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Sweet holy jesus! I can’t tell if you’re being a passive aggressive tunt or trying to actually be helpful @_@!

I see what you’re trying to do. I am just going to walk over here, and chill out. Things are always safe until they’re not. Look, I am no doctor and I am a bunk ass scientist. All I am trying to say is that most people who identify as women tend to menstruate anywhere from like 7-50 years old. And that if they used tampons consistently for every month up until then, because it can dissolve in water, and your sniz-snatch tends to be moist that your body probably absorbs the particles directly. And since it’s not through your digestive system, I am not sure if it gets processed in the way it would if we say…ate a bunch of dried fruits. Which were shown to be higher in lead quantities. Because I am not sure if it ever passes through the kidneys. But what I am saying is all speculation, because I very openly say - as I am saying here - I don’t know. You can link a study - and I will absolutely read it. I don’t need to be handed something with all sorts of craziness and zero explanation as to why you (specifically) are passing me it. And yes, I know most things have lead in them. But like I said, lead can be dissolved in water (I had a nightmare lead situation at one point in my life moving and I had to learn this stuff the hard way). I know it can be in tea, because I know it’s in pretty much all crops. I would be a fool to think that it could not be in clothing made from said crops. But at the same time, a piece of clothing makes its way to me and it’s probably pre-washed several times over. A tampon? I don’t know because I haven’t looked into the manufacturing process. Clearly you have to prep cotton before it can even be utilized. But I can’t imagine it would be as washed. Because it doesn’t have to go through a mutli-formation process to become a tampon like a shirt does or a pair of jeans. And on top of that, I wash my clothes too. I mean that’s at least three washes before my body gets it. And it’s external, it’s not a moist pocket. I mean, you can sweat. All lead exposure isn’t ideal. But it’s really different when we’re talking vaginal health - which already gets the short end of the stick. Likewise, I wasn’t panicking. In fact, I have a very “is what it is” kinda vibe to it, because I literally could not give a shit outside of the fact that I do not like things that hurt women’s health.

And in expressing it on a personal level, I think if you think about it - it’s just another series of pollutants that are added to our lives (cause women do a lot of cleaning and women do a lot of grooming and all of that stuff can be caustic as well). But in the grand scheme of things I have absolutely zero - no - control over whether anything has lead. Is used. Etc. I just know that women tend to bleed (not all women) and that there will be a set of women who will insert tampons into their vaginas for a extended period of time. And it’s a stressor that most men will never have to face. Even if we lined people up and made them all eat the same things, wear the same things - if the person who could menstruate added regular tampon use to the list it just adds extra exposure. That’s all I was saying. People can have different lifestyles and their lifestyles can expose them to all sorts of stuff but having a period outside of some situations or forms of control are pretty standard affair for most vagina holders. Is all.

Jesus freakin’ christ. Jesus.

EVERYTHING I SAY IS PURELY OPINION AND I LITERALLY NEVER KNOW WHAT I AM SAYING. I’M JUST GOING WITH THE JAZZ IN MY HEAD AND HAVING A GOOD TIME TRYING TO CHILL WITH STRANGERS ON THE NET <<<<<

Yo, you broke me homes.

I hear you, I used to expect the government to protect the people as well. But I think it’s kinda been shown it’s more so operating from a stance of economic strength leading to more prosperity overall for its citizens. But also through out the years of meeting distraught statisticians and scientist and they have all seemed to have a common theme in that their findings have always either been stolen and fudged or they themselves have been forced to fudge their own work in order to continue having a job.

Also I know that a lot of tampons are bleached. So I think they are being treated (typically) in some way. But also cotton as a whole is a really fucked up crop when you think about it. Because it’s full of stickers and the cotton is covered in pods and stuff. As for the acceptance. I think like, in general - I really don’t have much power over how things are going because I seemingly never had much power over the way things have gone. I know it sound defeatist, but I’d rather say it’s realist. I try my best to do the least harm I can do. But I’m no angel, and I’m not perfect. But if I sit around and eat all the doom and gloom in the world I think I’d kill myself tomorrow. So instead, I think you know - take off little bites here and there. Give it a think. But realize that there’s very little influence you have over all this stuff. Unless you’re hob-nobbing with someone who hob-nobs with others and you create a chain reaction to shift rich individual’s focus towards it.

