Posts by placidjackal36

Jessica Brown7 said:Is it normal to hear this humming sound when I plug my ears or try to go to sleep? It sounds almost like an engine running. It’s not loud, but I’ve been noticing it over the last few days. Is this just a thing? When I plug my ears, it gets way more intense, like a motor is right there.
I know it sounds like a silly question, but I'm genuinely curious.😉😁

What kind of engine? There are a million different types of engines out there. You need to be more specific about what you're actually hearing. 🍿

Then don't you dare touch those mustaches. Grow some real old-school whiskers instead.

Or just shave your eyebrows off entirely. I guarantee they'll be staring right at your face. 😁

wiredharbor22 said:I wanted to post this just for you 🙂 😁, but I honestly couldn't find a cable to connect my phone to my laptop... 😢 I even cleaned my entire apartment looking for it. 😢 Just send me your number and I'll send you a lovely MMS instead. 😬

Between email, MMS, IrDA, or even Bluetooth, there are plenty of ways to do it. 🍿
Actually, maybe it's better if I don't, because honestly, who would want to look at that disaster? 😲

😁

When are we finally gonna see those fingers? 🍿

(Hey everyone, I've got an idea—once the photo drops, let's all spam it with LOL and ROFL emojis!)

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Here, take a look at this article and it might actually make sense to you.
By the way, it's basically the same thing as calling someone a rascal.

wiredharbor22 said:There is no way I could ever love this. And calling it a "quirk" feels wrong because I always associate it with this struggle. :/

I'm not sure where else to turn. I wanted to ask here, since there are people who actually understand...

What kind of issues? Could you explain that to me?

They are. When I mentioned it to my boyfriend a while ago, he said they weren't, but that's just what people say to comfort you. I noticed him looking at them much more often after that. Perhaps I shouldn't have brought it up...

I said the same thing to my sister, but she didn't take me seriously at all. She just thinks I'm being funny.

First off, it’s going to look completely ridiculous. But honestly, that’s minor compared to the fact that you should probably be focusing on not tripping over your own feet. 😁
Good grief, woman, what on earth are you talking about? 😂 Give me a break. 🙂
I can't wait to see the photos.

copperfox22 said:It doesn't necessarily mean amputation; maybe some kind of reconstruction 😉

If something is ugly, then it's ugly. And there's nothing wrong with saying: "No thanks, I don't want it, I don't like it!" 🙂

That's one thing. But cutting things away? Good lord.
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No, cutting them off would be a total disaster. She’d struggle just to walk, let alone STAND...

Just get real about it. Are they really that hideous? To some people, they might actually look fine.

I honestly think they’re five times stricter than that.
Take a look here—there was some discussion about similar stuff happening.

At the end of the day, the phone in your pocket is a way bigger "threat" than some cell tower. In fact, if there are fewer towers around, your phone actually has to work harder just to maintain a connection, which usually means its output is higher anyway.

By the way, I realized I totally dodged a question earlier. A microwave isn't some sci-fi device causing "unnatural heating of the human body." It’s just an appliance that heats up whatever chicken you shove inside it, plain and simple.
And honestly, the food isn't any more dangerous because of it. If anything, it cooks faster, which means you actually preserve more of the nutrients.

Chloe Morales89 said:PS, just one more thing: I’m still a bit fuzzy on whether that torus actually encloses the transmitter or if there's zero risk once you step outside its radius. I remember reading somewhere that being off to the side of the transmitter is perfectly safe, but doesn't this whole torus theory basically debunk that? Honestly, I think I need someone to sketch out a 3D model for me just so I can wrap my head around how this actually works in space.🙂

It’s not actually a true torus, because a real torus has defined boundaries. This thing just resembles one. The outer edge stretches out toward infinity, and the signal strength decays following an inverse-square law. If the transmitter isn't broadcasting in a perfect 360-degree radius, then you're really just looking at a segment of a torus. Either way, the field density is at its absolute lowest directly underneath it.
Wish I could just whip up a sketch for you guys, but I don't have the right software installed on my rig at the moment. It's a bit of a hurdle. I'll look into getting something decent set up and see what my options are.

