Eiri

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's speculation, but from my experience with Accutane I can infer the following possibility:

  • an earwax blockage could get worse because of dry earwax depending on the particular ear

Also speculation:

  • if there's fewer lipids in sweat, you keep those fats, and potentially you lose less weight.
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

A Climate Town video convinced me natural gas actually manages to be worse.

Natural gas is methane, and it's extremely hard to handle that without having any leaks, ever. And since methane is a very powerful greenhouse gas, it doesn't take that much leaked gas to cross the line into "worse than coal".

And there are lots of leaks.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Well there's a pretty easy fix unless it's an extreme case. Razor and antiperspirant (or just deodorant if you're worried about aluminium).

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

Maybe she's used to it. Maybe it's not that bad to her. Or maybe she just thinks it's impolite to point it out.

Maybe you're right and you really don't smell much. But most cases I've seen actually did smell.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

For a few months, while I was taking Accutane, my earwax turned dry and flaky. It was awesome. It would come out much more easily, it wouldn't accumulate, and for once my ears stopped producing so much liquid. But I imagine depending on your unique body, it could make things quite a bit worse if you manage to get an earwax blockage.

Disclaimer: do not take Accutane for more than a few months, unless your doctor really knows what they're doing. Apparently there are significant risks associated with long-term usage.

And pure speculation, but I imagine if you're not excreting that fat, you might lose a tiny bit less weight when exercising?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

We can do this on isolated cells, but I really don't think we have a way to distribute such a change across the zillions of cells in a human body.

And even if we could, it's not clear how much effect altering the gene after the fact would have. Maybe once your apocrine glands have obeyed the gene and developed a certain way, it's too late.

That said... Sign me the hell up.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

I mean it was hardly news to begin with.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

Ghost. Flying, intangibility, spooky telekinesis ... Sounds great.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Wait they're still adding natural gas? Geez.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

That's what my current bank uses for the web portal now to think of it. Client number, and 6-number PIN. I guess they're only doing this because they really trust their "unusual activity" protocols, but I've got a feeling they really shouldn't only rely on those.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

Wow that's a big oops

[–] [email protected] 54 points 3 weeks ago (9 children)

You remind me of my bank about 17 years ago. Everyone had to have a 10-character password, exactly, and it had to include exactly 2 numbers and 1 symbol. I wasn't very knowledgeable about computers at the time and it already felt dumb.

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