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- Bennn1
I wonder what's the percentage of total World things that are made in China
- https://www.brooking…imbecile
- only 20% ?
weird cuz if i look around me, 95%+ of the things are made in ChinaBennn - Bennnnsworldmonospaced
- ^^including the population of china?futurefood
- i'd pay to watch that train wreck of a show, monoimbecile
- Fax_Benson0
I wonder what's the percentage of total World things that are made of china
- PonyBoy1
Anyone here able to identify a font by it's ampersand(s)?
... didn't want to waste a thread on something probably unidentifiable... but then again some of you just might surprise me. :)
- https://www.myfonts.…imbecile
- holy shit that's it, imb... just need to rotate it a touch...
thank you :)PonyBoy - wowmaquito
- like a bossmantrakid
- Bennn-1
Opening a new Google account with brand new email. And letting the old one die or directly close it. Is it a good idea to start a new digital life? There's so many breaches lately, our emails are all over the place and since I'm using the same since many years now, i used it on so many websites.
Check your emails: https://haveibeenpwned.com/
- how do you want to recover and secure your site accounts if you close your old email? better to start changing passwords and securing accounts.uan
- omahadesigns-3
What even is a "hipster types" these days?
- shellie1
Cold remedies?
My sinuses are going haywire and I'm just an insane snot factory, so much so that it's upsetting my stomach and in the middle of the night I throw up mucus uncnontrolably. It is disgusting. I can't eat. I forced myself to eat some fruit and half of a papoosa. This only happens to me once a year if that, so because I don't get sick often I don't know what to do.
I bought some Tylenol sinus (got yesterday), Theraflu tea (just purchased), and Zicam swabs (just purchased). I need to kill this sickness now!
- gin and tonic
i'm not kidding. work for me for whatever reason...pango - Hot Toddies and pseudoephedrine.thumb_screws
- +1 hot toddies. I’ll have one when I’m not sick!MrT
- Gargle with hot salt water 2x daily.i_monk
- Theraflu tea (daytime) in the morning + any strong expectorant. Theraflu syrup (sleep aid stuff) before bed. Cured myself in days after week and half of hell.futurefood
- Saline solution in a nasal spray, its in the baby aisle. Trust me, as a dad of snot gobblins. I use it as well. Just stay on it and clear up.BonSeff
- Really hot big bowls of soup.monospaced
- Very spicy. Makes it all run out.monospaced
- Take two of these and call me in the morning.ArmandoEstrada
- Omg I am so going to get my soup on in the morning.shellie
- Don't hesitate, NyQuil will save you.robotron3k
- And see about these home remedies... https://earthclinic.…robotron3k
- I'm about to nyquil and pass out after I eat this spicy thai coconut soup.shellie
- Chicken broth soup, steam shower, Vicks vaporub and humidifier for your bedroom.utopian
- +1 mono, utopian - for me, a noodly chicken broth loaded with garlic, ginger and chilli (fresh and dry), with mushrooms and cabbageNairn
- DON'T take OTC nasal decongestants - a) recent evidence shows the active non pseudoephedrine chem is bollocks. b) it just shunts the problem down the lineNairn
- Saline nasal sprays are pretty good, mind.Nairn
- The WORST sinus pain I ever had was after taking sudafed a few years back - sure, it 'worked' for a day, but it just drove the problem deeper thereafter.Nairn
- re: Pseudoephedrine alternatives:
https://www.jwatch.o…Nairn - ColdFX works if you drop one or two just before the cold really gets started.exador1
- A hot Cup-o-soup (chicken noodle) with a spoonful of Pataks LIme pickle https://www.pataks.c…exador1
- got that one from my wife, and man... that'll clear up the sinuses :) plus it's delicious :)exador1
- 'course, it helps if you like Indian food to begin with ;)exador1
- brought some back to my parents house years ago when i had a cold, and my dad thought it was bizzare... (he hates indian food)exador1
- as i was leaving, he ran to the door waving 'hey! don't forget your bottle of horses-ass!'exador1
- Lots of raw fresh ginger and garlic. Immuneboosting in general.jagara
- Wasabi
Lot of it!pango - Cool, I’ve just learned that tea, whisky and honey is called toddy. As soon as I feel the first symptoms I chug a big cup of that and go to sleep (and sweat).maquito
- gin and tonic
- Hayzilla0
Who was that guy that sold his tech company or something like that then went mad and ran around the streets naked a couple of years ago?
