Earlier this year I found out you’re supposed to run the sink water until it’s hot, then start your dishwasher. Also sprinkle in some powder detergent inside the door, especially if there is a tray for PreWash detergent.
You watched the video, didn’t you
A video, I don’t know if it’s the video.
Definitely the video
I haven’t watched any videos about dishwashers ever since I don’t own one but I’m 100% sure we’re talking about Technology Connections.
I haven’t watched it but if TC recommends it I’m onboard.
You are absolutely right!
The mad lad. He’s an international treasure. He has that CGP Grey about him that makes him one of my Hall of Fame educators/YouTubers. Can watch ANYTHING he makes for days.
Have relationships. Turns out I can’t do it all all by myself and if someone isn’t willing to or able to work with me it’s not a viable relationship
That sounds more like the other person(s) we’re doing it wrong.
Not recent, but I spent the majority of my teenage years dealing with awfully frizzy and unmanageable hair because I was shampooing daily (also using an excessive amount). I was under the impression that you need to thoroughly shampoo all oils away every time you shower in order to be “clean.” When I moved to university and no longer had parents around to tell me that I stink, my hygiene standards became more… relaxed, but I was surprised that my hair was a lot healthier!
Same issue here. Turns out when you strip all the oil off your skin/scalp, your body puts a lot of work into re-oiling it up. Now I’ve got to a point where I only need to wash my hair a couple times per week. It took a while to get there, with some days when I would have greasy-looking hair, but the longer you can push back the next wash, the better.
it varies from person to person. I have very oily skin and hair.
about 30 minutes after a shower where I use an oil stripping soap my skin looks like I rubbed Vaseline all over it.
I have to routinely soak/bleach my sheets/pillows to remove all the oil.
at this point I’m surprised the US army hasn’t invaded my ass.
lmao
I also have very oily skin, albeit my hair isn’t quite as bad. Washing daily didn’t make it any less oily, just a lot less manageable
sounds like you need a conditioner, certain shampoos do dry out the hair more.
I learned that soap is a salt and that acids like vinegar break it down and kind of rerelease the fatty acid that made it up.
It was very gross.
Seems like a fun experiment. Especially with a kid who likes gross stuff
Not too long ago I learned that you’re not supposed to rinse your mouth out after brushing your teeth, but instead just spit out the toothpaste. Apparently you’re supposed to leave a coating of it on your teeth for it to work properly.
As a kid I learned from the dentist that you should massage your gums with the toothbrush. I’ve recently learned that you should absolutely not and this is why I have retracted gums and exposed roots that hurt like a motherfucker.
Childhood dentist that is probably long dead, I wish you bad thoughts wherever you are.
Supposedly it depends on how hard your bristles are and how hard you brushed. Soft and gentle is the key as I heard (hadnt yet had my date to confirm it.
I learned that same lie from that liar ass little dinosaur cartoon fucker.
not with the toothbrush head lol. there are gum massages which are soft silicone points.
Where did you learn this? I’ve never heard this recommendation before and it sounds pretty out there.
Edit: it turns out that apparently both the American Dental Association and the National Health Service of the UK recommend not rinsing immediately after brushing. Huh, TIL.
The flouride in toothpaste doesn’t work if you rinse it off immediately. You should not eat or drink for at least 30 minutes after brushing.
Get a mouthwash with floride in it. Floss to get everything out, rinse, brush to clean everything, rinse, take a drink of water cause you won’t have any for a bit, mouthwash to polish everything up, don’t eat or drink for as long as possible (like right before bed so it stays clean)
Funny, those 30 minutes I something I did by default since it feels wrong to directly bring those clean, vulnerable teeth into immediate contact with anything.
i just reapply it sometimes, granted it uses more. but its cheap enough you can get toothpaste in bulk. i use stannous flouride, and potassium nitrate.
Got it, thanks, I’ve updated my comment.
i mean… how else would flouride do its job if you rinse it off immediately? my routine is: floss, mouthwash, brush.
