Alue42

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[–] Alue42@fedia.io 2 points 2 months ago

Given the financial situation (and the fact that it takes months to get a sleep study approved), you can try ear plugs or a sound machine. When I was in my younger years and would share hotel rooms with friends, I would preemptively bring these for them, which they say helped

[–] Alue42@fedia.io 16 points 2 months ago (4 children)

As other people are saying, being tested for and treating sleep apnea is a good first step - IF IT IS SLEEP APNEA. What many people don't realize it's that loud snoring is not exclusive to apnea. It is an indicator of it, but one can indeed be a loud snorer and not have apnea. Additionally, there are multiple kinds of apnea that cannot all be treated in the same way. There's the CPAP machine, the nose guard, wedge cushions to lay in your side, surgery, implantable device, weight loss of overweight, and so many more. When the snoring is not due to a one if the apneas or another easily identifiable cause, the are tongue and throat exercises that have become popular recently to a certain degree of anecdotal success. Drinking a certain beverage right before bed. Medications/supplements. Weird stuff

Because there are hundreds of potential causes (and even more potential solutions, more than half of which only kind of work with some people) and the only thing we know is that he snores - there's no answer that can be given except to say a doctor needs to pinpoint the cause. My guess is your dad is an adult and know he snores, and still doesn't feel the need to go to a doctor, you are asking because it bothers you? If it's not leading to an effect in his health, then there's not much to worry about (eg, he not waking up still exhausted, or waking himself in the middle of the night by gasping for breath, waking up with a sore throat or headache, etc) and going through those tests is going to be crazy expensive even with insurance (assuming you are in the US)

With the family I grew up in, it be hard to convince you the house wasn't a sawmill with how many logs all of us were sawing every night. My sister was the only one between my parents and my siblings and I that didn't snore. She used to complain about it, but now she sees it as reassuring because she can keep track of where we all are in the house and that we're all still alive (this is mostly for our parents who are now much older - them snoring at least means they aren't dead), if we're still awake or if she can sneak Christmas presents down to the tree, in the morning she can tell whose woken up and whose still asleep. And yes - every single one of us has spent multiple thousands of dollars (after insurance) to found out there's literally nothing we can do, there's no position we can sleep in to change the fact that we snore, there's no tongue exercises that will fix it, no magic pill. That's not to say that will be the case with your dad, but trying to give you realistic expectations.

[–] Alue42@fedia.io 6 points 2 months ago

I hate velvet. Everyone says to save space in your closet you should get those slim velvet hangers. Not a chance. Over my dead body will those velvet hangers ever see the light of day in my closet. I don't want to even think about any of my clothes touching those hangers, let alone myself. You wouldn't believe the effort I put into finding non-velvet hangers just as slim as the velvet ones to prove to family and friends I wasn't wasting space in my closet.

[–] Alue42@fedia.io 4 points 4 months ago

Each of those you mentioned, except Korea, included Congress approval. Vietnam was approved by Congress with the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (1964). Iraq was approved with the Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution (2002). Afghanistan was approved by the Congress Joint Resolution (2001). I suppose it's the fine line between "military force" and "war".

[–] Alue42@fedia.io 2 points 5 months ago

You are incorrect on each of those. Vietnam was approved by Congress with the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (1964). Iraq was approved with the Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution (2002). Afghanistan was approved by the Congress Joint Resolution (2001).

[–] Alue42@fedia.io 1 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Congressional approval is required for acts of war. I know the Republicans have Congress, but are they willing to go that far??

[–] Alue42@fedia.io 13 points 5 months ago

The wealthy overlords require a multitude of cheap labor to retain their wealth. That's why they are so concerned about falling birth rates - listen to any of them talk about it, it has nothing to do with concern for the planet like any of the rest of us (less demand on resources that we are already depleting, etc), they are concerned about maintaining the current rates of production and labor if the next generations are smaller and smaller. Sure, Vance is talking about it from a "family values" perspective, because that's a cloak he thinks his base will listen to, but listen to Musk talk about it, or any of the "pro-natalist" movement.

[–] Alue42@fedia.io 14 points 5 months ago (2 children)

My theory is that him and Adam Baldwin were both on the outskirts of these conspiracies, then when they were in a show together (Chuck) they started talking together and it spiraled and they both became crazier and their combined crazy fueled each other. If you look at the trajectory of both of their craziness, it seems to line up with the second half of the series and afterwards.

[–] Alue42@fedia.io 8 points 5 months ago

I'm making an educated guess that the 40,000 number is a complete exaggeration. That number is coming from Trump and Musk, not an actual spreadsheet or database. Look at by how much he exaggerated the square footage of his penthouse in Trump Tower, or the size of his crowd at his inauguration.

[–] Alue42@fedia.io 2 points 6 months ago

Rumor has it original translations more closely correlate "rib" to "baculum" - partially as a way to describe why other mammals have them and humans don't (because it was removed from Adam), and also to better describe the intention of the relationship God intended for the two of them. But then as the story was translated and edited over and over again, they needed to "clean it up"

[–] Alue42@fedia.io 4 points 6 months ago

You can have your mirrors adjusted properly while still looking over your shoulder. I posted above that I was taught how to properly adjust my mirrors I I've never had blind spots, but I still always look over my shoulders - including opening my door as the Dutch do (open the driver door with your right hand, not the left, because this forces you to reach across yourself and thus turn to see what might be coming towards you and you might open your door into)

[–] Alue42@fedia.io 7 points 6 months ago

Yes, they do.

I was taught in driver's ed back in the 90's how to correctly set my mirrors, but apparently I'm the only one who paid attention, because everyone else did that "adjust the mirror so you can see the handle of the back door" thing WITHOUT the leaning all the way to both sides thing. It's like it's been ingrained in everyone's heads without there ever being a reason, just like how we all got the idea to blow into Nintendo cartridges and it was a worldwide thing even though we didn't have the Internet or anything to spread it around and I'm fact it actually might have caused issues.

I have absolutely no issues backing into parking spots like other commenters are saying, even though I've had my mirrors adjusted properly on every car I've ever had, and I don't have blind spots. My twin got into my car (I say that to make it clear we are the same height and use the same seat adjustment) and she got so confused driving my car and noted that my mirrors were set so oddly, and I said "no, they are set properly". I ended up digging out a old driver's ed book from highschool at my parents' house to show her how to set them and the page titled "the myth of blind spots". She hasn't changed her mirrors, she likes where hers are.

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