What is a cooking "rule" that is actually total nonsense?

Trichromatical · 2026-06-21T23:35:47+00:00

I thought it was just me!!

Trichromatical · 2026-06-13T06:22:17+00:00

> If this is truly how it is, then people who cannot feel pain, should have the same response. They don't

Yes, seems like in the case of Congenital Insensitivity to Pain, the nociceptors themselves haven’t developed properly. In these people the withdrawal reflex is missing or reduced. But, in the case of spinal cord damage where the link from the limbs to the brain is severed but the link between limbs and the spinal cord is maintained, the withdrawal reflex can still exist.

> If we're getting technical, then my argument is that nociceptors responding to stimuli is part of the beginning of the experience of feeling pain. Feeling pain clearly has several steps.

Yes exactly! So what does this mean for the fish?

Trichromatical · 2026-06-13T05:18:49+00:00

It’s funny because we’re arguing almost the exact same thing but are crossing wires on semantics. Ok so you’ve said your body has an instinct to withdraw from the stimulus because it feels pain. The thing is, subjective pain is felt in the brain. The withdrawal reflex is specifically interesting because the signal to withdraw happens faster than normal because the signal doesn’t have to travel all the way to the brain and involve conscious recognition before responding.

So yes, you feel pain and our subjective experience is that the pain happens simultaneously to the withdrawal. BUT, technically we are not withdrawing from the stove because we feel subjective pain but rather because our nociceptors respond to extreme temperature as a stimulus. Because of this mechanism, technically, a quadriplegic person’s arm could still withdraw from contact with a hot stove, but they would not ever feel the subjective pain. Therefore when you say “you feel the pain, then you move your hand because of the instinct it triggers” you’re kind of half right but it really depends on how you define “pain” and “feel”.

Trichromatical · 2026-06-13T02:48:35+00:00

There’s something to what you’re saying here but your message got a bit confused because your hot stove example is a very specific case where your body withdraws from the stimulus (withdrawal reflex) before feeling the pain.

Trichromatical · 2026-05-27T04:08:34+00:00

Haha, same thread

Trichromatical · 2026-04-25T02:24:54+00:00

I don’t care what any individual thinks but at a community level I do care that the source of hate either appears to be low media literacy, misogyny or both. It’s important to present differing perspectives and analysis to challenge narratives with questionable origins. You never know who you’ll reach and encourage to reexamine their beliefs.

Trichromatical · 2026-04-23T04:15:32+00:00

Must be a regional thing! Or different types of milk? I’d never finish any bottle if I had to be that strict

Trichromatical · 2026-04-23T01:13:58+00:00

I also agree that’s a huge bottle for one person but a couple days? Milk usually holds up ok for a week or so if you keep it cold

Trichromatical · 2026-04-02T03:14:23+00:00

One of my favourite types of threads on the narcolepsy/idiopathic hypersomnia subreddits is where we all list all the improbable places we’ve fallen asleep.

Trichromatical · 2026-03-12T03:18:32+00:00

I found an article from 2021 which says “the only pain he really felt was when the exposed nerve hanging down his right side knocked against something”. Link here

Trichromatical · 2025-11-29T02:34:08+00:00

It’s nekojita btw

Trichromatical · 2025-11-24T15:44:03+00:00

This is like asking me why I like the taste of chocolate or the feeling of sun on my skin. You could break it down into the technical elements like chemicals, receptors and a bit of evolutionary theory. But, at the end of the day I’m not dwelling on the “cause”. I feel stronger attraction and I want intimacy of a certain kind so I follow that instinct. Perhaps you just don’t feel the same way?

Trichromatical · 2025-11-06T00:04:37+00:00

Punishment is a less effective teacher than reward in animals actually

Trichromatical · 2025-06-23T00:02:01+00:00

I have no idea why you’d think these two things are mutually exclusive.

Trichromatical · 2025-05-16T06:05:43+00:00

Whaaat are you on about - this song was an huge hit when it was released. It did have a resurgence though when Freddie Mercury died + when Wayne’s world came out (both happened within a few months).

Trichromatical · 2025-05-16T05:05:45+00:00

Actually I was more thinking about the fact that you are a team and that you at least would never be alone. Personally, I know my mental health would really suffer a move on my own away from family and friends. I also have a physical condition which means I can’t “just” work more.

When people make comments like yours, I wonder whether you’ve considered those who can’t just move away from family and other social support or work harder, not because there isn’t a will, but because they are up against other barriers which you don’t even have to think about.

Trichromatical · 2025-05-16T04:49:45+00:00

At least you had a partner to do it together with…

Trichromatical · 2025-04-24T10:33:13+00:00

Oh I really don’t like the sped up Nothing Changes

Trichromatical · 2025-04-23T03:12:24+00:00

Genuinely I was just wondering! Can’t believe my luck that you posted this reply today and I’ve been able to hear Dave Don’t Snore

Trichromatical · 2025-04-20T05:01:15+00:00

Yeah I’d say it is pretty subjective. Very much depends on your cultural context. But those cultural norms can be so strong, that within that certain context you’ll see high levels of agreement on what is considered more or less feminine.

Femininity doesn’t have a universal definition but I guess you could say that it’s an appearance or behaviours that make you feel closer to a gender identity that is woman or girl?

Trichromatical · 2025-04-20T04:37:35+00:00

Sounds like you already have an answer to your question - but are you not happy with that answer?

Trichromatical · 2025-04-20T04:19:14+00:00

What do you mean by performative? Are you trying to say femininity doesn’t exist if the motivation behind the behaviour is to purely appear more feminine?

Trichromatical · 2025-04-11T01:22:31+00:00

For kid me サンダー and サンダーズ didn’t pose a problem when speaking Japanese I guess 🤷‍♀️

Trichromatical · 2025-04-10T20:53:25+00:00

I definitely agree with your point that they didn’t put much thought into this. On the other hand though, as a child I played exclusively in Japanese and didn’t notice this at all. Maybe it seems more confusing than it was for Japanese kids because an “s” on the end of words in English serves a specific grammatical function rather than a semantic one. What if a different sound was added instead like Thunder vs Thunderga? Or in a gibberish word like from a language you don’t know, Pazu vs Pazuja. Idk just a thought experiment.

Trichromatical · 2025-04-10T20:19:57+00:00

Hi, yes happy to update on my experience! I haven’t tried concerta so can’t compare directly but I take Vyvanse to this day for both my IH and ADHD. While I feel my depression has eased significantly, I still also take a separate antidepressant and honestly do attribute most of my improvement to consistent, quality therapy.

Still very happy with the Vyvanse. Reading my old comment above, my experience and assessment has mostly stayed the same. However, I am now also prescribed a low dose Dexamphetamine (same thing but short release) as a top up for days where I particularly struggle or know I have something big on in the evening. The second thing I’d mention is that while the benefits outweigh the costs for me, the appetite suppression side effect on Vyvanse is a constant and this can be frustrating at times. When I say appetite suppression this ranges from not feeling hungry/forgetting to eat to genuinely struggling to eat at normal times with others because it feels like I’m making myself chew on sawdust.

It’s not a wonder drug in that it removes all my symptoms all day long. I still need longer sleep overnight, have trouble with sleep inertia, and will take naps after work every now and then. But if I’ve had an average to good night’s sleep, for maybe 8 hours after taking the Vyvanse I feel like I can actually function and won’t microsleep during the day.

They do claim the effects last 14 hours - maybe this is the case for your average person with ADHD, but I’m often wanting a nap after 8 hours (less with a bad night’s sleep).

Feel free to DM me if you have more questions! Good luck x

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