They need to go in for a full physical. If it turns out their equipment is under 10 inches, they're disqualified on the spot. Honestly, I have no idea what the criteria are for the women.
redharbor9 said:I’ve got a buddy who downed a whole glass of gasoline and was totally fine... He thought he was grabbing some wine, but it was straight gas, and once he saw the glass starting to melt, he just chugged it even faster before the thing dissolved... honestly, maybe his body is just so used to being hammered on booze that it didn't even register, so it was just another Tuesday for him... but seriously, you should probably hit up a doctor if that happens to you.
That's just not possible. Chugging about seven ounces of gasoline is going to make you nauseous, and almost certainly trigger vomiting in short order. Maybe he took a tiny sip, but drinking a full glass without consequences? No way.
The real danger with vomiting is aspirating that fuel into your lungs. Gasoline can essentially "wreck" the alveolar sacs, permanently damaging your lung capacity. Plus, gasoline dissolves cell membranes; it’ll eat through your esophagus and stomach lining. From there, you’re looking at kidney damage and hitting those nephrons hard. After the stomach comes the small intestine, which is particularly sensitive to solvents.
On top of that, gasoline contains toxic compounds like benzene. In sodas stabilized with sodium benzoate, there are only trace amounts, yet people love to scream about it and sign pointless petitions on Facebook, but suddenly a glass of gasoline is fine? 🙄
And this has nothing to do with being drunk or alcohol tolerance. Gasoline is made of various hydrocarbon chains—it's nonpolar. Alcohol is CH3CH2OH, a short polar chain. We are talking about completely different chemicals with entirely different poisoning mechanisms.
fadedmarlin402 made a good point regarding the brain damage.
Actually, we're talking about diesel here, which has heavier fractions than standard gasoline, making it slightly less reactive in the body, but even so, an ER visit is mandatory. Especially after a whole glass. 🙄
Get yourself to the ER, right now. Don't try to force yourself to throw up because you risk inhaling it into your lungs. Just go. Sure, diesel is probably carcinogenic, but that's a long-term problem. The immediate issue here is that you could end up slipping into a coma.
I’m 99% certain we aren't looking at some weird lens flare here. If it isn't an optical issue, then it's definitely just people seeing things that aren't there.
If we’re talking about hair loss, you’d probably need to be hit with a massive dose of ionizing radiation to see that kind of effect, which isn't really happening here. But exposure to heavy metals? That’s a whole different story. Don't just brush that possibility aside. I've been sitting here chewing on this, and I can't think of anything else that hasn't already been brought up.
Look, when you actually step up and take care of cats—treating them like actual members of the household, getting them to the vet for their shots, keeping up with the deworming, giving them a good scrub, and using those spot-on treatments for fleas and ticks—that’s just the baseline. That's the standard. Only once you've checked all those boxes is it okay to let them run wild around the house.
Is there any chance she was exposed to heavy metals? It seems unlikely, but if you've already run a bunch of tests and they all came back negative, then yeah, it makes sense to start looking deeper and trying different diagnostic angles. Are there any other symptoms popping up? How do her teeth look? Any discoloration near the gumline? And are her nails looking normal?
From what I can tell, Jack is a prescription-only medication. Honestly, this whole situation smells like someone trying to score some illicit pills through a shady website online.
James Jackson8, stop wasting everyone's time and just come clean about where you actually got those pills. If a doctor had actually written you a script, you’d know the exact dosage instructions and wouldn't be lurking on a forum asking questions—you'd just be following your treatment plan and going about your day.
Reductil is Sibutramine, which isn't even in the same league as Fen-Phen. Sibutramine was pulled from the market because the data showed a massive risk for serious side effects.
First off, sorry I'm late getting back to you. I could have just sent an email—my address is right there in my profile if anyone needs it.
Look, this topic has been chewed up and spit out on the Health board more times than I can count. Honestly, the moderators over there just need to grab those two or three existing threads and merge them into one. If we were actually digging into the chemical composition of opacity or how to neutralize it, then maybe it would belong over on the National Science Foundation board, since we'd be getting into the heavy biochemistry. But a thread asking "what is this?" is just redundant when it's already posted in two other spots. This forum is supposed to be a place for actual discussion and debate, not some digital encyclopedia where people just open new entries, or some bottom-tier service like Quora.
I'm moving this over to the Health section. They’ve already got at least two identical threads running over there, so it makes more sense to just merge them into one. I'll set up a redirect in a week or so—use that time to actually go read up on the topic. ☕
Move this over to Health. I’m skipping Psychology because they’re trying to turn that into some serious, high-brow subforum, whereas Health should be the place where we actually deal with stuff like this.
placidranger said:I'm not entirely sure I follow how those two things connect.🤔
Think of it this way: you take a fly, and suddenly you've got a whole swarm of larvae on your hands. That’s why you use a glass to trap them—to stop them from buzzing all over the room and spreading those larvae everywhere. We're talking about the exact same larvae that a fly drops when it lands on a steak. The same ones responsible for making people sick.
