Aura V. @auravulpes@computerfairi.es

Some time ago, I decided I was gonna stop masturbating for about a month to see if I could reset my brain and make it feel better (or feel good doing other stuff than stroking sans lubricant). Now, I say "some time ago" because I haven't been keeping track. I kinda just stopped and I really haven't wanted to.

I'm really starting to think I might be ace. (Or, rather, aegosexual, but honestly, ace is close enough.)

And before anyone chips in, no, I'm not looking for your take on it. It's just my own musings.

Funny how I panicked about having a concussion that one time I fell and hit my head but never worried about it the *many* times I continually punched myself in the head until I somewhat arbitrarily decided to stop. I mean, sure, that fall was pretty concerning, but why wasn't my self-harm? I suppose there's my thing to think long and hard on for the evening.

Great, I think I injured my shoulder. On the upside, at least it happened while I still have insurance. On the downside, ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow

Another fun emergency medicine fact of the day: yes, there's a difference between EMTs and paramedics. Paramedics have much more training and can do more drastic interventions, including intubation, IV drips, and, as mentioned, use of a manual defibrillator. They can also administer more medications than EMTs can. EMTs are limited to OTC meds, auto-injectors, and *helping* with prescriptions, while paramedics can administer much more (generally under physician guidance).

So, a while back I was asking about if manual defibrillators were still in use, and, in case you're curious, I did find an answer: yes. A human can ascertain a rhythm faster than an AED, so paramedics and other emergency medicine professionals are still trained to interpret ECGs and use manual defibs. Note that EMTs (and generally AEMTs, iirc) *aren't* trained to do so, and only use AEDs. So, fun emergency medicine fact of the day, I guess.

It's almost as bad as every time I've tried to save my FurAffinity profile using C-x C-s

Love when I try to close something using Win+Shift+Q while I'm using Windows :P

I just heard an anti-vaping ad say that the vapour can contain "cyanide or even acetone", as though acetone, a relatively mild solvent that is generally recognized as safe in small quantities in food, is more dangerous than cyanide, which most people realize is a fairly potent poison. I get you're trying to use chemophobic scaremongering, but come the fuck on.

Pro tip of the day: If you need to turn torx screws (as long as they aren't security torx), but don't have a torx driver, a tri-wing or flathead will work in a pinch. Both are well suited to the job thanks to compatible driver geometry (aka torx are 6-pointed, and both 2 (flathead) and 3 (tri-wing) are factors thereof). Don't use a phillips driver, though. That will only end in suffering.

So, capsaicin (among other things) stimulates heat receptors and wintergreen (among other things) stimulates cold receptors. Does this means that spicy foods get objectively spicier when made hotter and minty foods get objectively mintier when made colder? I mean, I think the former is a thing, at least subjectively. Is the latter a thing? And, like, is either due to increased activity on the receptors the chemicals activate?

So, I've got that problem (I'm sure it has a proper name) whereby I'll accidentally swap the first letters of some phrases or compound words (for instance, a common one for me is saying "hot water heater" as "wot hotter heater"). That just came back to bite me *while trying to do it intentionally*. I tried to say "yumberlard", only to actually say "lumberyard" properly.

A minor correction to my post here. Nothing major, but I did get the heartbeat slightly wrong. Q is actually a small downwave at the beginning of the QRS complex. My point still stands, particularly as I got most of the ECG right, but it's worth correcting. Also, there's something called a U wave. Not majorly important, usually doesn't even show up, but, that's there, in case you cared.

@noiob Good an excuse as any for not becoming a zombie

@noiob Not necessarily oh no. This is the closest match to that arrhythmia I can find: sinus bradycardia. It can happen in healthy folks (athletes, for instance), though it could also be due to some problem. So, maybe oh no, but maybe fine

Now, that said, it does seem similar to the ECG output corresponding to 3rd degree heart block (shown below). Something tells me, though, that the game devs didn't do that on purpose and kinda just drew what they thought a heartbeat looks like.