Sure, it makes sense now that I’ve seen the recommendations, but previously I just assumed that it worked instantly on contact. I’m guessing that the majority of people haven’t considered the mineral deposition rate of fluoride in toothpaste. :)
It makes sense if you think about it. The flouride needs to rest on your teeth to harden them properly.
I’ve updated my comment. I wouldn’t have intuitively thought about this because why would I think that it would take time for Fluoride to take effect, or that whatever is left after rinsing wouldn’t do the job? Thanks.
I noticed a big decrease in plaque after I stopped rinsing.
That would be a great result that I look forward to.
I heard it straight from my Dentist (in Canada) just this last month. I was also blown away, been rinsing for decades…
Same here. I’m glad your dentist told you though.
I’m not them, but I first heard this in one of the early episodes of A Problem Squared podcast. Edutainment, baby!
My dental hygienist recently said that if you vomit you’re not supposed to brush your teeth right away. You’re supposed to rinse your mouth out with water to balance the pH levels and after a little while then you can brush.
Yep, same with drinks especially acidic stuff! I was told NOT to brush straight after juice, soda, etc. because it actually screws up your enamel. Bit late, my enamel is fkd but yeah my dentist said to wait an hour after drinking and eating. And then not to have anything including water for half an hour after brushing! They say to leave a coating of toothpaste on my teeth for as long as possible after brushing. I hate it honestly lol, I always want water 😭
Growing up I was definitely told the opposite lol especially with vomiting and with soft drink (soda, coke etc)!
rinsing with water should help neutralize the acidity/balance it, i always rinse with water before brushing. also it keeps the toothbrush cleaner.
… who would not rinse their mouth first thing after vomiting …?
Some people want to brush immediately to get the taste out faster, but that can damage teeth
the acid from the vomit/stomach acid eats away at the enamel, brushing increasing the degradation faster. also could eat a tablet or 2 of tums or equivalent.
Fair enough.
I like to savour the flavor 🤤
Toothpaste instructions often tell you to rinse with a small amount of water, but dentists here always say not to.
And floss before brushing, so you can rinse goop out before the toothpaste goes in.
i floss after. rinse with water>brush>floss.
I have the same logic about flossing personally, but I’ve asked my dentist/dental hygenist multiple times and they’ve all said the order for flossing doesn’t matter.
My dentist has also said the order doesn’t matter. My guess is that the benefits of flossing at all outweigh any small benefits from doing it in a specific order. I’m also assuming most dentists are just happy if you floss and don’t want to nitpick on technique unless it’s causing issues.
i heard some people from my dentist, floss to excessively, like sawing too aggresively, and not sliding. i dont used the waxed version now, apparently people dont like the pfas chemicals on it, so people do use expanding floss
My dentist said the same, but I still think it’s gross that people brush first and then dig the rotting food and bacteria out of their gums and into their clean mouths.
it’s more about practicalilty. when in flossing, stuff might get loosened but still be partially stuck in my wire, or just stick to be back of my teeth
if I floss first, I can just go straight to brushing and not have to get that little piece unstuck separately
this really helps to optimize my time efficiency in my life, allowing me precious more seconds to doomscroll
I’ve heard this before too, but no way, need a good rinse, and don’t get toothpaste residue on the towel or anywhere, rinse well, mouth, hands and brush. The dentist has given my teeth great reviews for decades now from brush 2x a day, floss as needed and rinse the tp well. I get fluoride in the water too so it hasn’t been an issue for my teeth at least.
It takes long enough after brushing and rinsing well to not have the odd tastes from eating as it is, but maybe not an issue for others and that would be nice.
Same, dentists said my teeth were excellent when I didn’t follow various tips like: don’t rinse, don’t use more than a pea of toothpaste, brush in circles. I do the 2nd and 3rd one now but I’m never going to stop doing water rinse. I’ve tried, but it doesn’t really help. the water rinse allows me to feel clean
Still plenty of toothpastes without fluoride.
