What topicals do you swear by for aching joints/muscles/tendons?

The real answer is to take some time off and let everything recover. But sometimes you can't.

Topicals as in things you apply to the area to speed up recovery or make it feel better for a little while.

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u/ryhaltswhiskey — 5 hours ago

What's the deal with E Jean Carrol's money that she's supposed to get from the courts?

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-e-jean-carroll-2677157796/

>President Donald Trump's latest attempt to dodge the $5.8 million payment a New York court ruled he owes E. Jean Carroll was swiftly slapped down Friday as "yet another play for time," court records show.

>Roberta Kaplan, the attorney who represented Carroll in her sex abuse case against Trump before his return to office, filed a swift rebuttal to Trump's demand for an extension, New York federal court records show.

IIRC Trump was required to put money into escrow before he could appeal the case. He put the money into escrow, appeal was slapped down by SCOTUS. Yet EJC doesn't have the money yet?

What's up with that?

Edit: I'm specifically asking why she doesn't have the money already. Or when she will get the money.

u/ryhaltswhiskey — 1 day ago

I can't think of a better TV series comic book adaptation than X-Men 97

It's just got the spirit of the comic to me. The gravitas of X-Men. All the wacky stuff that happens in the comics. The art echoes Jack Kirby Lee's 90s run perfectly. I was a big fan of the '90s series (and the comics back then) and this one takes that and elevates it.

Just chef's kiss.

Season 2 just released the first three episodes. Disney+.

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u/ryhaltswhiskey — 2 days ago

Light pants for summer that aren't linen?

Linen just wrinkles too much. And ironing for something that's casual? No. Denim is too heavy.

I have a varicose vein on one of my shins that is making me a little self-conscious so I'd rather just wear pants. Plus I think pants are classier than shorts.

So I'm looking for suggestions for something that's going to be very cool but also cover up my legs. Looking good with brown loafers or boat shoes would be a bonus.

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u/ryhaltswhiskey — 3 days ago

Has setting up big manufacturing lines gotten easier than it was a year ago?

things like this

Sorry about the poor screenshot, I can't load the save. I remember how much work it was to set up these manufacturing lines. It was too much work. Has it gotten easier? Is there any sort of blueprint system? A copy/paste system?

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u/ryhaltswhiskey — 4 days ago

In a criminal trial involving a shooting, if there is a medical report about the gunshot wound is that medical report typically introduced into evidence?

If it isn't introduced into evidence does that say anything about the prosecution's case?

Federal jurisdiction

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u/ryhaltswhiskey — 9 days ago

What's the deal with the Praireland Nine getting sentenced to decades in jail for protesting ICE?

https://www.reddit.com/r/AnythingGoesNews/comments/1ufob4w/prairieland_nine_texas_ice_protesters_get_up_to/

I understand that the judge does the sentencing. What I couldn't find is how the heck they were convicted. Some of these charges are ridiculous. Is it just "Texans suck and hate free speech if it's brown people doing it"?

>AMY GOODMAN: Among those sentenced was Daniel Sanchez Estrada, who wasn’t even at the protest. He received a 30-year prison term for conspiracy to conceal documents, after he moved a box containing anti-fascist magazines and pamphlets. Another protester, Autumn Hill, received a sentence of 50 years after being convicted of rioting, providing material support to terrorists, conspiracy to use and carry an explosive, and use and carry of an explosive device, which was fireworks. This is Hill’s wife, Lydia Koza, speaking after the conviction in March.

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u/ryhaltswhiskey — 9 days ago
▲ 14 r/paint

People on Reddit keep saying that hydrogen peroxide is the reason that the Reflecting Pool paint is peeling. How likely is that?

A little bit of investigation with the Google overview AI says that you would need more hydrogen peroxide than water to achieve the concentration necessary to strip the paint if the water is present. Since the reflecting pool is 6 million gallons that means at least 6 million gallons of 12% hydrogen peroxide. Which is a few hundred thousand tanker trucks.

When I saw pictures of Parks Service people putting hydrogen peroxide into the reflecting pool it was coming from gallon jugs.

Does that seem accurate to y'all?

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u/ryhaltswhiskey — 11 days ago

Do you think you can spot when people are masking?

I am not autistic but I have a close friend who is. On her podcast, she talks about masking frequently.

I have another friend that I think is AuDHD. And lately I've been getting the distinct sense that when I'm talking to him I'm not actually talking to him, I'm talking to a projection/mask. Something just doesn't ring true. I've gotten this feeling from other people over the years. Long before I knew what masking was. It's just a sense that the person being presented is not the person that is really there.

Is that crazy?

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u/ryhaltswhiskey — 11 days ago
▲ 0 r/Shoes

What brand do you like for a high quality men's loafer in a wider size?

I bought some Beckett Simonons in a 10.5. Couldn't even get them on even though I already own a couple of pairs of BS in 10.5, turns out my foot is more like an E or an EE width and they don't produce those (can't imagine why, all of their shoes are made to order).

I could exchange for 11s and stretch them, but why bother, I'm getting a full refund

Budget sub 250

These are the shoes that I need to replace. I like the color. In real life they are a little darker than they are in the photo.

u/ryhaltswhiskey — 12 days ago

POWEROWL rep is hounding me about a negative review. DO NOT BUY.

Edit: I'm saying do not buy because the only power we have as consumers is our dollar and this company's terrible behavior should put them out of business. It's not like this company is producing anything special.

I bought some of their batteries and tested them with a vx4. The vx4 said that the actual capacity was much lower than it was on the listing. I left a two-star review on Amazon. I got my money back and the company said I could just keep the batteries which is fine.

But since then they have contacted me four times about getting that review removed or updated.

This has never happened before. This is some real garbage behavior.

Fuck these people.

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u/ryhaltswhiskey — 13 days ago

Did any of you grow up with casual misandry in the household? Do you think it affected you?

I'm talking about a parent making jokes about men having poor eyesight or only thinking with their dicks or things along those lines.

FWIW I think that casual misandry and casual misogyny are equally bad.

And sure, we can say that it's just jokes. But we can also say that rape jokes are also just jokes. But they add up right? If your dad is making a rape joke a couple times a year for your entire life... Yeah I think that will have an effect on you.

I've talked about this with my therapist and his conclusion is that it absolutely affects children.

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u/ryhaltswhiskey — 15 days ago
▲ 7 r/kodi

Is there a way to get Kodi to realize that I actually prefer English for my audio stream?

Because I've used that "set as default for all media" button on an English audio stream about nine times and it's still picks French sometimes.

Maybe there's a plug-in?

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u/ryhaltswhiskey — 16 days ago

Women are roughly twice as likely to believe in astrology etc according to Pew Research. Why do you think that is?

https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2025/05/21/3-in-10-americans-consult-astrology-tarot-cards-or-fortune-tellers/

>Younger adults – and especially younger women – are more likely to believe in astrology and to consult astrology or horoscopes. For example, 43% of women ages 18 to 49 say they believe in astrology. That compares with 27% of women ages 50 and older, 20% of men ages 18 to 49, and 16% of men who are 50 and older.

u/ryhaltswhiskey — 19 days ago

What's going on with people thinking that using curious in a post means that it was written by an AI?

Example

I've seen it twice today, if somebody ends their post with "I'm curious what other people think about this" people call it AI slop.

I'm curious (lol) why people think this. Is there any actual evidence that AI LLM generates "I'm curious..." more than a regular person would use it?

No AI was used to write this post 😉

u/ryhaltswhiskey — 25 days ago