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Found this in a jar full of pens.

It's basically just the piezoelectric crystal thing used in lighters, that creates a spark, intended to let you "itch" bug bites without scratching them and damaging your skin.

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I however am just sitting here zapping myself over and over. 😅

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If you want to relieve the itch from bug bites, heat up a spoon over a stove until it's hot to the touch, but not so hot you brand yourself, and press it firmly on the bite. It denatures the proteins in the toxin.
Huh. Might have to try that this summer. I react pretty bad to US mosquitoes and they swell up like crazy.

Gonna be branding myself with teaspoons.

Yep, same reason you can't use your nails on your phone screen.
Huh, I guess. My nails have never been long enough that it doesn't pick up anyway.

Would zapping a bug bite make it feel better? 🤔
It does somewhat work, but not for long. Probably just the same as scratching it, only without risking infecting it.
 

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My friend from work left me this note this morning

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Now I'm wondering who TF thinks I'm not awesome?? 😆
"Dear Tu, I heard rumors that people think you're not awesome. I'm telling you to not listen to those rumors."

That's not very comforting lmao
 

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Probably office facilities. It's got to be annoying to have to customize a desk setup to toddler-height ergonomics.
Jokes on me then because my company has ZERO investment in making my work station ergonomic. My chair AND my back-up chair are both broken. One leans to the side if you sit too much into it. The other lost it's back support years ago. My legs be dangling from both. People ask me "hey where'd you get all those post its?" My answer is "Costco."
 

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Jokes on me then because my company has ZERO investment in making my work station ergonomic. My chair AND my back-up chair are both broken. One leans to the side if you sit too much into it. The other lost it's back support years ago. My legs be dangling from both. People ask me "hey where'd you get all those post its?" My answer is "Costco."
I was just being a butthead for humor, but that legit sounds terrible and you should complain. Or sue.
 

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Took the day off because we went to an acoustic show last night and wanted to sleep in. Didn't end up sleeping in but we did spend a good 6 hours at a Korean spa followed by kbbq. Ended the night with taiyaki (my husband helped me with this shot because he does not appreciate my basic food pics)
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Took the day off because we went to an acoustic show last night and wanted to sleep in. Didn't end up sleeping in but we did spend a good 6 hours at a Korean spa followed by kbbq. Ended the night with taiyaki (my husband helped me with this shot because he does not appreciate my basic food pics)
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When I got back from the grocery store just now, I noticed this paper laying on the ground next to my garage spot. Confused, I got out and picked it up.

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On the other side,

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It's raining hard out so it's soggy AF. Just touching it, I got a bunch of permanent marker and white residue on my hand. Apparently this "A-SUB" stuff is a vinyl sticker sheet, and if I'm assuming someone stuck it on the windshield of a vehicle parked in their spot, I'm guessing it left the same kind of vinyl residue on their car, which is hilarious to me.

The parking situation here has gone to shit. There are now constantly cars parked in the fire lanes and at the corners, making it a pain in the ass to find a spot. Management started spray-painting assigned numbers into a ton of spaces. I have no idea who number 4912 is, but it sounds like their mother needs some company.
 
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When I got back from the grocery store just now, I noticed this paper laying on the ground next to my garage spot. Confused, I got out and picked it up.

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On the other side,

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It's raining hard out so it's soggy AF. Just touching it, I got a bunch of permanent marker and white residue on my hand. Apparently this "A-SUB" stuff is a vinyl sticker sheet, and if I'm assuming someone stuck it on the windshield of a vehicle parked in their spot, I'm guessing it left the same kind of vinyl residue on their car, which is hilarious to me.

The parking situation here has gone to shit. There are now constantly cars parked in the fire lanes and at the corners, making it a pain in the ass to find a spot. Management started spray-painting assigned numbers into a ton of spaces. I have no idea who number 4912 is, but it sounds like their mother needs some company.
Great note! Love the touch of adding a smily face after the Fuck your mother, classy move! Also, fuck number 4912.
 

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Great note! Love the touch of adding a smily face after the Fuck your mother, classy move! Also, fuck number 4912.
I mean, the 'mother fucker' isn't very bright if they just wrote a note then let it float off into the night.

4912 isn't going to know that they left a reply message. We know they left a reply message.

Spot-taker had to go find a sharpie to write a salty response thinking they showed 4912 who's boss, and all they did was give me a few extra internet points.

Joke's on them, and their unfucked mothers.
 

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I couldn't even see a marked spot for 4912 when I went out today, so I'm baffled.

Picked my daughter up from the nurses office at school and had to capture the car I parked behind.

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That's taken through a window? You must have the cleanest window I've ever seen.

Today this sinkhole opened up and closed every way east out of my neighborhood. I had to go the back way through a park to get this pic because all the sidewalks are closed too.

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This kind of shit happens far too often in St Louis. Sometimes, it's just small leaks in the pipes, sometimes it's big fat holes in the street that floods the whole thing.

They've only just this year been required to replace the LEAD water pipes here. I hope it helps improve the system from exploding all the time.
 

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This kind of shit happens far too often in St Louis. Sometimes, it's just small leaks in the pipes, sometimes it's big fat holes in the street that floods the whole thing.

They've only just this year been required to replace the LEAD water pipes here. I hope it helps improve the system from exploding all the time.
Yikes! I'd never seen such a thing before. One of the workers even came over to me while I was snapping pics to comment on how crazy it was. Sorry to hear it's such a regular occurrence where you are.
 

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The worst/funniest part is there is a bunch of construction on that road right before it's closed, so you have to wait for the flagger forever, then you run into the road closure, then you have to turn around and go through the construction AGAIN because there's no other outlet. There's not even a sign before the construction that the road is closed right after it. And the parallel roads north and south of it are closed too, so I bet there are some reeeeaally annoyed people today.
 

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That's taken through a window? You must have the cleanest window I've ever seen.

Today this sinkhole opened up and closed every way east out of my neighborhood. I had to go the back way through a park to get this pic because all the sidewalks are closed too.

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As frustrating as I'm sure this is, I'm loving the "Turn right in racing game" arrows it made with the water reflection.

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The worst/funniest part is there is a bunch of construction on that road right before it's closed, so you have to wait for the flagger forever, then you run into the road closure, then you have to turn around and go through the construction AGAIN because there's no other outlet. There's not even a sign before the construction that the road is closed right after it. And the parallel roads north and south of it are closed too, so I bet there are some reeeeaally annoyed people today.

Seems like the two crews should like... Talk to each other.
 

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As frustrating as I'm sure this is, I'm loving the "Turn right in racing game" arrows it made with the water reflection.
Haha! Could be fun with an RC car... A cheap one you don't mind losing, at least.

For the record, it's not bothering me at all. I was only over there to take pics of it because I heard about it, and apparently I'll do literally anything to procrastinate working.
 

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That's taken through a window? You must have the cleanest window I've ever seen.
I mean I got two kids and a dog that likes to watch out that window, so I think that just says more about the cleanliness of windows down there
 

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I mean I got two kids and a dog that likes to watch out that window, so I think that just says more about the cleanliness of windows down there
To be fair, outside of our windows is America, so the grime is a layer of insulation from the shit show of a country.
 
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