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What's the most "weird" thing you've done this week? Did you enjoy doing it?

I just got done with taking a nap in a laundry basket, which obviously served as a precursor to this post. A bit of weirdness every once in a while spices life up, don't you think?

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  1. Nitta
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    I hugged a friend for a bit too long so he said enough (but he's fine). Then I did something strange with Kotlin generics and interfaces I don't even know how that's called, but it compiled and...
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    I hugged a friend for a bit too long so he said enough (but he's fine). Then I did something strange with Kotlin generics and interfaces I don't even know how that's called, but it compiled and ran and I'm happy. This Halloween is weird...

    9 votes
  2. [2]
    Bishop
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    so a couple months ago, my ability to move was hella restricted. it took some effort, but i could manage to get up and make it around my room if i needed to. noticing i didn't really have anywhere...

    so a couple months ago, my ability to move was hella restricted. it took some effort, but i could manage to get up and make it around my room if i needed to.

    noticing i didn't really have anywhere comfortable to sit, my parents just went out and got me this $400 recliner and placed it in the corner of my room. (like damn guys thank you!) just yesterday, i noticed that my recliner was...plugged into the wall? so i sat down and start looking around, and in a little side pocket i find a remote - it's got a massage function built in!

    it's one of those rumble-massagers instead of using the rotating balls you get sometimes, and the remote had two switches. one that rumbled the back of the chair, and one that rumbled the seat. no one was home, so i put both on high and it was not by any means a relaxing massage, but it tickled the every-loving hell out of me, so i just sat there in a soft, rumbly recliner giggling for like five minutes straight lmao.

    11 votes
    1. Eva
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      That's awesome, ha!

      That's awesome, ha!

      2 votes
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    1. unknown user
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      This is so unbelievably counter-intuitive; but I have a similar experience. I live in a fairly temperate climate, but with mid to high humidity. I always had a small patch of eczema beside my...

      I have had an abnormally dry head for a few years now and the move to a more humid climate did not help.

      This is so unbelievably counter-intuitive; but I have a similar experience. I live in a fairly temperate climate, but with mid to high humidity. I always had a small patch of eczema beside my nose. When I went on a vacation in California (high aridity, very low humidity) for a month, it cleared up almost completely.

      This is fundamentally at odds with how I'd expect conditions relating to skin dryness/flakiness to work—surely more humidity should temper these conditions, yet it appears to amplify them. Why is this?

      4 votes
    2. Eva
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      I love your narration of that; quite dry and overall fantastic.

      I love your narration of that; quite dry and overall fantastic.

      2 votes
    3. Gibdeck
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      Your hair (and beard) has a wicking effect, drawing oils away from your skin. I know cause I have to use beard oil (which is really for your skin) to prevent my face from drying out. So no, not...

      Your hair (and beard) has a wicking effect, drawing oils away from your skin. I know cause I have to use beard oil (which is really for your skin) to prevent my face from drying out. So no, not weird at all.

      2 votes
  4. Wes
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    Yesterday I was moving black pepper from one shaker bottle into another. Somehow I managed to explode the pepper all over myself, and started sneezing like in a cartoon. After 30 minutes of this...

    Yesterday I was moving black pepper from one shaker bottle into another. Somehow I managed to explode the pepper all over myself, and started sneezing like in a cartoon.

    After 30 minutes of this unpleasantness, I opted to try out a neti pot. I'd purchased one when my sinuses had gotten bad, but hadn't had a chance to try it yet. This was its maiden voyage into my nose.

    I boiled some water then put it in the fridge to cool. Once cool enough, I placed it in my tea-cup-shaped device and mixed in some probably overpriced salts.

    I didn't really know what to expect, but I thought water would fairly quickly make its way from one nostril to the other. What I did not expect was for water to pour in one end, and just... keep flowing. Keep flowing until I felt the pressure in my head swell to excruciating levels. Keep flowing as the pain became unbearable and salt water fills my throat.

    I tried to hold on and let it do its work. A few dribbles came out my other nostril. I had to blow some air out just to make the smallest of progress. The sharp pressure did not subside.

    I bailed. The torrent of nose water was unending. The pain quickly subsided, but I was a mess. My eyes were teary. Everything was salty. Even my ears felt wet.

    I felt as if I'd just been saved from drowning in a salt water pool. I felt violated.

    After taking a minute to recover, I naturally tried the same in the other nostril to much the same result. I didn't even try to maintain the torture this time. I broke quickly.

    Maybe I employed the wrong technique or have the wrong physiology for this wretched device, but it was not the wonderful moment of peaceful breathing I was hoping for. I am considering writing "Only use in case of emergency" on the device to warn future generations.

    Granted, it did solve the pepper problem for me.

