great now that it’s been a while i wanna say that the way everybody reacted to that anime kpop men controversy was the weirdest, quickest, most biased moral panic i saw in a while and it really made me want to quit this website again. it was uncanny to see bloggers who’d usually (correctly) discourse about the industry dehumanizing idols and expecting them to be products 24/7 turn around and say ‘well, if you’re gonna list your interests in your stream, you should research every single one and consult a pr agent before opening your mouth’. if you’re gonna blindly consume something just because a celebrity mentioned it, feel offended by the content and hold the celebrity personally accountable for your discomfort, the unreasonable and unhealthy end of the idol-fan relationship is you. i saw really intelligent people parroting whatever twt came up with and it underlined yet again why i’ve become so uncomfortable in here. you can validate a friend’s discomfort with a topic while not blowing out of proportion + you need to be able to say “i’m incredibly uncomfortable with x” without feeling genuinely attacked or gaslighted when friends tell you (respectfully) that you’re blowing it out of proportion, but honestly i don’t feel that about most people i talk to online.
Laundry stripping may be popular in certain circles, but it’s important to understand the science behind the deep-cleaning practice before you decide to give it a try. Ultimately, stripping some fabrics (like silk and wool) can actually do more damage than good—and utilizing this method too frequently can prematurely age your garments.
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[Cleancult CEO Ryan] Lupberger advises against the practice altogether, especially if you were considering Borax. “It’s one of the products people often use to strip laundry, but is also an irritant. It can lead to skin irritation or a rash and respiratory side effects,” he says, noting that there are concerns for exposure to humans, as well as pets.
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The shock of laundry stripping is the water—the process results in a dark, seemingly disgusting pool of filth. In reality, this discoloration is largely caused by hot water leeching the dye in your clothes, causing them to run. Stripping can, however, help remove dirt, lingering body oils, detergent residue, and hard water minerals; together these soils do contribute in part to that brown-gray water, says Lupberger.
According to Tide scientist Jennifer Ahoni, “Our research and laundry expertise suggests that there are more effective methods to remove build-up on fabrics.” Per Tide’s findings, continues Ahoni, the stripping process can actually cause issues with many textiles. “The mechanism by which washing soda precipitates out water hardness can actually form new soap scum residues on fabrics,” she says. “Additionally, we have learned that low wash pH is an effective method for soap scum removal, and washing soda raises wash pH—which is the opposite direction.” Not to mention the fact that washing soda can also deactivate some detergent components, preventing your wash from getting extra clean in the first place.
reblog this with what you’re proud of accomplishing this year in the tags! (this does NOT mean work-related!!! this can be personal growth!! relationship growth!!! a hobby you started!!! mental health challenges you faced and are working on!!)
“they should teach media literacy in schools” english class “they should teach students how to spot misinformation” it’s english class “they should teach kids critical thinking” it’s called english class
it’s so weird to me that taylor swift is like. That Big A Deal. I don’t even think her music is entirely without merit it’s just so resoundingly mid that I’m mystified by her enduring popularity
Girls in hoods and capes as they make their way along a pier to take part in daily dancing lessons. The girls are evacuees now studying at a school in Cornwall, England, August 1941.
Pro tip if you see at least 50 people say “wait that’s not normal??” In the comments of some neurodivergent relatability post then it probably is, in fact, normal. Daydreaming to songs is normal, I promise you. Most everything about being neurodivergent is normal, it’s just the degree to which it affects you and your life that makes it abnormal.
you know how mathematicians have the journal of recreational mathematics, right? where they publish stuff like, ‘oh i found this cool property of this one seemingly boring number’, or, ‘this is literally nonsense but it sounds ~scientific~’ and it’s all great fun to read?