- McAfee?Fax_Benson
- ^ Na. Haha. Just remembered, it was the guy that made the Kony documentary.
https://youtu.be/Tjd…Hayzilla - He seems to have not worked since.Hayzilla
- it wasn't a tech company tho.pango
- ^ I know that. I made it pretty clear that I couldn't remember what the guy did or what his name was. He is a film maker.Hayzilla
- Tech company CEO / filmmaker, same difference.futurefood
- monospaced0
We hired a new part time nanny recently, and she has been amazing for the last two weeks, taking care of our son and teaching him so many new things. A great relationship in the making and I couldn't be happier! A couple of days ago she sent me a text asking if she could make us dinner, which we have never asked her to do and never even considered asking. I called her, and after a quick discussion we agreed she could make something that she specializes in as long as it didn't interfere with taking care of our son.
After work, I get home, and I can smell something amazing when I stop off the elevator. Sure enough, it's my apartment, and she's there with my son, and dinner is made, and the kitchen is spotless, and I'm beyond excited and happy. Nobody has ever done this before for us (except mom). So we have a wonderful evening, eat this spectacular Dominican rice dish, and are able to spend more time interacting with our son instead of cooking and cleaning. We feel rich.
Then, a few minutes later, a headache slams me like I've never experienced before. This intense throbbing at the back of my head, and it hurts bad. I tell my wife this, and she says she feels the same, so we take the rare Tylenol, drink a lot of water, and we feel better by bedtime.
The next morning, the nanny returns and I tell her how amazing it was to have dinner prepared and that I couldn't be more grateful. I said that the dinner tasted incredibly good, and asked if she was able to find all the seasonings in my cabinet (I keep this thing stocked), and she said she had to get a few things, which she proceeds to show me. All three seasonings she added were basically pure MSG. She didn't know it, she was just doing what her mom always did.
I didn't say that we all got insane headaches, but I'm pretty sure it was the MSG. Until this happened, I was of the concrete belief that anyone who reported MSG caused headaches was just making shit up, part of the placebo effect, but now I'm a solid believer that it does indeed cause dehydration and headaches. Yikes!
- Presumbly the times you've used your three MSG-containing seasonings, you've not suffered headaches? Implies quantity used, more than anything.Nairn
- if she used shit-tons, you'd have a high sodium load, but because it's not chloride, you'd not notice 'til it was (very quickly) absorbed.Nairn
- i thought this was going somewhere else entirely. (that's what you get when you re-read all of miller's books)Gnash
- MSG is found naturally, especially in Kelp seaweed, I'm not convinced it's the cause. More like the preservatives / colourings / 'Natural' flavourings...shapesalad
- Not quite - glutamate is indeed found in seaweed (and cheese, tomatoes, etc), whereas the manufactured stuff is bound to sodium to make it chemically stableNairn
- The unhealthy side of MSG is, as I suggested above, probably just because people double-dose sodium in MSG and then table salt.Nairn
- Nairn, I didn’t have msg in my cabinet. She bought it. Shapesalad, that was my thinking before this.monospaced
- We limit our table salt intake becuase the chloride has a very strong taste - MSG doesn't have that, so it's easy to OD.Nairn
- Like I said. I still think it was quick dehydration from the addition of too much msg. Not something I believed until this truly blind test.monospaced
- Ah yes, quite right - I misread that part, mono.Nairn
- She added Goya Sazón (pure msg and preservatives) and an msg based bullion, plus Goya Adobo seasoning, which is pure salt basically. Probably sodium overload.monospaced
- Jesus :\ The sad thing is, a lot of those short-cut products completely mislead in their presentation - implying natural stock ingredients, but are barelyNairn
- Lol.. I was half expecting this story ending up with you sleeping with the baby sitter..autoflavour