Is it actually true that we swallow a few flies, gnats, or spiders in our sleep without any issues? I've seen conflicting stuff online, so now I'm just stuck in limbo. Flies hang out in some pretty nasty places—dead animals, sewage, blah blah blah... It makes perfect sense that they carry germs. On the flip side, the body cleans itself. Does the digestive system and the immune system just wipe the microbes away too?
Worst case scenario?
I heard that was just an urban legend picked up by some American news outlet. That's about all I know.
dustymarlin10 said:Go for a bike ride or a run along a levee at dusk—you'll end up eating enough flies and gnats to skip dinner entirely. And you won't feel a thing. Tested and proven multiple times.
Gnats are fine. But those big houseflies—the black ones and especially the green ones? Those are dangerous. They're basically walking disease vectors.
ruggedscout91 said:That might have been true for those old bulky monitors, but modern screens use liquid crystals. Look, hardly anyone is using the old stuff anymore. With today's displays, you don't really worry about that specific connection, though you *do* need to watch how long you're staring at the screen and manage your ambient lighting—basically making sure your desk lamp and your monitor aren't fighting each other for dominance over your vision.
No, there’s zero proven link between CRT monitors and cancer. Empirically speaking, nothing. Theoretically, there's a tiny, negligible connection, but it's basically a non-starter. If anything, it just lives on as a catchy urban legend.
And no, an LCD paired with crappy backlight settings isn't going to give you cancer either.
fadedmarlin402 said:You should definitely swap a CRT for an LCD; it's much easier on the eyes and won't leave them feeling like sandpaper. As for radiation, computers—just like any other appliance in your house—emit electromagnetic fields, but the strength is trivial when it comes to actual health impacts, especially since the intensity drops off by the square of the distance. When we talk about computer use, the real culprits are being sedentary, having terrible posture, and general addiction.
To be fair, the field is slightly stronger with a CRT because it uses a cathode ray tube with coils carrying high-frequency current. It's nothing to lose sleep over, but I'll say this: a CRT is a more potent source of EM fields than your average household gadget.
Plus, those ancient monochrome green monitors used to be quite the source of stray electrons. Back in the day, people actually sold those little shields to put in front of them. Modern CRTs are pretty low-radiation regarding electron leakage.
But regardless, an LCD is the better call. They've become genuinely high-quality lately, unlike the cheap junk from a decade ago.
And yeah, the issues you mentioned are the real killers. Bad posture and sitting around all day will do way more damage.
It would be way more intense. Try spraying a fly with some bug spray—but don't use enough to actually kill it. Just trap it under a glass and watch what happens when it starts losing its mind and buzzing frantically. Honestly? It’s a pretty disgusting sight to witness.
Bioptron is nothing more than a total scam that people fall for way too easily. I did a little digging into this, and you know what I found?
a) It’s not a laser. You can tell just by looking at it from an airplane. b) It emits a slice of visible electromagnetic radiation, ranging from near-infrared up to about blue light. No violet, no UV. In that regard, it’s almost identical to sunlight filtered through a windowpane. Glass blocks the UV and leaves you with basically the same spectrum. Wow. Real groundbreaking stuff there. c) They claim it uses polarized light. What kind of polarization? Linear or circular? I couldn't find a single mention of it. Regardless, it doesn't do anything. Besides, sunlight contains every possible polarization anyway. And if this lamp happens to be linearly polarized, how exactly—and relative to what—are you supposed to rotate it? 20° clockwise? 57° the other way? 125°? 🤷 Relative to what am I rotating it? Where is the "default position" for a wound? For God's sake, what a joke. 🤦
It’s a complete load of crap, honestly. I could start selling magic lamps right now and claim they heal wounds. Every now and then, someone’s injury might heal faster just by chance—those are just random fluctuations that happen naturally. A handful of people will swear it "worked," and they'll go around buzzing about how the device actually functions.
I’m not even going to click that link from the opening post, but if what I suspect it is—that whole "colon cleansing" nonsense—is actually what’s in there, consider this a massive warning: it’s pure snake oil. Back in the States during the 80s, this kind of New York City pseudo-spiritual garbage was everywhere.
Look, that’s just standard stuff during puberty. Hormones are basically riding a roller coaster at that age. It isn't gynecomastia; what she's seeing is just her overall chest development starting to kick in. Honestly, there’s no reason to freak out. If you want some peace of mind, go talk to a doctor, but this is a super common thing—hell, it’s practically a running joke in high school gym class. 😁
William Price66, you're late to the party. You really need to get on Last.fm and start tracking what's actually going down. Also, maybe go find yourself a solid lawyer. I doubt they'll do much for this specific mess, but if Daniel tries to swipe anything else from you, at least you'll be ready to swing back.