Chloe Morales89 said:So, if all those antennas are basically bouncing the signal away from themselves "in front" of the transmitter, how the hell does the signal actually reach the ground?

It’s not like we're talking about straight lines shooting out from a single point. That’s not how this works at all. What you're actually looking at is a field that's incredibly thin at the bottom, but gets much more concentrated right in front of the antenna, close to the source. It's more like a dense cloud gathering near the base rather than a series of uniform beams.
Take a look at my sketch—you’ll notice it isn't sitting parallel to the ground; it's angled at a specific degree. If you had the ability to actually perceive radiation—specifically what we call "visible light"—you'd see how certain parts of the city are illuminated, much like how they're lit up by streetlamps, just on a significantly broader scale.
It’s like some kind of lighthouse, except instead of rotating, it just blasts light everywhere at once—everywhere except for directly underneath itself.

Chloe Morales89 said:http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5o...table-microon_

Instead of feeding me fake movies, just grab your phone and run an experiment. Is it really that hard? It’ll cost you maybe a few bucks at most.
You can't cook an egg, pop popcorn, or boil a brain with a smartphone. Conceptually or practically—it doesn't work. Zero chance.

I don't feel like digging up all the articles I read about the link between leukemia and power lines right now, but that's the gist of it.
Magnetic fields are a powerful (and ugly) thing.

Give me a break. Magnetic field? Actually, it's electromagnetic, and it's the electrical component that's messing with us.
To your point, those two aren't even linked that way. I suggest you check out this article and all the research links attached to it.
There are some weak correlations noted in certain cases. That's the short version.

What's a torus? Looking at the image, I don't get if it means the beam only goes left and right, and not "toward" it—like toward the center? Let's say it's oriented like the picture, and my apartment is to the right (looking at the pic) at a distance (diagonal) of about 10m.

torus
My diagram was a 2D cross-section.
Basically, non-ionizing radiation is extremely weak directly underneath it. That's exactly why people living under a cell tower antenna receive the least amount of energy per unit of mass.
If you're directly in the path, you get hit hardest. But nobody lives directly in the line of fire near an antenna. We avoid direct hits, which is why antennas are placed at the highest possible points.
By law, there has to be enough distance so that the absorbed energy isn't high enough to trigger known effects (SAR).

Chloe Morales89 said:Here are some links to scientific studies I managed to find quickly:

http://www.i-sis.org.uk/ELADD.php
http://www.labmeeting.com/paper/1970...-a-pilot-study
http://www.emf-portal.de/viewer.php/6045.html?l=e
http://pt.wkhealth.com/pt/re/inmj/ab...195628!8091!-1

Look, that’s not even really what we’re talking about here, so I’m not going to go down that rabbit hole.

That first link isn't even a direct line to the actual scientific study; it just points to a general webpage. Organizations. It’s funny how much we obsess over them, isn't it? We spend our entire lives navigating these massive, sprawling structures—corporations, nonprofits, government agencies—as if they were some kind of natural force like gravity or the weather. But at the end of the day, an organization is just a collection of people trying to act like a single unit. And let's be honest, that usually fails more often than it succeeds. Think about it like a massive orchestra. On paper, you have the sheet music, the conductor, and a hundred highly trained musicians all aiming for the same symphony. In theory, it should be perfect. But in reality? You’ve got the first violinist arguing with the percussionist, someone’s late because of traffic on the I-95, and the conductor losing their mind because the brass section is playing slightly sharp. Most organizations are just high-stakes versions of that messy rehearsal. The problem is that once these groups get big enough, they stop being about the mission and start being about self-preservation. It becomes less about "How do we solve this problem?" and more about "How do we protect our budget/department/territory?" It’s like watching a giant ship try to turn in a narrow harbor; by the time the command reaches the rudder, the vessel is already hitting the pier. We crave the structure because it gives us a sense of order, but we shouldn't mistake bureaucracy for efficiency. A perfectly organized system can still be heading in the completely wrong direction. I was reading some doctor's breakdown of the whole situation, and honestly, it’s pretty straightforward. Nowhere in his explanation does it actually state that radiation targeting stem cells is what triggers malignant diseases.

