Write fic of Geralt the Witcher being very confused by his(surprisingly affectionate) inspection at the hands of approximately a dozen curious Reapers.
Oh my god, food extract is not the same as an essential oil.
Food extract is the flavoring of something cooked down into a carrier oil or alcohol that is safe for human ingestion.
Essential oil is the pure extract of the plant refined down and distilled for concentrated medicinal purposes to a significantly higher strength than simply adding ground up mint leaves to your water. The two are not comparable in any way.
Cinnamon extract and cinnamon essential oil are not the same thing.
One is about 100 times the strength of the other and can also cause acute organ failure. I’ll give you a hint, it’s not the food extract.
Sweet gods I’m not trying to be mean, I want you to be aware and safe and stop putting yourselves and others at risk. Please.
Like maybe my tone is hard to read, maybe it just comes off as really angry but it’s not, it’s fear and worry. I read posts and clutch my head in alarm going “no! No! That’s how people die!” And then I get exasperated because a bunch of people not formally qualified chime in with “um actually this is a lie” and it’s not, it’s really, really not.
I’m not some big pharma advocate. I’m a crunchy witch hippy just like you with salt rock lamps and rose quartz all over my house. I just happen to have spent the last 15 years of my life studying the actual science of holistic medicines and I’m trying to help you not get hurt (or worse) becuase you trusted a sales person with no idea what the ever loving hell they were talking about beyond a sales pitch designed to maximize profit. Gah.
I see this so often in the Mommy world. There was a lady not long ago in one of the mom groups who was really worried about her toddler. He’d had a persistent cough for weeks and the doctor couldn’t figure out why. Someone asked, well what have to tried to treat it with, so far? She said she was using a humidifier, honey, and eucalyptus EO in the shower every night.
Yeah.
In case you were wondering, eucalyptus can cause respiratory distress in young children.
Sadly I don’t wonder. I have a friend whose daughter died from a home made menthol oil chest rub. She wasn’t even ten yet, but her mom– a qualified aromatherapist– thought she’d be old enough to handle it. She went into respitory distress and died seizing in her mother’s arms on route to the hospital. It was one of the most harrowing stories I had to listen to during my holistic training. She stood up there, on this podium next to a bunch of ponzy scheme essential oil sellers who looked like they wanted the floor to swallow them, and said “I killed my child with good intentions”.
I’ll never forget the look on her face.
So to reiterate, children under the age of ten should not be directly exposed to things like eucalyptus oil, peppermint or wintergreen. If you are using such things in your house and your child starts to complain of headaches, lethargy and general “feel worse”, don’t just assume it’s the cold/flu. Those are all signs of menthol sensitivity and they only get worse with increased exposure. Ventilate the room, take them outside if you can until the air clears. Do not apply again.
Rapid onset wheezing may be a sign of allergic reaction or possible asthma attack triggered by the menthol too. If they tell you their chest is warm or fuzzy when you use it, that’s another sign it’s not going down well with them. Again, ventilate the area or remove anything you applied to them. Administer inhalers if necessary. Watch for any more labored breathing or if they suddenly go limp or you can’t wake them up. If they do call 911.
This can also apply to people with allergies and asthma who are otherwise healthy.
One of the safest, natural ways to alleviate congestion is with just pure good old fashioned warm steam. Keep the air moist, drink plenty of warm fluids. Menthol can help relieve the feeling of congestion, but there’s limited evidence to suggest it actually clears the airways. And for the love of god don’t inhale mustard or horseradish (I’ve seen that suggestion on posts too, though how you’d get those oils I don’t know). That’s literally what tear gas is made of.
Awkward as all heck. Extremely low libido. Interested in sex literally once a month or less. Very forward about propositioning someone he’s comfortable with, though. Tends to just walk up and say something along the lines of “I would like to have sex with you, would you be interested?” to them.
Extremely un-graceful in bed. Squirms uncontrollably, to the point that it’s best to hold his hips still, and makes very odd noises. He enjoys himself when his partner is willing to work with all that, but he’s very wriggly. It’s not much of a surprise, really, he can trip over his own shadow. For a partner who likes all the noises, it’s cute.
Doesn’t have enough coordination to top successfully, probably shouldn’t be on his front because he arches his back and will give himself a concussion against his partner’s jaw. Pretty much always ends up on his back.