    6 votes
  5. [8]
    Emerald_Knight
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    Last day of hunting season was over the weekend. Saw absolutely nothing all season. Then my cousin and I ran into a doe. I walked right up to where it was standing and she and I were within 20-30...

    Last day of hunting season was over the weekend. Saw absolutely nothing all season. Then my cousin and I ran into a doe. I walked right up to where it was standing and she and I were within 20-30 ft. of each other for a solid couple of minutes. She just cautiously watched me and ate at some grass and leaves from the side of the road.

    If I'd had a doe tag, I could've taken as much time as I wanted to line up the perfect shot. Alas, this was not the case. Still, pretty cool experience being that close to a deer out in the woods :)

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    1. Neverland
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      I grew up in a deer hunting household in western Massachusetts, mostly bow hunting, but sometimes .308. As a kid I always found it funny that we had to avoid hitting dear in our cars, but it was...

      I grew up in a deer hunting household in western Massachusetts, mostly bow hunting, but sometimes .308. As a kid I always found it funny that we had to avoid hitting dear in our cars, but it was so hard to hunt them... maybe the hunting method should be to run through the woods as fast as possible with a giant li-ion light on your forehead? :)

      These days I live near Jelenia Góra, Poland. That means Dear Mountain, Poland. Nearly every single morning a family of white tail looking deer is in my back yard. There are dear stands all over the fields, the local farmer/hunters put out hay to feed the deer in the winter, and the locals only use black powder rifles(that’s what’s legal).. it’s such a trip compared to the states. This feels like almost domesticated/cultivated venison. They somehow know when hunting is happening though, and they make themselves scarce.

      When a neighbor is hunting, you know because instead of a smokeless clap, it’s like a canon sound, and then you see a cloud of smoke. It’s such a different scene over here.

      No point here, just thought I’d share.

      Edit: phrasing, typo

      8 votes
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      Eva
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      Hunting is so fun! I used to do it all the time when I was a kid and in a location that permitted it. I just wish it didn't end with a dead animal at the end of it; it'd be perfect otherwise....

      Hunting is so fun! I used to do it all the time when I was a kid and in a location that permitted it. I just wish it didn't end with a dead animal at the end of it; it'd be perfect otherwise.

      Maybe I should just start bringing a camera into the woods and shooting them that way!

      2 votes
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        Emerald_Knight
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        Same concept, really, except you're not launching a projectile at hundreds of miles per hour toward them. It's basically a less violent form of hunting.

        Same concept, really, except you're not launching a projectile at hundreds of miles per hour toward them. It's basically a less violent form of hunting.

        3 votes
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          Eva
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          Not as satisfying, though! There's something so nice about getting shots in. Targets are better overall, though, I guess.

          Not as satisfying, though! There's something so nice about getting shots in. Targets are better overall, though, I guess.

          2 votes
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            Emerald_Knight
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            You seem like you would be the kind of person who would play paintball. You still get to go out into the woods and stalk and shoot your targets, but no one dies. Except Jeff. Jeff likes to eat the...

            You seem like you would be the kind of person who would play paintball. You still get to go out into the woods and stalk and shoot your targets, but no one dies. Except Jeff. Jeff likes to eat the paint.

            3 votes
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              Eva
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              Paintball is fun! Not the same, though! There's something so cathartic about putting holes in things after the pseudo-meditation that is aiming.

              Paintball is fun! Not the same, though! There's something so cathartic about putting holes in things after the pseudo-meditation that is aiming.

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              1. Emerald_Knight
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                I guess the closest you could get, then, is just target shooting out in the woods. If you have a friend who really wants to up the ante, maybe they could set up some cardboard cutouts for you to...

                I guess the closest you could get, then, is just target shooting out in the woods. If you have a friend who really wants to up the ante, maybe they could set up some cardboard cutouts for you to hunt down ;)

                2 votes
  6. patience_limited
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    My weird one for the week - I'm on vacation in northern Michigan, chatting with a lapidary jewelry store employee. I used to cut stones as a hobby, we're trying to move to the area, and I wanted...

    My weird one for the week - I'm on vacation in northern Michigan, chatting with a lapidary jewelry store employee. I used to cut stones as a hobby, we're trying to move to the area, and I wanted to get a feel both for the community and the jewelry marketplace.

    It was a quiet day in the store, and we talked at some length. I mentioned that I'd just had an IT job interview at a community hospital in a tiny outlying town, she mentioned that her sister-in-law was building a house in that town. She went on to say that the sister was a neonatologist moving back from Portland, OR.

    As it happens, I had a big project with a neonatology group in Portland five years ago... and knew her sister-in-law.

    Understand that it's weird for me to hold a long conversation with a complete stranger (writing is a different matter), and add in the bizarre-but-wonderful coincidence of hearing a friendly name and forging a connection unexpectedly, thousands of miles across a continent, out of 350,000,000 people.

    4 votes