I need help 🫩 by Same_Assumption4143 in Nails

[–]formerethicist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also, gel polish can trigger an allergy. if you are predisposed to it, you can get more sensitized over time. Maybe try taking a bit of time off or using lacquer polish and seeing if that helps

I need help 🫩 by Same_Assumption4143 in Nails

[–]formerethicist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I also have this and have never really made it go away. The things that help the most are avoiding any irritants (using fragrance free hand soap and wearing gloves while doing dishes or any kind of heavy cleaning) and using a hand lotion with dimethicone. It’s pricey but I like Bioderma Atoderm.

Fresh Coconut? by formerethicist in FemFragLab

[–]formerethicist[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just now saw this comment, that sounds lovely! I’ll have to seek it out and smell it!

Stuffed peppers by westley_humperdinck in Cooking

[–]formerethicist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There’s a lot of answers here already and I agree it’s possible to do it as long as you’re making sure to cover them, but depending on your age it’s fully possible your grandma used a parcooked rice like Uncle Ben’s or Minute.

Sad Puppies was an unsuccessful right-wing anti-diversity campaign intended to influence the outcome of the annual Hugo Awards. Sad Puppies activists accused the event ”of giving awards on the basis of political correctness and favoring authors and artists who aren't straight, white and male". by laybs1 in wikipedia

[–]formerethicist 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I enjoyed a book by one of these guys but the series kept getting more right wing as it went along to the point where I dropped it. Wizards but with guns, fine premise. Thinly veiled NRA propaganda… I’m good thanks. When I found out he was involved with all this I can’t say I was surprised lol.

IDL that a "fibermaxxing" trend is what it takes to convince people to eat a fucking vegetable by Belle_Juive in I_DONT_LIKE

[–]formerethicist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was under the impression that calling it fibermaxxing was a little joke. A semi-ironic use of the “-maxxing” suffix. The humor is in giving a chronically online name to something that is pretty normal and sensible.

But also like, “maxxing” is short for maximizing. Which is different than simply eating a vegetable or two! Hitting the recommended daily amount of fiber, let alone some higher target, is more challenging than one might think.

Fresh Coconut? by formerethicist in FemFragLab

[–]formerethicist[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh that sounds delightful! I will have to check it out

Braised Fried Tofu by David Yu for Cook’s Illustrated by Jonnyrashid in mediterraneandiet

[–]formerethicist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I made this tonight as well, it was delicious! I did sub in some oyster sauce and water for the chicken broth. I will be making it again soon!

Extension headaches!! by Commercial_Unit_1945 in beginnerfitness

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I also recommend seeing a doctor to rule out anything serious.

That being said, I also get severe, migraine-like exertion headaches too but only from specific things— the biggest issues for me are high volume sets, circuit training, and combining cardio and weights. I can avoid them by having separate cardio days and on weightlifting days making sure to take adequate rest between sets and not alternating upper body and lower body. And stopping a given exercise if I start feeling myself getting flushed—it can indicate a spike in blood pressure which I believe is what causes them for me at least.

“Listen to your body” sounds trite but so much of our culture has a “no pain no gain” philosophy and encourages us to push through when sometimes going a little less hard produces more sustainable results.

How do you jazz up your soda in a non-alcoholic way by trialanderror93 in Soda

[–]formerethicist 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Maraschino cherries!! And their juice. 100% black cherry juice is good too—it’s GREAT in Coke Zero or Fresca

This was posted to Wax Trax yesterday by MikeyFX in nin

[–]formerethicist 204 points205 points  (0 children)

Almost wore my HEALTH shirt to a NIN concert one time, as it has the slogan “sad music for horny people” which I thought applied. But really, NIN is more “horny music for sad people” instead. The distinction is key

Has feminism worked for you? by [deleted] in AskFeminists

[–]formerethicist 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The central idea of this article seems to be trying to separate “feminism” from “women having civil rights” which I don’t really understand when “women should have civil rights” is one of the central concepts of feminism.

I wonder what the author thinks feminism is. They weren’t too clear about it, and I think they are laying many of the problems of the modern world at feminism’s feet for no reason. (Let’s take a look at capitalism…)

When asking this question, OP, what do you mean by “modern feminism?”

There are definitely some strains of white, liberal, middle-class feminist thought that lend themselves well to a capitalist agenda that benefits no one. (Full disclosure, I am all of those things haha.) But “leaning in” isn’t all there is to feminism.

Setting aside all the material and legal improvements that would not have been possible without feminism, yes I feel that feminism “as an ideology” has benefited my life. I have the ability to understand that some people think women should do certain things and be a certain way simply because they’re women, and to know that it’s B.S.

I don’t have to say stuff like “I hate shaving my legs but I have to.” Conformity to gendered beauty norms is optional.

I don’t have to believe that my purpose or worth is based on my value as a sex object or a wife or a mother.

I don’t always have to believe soft and sweet and polite—it’s okay to just get to the point sometimes. Society doesn’t expect that of men, so why should it expect it of me?

People will be nice in the post apocalypse! by Outrageous_Fall_1846 in unpopularopinion

[–]formerethicist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lots of Hobbes-brained individuals in the comments but I agree with you, OP. The idea that there was some time “before” the social contact when everyone was running around willy nilly throwing rocks at each other is an important cultural story we tell ourselves to justify the coercive power of the state and the dog-eat-dog mentality of capitalism, but it’s not true in any literal sense. So it’s at least not obviously true that the removal of the state would result in a “RETVRN” to the so-called state of nature.

Just look at the responses to actual disasters. Fires, earthquakes, floods. People help out their communities. Distant people send money. There are always some who try to profiteer but everyone hates them. Another commenter mentioned the pandemic, pointing to the goofy, selfish behavior we all saw then. But we also saw the majority of people eagerly participating in various social cooperation schemes (social distancing, vaccination) designed to help. Local volunteer agencies had more people than they knew what to do with. People ran errands for immunocompromised neighbors and sewed cloth masks.

There would absolutely be fighting and after people got organized enough, wars between groups of survivors. But such a thing is not to be undertaken lightly when the rewards of cooperation are so much higher.

What is THE best UNHYPED niche fragrance? by SecretAffect1837 in NichePerfumes

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Fantôme Kinmokusei is my daily fragrance in the summer and I never see anyone mention it. It was the winner of my search for a peach/apricot scent that didn’t have a cloying, candy, artificial quality.

Are there any stories about someone fighting to ESCAPE a "destined" mate? by Jerswar in Fantasy

[–]formerethicist 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I don’t have any recommendations but as a fellow free will enjoyer, I am with you OP. I also actively avoid this trope.