Eye opening
I’m flabbergasted
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You have been misinformed about fluoride in toothpaste and water. Please take the time to inform yourself and trust in facts, not propaganda.
Not meaning any disrespect or negativity towards you, just a heads up.
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Maybe because it is far more concentrated than the fluoride in toothpaste or water.
You know, like the difference in alcohol between a 4% alcohol beer and 95% alcohol Everclear
Are you imagining that toothpaste and municipal water supplies contain hydrofluoric acid? That’s like saying hydrogen peroxide, H2O2, contains water, H2O.
And what the hell is fluoride jelly and why do you need it?
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I think you need to retake chemistry then, right now you’re the one spreading misinformation. The Wikipedia article is about a completely unrelated compound.
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The fluoride concentration in toothpaste is not high enough to cause toxicity if not rinsed out. Don’t eat mouthfuls of it, but the small amount left after brushing is beneficial for enamel. Ask literally any qualified dentist. Literally a couple weeks back, my dentist suggested that I can put a little dab on a tender spot of my tooth after brushing before going to sleep to target it.
i do that, sometimes i do postbrush, apply some toothpaste if i somehow rinsed after brushing. the sensitivity toothpaste works best for a tooth that maybe sensitive. you have to eat so much toothpaste to even get poisoned by the flouride. it was only ever concerns for children that are still going. some adults actually believe you still can get flourosis from toothpaste.
while i was looking at toothpastes to buy, online people are obsessed with the ones that whiten thier teeth(mildly or otherwise), they think flouride free they feel “more cleaner” they dont realize some of these off-brand toothpaste that has whitening, especially nHA(is apparently abrasive too) is just cleaning the plaque, food better than normal colgate, or crest. because its more abrasive, obviously some complained it dint change thier teeth health, thier cavaties returned, or it did nothing because its non-abrasive.
alot of these toothpaste has so much mintoil it can cause a burning sensation and some can cause allergies on the lips.
At some point there is a limit.
Yes but that limit is not in toothpaste.
I don’t know about “wrong”, but I recently found out people think it’s weird that I attempt all the across clues in a crossword in order, and then all the down clues? Evidently most people jump around and make use of the extra letters they’ve been getting?
It never even occurred to me to not just do all the clues in order. 😬
Okay, so, according to my calculations… Yes. You are certifiably insane.
What if you just don’t know the answer to one? Or if multiple answers fit, and you need letters to choose between them?
I usually go through in order until I get stuck and then switch directions to use the free letters.
I usually go through in order until I get stuck
I usually get stuck on the first one
That’s how I do it as well
That’s what I do - try the across clues, then the down clues, then jump around to fill in anything I’ve missed
Sometimes I even try solving with just the across clues or just the down clues for an extra challenge (usually Monday or Tuesday puzzles)
For what its worth I do it the same as you. I feel accomplished when I get it all in one round but that only happens with the easy puzzles at the beginning of the week. I have a goal of completing a puzzle on just the first pass of accross clues without having to use any down clues.
It depends on the medium I’m using. If it’s a book or newspaper, I’ll jump around. If I’m using my phone it makes more sense to do all the across, then all down.
I think that makes sense, at least for a first pass. I want all of the prompts stewing in my head, so I want to take them all in, and going in order is the most efficient way to do that. If I don’t get one I’ll just try it later after the others.
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Tying my shoes wrong my entire life.
I love that site. It’s such a weirdly specific thing to be obsessed with.
Ian is a legend. I’m so glad I saw his knot’s 30th anniversary video 2 decades ago & never looked back to any other kind of knot on regular shoes. Hiking & survival/useful knots is another whole story (one that I still am endeavoring into).
This discovery lead me to eventually changing to the Ian knot. Now I can’t even remember how to do it any other way.
Oh my god.
