LillyPip

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[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 4 points 14 hours ago
[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 4 points 14 hours ago

Ah. I forgot about the .ml thing.

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 4 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Weird, I seem to have just posted this…

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 23 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

We are bioluminescent, though.

The real problem is our vision is too shit to detect it.

Glow on, beautiful people!

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 10 points 14 hours ago

There. Are. Six. Hands.

 

Also called Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE), it affects like 1 in 5,000 people who contract measles (vaccinated), but jumps to 1 in 609 in the unvaccinated.

Basically, you get measles and then seem fine, but anywhere from months to 15+ years later, you develop brain inflammation, seizures, spasms, blindness, and coma, and it’s basically 100% fatal. The disease attacks your nerves and brain. There’s no treatment or cure, and it hurts the whole time you’re dying. It can take months or more of excruciating suffering to kill you. It’s similar to rabies, in that you lose all control and are guaranteed a protracted, painful death.

It’s preventable by getting the measles vaccine.

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 11 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

So, TIL about Dawson disease, which affects like 1 in 5,000 people who contract measles. That sounds rare, and it is in most people who are vaccinated, but the numbers are far worse for unvaccinated populations. In unvaccinated populations, the rate goes up to 1 in 609.

Basically, you get measles and then seem fine, but up to 15 years later, you develop brain inflammation, seizures, spasms, and coma, and it’s basically 100% fatal. There’s no treatment or cure, and it hurts the whole time you’re dying. It’s similar to rabies, in that you lose all control and are guaranteed a protracted, painful death.

But yeah, vaccinations (that we all have been getting and that have like an 1 in a million chance of complications) are somehow what’s scary.

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 63 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Quick reminder that Ivanka made her dad swear not to date anyone younger than her when she was 17.

Totally normal conversation for a teen girl to have with her father, and not horribly creepy at all.

Like, what the fuck prompted her to ask him to promise this?

Surely not whatever is implied by these photos:

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 3 points 17 hours ago

But vinyl LPs... Is just different. It was never meant for on the road scenario

Says who? (Lol, wonder why this didn’t catch on…)

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

I came across a page that tried to document them by region and regularity. It was quite long.

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 67 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

You should pay the first few marks so they’ll help establish the veneer of credibility. That’s Conning 101.

I forget the corresponding Ferengi Rule of Acquisition number.

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago

Shocked any received it, honestly.

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

Yeah, for a moment I was thinking ‘I have to ask for this next time’. Like, they killed me last time they sedated me, so I probably have a good excuse.

But is that really what that would be like?

Probably not, and I’d just wind up awake for surgery, which is less than ideal.

 

Not like I’d have had money for gifts this year anyhow, but whatever. Adulting often means having to do the things you don’t want to do.

I guess having to wait for the fraud department to clear your account then wait for a new card to be shipped mid-December is peak adulting this year.

 

Also available in Shavian: https://a.co/d/gpq8LFK

 
 

I like scifi and horror, and recently I love time travel and ghost stories. I’m annoyed with tropes and overcooked scripts.

Ideas?

 
 

That one that helps you sleep, or that you could watch a thousand times?

Mine is the 1970s animated version of The Hobbit.

 

𐑣𐑱 𐑧𐑝𐑮𐑦𐑢𐑳𐑯, 𐑲𐑥 𐑔𐑮𐑦𐑤𐑛 𐑑 𐑩𐑯𐑬𐑯𐑕 𐑞 𐑖𐑱𐑝𐑾𐑯 𐑦𐑛𐑦𐑖𐑩𐑯 𐑝 𐑚𐑤𐑵 𐑸 𐑞 𐑣𐑦𐑤𐑟 𐑦𐑟 𐑓𐑲𐑯𐑩𐑤𐑦 𐑐𐑳𐑚𐑤𐑦𐑖𐑑! 𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑣𐑨𐑟 𐑚𐑰𐑯 𐑩 𐑥𐑨𐑕𐑦𐑝 𐑐𐑮𐑪𐑡𐑧𐑒𐑑, 𐑯 𐑲𐑥 𐑦𐑒𐑕𐑲𐑑𐑩𐑛 𐑑 𐑒𐑩𐑯𐑑𐑮𐑦𐑚𐑿𐑑 𐑩 𐑥𐑪𐑛𐑼𐑯, 𐑓𐑫𐑤-𐑤𐑧𐑙𐑔 𐑯𐑪𐑝𐑩𐑤 𐑑 𐑬𐑼 𐑮𐑰𐑛𐑦𐑙 𐑐𐑵𐑤.

𐑞𐑦𐑕 𐑦𐑟 𐑩 𐑕𐑲𐑒𐑩𐑤𐑪𐑡𐑦𐑒𐑩𐑤 𐑕𐑲-𐑓𐑲 𐑯𐑪𐑝𐑩𐑤 𐑩𐑚𐑬𐑑 𐑲𐑛𐑧𐑯𐑑𐑦𐑑𐑦, 𐑑𐑮𐑨𐑯𐑟𐑣𐑿𐑥𐑩𐑯𐑦𐑟𐑩𐑥, 𐑯 𐑣𐑴𐑐. 𐑲𐑥 𐑤𐑫𐑒𐑦𐑙 𐑓𐑹𐑢𐑼𐑛 𐑑 𐑣𐑽𐑦𐑙 𐑢𐑪𐑑 𐑿 𐑔𐑦𐑙𐑒!

𐑿 𐑒𐑨𐑯 𐑓𐑲𐑯𐑛 𐑞 𐑚𐑫𐑒 𐑣𐑽: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G1B7LRWB

Hey everyone, I'm thrilled to announce the Shavian edition of Blue Are the Hills is finally published! This has been a massive project, and I’m excited to contribute a modern, full-length novel to our reading pool.

This is a psychological sci-fi novel about identity, transhumanism, and hope. I’m looking forward to hearing what you think!

You can find the book here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G1B7LRWB

 
 

Worth it.

 

Sometimes when seafood has fermented or not been salted at all, in street food, it tastes sweet. It shouldn’t, because usually fermented fish tastes bitter, but after a while, it begins to taste sweet.

Why? What’s the chemical change that makes this happen?

Lots of very northern fermentation methods make it taste this way, but why?

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