I wouldn’t call it an issue, though, more like working as intended. I have no problem with paying for state health contributions even though I don’t use the services that much myself. Because it brings up the overall health for everyone around me which also benefits me indirectly. Think of it as an investment.

…can’t tell if illithid or zombie…

not sure what you mean by opioid+nsaid prescription painkillers, so I’ll assume it’s a mix of opiods plus NSAIDs. wouldn’t make much sense to add aspirin/naproxen/ibuprofen on top of that, as they are also NSAIDs and that role’s already been filled

paracetamol is also a fairly good painkiller so my guess is they’re probably going for some synergy there as well

Nationality of somebody born on a plane wouldn’t be a big deal as long as at least one of the parents comes from a country where lex sanguis applies. If lex solis applies (as in the USA) then they could in fact be stateless unless their parents have some other nationality.

And, if I remember correctly, the captain has the responsibility to record births and deaths on board an airplane. So you might be on to something with the paperwork.

what about the blood?

OP’s username checks out. Another case of nominative determinism?

you now have tourette’s and speak that incantation uncontrolably. the only medication for it is lead-based. lead is otherwise harmless to you.

I just wonder if it will eventually be used to boil water in order to spin a turbine.

They’re probably referencing this, but unironically.

MSG is found in all sorts of foods, from soy sauce to some nice aged cheeses. And the glutamic acid (which this is a salt of) is a non-essential amino-acid (meaning the human body makes it itself).

depending on your and your target’s degree of synaesthesia, you could try associating shapes and/or colours with smells. won’t work for everyone though, and some might look at you strangely.

for instance, chlorine, smells a bit concave and brownish-white, whereas ammonia smells like a highlighter-green (the darker kind) arrowhead.

then there’s the question of whether we all smell things in the same way (even without the synaesthesia)

Ah, a disciple of solipsism, I see.

No Man’s Sky. Pretty sweet deal, I think.

I’d just start mining random stuff to put together to make better mining gear to mine better and more stuff.

Then just get on my dinghy and explore the 'verse while looking out for a better dinghy. Maybe plop down a few bases on nice planets, rinse and repeat.

heh, I can also hear myself blink sometimes in a quiet room. my thyroid tests are inconclusive though.

have you considered getting your thyroid checked? anecdotal evidence, a former colleague mentioned they had thyroid issues (on the hyper side) and could hear their pulse in their head before solving it. somehow that bit of info stuck with me

isn’t NATO a defensive treaty? which would mean no obligation to participate in actions of aggression?

regarding your edit there, I guess most people stopped reading at ‘essential oils’ without knowing where this was going.

this is one (the only?) actual medical use for these things - their main thing is that they smell in a certain way that is consistent, so you use them to retrain your sense of smell. that’s it. no taking internally or applying to skin or whatever. just take the stopper off the wee bottle, sniff and repeat for as many bottles as you can be arsed.

when I had covid-19, I didn’t have so well defined scents on hand, but I did have several colognes I could sniff, and I knew fairly well how they were supposed to smell and could use those to gauge my senses. fun times, they were…

was it brunost by any chance?

Fully agree with you there. I can never fully relax around family and it’d probably be a nightmare living with them.

aye, no idea what the fuss is about. had grasshoppers and mealworms as snacks. nothing mind-blowing but surprisingly tasty for all the infamy. salty snacks, so went great with beer. turn them into flour and use for falafel/köfte, I’m thinking it’d probably build very well with the slight umami. bad side though would be that if you’re allergic to seafood, you’re probably allergic to these critters as well

guessing supernatural