I do a square knot. It’s not going to come untied and I don’t need to double knot it. It’s also just as easy to untie.
Not actually recent, but a while back I learned that what we call the “bottom” of the banana is actually the top, flowering end. Turns out it’s way easier to open a banana at the flowering/non-stem end. So many years I’d been opening them at the other end, trying to snap off the stem part, mushing up that end of the banana most of the time.
I tried this out a while back and tbh it’s hard to open on the non stem side for me. I will continue to use the stem side as it provides more leverage.
Easier way, grab in the middle and forcefully snap it in half, works even on very ripe bananas
Lol, that is often the reaction I get when people see me do it.
Easy for sharing
i just give it a little squeeze and it splits in two and it’s the easiest thing to pull apart, way easier than trying to get the stem part to separate unless you have a knife and cut it first…
I just break the outer layer on the inside of the stem base with my thumbnail and the stem lets me peel the first part back like a cartoon character. If I want the whole thing out I peel most of the way down and squeeze the opposite end to pull out the whole thing or eat my way down and use it to pop out the last part without that little seedy nub thing.
No knife needed and the peel keeps my hands clean. Easy peasy.
if i’m at home… i just cut 'em in half and peel from the cut. often i just want half anyway, and an unpeeled half banana will keep for awhile.
Your bananas are not ripe enough.
The things come with a handle and we still get it wrong.
I think both are easy. Gripping the stem and putting a nail into it pierces the skin then instead of squashing the banana you pull on the skin until it comes apart. It needs just a tiny bit more force, no squashing and when finishing pinching the bottom pops out the last piece.
Both completely valid.
Neither way is wrong. I will often give the stem end a quick test and if it breaks and starts the peel, I peel from that end. If it doesn’t, I start at the other end. Both work just fine.
Opening cereal/fruit/granola bars and similar foil wrappers. I would tear them on the serrated part and then only a sliver of the wrapper would come off and I’d have to try to widen the resulting hole in order to extract the bar, often crumbling part of it in the process. However, quite by accident I discovered that if I instead ignore the serration and tear against that foldy seam part that runs down the entire bar, then it separates right down the middle like magic and I can easily remove the bar. Often works on 8/16oz cheese too.
I traveled with some Thai monks who would tear the whole side off bags of chips turning them into a bowl to share.
Another kitchen one. I always assumed the strongest water flow was closest to the faucet, but actually the water just about to hit the sink works better. This discovery has been useful for rinsing out things like cake icing tips and tea infusers.
Potential energy getting converted to kinetic energy on the way down :)
Plus the stream seems to adhere into a narrower cross-section lower down, further increasing pressure, at least with aerated faucets. It could just be the result of lengthening from increased velocity, which may not actually lead to increased pressure.
when those types of wrappers were first introduced to things like mass market candy bars, some of them had instructions printed on them… ‘tear here’ with an arrow and such.
I started looking up basic stuff after I saw a video of that guy who would shit in his hand in the bathroom and thought that was normal.
Turns out I was brushing my teeth backwards, you’re supposed to use mouthwash, then floss, then brush, and don’t spit.
You shouldn’t be using antiseptic mouthwash all the time
I read it was too make a sterile environment for the micro abrasions from flossing and brushing but idk I’m not a mouth scientist.
you’re supposed to use mouthwash, then floss, then brush, and don’t spit.
every dentist I have ever gone to in 50 years it’s always been; brush, floss, wash. always spit.
even people I have dated brushed like this.
not saying you’re wrong…but you might want to verify your sources.
That’s crazy, I do floss, brush, then mouthwash. It just makes more sense to me : flossing is mechanically speaking the “rawest” operation, as in it frees interdental space from big chunks which allows the brush to get in there and remove leftovers, and then mouthwash applies a protective film over it all. But maybe it’s all a movie I’m directing in my head
Funny that everyone here has different orders. After consulting a few sources, I settled on: floss (with a water flosser), (infrequent) mouthwash, brush.
