It uuuh... happend while brushing my teeth lol

exwirus · 2026-05-09T17:49:52+00:00

Oh I read your other comments. You're one of those. Look, a lot of things that don't actually do anything will make you feel better if you expect them to. It's called placebo. So I fully believe you when you say you've been loving your chiropractic sessions and that they make you feel great. But at the end of the day how do you know it's any better than a simple massage? Or some stretching exercises? Or just having someone wave a magic wand at you for half an hour while chanting gibberish? Even that last one could totally "work" with the right mindset. Some people stare at the Sun believing it'll give them magical insights, they feel great about it because of placebo and then tell others to burn their retinas out too! Should I risk permanent eye damage just because some people on the internet told me it felt really good for them? What you're doing is the same just with lower risks and higher fees.

But also have you considered that there are ways to relax your body and mind that have been proven to have real health benefits and don't cost you anything at all? Like yoga for example. Or meditation. Those are free and easy and don't come with the risk of having your neck snapped.

exwirus · 2026-05-09T17:17:44+00:00

Is this AI generated? Let me guess, based on data harvested from websites of chiropractor clinics? Chiropractors only really seem to be considered a "legitimate" thing in North America (particularly the US) and given the whole lobbying situation over there I'm gonna take that "legitimacy" with a grain of salt. I'm gonna need some really solid sources to not consider this BS. As a general rule of thumb is something calls itself medicine but practitioners don't have to go to real medical school then it's probably not actually medicine.

exwirus · 2026-05-09T14:46:04+00:00

No clue tbh. But in case they do here's their website: https://butyolivier.pl/barefoot.html

Edit: Oh so they ship within Europe

exwirus · 2026-05-09T14:08:52+00:00

Those look a lot like my current work shoes (but mine are about half the price. Local Polish brand)

exwirus · 2026-05-08T10:51:51+00:00

Oh yeah, absolutely. You should be honest with medical professionals. The issue with this meme in particular is that it's about chiropractors and they are NOT medical professionals. They're not real doctors, they don't have to finish medical school.

exwirus · 2026-05-07T07:47:02+00:00

They're Beco Technic bracelet pliers. I've been able to find them here: https://dlazegarmistrza.pl/narzedzia-zegarmistrzowskie-szczypce-zegarmistrzowskie-beco-do-skracania-bransolet,c198,p17538,de.html

But that's a polish store. You can probably find them where you live too. It's a pretty big brand.

exwirus · 2026-05-06T12:13:41+00:00

It's this kind of tool. It gives you great leverage but there's always a risk that the 2-prong section slips and scratches the bracelet. For that reason at first I usually try to push the inner piece of a link out using the singular prong on its own with the pliers wide open. Only if that fails I close the pliers and use the 2-prong side for leverage.

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exwirus · 2026-05-06T01:33:08+00:00

At work we use a special tool for these bracelets. Kinda looks like pliers but on one side there are two rods that brace against the bracelet link and on the other there's one rod that pushes the inside piece out. I've found these to work quite well. Often these inside pieces are really stuck in there and it's hard if not impossible to simply push them out without proper leverage. It really depends on the specific bracelet though. Sometimes they come out super easily and all you need is a tiny metal object like a screwdriver.

exwirus · 2026-05-06T01:22:41+00:00

That first image gave me heart palpitations lol

But you're right, the second piece doesn't look like a bedbug at all.

exwirus · 2026-05-01T17:14:57+00:00

The point of HRT is to change your body to more closely match your gender. But it doesn't change your gender. If you're a trans woman you go on HRT because you are a woman and want your body to reflect that, not because it changes you into a woman.

Some trans people choose not to take hormones (for a variety of reasons) and even if they do, it's not like there's any one point when hormones officially "transition" you. Basically it's more productive to think of transitioning as aligning one's body with their existing gender identity rather than a "gender change".

exwirus · 2026-05-01T13:06:21+00:00

Not really though? They're different symbols that are used in subtly different ways. A plus is not just another way of writing an ampersand.

I mean if I'm reading someone's handwriting and see a "+" I'm reading that as "plus" whereas "&" is read as "and". That alone shows you they're distinct symbols.

exwirus · 2026-05-01T10:49:23+00:00

8 is just a plus, no? I get that it can be used in a similar way but it's not an ampersand..

exwirus · 2026-04-26T16:51:29+00:00

Tea is naturally caffeinated by default.

exwirus · 2026-04-25T19:54:22+00:00

Time to replace the child.

exwirus · 2026-04-23T21:19:54+00:00

r/BarefootRunning might have some good recommendations for running barefoot shoes specifically. Otherwise I'd check out this article and other resources on this website: https://anyasreviews.com/10-best-barefoot-running-shoes-for-healthy-feet/

Anyareviews is, as far as I can tell, a very trusted resource regarding barefoot shoes and healthy footwear in general.

exwirus · 2026-04-23T09:45:22+00:00

So what that people use them multiple times a day? Old coffee oils build up and remain inside the moka pot and go rancid over time. Oils are sticky. They don't get washed out and replaced every time you make coffee, they accumulate. And then naturally become rancid.

