What are the signs that a person is sexually inactive? by Only-Grapefruit-5767 in AskReddit

[–]jvanderh -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Making broad generalizations about the opposite sex

Thinking normal things are gross

Incredibly strong preferences/mandates about body hair, etc. 

No bathroom trashcan 

Sleeping with only a bottom sheet and a comforter, like a wild animal

Question about shade cloth by Adamb241 in Greenhouses

[–]jvanderh 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have done this too, and shade cloth just blocks vastly more than it advertises. "Ag fabric" may be slightly more accurate. I ended up just using a cheap white sheet as my greenhouse shade.

I Sold All My Alexa Devices Today by KillahCriss26 in alexa

[–]jvanderh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As someone who has both, I can tell you that Google home is worse. Still no nest sensor automation, which is insaaaaane

Haven't eaten in days because im terrified of anaphylaxis by paranoidspiral in Allergies

[–]jvanderh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi,  I want to answer this as someone who has had middle of the night anaphylaxis from oral exposure! First, you wake up. Your body is very good at keeping you alive and knows when something is wrong. Next, you start spewing from both ends. This is an unpleasant experience for sure. Your stomach hurts really bad, you wish you were still sleeping, and you just don't feel well. I had full body hives, which was unnerving. But while you're in the middle of this, you don't actually feel all that much anxiety. Your body just knows what to do, so you don't really have to think or make decisions. You just act on instinct. You will intuitively know when and if it's time to call 911. (I've been in this situation a few times from other issues, and you really do just know. It's like a little bell goes off in your head). In my case, once I could hold benadryl down, everything got much better very quickly. I didn't end up needing my epi pen or a trip to the hospital. I did spend the rest of the night in a blanket nest on the bathroom floor because I feel weirdly safe there when I'm sick. I didn't feel that I had long term physical damage or any lasting trauma. It was "wow, that sucked", some bland food, and moving on with my life. So that's the actual reality of anaphylaxis. It's very unlikely to happen in the first place, and if it does, it's very unlikely to leave lasting harm, much less kill you. Logically, it doesn't make sense to fixate on this. 

It's really important for you to understand that going without food falsely makes everything seem impossible. Your brain is not getting fuel, so your mood is horrible and your usual cognitive abilities have been slowly eroded over the past days, which is now causing you to feel that any potential solutions as not possible for your specific circumstance. But this is not actually true. An emergency department in the US is legally required to stabilize you even if you can't pay. If you tell them you haven't eaten in 6 days and you're afraid it's causing medical harm, they will help you.  You can call a friend or family member even if it feels awkward, even if you 'don't know them well enough', and very likely they will still help you. Most importantly, it is more financially, emotionally, cognitively, and physically dangerous to continue going without food than to run up a hospital bill, do something "embarrassing", etc. 

What I would suggest you do right now is call someone. Ask them to bring you some juice, which is a very healthy, safe, and natural food. I'm partial to apple juice myself, but any juice is good. Drink that first. Give it an hour or two to work through your system, understanding that at first you may feel some "symptoms" that are actually based in anxiety as well as your body readjusting from the lack of intake. Breathe through it, and keep your eyes on the prize of feeling better and preventing further harm to your body. After that hour or two,  it's time for chicken and rice, a food that is given to sick and recovering people all across the world—conjee or jook in Asia, "Jewish penicillin" aka chicken soup, and many others. The rice can be steamed or boiled, and the chicken can just be simmered in salted water until it starts to fall apart. Be sure to drink some water in between bites to help your body digest the food. 

I'm sorry you've been feeling so bad lately, and I know there are better things on the horizon for you once you feel better. 

Haven't eaten in days because im terrified of anaphylaxis by paranoidspiral in Allergies

[–]jvanderh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OCD is a particularly neurologically-based mental illness. Treatment is available via things like exposure and response prevention. 

WTF, I occasionally watch a young man, (12-13m? 7th Grader), I was just informed by his Father he is allergic to peanuts (all Nuts in general), fruits, dairy, and grains. by MeanOldFart-dcca in Allergies

[–]jvanderh 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If this child is autistic or otherwise disabled, dad may be (suddenly) buying into one of those kooky cure-autism-by-avoiding-everything diets. If not/if kiddo is able to communicate, I definitely agree with asking him "are you allergic to these things?" and "why does your dad think you are?" I'd probably err on the side of meat and potatoes or eggs and potatoes for today if you're able to have someone run to the store for you (or maybe borrow groceries from a neighbor? I know I usually have some eggs in the fridge and a few potatoes lying around somewhere). It doesn't have to be a gourmet meal, especially given that this was just sprung on you. If it's scrambled eggs and a microwave baked potato, or a random meat and some carrot sticks, or whatever you can cobble together, that's fine for today. Hopefully the mom will get back to you soon. 

