u/c4nis_m4jor

Really embarrassed to be making this post, but I've been dealing with some depression-y stuff at the moment and left my dishes in the sink too long, and now a few have ended up with a few getting a bit of mould on them.

I've seen online everyone recommend using bleach but I'm in a shoebox apartment for uni and I just don't think it's well ventilated enough for me to do so (at least not while I also have to be living in here). So, is there a next best solution that'll still actually work?

None of the stuff is porous, though there are a few silicone seals around the edge of a few container lids, which maybe is slightly more complicated but they're the non-porous sort, and also not near the mould itself (and I think removeable if you need).

Also, two notes: 1) I do not have a dishwasher, but I can heat/boil water if that's helpful, the plates can handle it, and 2) I've seen people recommend Dawn dish soap a lot (not for disinfecting it seems, just for cleaning) but we don't have that in my country, not in any regular stores anyway.

Edit: Thanks for all the advice. Went with just a lot of soap, scalding hot water, scrubbing and multiple rounds of washing, plus threw a few plastic chopsticks in the rubbish just so I didn't have to fret, although they were probably fine. Anyway, no more advice needed! If what I did was the wrong move and I'm going to die of Every Possible Disease Ever, I shall simply have to accept my fate.

really stupid question but it's my favourite sign off and i'm too much of a beginner to figure out the terminology to search for the answer myself. but essentially every time i write it in a paragraph it's invisible (and probably also doing weird things to my code) because it looks like it's an open bracket, or a less than three symbol or something.

I've been out to both my parents since about midway through last year, and while my parents were way more accepting than I had feared, recently it's started to feel like my dad is has accepted me and is more-so just doing what he can to ignore the "situation", as it were.

Let me be clear, he's not actively/vitriolically transphobic (though we're from a rural town so he's not exactly used to this stuff), nor is he right wing at all, but though my mum has been great with supporting me (if a little confused/awkward about certain terminology and stuff due to the generational divide, as expected really), my dad just sort of... refuses to acknowledge that he's got a trans man as a son.

For example:

• He doesn't refer to me by any pronouns, really (at least from what I've observed I'm at his house, I don't know what it's like when I'm not there obviously), just sort of vaguely gestures at me.
• He doesn't ever describe me with any gendered terms, or ask me anything about my experiences or feelings regarding being trans
• He treats any mention of dysphoria (for instance, as an explanation of why I don't feel comfortable going to the gym anymore) as immaterial/frivolous
• He's literally never, not once, called me by my actual name, only by nicknames he's called me since I was a kid (you know, the generic parent-y ones that are inexplicably always some form of animal or vegetable).
• Also, related to the above, a few months ago, I noticed he still had my dead-name as my contact in his phone, which fucking stung, obviously.
• Probably other minor stuff I've just actively chosen to forget, honestly.

It's all kind of sadly ironic, really, given he's literally never been this gender neutral about anyone, even the actually nonbinary friend I had as a kid, but I digress.

I'm really not sure what to do about it, or if I even have the willpower to do anything about it at all anymore. He's already a bit hard to communicate with in general (although aren't all parents to an extent, lol), and I just don't really have the energy to deal with that big of a conversation/confrontation right now.

It's just very frustrating and saddening, really. All the generic fantasy protagonist angst of "my father will never recognise me as his son" and none of the cool swords or dangerous megafauna.

^(Also, as a PS because of how the internet can be with assumptions: I am *drum roll* not from the US!)

^(PPS if at all relevant, I am a uni student, so while I don't live at home anymore, I'm often back there over the holidays to save on groceries and other cost of living expenses, because, of you know. Everything.)

^(PP)^(P)^(S I'm posting this again from my old account because I initially posted it on a fresh one, and wasn't aware of the emergency karma/account age rules here that meant it got auto-rejected. Really really hope that's alright, and I'm genuinely so sorry if its not.)

For the life of me I can't figure out how I'm meant to type a number on the y1 (like when naming a playlist, for example) as the "keyboard" is only the alphabet, and the manual doesn't mention how to switch it between the two. If anyone knows how, I'd greatly appreciate being enlightened on the matter. Cheers :)