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rain wrote

Is it bad to take antidepressants that you didn't even like in the first place?

Probably not wise anyway….

Does decade-old vicodin give you a "Doctor House" experience?

Only if you take it in Doctor House doses. Otherwise, it’s remarkably like taking week old vicodin

Only one way to know

Ask people who would know?

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rain wrote

It’s the same allergen in both plants. Your body is reacting to the compound urushiol. It often doesn’t cause a reaction until you’ve been exposed a few times. A small handful may never react, but there’s no guarantee even if you haven’t reacted before.

What’s scary is urushiol is also found in trace amounts in some foods, including cashes and mangos. Sometimes a bad reaction to poison ivy can sensitize your body to urushiol to the point where you start reacting to the trace urushiol found in these foods.

tl;dr - poison ivy exposure can give you sudden food allergies, even if you have had no reaction in the past

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Asking the hard questions I see. :)

For my 2p classic baozi shaped by pleating and forming with a little opening up top are another open face sandwich, but dumplings made where the dough is fully sealed (thus eliminating the edge) are a different topology (and thus food group) all together - probably ravioli.

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Reply to comment by twovests in Happy by rain

Thank you!

I think like a lot of people I’ve been feeling a bit run over lately. This weekend actually had multiple different reasons to turn that around for me. Later I will try to ride this good mood to get more done and have more good moods in the future, but right now I’m simply savoring it.

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Reply to comment by nomorepie in Let's start a tontine by flabberghaster

in this case function as savings clubs in which each member makes regular payments and is lent the kitty in turn.

I think things like this are an awesome alternative to traditional banking. They just aren’t what I think of when I see the word “tontine.” But if this is the type of tontine we are talking about I’d at least be interested. I’m all for trying to find ways to escape the classic banking system.

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How about a reverse tontine? Every time someone dies the survivors all have to pay a bit to the deceased’s next of kin. You could even spread payments out over time to establish a fund for such payments, and let more people join over time to stabilize the fund.

I just have no idea what we would call such a scheme… :)

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Reply to comment by nitori in just toast by cowloom

I’m curious which corner of america. I’ve lived my whole life here, and the only time I’ve heard untoasted bread referred to as toast was when you planned on toasting it before eating.

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Oh you misunderstand - I don’t want to keep the goat, I want the goat as a neighbor. Wandering around, climbing cars, eating bicycles, alternatively delighting and terrifying the kids. You know, a goat being a free goat.

I’m also joking; I live in town and while it would be fun to watch my neighbors try to cope it would almost certainly end badly for the goat :(

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