Lotion is particularly weird. Not sure what they put in it, but just smelling it makes my lips numb for a few minutes.

yes! YES!

I have serious issues with fragrances. Artificial fragrances in particular (i.e. most ones) but even essential oils get to me after a while. When I’m around cologne, air freshener, deodorant, shampoo/conditioner fumes, I can taste it for quite a while. It’s completely vile. Extended exposure makes my eyes red, my lips swell a bit, and just a little makes me start oddly salivating. I guess it’s some sort of allergy, maybe MCAS, but this sort of thing is very difficult to get diagnosed. Some doctors have acted like I have some sort of uh… misphonia but for smells, but no, I can detect scents quite accurately. One reason I may be sensitive is I’m not completely swamped in 10 different fragrances 24/7 like most people.

The only thing that really works is to wash my nose out with water. Not super sanitary, but it’s better than salivating and tasting perfume for an hour. I have found that taking antihistamines reduces my sensitivity… I can still detect the fragrances, but get less of a reaction. That’s a clue. Oh, and also I have 3 different autoimmune disorders… I’ve asked around and the only people I’ve gotten a “yes, that happens to me too” response from are people with MS.

They’re perforated to half the size that paper towels typically used to be. It’s common now but wasn’t in the past.

I don’t really think it was intentional, but that’s the generous, optimistic interpretation.

Shorting stocks is LIFE

They’ve had this for a while. The cheat code is to change the url to old reddit.

Yes, it’s become common over the past few years. People walk up to houses or apartments, catch the signal, and use a device to copy it and steal the car.

Couple example articles:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/other/lapd-issues-warning-over-spike-in-chevy-camaro-thefts/ar-BB1j5s52
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/cars/news/edinburgh-police-warn-of-keyless-car-theft-surge-as-criminals-steal-vehicles-in-seconds/ar-BB1jX8ci

So there are signal-blocking pouches sold to prevent this:
https://askthecarexpert.com/faraday-boxes-for-car-keys/

I don’t know about the Android feature, but on iPhones, they reserve a little power when the battery is dead, or the phone is powered off, and it continues to be fully trackable. It functions like an AirTag by relaying off other nearby iOS devices.

You can get a faraday pouch. Also highly recommended for car keys.

This saved me on an iPhone before. I lost my phone outside a bar miles from my house, and didn’t notice at the time. The next day I was able to track it and go retrieve it despite that the battery was dead. Otherwise I never would have seen it again.

Right. It’s obviously not a “real” change in price, it’s some bullshit.

They change prices per-customer to see how much they can get you to pay. It’s obviously maddening because you don’t want to ever order at the high rate, so there are times I just don’t buy things and wait. I had a similar experience with biscuit mix.

Some people don’t have cars, are elderly, too young to drive, disabled…

But also he’s passin people. Getting ahead!!

I spent way too much time on Trexels for a while… silly little mobile resource management game. It became more ridiculous when I figured out you could cheat by changing the clock on your phone.

vial

Wow, that was way ahead of its time for 1993. I remember in 1991 or so my dad showing me how he could connect to a library in Italy over the internet, maybe using Gopher or something. My reaction was ‘why tf would we want to do that? Sounds useless’. Not sure why, because in 1984 we had a Commodore 64 game with a big ad for People Link. I asked my mom if we could sign up because chatting with other people through a computer sounded awesome and she told me no, I’d get molested (also very forward-thinking).

I agree. I get an insane amount of use from my phone both at home and away from home. Much more than the desktops and laptops I have. Buying a new one for $800 sucks but that only happens once every 3-4 years.

I bought a new iPhone 6 for $200 when the 7-8 were new. Totally happy with it and I used it for 3 years. Apple used to be priced at a premium but that hasn’t been true for several years… high-end Android phones cost as much as new iOS devices, and you can get old ones or a SE pretty cheap.

I went through a time where I weaned myself from phones by using an ancient flip phone, plus an old Galaxy only on WiFi. Then I moved and needed text messaging etc and bought a $40 Kyocera at Radio Shack thinking it would be good enough. It… sort of was. Mainly I regret that it had a really shitty camera, plus god knows what insane Android spyware.