But that’s also hard because I think a lot of rich people actually believe super hard into eugenics and lean heavily into whatever logic formed stuff like manifest destiny and what not.

Also on eating organically (and I thought about this because I do have some organic cotton bads for “cup out” days) I am not sure it’s any better than non-organic. Although in theory it should be. And it’s highly pushed among people who have excess wealth. But I also know (from when I was living a different kind of life) some organic farmers who would straight up cheat to get pests off their crops. But also watched this Vice doc on how farmers being given free compost (I believe it was) were actually poisoning their lands. And I know this can’t just be an isolated thing, because waste management (even with farms) is really dodgy and that same kind of free-dirt stuff (is it run off? I can’t remember) is offered all over the US. So eh. Damned either way? Eh.

Just keep trying to be a decent person, I guess? I always wonder what Lord of the Flies persona I’ll take on if shit goes south. But I always figured I’d probably end up pill-bellied or dead pretty early on into all the chaos >_>…!

I am always so baffled at how highways are allowed to run next to things like say…great lakes or entire farms and people think “that’s the produce I wanna eat!” It also makes gardens in a city feel so sad. But you gotta grow what you want, with what you’ve got.

Microplastics are affecting both sides of the coin, well…everything to be honest. But they’re hormone disruptors on both sides as far as I know. But I haven’t given it the greatest of looks. Because while knowledge is power, there’s really only so much cack you can take in before everything seems so sad and hopeless. So, eh. It is what it is.

I think the reality is that you cannot really have mass-produced no-lead option. But I am not sure because I am not an agriculturist, a geologist, or a chemist. Because I believe a majority of crops (if not all!?) contain heavy metals to some extent. So it’s ultimately about limiting that exposure and keeping levels down I suppose. But hell if I know what happens in this situation when the chemical gains direct exposure to the body instead of being processed through the digestive system. I am guessing it’s probably a similar process as when you get a shot, but idk and I am all outta shits to give on the subject.

Hey there, cancerian or pro-human sexuality? Either way, love the essence of your name and vegan pizzas are choice! Really, I wanted to sneak <<< that in but I will also say that I have used many a tampon in my journey to swapping to a cup. And it freaks me some kind of out, not so much that it is found to be relatively safe. And that I do understand that there are trace metals in many things that can be consumed. I guess I am just sad as a whole because I am thinking grand-scheme it’s just one more thing that can compound. But on top of that, it’s one more issue that affects women as a majority. But to be honest the travel from pads -> tampons -> cups felt like an upgrade each time. And I can understand why each has their advantage and I’ve got loved ones who run the gamut. And of course there’s other alternatives even then, and different experiences with mayhaps-monthlies. Just saying as a whole that it stinks even if it is flagged as alright.

And yes, I understand these things are naturally occurring in the environment (and can be the affect of pollutants as well). It just sucks that something so freakin’ wasteful, also increases exposure to a toxin that people keep pointing towards driving the generations above me “mad” and lowering iq levels. Yet as it stands, it’s a necessary evil.

Oh no, freakin’ COVID! I swear it eats up your mind like a zombie - stay strong. Don’t let it winnnnnnn! (And by that I mean rest as much as you can but also eat and drink what you can)

a) Why did I miss the Eartbound and Telltale conversations. Boo!

b) The first Animal Crossing played via the purple purse will always have my heart. It’s the best of the best and I remember staying up wayyyyy to late with my buddies beautifying our town and searching for ghosts. The only other one I ever played was the - wait that was a lie - I have actually played two. The only other one I remember playing was the one on Nintendo DS. A friend tossed me their old DS and my sibling tossed me some games - this included (and Rhythm Tengoku being one of the other ones. I absolutely do not remember any other games. Wait, lied again - I played one with Sudoku). But I didn’t really dig it, or the DS as a whole. I don’t think I like multiple screens for much of anything, and even work on a single monitor to this day. I also clearly don’t love resistive touch screens and felt the little stylus was fiddly and hard to use. But it was more of a game as a whole. Just not for me.

Then covid happened, my gal got a switch and I played the new AC a bit while she ran around as Link. Eh, I literally don’t even remember it. I might have aged out, or it might just be my disinterest in non-turn based games (which is pretty much my bread and butter now because I don’t want a game to be able to dictate how and when I play it). It was much more forgiving than the old stuff. Idk where the HELL the gyroids were - but they might be in the game now. We were in some kind of tropical paradise (I believe!?) which I dug from an islander perspective. But as a whole, just didn’t really care.

