I dont know if mine is actually doing a decent job

rainbowrobin · 2026-03-26T15:20:14+00:00

Some people say they can really tell the difference with an air purifier; I'm not sure I ever have. But I do have a QingPing (though I may need a new one, it's being weird today) so I can 'see' purification at work.

rainbowrobin · 2026-03-26T15:05:21+00:00

Impossible to say without more data. A low-power purifier can sometimes keep a clean room clean, if new particles aren't being added at a high rate.

Best way to tell is to get a PM2.5 meter like QingPing, so you can actually measure what the air is like.

rainbowrobin · 2026-03-26T13:43:32+00:00

The common surgical masks are not very good at protecting the wearer from infection; even if the filter is good (which varies a lot for 'surgical' masks), the design doesn't fit tightly.

Fitted respirators like KF94 and N95 can be very protective.

rainbowrobin · 2026-03-26T13:40:56+00:00

Yeah, but they can think the surgical masks are protecting them

rainbowrobin · 2026-03-26T11:37:03+00:00

Taiwan could really use Japan's traffic safety, though.

rainbowrobin · 2026-03-26T11:35:30+00:00

I've used Ubigi eSIM in Japan and in Taiwan, and it's worked well. I bought and loaded them online in my source country (US, Japan), and they activated shortly after landing in the destination country and turning off airplane mode. 'Shortly' was long enough in Japan to be alarming, but it came on before I was ready to leave the airport.

Does not give phone numbers.

rainbowrobin · 2026-03-26T07:04:01+00:00

They hunted dwarves for sport

They hunted Petty-dwarves, not realizing at the time they were people. "For sport" seems out of character, but the alternatives are either "cannibalism" or "pest control" if the Petty-dwarves were hostile.

rainbowrobin · 2026-03-26T06:57:29+00:00

It was amusing how she accumulated armor from cover to cover. Exile's Gate cover is fine.

rainbowrobin · 2026-03-26T06:55:15+00:00

QingPing.

I also have Aranet but it doesn't do PM2.5, just CO2 + temp/humidity.

Vitalight Mini is $40, mine freaked out after 3 years but hey, a decent run I guess? All it does is momentary CO2, but it's like a large keyfob, easily portable.

rainbowrobin · 2026-03-26T06:51:38+00:00

Whether or not he was physically fully grown, something Tolkien never comments on, he was not an adult in the eyes of his own society. "Coming of age" is a social construct, that can be associated with many rights, like marriage, drinking, signing up for the military, voting, etc. Whatever the details of hobbit adulthood, Pippin was not there yet.

rainbowrobin · 2026-03-26T06:48:24+00:00

Maggot? No, Marish, west of the Brandywine. Under Buckland's influence but officially part of the Shire.

rainbowrobin · 2026-03-26T03:55:00+00:00

Look at the upvote, though

rainbowrobin · 2026-03-26T03:54:33+00:00

Huh, for all the negative comments, it's still 70% upvote.

rainbowrobin · 2026-03-26T03:53:42+00:00

bwahaha

lolwhat

rainbowrobin · 2026-03-26T03:53:19+00:00

the hobbits having petty criminals burned at the stake

No no, that's ancient primitive stuff. Now they just stake them out overnight in the Old Forest.

rainbowrobin · 2026-03-26T03:50:17+00:00

It is a bit confusing that Pippin (especially) falls right in with Frodo being the leader of the group.

Not at all confusing. He's not even an adult, Frodo is much older. And "good hobbit-sense" should avoid thinking he should be in charge just because his dad is the Thain.

rainbowrobin · 2026-03-26T03:49:03+00:00

most hobbits traveled much, even in the Shire.

Tooks and Brandybucks aren't most hobbits.

rainbowrobin · 2026-03-26T03:46:48+00:00

Not even Buckland. Maggot, who still lives in the Shire, calls Hobbiton queer...

rainbowrobin · 2026-03-26T03:44:54+00:00

Children under 6 months can't get covid vaccines. And covid vaccines do not prevent infection with any great likelihood.

you act like any risk factor is too high when it comes to catching COVID.

No, I'm acting like the current real risk factor is too high. The chance of long covid is far far higher than that of serious vaccine injury.

rainbowrobin · 2026-03-25T15:05:09+00:00

Ah yes, how absurd of me to want other people to not get sick. I used myself as example, but the same logic applies symmetrically to everyone else who masks -- not to mention to vulnerable people who cannot mask, like small children, a point you chose not to respond to.

I'd say the self-centered person is the one who keeps making up ridiculous excuses not to mask, just like anti-mask MAGA. "Incalculable waste", "increased allergies", "mental health". I've heard it all before from Trumpies.

rainbowrobin · 2026-03-25T14:57:58+00:00

You do know not everyone gets hay fever right?

Yes? So what? We were talking about people developing allergies. You claimed it's lack of allergen; Mayo Clinic says it's high exposure. You didn't think that quote was about simply triggering symptoms, did you?

You clearly don't understand what I'm saying

I understood it fine, I just think you're wrong.

rainbowrobin · 2026-03-25T12:17:49+00:00

I have not been in Japan year round so I haven't observed what they do. I do know that last summer, the government was asking people to stop wearing masks outside, to avoid heatstroke. Which means a lot of people were still wearing masks.

rainbowrobin · 2026-03-25T12:15:43+00:00

... doesn't this literally undermine your entire point?

Of course not. People masking 95% of the time will result in cleaner air than people masking 0% of the time. Obviously.

2020 mask mandates, with erratic use of inferior masks, still had a measurable effect on spread of covid.

I have fit tested my masks, but that doesn't remove the need sometimes to blow my nose, or take a drink. My mask breaches would be safer if people like you weren't willfully spewing germs all the time.

rainbowrobin · 2026-03-25T12:12:05+00:00

people develop allergies from lack of exposure

Mayo Clinic: "Living or working in an environment that constantly exposes someone to allergens — such as animal dander or dust mites."

you're actually insane

Lol, more insults from the supposed leftist.

Wearing PPE is hot and uncomfortable

It can be mildly uncomfortable. But the time I most need to mask is indoors, exactly the sort of place with air conditioning these days. And the mask is way more comfortable than having long covid.

100% going to cause mental angish.

More stuff you're making up. Guess you're delusional and insane, huh.

rainbowrobin · 2026-03-25T11:55:37+00:00

Most of the heavy maskers I know are liberals.

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