southsamurai

Bob. We call him Bob

Usually, no. Not for myself or others. Too many people vote emotionally for them to be useful feedback in most situations.

They also aren’t useful in short time frames on lemmy. I’ve lost track of how many people get whiny about votes, but they just didn’t wait for things to balance out. It’s lemmy, shit takes hours to spread and get seen, especially since not everyone sorts by new. Chill the fuck out.

But sometimes, they can be a warning sign, or an indicator of a successful comment/post. And other times, they can help realize you posted or commented in the wrong place.

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This is unacceptable.

I have now bitten three different devices hard enough to ruin their screen

That is an awesome bit of info. I had never even thought about stuff like mirrors interfering in recycling glass

Yeah, I meant to put that in my comment and lost track. My brain was so fried, I’m surprised any of it was intelligible.

Even a broken clock, yada yada.

It was a bullshit premise to begin with. There was never evidence of direct collusion, and without that, it’s empty.

Well, the more I think about it and the more I look into it, “better” is likely not the best term.

What it would achieve is a likely decrease in harms that aren’t controlled.

The stuff that would replace plastics, where it’s possible, all come with their own environmental impacts. But, they’re easier to control, so are also easier to minimize or mitigate.

That comes with a price, though. Monetary mostly, but also in reshaping our expectations of things like food storage. Not that we could entirely do away with even single use plastics, much less longer term uses.

But, as an example of what I’m talking about with different more than better.

We switch everything we can from plastics to glass. Bottles, whatever. So, you’re increasing the costs of transportation, right? It’s heavier, you can’t pack as much in the same space. That increases energy use, no matter if it’s diesel in a truck tank, or via power. But, if we also switch even more to EV trucks and trains, that’s still a net positive because now that energy can be better regulated, reducing pollution alongside the reduction in plastic pollution.

But, now you’re going to need more bottles of glass. That’s more energy to make per bottle (can’t remember the numbers, and I’m too tired to go digging), though not a huge amount. You also can’t perfectly recycle a bottle without some new materials, and you’ve also now got an increased demand in silicates for new and recycled. So now the sand is even more in demand, and there’s a shortage of it. Luckily, the transportation costs of raw materials is roughly the same, on average.

But, again, at least the sand issue is tighter. Easier to control for than random plastic shit blowing everywhere.

So, it’s a net positive in terms of reducing the impact of plastics on the environment because that impact is more dangerous as well as less predictable. But it isn’t necessarily better just because it isn’t plastic. It’s a trade off weighted with that specific goal. If there was a magic wand to guarantee all used plastics be centralized and consolidated, the balance of things isn’t a net positive, it’s just a difference in what problems are occurring.

That ends up applying to pretty much every replacement material for a given use. Swapping out plastic films for waxed paper means you’re now increasing paper production, and that needs more trees. Swapping plastics out for paper in shipping protection is the same. Swapping out to metals brings the same weight issues as glass, and adds mining problems.

There’s always a price to pay. You can’t have the benefits of a modern world without some cost to the environment.

But, yeah, we haven’t started a serious switch because plastics are petroleum and there’s a shit ton of money and power tied up with that. It’s entirely doable, though it would take time and cost a shit ton. Eventually, we would cut plastics in the environment down to a level that’s more acceptable, and maybe even low enough to be unimportant (not that anyone has figured out what that would be yet afaik; we just know the shit is everywhere and causing trouble). But it has to start at the top, not from the bottom. Trillions of dollars are involved, and that kind of money wins, period.

I dunno. I used to be flexible as hell, but was also too damn broad across the shoulders to get everywhere. That was even before I started lifting seriously; lifting just made the area I couldn’t reach bigger.

Somewhere around 16 I hit a spurt and suddenly couldn’t reach a zone between my shoulder blades. It was maybe hand sized. In my twenties, it was about an inch or two bigger, but I could still do all the stretches fully before lifting, and that included shoulder stretches where I could end up almost flat with my arms behind me.

Nowadays, I’m just old and stiff, and can’t scrub anything right on my back.

Big ol’ brush.

I also have long scrubby things. Don’t know what they’re made of, but I think nylon. Basically really long washcloths with a rough texture and strings to hold onto while scrubbing. But the brush does a better job, so I usually only use the cloth ones when I’m away from home because they pack easier.

That’s assuming I can’t con my wife into getting soaked just to stand there scrubbing me down for a half hour while I continually say “yah, right there, a little harder. Now to the left, oh yeah, that’s great, a little more. Now up some, fucking perfect, you’re awesome. Now down a little again” and so on until she throws the scrubber at me.

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You really aren’t bright at all

That’s not what you said before

Most people don’t snore unless they’re overweight

That’s what you said.

