a couple months ago i had plans to go on a date, but had a couple early cold symptoms & didn’t want to get them sick, so i tried taterhole’s rec of eating raw garlic!!!! i didn’t go back and read it again and just ate two whole garlic cloves. it was a profoundly unpleasant experience. spicy and so so strong. but it did absolutely work!!!! cold symptoms cleared up so fast and never grew into anything more sinister. afterwards i went back and reread the original rec and from memory i think u only have to eat one, and u can also chop it up and have it with honey. which would be way nicer. do that instead. my way left me with brutal garlic breath that literally lasted over 24 hours, no matter how many times i brushed my teeth, which wasn’t ideal since i was literally going on a date later. they laughed at me so much but they also did ask me to be their partner that day, so maybe it actually helped me get the girl????? impossible to say. anyway try garlic!!!!
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Aug 13, 2024
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This sounds weird until you do it. The taste is nbd after a few cloves AND it's good for you! It boosts immunity, digestion, balances blood sugar, fights infections, etc. Maybe just don't combine with coffee (made that mistake) and buy a pack of gum.
Jan 23, 2024
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eat a ton of garlic and you’ll be healed (according to my mother and her cold-killer soup)
Aug 20, 2024
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romanticise ur blunders & ur missteps, bc that is just part of being a creature. if u saw a duckling fall flat on its face and scramble 2 its feet u wouldn't judge the freakin duckling, u would think it was the cutest thing ever. because it is. we r just organisms in big ungainly bodies, and that is part of our charm. tripping over ur own feet is maybe the most adorable thing u can do. like awwhh u tripped on the pavement </333
this extends 2 social interactions 2. messaging exes that u miss them, making a joke that doesn't land, mishearing/not knowing/forgetting something, etc??!!?! SO SWEET. genuinely such wonderful & important & adorable things 2 do.
i think this is maybe the best thing i've ever managed 2 train my brain 2 do. it isn't foolproof but it makes life a lot gentler.
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just about everything that happens to you will be interesting to your future self/your descendants/archaeologists. immortalise your to do lists, shopping lists, packing lists, things that loved ones say, things that strangers say, the phrases you hear that would make a good band name. brainstorm what to do on the weekend, list your cravings, the songs stuck in your head, transcribe birdsong, etc. i track my periods & my finances in my journal. sometimes if i really want to take a photo of something i'll restrain myself and draw it in my journal instead. sometimes i take notes for uni in there, or draft sewing patterns, or sketch when im bored. journals are self-portraits!!!!!!!
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