There Is No Such Thing As A Real Name

Dr Glass was only three cars back from the entry point. After pondering the problem in this unexpected pocket of leisure, he got out of the car.

The other drivers looked at him, astonished, censorious. Was this muppet just up and leaving his car? Abandoning a vehicle in congestion? Were they about to witness someone making their day WORSE?

Dr Glass walked to a pedestrian crossing, a few feet upstream, and pressed the button. He turned around and got back in his car.

Enlightenment, and a cautious hope, dawned on the faces of the other drivers in the queue.

The pedestrian sequence unrolled. The red light cut off the oncoming stream of traffic. The queue was freed. The roundabout was freed.

1: hi. i am schizophrenic too. its nice to see people like me, i know it's hard but it'll all be okay.

2: i'm a cook with psychosis! you're a good content creator! i like you getting into prices and stuff.

3: i just wanted to say i'm also schizophrenic. my parents made me learn to cook when i turned 12. i'm 29 now and haven't lost my love for cooking. thanks, both for inspiring people to cook and for teaching them that schizophrenia isn't scary.

4: hello! i live in russia with some kind of disorder (i tend not to ask my doc to not scare myself, just silently and happily eating my meds...which somehow tend to be for schizophrenic folks? haha). and because my diagnosis is very light, i have the strength to support all my neurodivergent schizo and affective friends out there. we're all get through and live a happy life eventually... and eat delicious food! cheers to you, chef!

5: both of my brothers have schizophrenia-- one of them is schizoaffective and the other is just classic schizophrenia. i appreciate you sharing yourself with the world because people need to see that schizophrenia is NOT scary!! schizophrenia is just a different way of experiencing life.

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this is not life-threatening, but also who wants weeks of diarrhea and a fucking parasite in them lol. if you suspect you've already had this and it's passed, i would see a doctor. you might need an antiparasitic anyway. if you're actively sick, see a doctor and they might be able to prescribe medication to help you get over it faster.

try to avoid eating raw vegetables, scrub fruit with a produce brush and rinse thoroughly with water. again, don't bother with premade greens or bagged salads. if you buy lettuce, remove the outer 2-3 layers of leaves.

Only high temperatures will kill cyclospora. It resides in what is like a shell, which is highly resistant to water and most cleaning chemicals. The substance it uses to cling to food is so strong we don't even fully know what its limits are. It may be best to avoid fruits and veggies you can't cook. Scrubbing only works if done hard enough and on foods with no hiding places (Like cucumbers and grapes). Peeling the skin off is your best bet at avoiding it however, scrubbing is not guaranteed.

Light impacts heat

The colour of something impacts heat.

Lighter is cooler and darker is hotter. Imagining that once the Eridians have managed to fake the sun's heat/UV Grace can tell which rocks will be warmer/cooled without touching them and this is CRAZY. Or even an Eridian with darker spots commenting that they feel hotter in some spots and Grace is like "oh yeah your carapace is almost black there, the rest is a pretty light blue" and they're like "WHAT??"