Random thoughts....
2-Mar-22 10:17pm
#1 shadyfozzie
Post your random thoughts, questions, ideas here... I'll start
1) Have you ever watched America's Funniest Videos and wonder why the winning video is almost NEVER funny AT ALL?? We were watching some older episodes on Disney Plus and the final 3 videos are always stupid and not funny, and the worst one ALWAYS wins.. WTF..
2) How have cereal bags NOT been made with zip lock technology??
3) They need to make a container that can keep to-go french fries from getting soggy...
#1 shadyfozzie
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Post your random thoughts, questions, ideas here... I'll start
1) Have you ever watched America's Funniest Videos and wonder why the winning video is almost NEVER funny AT ALL?? We were watching some older episodes on Disney Plus and the final 3 videos are always stupid and not funny, and the worst one ALWAYS wins.. WTF..
2) How have cereal bags NOT been made with zip lock technology??
3) They need to make a container that can keep to-go french fries from getting soggy...
24-Nov-22 6:30pm
#101 DrizzDrizzDrizz
KCPenguins wrote:
Pretty happy to see all grocery stores and Walmart closed all day today in my area. The death of the shopping craze on this holiday weekend is long overdue. Turkey and taters were good. Saw both brothers at the same time since probably Christmas. Winding down with football. Pretty good day.
Why would that make you happy, you monster. Sometimes people need to buy stuff, what harm is it doing to you lol
#101 DrizzDrizzDrizz
KCPenguins wrote:
Pretty happy to see all grocery stores and Walmart closed all day today in my area. The death of the shopping craze on this holiday weekend is long overdue. Turkey and taters were good. Saw both brothers at the same time since probably Christmas. Winding down with football. Pretty good day.
Why would that make you happy, you monster. Sometimes people need to buy stuff, what harm is it doing to you lol
25-Nov-22 2:39am
#102 Foxhack
My entire family is on the other side of the country, meanwhile I'm still stuck in this hell pit with no way to go see them.
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay.
#102 Foxhack
My entire family is on the other side of the country, meanwhile I'm still stuck in this hell pit with no way to go see them.
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay.
27-Nov-22 11:50am
#103 egg
I'm told that fluoride toothpaste contains 1500 as much fluoride as water. So lately I've been using less and less toothpaste. Now I'm considering just not using toothpaste at all. By this point I'm convinced it doesn't do anything, I was more or less using it simply to mask the taste of brushing w/o toothpaste.
Wondering, though, if I should look into alternatives. Up till now I was sticking to the major brands. (Crest and Colgate) There are organic / "all natural" toothpaste brands, maybe I should look into those. I see toothpaste that advertises itself as fluoride-free. And, charcoal toothpaste? It's toothpaste that's literally black. Looks interesting..
#103 egg
I'm told that fluoride toothpaste contains 1500 as much fluoride as water. So lately I've been using less and less toothpaste. Now I'm considering just not using toothpaste at all. By this point I'm convinced it doesn't do anything, I was more or less using it simply to mask the taste of brushing w/o toothpaste.
Wondering, though, if I should look into alternatives. Up till now I was sticking to the major brands. (Crest and Colgate) There are organic / "all natural" toothpaste brands, maybe I should look into those. I see toothpaste that advertises itself as fluoride-free. And, charcoal toothpaste? It's toothpaste that's literally black. Looks interesting..
27-Nov-22 12:13pm
#104 shadyfozzie
I used the charcoal toothpaste for a few months and it definitely helped. Just be careful where u brush cause that stuff gets everywhere
#104 shadyfozzie
I used the charcoal toothpaste for a few months and it definitely helped. Just be careful where u brush cause that stuff gets everywhere
27-Nov-22 12:42pm
#105 Porksta
I use prescription toothpaste with extra fluoride. Keep in mind you are not supposed to swallow toothpaste.
#105 Porksta
I use prescription toothpaste with extra fluoride. Keep in mind you are not supposed to swallow toothpaste.
27-Nov-22 1:13pm
#106 egg
I'd bet that fluoride gets absorbed through the gums. And even if you spit it out and rinse your mouth, there will still be trace amounts left, so invariably I would swallow some of it. At 1500 times concentration, any small amount is still a lot, I'd imagine.
