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I’ve had some people tell me that I should open up a window during the winter time when I’m feeling congested. They bring up that congestion goes away when you’re outside in the cold, and they apply that same logic to sleeping in bed. Interested to know if anybody believes this or not

I hear pretty much everywhere the dangers of preservatives like benzoate and sulfites, that they can cause cancer and loads of other health problems. I heard the same thing about artificial sweeteners and loads of other compounds throughout the years. I'm sure many of these compounds are dangerous, but specifically these two: are they dangerous? Or is the negative press bullshit?

This is related to this tweet in question.

The tweet claims a non-citizen successfully committed voted fraud, and if they didn't tweet it out they'd get away with it.

Of course, there's no reason to think they didn't just lie and didn't do any of that.

But how likely are you to get away with this if you tried? What are the mechanisms disincentivizing this? How common it is for people to try this? Are there people who did this successfully in hindsight?

EDIT: We already know the tweet is nonsense, this isn't what my question is about.

I saw this dress on TikTok and found out that the brand that makes it is no longer making the dress. I researched and came across this shopping website that sells the exact dress. I’m in such desperate need for this dress but don’t know if this website is fake or if the dress is going to be good. So please tell me if you have any information on the website.

Website name: mzaan Dress link: https://mzaan.com/products/sexy-satin-strap-mini-dress-0vme-nudb-x87q-p9eb-j918-rmxn-u5t1-91i9-gpau-dui7?_pos=1&_sid=f2aada73b&_ss=r?variant=48407852122305

Someone mentioned this to me yesterday, but I’m skeptical. Skin/cartilage is not preserved, we only have skeletons. Could this mean dinosaurs looked quite different from what we think they looked like?

My partner bought a trip to Africa to be hosted by the organization “Run Wild African Safaris”. Has anyone heard of them? They say they are a non profit that sells wildlife safaris for donation to charities, organizations, etc. I see their posts on Facebook, but all the pictures are of other safari companies. Nothing verifies their legitimacy. We have tried to call them multiple times and have never received a response. Their email responses are very strange, like they are avaoiding any questions. I am trying to figure out if they’re legit before putting down a required deposit down to book the trip. Something feels very off. There are some bad reviews out there, and a few good ones seemed to immediately follow on one site. The one review on Yelp is negative, and they have no presence on trip advisor. If anyone has heard of them or has any info, I'd appreciate it, I don't want to get scammed. Thanks in advance!

A new Facebook post spreading quickly. I want to tell people it’s not true but I can’t find anything to back me up saying it’s bullshit for sure.

Most posts are saying

“Elon Musk is currently working on a new version of robots that can carry your baby for 9 months while you go about your work. You and your husband just need to provide your sperm and eggs. The robot will fertilize them and allow the baby to grow inside for 9 months”.

Edit: I am so sorry. I was looking for subreddits that help debunk bullshit and this one was suggested. I am now realizing this is for people sincerely questioning. I know the posts are some bullshit, I just need proof I couldn’t find. Again, very sorry.

We have a garage with concrete floor. Unbeknownst to us, we had a minor water leakage on the floor that got some of the paper products wet for a few months, and they got moldy. We have removed those paper products and cleaned the floor since.

Wife is worried that all the products stored in the garage are moldy now, because they were stored in the same room as the moldy paper products, and want to throw everything away for health concerns. None of the other items look or smell moldy to me, as they did not touch the leaked water. What do you think?

Edit: thanks for all the comments so far. Just to clarify, most of our items are stored on shelves off the floor.

edit: I don’t mean are they literally in the back making the food. Obviously not. I mean does it represent how they want that food to be made. Any chef with multiple restaurants won’t be there all the time, and especially celebrity chefs, I get that

I've tried it a couple of times, but I'm not sure if it actually worked or if I just got lucky. Has anyone else tried this? Is there any science behind it, or is it just another random kitchen hack that people like to share?

My three year old cat just had to have a tooth extracted and a whole lot of tartar removed. We've been very good cat parents but never thought about tooth hygiene. I grew up with cats - my parents had 5, and they all lived long, healthy lives into their late teens. None of them had tooth problems, and we never brushed their teeth, so I didn't realize that was something that needed to be taken care of.

My vet says that the problem is that we only feed our cat wet food. This tracks with my parents experience, since their cats always ate a mix of wet and dry food. My cat is a picky eater and will literally only eat wet food that comes shredded in gravy (no pate). The only time we can get her to eat any dry food is if we take an overnight trip. In that case we leave her one little can of wet food and a bit of dry food - so she'll eat it if she's starving.

We took our cat for a one month checkup after the extraction, and she was a bit disappointed that the teeth are starting to look yellow again. We haven't been successful in getting her to eat the dry food, but we've been having her chew on silvervine and natural sponges, hoping that would do the trick. Apparently not enough. Brushing is challenging since she doesn't cooperate with letting us get to the molars, which is where the problem is.

