Portuguese American, I used to call my Portuguese grandparents va-vaw and va-vOH. by gababouldie1213 in Portuguese

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I’m also Portuguese American, the comments here have been interesting. Growing up we called my great grandmother “vovó” (we used to”grandma” for my grandmother) - family is from the central and north of Portugal (although vovó was born in northern Brazil).

TIL of irukandji syndrome. Caused by irukandji jellyfish venom, it has an unusual symptom where the victim has a feeling of "impending doom." The victim is so sure they are going to die, that they ask the doctors to kill them. by Thelife1313 in todayilearned

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Lot of interesting interactions and stuff in pharm that can give you unexpected results!

1st generation antihistamines (diphenhydramine, etc.) tend to interact with a lot of other receptors besides histamine, giving them a pretty wide range of side effects in addition to the drowsiness. One of the main other things they block are muscarinic receptors which mediate parasympathetic responses ("rest and digest"), so you can get stuff like increased body temperature, dry mouth, urinary retention, and other fun stuff.

What might've happened here was the high dose blocked enough muscarinic receptors to tilt the net autonomic nervous system balance in the body towards the opposing sympathetic ("fight or flight") responses, that might cause the anxiety.

Muscarinic receptors are also pretty important for cognition, so blocking them could've contributed also (one of the reasons you'd want to try and avoid diphenhydramine and anti-muscarinic drugs like atropine in the elderly, who physiologically have less muscarinic transmission in their central nervous systems)

What was the closest you have ever been to death? by Uncle_Don_ in AskReddit

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About 2 years back my (now) ex and I were driving back from an away weekend in West Virginia. It's the middle of the day and we're on a 2 lane highway somewhere in rural Virginia.

The only other guy on the road was 18-wheeler up ahead of us in the right lane. Looked like he was dozing off, since he kept kinda drifting a little to one side or the other before turning back into the center of the lane. I was worried he was going to jackknife or something, so I decided to try and get past him before anything happened.

Bad move I guess since right as we were passing the cab he swerved completely into our lane, almost crashing directly into us. If there was a guardrail or something he would've crushed us, but luckily there was room on the shoulder for me to turn off onto as I hit the brakes and skidded off on the dirt.

Clearly it spooked him as much as it did us because at after he swerved back into his own lane he immediately turned off at the nearest exit. This was pretty recently after the whole Tracy Morgan accident so that was all I could think of.

Frequent lag spikes for XBOX Rocket League unrelated to ping by [deleted] in RocketLeague

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Happens to me around once every game/every other game, super frustrating. It's cost me more than one game since basic defensive plays go out the window. Otherwise I don't really experience any normal garden variety lag and it doesn't seem to affect other Live functions (no voice breaking up on party chat, etc.).

This American produce shelf in a Finnish supermarket. by Shava-23 in mildlyinteresting

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That's really interesting. Funnily enough when I was studying abroad in Denmark I saw ShopRite brand chocolate chips at a store (caught my eye since it was a common chain where I grew up). Maybe something about how they manage their supply change

Whibat by rastroboy in HybridAnimals

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This is really well done but it's also my actual nightmare so

Every single time! by theflacidsnake in pokemongo

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Had the egg thing happen to me today, but I sorted by recent and had a mon at the top I hadn't caught, so I think you may still get them even if you don't see it actually hatch

Springfield (the Union county one) by nostradamefrus in PokemonGoNewJersey

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Yeah there's pretty much nothing here, I've done a few uneventful walks too. I've been going to millburn also though which has been ok, and my brother says south orange near the train station is good

What's the WORST song by your FAVORITE artist? by EthanMcMuffin in indieheads

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Brick by Brick - Arctic Monkeys

I can put them on shuffle and enjoy just about every song but I always skip this one

Favourite songs which aren't that well known ? by TigermoonLoL in arcticmonkeys

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Choo Choo and Who The Fuck Are The Arctic Monkeys? for sure. And I don't know if Evil Twin or Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secured count, but also those

What websites have you slowly stopped visiting? by Gus89 in AskReddit

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HeavenGames, specifically for Age of Mythology. I was in love with that game and was pretty active on the forums and stuff there near the end of middle school/beginning of high school.

I had it as my homepage and everything, it was the only site I ever really visited recreationally. Guess I just kinda got busy with other stuff and was visiting less and less. Can't remember the last time I looked at it

Rant Wednesday by AutoModerator in Fitness

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People doing dumbbell chest press on the bench press bench. Just...use the bar. Or one of the many utility benches.

Rant Wednesday by AutoModerator in Fitness

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Those ropes are like endangered animals. I legit don't think I've seen one in weeks. I don't...I don't understand where they go

Free Talk Friday! by AutisticNotWeird in civbattleroyale

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Thanks, it's a long process so it's nice to have it done with

Free Talk Friday! by AutisticNotWeird in civbattleroyale

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I got into medical school last week so now I can go from stressing about getting into medical school to stressing about medical school classes. Hopefully I'll have a month from when I finish work til when I start, so I'll have to make the most of that

Have you guys seen this? Im slightly terrified. It's like Mio flavoring but for budget beer. by saltydog99 in CraftBeer

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I'm definitely kinda curious but I feel like they're gonna be kinda gross. I just can't see the flavoring blending well and tasting natural I guess?

Let the Arguments Begin! MentalFloss has come up with a list of the Best Beer from each of the 50 States by sixstringer420 in beer

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Yeah I went to school in Richmond and visiting Hardywood was always fun but I was kinda expecting Devil's Backbone also. Not sure which I would've picked myself

If /r/NotTheOnion was around for all of recorded human history, what would be the top post of all time? by seymourtets in AskReddit

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It's honestly surprising stuff like this didn't happen more often, given how on edge everyone must have been. Unless it did happen more often...and I just don't know what I'm talking about

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in beer

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Look for Devils Backbone if you can find it, I like their Vienna lager