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Cake day: June 15th, 2023

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  • When you’re out, use DEET and cover yourself. Try to only apply it to your clothes. It’s toxic to humans. Are you out a lot? If so, I’d be worried about ticks and toxic plants as well.

    If you have control of the land around you, make sure there’s no stagnant water nearby. If you want to keep a pond, manage your mosquito population using local species if possible. In some places, you can also report stagnant bodies of water.

    If they’re inside, check your window screens. If you can’t afford that, use a mosquito net and check my first answers.





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    5 months ago

    My Mom’s been trying to get that done for years, but we live in 'Merica. Her insurance considered it cosmetic, even though it has a health impact, like you said.

    I was surprised they gave her the bellyband, and that’s actually really helped. She’s never had a terrible diet, but she was pushing 300lb +. I’m a foot taller than her, and I weigh 145lb for reference.

    She now weighs 165lb, I believe; It’s a sensitive topic. She still has to cover herself in baby powder and wears compression EVERYTHING (pants, sleeves, etc…) to hide her folds. God damn the American Healthcare system.







  • Sometimes that’s how seeding content goes. Most content in the beginning, is recycled and posted in mass. Even though it’s been out there, you’ve consolidated/ curated the content. That then draws in new users. Eventually, the goal is that they post their own content.

    We’re all just trying to get the ball rolling without spamming.

    If someone puts care into collecting/ curating their content, there’s is a good chance they’re using an automated posting script (usually python). I wouldn’t hold it against them, though. Even if you’re making you’re own content, you can build a cache of content and then automate the posts. You just have to worry about topical/ current events.

    I used to make content based on Planetside 2 (for ps4) that was semi successful. I never wanted to make money, and I spent a lot of my own. I even caused the old sub reddit to flourish (I even made charts, they’re on /r/ps4planetside2).

    Long story short, though, it’s people who want to create a community.