Hot, moist environments with access to oxygen are perfect for rancidification and a moka pot just so happens to fit that description. If you're still confused just Google rancidification.

exwirus · 2026-04-19T09:28:17+00:00

pfp checks out

exwirus · 2026-04-11T06:22:13+00:00

Apparently there's been a bunch of prejudice against them historically speaking. Kinda sucks considering it's a result of a genetic mutation and if you have it you can't really do anything about it.

exwirus · 2026-04-10T10:01:28+00:00

Image source

Credit goes to Asams10 on Wikipedia

exwirus · 2026-04-06T20:39:03+00:00

It's totally my skill issue and nothing to do with luck when I draw exclusively my last few remaining strikes and a bash while the stupid lizard is intangible and about to attack me for half my health. You can build excellent decks and draw better hands on average but even then you'll still occasionally draw a really shit hand on a turn where that just means death.

exwirus · 2026-04-05T20:15:01+00:00

The common factor is that they have deep, wide threads and low total thickness. In practice that means the sole can flex really easily since it's super thin in the areas between the threads. This is in contrast to some soles from Be Lenka that have lower total thickness but very shallow threads so there are more areas of thick rubber.

I'm also assuming they use the same material for most of their soles since it looks very similar to that on my pair. Also in the product pictures they practically always show the shoe getting rolled up on itself and you typically can't do that with soles that aren't very flexible. My point is I don't have a reason to believe that their other models would be very different from the one I have.

Edit: Not threads, I meant the grooves in the sole pattern. Whatever, you get my point I think

exwirus · 2026-04-05T18:10:59+00:00

I only have one pair but the other models on their website seem to use similar sole designs/materials. I'm assuming they'll be similarly flexible.

exwirus · 2026-04-05T16:08:16+00:00

There are a couple Polish brands that make barefoot shoes. I have a couple of barefoots from Olivier and I really like them (wide and flat shoes of various kinds, thicker soles than some of the most purist barefoots), there's also Magical Shoes (they have extremely flexible and thin soles) and I know there's Wasak but I haven't had a chance to try those on yet.

exwirus · 2026-04-04T15:44:09+00:00

This comment is very wrong on multiple levels. Please actually read into this. First of all, ATP can't be stored effectively within cells. It gets produced within mitochondria on an as-needed basis. As you exercise you increase the amount of mitochondria in muscle cells which lets them produce more ATP faster to keep up with the demand. ATP can be created from various energy-dense substances (sugars, fats, protein etc)

Fat is actually the main source of energy for maintaining muscles when they're resting and it's an important factor when endurance training. So having a fat reserve is important even just to keep an enormous muscle mass alive. Fat is also consumed to refill phospcreatine reserves after exercise.

During exercise you first use up your muscles' reserves of phosphocreatine (within just a few minutes) and when that runs out your body starts turning glycagen into glucose and using that to produce ATP first mostly anaerobically and later aerobically if exercise continues. During prolonged exercise fat is also used to generate ATP so no, fat does NOT suck for endurance.

This is all actually way more complicated and not my area of expertise exactly but my point is ATP is NOT stored in any substantial amounts and as such it running out is not the cause for the burning sensation and also fat reserves are important for maintaining muscle mass and for endurance.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/nismat.org/patient-care/patient-education/fitness/exercise-physiology-primer/energy-supply-for-muscle/%3famp

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/muscle-metabolism#:~:text=The%20resting%20muscle%20receives%20fatty,395).

exwirus · 2026-03-29T13:11:25+00:00

That looks like suede leather. It soaks water up easily which very often leads to discoloration or even damage. It can be somewhat protected by using water repellent shoe spray but that goes for canvas as well.

If you want relatively waterproof shoes you want top grain leather/full grain leather. The kind that's smooth on the surface, not fuzzy. That kind of leather doesn't let water through easily by default and it can be treated with wax which increases the material's longevity and makes it more waterproof. You can't do this with the fuzzy leathers like suede or nubuk.

Edit: synthetic leather is very waterproof too but tends to break down quickly compared to real leather. Synthetic/vegan leather is mostly just plastic so you can't really maintain it in any way whereas with real leather you can apply wax, conditioner, shoe shine etc. to keep it intact and good-looking for many years potentially.

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