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ldskyfly t1_jdvr8mg wrote

Reply to LPT: Thinking about vinegar, lemons and other acidic foods makes your mouth water. I regularly use this to take painkillers and such without needing a drink. by Xtrendence

In what situation would you have access to one of those acidic liquids but not water?

Are there any meds that they say you definitely shouldn't use with water? There are plenty that say do not consume any citrus within x amount of time. It throws off the extended release performance

Edit, reread as "thinking about" those things... gotcha

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Xtrendence OP t1_jdvr5m2 wrote

Reply to comment by tigerCELL in LPT: Thinking about vinegar, lemons and other acidic foods makes your mouth water. I regularly use this to take painkillers and such without needing a drink. by Xtrendence

I don't know if there's a limit though? Like I only randomly discovered it a few months ago when I was talking about how I like vinegar with lettuce, and noticed I was practically drooling while talking about it. So I tried again and just concentrated on what vinegar would taste like and it happened again. Then I looked it up and learned we produce additional saliva when eating acidic things to protect our throat and such as it's going down. It's happening as I type this just thinking about it.

Since then I just use it if my mouth feels dry, or I need to take a pill but don't have a drink etc. But yeah I don't know if your body will eventually learn you're not actually eating anything or if it's just programmed to do it at the mere thought rather than smell or taste.

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keepthetips t1_jdvfrzu wrote

Reply to LPT: if you hear any animal noises above, below, or in your walls, or smell any weird smells - have someone come check it out ASAP. by [deleted]

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fifty2weekhi t1_jdve5c1 wrote

Reply to LPT: When sending emails, add the recipient email addresses LAST, once you are sure the email is ready to send by [deleted]

Good advice! There have been quite a few times that my Gmail got sent prematurely as I was frantically typing due to some weird key combination. This tip would have prevented it.

PS. If anyone know what that combination is, please let me know! (I know I didn't do ctrl-enter, but something else that triggered the equivalent)

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DeProgrammer99 t1_jdvdww3 wrote

Reply to LPT: When sending emails, add the recipient email addresses LAST, once you are sure the email is ready to send by [deleted]

I also add the SET clause last when writing SQL update statements. For the non-programmers out there: an update is usually in the form "UPDATE some table SET some column = some value WHERE some condition" and if you leave off the WHERE, you'll end up changing every row in the table...which is very rarely what you want to do. MySQL has a setting named "I am a dummy" that prevents you from leaving off the WHERE, too.

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