So the vet is now telling us she must absolutely eat dry food regularly, or at least larger pieces of meat that she needs to use her teeth to tear into. She basically is telling us to show her who's boss and starve her until she accepts the new food options. What she doesn't know is that our cat was prescribed special food once when she was sick and she went five days straight without eating anything. We lost the battle of wills a long time ago.

I tried to search up how to get my cat to eat dry food, and to my surprise I see a lot of people saying that the whole notion is BS that vets sadly perpetuate. I see other people defending the idea. So, is it bullshit? Can we say definitely one way or the other? I'd like to know if I would be better off using my time trying to let her let me brush her teeth, rather than convincing her to eat food she doesn't like...

I've read that it is BS and that the study has been debunked, but seems like no one knows this. So how is it really?

Here I am, sitting with my baby during a 2 am feeding where I once again had to throw away 5+ ounces of formula because of the 24 hours rule. Why is formula only good for that long even when it is untouched? Why do the jugs of formula last 72 hours after being opened, but only 24 hours if divided into bottles?

I’ve been told to yell ‘fire’ instead of ‘help’ since I was a kid. Does anyone know of or have been in a situation where yelling ‘fire’ helped them?

Is it bullshit that certain metals cure warts or styes?

Ever seen it happen?

Does it work for other skin issues?

Hear this from word of mouth and personally experienced this. During my wisdom teeth extraction local anesthesia would not work, I had anesthesia injected over 15 times and still felt a lot of the pain. The exact same happened to a friend who is also autistic. I’ve heard people say that local anesthesia does not work the same on autistic people, but never seen anything actually back this up. This does match with my experience but I’m kinda skeptical to believe it since there’s so much stuff that’s said about autism.

I heard this a lot but I want to know if it true that consoles are sold at less than it cost to make them because the companies make their money back with games and peripherals you buy for it

Is it always true?

I was always told this as a young person. So if you get stopped for speeding, it really has nothing to do with what is in your safe, and even if they inspect your car during the roadside, if the safe is locked then opening the safe is not within the scope of reasons you were pulled over.

So basically if you had drugs, always put them in the safe so you don’t get a possession charge on top of whatever they initially pulled you over for.

To take it even further, I heard that it needs to be a combination lock, not a key lock, because the key can be physically confiscated, but the combination is in your mind and they have no way of “confiscating” knowledge.

Is that bullshit?

My girlfriend (32, white) got one of her best friends (32,f,black) a pennington sock monkey for her not yet born baby.

She's worried it might be a little offensive.

Is that legit, or is it bullshit?

It wont let me add a picture for some reason but they come up in a google search.

Do ultrasonic dental appliance cleaners actually clean a retainer well enough to use in place of Efferdent? Zima dental sells one, but then they conveniently sell tablets as well, which makes me suspicious.

Specifically, I'm looking at the peptides offered through Purblack:

https://shop.purblack.com/products/pepts-revein?selling_plan=4884627729&variant=39631416459363

I’ve seen some videos on tiktok and like any rational person, I automatically believe everything I see there /s

One such video suggests that if I’m writing a novel on Google docs (because it’s nice and convenient to be able to continue the same content moving from one device to the next—maybe I’ll be on my computer; then do a quick edit on my phone etc) that Google’s AI will sample this and feed it into its AI (Bard or Gemini or who knows), and then people who use AI, will have my stuff as part of the cornucopia collective of content that AI draws from.

I know there’s a lot of stuff and I must think highly of myself to think that my stuff would be used ever, but no, I will be the first to call it trash, but it is very niche.

I’ve tried looking this up but I find conflicting answers, and I don’t know if my writing is only safe if I write offline, or if I’m worrying over nothing.

So is it bullshit? Is AI going to steal my shitty writing?

I’ve heard people talk about how when the weather says “50% chance of rain” or whatever percent chance, that it means there is a 100% chance of rain, but only in 50% of the city. Essentially there’s a 50% chance you’ll be in the rain. Any truth to that?

Heet to to remove water from gas tank

Isn’t Heet and similar additives just alcohol, which combines with any water to make it flammable and therefore burnable by the engine? And doesn’t most gas contain like 10% ethanol, a type of alcohol? So adding Heet to your gas tank is BS?

my parents always told me that if i had a cold or the flu that i have to get under as many blankets as possible to sweat out the sickness.

i've asked other people i know and their parents always said the same thing. so is there any benefits to getting bundled up when sick?

Someone shared an article to me saying 1 in 6 kids are at risk of hearing damage from daily headphone use and that sounds like a huge deal, especially since they say this is permanent i.e. irreversible. I for one have been using headphones a lot from when I was a kid but my hearing's intact. Am I just lucky or is it just a scare tactic?