I was doing some digging on that organization online, and honestly, it’s pretty sketchy. It looks like they basically turn their website into a billboard for total pseudoscience—stuff like homeopathy is being pushed as if it’s legit. Even on Wikipedia, the only description you can find for the institute is just their own self-serving PR fluff. It's clearly a closed loop.
That’s why their credibility is basically zero.

If you dig through any other links on PubMed, they’ll tell you pretty much exactly what I just laid out above.

ambersailor102 said:Chloe Morales89 I don't live in the States, but I almost got caught up in one of those antenna scandals near my place recently. It all kicked off after they installed a new antenna on the building next door, and suddenly, people started getting sick. A father whose kid was diagnosed with leukemia actually called in the news crews. He even went as far as hiring a private firm to run some radiation tests, and according to them, the levels were cutting right through his son's bedroom. Look, I’m no expert—don't come for me if I get the technical terminology wrong—but apparently, those waves were just slicing through the room.😲
So, it turns out the whole thing was a mess from the start. The company didn't even have the actual legal clearance to set up that antenna; they just had a handshake deal with the property owners. It wasn't official. A few weeks back, once the dust settled, the whole setup was hauled away.
Honestly, I have no clue what happened after that. Whether those people actually ended up suing the company or just let it slide, I haven't the slightest idea.
I don't want people thinking I'm just talking out of my ass here—if you actually bother to Google "The Daily News," you'll see they ran a whole piece on this. Anyway, cheers and all that. But seriously, I feel the same way you do; it’s incredibly frustrating how these companies just plant antennas wherever they feel like without anyone asking permission.👎)

Look, people need to understand that you can't just stick antennas wherever you feel like it. There are actual laws governing this. It’s not as simple as just hoisting up a pole, tightening a few bolts, and running a cable. There's a whole regulatory process involved.
Besides, that doesn’t actually help us get anywhere because it’s all just hearsay. We can't have a real, productive conversation if we're basing everything on rumors and second-hand chatter. I know it's incredibly frustrating, believe me, I do—but that's just the reality of the situation.

Look, if someone decides to drop a cell tower right outside your bedroom window—close enough that you’re sitting smack in the middle of its strongest field—you aren't suddenly going to wake up with leukemia. Honestly, you probably won't get it ever. It just doesn't work like that. We’re talking about non-ionizing radiation here. There is a massive, fundamental difference between this and ionizing radiation—the kind we're talking about with X-rays, gamma rays, or particle radiation. With those, we have the actual data; we know exactly what happens when you hit a specific threshold dose, and we can calculate the precise mathematical probability of developing a malignancy. This stuff? It's a different beast entirely.

I honestly feel like I’m just shouting into the void here. It’s hard to make sense when you're talking to people who don't even grasp basic concepts like what a torus actually is or how radiation works. You’ve got folks treating an antenna like it’s some kind of X-ray machine, acting completely terrified of nothing. If you lack the mental bandwidth to process actual facts and look at the reality of the situation, there's really no point in me trying to explain this.

Chloe Morales89: Look, just request an official electromagnetic field density reading. And I mean an actual measurement from a government agency like the FCC, not some snake oil salesman peddling "magnetic blankets." You know the type—the ones that show up with weird spikes on their little gadgets, claiming to detect "spirits" or "evil radiation." They aren't even measuring what they claim to be measuring; half the time they’re just making up phantom readings to scare you into buying overpriced blankets, pillows, pyramids, or whatever other junk they've got lying around. That’s my only real advice here. If you genuinely suspect an antenna is too close to your property, you have every right to file a formal complaint.

