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twovests OP wrote

Worth noting, it ends with the "We cannot accept this level of inequality any longer.". I confirmed, and checked the source.

Still a lot of scrolling left over after that of empty page.

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twovests OP wrote

this was about being unable to sleep on december 31st, 2024. in my bed, i decided to masturbate, as one does.

i ejaculate, and fireworks erupt outside. "wuh," i say, and my watch goes 'bump-bump'. as the new year was coming, so was i.

please clap

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SWORDSCROSSED wrote

A lot of the time in baking when you measure out flour with cups you're meant to scoop the flour into the measuring cup with a spoon and then level it off with a knife, and I find that incredibly tedious. The easier option of just scooping the flour out with the measuring cup almost doubles the amount of flour, so that's not great either... I've found myself preferring a scale for measuring flour most of the time.

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hollyhoppet OP wrote (edited )

Reply to by hollyhoppet

actually i'm probably just being repeatedly triggered back to my own poverty-related trauma now that i think about it

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WRETCHEDSORCERESS OP wrote

thank you!

I know a few bacterial pathogens can get through mucus at the very least, and those all have some fun ways of doing so. i know one that chemically alters the mucus around it to be less goopey. heliobacter pylori I believe but this is off the cuff

mucus is stuffed full of commensal bacteria though, and thwy provide quite a barrier to most pathogens. on top of mucus being turbo viscous. its sort of like a peace offering of "here you go microbes, go live here and not on my tissues pleas". many microbes can actually eat mucin so theres a minor arms race between the commensal guys and pathogenic bacteria in that regard

so your mucus is this living microbiome! i say commensal but some evidence points to borderline mutualistic symbioses, too! theres some bacteria in there which seem to have really positive health effects. i love mucus i love microbiota i love bacteria

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