Biblical names

I've started watching Mandela Catalogue with my best friend (who has seen it before) and picked up on something that she didn't. A bunch of the major people that die have biblical names. Could this be a coincidence does this develop into something? Every time a biblical name pops up we bet on whether they'll die or not lol. Also let me know if some of these characters aren't actually dead

Ex:

Cesar (spelled differently)

Ruth

Noah

Dave (David?)

Judas

Mark

Jonah

Edit: added Jonah

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u/WeirdlyAwakward — 2 days ago
▲ 7 r/wetspecimens+1 crossposts

Question about preserving cicada as a wet specimen

I'm planning on making this cicada that I found a few days ago into a wet specimen using the hand sanitizer method. It's currently in my freezer and I plan on soaking it in isopropyl alcohol for 2 hours and then putting it in the sanitizer or letting it dry after soaking in the alcohol before putting it in the hand sanitizer. Once in the hand sanitizer, im going to boil it by putting the jar with the cicada in it in a shallow sauce pan with about an inch of water on a hot plate to boil so the air bubbles can escape and the cicada becomes positionable. Then I'll use a pipet to get the rest of the big bubbles out and then fill the rest of the vial with hand sanitizer to finish it off. What i need to know is whether i should dry it after soaking it in alcohol or just take it from the alcohol and put it in the hand sanitizer. 

u/WeirdlyAwakward — 6 days ago
▲ 3 r/wetspecimens+2 crossposts

Need advice on sealing wet specimen

I found a perfectly intact dead cicada the other day and I want to preserve it as a wet spec using the 70% alcohol hand sanitizer method. This is the only container (not sure whether to call this a jar or a vial) that I own that fits it perfectly, but its a cork seal one, and I cannot find one online with the right proportions for the cicada to fit. Does anyone have any advice for how to seal the cork without it rotting or the sanitizer evaporating or where I can buy a screw on one? The dimensions if the container are about 2.25in high and 1in wide with a 3/4in wide mouth, and it holds about 27-30ml though going up to 40-50ml would probably be fine.

u/WeirdlyAwakward — 6 days ago

I think there is a poltergeist at my dad's house.

This is an update to an earlier post. Here's the link to the original post, I suggest you read that the most: https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/1v4unct/what_to_do_about_potential_haunting_and_find_who/

If you don't feel like reading that, then here's a summary: My dad's house is potentially from the 1800s (I cannot find any results when I look up the address but other nearby houses are from the 1800s) and has some creepy things about it, including a blocked off crawlspace and a dark closet under the stairs, symbols painted on the outside and inside walls of the house, old child toys being found buried in the backyard along the fence, and very strange neighbors. I have also experienced strange things such as random banging, knocking, creaks, voices at the top of the stairs, and a feeling of being watched from the top of the stairs or around the corner while going down the stairs.

Anyway, today I was cooking lunch in the kitchen when my little sister said "I think there's ghosts in this house". I asked her why and she said because it just feels haunted and also that her cup was moving across the table alone. I walked in and sure enough her plastic yellow water cup was slowly sliding across the table and then fell off the edge and spilled on the floor. I was surprised but more annoyed at having to clean it up, and I brushed it off as condensation and uneven surfaces making the cup move. However, now that I think back, there was no condensation on the cup. I have also experienced things moving on their own before, like balls rolling across rooms, shelves falling over, paintings falling off the walls, papers blowing when there's no wind, and things showing up in places that I did not put them. So do I have a poltergeist or am I just being paranoid?

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u/WeirdlyAwakward — 15 days ago
▲ 0 r/tsa

Are these prescribed acne medications and inhalers exempt from TSA liquid restrictions?

I won't have time to open my suitcase tomorrow morning before my flight to put the acne stuff in, and I need to use them in the morning, and I want to have my inhaler on me in case I have trouble with the air quality changes (flying cross-country).

u/WeirdlyAwakward — 20 days ago
▲ 7 r/plant

What is this plant in the mint family? (Seattle, Washington)

This is growing in my cousin's yard. Looks like lemon balm but taller and less bushy, and it smells like bug spray or that type of candle that keeps mosquitoes away.

u/WeirdlyAwakward — 24 days ago
▲ 12 r/bees

What are these bees? (chester county, Pa)

They were so cute, and the one on me was so friendly!

u/WeirdlyAwakward — 27 days ago

What to do about potential haunting and find who it might be?

