Synnr , 9 months ago to news in Black musician says he was falsely accused of trafficking his own children aboard American Airlines flight

It’s okay, I was just making a joke.

Synnr , 9 months ago to news in Black musician says he was falsely accused of trafficking his own children aboard American Airlines flight

I’m getting off on the next stop.

Because of the duty to report?

Synnr , 9 months ago to world in World’s 1st drug to regrow teeth enters clinical trials

Only because it’s paradigm shifting and worldview shattering.

“Only baby teeth grow back, and if you lose your adult teeth you’re fucked, enjoy your dentures.”

Don’t worry though, you probably have a few decades to realign your worldview. 9/10 of clinical trials fail.

Synnr , 9 months ago to noncredibledefense in The video is fake! PROOF

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Synnr , 9 months ago to asklemmy in Why can big beards make a man look immediately crazy?

It depends on a mixture of features… With the beard, the face, attire, etc. If you have kind eyes, you can have almost any beard and not look crazy. Here are some examples.

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Synnr , 9 months ago to world in US neo-Nazi says He Fought in Ukraine, Records Place Him in Florida - bellingcat

Paulhaus said Blood Tribe, the neo-Nazi group he leads, no longer considers him in good standing.

Well, at least they have ethics. Ethnics, maybe not. But ethics for sure.

Synnr , 9 months ago to world in Adam Britton: British croc expert admits sexually abusing dogs

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Synnr , 9 months ago to nostupidquestions in Why do surge protectors continue to draw power from wall sockets even if switched off or if nothing's connected to them?

Ah I was aware they made surge protectors without battery backup, but I wrongly thought they were both just ‘surge protectors’ and wondered if OP somehow left out that his had a battery backup.

Synnr , 9 months ago to nostupidquestions in Why do surge protectors continue to draw power from wall sockets even if switched off or if nothing's connected to them?

Surely you thought of this, but a lot of surge protectors have (used to have?) a battery backup for short outages. Keeps the PC on so you can save your data.

Synnr , 9 months ago to asklemmy in Is lemongrass and all the other hippy-dippy calming tea ingredients bullshit?

Yes I was just sharing a side-thought while agreeing and sharing a story.

Synnr , 9 months ago to asklemmy in Is lemongrass and all the other hippy-dippy calming tea ingredients bullshit?

Melatonin helps me stay and fall asleep, which is bad for me somewhat considering I can easily accidentally sleep 12 hours if my alarm goes off during a deep sleep cycle. But if I had something to help me fall asleep and maybe calm me for a few hours, that’d be ideal.

Maybe I’ll try some chamomile.

Synnr , 9 months ago to asklemmy in Is lemongrass and all the other hippy-dippy calming tea ingredients bullshit?

that’s why we had the opioid epidemic and not an opioid pandemic…

Maybe. But I think there are also just a lot of people that are not dealing with enough trauma and mental pain (pain-killers/type not specific) that their inner voice stops them from seeking it out.

My dad had a friend with brain cancer. He was in hospice many years ago and knew that I had struggled with addiction. He said he had received hydrocodone and oxycodone after surgeries before (he’d had many) but they always made him nauseous and feel like shit. Then at the end when he was in hospice they gave him a fentanyl patch. He said “MyName, WOW, I FINALLY UNDERSTAND how people can get addicted to this stuff now. This is remarkable!”

Off-topic story: shortly after he passed I was looking for ways to painlessly “catch the bus” on the internet (I’m fine now, this was many moons ago) and bawling my eyes out as I thought about my family and what I’d be putting them through. Suddenly, the piano next to me blasted as if someone had pounded 10 of the keys at once as hard as they possibly could. No pets, no other people home.

I’ve been through a lot since then and am happy to say I am doing fine now, but that’s one of those many WTF moments that turned me from a staunch materialistic atheist into a more spiritually understanding person.

That and the DMT. Only slightly riffing, DMT came way before that.

Synnr , 9 months ago to asklemmy in Is lemongrass and all the other hippy-dippy calming tea ingredients bullshit?

Riffing. There’s a word used far too little, I hope I remember it later so I can use it later. ‘joking around’, ‘kidding’ ‘just joshing’… I need more riffing in my life.

Synnr , 9 months ago to asklemmy in Is lemongrass and all the other hippy-dippy calming tea ingredients bullshit?

It depends completely on the plant, the processing (if any), and other factors. I know nothing about lemongrass but St Johns Wort for example is GABAergic, acts on serotonin and dopamine, and under controlled trials shows clinical significance.

Placebo is one of those factors and it can be a MASSIVE factor. Conversely, nocebo, the opposite of placebo shows that if patients do not believe something will work, even though it’s shown highly significant clinical success, chances of it working on them are far less.

Synnr , 9 months ago (edited 9 months ago) to technology in FCC closing loophole that gave robocallers easy access to US phone numbers

This explains the 4 different “Hey! I got your number at the XX meetup.” and “Hey, let’s go play golf tomorrow!” type texts ove gotten this week. Trying to validate info.

EDIT: RTFA (says to myself)… this just makes it harder for shell companies to setup shop in the US and get blocks of US numbers to make VOIP calls/texts from. Someone will at least be held accountable, so they have to burn people (in jail) or get fined etc in their home country.