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Getting your hands dirty is good for you

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Re: Getting your hands dirty is good for you

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Post by jareklupinski »

nxobject wrote: post #18

I look forward to seeing a lifehacking hyper-optimizer streamline this to a polished daily workflow... "I have a bucket of mud, in which I stick my hands for 15 minutes every morning. Every weekend, I inoculate at a 1:5:5 ratio with biologically active stream dirt (after petri-dishing to check for activity), and a mix of poor-quality soil cover, and some compost; I finish by adding a 10-10-10 balanced fertilizer. Rec…

"sign up now and get free peptides your macrocolony needs to immunemogg those bacteria!"

Re: Getting your hands dirty is good for you

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Post by mettamage »

jareklupinski wrote: post #31
nxobject wrote: post #18

I look forward to seeing a lifehacking hyper-optimizer streamline this to a polished daily workflow... "I have a bucket of mud, in which I stick my hands for 15 minutes every morning. Every weekend, I inoculate at a 1:5:5 ratio with biologically active stream dirt (after petri-dishing to check for activity), and a mix of poor-quality soil cover, and some compost; I finish by adding a 10-10-10 balanced fertilizer. Rec…

"sign up now and get free peptides your macrocolony needs to immunemogg those bacteria!"

So if I sign up for like 6 months, could I get 25% off?

Re: Getting your hands dirty is good for you

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Post by tomkarho »

nxobject wrote: post #18

I look forward to seeing a lifehacking hyper-optimizer streamline this to a polished daily workflow... "I have a bucket of mud, in which I stick my hands for 15 minutes every morning. Every weekend, I inoculate at a 1:5:5 ratio with biologically active stream dirt (after petri-dishing to check for activity), and a mix of poor-quality soil cover, and some compost; I finish by adding a 10-10-10 balanced fertilizer. Rec…

I'm sure the comments will be full of detractors scoffing at this claiming that all one needs is not to wash their hands. Or just go outside to handle that mud. With luck you might come across the king of Briton.

Re: Getting your hands dirty is good for you

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Post by ceejayoz »

mft_ wrote: post #29
nxobject wrote: post #18

I look forward to seeing a lifehacking hyper-optimizer streamline this to a polished daily workflow... "I have a bucket of mud, in which I stick my hands for 15 minutes every morning. Every weekend, I inoculate at a 1:5:5 ratio with biologically active stream dirt (after petri-dishing to check for activity), and a mix of poor-quality soil cover, and some compost; I finish by adding a 10-10-10 balanced fertilizer. Rec…

There’s a startup opportunity: a body cream with concentrates of beneficial microorganisms. “Pair it with our full spectrum sun lamp and you can have all the benefits of playing outside from the comfort of your standing desk”.

FDA: “You’ve got E. coli in here.”

“Yes.”

Re: Getting your hands dirty is good for you

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Post by electric_mayhem »

mft_ wrote: post #29
nxobject wrote: post #18

I look forward to seeing a lifehacking hyper-optimizer streamline this to a polished daily workflow... "I have a bucket of mud, in which I stick my hands for 15 minutes every morning. Every weekend, I inoculate at a 1:5:5 ratio with biologically active stream dirt (after petri-dishing to check for activity), and a mix of poor-quality soil cover, and some compost; I finish by adding a 10-10-10 balanced fertilizer. Rec…

There’s a startup opportunity: a body cream with concentrates of beneficial microorganisms. “Pair it with our full spectrum sun lamp and you can have all the benefits of playing outside from the comfort of your standing desk”.

You folks are having fun with the idea, but, well, in 2026 there’s absolutely a viable market for this.
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