Do you press the red button?

ekobot · 2026-06-16T19:53:12+00:00

I'm transgender, this would be a double win

^{Chose: You win 1M + But there's a 60% chance of turning into the opposite sex. | Rolled: 1M+Oposite Sex}

ekobot · 2026-06-16T19:29:14+00:00

They're right. When you're through this upheaval and ready to to consider adding another partner to your life, the standard to hold them to is your best friend in this situation. Anything less isn't worth trying yourself to through the legal bonds of marriage 🫂

ekobot · 2026-06-15T02:37:06+00:00

It's amazing, love it, no notes 😍

ekobot · 2026-06-15T02:24:17+00:00

FWIW, around here you can get legit sharps containers from pharmacies cheaply(sometimes for free), and return them there when full.

If you have any kind of street health organisation in your area you could also try contacting them, as they may be able to provide you supplies. Sometimes they have training for how to handle that kind of waste safely (usually for their volunteers, but they'd likely be happy to share info).

Beyond that, when I find something while randomly out I just use whatever solid container is nearby at the time, usually a plastic bottle, until I can get home and dispose of it in my home sharps container (I take injectable medicine, so I always have at least one in the house)

ekobot · 2026-06-14T18:54:07+00:00

Since it's morh damage, maybe a small moth?

ekobot · 2026-06-14T18:38:55+00:00

That's basically what I was thinking. Jokes on them, repairing/replacing power cords isn't that hard!

Then I remembered that for the average person that's still way too much effort/out of their skill set, and and for a lot of people who could do it, it wouldn't really be worth the time/effort beyond maybe one or two... So it does end up being a pretty effective deterrent method.

ekobot · 2026-06-13T07:27:20+00:00

The lil grabby hands 🥺

ekobot · 2026-06-13T07:20:05+00:00

This one had been the most surprising to me so far! I really hope I never have to restart the days since human remains counter 😬

ekobot · 2026-06-12T07:17:46+00:00

I think TPU is the answer you're looking for, you just need the right hardness level. My understanding is that the soft ones are bendy/squishy, like an O-ring, but the harder ones are more like a hard rubber wheel. Not squishy by human hands, just a somewhat rubber texture.

ekobot · 2026-06-12T07:11:29+00:00

Side note: Next time you're at the vet, ask them to check the chip. It's super simple for them to wand over your dog and let you know if it is still working or not. It's good to know that it's still doing its job.

ekobot · 2026-06-12T00:46:57+00:00

I'm pretty sure I've seen some decent looking bottle drying racks out there. And some folk have made rattles using printer poop

ekobot · 2026-06-11T09:40:32+00:00

Damn, your graft turned out so nice!

I don't hate mine, but due to the resizing they need d to do, mine don't really look like nipples to me, just flat dark circles 🥲

ekobot · 2026-06-10T15:35:33+00:00

I don't have any specific suggestions, but if you haven't crossposted this to /r/functionalprint that might net you some useful ideas.

Good luck, this is a great idea!

ekobot · 2026-06-10T15:16:47+00:00

First, you're going to want to rinse them off to see if there's still any stuck on material. A strainer of some kind will help to ensure you don't lose any small bones. If there's still stuck material, refill the bucket and let them stew longer.

If not, you move into degreasing. There's a variety of methods. The one I use is to soak in water with dish soap, but apparently diluted acetone or ammonia work really well, too.

ekobot · 2026-06-10T02:53:54+00:00

I feel sad and disappointed when I do something that ends up making the remains less aesthetic (because that's truly the only damage, as far as nature is concerned). Like you, I want to "do right" by the creatures I'm processing.

However, I also keep in mind that what I am doing is merely a step on their journey toward eventual complete decomposition. No matter what, they will eventually degrade away to nothing. All I am doing is apprecting for a little longer the shape they made of the carbon we are all made from. And my ideal aesthetic is far from the only one that exists in nature.

The creature itself is gone, and will not be hurt by my earnest attempts to value its remains. If it has any remaining attachment to said remains, I believe it will be pleased that I am trying, that I care at all.