- I didn’t read who wrote it until the end.. not a personal dig.. just felt like that was the direction it was takingautoflavour
- I think it's the iodine that gives table salt it's strong flavour. Try seasalt/kosher salt. It's way smoother.monNom
- Thanks monNom but I always use kosher salt and that’s all I’ve got in the house.monospaced
- MSG hands down the worst thing... if doesn’t affect you now, it will later and it is debilitating, head explodes w/ blinding migraine fun!prophetone
- Stay away from sketchy soups as well like wonton soup base as it’s like mainlining it right to your brain, on like a light switchprophetone
- I had a bowl of pho today. Pretty sure that has msg in it. We will see.monospaced
- Man.. please make sure she doesn’t ever put any on your kid’s food.maquito
- Dude. Kid ate some of the rice. But he slept like a dream so...monospaced
- It could eventually catch up... first 30 yrs of my life was 100% no prob w/ wonton soup etc - if I consume any MSG now it's pulling the pin on grenadeprophetone
- I think I repeated myself, only because for me it's like the one thing that will take me down hard, it's in A LOT of food products, always reading those labels!prophetone
- Why not do an A/B test here and mention the MSG headache and ask her to use your spices that would me a similar match.BonSeff
- It would be an interesting experiment
****Only if you are willing to go through the headache again hahaBonSeff - first world probscannonball1978
- i read on with anticipation and finished disappointed.dasohr
- Shit dude first world problem. I say lets tax mono more for those without nannies. Too much wealth heredeathboy
- I'm sorry you're poor deathboy but it's hardly mono's fault is itset
- I’m not remotely wealthy.monospaced
- And I pay a shit load of taxes. More than you, for sure, deathboy.monospaced
- so mono... can I borrow a few bux? take care of us lowly onez, brother!!PonyBoy
- She went above and beyond in the course of 2 wks, and is not live-in?notype
- Better than fiction.
The Babysitter (needs a remake for 2019)notype - just happy to see you have some sense in regard to keep what u makedeathboy
- swear so many posts seem to be about others and what they don't have. maybe im remembering wrong on wealth disparitydeathboy
- I thought this was going to be a law and order episode for a second there.noRGB
- I'm sorry, but I'm not sure what you're trying to say. I'm not wealthy, nor his having a part-time nanny a sign of wealth.monospaced
- Anyway, she came in this morning and reported that she has rethought her entire cooking style, and was thanking me for pointing out she doesn't need to use MSG.monospaced
- @notype, live in? I can't even afford a place where my son can have his own bedroom!monospaced
- Fight to decide who's poorestset
- stoplying3
Coached my sons kindergarten indoor soccer team last night. Nathan (our goalkeeper) would NOT STOP picking his nose. Even with an attack mounting down the middle, he stood firm, unaffected and apathetic as hell.
Fucking Nathan.- Ardent nose picking != apatheticNairn
- my only question is that he is eating the stuff what he finds there or throws it to the others like a good kid? :Dsted
- Nathan is just a kid who can't withstand the junk in his nose. teach him to deal with it.sted
- maybe he's a fan of the of the coach of Germany's national soccer team: http://i.imgur.com/O…Krassy
- LolHayoth
- omahadesigns2
I get like 6 spam phone calls a day now.
The last one told me my Windows server crashed and I should call a number for money.
- Same here. Phone company won’t do shit about it. It’s their network ffs!!!monospaced
- Hello, we have detected an intrusion on your pc computer. do you have internet?dasohr
- Which network? I never get these calls on virgin mobile (sprint)notype
- I’m on ATTmonospaced
- Mine are always Chinese language robocalls with soothing background music. At least one a day.monNom
- I sometimes wonder if it's a network thing. I've never gotten spam dials maybe 3-4 times a year I get a number with the first 3 digits of mine calling menotype
- ...press seven to be taken off our call listBonSeff
- I get at least 1 call a day about my student loans. I haven’t had those in almost a decade.noRGB
- were they robocalls?thedevil
- notype0
Was supposed to participate in a quickie 4M with good company today.
