Are the two of you more visually oriented than verbally oriented? If so, it’s really cool that you stumbled on a better way to connect than talking.

Just a joke.

I’ve read that removing earwax constantly can actually cause more earwax production.

Personally I do use qtips after every shower. Most of the time I don’t get anything, and all I’m accomplishing is mopping up moisture. Once in a while I get a smear of orange wax and go in for a repeat. I think it varies wildly though; there is a big distinction between people with dry earwax vs wet, but I think there is also variation within those categories.

That changes the equation enormously. I read their text, and they do say they should be discarded after a use. That could be CYA, though. Do you just wash them with soap and water, or wipe them with alcohol or something?

Well I use like two qtips after every shower.

Finally! A solution the problem that qtips are so inexpensive!

Rhubarb tree.

Bach’s Cello Suites. Maybe try Misha Maisky.

You also couldnt know no one knows the person is dead… or that they live alone. And unless you killed them, then someone knows they are dead.

I once had a cat who liked to play ‘laundry basket turtle’. I think we once put a plastic laundry basket, upside down, over him as a joke. He started kind of lifting up one corner with his nose q and sliding it across the room. We thought he was trying to get out and felt bad, so lifted it up to let him out, but he just looked at us like “stop spoiling the game!”

This cat also liked to play tag similar to what a couple other comments here described.

For bonus points wear them on your head.

How would it get into your food, when your food is only on the inside of the dish?

New accounts make people suspicion of trolling or spamming, but it’s hard to imagine interpreting the question here of that.

Windows. Haven’t booted to it in years and am afraid of it fucking up my Linux partition.

Someone I once knew had a few traffic cones they had snatched of the street and put lights in into their living room, as kind of a decorative lamp. Apparently the walls of those cones are thin enough light comes through and the whole thing glowed. Looked pretty cool.

Then why aren’t we all getting rich from it? Hint: not just because we don’t understand it.

You say it like you think cultural relevancy were a good thing, and not just a marketing tool.

Weird! Ok, I’m less horrified now.

Come to think if it, centipedes are too fast for the thing your dad did. I bet millipides are a lot crunchier though.

But that very impulse is inimical to making friends. You make friends by being open to making friends, and by being interested in other people, regardless of whether they are ‘friend material.’

You shouldn’t even be assuming you know or can predict what makes someone friend material for you. One can be surprised.

Keep trying. When you visit the ER, you are seeing individual people. Some people are better or worse than at their jobs. Some care more or less, have different biases. Keep trying until you get someone who takes you seriously. Try different hospitals if you can, some are on average better or have ER rooms that are less overwhevlmed. Be insistant that your problem is serious and getting worse.