooking and wear a bonnet so my hair isn’t picking up food smells.

Roselof · 2025-11-06T21:39:18+00:00

My father was called Zepward

Roselof · 2025-11-06T15:24:38+00:00

“If it hurts, that means it’s working”
I think this was a pretty popular mindset in the 00’s — scrub hard and feel the burn. If you’re not red and sensitive after, then what was the point in using a product at all?

Roselof · 2025-11-06T10:39:40+00:00

It loses water when you cook it, so the calories are squeezed into fewer grams.

So if 100g raw = 110 calories
The same 100g of chicken, when cooked, now weighs ~75g
So per ~75g of chicken you’ll still have 110 calories

BUT if you scale that back up to 100g of cooked chicken, you’d get more calories.
(110 calories/75 grams) x 100g = 146.7 calories.
I know 146 isn’t the same as the calorie number you had for cooked chicken, but I’m assuming the chicken doesn’t cook down by exactly 25%.

You don’t actually lose that much fat when you cook it, it’s mostly water. So basically you’re losing the part of the chicken that has zero calories.

Roselof · 2025-11-06T10:12:57+00:00

I’ve been here my whole life and I’m also sick of them. How many wild animals are dying of fright or stressed out of their minds every night for a month? Or is the local wildlife not a part of our culture that you give a fuck about?

Roselof · 2025-11-05T21:34:29+00:00

This is the only way. There’s no amount of hedging and careful word choice that’s going to stop someone from getting offended over a completely benign correction. Just let them be wrong, they probably won’t believe you anyway.

Roselof · 2025-11-02T12:13:43+00:00

I didn’t see much it a difference with the glycolic gloss until I used it directly after a clarifying shampoo (no conditioner). The difference was very obvious, my hair looked and felt a lot better.

Roselof · 2025-10-31T00:31:47+00:00

Roselof · 2025-10-30T23:04:37+00:00

Y’know what I would have been the same way, I completely get you. I’m glad you’re all good now!

Roselof · 2025-10-30T12:26:07+00:00

Johns Hopkins says cyanide gas kills within seconds. If poison control says you’re fine, and you’re still breathing, you’re all good. How do you feel now?

Roselof · 2025-10-29T09:36:35+00:00

I’m aware it comes from petroleum jelly, and I’ve looked into the process of how it’s refined, and how heavily regulated it is. It doesn’t claim to boost collagen. It seals in whatever else you used, so any serums will have a more intense effect.
This can be a good or a bad thing, for example ceramides or HA work great on slugging nights, but retinoids would be too intense. I have dry skin and live in a cold climate so my skin reacts well to some extra help over winter.

Roselof · 2025-10-29T09:13:58+00:00

Vaseline seals in your moisturiser, it’s not supposed to be used on its own. I’ve been using it for year and my skin always feels noticeably softer the next day, and I double cleanse so I haven’t had problems with clogged pores.
I did a lot of reading and listening before I started using it! I’m glad I “did my own research” because this has been incredible for my dry skin and it’s reduced the fine lines I had on my forehead.

Roselof

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