If you had said that obesity increases the probability of snoring, that would be accurate. If you said that a higher percentage of overweight or obese people snore, that would have been accurate. But that’s not what you said

Overweight and obese people do have a higher percentage of all snoring people, particularly when the snoring is more severe. But that’s also not what you said.

You said that “most” as in at least half by any standard issue usage of the term, people don’t snore unless they’re overweight. That doesn’t match incidence rates, and it’s phrased in a misleading way.

There’s even some early indications that snoring may be causative to overweight and obesity, or at least make people more prone to it. Which makes sense in a lot of ways, but isn’t really directly relevant to either of your comments

Look, maybe you thought it was just an offhand comment. And it definitely read like you put zero thought into it, and that’s okay. Nobody has to be detailed every damn time they make a comment. But, if you’re going to throw out low effort comments about medical issues, you gotta also be okay when people come along and object. Shit is important; there’s people that don’t think they snore at all, because they don’t fit what they think snoring is. Then they spend years ignoring what’s actually apnea, and is fucking up their body.

So misinformation like your offhand comment merits a low effort counter comment. At least then the one skinny dude that’s going to end up with cardiovascular or cardiopulmonary issues from apnea at least doesn’t ignore their issue because they aren’t fat. Which isn’t some random unlikely occurrence. There are people that genuinely think that they can’t have apnea because they aren’t overweight at all

Generally, not snoring on a regular basis is the default.

There’s a ton of things that lead to snoring, and if you factor in temporary side effects of illnesses, it would be unusual for anyone to never snore their entire life. But, depending on exactly how you want to phrase things, I don’t think snoring could be called the norm for the average person on a typical night. Obviously, those are imprecise terms, but it conveys the general situation, I think

There’s numbers out there if you go looking, but I don’t reckon you care about those if you’re asking here.

That is so untrue is approaches absurdity.

Edit: Now, if you’d said something about apnea rather than snoring, it would be only mildly inaccurate.

Aight, first, let me state that calling people gross because of the kind of beard they can grow is douchey as fuck all.

With that out of the way, you’ve already gotten great advice, but I think there’s still a few salient points that can help a beard stay healthy and nice looking.

The biggest one I can think of is to go sulfate free in your products. Shampoo and conditioners with sulfates are harsher than those without. So you want to avoid them as much as possible. I tend to favor Hask when I’m not getting stuff through my friend that can get me fancy shit cheap. I personally use the Hask argan oil stuff. It smells nice, works great, and my beard stays softer, longer.

But the key is to avoid stuff with sulfates.

Then, with those and other products, avoid anything that has ingredients ending in “cone”, like simethicone as the most common one. They make hair shiny and less frizzy, but it comes at the price of drying it out over time.

Generally, if you’re washing daily, you will want to add a bit of something after you’re out of the shower, no matter what conditioner you use. Oils tend to be easiest to use, and do a great job. But balms, butters, and even waxes can all contribute to a healthy face forest. Again, just avoid the “cones”, and it’s difficult to go wrong. I mix my own oils nowadays, just because I’m absurdly sensitive to smells and some chemicals, but you can usually grab whatever your local drug store has and end up with something decent smelling.

However, you can also just grab a decent olive oil and use that too. Yeah, the fancy stuff may be marginally closer to own oils, but olive oil does just fine in a pinch.

Just don’t go crazy. Put enough on your hands that you’ll have a layer, but not so much it can pool up. It’s better to oil up twice than deal with too much oil. Then you just rub it over the surface of your beard, then run your fingers through it a while until you get the beard lightly touched all over. It doesn’t take much, unless you also want to keep your beard looking extra shiny. Just be aware that your shirts will not be happy if your beard is long enough.

Drowning your face in oil isn’t a good thing. You want just enough to help manage frizz, keep the cuticle healthy, and maintain a nice shine.

As a rule, when you’re early into beard growth, you’ll want to let it grow out a bit before trying to style anything significant. You’re close to the point where you’ll want to start thinking about that. Now, I started out shooting for the Dan Haggerty style, like his Grizzly Adams era. It’s low upkeep, all you need is a trimmer with guards, or some decent scissors and a comb.

Now, I’m full Rasputin up in this piece, so trimming is more about keeping split ends under control and balancing things out (my right side grows faster than my left, well as slightly longer). Just some light scissor work once a month or so. But I’ll apply balm or wax to the stache if I’m going to be eating in public. Otherwise I just twist it into points lol.

But those are both fairly low maintenance styles. If you want to maximize how it fits your face, the time to experiment with shaping is before you have a lot of length to regrow if you screw up. There is a learning curve to the various tools you’d be using.

