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what's that one sandwich you can't stop thinking about? be detailed
  • I was in Dingle, Ireland. We were walking around, enjoying the town, and popped into a pub I didn't catch the name of. Their menu looked good, so we decided to get some food. I ordered the tuna melt, and it was the best damned tuna melt I have ever had. The fish tasted great, and there was very little dressing. The red Cheddar was perfectly melted, and the rye bread was toasted, but light.

    This was almost 18 years ago, and I still think about that sandwich.

  • Why do I puke more than once when I've been drunk?
  • Vomiting can be a symptom of dehydration. You couple the body's toxin response from the booze with the dehydration caused by the booze, and this can lead to vomiting. In fact, most classic hangover symptoms are dehydration symptoms.

    The first place your body starts to absorb alcohol is through your mouth, especially under your tongue. You, of course, absorb alcohol through your stomach as well. The highest rate of alcohol absorption happens in the small intestines, however. This is why your blood alcohol level continues to go up well after your last drink.

    Our bodies can process, on average, one serving of alcohol per hour. The serving size depends on the alcohol by volume of the specific drink, the person's biological sex, and the person's weight. If you drink more than your body can process, it begins to build up in your blood stream and cause intoxication. Once it is in your blood stream you are at your body's mercy to process it. There is no real, effective trick to "sober up". Tactics may make you feel more alert, but your BAC won't change. Food won't help, coffee won't help, and slamming water won't help speed this process up.

    Basically, unless you've chugged a bunch of alcohol in a very short amount of time, vomiting won't save you. By the time you feel nauseous, the damage is already done. Your body has absorbed and is processing the alcohol you already drank.

  • Human-like intelligence in animals is far more common than we thought
  • I'm older than most probably are on here, but not that old. I desperately wanted to get into animal behavioral science for higher education, but the prevailing thoughts at the time were that most animals are devoid of emotions. Negative reactions were chalked up to a pain response, and anything else was deemed anthropomorphism. I really wish I would have pushed anyway, because we have learned and accepted so much since then.

    I would have loved to be involved in discoveries like we have read about in the last ten years. Follow your dreams, kids. Things can change faster than you think.

  • Where have you never been, but is close to you?
  • If it makes you feel any better, I was on a student ambassador trip to the UK and Ireland in the very early 2000's. Stonehenge wasn't on our itinerary, but we were traveling past and wanted to see it. Our local guides warned us that we might be disappointed, but we insisted. I won't say it wasn't worth it to see, but we were all pretty underwhelmed. It was still a neat and striking experience to see, but we were kept pretty far away from the stones. They were roped off in a field by the highway, and there wasn't much in the way of historical exhibits to spend time enjoying.

  • rulegularly check their modlog to remind myself how burnt and sickly the grass is on the other side of the fence
  • I am very new to the fediverse, and .ml was the second instance I tried as I was feeling things out. I was not having a good experience at all. I saw so much content that didn't sit well with me, and the discourse made me never want to comment. It's validating to hear it's not just me.

  • Exmoor and Dartmoor pine marten project receives funding boost
  • I hope this initiative goes well. I have had the privilege of seeing these guys in the wild, and it's one of the most precious wildlife encounters I have had. They are so charismatic and special. Everyone should get to experience an encounter with a marten.

  • Kittens or puppies? Animals left at shelter turned out to be foxes — again | It’s the latest case of someone mistaking wild baby animals such as coyotes or bobcats for abandoned domestic pets.
  • When I worked at an animal shelter in south eastern Wisconsin, we responded to a call where a citizen thought they found a stray puppy. We pulled up to find a coyote pup in their car.

    Wildlife is being pressured out of their natural environments into ours. We have to learn to live with them, because they're not going anywhere. They are important to the environment we share, and we have to learn to coexist with them.

  • It's so hot in Mexico that howler monkeys are falling dead from the trees
  • Dehydration is just a symptom of the problem, as the article specifically says these monkeys had heat stroke.

    They're pains in the asses, though, behaving in irritating ways due to the negative effects from our pollution and encroachment. So fuck 'em, right?

  • how's your week going, Beehaw
  • No matter their age, if they're good people they'll be excited to teach you. Making friends definitely gets a bit weird as we get older, but I think there's a lot of value in being able to relate to and appreciate people in different age groups. I hope if you end up going that you have a great time!

  • how's your week going, Beehaw
  • It's going pretty well! I'm recovering from a surgery I had last month, and recovery has been slow going. I've wanted a kayak for years, and as a treat for getting through this I picked up my brand new sit-in this evening. I can't wait to be able to take it out!

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