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[MetalSlimeHunt]

A point to reiterate - the word "endorphin" is a contraction of "endogenous morphine". Work out ecstasy is literally a drug high.

As for feeling better in general, that's just improved health. It directly lowers the likelihood of...pretty much every negative condition.

[Yoink]

Anybody got any good sore throat,  and nasal congestion relief tips? From the most obvious to the most esoteric, secret family recipes, I could use some.

Olive leaf extract generally does well at treating colds in general, whilst lemon and/or honey in tea is great (and tasty!) for soothing sore throats. I think. I could be misremembering, haven't had a serious sore throat in a while.

Edit:

Assuming equal quality, shorter track IMO.

Thanks for the advice fellas, ended up going with this.

New question: should I start a "Things That Made You Relieved Today" thread or just post my brief anecdote in the Terrified thread despite it lacking severity?   

[Owlbread]

Anybody got any good sore throat,  and nasal congestion relief tips? From the most obvious to the most esoteric, secret family recipes, I could use some.

I was a bit under the weather a few weeks ago with the cold; bad nasal congestion, headaches, coughing and so on. I managed to get a good deal of relief from congestion by taking a good pinch of menthol-flavoured snuff once or twice a day. I didn't need to take any nasal spray like I previously did, though I did use a kind of wash after a while to make sure my nose was clean of residue.

I think there's something in the snuff, nicotine maybe, that makes the blood vessels constrict. I don't know, all I know is it actually seemed to work.

[Yoink]

Oh hey it's Owlbread, haven't seen you around much lately. How ya been?   

[Andres]

Can someone give me the context for this image?

[Frumple]

I can give you the comic it's from. Superman Volume 4, #20. Dunno what sort of context you're looking for, exactly, though. Apparently supes and lois got hitched and produced sprog, and the image is some slice of life interim where batman and robin number N come visit for reasons presumably explained somewhere in the first 19 issues.

Spoiler: I guess maybe spoiler for the <20 pages after that image? (click to show/hide)

Skimming over the issue, the reason appears to be alien cow farmers spiking sprog's milk with venom expy something or other, which you find out when batman gets cowkkake'd investigating some sort of batparanoia instinct. Don't ask me what the hell is happening, I don't know, and I'm not entirely sure I want to know, either.

[StrawBarrel]

Thanks people for the responses regarding the wooden plank. Feel free to give yourselves a pat on the back.

New question: should I start a "Things That Made You Relieved Today" thread or just post my brief anecdote in the Terrified thread despite it lacking severity?   

I guess posting it in the Terrified thread could be fine, but I do have to admit the intensity of word terrified can be pretty intimidating. I suppose that explains why sad thread and mildly sad thread can both coexist. Alternatively you could post the story in Things that made you feel better today. If that doesn't exactly fit with the relieved motif, then starting a relief emotion thread wouldn't be a bad idea at all.

[Arx]

Idly curious, is it possible to brew alcohol from lemon juice? It seems to me that you might run into problems with the lemon juice killing the yeast.

[Frumple]

... it would appear at least one thing you'd want to check out is something called "skeeter pee". Or possibly not after learning the drink you're looking for is named mosquito piss.

It's apparent possible to use lemon juice in the fermentation process, though it looks like some dilution is generally called for.

[Arx]

Fascinating. Thank you. I don't actually want any, my sister just commented that a particular sweet was remniscent of fermented lemon. I was wondering if it could actually be a thing.

[Yoink]

For dinner, as I have been fairly hungry this evening, should I eat the can of delicious split pea soup I bought earlier, or should I save that for another time (possibly a time when I have nice bread rolls to go with it) and get some cheap, takeaway Indian food from around the corner?   

Idly curious, is it possible to brew alcohol from lemon juice?

Where there's a still, there's a way! ♪   



Edit: Nevermind, I went with Alloo Tikki Chaat from the nearby Indian place just before they closed.
This small, random question was somewhat time-sensitive, y'know.   

[itisnotlogical]

Is there an easy-to-explain reason why medieval/dark ages art (the kind frequently featured in memes out-of-context) is so fucking bizarre?

[i2amroy]

Is there an easy-to-explain reason why medieval/dark ages art (the kind frequently featured in memes out-of-context) is so fucking bizarre?

As I understand it (and I'm not an art major, so if anyone knows better correct me), a lot of it just comes from the fact that several of the key things we depend on in our art (like perspective, realistic lighting, and the fact that women's bodies aren't just men's with tits stuck to the front) weren't actually discovered (or rediscovered) until the very end/after that particular period in time.

[Helgoland]

AFAIK it's just of a much, much more symbolic nature, yeah. Might have to do with the fact that literacy wasn't all that common back then and folks needed a different medium than writing for communicating stories.

[StrawBarrel]

How do ant bites tend to look? I found a scar on my forearm last night. It's made up of 10 small dots lined up roughly in a row, maybe 1 inch in length. Prior to that, Thursday I think, I discovered a 1 inch scar between my nose and left eye. I think it was made up of 2 or 3 smaller lines, but it's kind of too faded now to tell (physically and in memory). There seems to be a bit of an ant infestation, no swarms but frequent sightings of individuals, in my house and I'm now wondering if they might be gnawing on me while I sleep.

EDIT: Solved. Found out yesterday ant bites just cause swelling.