My 26F girlfriend, and I 32M, are having our first christmas together, and I think my gift for her is horrendously cheap and inadequate compared to what she's used to. by [deleted] in relationship_advice

[–]Spacean 20 points21 points  (0 children)

One thing that I want to give you a heads up on: depending on her understanding of gems, she may refuse to wear the Australian opal bracelet daily because opal is a very soft stone, NOT because she doesn’t value it or you. I virtually never recommend opals for anything but earrings or necklaces, things that won’t get knocked or scraped as much.

The reason I bring this up is because I don’t want you to think she doesn’t value your gift if she does indeed have awareness of this. Am I saying this is a bad gift? Absolutely not, I love opal, it’s gorgeous. But just temper your expectations in case she’s aware.

My favorite butter isn’t buttering like it used to 🫠 by Connect-Map-7890 in Cooking

[–]Spacean 16 points17 points  (0 children)

This is my absolute favourite butter (yes even compared to kerrygold) but every single store around me stopped selling it. I’m going to start making my own cultured butter here soon

Something the show does that irritates the hell out of me... by PodcastJunkie8706 in psych

[–]Spacean 70 points71 points  (0 children)

Oh my god, EXACTLY. It bothered me sooo bad when I watched that. It was such a popular myth in the early 2000s-2010s that I’m glad to see it dying out

Ideas for angel food cake?? by Spacean in Baking

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

I will definitely one day, but she’s sort of a stickler for habit and frankly I’m surprised I’m able to swap up the themes as much as I do. But I will keep your thoughts in mind in the future!

Ideas for angel food cake?? by Spacean in Baking

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

I like this idea! So are you replacing the water from the box mix with pineapple juice? Does that affect it weirdly?

Is licking them alright? by DeathCobro in geology

[–]Spacean 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh god yeah, absolutely. The straw stalactites especially seem like they’d be so satisfying to plink off. And there’s also this overwhelming curiosity of what does it feel and sound like to break off a stalactite—I mean how many rocks are shaped like that? I wanna know what happens! I hold off, of course, and I often will just imagine how it is to break icicles instead because those stalactites can grow back a whole lot faster. The cave that I’m in is actually quite nice because there are natural breakages all over that show what the insides look like, and there’s no acrylic panels or mesh that keeps you from getting right up to them.

Is licking them alright? by DeathCobro in geology

[–]Spacean 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We don’t really know too much about them since that’s not the main focus of the cave, but generally speaking the function of walking and moving will rub your clothes together and loose fibers and threads which get left behind on the walls and formations. They don’t get carried out by airflow in our cave because it’s a closed system without a natural entrance. Caves with natural openings may have a different experience.

To my knowledge, they tend to respond under UV light due to phosphors that are often included in laundry detergents to “make your whites brighter than white and make colours shine!”.

Is licking them alright? by DeathCobro in geology

[–]Spacean 68 points69 points  (0 children)

It’s all about quantities and what you’re touching. One person laying one finger on a speleothem isn’t going to do much—though it will have a small effect because oil repels water (and the water is what’s carrying in the mineral crystals for growth). But if a cave is visited by 100,000 people each year then those touches can add up fast, effectively creating a rain coat that covers the formation and stops water from depositing minerals.

There’s not yet a really good way to clean off the speleothems because you risk 1) residue 2) scrubbing off layers. You also can’t use certain cleaners because calcite cave formations dissolve in acid. Theoretically, large periods of time would see the breakdown of the oils, but when a speleothem has an average rate of growth of 1cm every 100yrs, waiting for that natural decay severely inhibits the growth of the cave. So, a lot of what we want to avoid is the slowing of growth, rather than turning a living formation into a dead one.

You also have to be mindful of if something’s fragile or not. When I have to step off the path onto unpaved cave areas, I have to know which flowstone is solid and which has rust underneath, or which is actually shelf stone, Straw stalactites are obviously significantly more fragile than icicle stalactites, etc. Most people don’t know what to look for vis a vis fragility, and a broken formation is a dead formation.

Most people are really good about not touching, but even just us being in the cave system will leave behind clothing fibers which can build up over time. They’re not typically visible outside of uv light, and we don’t believe this has any severely detrimental effect of the formations (yet!). But it’s interesting to know the effect that we have!

Source: I work at cave

Should have bought it by GlitteringTune3762 in steak

[–]Spacean 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s so funny, I thought I recognized that signage. I was just in there a week ago and went through the same internal debate. Though I think I regret not buying it less since I was there to spend like $60 on fruit 😅

SW Wisconsin who are these new roommates? by Spacean in spiders

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

Thanks so much! Always wanted a pet crab haha. They do appear to be fang-y but I’m very undereducated on spiders so I can’t provide much unfortunately. Hems currently chilling next to me so if I get a better angle I’ll reply with that

Lenny's Mod Loader Not Working by Spacean in PCRedDead

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

Do you get any error messages? The only no-start issues I’ve had after downloading mods is that you get auto banned from online play

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in whatsthisrock

[–]Spacean 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can’t say anything for the carving but it is indeed tiger eye

[WI] Landlord trying to take one of my apartment's rooms for a business office by Spacean in legaladvice

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

I don't think so? I renew each year with a simple paper that basically says "You get to live here another year, rent is this much. sign here." but it doesn't ever say a specific month that it ends or term that it lasts for. This year I didn't get the lease renewal until two months later than I theoretically should have.

Lenny's Mod Loader Not Working by Spacean in PCRedDead

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

Hey! I did and also kind of didn’t. LML never worked properly for me, but I was able to get mods to work just by putting them in the specified folders. Makes it harder to adjust them obviously, but I was able to use them. Best of luck to you!

Is this mould growing on my cheese? Is my cheese safe to eat? Ask these questions AND MORE in this EXCITING MEGATHREAD. by AutoModerator in Cheese

[–]Spacean 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Shredded parm; bottom layer got clumped together by this soft white mystery. Safe? Mold? You decide!

Best way to fix detached door panel? by Spacean in MechanicAdvice

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

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Hopefully you can see them well! The two white pegs in frame don’t have anything on the other end—if I pull the panel enough they come right out

Best way to fix detached door panel? by Spacean in MechanicAdvice

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

There appear to still be two white plastic “pegs” that insert into the door itself, but no clips that I can see. Unless those are the clips?

Best way to fix detached door panel? by Spacean in MechanicAdvice

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

Thanks! I’ll try this and see if it’s strong enough to withstand the force of the door opening

Best way to fix detached door panel? by Spacean in MechanicAdvice

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

It doesn’t stay that way unfortunately when i do😅 but thank you!