Beard braiding is actually easier than head hair imo. Head hair is smoother for most caucasian folks for sure, and you can get a better grip on beard hair because of that. It’s almost always coarser, and may well be curlier too. But there’s a learning curve for sure, so start watching videos before you need to.

There’s nothing wrong with any style at all. You rock what makes you happy, period. But no matter that style, you’ll run into less bullshit if it’s neat. Two beards of equal length, but one is scraggly, will be perceived differently. So keep your shit neat if you care about other people’s responses.

Also, if you haven’t yet, expect an itch period soon. A face that isn’t used to a longer beard is going to need to adapt. Might not take long, but it’s almost certain to come along.

Remember, those thick santa beards take work. They take trimming and care all year round. Once you do go gray/white/silver with age, you’ll likely need different products as well, but that’s a tangent. Professional santas that grow their own take it seriously. If you don’t keep it trimmed all year long, what happens is that the hairs get pushed into patterns that make it harder to shape come the holidays.

As an example, if you don’t watch how the that throat grows, chances are high that the very bottom of it is going to grow up, instead of down. And the longer the beard, the higher that area can get. It’ll make the bottom part of your beard look bristly since those hairs are going a different direction

So you gotta treat it like you want it to look while there’s a line of kids and parents in front of you. Keep it combed, don’t sleep face down much, keep the parts low on the throat and at the ears trimmed to your goal length for Christmas even if you let the rest get longer in the off season.

Be aware that until you age into gray/white, you’re going to need to lighten your beard during the season, and that is always rough on the beard and skin. So have it done professionally is my advice. A good salon will get the job done better and safer than trying to do it yourself.

There’s various beard white products out there, but you gotta apply it to a lightened beard, unless your beard is really light blonde to begin with. Most of them suck at coverage to begin with, and come off over hours of wear. So they’re best reserved for a slight lightening and darker patches than being caked on.

And you can’t cake up tbh. If you’re a chubby guy, you’ll likely be sweating some in the suit alone. If you’re more on the lean side, you’ll be wearing padding and you will be sweating to some degree. Some of the whiteners are sweat resistant, but nothing is perfect.

I don’t do pictures online, but I hit my yeard back in 2012 or so, and have kept it at its natural length since then, so about 3/4 of the way to my nipple line when dry, and almost there when wet. It’s a wonderful thing, but it is work. You can’t neglect it because neglect shows up faster in a beard than on regular hair. You get sick for a few days, your head hair is a little oily and ragged. Your beard will look like a tornado hit it. You’ll have knots and broken hairs, and it’ll be extra coarse.

Meh, we love you anyway :)

Shit, I down voted you for whining about down votes.

I’m not certain if full proof is an autocorrect swap, an intentional joke, or bone apple tea, but it’s a damn interesting one no matter what it came from

Well, it was most likely the indirect drop in core temperature, or a change in your nervous system’s detection of temperature difference.

When you warm up the skin, all the little capillaries open up at the surface. It isn’t only at the source of the heat. So your body now radiates its heat through the skin, dropping core temp slightly.

A decrease in core temp is known to be part of the normal sleep cycle. This is one of the reasons a hot shower can contribute to faster, better sleep when taken an hour or so ahead of the intended bedtime.

However, another part of the sleep cycle, or rather how our bodies work leading up to sleep, is that when external temperatures feel cooler, the adaptations our bodies make promote sleep, and improve sleep. It’s why a common bit of advice is to keep the sleeping area cool. But, if you trick your body into feeling a different gap in external and internal temperature, it often serves the same purpose. Our skin isn’t that great at determining direct temperature, as in “the air is 70 degrees”. What it is good at it “the air feels 30 degrees warmer than me”. So it can be fooled sometimes.

Add in the comfort of cuddling, with the full stomach pulling blood towards the stomach, and you’ve got a nap bomb.

There’s been some good research into this, and if you look up thermoregulation and sleep, skin warming and sleep, as well as general information about the sleep cycle, you’ll run into at least articles reporting the studies. Most of the studies are paywalled, but if you’re sufficiently motivated, there’s ways around that.

But, by all means, do the control experiment. I would predict that you’ll get a slower result than with your boyfriend, but not a ton slower. Assuming you make sure to eat the same meal, or very similar, anyway.

Just remember that it isn’t 1:1. The air temp may be different by a few degrees, you may have had more or less sleep beforehand, time of day can make it vary. Clothing, textures of bed linens, etc. The boyfriend isn’t the only factor involved. So don’t expect a perfect result where the exact degree of reduction in time-to-sleep (aka sleep latency) is the exact same, or wildly different. You might not even be able to measure the difference since you didn’t actually measure the time precisely the first time. You’ll be relying on your perceived time to sleep unless you have the ability to read and record brain waves. Even watches and such with sensors aren’t precise in detecting sleep. They get close, but only to degree.