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proudblond

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  • Study: Police Reports Miss 96% of Active Phone Use Before Crashes

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  • I’ve definitely witnessed a few people do that swerve, and then do it again a few seconds later because they didn’t put their fucking phone down. Comparing them to drunk drivers is absolutely correct.

  • Where can I learn about surfactants in detergents and on clothing in depth please?

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  • Wool knitters generally wash their sweaters only when they’re truly dirty. Otherwise they tend to air them out and rotate. Here is a super basic set of suggestions; I found it just by searching “caring for wool sweaters.” I know there’s probably a sense that base layers and socks which are very close to the skin (and near areas that tend to get smelly) might need more frequent washing, but since you have enough sets to rotate, I would try rotating and airing out first to see if they really hold on to the stink as much as one might fear. If they’re really wool, I think they’ll work themselves out. And it’s worth noting that wet wool has its own funky smell that detergent isn’t going to cover, so don’t freak out if it smells while washing when you do resort to it.

  • Where can I learn about surfactants in detergents and on clothing in depth please?

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  • Okay sorry this is gonna come off as snarky but, how much merino wool stuff are we talking? Like one sweater? A couple? How much detergent do you really need? Wool also doesn’t need washing constantly, not like “regular” clothes like cotton or polyester. It has some of its own antimicrobial qualities as far as I know. I’m a knitter, I work primarily with merino and honestly I don’t wash my stuff all that often. (I don’t like knitting socks though; maybe they’d need it more often.) A small bottle of soak lasts me a loooong time.

  • "I would be your friend if you would only let me" "SILENCE, DOG"

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  • We had a cat hated the dog until her dying day. Spat vinegar at her every time the dog dared to look in her direction. After she passed, we got another couple of cats, one of whom really wanted to make sure the dog knows who’s boss.

    Now the poor old dog won’t look any cat in the eye. We have a cat that seems to want to rub up on the dog and the dog looks so uncomfortable and always walks away, it’s so sad! Poor traumatized pup.

  • This isn't food

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  • My kids recently got the idea to give our old lady cat fresh cold water from the fridge, and now she begs for it and shuns the water already in the bowl.

  • One In Five Drivers Switches Off The Safety Tech Meant To Save Their Lives

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  • I had a similar incident; I was in the second lane of a freeway and a truck was going to merge into the first lane from a cloverleaf, and my Tesla freaked the fuck out and slammed on the breaks. I was lucky there wasn’t a car behind me for a bit.

  • Do you ever reminisce about an old phone you had in the past?

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  • My purse got stolen once and my Sony Ericsson T300 (and my favorite lipstick) were in it, and nothing will ever emotionally live up to that phone. I loved it and I probably love it more because it was taken from me before I got tired of it.

  • resting on her tree

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  • A) If the tree is old, how the heck do you keep it so clean? B) If the tree is new, how the heck did you get her to take to it so fast??

    No snark, genuinely impressed by either situation!

  • What's your entirely unimportant and inconsequential hot take?

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  • . . . Shit. Do I need to change away from dark mode? I highly prefer it but I do have mild astigmatism…

  • Sight reading musicians of Lemmy, do you hear the notes in your head as you read?

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  • Yes. Classically trained, degrees and all. I always had good aural skills; it came naturally to me and formal training just made me better at it. Now I sing and singers absolutely have to know how to do it if they’re sight reading. No instrument to rely on. Some can’t do it; they have to hear it first. Singers get a bad rap by other musicians honestly.

  • More Americans now support banning phones all day at school, not just in class

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  • Oh, nothing inherently wrong, but we’ve already had a couple of incidents of bad behavior. My kid got mad about something and sent some angry messages to a group chat that included racial slurs. It was a big learning experience to say the least (for all of us). Since then they’ve learned to unsend their messages, it seems, so while I can say my kiddo learned something, I have to hope that he also learned the things I needed him to learn. Being a parent is so much fun!