Honestly, I think you’re looking for lab scrubs—medical gear is a bit of a different beast entirely. You can pick some up at any local workwear shop, or if you want the good stuff, hit up a specialty place like Hospitalija.
It’s probably going to cost you a little more than $33. Just keep in mind there are standard styles and then those heavy-duty Russian collars. That should pretty much cover it. 🤔

Chloe Morales89 said:Unfortunately, they’re positioned right underneath me. Two out of the three are pointed in completely different directions, but one is aimed straight at my building—right toward my room. Look, nobody knew back in the day that living near high-voltage power lines could be linked to leukemia, but now we know better. It’s the same deal with microwaves causing unnatural heating in the body, and cell phones aren't any different. If you want proof, try this: put two cell phones facing each other, make a call, and toss some popcorn kernels between them. You'll see exactly how fast they start popping. Now, just imagine what that kind of energy is doing to your brain.

Look, there’s zero evidence that living near high-voltage power lines causes leukemia. Period. At most, you might be looking at a risk of electric shock if you’re wandering around directly under them during a massive storm, but that’s about it. Just because you feel like there's a connection or because you've heard people whispering about it doesn't mean it's actually been proven. Personal theories aren't scientific facts.

Look, you’ve got zero credibility when you try to tell me that two cell phones could somehow pop popcorn like a 700-watt microwave. That’s just a myth. We aren't even talking about the same ballpark here. You can't compare them—the power levels aren't anywhere near equal, and the frequencies are completely different. It's basic physics. A phone puts out, what, an average of less than 1 watt? Even in a worst-case scenario where the antenna is struggling to catch a signal and jumps up to 2 watts, you're still lightyears away from a kitchen appliance designed to cook food. It doesn't work like that.
Have you ever actually stopped to think about what would happen to the human skull if you held it right up against a microwave's magnetron? It would literally cook. Like, straight-up boiled. And honestly, I’ve been wondering—does that kind of thing even happen while we're sitting there on a phone call? No, it doesn't.
Before you start lecturing me about what’s "scientifically proven," let me give you a reality check. Try popping a single kernel of popcorn using nothing but ten smartphones. You won't be able to do it. It’s physically impossible because the power output is just too weak. Simple as that.

Moving on, back to that antenna situation. Here you go. I'm not sure what you're getting at with "schema." If you're trying to lay out a plan or a framework for something, just get to the point. I'm all ears, but I don't have time for vague outlines or half-baked ideas. Lay it out clearly. her radiation pattern.
Are you sitting right under the torus, inside the field itself, or just somewhere off to the side? And more importantly, how far away from the antenna are we talking?

Chloe Morales89 said:The psych studies were shut down before they even got off the ground; everyone knows exactly why that happened...

That’s just not true. If anything, some of them are still running because they're designed for the long haul—they're looking at phenomena that play out over massive stretches of time.

Chloe Morales89 said:Look, at the end of the day, I want to be the one calling the shots. If I decide to take a gamble or put myself out there, that’s my call to make. I shouldn't have some authority figure or agency dictating my level of risk to me. It’s about autonomy, plain and simple.

It really all boils down to where your apartment sits and how close you are to the antenna.

And that’s not even just talking about the ISS.

By the way, if you check the main forums, there's a dedicated thread that stays pretty much updated on stuff like this.

(@mods: no need to redirect this👍)
Fine ☕

Look, nobody actually knows what causes it. We're talking about non-ionizing radiation here—it's even weaker than thermal energy—and there hasn't been a single study out there that links it to cancer.
Maybe there’s some kind of side effect, but honestly, it's anyone's guess at this point.

Where are you actually located in relation to the towers? Give me a better idea of the setup.

Harold Perez11 said:Look, maybe to you, sitting there all by yourself, it feels like total misery. But go ahead—do the math. Take that number and multiply it by the sheer volume of Chinese people out there, and then let's see how that actually shakes out.😁
You really think they’re still running on fumes?😁

That works out to about 2.16 terawatt-hours a year if you just go by the math of one Chinese person per household.
If you take a standard average—say, a typical household consisting of a mother, a father, and one kid—you’re looking at roughly 0.72 terawatt-hours per year.

