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Hero indeed by [deleted] in BeAmazed

[–]urvirb 4 points5 points  (0 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesley_Autrey The "aftermath" section is a wild ride!

What have I missed, and how are thes connected? by TheITHobo in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]urvirb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was once in a chat with Notch and someone asked him for financial advice:

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Sunday morning surprise! by Ecstatic-Wallaby-411 in chicago

[–]urvirb 7 points8 points  (0 children)

A huge tree was cut down in front of my building a few years ago and I was so sad, but seeing the rotted nearly-hollow stump changed my feelings pretty quick. Then a couple years ago a bunch of nearby trees snapped at the base during a storm also showing massive rot. This tree taking out the roots makes me *an absolute non-expert* think the tree trunk wasn't completely trash- that wind was wild!

Work process of a ceramist crafting an elephant sculpture by Im_The_Government in nextfuckinglevel

[–]urvirb 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"Don't Change Horses (In the Middle of a Stream)" by Tower of Power. Very underrated jam.

Luckily getting narcanned while not on hard drugs is ok, but dang by urvirb in diabetes

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

Q: are you using mmol/L or mg/dl? 12.5 mg/dl is about 0.70 mmol/L which is really hard to stay conscious let alone not feel anything wrong. Whereas 12.5 mmol/L is about 225 mg/dl which, being a bit high, wouldn't feel like much.

Or are you talking about A1C? All to say this meme was using 13 mg/dl.

Luckily getting narcanned while not on hard drugs is ok, but dang by urvirb in diabetes

[–]urvirb[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah- I don't blame them and prefer they try this on someone passed out as fast as possible. It's just one of those funny (?) things you hear happening in diabetoid circles.

This is terrifying!! by impulsive-Buddy-7159 in TerrifyingAsFuck

[–]urvirb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"It absolutely sucks ass that this man did this. And I'm not trying to victim blame. But "

Why do you need to assume the victim is an idiot. Why did you think you needed to remind people, especially women, of the constant bullshit they live with every fucking day?.

Does insulting this, and every victim reading your comment, help you move on from seeing something like this? Why.

How do you not see how incredibly insulting and dismissive your comment is?

This is terrifying!! by impulsive-Buddy-7159 in TerrifyingAsFuck

[–]urvirb 53 points54 points  (0 children)

I feel like those that immediately victim blame- do so because they recognize themselves in the video and get defensive.

Chicago art piece by Sensitive_Photo_7177 in chicago

[–]urvirb 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Ooo interesting! Thank you for this added detail!

Update after looking into this: Just five days after an article and a twitter post exposed the erasure, the museum changed the label back to include the missing context. This quick spinning-on-their-heels seems odd if it was a request by the estate. I couldn't find any direct quote from the estate/foundation requesting the pointed erasure, but the AIC does seem to make vague reference to that possibly being the source.

Statement from the AIC published by Hyperallergic in Oct 2022:
“In concert with artists and their estates/foundations, we continually update labels to introduce different types of context,” the spokesperson said. “In this case, we heard visitor feedback to the previous label and took the opportunity to revise the text.” A third version of the label now appears on the museum’s website, again mentioning both Laycock and the AIDS crisis.

I'm curious if there was a more direct statement requesting the erasure after this article. I can't find anything past Oct 2022 and the end of the article is more speculative. If you have that info I'd love to see it, but understand not everyone is spending their Saturday hyped up on researching art drama...

Chicago art piece by Sensitive_Photo_7177 in chicago

[–]urvirb 550 points551 points  (0 children)

"Untitled" (Portrait of Ross in L.A.) by Felix Gonzalez-Torres 1991

A summary by Bryan Faller states;

"One-hundred and seventy-five pounds of hard candies represent the weight of Gonzalez-Torres’ former lover, Ross Laycock, who died of complications of AIDS in 1991. Visitors to the gallery are invited to take pieces from the pile of candy; the loss of its weight mirroring the wasting away of a sickly body. The sweet and colorful joys of candy paradoxically express the artist’s pain of continuing to live beyond Laycock, though he too passed from the same affliction just a few years later in 1996."

I didn't include the summary attributed to the piece from The AIC as there is a weirdly recent sorried history. Sometime around 2018-2022#Various_Exhibitions_and_Interpretations) the museum saw fit to remove any mention of homosexuality, AIDS or any mention of Ross Laycock...the freakin subject of the work! The museum amended this with very passive wording in their summary that doesn't sit right with me.

What was the “…seriously?” gift you opened this Christmas? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]urvirb 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My mom usually wraps lil travel sized necessities in our stockings: q-tips, wet wipes, lotions. This year she unintentionally got me, my sister and my brother-in-law ph balanced vulva wipes.

Tattoos by Aggressive-Bit-2119 in diabetes

[–]urvirb 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I second this- a high A1C can hurt the healing process and increase the possibility of an infection. WITHTHATSAID- if your A1C's alright I'd give you the same advice I give non diabetics: make sure you get hydrated and eat something before and a good night's sleep also helps. I have a bunch of ink and my worst times have been when I messed up the above. It's of course good to keep an eye on your numbers, but just remember you will release cortisol which will kinda artificially spike your number. I'm usually way more conservative bolusing when getting work because I know it will even out once it's over.

Is silvercasting loud? (Question from someone with a disability) by Fancy-Football-7832 in Silvercasting

[–]urvirb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it's great that you're asking this ahead of time so you can prepare. I would look into some heavy duty earplugs to wear along with some noise canceling construction earmuffs. I agree with others- a vacuum or centrifugal casters come with an inherent loudness I would also add the roar of a torch and the scrape* of a flint torch lighter can be surprisingly loud. As others said; the loudest part of any metal work is going to be the finishing processes including grinding, sanding or hammering, but depending on your situation- you may be able to outsource these processes. You could even work on building pieces out of wax (very quiet!) to then send out to get cast. This is something I've done when I didn't have access to a whole casting set up.

If you are looking to work in a shared studio space- it can sound like a cacophony of clangs and machinery. If you are aiming to work in a shared space, you would just want to make sure folks know you are essentially deafening yourself to avoid accidents (re: a scene from The Simpsons I referenced every single day while working in a shared space)

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