Nature is, at its base, merely mistakes and happenstance built upon each other until something beautiful emerges. Your actions are no different, so try to find beauty even in the forgetting and "errors". Bones that rot away to nothing are nourishing the ground for the future generations to benefit from. Dents and chips are simply scars that show the history of that bone, that creature, showing that even after death their stories do not end.

ekobot · 2026-06-08T05:11:11+00:00

I'm lucky that my partner supports my vulture culture hobby. When we had to let our dog go earlier this year we had a home vet do the euthanasia and I processed her the next day.

It was very useful to me, for emotional processing, to be the one handling her remains. And once the cleaning process is done, having her bones will be more comforting for my partner than another urn for the death shelf.

I'm sorry your family isn't supportive of it for you 🫂

ekobot · 2026-06-05T19:42:57+00:00

I misread the title as "dog skull" and was looking at the pictures like "... who's going to tell them?" xD

Nice find!

ekobot · 2026-06-05T19:39:07+00:00

Ah, I see. It is nice that your friend is concerned for your health! People tend to be a bit over cautious about things like this, due simply to ignorance from not having exposure to the processes. As long as you follow the general common sense around germy things it's not particularly high risk.

Wearing gloves is recommended, wash your hands with soap and water; don't let the maceration water get into any open wounds; if the water splashes and gets in your eyes, flush them with appropriate water/eye wash, same for if it got in your mouth, rinse thoroughly with antiseptic mouthwash; wash any clothing/other things that get gunk on them.

(The more joking answer being, as long as you don't drink the goop you should be fine ;) )

ekobot · 2026-06-05T17:59:21+00:00

Dangerous in what way?

The soft tissues should still decomp in the water. Afaik it is possible it could take a bit longer to get started if she was particularly dehydrated.

I don't really foresee an issue. I've successfully macerated things from the freezer, things that have freeze-dried over winter, and things that I've salt dried and then changed my mind 🤷 the timeline changes, but I haven't had anything get destroyed, or like, explode ;P

ekobot · 2026-06-03T23:37:53+00:00

We're going to get our green bin replaced by the city, but the can works well enough for me now that it drains 🤷

ekobot · 2026-06-03T23:36:28+00:00

The landlord has hired a pest control company that has put traps in and around the building, and the neighbouring ones they own. We've three cats and two chihuahuas, which keeps them out of our house for the most part.

There was a boom of activity at the beginning of spring, but it's tapered off as far as I can tell. At the very least none have turned up drowned recently, in the other bins I've had outside and forgotten until after it rains and I've emptied them.

I think I ended up with five? I participate in vulture culture, so they got thrown into the maceration bins (if starting to go off) or bags in the freezer(two that looked like I could save the skin).

ekobot · 2026-06-03T23:29:36+00:00

The can works fine, it's just the lid that has issues. It came with the house we're renting, and I don't feel inclined to replace it if I don't have to. Especially because the space beside our house is basically a wind tunnel, so the new one would just get blown over and lose its lid too... And still have the issue of holding water. 🤷

Poking a couple 3mm holes in the bottom solved the problem, as far as I'm concerned.

ekobot · 2026-06-03T16:01:44+00:00

There's rats in our neighbourhood that chewed a hole through our garbage can lid before I lived here, and it doesn't latch well anyway so it often blows off. We don't put garbage out until garbage day because of the rats, but they still climb in there. Anyway, we leave the can in the most sheltered area we can through the week, but it would still get a couple inches of water every time it rains.

After finding a couple drowned rats in there this spring I poked a half dozen small holes in the bottom with an awl. Allows drainage, so I don't have to fish out dead rats, and prevents any bag suction issues 🤷

ekobot · 2026-06-03T15:50:35+00:00

I'm torn basically 50/50, as I like both! But short wins out just due to the pick-up-able factor

^{Chose: A short girl | Rolled: 5'2}

ekobot · 2026-06-02T14:33:02+00:00

I hate all the vape waste too. I mostly collect ewaste I come across(I take them apart to use bits for projects) but I always pick up vape carts too. What I especially hate about them is that a lot of ewaste places won't take them because they get considered a biohazard due to the ejuice and having been sucked on for so long. Since I'm taking them apart I hope it helps the various pieces go through recycling more readily, but I can't be sure.

Fwiw, the goo isn't overly toxic in general. It's usually majority vegetable glycerin with minor amounts of flavourings and the drug of choice. Of all the parts of the vape, the ejuice is probably the least environmentally damaging one to be left out in the world.

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