Since I’m using a water flosser that’s thoroughly hitting all around my teeth, not just the gaps, it actually does the bulk of the physical gunk removal with not much else to it, so it goes first.
Mouthwash is next but I actually skip it more often than not and haven’t seen negative effects. It turns out that overusing mouthwash can harm the good biome in your mouth, though I imagine if you’re feeding your biome lots of sugar, soda and juices especially, you’ll need to prune it down with mouthwash more often. I drink water almost exclusively.
Brushing basically has to go last if you want the protective fluoride layer to not get washed out. Acting against that though, I know about the advice to not rinse, but that just feels wrong, so I still do a very quick rinse.
Mouthwash not necessary. Statistically flossing first then brushing has cleaner teeth, but functionally dental professionals just want you to be flossing at all so we won’t judge you for flossing after. Spit and leave residual fluoride toothpaste on teeth.
Why flossing after brushing? Thats like cleaning the floor then removing dirt and rocks off the bottom of your shoes onto the floor
that’s why I floss then mouthwash. no rinse.
swish for like 2 minutes spit, wipe, and on with my day.
While flossing either eay is far superior to not flossing at all, new studies show flossing before brushing helps the most
Every reply to this is about brushing teeth but I’m more interested in “that guy who would shit in his hand in the bathroom and thought that was normal”
What the fuck?!?
Or you can just brush. For me mouthwash is something to use if you’re too tired to stand around brushing or in too much of a rush or need to re-clean your mouth after a snack.
But yeah when I use both I do mouthwash first because slushy liquids are more likely to remove toothpaste on the tooth surface.
i learned a trick, if you have water flosser you can fill it up partially with the mouthwash to help clean better before flossing with the strings. also another side thing, apparently you shouldnt use moutwash excessively as it reduces the good microbiome in your mouth.
the blue one with cpc does help with inflammation, of the gums, also works on canker sores(helps it heal faster, doesnt stop it if its already a fully formed one), and some forms of sore throat.
Granny knot. Making the knot the right way helps top never having to re-tie my shoes during the whole day.
The sign of a stable shoe knot is that it is perpendicular to the shoe. A shoe knot angled or parallel is the unstable granny version.
The most simple correction, for anybody else wondering, is simple. Make your first cross the other way and do not change the next main step at all.
This is the way. Your muscle memory is so ingrained it’s really hard to change how you tie the bow (whichever method you use) but it’s easy to reverse that initial knot. With the Present Holidays coming up, it’s good to know for tying ribbon bows on gifts, too
Yup, ends up like a square knot with pull strings if you do it right.
I made an upgrade on my shoe tieing technique a decade ago. Here’s a guy doing it. It’s 2x faster than standard method of looping around the loop and is not a granny knot. After initial wrapping the laces step finishing is one second.
Oh! If anyone is interested in shoelace knots, I’d highly recommend checking out the Ian Knot. There’s a similar need to make sure the knot is balanced to keep it secure, but it’s overall much faster to tie.
Yes, it wasn’t recently, but learning this made a huge difference for me. I actually learned it from a TED talk, lol.
You can learn even more from Ian.
Thanks, that site is awesome. I’m pretty sure that it was the one I used some time ago to learn a few new lacing methods.
Yup, this was me a few months ago (but my shoes stayed tied…)
Explain?
See my reply parallel to yours for a video of it.
Walking in general. Physical therapy both sucks super hard and is vastly improving my life. I’ve had a decades long back injury caused by a dog attack, but I’ve apparently been walking in a way that guards a wound not entirely there.
Thank you PT.
FUCK you PT.
Thank you PT.
FUCK you PT.
Oh god yes, this. I hate it so much. I’m so glad I’ve gone. Gotta go back as soon as I can afford to get some help with upper back tightness. Fuck the list of 8 new exercises I’m going to get, hate, and find magically fix my prooblem.
