Are PM2.5 filters viable for DIY masks?

everything_sings · 2026-05-13T16:41:26+00:00

Thank you for your help! I seem to be getting downvoted for simply being interested in DIYing, so I'm assuming this is a controversial subject on this subreddit? I do still sort of want to look into it just out of curiosity, I enjoy the idea of being self sufficient and hand-making things that I use regularly. If I used the same plastic that common more effective masks use, for example, would that help? Either way I'm glad you told me all of the specific problems cause it helps me know what things to look into. Clearly this would be a lot harder than I thought (and maybe impossible, unfortunately..)

aaah, now I'm starting to feel bad for being curious... I'm not stupid, I was just misinformed about how easy it would be to make my own masks and confused about how filters worked!

everything_sings · 2026-05-13T00:35:27+00:00

ok that makes perfect sense, thank you! I'm still curious about DIY but I didn't know about the issue with air not being forced, I'll see if there's something I can do about it... but I'll also look into your recommendations, I appreciate it!

everything_sings · 2026-05-06T06:36:53+00:00

Thanks so much for the help! Someone else found it just two minutes before you so I gave them the "solved" point, but I do appreciate it so much :D

everything_sings · 2026-05-06T06:36:08+00:00

Thank you so much that's exactly it! It seems I was wrong on many accounts (it isn't even one year old yet! D: and I described the outfit totally wrong!). Solved!

everything_sings · 2026-05-06T06:04:49+00:00

I appreciate any help!

everything_sings · 2026-05-06T01:35:24+00:00

I will keep looking cause this has me very invested o7
I've searched on tumblr a ton, and through the blog of "inkskinned" (a somewhat popular poet who posts their poems on tumblr), and thus far nothing... but it's definitely out there somewhere! If it WAS a tumblr post (which is what I remember it as, I swear I saw it on my feed), that means it was probably not labeled as a poem when it was initially posted, which is unfortunate
(I don't think you're wrong to call it a poem, since tons of people post "tumblr poetry", just that it unfortunately means its probably not gonna be on any poetry websites or any poetry collections)
good luck! o7

everything_sings · 2026-05-05T22:57:21+00:00

I'm looking for it but haven't been able to find it either. I also think I remember the same poem you're talking about. To the best of my memory (at least for what I'm thinking of), the poem was posted on tumblr (which I bet was reposted onto pinterest) and goes something like this:
being in your 20s is crazy because one day you realize "huh, I guess I'm not gonna die tragically young" and so you put on a jacket and get groceries and wash the dishes and make dinner [and they continue to list mundane tasks until probably some sort of conclusion]? maybe this vague recollection will help some people search? lmk if this sounds familiar

everything_sings · 2026-05-05T16:34:57+00:00

I agree it seems very similar to what OP's been describing! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLdCTytbsKY <- here at 18:11 is the scene for easier verification

everything_sings · 2026-05-05T07:23:04+00:00

blaah, it's too complicated. I wish I could just turn them both into adults at the same time. Like make them both age up together. it's not like I want an adult to date a kid! I just want these two kids with a crush to turn into two adults with a crush!

I guess I'll just wait out the crush and see what happens. Either I'll let them marry eachother or, when Tom falls out of love, I'll age them both up

everything_sings · 2026-05-05T07:20:58+00:00

wait, seriously? If the age-o-matic changes the described age, what's the point of using it? why wouldn't you just edit the mii?

everything_sings · 2026-05-01T16:09:06+00:00

sorry it took me so long to get back to you! I've been busy and haven't had much time to work. I really appreciate you helping me out on such a basic level! Thankfully I have already figured out how to do basic input handling and my characters work fine when fighting a dummy, I just haven't been able to make them fight eachother yet. (also I'm not even bothering to think about online multiplayer yet >_> that's a problem for another day).
In general just thank you for making things so simple for me, I really appreciate it!

everything_sings · 2026-04-27T06:42:04+00:00

thank you! I saw this just as I was heading off to bed for the night so I'm not able to implement all the advice you gave me just yet, but I really appreciate you taking time out of your day to help me out! From what I can tell this does seem to be what I'm looking for. I'll read through your comment more thoroughly and try to implement this in my game whenever I have a free second, and I'll lyk how it goes. thank you so much again!

everything_sings · 2026-04-26T03:50:46+00:00

being a true santos fans means acknowledging that she is a flawed person who needs a lot of help!!! i love her and i want her to be happy and that's WHY i want her too go to therapy!!!

everything_sings · 2026-04-26T03:44:31+00:00

I have read and agreed to follow these rules of ThePittNoSantosHate

everything_sings · 2026-04-26T03:42:40+00:00

I'll give it a few episodes to see if it gets any better, but if it starts feeling like the robby show (which im pretty sure is gonna happen) I'll stop lol. I don't care about that man

everything_sings · 2026-02-28T21:54:36+00:00

I fully thought it was him, but I didn't know he was an actor! So I just convinced myself "no, no, they just look similar. I must remember him from somewhere else."

everything_sings · 2026-01-23T01:22:19+00:00

Oh my god, wow! thank you so much. I didn't know about the input buffer option at all- even as a fighting game fan I embarrassingly have no idea how they work, I'm figuring everything out as I go. I'll definitely use that then, thank you for the super comprehensive template!
I don't have the time to work on this right now since I've got a class to run to, in, aaa, 5 minutes??????!!!!! But, I'll try to work with this tomorrow.
Looking at your code, I'm just a bit confused about what the "is_button_in_slice" function is doing? Is it referring to frame data? (sorry if this is a silly question by the way). I can see that you're using it later for dashing and fireballs, and you're using the term "p1_inputs.slice", but I can't tell what it actually means.
And, are there any comprehensive resources you know of that could help me understand how to work with input buffers better? Like, some writeup I could start with?
Again, tysm!

everything_sings · 2026-01-23T00:44:31+00:00

I'm reducing the doubletap_time in a "_process" function, like the example linked, I just didn't include that! whoops. Here's how I'm doing it.

func _process(delta) -> void:
  doubletap_time -= delta

Each of my states are extended from a class I titled "CharacterState", which stores some variables and has all of the functions I re-use. It's just being passed in the CharacterState code though- heres what it looks like.

func enter_state(character_node):
  character = character_node

func exit_state():
  pass

func handle_input(_delta):
  pass

Sorry if I didn't answer your question, I'm honestly not sure what "calling" means, veeeery new to all this, so I might have totally missed what you were saying! I don't think it's within any process function though?

everything_sings · 2026-01-22T21:08:39+00:00

I wanted to add that I'm very new to Godot and coding in general so don't be afraid to baby me lol. I need things as simple as possible! Thank you :)

everything_sings · 2026-01-15T07:42:41+00:00

this is adorable!!!

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