Why & how slimes have become something people want? YouTube and Instagram are two enablers IMHO.
I was obsessed with Gak before either of those things existed.
The World Slime Convention
11–20 of 22 posts
Re: The World Slime Convention
#12This article conveniently sidesteps the fetish aspect of slime, I see.
Re: The World Slime Convention
#13From the title, I was hoping this was some sort of SF/fantasy thing:
Keynote speaker: Rimuru Tempest.
Panel Discussion: "Is Dragon Quest still the face of our community?"
Gelatinous Cubes protesting outside because they aren't getting the same respect as other slimes.
The convention breaks down into hostility when the water department has to shut off the conference centre for repairs and all the guests start drying out.
Re: The World Slime Convention
#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
How would you go about injuring yourself with borax? It's poisonous, so a small child might eat it. It's an eye irritant, so keep it out of your eyes. But is it significantly worse than other household detergents? This is a genuine question. It might be more hazardous than I think, but my prior impressions and my quick web search didn't make me worried. But I might easily have missed something...
We don't use other household detergents as toys, we use them as cleaning chemicals and keep them in safe places.
If you’ve never made a baking soda and vinegar volcano (or rocket), well, there’s no time like the present!
Re: The World Slime Convention
#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
How would you go about injuring yourself with borax? It's poisonous, so a small child might eat it. It's an eye irritant, so keep it out of your eyes. But is it significantly worse than other household detergents? This is a genuine question. It might be more hazardous than I think, but my prior impressions and my quick web search didn't make me worried. But I might easily have missed something...
We don't use other household detergents as toys, we use them as cleaning chemicals and keep them in safe places.
I feel like bubble solution and bubble bath products fall squarely in the household detergent + toy department
Re: The World Slime Convention
#16Kind of a sexist convention. I see no boys in any pictures. Are they saying slime is a "girl thing?". That's reinforcing damaging gender stereotypes.
We just had to ask you this:
"Eschew flamebait. Don't introduce flamewar topics unless you have something genuinely new to say. Avoid unrelated controversies and generic tangents."
If you keep breaking the guidelines, we're going to have to ban you. I don't want to ban you, so would you mind reviewing them and using HN as intended from now on?
Re: The World Slime Convention
#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
We don't use other household detergents as toys, we use them as cleaning chemicals and keep them in safe places.
If you’ve never made a baking soda and vinegar volcano (or rocket), well, there’s no time like the present!
He probably didn't make a big jelly ball from borax, random glue, and whatever, and mashed his hands in it and inhaled it for hours.
Sure, have fun with chemicals, but some sense is needed.
Re: The World Slime Convention
#18Good,... as long as you don't injure yourself using borax.
How would you go about injuring yourself with borax? It's poisonous, so a small child might eat it. It's an eye irritant, so keep it out of your eyes. But is it significantly worse than other household detergents? This is a genuine question. It might be more hazardous than I think, but my prior impressions and my quick web search didn't make me worried. But I might easily have missed something...
> How would you go about injuring yourself with borax? It's poisonous, so a small child might eat it.
That's a significant issue when you're using it to make toys for children.
Re: The World Slime Convention
#19This article conveniently sidesteps the fetish aspect of slime, I see.
Almost anything you can think of has a fetish community somewhere. That doesn't make it relevant to general discussion of the thing.
Re: The World Slime Convention
#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
We don't use other household detergents as toys, we use them as cleaning chemicals and keep them in safe places.
I feel like bubble solution and bubble bath products fall squarely in the household detergent + toy department
Bubble solution is glycerin and not a great cleaner. It is also very safe. You could at most say it is hand soap and a toy.