In the meantime between getting back to physio, try a cheap TENS unit. I found a lot of relief by slowly over the course of a few days applying 30 mins of electroshock to my lower back when it acts up. When I was going to physio, besides the exercises they gave I would get 20 mins of TENS therapy. I figured I could save time and money by just doing the shocking myself as well as my morning stretches.
I have a couple of them. I wish I was better at placing the electrodes. So many positions do basically nothing, or just sting the skin, but when I get them set up right, holy shit is it magic.
Need to order in some replacement gel for the pads, though.
It helps a lot to have another person place them for you.
I find that if I feel the muscle that is causing pain and put a pad on either end of that muscle group then another pad across it in an X shape then I usually get the muscles isolated.
It rarely fixes it in one day. I find if I’m at about 70% of how I normally feel then on day two I wake up feeling 75% normal then 85% on day three and back to normal on day four. People thinking it is instant usually are discouraged in continuing but sticking to it for days in a row is more successful.
Swallowing pills. A friend pointed out that tilting your head down helps with swallowing and I had never thought about it before. It really does make it easier!
If it’s a floating pill like a capsule tilting your head down helps a lot, but if it’s a pill that sinks and sticks to your tongue tipping your head back can help
The trick for me is to sort of toss the pill up into the water in my mouth. Do it a few times and you’ll feel it go out of contact with your tongue.
Once that happens, swallow and it will be like you didn’t take anything at all.
When I was a teenager I had the hardest time swallowing pills, even with water. So my mom bought me some mini M&Ms and had me practice with those. Since they are small, squishy, and don’t taste bad, they are easy to swallow. I learned where to position the m&ms on the back of my tongue to easily swallow them without gagging. Now I can easily swallow any size pill without water.
Swallowing with yoghurt or pudding also helps.
I just have a swig of water in my mouth first, then pop a pill and swallow at once. No more gross pill taste if you do the pill first
I just tale a bite og food and let the pills go down with that once chewed.
Add the pills just before swallowing
I just toss the pills in my mouth and take a drink of water. Everything goes down easily.
I guess that’s mine then, chasing pills with water. I used to choke them down like a freak
also water helps, so you dont feel the pill. if its a large one it might more difficult.
Water is absolutely necessary. I didn’t use it until I started taking spironolactone, which is a notoriously bad tasting pill. But without water pills can just get stuck at the back of the throat far too easily
I’ve never been able to make this work for me. I have a horrible gag reflex and I’ve been told I swallow pills like a goose. Which I do but hey it works for me 🤷🏻♀️
I hold my breath and swallow first. It tricks me into swallowing the pill so I can breathe again sooner.
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Cleaning cast iron. I used to add water cold and bring to a boil. Now I heat first until grease is almost smoking, then add a bit of water and let it steam and sputter itself clean.
Just use soap and water like normal. You just need to thoroughly dry it afterward and if possible, apply a small amount of oil while it’s got to keep building the seasoning.
The seasoning is polymerized oil and does not come off with soap. You need a lot of abbrassive action to remove the seasoning.
I use a ring mail washcloth.
I have one of those too, but I usually don’t need it with the heat and steam method. Most of the stuck-on foodstuff comes off with just a spray from the faucet. No need to even scrub.
🫤 I just wash it out like anything else and put it upside down on the stove to dry.
Depends on how stuck things get. I do a lot of blackening of meat which tends to leave dry cooked bits on the pan which don’t wash out so easy.
When I say “blackening”, I mean with my black spice in light oil. How are you doing it?
Nothing that fancy. Just getting a good char. But the pan dries out everywhere not touching meat, so bits get caked on a bit.
I have a solid plastic scraper that has never let me down. Doesn’t matter what I cook in it, how much blackened meat gets stuck, or how long I neglect it in the stove top before washing it, I run it under hot water, hit it with the scraper, then the abrasive side of my sponge, then the soft side. After, I towel dry it, put it in the stove top to evaporate left over moisture, then rub a thin layer of oil on it.