I’m so disappointed to the point of (admittedly) slight depression. Suffering from this “tennis leg” that my doc diagnosed without palpating my leg? Need a second opinion, should t last this long.
It’s been over 6 weeks already. I was doing 20-30mi weekly to now low impact sports.
Dramatic but I think I can let it out in this safe space...
I feel like I’m going to die if I cannot run again in a few days!!?*
- Now to play some blues about it. Thanks for letting me vent on the blog.notype
- Up at 5a, put on my Biofreeze, took an Aleve, went to the race. Had my bib and all. Felt like "this won't be good", even if I finish. Ah well...notype
- Better to have a working leg when you're old. and it took me way too long to decipher, 4M. Metric system FTW!Gnash
- Just 4 miles. :)
Yeah you’re right Gnash, life at 40 I suppose.notype - if you run on cement buy very good shoes. I fucked my hip from years of running on cement. I had a weird gait, though, so that didn't helpGnash
- Damn- I’m sorry to hear thatnotype
- eh, not a big deal now, but it's gonna suck when I'm 70. I just can't do any prolonged running anymore. I only run in the woods now (when I'm up north)Gnash
- Gnash, do you find trail running to be better? I’ll try it but there’s so shit to look out for. Also have you tried a chiropractor?notype
- *so much.
twigs and rocks, mud and dips.notype - ^ i LOVE trail running. I actually dig that aspect of it - the constant vigilance of avoiding trip hazards. you get into a zen mindset, like meditationGnash
- only downside is not paying attention for bears. I tried running with a bell once but drove me nuts.Gnash
- Hmmmm I’ll give it a go when my leg gets better then. Kinda like the sound of itnotype
- I'm out of the woods now, so to speak. Gnash I'm getting trail shoes this coming weekend :) it's appealing to me more n' more.notype
- :)Gnash
- imbecile1
Anyone else here still holding onto childhood?
I have a few hundred Yu-Gi-Oh! cards consisting of a couple pretty aggressive / defensive decks. I never play them anymore, I was in my late 30s when I got into it for about 6-9 months. My card protectors are even My Little Pony, everyone thought I didn’t know how to play and people hated losing to me... like I wasn’t taking the game seriously. :D
I’ve also amassed a collection of 27 LEGO sets. Consists of all the police sets from the first Lego movie with other larger sets from the movie as well. None of them are opened, I just own them. I have a couple from the Lego Batman movie, one is open / built, the rest still sealed. The only ones I would build out were the Star Wars sets, there’s 6 of those assembled or partially assembled.
I have no idea why I own this stuff anymore. It just seems to take up space. Lately I’ve thought I should sell this dust collecting plastic to free up some closet space.
Currently the pile of Lego sets is sitting obnoxiously in the corner of my living room taunting me to sell them.
Prepare for a similar post in the Making Beats thread regarding my collection of controllers that also collect dust.
- Boxes of Lego and Construx and comics in bag and board, even a rubbermaid tub of He-Man junk. I'M TAKING IT WITH ME.i_monk
- I'll have anyones old records lolGardener
- I'll buy the lego if you are selling.dasohr
- "lego investing"
https://www.wealthsi…Gnash - my son's old yugioh collection has a bunch of $300 cards in it now.Gnash
- Still have my Mk1 Raleigh Burner and my wee brothers Mk2 Team Raleigh BUrner from the early 80s.microkorg
- In my 20s I decided to collect star brites from rainbowbrite.. hunting them in op shops mainly. Amassed about 30.. wife wants to get rid of them as daughterautoflavour
- Doesn’t play with them.. but I struggle to let them goautoflavour
- hold onto your lego. u got kids or going to one day... that will be a full blown treasure for them.inteliboy
- literally just went back to playing magic again after a 20y hiatus... I do not recommend it ;DArchitectofFate
- I cant chuck my old skateboards even though i know I am never going to use them for fear of permanently breaking myselfdee-dubs
- me too dee-dubs, me tooimbecile
- I don’t think you know what childhood means.freedom
- I have a box filled with a Majorette city. Hospital, police dpt., gas station, airport.. my grandparents used to keep those in their house.maquito
- It’s pretty amazing how organized it remains. All the sidewalks, trees, street signs, the little buddies. I really treasure these.maquito
- NBQ00-1
There is this weird 'effect' that when I think I'm Robert Downey Jr. that suddenly girls start looking at me much more often and even kind of flirt with me.