But I kind of feel that way about most “cozy” games nowadays. And it’s funny, because I play games to “turn my brain off” so it’s not that aspect. It’s just that I think there’s some weird brain-drain infantilization of the masses and that these games are kinda like the binkies of the brain. But there are some real pros to these types of games as whole. I think they give certain individuals a lot of structure, things to do that make them feel successful, and individuals to form relationships with. Like, give this game to an older individual who’s open to playing them, and I think they’d go ham. Give this game to individuals who have certain qualities that society tends to push to the fringes - and I think it’d also be great. To be honest, Animal Crossing is about 700x less goofy than The Sims - even with its pastel graphics and chibi forms. But a lot of these games as a whole radiate kind of a toxic-positivity that I just don’t vibe with. Especially when we know statistically a lot of developers - let alone GAME developers are terribly depressed.

And like, there’s a light to looking to the bright side - eating potato chips - etc. Like there’s a nice side to getting real basic sometimes. Especially when your brain is on fire (for whatever reason). It’s probably why I play select games repetitively until it’s akin to eating only peanut butter sandwiches 100xs over and get tired of them. You don’t have to learn new systems really, and you’re never truly challenged. Or if you are, because you’re familiar with the mechanics of the game you can just ride the wave - get the dopamine and turn off. But 10/10 I don’t think it’s the healthiest thing to indulge in all the time. But that’s just my opinion and pretty much every Nintendo made game (let alone games like Stardew) have cult followings because they really touch people where they need it.

So it is what it is. But also, on Stardew - I played it a long time ago. I had fun, then I had an okay time, now if you stick me in front of a crafting game of any kind I will burn you at the stick. The original Harvest Moon is/was (eh, debatable) one of my favorite games. It’s cute, but it’s also dirt-brown like a potato. It’s ultra simple, kindness coins bs. I don’t have to see a single portrait of anyone I am talking to. I don’t really even have to give a poop about talking to anyone. I can just farm and care for my grumpy cows and chill. All while cleaning a massive field that I will never fully utilize. By this I am saying - Stardew even is too much for me. It kinda feels creepy to me too. Like it has the secret smugness and hoity-toity crap I hate so much about Seattle. And being the emotional creature I am - if I am not digging something it really takes a lot to sway me in the other direction. But the big picture reason why I put all of this is because I am clearly not the audience of either game in these modern times. So big reason why I wanted to post any of this is to say AC1 - yes! AC++!? Eh.

I mean there will be other generations…right? Yeah.

Ready for the weekend!
That’s what I thought about when I saw this. Ignore the Calvin Harris-ism lyrics (outside of Ready for the Weekend) and I swear the jams even kinda mix with the style. But also this kind of reminds me of an old flash animation where a guy cast’s magic missile to attack the darkness.

Absolutely no worries, I am really not a stickler. And the Guardian has brought up some really interesting things as far as I know since reading it. I don’t really mind what anyone links. I was just wondering if anyone has some interesting reads on the subject. I recently found this blog with 5 mammalian-esq reptiles and it was an interesting read. I was just wondering if anyone had some interesting reads on Komodos because I just scrubbed the wiki and love reading stuff on this.

p.s. - MOTHRA =D! I should have named myself Gidora. Hahaha! Jelly, like a donut!

I’ve got some thoughts that kick up on reading this.

a) Does anyone have some solid reading on this family of lizards?

b) I know a bit about Komodo dragons. I know they tend to eat the dead, and it’s believed they gained their title due to looking like dragons and inflicting deadly toxic bites. It was later analyzed (although this is all from memory) that it wasn’t as if they had actual poison in their mouths, but instead just carried bacterial that would infect the wounds.

c) In reading up (wiki) on their hunting habits (shred and stalk) it actually does sound more akin to some of the smaller Saurischian hunting habits. As I remember reading about some would slash vulnerable parts of their prey and then stalk them until they succumbed to their wounds. But it’s also my understanding that T-Rex had bulbous teeth over these sort of curved like teeth. And acted as a guillotine crushing their prey bones and all over inflicting razor like damage. So I think the article (at least to my understanding) is off the mark there with its comparison.