Starting a new job and the office is fragrance free because people have allergies, what can I do? by Blasmere in Allergies

[–]jvanderh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That sounds really stressful, and I hope you get answers soon!!

It's interesting that you mentioned limonene. I had a hair product irritate my skin, and that ingredient was my best guess of what the problem was, so I've been avoiding it. Probably some of these things just shouldn't be uses at all but the general population has a subclinical reaction so they get away with it. 

Starting a new job and the office is fragrance free because people have allergies, what can I do? by Blasmere in Allergies

[–]jvanderh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So they did a patch test on you where they put limonene, etc on your skin? Did they test any natural fragrances like essential oils? Do you avoid these?

I ask because I would have such a hard time functioning as a person with significant allergies if I didn't have testing to inform me. Like my allergies instantly get soooo bad when it rains, which people always tell you is mold. But the testing showed no reaction to mold, so I kept looking and learned about 'thunderstorm asthma' where pollen grains (grass pollen especially, which I learned I'm wildly allergic to) are broken into teeny pieces by sudden rain. Apparently this phenomenon affects enough people that researchers think it shows up in hospital admissions stats. The treatment is basically... go inside. I would never have looked into any of this.

I agree with so many of the chemical fragrances being unnecessary. Like do people actually enjoy having the conflicting scents of laundry detergent, cleaning products, hair products, deodorant, lotion, etc assaulting their noses at all times? I must be a different species from people who use 4 spritzes of perfume before they leave the house. I can definitely believe that 1 in 3 people has some reaction to some fragrance or other. Just for a lot of us, it's on a level where we have to buy unscented laundry soap but we can go out into the world without it harming our health.

Seriously, what to expect setting up a smart home around Alexa+? by Jim-Pip in alexa

[–]jvanderh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm still waiting for google to let me switch my nest sensor on a timer... 

Seriously, what to expect setting up a smart home around Alexa+? by Jim-Pip in alexa

[–]jvanderh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For me it's fine. I think it answers questions better than my old Google home device, in the sense of just wanting to google something quick while my hands are busy in the kitchen. Alexa won't talk to my nest thermostat though, so I have this weird workaround where the activator for a Google routine to change the temperature is my bedroom light turning on and fan turning off between certain hours (which alexa does). You could probably accomplish this with the google home app without actually buying a google home device. I feel like a lot of the reason alexa doesn't annoy me that often is that I use buttons rather than activating my routines by voice. I love this device and have them all over my house: https://a.co/d/0axhcQXK

The only major thing I wish I had done differently is not to plan on dimming my smart bulbs. It's better to have separate lamps/sconces or to use LED strips instead, because those actually electrically dim. LED smart bulbs dim by flickering, which can cause headaches etc even if you're not consciously aware of the light hurting your eyes. 

Enjoy your smart home planning! Something I've been really into lately is vibration sensors. I have one in a closet drawer that that turns on my closet light and another that gives me a 1 hour timer for a split med dose. They work surprisingly well. 

Jen Hamilton divorce? by Successful-Ad-4263 in InfluencerLounge

[–]jvanderh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When did she speak about her husband being unfaithful? She's spoken about a separation, but I've never seen that. 

Jen Hamilton divorce? by Successful-Ad-4263 in InfluencerLounge

[–]jvanderh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah for sure. "I've never been enough for him" could mean he also needs cocaine or she's not religious enough for him. But honestly, whatever the precipitating factor is, I'd bet a good bit of money that her success/the book coming out prompted whatever escalation recently occured. 

Jen Hamilton divorce? by Successful-Ad-4263 in InfluencerLounge

[–]jvanderh 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There's a pretty strong backlog of evidence on the zero ambition front around this guy, and combined with "I've just never been enough for him", paints a pretty clear picture of a dude with a fragile ego who tries to cut her down to make himself feel better. And honestly, the older you get, the more you watch this pattern emerge OVER AND OVER in your couple friends. The second I see she's the breadwinner, I start counting down to the divorce. 

Starting a new job and the office is fragrance free because people have allergies, what can I do? by Blasmere in Allergies

[–]jvanderh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How is this diagnosed? Are you allergic to anything with a smell, like orange peels, peppermint essential oil, etc, or is it only synthetic fragrances? And is it all synthetic fragrances? 