  • More Americans now support banning phones all day at school, not just in class

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  • Someone is downvoting everything but I agree. I try and keep my helicopter parent impulses under control, but it is nice to know exactly where my kids are. My son (12) has a locked down old iPhone and Apple makes it pretty easy to make it practically a dumb phone. We literally have it set up so that he has to ask for permission before using any apps, with the exception of calling and messaging. (Even messaging is iffy; we want to be able to text him but it opens up texting with friends.) He doesn’t need it at school so he doesn’t bring it, but as he gets older, I’m sure it’ll start to go with him and I’m not upset about it. If he wants to go somewhere with a friend right after school instead of going straight home, it’s fine with me as long as I know about it. Without a phone, it’d be hard for him to make such plans on the fly, and let’s just say that planning ahead isn’t my ADHD-kid’s strong suit (yet—we’re working on it). As long as the expectation is set that he doesn’t use it during school, I think that’s okay; it can just live in his backpack until school is over.

  • Effective ways to get rid of acne?

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  • I also had adult acne and ended up finding an aesthetician for facials who set me straight. The biggest thing I was doing to hurt my skin was using products that were way too harsh. I’m sure the facials themselves didn’t hurt, but switching away from benzoyl peroxide products to really gentle cleansers and light moisturizers was what really made a difference. Now I use fancier stuff but she essentially recommended Neutrogena sensitive skin moisturizer (without sunscreen — use a separate, physical sunscreen) which can easily be found at any pharmacy, and for cheap.

    Full disclosure though, while I was on the road to recovery, I also got pregnant and then my skin was great. And my new products and habits meant that my skin managed to keep being okay post-pregnancy.

  • Tesla Has To Fix Its Super-Bright Headlights. A New Law Could Change Things For Good.

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  • Yes I 100% agree! Making everything automatic also makes people complacent and they don’t check to make sure everything is working as intended. I rather miss my light switch in my car. Daytime running lights are dumb unless they are just always-on headlights and taillights.

  • My DIY litter trap with info to make your own

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  • It’s a damn drive thru lane, I’m telling you!

    It used to be in our bathroom behind a baby gate with a cat door in it (also where we have to keep the cat food), but we got a 2-in-1 washer/dryer combo and it freed up a spot in the laundry room, and I was super happy to get it out of my bathroom! I’ll deal with the occasional heist of kitty roca.

  • Tesla Has To Fix Its Super-Bright Headlights. A New Law Could Change Things For Good.

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  • In older cars, where you could manually flip the rear view mirror to dim it, my dad would flip it back and forth trying to flash the person behind him so they’d get the hint about their high beams. Not sure it ever worked…

  • Tesla Has To Fix Its Super-Bright Headlights. A New Law Could Change Things For Good.

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  • Back when I still used Nextdoor, I once posted a picture of the regular (green) headlight dash icon and the blue high beam icon, and spelled out what they’re used for and that people should know the difference. I got flooded with hearts or whatever the Nextdoor equivalent of upvotes is, I’m sure all from people who already knew and were also frustrated. There are definitely some people who are either ignorant or oblivious; I wonder if any of them saw my post and learned something? Can’t say the problem got any better.

  • My DIY litter trap with info to make your own

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  • Honest question from someone who has used a ton of different types of litter-trapping mats: do your cats actually walk on them? My problem with many — well actually, probably ALL of the mats that had any plastic was that the cats would leap over them because they didn’t like the texture. I had a utility mat in front of it for a while that had a fabric top and that went okay but didn’t really trap litter. I’m currently testing what basically amounts to a fluffy rug and it’s going okay I think? Supposedly helps with water/mud tracking also which is great since our litter box is next to the doggie door. (Yes, I have caught the dog grabbing a “snack” and heading outside in the short three minutes before the robot litter box cycles, sigh.)

  • 26 Meta employees accuse Mark Zuckerberg of using AI to target 8,000 layoffs against workers on medical, parental or family leave

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  • You’re right and that makes me want to cry a bit.

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    proudblond @lemmy.world

    What are your go-to comfort foods?