The "I don't want to talk about AI" thread, and the new topic is: food, and why we love it

[Erozetta]

In a pinch, normal craft superglue (cyanoacrylate) works very well. There's also a reason I keep my knives very sharp - clean cuts area easier to fix than ragged gashes.

Also, and I don't know how this works, but I am the most squeamish person on earth. Give me the anticipation of seeing blood and I will pass out - 100% guaranteed. Put me in a situation where someone is bleeding and I can somehow just pack it all away, deal with the crisis, and then melt down and cry-puke in private later

That's how I got my hands on surgical glue.

I told a friend who's friends with a nurse that I keep super glue in my first aid kit and she gave him a box of mini dermabond things for me. Just snap and apply, kinda cool.

I've also used veterinary glue.

I'm not at all squeamish around blood, which is great 'cause I'm often the one who renders nursing care in my family. When my sister had her appendix out, I had to help pack the surgical site while she healed from a horrid infection. I've put in and taken out GI and NG tubes for my niece, I've done general dressing care and I've glued myself back together more times than I can remember.

 

[Statius]

hahah.

The other day I touched a baking sheet that had been in an oven at 350 degrees for two hours because I wanted to adjust it on the table a little. I had a potholder in my other hand. It took me a second to be like, "Oh, that hurts, stop touching the goddamn pan!"

I'm a good cook and a great baker. I'm also a fucking clutz.

Sounds like my wife. Sometimes. She touched a cast iron that had been in the oven for 45 min at 425. I was surprised no med center or hospital visit. Blisters tho. Bad ones

 

[onehitwanda]

When my sister had her appendix out, I had to help pack the surgical site while she healed from a horrid infection.

My toes are curling and I'm cringing just from the visual image

 

[StillStunned]

The worst burn I ever had was when I was giving my wife a massage. (Yeah, I know: she's red hot!) I'd put some towels in the little steamer thing, and wasn't careful enough taking them out. Steam all over my hand. I ran it under cold water and continued with the massage.

Guess what? Oil and burns = bad combination.

 

[Erozetta]

Sounds like my wife. Sometimes. She touched a cast iron that had been in the oven for 45 min at 425. I was surprised no med center or hospital visit. Blisters tho. Bad ones

cool running water immediately for 10-20 minutes will prevent such injuries from fully developing. I was touching the pan for a good few seconds and didn't even end up with a red mark on my fingertips.

 

[StillStunned]

The worst burn I ever had was when I was giving my wife a massage. (Yeah, I know: she's red hot!) I'd put some towels in the little steamer thing, and wasn't careful enough taking them out. Steam all over my hand. I ran it under cold water and continued with the massage.

Guess what? Oil and burns = bad combination.

In D&D terms, I'm probably a 10th level Commoner. Every scar is a skill point.

 

[Erozetta]

The worst burn I ever had was when I was giving my wife a massage. (Yeah, I know: she's red hot!) I'd put some towels in the little steamer thing, and wasn't careful enough taking them out. Steam all over my hand. I ran it under cold water and continued with the massage.

Guess what? Oil and burns = bad combination.

100% on the bad combo.

I have two worst burns. One was in my home ec class in... I think 8th grade? Was pulling muffins out and touched my arm against the top of the oven but didn't feel it. Then I hid the burn for like two weeks while it healed because I didn't want to get in trouble/yelled at for getting hurt. It went deep. I still have a scar from that one.

The other was a hair straightener while naked. Did you know that at 500 degrees skin burns white? I didn't! Still have a scar from that one, too.

 

[onehitwanda]

In D&D terms, I'm probably a 10th level Commoner. Every scar is a skill point.

I always view you more as the Drunken Master

 

[StillStunned]

I always view you more as the Drunken Master

Aha, so that's what people keep calling me! I thought they were saying "drunken bastard".

 

[Statius]

Sounds like my wife. Sometimes. She touched a cast iron that had been in the oven for 45 min at 425. I was surprised no med center or hospital visit. Blisters tho. Bad oned

 

[Statius]

Post script to that. I only put the laughing face because she wasn't seriously hurt, for the record

 

[iwatchus]

I have two very well-stocked first aid kits that made a Doctor friend sit up, stare at me, and go "Wanda, what the fuck, that's more than we have in our Triage ward."

Also, there's nothing quite like the particular note of the scream someone gives when they've just cut their finger off.

Reading your posts, I just had an epiphany about my WIP. One of the supporting characters is a woman with a serious military background, a serious attitude and serious wise-assing skills. It was not how I originally envisioned the character, but it's how she came out. She's very likable. I just realized part of where I got her attitude from. But she is hetero, so not everything came over for her.

 

[onehitwanda]

so not everything came over for her.

So long as everything doesn't come over her, I think she can be forgiven.

 

[stickygirl]

In a pinch, normal craft superglue (cyanoacrylate) works very well. There's also a reason I keep my knives very sharp - clean cuts area easier to fix than ragged gashes.

Also, and I don't know how this works, but I am the most squeamish person on earth. Give me the anticipation of seeing blood and I will pass out - 100% guaranteed. Put me in a situation where someone is bleeding and I can somehow just pack it all away, deal with the crisis, and then melt down and cry-puke in private later

The most dangerous thing in the kitchen is a blunt knife

 

[StillStunned]

I have a nasty cut on my finger just now. But not from a knife, sharp or blunt. No, it's from the foil around a fancy wine bottle.

And the wine was disappointing too.

 

[Statius]

I have a nasty cut on my finger just now. But not from a knife, sharp or blunt. No, it's from the foil around a fancy wine bottle.

And the wine was disappointing too.

That's a shitty double whammy

 

[StillStunned]

That's a shitty double whammy

Fortunately I don't remember what I paid for the wine. If I did, it would probably be worse.

 

[NuclearFairy]

Part of the reason I stopped getting those store bought containers of hot chocolate mix, may or may not have something to do with the number of times I've been cut on those foil like seals.

 

[StillStunned]

But if you tried that in D&D, your players would revolt. "You said there were no traps! So how come I'm taking 1d4 damage from opening this container?"

 

[NuclearFairy]

Nah, my players would argue for it being 1d2 damage instead.

 

[Statius]

But if you tried that in D&D, your players would revolt. "You said there were no traps! So how come I'm taking 1d4 damage from opening this container?"

 

[UsuallyPresent]

Damage reduction or go home.

 

[AwkwardMD]

Aha, so that's what people keep calling me! I thought they were saying "drunken bastard".

The Drunken Master is my all-time favorite boxer

 

[Bramblethorn]

The most dangerous thing in the kitchen is a blunt knife

Or: me just after letting the toasted almonds go five seconds too long.

fucken little bastards they just WAIT until I'm not looking and then it's BURN BABY BURN

 

[StillStunned]

Damage reduction or go home.

I have a chainmail glove. It's supposed to be for protecting your hands when you shuck oysters, but the only time I've ever worn it was when I was trimming my cat's claws.