I was just thinking about that nuclear plant over in that small town in the US. It’s funny how people react when you bring up nuclear energy. You get one side screaming about safety risks and the other side acting like it's some kind of magic wand that'll solve everything overnight. In reality, it's a bit more complicated than that, isn't it? It’s about balancing the grid, managing long-term waste, and deciding if we actually have the stomach for the infrastructure required to run something that massive. It’s not just a matter of flipping a switch; it’s a decades-long commitment to a specific type of power. Just like any other major utility project, there are always going to be people who love it and people who want to tear it down. June 2009. That plant pumped out nearly 500 gigawatts of electricity. To put that in perspective, we're talking half a terawatt.
So, if we’re looking at the averages and assuming that whole situation with China is actually accurate, it basically means that every single household in China... Annual. It’s honestly pretty pointless to sit here and try to calculate exactly how much energy one and a half nuclear reactors would pump out. It’s just an endless math problem that doesn't really get us anywhere. June This year.
We’re still talking about peanuts here. In the grand scheme of global energy, this amount is practically invisible. Even if you scaled it up to cover the entire planet, it would still be a drop in the bucket.

The average power draw for most devices in standby mode sits right around 1.2 to 3 watts. You rarely see anything creeping past 10 watts, and honestly, if it hits that level, it’s overkill. These days, the standard is supposed to be under 1 watt. I make sure my apartment doesn't pull more than 10 watts total in standby—and even that feels like a stretch to me. That means my whole place is probably idling at about 6 watts. Over a month, that adds up to 180 watt-hours, which is 2,160 watt-hours a year, or 2.16 kilowatt-hours annually.

So, 2 kilowatt-hours per year. That’s basically what it takes to run an electric heater for one hour. It's pathetic.

It’s really only an issue during lightning storms or if there's some serious voltage instability. Or, you know, if I'm heading out for a long stretch and want to leave the apartment empty. When it's just sitting in standby mode, the power draw is practically nothing.
The surge is basically the same kind of kick you get when you plug an appliance into a wall outlet, so it shouldn't be any cause for concern.

copperbear60 said:I’ve got this issue, though maybe I’m just overthinking it. Right now, my foreskin is pulled back over the head. My big fear is that I won't be able to pull it back down, even though I've never actually tried—I just read about it a lot because it crosses my mind sometimes. I know there are guys who can't pull their skin back once they have an erection because it gets too tight for both the skin and the shaft. In my case, the skin is a pretty normal size; if anything, I’d say it’s a bit long, thick, and wide. It’s not dry, it’s just... well, I'm terrified to pull it back. A few times I touched near the opening, and it was pretty uncomfortable, so I assume it'll hurt when I try to slide the skin back. Also, when I was little, I know for a fact my parents used to clean me properly and pull the skin back until I was maybe three. Can anyone help me out? Is this an actual problem or am I just being paranoid? I'm 17.

Assuming you aren't just trolling here... (though if you are, you've got a great concept😁)

If you’ve truly never seen the glans penis, then you’ve never had an erection.
You didn't mention any actual pain, and you'd definitely feel it if the foreskin couldn't clear the glans.

Basically, you've never been hard. Why don't you go see a doctor? At 17, most guys get an erection just by looking at a brick wall, a glass windshield, or even a butterfly !!!!

Isn't Permethrin actually dangerous for cats and dogs? I've heard horror stories about people spraying their cats with it, only to end up at the emergency vet or, worse, burying them in the backyard...

The real issue here is deciding whether you want a cat that stays indoors or a cat that spends its time outside. You can't really have both. If you rely solely on Fipronil, they’re just going to bring those fleas inside during flea season, and then the pets start biting people.
What does pest control typically do for situations like this? Look, setting a literal fire on your floor isn't exactly a practical solution. Personally, what worked for me was being obsessive with Biokill, mopping everything down with a bleach solution (which kills them almost instantly and leaves them stuck to the rag), and vacuuming constantly. Just thinking about it again... it was a nightmare for about a week, but after that, they were gone for good.
A smart move is making sure they don't get a chance to bite you under the sheets while you're sleeping at night. The whole goal is to stop them from feeding. Once they feed, the entire cycle restarts, and you're right back to the endless cleaning grind.