Zero sex toys to his name due to that low interest. Propositions are based on convenience and who he thinks would be gentle and wouldn’t mind his squirming, not attraction. He’s not attracted to anyone.
Talon (y’all haven’t met him, big sweet bear of a person and I do mean that in the gay sense):
Very gentle. Even when asked to be rougher, very gentle. Will lightly pin a partner if asked, more than strong enough to hold them still or bounce them in his lap. Very sweet.
No real preference as far as position, no significant kinks. He’s definitely a switch. Up to at least try just about anything his partner would like, but his only real kink is something to do with slooowly removing someone’s clothes in the most sensual manner possible. He also gets a bit blushy if put in something pretty for his partner to admire.
He’s sweet, fairly attractive, and good with first impressions. Hits on people gently, just aiming for conversation at first, then moves to aiming for a night together if the person he’s talking to seems receptive. If they turn him down, that’s okay, he’ll happily still talk.
Probably about an average sex drive? Very gay. Had and enjoyed sex with a woman in college (he was curious) but is only physically attracted to men. Has some supplies in the nightstand, including plenty of lube and a few relatively basic toys.
Scalpel:
Tops. Always tops. Maybe, maybe can be coaxed into a neutral position by a trusted partner while in the right mood, but tops about 98% of the time. Prone to dominatrix-tinted play, usually gentle about it, doesn’t try anything rough without clear permission. Likely to leave fingernail scratches. Entirely happy to play fairly rough with a partner, but not into actual painplay or anything that causes damage. Can also do a very nice gentle-but-firm-dom thing for if she has enough time and wants someone deep in subspace. Very good about aftercare, about 95% guaranteed to cling to and snuggle a partner after.
Technically straight? Only physically attracted to men, but entirely willing to have sex with women who are interested. May offer a strap-on due to being “more in the mood for dick tonight”, but has no significant preference between sets of genitalia.
When she’s intentionally looking for someone to hit on, she tends to go to a bar, be clearly sexy and open, and see who hits on her. If she gets a good vibe off of them, she flirts back. Semi-frequently shoos/scares a creep away from someone else and ends up talking to them.
Fairly extensive sex toy collection. Relatively high libido, but it’s not always accompanied by a desire for actual sex, sometimes just for the physical stimulation. Hence the toys. A fairly wide selection of vibrators, multiple strap-ons and appropriate harnesses, that sort of thing. About half of it is almost always for her solo use. Also has a couple pairs of padded cuffs, some soft rope, and three body harnesses to fit different frames. One, possibly two, relatively soft floggers. Plenty of lube and condoms thrown in, and also an ointment appropriate for nail scratches. And one tazer hidden in the back of her collection just in case it’s needed for creeps. There’s a stun gun in the nightstand, but that’s for burglars.
Gonna be adding more bits onto this now and then, I suspect.
“Alright, so a space werewolf, a Roman Catholic Cardinal, and a Decepticon Communications Officer all walk into a bar…”
New art meme idea for cool kids, from a cool kid (me). Draw your OC, (or AU design, or fursona, etc.) with characters that inspired their design or that you associate with them.
On the left is @bettsplendens’s Alzu, the flirty space werewolf? mercenary? (no one really knows what he is or what he does for a living). His expression and coloration are based off an Italian Wolf, and I mostly played his design by the ear (his should be longer) as he doesn’t really have a fixed design that I know of. He’s a charming and sweet dude with far too many teeth.
Center is my own design for Soundwave from Transformers Prime as a canine, A.K.A. Soundsnoot. He is mostly Belgian Groenendael with a whole mess of sighthound breeds mixed in. He is my best boy and the love of my life and so much fun to draw~! Sometimes he and Alzu’s paths cross and they go on dates, but he mostly sticks to himself and observes whatever’s going on at the moment.
On the right is @canisalbus‘s Machete. Boy howdy was this dude a big influence on the design of Soundsnoot. What an icon. I have no words for just how beautiful this man is. Also how much of a neurotic trash fire of a person he is. That too. In the (paraphrased) words of his creator, “Machete should not be in charge of anything, but someone put him there”.
Better stop flirting with the pretty sighthounds and put some pants on at least, Alzu, you godless heathen. Soundsnoot doesn’t mind, but Cardinal Machete might turn you over to the Inquisition where even you can’t charm your way out of.
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