I’m a Merlin wizard who experiences time backwards, and I blocked you because you sent me an angry message asking me why I blocked you.
Help me to be awake
Theory: BPAL scrapped the original formula for “Snake Oil” because it was based on some accord purchased in bulk for which the formulator never actually knew the individual components, and then they just ran out of it.
Argument Against: They should be able to just take a sample of the old stuff and “Shoot The Juice” through GC/MS - there are literally consumer services for that now, it should be affordable?
Argument For: They can’t do that because they’re too scared that the GC/MS company will reveal their secret formulation-shortcut shame (potential IP issue? lawsuit risk?) and/or secret snake oil formula to the world.
Competing Theory: It’s more likely that the original formula just had too much eugenol and coumarin for regulatory purposes.* Like, if it were possible to legally sell convincing Original!Snake Oil dupes, I’m sure that Al Rehab, Bath and Body Works, and SaveOnScents would be doing it. Snake Oil is probably just illegal.
* (The changes described in the reformulation are the addition of patchouli oil and vanilla absolute, common “safe and all-natural” substitutions for eugenol and coumarin.
Also, like. Snake Oil smells like eugenol and coumarin. I have eugenol in the kitchen and I know what coumarin smells like. That’s what’s in the bottle.)
Argument Against: This one is slightly less funny.
Cutting to the “shopping list” section:
Dad: call this client and see what's going on
Me: what
Dad: call this number--see its here and--
Me: I see that but what am I asking exactly. Like what information do you need
Dad: just see what the deal is with the case
Me: . . .
Later:
Dad: *provides very specific abd concise instructions on making deposits at the bank*
Me, thinking: Okay clearly this is motivated by a sense of financial responsibility--which I've never seen evidence of before but--
Dad: we have to do this otherwise Office Manager yells at me :(((
Me: . . .
Bing DALL-E will go “prompt blocked” if you add too many scary terms? If the results look too scary? Either/both? Unsure. Was trying to create “the saddest most miserable most pathetic shitty loser white-haired anime boy in the whole world and even universe that everyone hates and no one likes and he’s crying,” and after sitting there thinking for a while it gave me an error message.
Request to the XKit devs:
I’ll be sharing a portion of my symptoms with a random mutual every day for the foreseeable future. Hope that’s okay (you cannot opt out) (it’s too late)
ALTMashed potatoes and medicine in the bedroom across from the bathroom: meal fit for a moron (me)
How does anything happen? It shouldn’t.
Imagining a pair of twins born in 2009 and named “Corona” and “Auris”
Shit is burning outside but thegeekgene’s hair-type Pokemon has created an odor and my antibiotic has made me nauseous so I’ve got the window open anyway
me, on phone: Hey, Mom, I'm done at the doctor, can you give me @thegeekgene back
Mom: Sure. What did you find out, honey?
So I’m going to assume that the the negative COVID test strips are correct. I should have been applying different fluids to different test strips (leukocyte/nitrite ones). Will pick some of those up.
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