#106 egg
I'd bet that fluoride gets absorbed through the gums. And even if you spit it out and rinse your mouth, there will still be trace amounts left, so invariably I would swallow some of it. At 1500 times concentration, any small amount is still a lot, I'd imagine.
27-Nov-22 5:30pm
#107 John
egg wrote:
I'm told that fluoride toothpaste contains 1500 as much fluoride as water. So lately I've been using less and less toothpaste.
Why?
Why are you concerned about fluoride? Fluoride toxicity toxicity is extremely rate in adults. It generally only affects children -- because they swallow normal toothpaste when they shouldn't. If you aren't swallowing your toothpaste, I'm not sure there is much cause for concern. Especially too the point of avoiding toothpaste.
Now, I've seen arguments that we should maybe stop fluoridating water. I can see valid arguments on both sides there.
But I haven't seen much in the idea of not wanting to use toothpaste in adults. So, I'm curious why you think you need to avoid it?
#107 John
egg wrote:
I'm told that fluoride toothpaste contains 1500 as much fluoride as water. So lately I've been using less and less toothpaste.
Why?
Why are you concerned about fluoride? Fluoride toxicity toxicity is extremely rate in adults. It generally only affects children -- because they swallow normal toothpaste when they shouldn't. If you aren't swallowing your toothpaste, I'm not sure there is much cause for concern. Especially too the point of avoiding toothpaste.
Now, I've seen arguments that we should maybe stop fluoridating water. I can see valid arguments on both sides there.
But I haven't seen much in the idea of not wanting to use toothpaste in adults. So, I'm curious why you think you need to avoid it?
27-Nov-22 6:27pm
#108 egg
Hold on though. If you can see valid arguments for removing fluoride in water, then why wouldn't you apply the same for toothpaste? (which has way more of it?)
#108 egg
Hold on though. If you can see valid arguments for removing fluoride in water, then why wouldn't you apply the same for toothpaste? (which has way more of it?)
28-Nov-22 8:13am
#109 John
egg wrote:
Hold on though. If you can see valid arguments for removing fluoride in water, then why wouldn't you apply the same for toothpaste? (which has way more of it?)
Because of children. I don't think it should necessarily be removed, but I can see an argument, at least, that having it in water can cause some issues in children who drink a lot of it.
Again, I'm not saying it should be -- but I think there are at least some valid arguments for it.
What I said was that I don't see much in the way of valid arguments to not use toothpaste with it as an adult.
#109 John
egg wrote:
Hold on though. If you can see valid arguments for removing fluoride in water, then why wouldn't you apply the same for toothpaste? (which has way more of it?)
Because of children. I don't think it should necessarily be removed, but I can see an argument, at least, that having it in water can cause some issues in children who drink a lot of it.
Again, I'm not saying it should be -- but I think there are at least some valid arguments for it.
What I said was that I don't see much in the way of valid arguments to not use toothpaste with it as an adult.
28-Nov-22 9:40am
#110 DrizzDrizzDrizz
Isn’t a big difference also the fact you might drink a lot of water but you shouldn’t really be consuming (a lot of) toothpaste?
#110 DrizzDrizzDrizz
Isn’t a big difference also the fact you might drink a lot of water but you shouldn’t really be consuming (a lot of) toothpaste?
28-Nov-22 9:45am
#111 benstylus
@egg, you're an adult - you can make a decision to try brushing without toothpaste, and then see how it affects your dental checkups.
If you don't trust your own judgment, talk to your dentist first.
#111 benstylus
@egg, you're an adult - you can make a decision to try brushing without toothpaste, and then see how it affects your dental checkups.
If you don't trust your own judgment, talk to your dentist first.
28-Nov-22 12:39pm
#112 egg
y'know, I suppose I could just buy fluoride-free toothpaste, which there is apparently plenty of on the market.
#112 egg
y'know, I suppose I could just buy fluoride-free toothpaste, which there is apparently plenty of on the market.
28-Nov-22 5:07pm
#113 Sid_Ceaser
egg wrote:
y'know, I suppose I could just buy fluoride-free toothpaste, which there is apparently plenty of on the market.
Just brush with baking soda. Problem solved.
#113 Sid_Ceaser
egg wrote:
y'know, I suppose I could just buy fluoride-free toothpaste, which there is apparently plenty of on the market.
Just brush with baking soda. Problem solved.
