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one time when i was specializing in whales a guy came in and asked where the whales were right that instant (southern resident killer whales could be anywhere between alaska and california at any given moment) and as soon as i started explaining that he loudly interrupted "I'LL GO ASK A MAN" and stormed off to one of my employees and from a distance i watched him ask the same question and then the employee point back at me.

wizardarchetypes

batmanisagatewaydrug

Wait, so you’re not supposed to leave tampons in too long because the tampons have toxins in them that it takes time to absorb, or because the blood it soaks up was supposed to be carrying toxins out of the body?

hi anon,

those are both incorrect understandings of toxic shock syndrome. toxic shock syndrome is caused by overgrowth of specific types of bacteria commonly found in and on the body, which will in turn release toxins. the version affiliated with tampons, which is probably what toxic shock syndrome is most well-known for, happens because tampons provide a great place for that bacteria to grow.

leaving tampons in longer increases the risk of bacteria growing and releasing toxins, which is why it's recommended to change them frequently. the same is true of anything placed in the vagina for extended periods (no pun intended) of time, including other menstrual collection items such a menstrual cups or disks or forms of birth control such as the sponge or diaphragm, both of which have become less popular with the availability of hormonal birth control.

it's important to stress that toxic shock syndrome stemming from tampons and other devices have decreased sharply in the last few decades, ever since the health risks became widely known in the 1980s, and the majority of toxic shock syndrome reported today is not affiliated with any menstrual complications.

batmanisagatewaydrug

okay this is going to sound nitpicky, but menstrual cups do not cause toxic shock syndrome. toxins released by excessive growth of Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes cause toxic shock syndrome. that can happen whether you use a menstrual cup or not, whether you menstruate or not, in a vagina or not. you are in fact more likely to develop toxic shock syndrome in an infected wound than from a menstrual device.

again, I know this sounds like quibbling, but saying that a menstrual cup or tampon "causes" toxic shock syndrome makes it sound like they're not perfectly safe menstrual collection tools, which they both are. they can very slightly increase the risk of toxic shock syndrome but they aren't the cause, in the same way that... I don't know, people going jogging outdoors isn't the cause of people being hit by cars. there's a difference! important difference!

batmanisagatewaydrug

hey, that's a really good practice! a lot of health and wellness grifters get by using terms that sound scary without being able to back them up at all (or even define them), and it's smart to look out for that.

I'm happy to report that the toxins affiliated with toxic shock syndrome are literally just called toxic shock syndrome toxin-1

foldingfittedsheets

My girlfriend and I are laying quietly in the pitch black bedroom. In a soft whisper with no inflection, I said, “Someone is here.”

My girlfriend’s whole body stiffens and they go, “What the FUCK!”

They didn’t feel the little kitty feet I felt or have the context so instead of understanding a cat was joining us in bed they thought I was signaling the start of a horror movie.

ramenbrainedoak

the truth about computers they don't want you to know.

iamoutofideas

adventure time one-off character

alwaysscreechingbasement

teashoesandhair

This doesn’t include the best bit of the whole thing - she found the Twitter thread!

black-feather-fiction

This is like one of those romance novels where people bond over accidentally writing each other emails but better.

Like Pride and Prejudice but instead of the love interest getting dissed for his toxicity and then reforming, it’s just two people bonding over dissing a dead toxic asshole.

10/10 would recommend

egax

I have been saving this since last year. Happy Earth Day everyone.

freefitty

literally has been in my queue for an entire year. you just can’t miss reblogging.

manypersons

gotta queue this for next year too

worldheritagepostorganization

World Heritage Post

exhausted-cryptid-deactivated20

when it takes you a while to process what someone is saying and you realize they asked you a question

doughfox

I cannot fucking believe I am drunk, past midnight, and tumblr is throwing fucking saturated fatty-acids at me

musicprincess655

Listen here friendo I didn’t sit through a year of organic chemistry for you to come into my house and call a carboxylic acid a saturated fatty acid you respect that hexadecanoic acid

bismuthcladbattleship

And I didnt get a degree in biochemistry to hear you say that carboxylic acids with aliphatic chains arent fatty acids. That hexadecanoic acid IS a saturated fatty acid!

mutttooth

batsandboba

“scientists don’t want you know” is a phrase that always cracks me up because if you actually meet a scientist they will be shaking and crying like an overstimulated chihuahua with the need to let you know

gif87a-com

zukosgay

is germany okay

soloontherocks

oh scheiße

unscharf-an-den-raendern

This isn’t quite how I imagined the second coming of Christ.

not-a-slayer-of-dragons

What makes this funnier is that I’m pretty sure that’s at the station for cologne cathedral

i-dont-crow

It is and everytime I see that hole I think of this video

babtest

Remembered to check at the station today and report that

The structural stigmata are still there

keepcalmandcarriefischer

Why are the 4 holes?? Maybe 5?

official-german-puns

It’s his daily commute.

thatswhywelovegermany

#it is written that twice did jesus stumble and twice did the cross strike nearby architecture #so really this is method acting

ninatastic

Unfortunately they repaired it recently

pluto-rain-her

Es hängen jetzt sogar Schilder dort:

In Kölsch, Deutsch und Englisch 😂

jeusussavearmyveteran1205

hatesaltrat

I can hear this image

elfyourmother

a cosplay photo so old it was taken on actual film (which explains the streaks from my scanner) and the con we were at doesn’t even exist anymore. it was around 13 years ago actually now that I think about it.