glumshoe:

My housemate is very friendly and her night terrors do not manifest as the “hysterical screaming” she warned me about. A few yelps now and then – nothing alarming.

She does, however, have some very… uh. Interesting ideas about health. I’ve lost track of all the weird shit she’s said, but last week she encouraged me to replace sunscreen with coconut oil for my very photosensitive skin and then gave me a huge bag of diatomaceous earth… to eat.

#can i offer you some DIATOMACEOUS EARTH in these trying times????#i like you but i do not want to eat your sharp powder 

Diatomaceous earth kills insects because it’s fine and sharp and clogs up their breathing holes. That’s about all it’s good for. If someone has intestinal parasites (and this includes pets) they should probably take actual antiparasitics, DE is not effective when swallowed. It’s also very, terribly bad for your lungs, and I suspect not great for your innards in general.