#cliff debunks everything

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PSA: your blood pH is 7.35 to 7.45.

Even small deviation outside that range will cause severe symptoms--and I don’t mean “feeling blah” or “higher long-term risk for diseases of aging”--I mean you’ll be in the ER because you’re collapsing and can’t even regulate your breathing.

Fortunately, your body has multiple mechanisms that closely regulate your blood pH, so it takes a very serious problem to throw it out of whack.  Your urine pH can change over a wide range, but that’s because your kidneys are part of the system that keeps your blood pH so tightly controlled.  Having acidic urine doesn’t mean your body is acidic; it means your body is dumping excess acid to keep you in balance, which is a normal and healthy occurrence.

Therefore: You do not need to eat “alkaline” foods and it is impossible (and would be painful and dangerous if it were possible) to make your body more alkaline via diet or lifestyle.  Any miracle diet or supplement that sells itself on “alkalinity is the secret to health” is automatically questionable and should be doubted for this reason.

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SCIENCE FACT: anyone is allowed to make up collective names for animals like “a decadence of sloths” or “a scuttle of cockroaches” or “a pinchfest of lobsters.”  There’s no regulatory body approving or collecting these things.  These names may be amusing wordplay, but they are not actually useful science facts.

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every news link about a child inventor

- Headline makes the invention sound absolutely world-changing

- Invention is something socially positive, like a way to fight pollution or help disadvantaged people, not something intended primarily to make a profit

- Child is very cute, and is quoted in the article sounding super sweet and inspiring and sincere

- Upon getting into the details of the invention, it’s actually more like an idea for an invention, which would require a huge amount of additional engineering (and in some cases violating the laws of physics) to produce a working prototype

- A non-working or barely-working prototype is displayed and talked about as if it’s the real deal

- Article notes that the prototype components were all salvaged spare parts obtained for a very small amount of money

- It becomes apparent that this child, while very well-intentioned and certainly smart for their age, was not 100% up-to-date on the community needs, expert knowledge, and existing state of the art in the relevant field

- (And neither is the article author)

- And you don’t want to say “this thing is actually useless” because c’mon, she’s 12, her drive and initiative are genuinely exceptional, the concept is great, and frankly you would be super impressed if the headline hadn’t been “Local Child’s Invention Will Save The World,” but

- You gotta admit, at the end of the day, that thing is actually useless

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My Dom has hyperspermia. If he does not ejaculate 6-8 times a day, his balls swell up and get quite sore. Eventually he just expels sperm for no reason because there's no room anymore. He was wondering: if he powers through it for a few weeks and just lets his balls do their thing, would his balls grow extra tissue and get bigger over time? If he could accomodate more buildup he'd be able to go longer between jackoff sessions.

I’m not sure if this is a serious question or some kind of erotic fiction or you’re just fucking with me?  Or your Dom is fucking with you?

Hyperspermia is a real thing, but it’s a thing like “ejaculates 10mL instead of 5mL.”  It’s not a thing where you have to jizz constantly.   Also, only about 2-5% of the volume of semen originates in the testicles; the majority is created in the prostate and seminal vesicles, inside the pelvis.  It sounds like you’re describing some kind of water-balloon dynamic where his balls continuously inflate with spunk until they’re drained, and that’s just... Not How This Works.

If he “powers through”, his testicles will reabsorb unused sperm.  This is a normal process which won’t make them bigger or change their character in any notable way; there are cis men who don’t ever masturbate, and they don’t have testicles like canteloupes.

Very significant question: do you know this Dom in person or only online?  Because this sounds exactly like the kind of story someone spins in an online BDSM thing when they’re getting off on pretending their fantasies are real.  Or have you actually been in the house while this guy is cranking out 8 loads a day?

I’m prepared to hear that I’m wrong, the world always turns out to be wider than I imagined, but... I think someone is fucking with someone here.

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While ur debunking things, do u know if rfid- blocking wallets, purses, etc are a scam or not? Thanks.

They’re only worth it if you have an RFID-enabled credit card.  Most people do not.

A chip that you insert into a reader is not the same thing as a RFID chip.  Your card is only RFID-enabled if it has a system that lets you wave or tap it in front of a scanner to pay--the most common brand names are Visa PayWave, MasterCard PayPass, American Express ExpressPay and Discover Zip.  Or just Google your specific card and find out.

If your card doesn’t have this feature, there’s no reason to put it in an RFID-blocking carrier--it can’t be read remotely anyway.  if your card does have RFID capacity, then is it worth it?  Ehhh, maybe.  The RFID chip is encrypted, and I don’t know of any major RFID-based attacks that have actually happened, but they theoretically could, so this one’s up to you.

Don’t pay a lot of money for a fancy custom RFID-blocking doohickey, at any rate.  You can get the same amount of protection from anything that surrounds your card with metal--any metal case, or any card-holder wrapped or lined with household aluminum foil will do the job.

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Boring: buying your friend one of those "name a star" certificates for their birthday. It's probably something you can't see that's off in Andromeda or whatever, and if it ever does become scientifically relevant your name probably won't stick.

Awesome: just name a star after your friend. Just do it. It's free and no one can stop you. And you can pick any star. Sirius is called Jeffrey now. Polaris is called Maureen. The stars in Orion' s belt? All three of them are named Cassie. Mars? It's called Clifford IV now. Earth? Clifford III. Cats? They're called Adrians now. Now that's a birthday present.

If no one else will use your names anyway, you might as well go big.

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For the record, I very much appreciate that Cliff debunks everything.

No you don’t, and I have sources!