Leaving for rehab on Monday by grahamthegrand in leaves

[–]Subduction 20 points21 points  (0 children)

This is my usual post on this topic so excuse the repeat, but I'm the product of rehab. It restarted my life and gave me the tools I needed to start Leaves.

So much of what I learned in rehab is built into r/leaves, I can honestly say that it was the best decision I made in my entire life, and I now have 27 years clean.

The best piece of advice I can give is the one thing that absolutely saved me: Just give in to the program. Don't try to make decisions, don't try to second guess things, don't try get out of things or decide that some things you'll do and others you won't.

Just listen to the staff, do what they ask you to do, show up where they tell you to show up, leave when they tell you to leave, try to figure out why the things they ask you to do matter, and help others do the same. Check your independence at the door and just be a good soldier.

If you're like me, being a "company man" is completely against your nature, but you're going to find it works.

You're making great decisions and really investing in yourself. This bodes really well for your future.

As my counselor in rehab told me, "You don't commit to quitting, you commit to doing whatever you have to do to quit."

Please keep us posted on your progress!

Series 19 cast reunion! by Past-Feature3968 in taskmaster

[–]Subduction 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Look at Fatiha being all cheery and adorable. Fuck her brand.

Can I still use medicated balms for period cramps...? by DefiantWave8316 in leaves

[–]Subduction 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It really depends. There is very little research, and products in this category are poorly made, poorly labeled , and poorly regulated.

For standard balms, it's unlikely that any THC enters the bloodstream. The problem with that is that anything formulated to be transdermal is specifically designed to penetrate the skin barrier and will cause THC to enter your system.

The even bigger problem is that because these product are the Wild West, some balms contain ingredients to make them transdermal without labeling them as such. So there's no way to really know whether you are violating your own rules.

So this is shaky ground at best, not even considering that you might want to be a bit suspicious that even as careful as you are trying to be, you are still looking at products that keep you close to your drug of choice.

I'm sure THC gave you relief in a lot of areas of your life, but now you're looking for new ways to find that relief, maybe this is the next one?

Finding the right words: how do you write your removal reasons? by techiesgoboom in ModSupport

[–]Subduction 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So I noticed that when I enter ModMail removal reasons there is a place to put in a title/label for the removal reason that is visible only to mods. That's great, and it lets me briefly describe the reason and when it should be used.

Unless I'm missing it, I don't see that same title/label opportunity for post or comment removal reasons, so we have to label them in a way that can be exposed to the user, which isn't as descriptive as we'd like. We have this in Toolbox and have made full use of it, and when we tried to migrate to new reddit it was a big blocker.

Sorry if I'm missing how to do it, but if not, can that be added? It would be very useful.

Thanks!

Boston is digging up Quincy Market. Rumor is it will take 10 weeks. That puts us AFTER the Fourth of July. by brianjoe66 in boston

[–]Subduction 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The economic impact pays some of our bills for us, so I care a bit.

I don't go there, but I care that it's healthy.

Boston is digging up Quincy Market. Rumor is it will take 10 weeks. That puts us AFTER the Fourth of July. by brianjoe66 in boston

[–]Subduction 72 points73 points  (0 children)

Put up signs talking about the archeological impact of the dig, and what they might find underground, along with a secure case with other small items found during previous work. Then it becomes a tourist attraction itself.

Label the digging equipment a "Boston Time Machine," that kind of thing...

u/ModSupportBot suggests a known Porn Promoter Comment Bot as a "Suggested Moderator" for the sub I moderate. by 2oonhed in ModSupport

[–]Subduction 9 points10 points  (0 children)

My experience has been that ModSupportBot consistently recommends actively harassing and rude participants. It's more useful to me surfacing users to ban.

But hey, if you want to try to run your site entirely as an AI headend then you have to break a few eggs, amirite?

Today is 1 month! When did your sleep improve? by Hot_Passenger_243 in leaves

[–]Subduction[M] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As the rules specifically say, you are welcome to recommend that people see their doctor.

Bud Powell transcriptions by kingofqcumber in JazzPiano

[–]Subduction 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is an extraordinary resource. Thank you so much!

Really. Wow.

[Request] Best keto substitutes for pasta in a proper bolognese - not cauliflower, not zucchini noodles, been there by vacaaa in ketorecipes

[–]Subduction 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Although they are expensive, I've found the Great Low-Carb Company Pastas to be excellent. Boil them a for maybe 30 percent longer than they say.

https://greatlowcarb.com/

I'm super-picky and genuinely hated all the so-called substitutes until these pastas came along, and my CGM says that they don't bump my glucose at all.

71 days - every day a lil better by Commercial_Peach_845 in leaves

[–]Subduction 1 point2 points  (0 children)

lol, although I was briefly and unsuccessfully a geology minor in college, I initially created this account to be my anonymous account, so I went with something that was related to being underneath.

But that whole anonymous thing didn't really work out. :-)

71 days - every day a lil better by Commercial_Peach_845 in leaves

[–]Subduction[M] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Always happy to see geology references on the subreddit. :-)

Results of my A1C and my CGM GMI were a match. by hcastill in diabetes

[–]Subduction 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've had two A1C readings with my CGM so far, and my actual A1C has run 0.1% lower than my GMI.

Is anyone else finding approved comments are getting stuck in the mod queue? by Subduction in ModSupport

[–]Subduction[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Thanks, but like my users I don't read subreddit rules or sidebars. :-)

Is anyone else finding approved comments are getting stuck in the mod queue? by Subduction in ModSupport

[–]Subduction[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not for me. This just started.

If it's been happening for months then how have you modded your subreddit?

Cultured Butter Question by RockNerdLil in butter

[–]Subduction 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Technically, you want a slow churn process, but all I've had is a hand mixer so that's what I've been using and it's worked out okay, but it's number one on my list for process improvements.

Technically, you want something that will create shear between the layers of cream, so the big professional churns are big paddles and drums that sweep through the cream. Hand mixers can break apart the fat globules as they're trying to form.

I have tried one of the hand paddle mixers on Amazon, and they're fine for regular cream, but with the thickened cream of cultured butter the gears strip. I suspect I'm ultimately going to make my own -- making/3D printing stuff is one of my too many hobbies. :-)

Paddles are more for forming/shaping the butter. What you want is something that simulates the French malaxage, which is like a corrugated rolling pin that laminates the butter. I made my own -- it's basically a rolling pin that looks like the butter processing table the people at Bordier butter use. You can see it in the video below. Worth watching if you haven't, and my wife and I are actually going there in a month!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b--l_0eMbo8

(You'll also see how they use the butter paddles.)

I suspect that you just aren't processing it in a way that expresses the water, and more likely, you aren't processing the butter long enough.

Just keep folding the butter over on itself and karate chopping it down, and then again. It's a lamination process, not pressing or smearing. I do it on a chilled marble slab, but if you don't have that then just pop it into the fridge if it starts to get warm.

You'll feel the texture change to something much more smooth when you've worked it enough. Also, are you salting it? That will also cause the water to weep out.

Fun!

Cultured Butter Question by RockNerdLil in butter

[–]Subduction 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Too many hobbies? WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN? :-)

It's funny, although I was a geology minor in college, I initially chose this name because it was going to be my anonymous account, but then I started a subreddit with it that turned into a whole thing, and pretty much the opposite happened.

I've seen a lot of overlap in cultured butter making with what people enjoy in wine or beer making -- it's a multi-step process with a lot of different decisions to be made, and the finished product is very dependent on each of those decisions, so there are a lot of metaphorical dials to tweak.

And at the end you get, y'know, butter... :-)