I have lived and currently live in a townhouse in a "small" town in southeastern PA (about 40 minutes south of Philly), potentially built in the 1800s, and I think it's haunted. The reasons for this are feeling like being watched when going down the stairs, doors at the top of the stairs opening on their own, sometimes having nightmares at this house when I don't dream anywhere else, hearing voices at 12:00am-4:00am when everyone is asleep, the stairwell light turning off on its own, and noises from the stairs when I'm home alone. Under the stairs, there is a weirdly shaped closet with no lighting and a trapdoor leading to a blocked off crawlspace and the entrance basement is also under the stairs.

This may be paranoia but there are several other strange things about this house as well.

  1. Whenever I look up the address of the house, even the old address, online or in town records, nothing comes up. No records, no pictures, nothing.
  2. The house came with several strange things, including a (probably not real) painting of Midsummer Eve by Edward Robert Hughes in the basement, a small iron cross, wooden children toys buried in the backyard, and a old table and clawfoot bathtub.
  3. The neighbor that we had was kinda crazy. Like, she almost set the house on fire, had a ton of weird trinkets everywhere, would sunbathe on the roof, broke her door down when she locked herself out, and would blast music.
  4. The house had a forest of bamboo in the 15x15 backyard, weird painted symbols on the outside of the house and on the wall inside, and a blue door and fence when we moved in.
  5. A ton of dead animals in the attic and basement (both unfinished) when we moved in.

My mom also said she saw apparitions (which she thought were angels) outside my bedroom door at the top of this staircase when I was a kid (like 4 y/o). The voices that I mentioned earlier sounded like they came from my bedroom doorway, and they sounded like they were in their late teens/early twenties, with one being male and one being female. Does anyone have any advice on what to do about the staircase, and how to dig up more information on this house and potential hauntings?

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u/WeirdlyAwakward — 28 days ago

Where to post to ask when an object is from?

I've been finding a lot of old objects, especially stuff from thrift stores and my late grandparents stuff, and I'm having trouble figuring out when certain things are from.

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u/WeirdlyAwakward — 1 month ago

Pattern help!

I started this scarf on my broken loom during winter and now I can't find it or the stitch name for the life of me. HELP!

u/WeirdlyAwakward — 1 month ago

Help identifying authenticity, seal, and calligraphy.

My dad got this at goodwill a few years ago. Is it painted on or somehow printed? What does the seal say and what does the calligraphy say? I couldn't find any matches online, so that gives me hope that it's not mass produced.

u/WeirdlyAwakward — 1 month ago

This is coal, right? (found in my backyard in chester county pa)

It's a bit iridescent in some places and turns things black when rubbed against them. Also turned everything black when I washed it. First two without flash, rest with flash. (sorry for bad camera quality, I can't figure out how to make my camera focus better)

u/WeirdlyAwakward — 1 month ago

Kinda tropical song from a movie I think?

I remember the song being a bit tropical and being from a movie or musical and it having a lyric like

"You gotta embrace yourself, open up and estrange yourself"

And I can't find any lyric matches 😭

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u/WeirdlyAwakward — 2 months ago

7 police cars, one uni police car, and one fire truck just sped past me next to the uni, wtf is happening???

???

u/WeirdlyAwakward — 2 months ago

Can someone help me figure out what these dried herbs are?

I got these a while ago from a local apothecary before it closed. I forgot to label them and i can't figure out what they are. There's a possibility one is feverfew or marshmallow leaf or mugwort leaf. Here's the apothecary's website (specifically herbal section) to see if you can match it with any of those:

https://www.thepranahouse.com/shop/herbal-apothecary-supplies/31

I know it's a long shot and I probably won't get a clear answer but any effort would be greatly appreciated.

u/WeirdlyAwakward — 2 months ago

Boeing Missile Defense system coin found in my late grandfather's coin collection, showing no results on reverse image search.

I just found this in my late grandfather's coin collection. The coin yields no results in reverse image searches. It says "Boeing Missile Defense Systems" on one side and "Colorado Springs Operations" on the other. I know my grandpa was a marine medic and engineer on the USS Enterprise, but maybe there was some stuff he never told us about, because he never mentioned working with Boeing or missiles.

In the bag there was also a holographic Nixon Lodge campaign pin from the 60s, a ton of coins form the late 50s and later, and a 1994 10 cent in store trade Pump n Pantry coin.

u/WeirdlyAwakward — 2 months ago
▲ 8 r/dsmpfanfics+1 crossposts

Origins/hybrid fic

It's a fic where Techno's dad captures Phil, techno helps him get out, im pretty sure techno uses his rich kid capabilities to buy tubbo tommy and ranboo and set them free from being sold, somehow he ends up at the Origins space (I think he follows the trio, sneaks in, and is caught) and lives with the hybrids cause he's a liability if he goes back cause Phil would be forced to kill him.

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u/WeirdlyAwakward — 2 months ago