28-Nov-22 5:42pm
#114 John
egg wrote:
y'know, I suppose I could just buy fluoride-free toothpaste, which there is apparently plenty of on the market.
I guess I am still curious why you are worried about fluoride? Is there some data that indicates that this is an issue for most adults that I'm not seeing?
Most of the stuff I can find about being worried about fluoride looks to be conspiracy theory stuff -- not science. (Again, except in children in mostly 3rd world countries where they are adding it to the water, but in poorly controlled manners that are unregulated -- which is not the case pretty much everywhere else.)
#114 John
egg wrote:
y'know, I suppose I could just buy fluoride-free toothpaste, which there is apparently plenty of on the market.
I guess I am still curious why you are worried about fluoride? Is there some data that indicates that this is an issue for most adults that I'm not seeing?
Most of the stuff I can find about being worried about fluoride looks to be conspiracy theory stuff -- not science. (Again, except in children in mostly 3rd world countries where they are adding it to the water, but in poorly controlled manners that are unregulated -- which is not the case pretty much everywhere else.)
1-Dec-22 9:36am
#115 Foxhack
Sid_Ceaser wrote:
egg wrote:> y'know, I suppose I could just buy fluoride-free toothpaste, which there is apparently> plenty of on the market. Just brush with baking soda. Problem solved.
There's also charcoal toothpaste! But uh, it might make you look like a serial killer
#115 Foxhack
Sid_Ceaser wrote:
egg wrote:> y'know, I suppose I could just buy fluoride-free toothpaste, which there is apparently> plenty of on the market. Just brush with baking soda. Problem solved.
There's also charcoal toothpaste! But uh, it might make you look like a serial killer
1-Dec-22 2:33pm
#116 BucketofJustice
Someone just tried to hack my Microsoft account. Thank goodness for 2 step verification. I also changed my password.
Anyone else think I need to do anything more? Legit looking for advice on this.
#116 BucketofJustice
Someone just tried to hack my Microsoft account. Thank goodness for 2 step verification. I also changed my password.
Anyone else think I need to do anything more? Legit looking for advice on this.
1-Dec-22 3:00pm
#117 nonamesleft
BucketofJustice wrote:
Someone just tried to hack my Microsoft account. Thank goodness for 2 step verification. I also changed my password. Anyone else think I need to do anything more? Legit looking for advice on this.As an extra precaution, maybe make your password very difficult to figure out, for instance a bunch of random numbers, symbols, and letters, and maybe even a comma or two.
#117 nonamesleft
BucketofJustice wrote:
Someone just tried to hack my Microsoft account. Thank goodness for 2 step verification. I also changed my password. Anyone else think I need to do anything more? Legit looking for advice on this.As an extra precaution, maybe make your password very difficult to figure out, for instance a bunch of random numbers, symbols, and letters, and maybe even a comma or two.
1-Dec-22 4:10pm
#118 benstylus
BucketofJustice wrote:
Someone just tried to hack my Microsoft account. Thank goodness for 2 step verification. I also changed my password. Anyone else think I need to do anything more? Legit looking for advice on this.
Do you have any other sites where you use the same password? If so, go change them too.
#118 benstylus
BucketofJustice wrote:
Someone just tried to hack my Microsoft account. Thank goodness for 2 step verification. I also changed my password. Anyone else think I need to do anything more? Legit looking for advice on this.
Do you have any other sites where you use the same password? If so, go change them too.
1-Dec-22 4:23pm
#119 Porksta
Let me know your password (PM it if you prefer) and I will let you know if I think it is a solid PW. I work in IT and am good at these things.
#119 Porksta
Let me know your password (PM it if you prefer) and I will let you know if I think it is a solid PW. I work in IT and am good at these things.
1-Dec-22 4:39pm
#120 nonamesleft
Porksta wrote:
Let me know your password (PM it if you prefer) and I will let you know if I think it is a solid PW. I work in IT and am good at these things.
One of the downsides to writing as opposed to speaking is that sometimes it's tricky to tell what tone is being used. Your offer sounds genuine, and at the same time humorous.
#120 nonamesleft
Porksta wrote:
Let me know your password (PM it if you prefer) and I will let you know if I think it is a solid PW. I work in IT and am good at these things.
One of the downsides to writing as opposed to speaking is that sometimes it's tricky to tell what tone is being used. Your offer sounds genuine, and at the same time humorous.
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