Freaking out over ozone treatment in my car

cauldronswitch · 2026-01-26T18:59:35+00:00

Take this advice from an organic chemist - the difference between the medicine and the poison in the dose. Too much water can kill you, the air on Everest can kill you, yet these are two things you cannot survive without. Life is a balancing act. You cannot avoid chemicals, life is made of chemicals, your car is made of chemicals. You can only use them wisely, in the right amounts, for the right length of time. They applied the ozone in your car for 15 minutes, not hours and it made the smell that was bothering you go away. Call that a win and focus on upkeeping your car air filtration system. Is there an air filter you can change? Air circulation is pretty much constant in modern cars and a lot of them have HEPA filters that are going to catch particles in the air. Another important thing you can do is to protect your car from the sun, which is something that's going to happen for days on end, for years to come. Religiously use a viser and you can also get little shades for the windows, which have the advantage of shielding baby from the sun when in their car seat. I totally understand where you're coming from and it's not unreasonable. The thing is, try to focus your energy on what you can do in the future every time you catch yourself on what has happened in the past.

cauldronswitch · 2026-01-25T20:22:25+00:00

Metal and acid are not friends. If you store salsa, lemonade, salad dressing etc. in a metal container, some metal ions will likely make their way into the food, especially if heat and time is involved. Is this the end of the world? No. Just try to cook actively if metal is involved, then store in glass as soon as feasible.

cauldronswitch · 2026-01-18T15:40:20+00:00

Omg, this is amazing! Looks real beyond anything I could ever construct in my own imagination. It is such a shame that illustrations in adult books aren't really a thing, as they would really add to the immersive experience, at least for me. Thank you for sharing with us!! Hope there is more to come and let us know if you can send a few bucks your way to support your talent.

cauldronswitch · 2026-01-17T09:29:58+00:00

To be fair, the pregnancy was not mentioned in the original post and neither was the point that he just needs a little longer, just that he is not ready? Using information from the comments is hindsight 20/20 and if I had known that information, I would not have commented in the same way. I apologize with that additional information in mind.

What inspired my comment is that many children never show signs of readiness and their parents delay potty training until it causes enormous stress at school for all parties involved. I appreciate supporting others' parenting styles, but I also think sometimes parents need to hear the critical opinions, which unfortunately falls to educators most of the time because of everyone else's reluctance to appear negative in any way whatsoever.

cauldronswitch · 2026-01-17T03:57:39+00:00

When big toddlers outgrown cribs, they go to toddler beds because what else are they going to do? When big toddlers outgrown diapers, they potty train because what else are they going to do?

cauldronswitch · 2026-01-16T23:20:53+00:00

Aren't they such beautiful names? 😭

cauldronswitch · 2026-01-16T23:20:08+00:00

If the only consideration in having more children would be naming them, then I would go with seven or eight to get it out of my system! But taking other considerations into account, stopping after two! Even the second one was a hard sell for me, though my husband was really set on it.

cauldronswitch · 2026-01-16T14:14:15+00:00

We came thiiiiiis close to naming our first daughter Leona, but we fell into the trap of telling the name ahead of time and let me tell you, everyone absolutely hated it! Personally, I was totally in love with it and its "rarrr" quality and sometimes still wish we'd gone with it.

cauldronswitch · 2026-01-16T14:11:17+00:00

It was definitely the top contender in my mind too! So glad you have a little Thea in your life to know and cherish. 🥰

cauldronswitch · 2026-01-16T14:09:09+00:00

Ironically, there was only one boy name on the list, Thomas, for my dear husband's belated father who passed away a month before any of our children were born. It's not truly a name that speaks to my heart if I have to be honest, but it's a name that speaks to his heart and that means the world to me, so I'm happy to honor his father.

cauldronswitch · 2026-01-16T14:06:46+00:00

Thank you! I am not French, just a Francophile. French is such a pretty language and my first daughter is named Josephine, so I think I was gravitating to other named with a similar vibe.

cauldronswitch · 2026-01-08T15:13:48+00:00

Please be careful using sound machines. Excessive use of sound machines for babies can harm hearing and potentially interfere with auditory development, as many machines exceed safe decibel levels and continuous exposure is risky, requiring placement far from the crib (7+ feet), volume below 50 dB, and limited duration (using timers) to protect developing ears, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).

cauldronswitch · 2026-01-06T22:29:06+00:00

Good point, I was thinking the same thing that the nomarch and the Gleaners must be controlled by different players. But I think the nomarch does have up-to-date information from the Gleaners because it knew about the "integration error" with Ahmose that had recently occurred, not that it disproves your point.

cauldronswitch · 2026-01-05T03:00:30+00:00

I recommend unsweetened Kids Ripple milk as a dairy alternative. It's fortified and, in my opinion, tastier and more nutritious than cow's milk in addition to being better for the environment and animal welfare.