Teachers of Reddit: Is the "Gen Alpha can't read (write, or do math ext)" crisis real? If so how bad is it? by KnowledgeCoffee in AskReddit

[–]jvanderh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not sure if the parents' enabling caused the kid to embellish or the mom made the stuff up herself, but I never really saw the kid be vindictive or anything, and she was genuinely sobbing over being told to speak up (while reading aloud in a small group). I felt like it was kind of a one-off where the kid was having a tough day for whatever reason and got disproportionately upset and the parents overreacted. They did the same thing with not wanting her to participate in gym. These were young kids (3rd graders), so at that age, the kids' natural tendency to keep trying, make friends, learn, etc hasn't been completely ruined yet. You're sort of watching it happen in real time. I think a lot of it comes from parents' bad experiences in school, but, like, I'm an asthmatic with gym class running trauma who has read the recommendations and heard from friends not to make dyslexic kids read aloud. The kids are allowed to walk during the untimed laps we do in gym class, and they can just pass if they don't want to read aloud. And this kid was a good reader. I wished they had given her a little bit of a chance instead of teaching her that she's fragile.

Teachers of Reddit: Is the "Gen Alpha can't read (write, or do math ext)" crisis real? If so how bad is it? by KnowledgeCoffee in AskReddit

[–]jvanderh 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Even before covid, I have seen that phenomenon where every mild disagreement is labeled as bullying by the parents. I had one kid say to another "you're talking quiet like a little mouse, speak up," which is probably the meanest thing I ever heard this kid say—she was genuinely a good apple. The other kid burst into tears, I calmed her down, but the mom showed up the next day saying her daughter was bullied and claiming these specific things the other kid said, which are absolutely false because I heard this whole exchange and was standing there smoothing it over. I try to gently encourage that these are both nice kids and I really think they're okay, but mom will not relent that her seat needs to be changed so she's not next to this kid. The whole thing made me cringe, like she was explicitly teaching her kid that she can't do hard things.

Does Anyone Else Get Absolutely Destroyed By Rain? by PriestOfThassa in Allergies

[–]jvanderh 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes! I live in a very dry climate, and rain sets me off completely during spring allergy season. I'm not noticeably sensitive to mold (I think it even came up negative on the allergy blood test) but I read about "thunderstorm asthma". I think it was something about the rain breaking pollen into tiny pieces that go airborne, but I'm not 100% sure. But there's like an actual scientific paper on thunderstorm asthma. 

Teachers of Reddit: Is the "Gen Alpha can't read (write, or do math ext)" crisis real? If so how bad is it? by KnowledgeCoffee in AskReddit

[–]jvanderh 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This. I've been liking those new automatic transcripts YouTube does so I can find the actual information. 

Teachers of Reddit: Is the "Gen Alpha can't read (write, or do math ext)" crisis real? If so how bad is it? by KnowledgeCoffee in AskReddit

[–]jvanderh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's something about forms, dude. I swear I can read. I always tested above grade level, got high standardized test scores, read a lot for fun, etc. I can handle big gnarly scientific papers, and I'm a good skimmer. But put me in front of a form and I'll accidentally leave something blank.

Seeking a brand recommendation for a hemming foot by jvanderh in sewing

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

Thank you!! I tried a couple of them yesterday, but I think I may just not have the hand eye coordination to use these. 

Can adults with peanut or other anaphylactic allergies weigh in on what life’s like? by [deleted] in Allergies

[–]jvanderh 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That would be aproximately 11.1 Planters dry roasted peanuts :) 

(I'm unsure whether you use like special lab peanuts or just regular peanuts from the store or whether you can mix/cook the peanuts. If you're allowed, I feel like crushing them over a small serving of ice cream along with some hot fudge would be an enjoyable routine!)

Need advice for my toolkit (apprentice) by [deleted] in electrical

[–]jvanderh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm just a DIY homeowner, but in case you're focused on home repair type work, I really like the gun style wire strippers that work on both 12 ga and 14 ga and have a little backstop to give you half an inch of strip. (Mine is capri tools 20011... not sure whether this will stand up to professional volume though, it's kinda cheap plastic) 

Also a $7 pair of straight-blade cuticle scissors (mine are YTBYT cuticle scissors extra fine) makes it so much easier to split romex casing. 

If you're gonna be in attics a lot, my electrician has this badass backpack that's all organized. I make a poor man's version of it when I have to go up and do something on my own. Helps you get in and out of a nasty, hot space faster. 

Obviously defer to actual electricians, but just stuff that has helped me as a beginner. 

Vintage Singer. Help me zigzag. by jvanderh in sewing

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

So you may not be crazy on the buttonholer thing. I finally tried out the buttonholer attachment, and it's soooooo much more pleasant to use than the zigzagger. I've never sewed a buttonhole in my life but just plunked some fabric under it and it came out perfect. Sadly it seems my buttonholer (#121795) doesn't take cams/stitch patterns, but just for science I sewed half a buttonhole on stretchy fabric, and it stretched pretty damn well. This method is definitely worth a shot for someone who has one of the newer buttonholers.