Lol interestingly I take spironolactone, and no, it’s DEFINITELY not as bad as e.

E causes like, a physical shudder of revulsion, it’s seriously horrible.

Surely you don’t think that would be plagiarism… Like, OP posting a few paragraphs from an article is not them trying to pass the article off as their own.

This is a kind of surreal thread.

I am interested, could you post the quotes and your thoughts on them?

I respectfully disagree, as someone that hasn’t been part of this community for long. I feel people should be allowed to speak freely as long as it’s topical and not against tos, and you deleting posts you feel aren’t fostering discussion could be seen as you deleting direct quotes that you don’t agree with.

That said, you’re the mod, you get to decide.

Warning, doing this will cause a small burn, it will scab over and fall off in a few days. I have done it with a skin tag remover from the chemist, it works.

What? Why can’t they? Posting snippets of the article drives discussions… It’s a common thing to do, and usually gets me to jump in with an opinion or rebuttal.

Engagement is good!

That is a straw man argument, but I’ll indulge again.

No amount of lead is safe, and a random sampling of newly built houses testing water from the cold kitchen tap as well as hot and cold from the bathrooms found lead above the current regulatory limit, and 5 times higher than the proposed new regulatory limit.

https://leappalliance.org.uk/litw-blog-15/

https://www.ifeh.org/docs/scientificreports/scottish_new_homes_lead_survey_ summary.pdf

One study has shown a clear response in infants where blood lead levels increased by 1µg/dL with drinking water that exceeded 5 µg/L. This is already worrying since it is now believed that blood lead levels as low as 1-2µg/dL result in negative health effects associated with fertility, neurological, cardiovascular, and renal disorders.

https://thewaterprofessor.com/blogs/articles/drinking-water-lead-and-iq

The use of lead solder and brass fittings has only been illegal in the uk since 1999, and these are still legal to use in central heating systems. This leads to people having access to these fittings and products, and them being used illegally.

“WaterSafe Warning after Kitchen Fitter Fined for Illegal Use of Lead Solder on Water Pipes” https://www.watersafe.org.uk/news/latest_news/watersafe_warning_af/

Unfortunately this problem is sort of universal and I imagine if I google other countries I will find similar.

Fr. Back in the day the way to “test” a pill when buying was to touch it to the tip of your tongue. If it was the most bitter horrible chemical ever, it was legit. XD

It’s still legal for plumbing parts that contain lead to be used here in Australia.

It was supposed to be banned last year but they extended the dead line twice because the plumbers were crying.

It’s now meant to be fully phased out in May 2026.

There may be more lead in your country than you think, even if lead pipes are banned.

Multiple schools here have had lead found in their water. It’s crazy.

My husband wears a 6E. I highly recommend wide load boots, which are the only safety boots we have heard of that actually got a safety toe certified above 2E. Many brands claim to have 4-6E, but use the same 2E toe.

They came out with a line of casual boots last year and they are great, he wears them every day in the tropics, and last winter wore them for a month in snow, and they still look good as new.

Pilots train for hypoxia in hyperbaric chambers, repeatedly losing consciousness to train.

I question the claim that the brain needs to rewire itself because of massive cell death.

That is a seriously problematic study with few controls and a small sample size.

Pilots regularly train in for hypoxia in hyperbaric chambers, losing consciousness repeatedly to train.

Consent and education are important, but safely engaging in breath play is very unlikely to give your partner brain damage.

Exactly what I wondered when this was brought up 6 months ago!

https://vger.to/lemmy.world/comment/16311493

This article is feeling kind of clickbaitish, as the sources are … odd.

However, restricting blood flow to the brain can also have serious health implications.

While not all pressure on the neck will be fatal, research shows even relatively low pressure can cause death by strangulation.

The first source is a medical journal describing the physiology of the arteries in the neck, and does not seem to include anything about restricting blood flow (never mind temporarily) having serious health consequences.

The second source is a book from 1991 about autoerotic asphyxiation with the quote:

autoerotic asphyxia denotes death resulting from failure of a release mechanism of the device, apparatus or prop designed to attain cerebral hypoxia for heightened arousal.

Which is … not the same as doing this with someone, and doesn’t address the risks of a partner who releases pressure immediately after a loss of consciousness.

The issues around consent are troubling indeed, consent should always be paramount.

I also found it amusing that the beginning of the article said

Although rare, strangulation is the leading cause of death in consensual BDSM play.

Which links to a study that found a total of 16 cases that included strangulation between 1982 and 2020. Rare indeed.

My husband and I dabble in breath play, so I was curious and read a few studies myself. It seems that every case study I could find included atypical circumstances. Things like accidental hanging, or asphyxiation due to bags etc being over the head.

This paper includes a 50 year review of cases for anyone interested. https://benthamopen.com/contents/pdf/TOFORSJ/TOFORSJ-1-1.pdf

It is also worth noting that loss of consciousness due to cutting off blood flow to the brain (cerebral hypoxia) is not dissimilar to the hypoxia experienced by pilots, who even train with repeated exposure to hypoxia in hyperbaric chambers.

I would be curious to know if there were any studies of the long term effects of this on pilots. (My dive into the rabbit hole is done for the day, lol.)

An article about this was posted 6 months ago and I looked into it: https://lemmy.world/comment/16311493

I wrote:

This article is feeling kind of clickbaitish, as the sources are … odd.

However, restricting blood flow to the brain can also have serious health implications.

While not all pressure on the neck will be fatal, research shows even relatively low pressure can cause death by strangulation.

The first source is a medical journal describing the physiology of the arteries in the neck, and does not seem to include anything about restricting blood flow (never mind temporarily) having serious health consequences.

The second source is a book from 1991 about autoerotic asphyxiation with the quote:

autoerotic asphyxia denotes death resulting from failure of a release mechanism of the device, apparatus or prop designed to attain cerebral hypoxia for heightened arousal.

Which is … not the same as doing this with someone, and doesn’t address the risks of a partner who releases pressure immediately after a loss of consciousness.

The issues around consent are troubling indeed, consent should always be paramount.

I also found it amusing that the beginning of the article said

Although rare, strangulation is the leading cause of death in consensual BDSM play.

Which links to a study that found a total of 16 cases that included strangulation between 1982 and 2020. Rare indeed.

My husband and I dabble in breath play, so I was curious and read a few studies myself. It seems that every case study I could find included atypical circumstances. Things like accidental hanging, or asphyxiation due to bags etc being over the head.

This paper includes a 50 year review of cases for anyone interested. https://benthamopen.com/contents/pdf/TOFORSJ/TOFORSJ-1-1.pdf

It is also worth noting that loss of consciousness due to cutting off blood flow to the brain (cerebral hypoxia) is not dissimilar to the hypoxia experienced by pilots, who even train with repeated exposure to hypoxia in hyperbaric chambers.

I would be curious to know if there were any studies of the long term effects of this on pilots. (My dive into the rabbit hole is done for the day, lol.)

Yes! I posted about this a while ago when some environmental activists were sitting in the middle of train tracks to stop trains and got arrested. You don’t have to do that, just toss a molly at the control boxes that line the tracks. Depending on the location and how many you can get to, you can have trains stopped for weeks.