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I read somewhere on Reddit or somewhere way back when about The nasal cycle where one nostril sort of constricting (just due to blood flow and normal sinus congestion) allows for optimal air flow and moisture in our nostrils.
The poster also said that if this regular nasal cycle resulted in being unable to breathe on one side, consistently, you have a deviated septum. I don’t know if that’s 100% true, but I 100% had a deviated septum.
Man was that recovery ever weird.
Those damn silicone tubes coming out was the single strangest feeling ever lmfao
My septum is very much deviated. I thought it’s normal that I can’t breathe half of the time. Turns out it’s not normal and can be treated
Me after rolling to the other side
Triggered some Thomas the Tank Engine trauma
Weird. I checked with my brother too, because I remember this episode.
We both remember very specifically that the moral of the story was being afraid of something small and harmless can prevent you from enjoying anything else.
This is extremely true of fear. The other mantra I remember that also says this is from Dune (a little paraphrased): “I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will let it wash over me and through me. And when it had gone past, I will turn the inner eye and see that along its path there is nothing. Only I will remain.”
I think he deserved it, don’t you?
I still have a hard time believing that they ever showed that episode to kids on purpose and that Ringo Starr agreed to do that one 😬😄
I think there’s some useful context, if not a good defence of this story.
It’s one of the original stories told by Reverend Awdry told to his 2 year old, measles-ridden child in 1942 war-era England (Wait, is this making it worse?).
Awdry would sing/recite old poems to Christopher, who then pressed him for further details that turned into a story.
For example, the opening of that episode of Thomas features the Limerick that prompted the story, which was around at least since 1902:
In the original story by Awdry, there is only a single tunnel, and the train is completely blocking the line and essentially ruining a business. So stubborn is the engine, that they have to dig a new tunnel beside the old one. The rails are removed and “a wall” are placed in front of the tunnel, for safety - to prevent trains literally running into the wrong tunnel and crashing. The Fat Director/Controller is also pretty unsympathetic deliberately - he commands people to push and pull the train out without success, but doesn’t himself help - “My doctor has forbidden me to push”. However the original books follow the realities of steam engine and railway operation far more closely than the TV series did (and as a result, the original series, closer to the books, were far more realistic than the later ones).
As portrayed in the TV show it definitely comes off more villainous. But in the original telling we have to take away 70 years of Thomas trains having faces, personalities, relationships and familiarity. When originally told, the Henry story didn’t even take place in the same “universe” - there was just 3 abstract stories about trains, loosely based on old rhymes and news stories.
Link please?
Sleep on your other side and be amazed as the problem mirrors itself
I heard this was actually by design. Nostrils should naturally alternate maximum blowage capacity.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasal_cycle
(It gets worse when you are congested?)
This is a bad design.
To be fair, it’s not designed at all. The human body is just a result of a very long string of accidental changes that made it just a bit
less likely to diemore likely to reproduce.The human body mostly is IMO, especially mine.
Sure, some of them are gorgeous to look at, but they’re buggy as hell, many of the processes don’t make sense at all, and the hardware breaks down easily if you’re not privileged enough to be able to spend a lot of time, effort, and money maintaining it.
The warranty sucks too. I can never get a reply from the support team.
I need an RMA, this unit has been defective since day 1.
It’s for humidification of the nose and increases the range of smells one is able to smell. What in particular is a bad design about that?
Personally, I’m near-anosmic anyway and my nostrils STILL dry out during the night.
I would call some people getting all of the drawbacks and none of the benefits bad design
Failure modes were not considered.
It’s terrible and annoying and I hate it. And it’s my nose.
It’s one of the better bad designs, in some cases. Something, something self-regulating air flow. Even a broken clock is right twice a day, I suppose.
If there was any intelligence involved in our design, it was similar to a kid buying aftermarket parts for his car on eBay that then strapped them to one or two bits of ultra high grade equipment. The end result is something like a nice Supra that drives around town making weird farting noises.
I heard sending all the blood to your penis gives you limited, temporary relief.
It’s important that you do so in the direct and internal way, though. Draining half a pint of your blood and injecting it into your penis won’t help you fall asleep.
Thanks for the heads up.
It’s what I’m here for!
…my job is really weird
That’s enough internet for me.
Good night everyone.
give it 150 minutes
I have a similar problem with my buttplug.
The only difference is the holes in the wall when I fart…