Must be a confidence boost thingy or something?
lol
- The Robert Downey Jr effect. It's a well studied scientific phenomenon.
Personally the Hank Moody effect worked wonders for me lol_niko - one's inner dialogue manifests itself in behaviour, so this seems quite plausible.Gnash
- a certain level of people will show interest if you cover your creepy personality with some fake shit.sted
- @Gnash: the world haven't changed you did, and how you understand reality.sted
- interesting postutopian
- why the downvotes?utopian
- everyone has an inner dialogue that guides them. Most people's story is negative and guides them to towards behaviour that fulfills that inner storyGnash
- it's what people end up in the same king of relationship, or the same fucked work environment. just sticking to the plot we built for ourselvesGnash
- why* kind* (ugh)Gnash
- so changing it up, as NBQ states, can often have a a profound effect.Gnash
- what I'm saying, sted, is that the negative inner dialogue is just as fake. It's the voice of the broken kid most of us carry around.Gnash
- so try a new dialogue on for size. fake it 'til you make it, or until the real you has a chance to come out from under the dickwad speaking in your ear nowGnash
- (i'm using the royal "you" - not anyone specific, if that wasn't clear)Gnash
- Huh, I do the same, but as Roseanne.Nairn
- lolGnash
- https://www.youtube.…sted
- The Robert Downey Jr effect. It's a well studied scientific phenomenon.
- autoflavour1
Just read an article on drudge about sciencests are predicting fall of civilization could be within the next decade, given current trajectory of the world.
Fucked part is my gut tells me they are probably right.
I feel sorry for my kids.
I hope the end is fast and painless.. not lingering and bleak.. for their sake- And yes, I know reading drudge is like drinking out of the toilet..autoflavour
- They said the same thing in the 70s we even practiced nuclear drills. They were still drafting & I remember thinking I'll have to register. Things a better now.robotron3k
- Toilet water will save your life when the whole earth is on fireFax_Benson
- Lol.. scientistsautoflavour
- In the 70s the us wasn’t run by a giant petulant man baby with a ego complexautoflavour
- Would've been nice if you gave us the link to the article.NBQ00
- Link. Soz
https://www.dailysta…autoflavour - lol, DAILY STARNBQ00
- The solution is get ride of the scientists...OBBTKN
- And don't worry, in the past there were politics as crazy, or more, than actual governors, and we are still alive, live your life and try to not listen to thoseOBBTKN
- BastardsOBBTKN
- Sciencest, when scientists fuck.i_monk
- ^ lolGnash
- daily star's not alone: http://www.bbc.com/f…PonyBoy
- I too feel sorry for them. make damn sure they're not home-schooledBustySaintClaire
- notype3
I met someone.
- Offline.notype
- call her maybe?pango
- that sounds crazymonNom
- Here’s my numberautoflavour
- Twist: It's a dude.i_monk
- Twist: it’s not romantic. It was just an Uber driver that was meeting him to give him a ride.freedom
- naah it was the garbage men with its hand raised and he misunderstood the gesturested
- teach medrgs
- drgs what would you like to know?notype
- Love you qbn. You guys know my reference like no one. XDpango
- Where dis you meet, Grindr?utopian
- haha gayjagara
- ^How so?pango