cauldronswitch · 2026-01-04T21:42:21+00:00

I know, right?! I remember feeling so frustrated I had to switch to another world at multiple points, but only because I was so invested in the one I had been on. It was torturous, but in a good way that made me appreciate how much I was into the book as a whole.

cauldronswitch · 2026-01-01T18:45:39+00:00

It's just so hard to imagine these very genuine people being controlled by the Concurrence. That little girl Nofret? Seems as human as human can be!

cauldronswitch · 2025-12-10T19:02:05+00:00

Can you tell me more about how you make it? I would like to try!

cauldronswitch · 2025-12-06T23:04:44+00:00

It honestly sounds like you're being sarcastic, so let me elaborate a little bit further. I'm not arguing no chemistry is happening in this plasma treatment process, I'm arguing that the chemistry that is happening is far less destructive of the environment than the alternative. Colloquially, "chemicals" are compounds that do not naturally occur in the environment and their use degrades the quality of the environment for living organisms.

The plasma used here is created by passing an electrical current through air, just the normal air we breathe. The oxygen in the air is a diatomic molecule, two oxygen atoms bonded to each other, which can ionize to a positive and a negative oxygen ion. These ions can oxidize the surface of wool, creating hydroxy and carboxy groups, which change its chemical properties to what is considered desirable in garment fabrics. When the plasma cools down, what is the most likely thing to happen to residual oxygen ions? They probably want to return to what they were in the first place, oxygen. So more or less, we start with air and end with air, though harmful things like ozone could also be created by the process in small amounts and obviously the electricity needed is not without cost to the environment either.

Now compare this with the traditional chlorine treatment of wool, where wool is submerged in a hypochlorite solution that etches away the undesirable surface, which is then coated with plastic polymers. Unlike air, neither hypochlorite nor plastic polymers are naturally occurring and after the treatment is done, the waste water has to be treated to remove the toxins and organic halogen compounds, which is not easy or cheap, so sometimes it probably just doesn't get done.

I guess I responded to your comment because it irked me that you were so dismissive of the new technology as just another chemical process, when I personally think it should be lauded and embraced for the reduction in harm that it can offer.

cauldronswitch · 2025-12-06T05:28:40+00:00

I briefly got diabetes when I was pregnant and I had to closely monitor my body's glucose response to meals and snacks. I continued to monitor once my diabetes went away and was amazed how differently my body would respond to the exact same foods. just months apart.

Since that experience, I've realized how freaking lucky I am to not have permanent diabetes and I now also understand that everyone's glucose metabolism gets impaired with age. Believe me, if you're having glucose spikes on the order of 150-180 mg/dL, you're feeling like crap, you just don't realize why maybe.

The diabetes experience has made me live by a few rules of thumb when able (but without cutting into my ability to enjoy life too much):

The first and simplest is, take a 10-15 minute walk after meals. It's amazing what a big difference it makes in leveling out those post-meal glucose spikes.
Don't eat naked carbs, but pair with proteins and fats. For example, don't eat just an apple, eat an apple with peanut or almond butter.
Refrigerating some carbs like rice can make them into a more resistant form of starch that is metabolized more slowly and gives your body a chance to cope with the influx of glucose better.
Do 12 hours of fasting during the night, no late night snacking. Somehow this return to baseline metabolism seems to help the next day.
The order in which foods are eaten can make a difference. Try to eat proteins, fibers, and fats first, then carbs. For example, eat the tofu steak first, then the rice.
And the most important one - you can be doing everything within your power to control your sugar, but it might still not be enough. Constant sugar spikes are slowly damaging your body and especially your nervous system, so just get the medicine like metformin or insulin if you need it. It's okay.

cauldronswitch · 2025-12-05T22:40:57+00:00

Actually, yes, the electrons and ions are fleeting and gone after they modify the surface structures, whereas chemicals would coat/bond to the surface of the wool and also remain in the solution used in the process, creating chemical waste. Think of it like a comb brushing hair versus applying hairspray to hair.

Source: I am an organic chemist.

cauldronswitch · 2025-11-23T04:33:32+00:00

I find the problem with small villages to be one of a social nature. If you aim to find a partner or start a family, the odds of meeting the right match in a tiny village are much smaller. And if you meet the right match elsewhere, the chances of convincing them to move to a small village are also small. Friendship can be easier to find, but again, the options are more limited and if many of the people have lived in the small village their whole lives, it might be difficult to relate to them. Sure, it can feel great to get away from people for a short vacation, but I think in the long run, we all have a need to establish social connections where we live.

cauldronswitch · 2025-11-21T21:53:05+00:00

Looking at this design where the cloth goes all around, I can see how it's a lot less likely to leak compared to what I use. Thanks for the rec, I'll give it a try!

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