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Post by muzani »

toyg wrote: post #101
leet_thow wrote: post #68

Taking a number two without the use of a footstool to get into a more natural squatting position. I look forward to the ritual every morning and usually achieve 'poophoria'.

Hugely underrated tip. Standard toilets are just that, a guesstimated average of the height one might need to poop relatively comfortably. Because it was originally derived from chairs (the first toilets being actual chairs with a hole), with no respect for how human anatomy developed over millions of years, in most cases it's way too high for anyone under 6 feet / 180cm. Someone should run studies on whether this in…

I grew up with the turkish holes. IMHO they're not ergonomic at all, and don't actually need much more space than a typical toilet. Eventually most of them get replaced by the typical Western toilets, because old people have problems squatting.

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Post by throwaway744678 »

FujiApple wrote: post #230
rjmill wrote: post #152

When my then-gf/now-wife and I first moved in together, I got really mad at her because she kept "hiding" my stuff when I left it out for more than a day. I couldn't find anything! At some point, I yelled, "It's like you don't even want to see any of my things when I'm not using them!" Then I stopped for a second. For the first time in my life, it made sense. The whole point of putting things away is to hide them! No…

You know you’re in a long term relationship when your better half starts throwing away your stuff without asking.

Oh, man.

Our home has a two-stage "recycle bin" policy, though: some of my stuff "gets moved" to a random box in the cellar; if I don't ask for it for a few months, it gets "donated". You know.

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Post by gwbas1c »

mooreds wrote: post #305
yamtaddle wrote: post #79

Not using an electric toothbrush. First time I used one it felt like I'd had a proper dental cleaning. An extremely half-assed effort with that kind of brush beats a thorough one with a manual brush. I thought they were a gimmick, but no, they're amazing.

I wanted to be sold on an electric toothbrush, but I've only used one off and on. How did you get into the habit?

I go to two different hygienists and they both recommended the fancy Sonicare.

Specifically, the one you connect to your phone coaches you on the right amount of pressure and time to use throughout your mouth.

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Post by agilob »

FujiApple wrote: post #230
rjmill wrote: post #152

When my then-gf/now-wife and I first moved in together, I got really mad at her because she kept "hiding" my stuff when I left it out for more than a day. I couldn't find anything! At some point, I yelled, "It's like you don't even want to see any of my things when I'm not using them!" Then I stopped for a second. For the first time in my life, it made sense. The whole point of putting things away is to hide them! No…

You know you’re in a long term relationship when your better half starts throwing away your stuff without asking.

but I might need this cable in 10 years!! fast forward 5 years, I needed a VGA cable and it was nowhere to be found

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Post by nerddadnear40 »

wallflower wrote: post #254

How to text if you would like to date someone. Not: “What’s up” Not: “ ” Not: “ . How was yours?” Yes:

Get agreement of Time, Agenda, Outcome -- up front and in that order. Helps with all meetings not just dates.

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Post by rubicon33 »

xwowsersx wrote: post #201
ralmidani wrote: post #125

Putting off an annual checkup with a PCP (I’m 42, and the last PCP I had was a pediatrician). I had long suspected my cholesterol and triglycerides were high due to family history and my excessive love for cheese, and last week that suspicion was confirmed. I’m now more resolute than ever on lifestyle changes (exercise, less red meat, getting most of my calcium from 2% milk). On the bright side, I also got reassuranc…

> less red meat IIUC, they no longer believe that lipid cholesterol levels are directly correlated with intake of dietary cholesterol. See, for example: https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/what-should-you... > The biggest influence on blood cholesterol level is the mix of fats and carbohydrates in your diet—not the amount of cholesterol you eat from food. > Although it remains important to limit the amount o…

How do you go about getting a full blood panel every 6 mo? Doesn’t that come from your primary care doctor? Mine would think I’m insane if I asked for a full blood panel every 6 months at my age with no health issues. But I see the utility in it (trends in the data, anomalies, etc.). So how to do it?

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Post by hawk_ »

bryanlarsen wrote: post #60
mabbo wrote: post #35

My father said to me: "I like a shower better than a bath, but ugh, that first blast of cold water when you turn it on is always a bit shocking." Me: "Why don't you turn on the shower, wait for it to get warm, then get in?" Him, realizing he'd been using a shower wrong for over 6 decades: "... huh."

Related: you can buy "hot water recirculation systems" to keep the water hot in your shower. When the water in your hot water pipes gets cold, it dumps it into your cold water pipes. Therefore the water isn't wasted. This can save a lot of water if you're the type to let your shower run until it is warm. So some jurisdictions encourage their installation.

That makes me wonder if there's a system that can recycle the heat lost in drain (hot water from the shower that just got drained).

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Post by Spivak »

donatj wrote: post #54
muzani wrote: post #29

Pasta and sauce are not meant to be separate. Once you cook the pasta, drain it, and immediately toss with the sauce. This is part of the reason it was meant to be al dente, to absorb and deliver the flavor of the sauce better. Unlike rice, it's fine to "soak" pasta in the sauce; it expands when freshly cooked but not when cool. Also most sauce recipes are probably overcomplicated. Most need less than 5 ingredients.…

I really thought I hated spaghetti growing up. My parents would boil the noodles and then pour room temp sauce from a jar at the table individually. It was inedible. I was visiting a friend and had it all cooked together in the pan for the first time and it was eye opening.

That's the spaghetti where the starches have curled back up and make it so the noodles and sauce are like oil and water. Ahh childhood.
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