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Are there any perfumes that capture the vibe of high-end japanese incense? Yeah.

Hi, I have a severe tooth ache from a failed filling/broken molar. Its literally 8-9/10 pain and I've been going to work as normal while waiting for my appointment (which is tomorrow) and just taking an obscene amount of T1S/naproxen/ibuprofen. For context, Im a barber and my job requires talking basically 8 hours a day, standing on my feet. Ive taken so many Tylenol 1s I legitimately feel loopy.

Im really scared they won't be able to do anything tomorrow because of infection or something and I'll have to come back another day to have it removed/dealt with. Would it be inappropriate to ask for sick leave while waiting for the next appointment? Like is a "tooth ache" not serious enough to need a week off or whatever? I don't know 😕

Hi all, I wanna read more books on death/philosophy of death and dying. I had a string of back to back deaths in my family and want to do some more reading on the subject.

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I don't particularly want or need "How To" books about grief/dying/death, but more along the lines of exploring the cultural and philosophical (and medical) aspects of it. Preferably non-fiction, but I do enjoy fiction as well.

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I've read The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion and I enjoyed the story and subject matter but I don't love memoirs/individual grief narratives (no reason, just not my preference)

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I've also read Caitlin Doughty's books and particularly enjoyed From Here to Eternity about different cultural death practives and rituals, people's perspectives. Really enjoy that kind of vibe.

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My special interest is Irish mythology so I've read A LOT on Irish pre-christian death rituals and modern death custom, as well as the Morrígan but I'm always down for wild card super niche recs.

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I've also read a lot of classical stuff, Epic of Gilgamesh is a fave. I really enjoy the Mesopotamian laments and I read How to do Things with Tears by Paul Del Nero which was also really good even though it was a literal, actual textbook.

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I'm also really interested in the environmental aspects of the (western) funeral industry, historical perspectives and traditions, non-christian death practices, modern alternative traditions, etc.

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Right now I have Being Mortal by Atul Gawande on hold from the library but please, more recs!

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Ps. Sorry for writing a literal essay.

Every time I get a migraine (so multiple times a month) I'm always exhausted the day before without fail. Typical exhaustion/excessive yawning/sleeping. And I'm like huh... guess I haven't been sleeping enough.

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And then the next day boom! Migraine.

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And everytime I'm like "what how is this even possible I never saw it coming!"

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What is the biological mechanism behind this. What is this migraine amnesia.

I never really tried many fragrances like these because I discounted them as being "too chemically smelling" but I've recently realized I love petrichor/leaf/fern/moss/vetiver. So please rec me some!!!!

I typically hate citrus notes and prefer darker atmospheric vibes but im open to try stuff.

He hasnt technically done anything wrong its just that he comes in every two weeks and is insanely picky and gives me terrible anxiety the whole day even when i dont see his name on my books.