Yeah in this age of misinformation I think it’s really important to not just share the truth, but also avoid saying something that could be interpreted in an anti-science way. No the commenter doesn’t explicitly say “never use soap” but, as written, that’s what’s implied.

All the people who poses reading comprehension skills in this thread

Lol yep tell me more about your reading comprehension skills

Jesus Christ the uninformed comments in this thread. Are you seriously saying soap is bad?

You do understand the benefit of removing viruses from your hands, right?

Washing with soap and water is one of the key public health practices that can significantly slow the rate of a pandemic and limit the number of infections, preventing a disastrous overburdening of hospitals and clinics. Source

I can only hope you were only trying to reference scalp care rather than the benefits of soap as a whole.

But either way you’re wrong.

So unlike hand soaps etc, shampoo is not trying to sanitize your hair. Washing is to remove dirt and grease, not necessarily kill microbes.

Yes sebum is beneficial to the scalp. And yes stripping too much sebum from the skin (washing too often) can lead to dryness and irritation and dandruff symptoms.

But dandruff can also be caused by fungus and bacteria, see the “Causes - > Microorganisms” section of the Dandruff Wikipedia article. The fungus mentioned here specifically feeds on sebum, so not washing enough to remove that sebum can cause that fungus to thrive.

So yes washing too much can cause dandruff, but so can not washing enough (I linked this interview with a dermatologist in another comment, they say the same thing here.)

There isn’t a one-size-fits-all answer here. But doctors do recommend washing your hair regularly - how regularly depends on a variety of factors.

Co-washing only (washing with conditioner and skipping shampoo) is highly recommended for folks with extremely curly hair.

I tried it with my largely straight and thin hair and it was a disaster for me. But different hair textures require different solutions.

Re: “all the after-products” Again, different hair types require different solutions. A heat protectant product (applied on damp hair after washing and before drying and styling) is really important if you’re using heated styling tools for straightening or curling your hair. Even moreso if you’re also coloring your hair, which can make your hair more susceptible to heat-based damage. Additionally, for certain hair types and cuts, styling products are absolutely necessary to achieve the look you’re going for. My hair won’t hold a curl without adding product to it before styling.

As I say on another comment on this thread, my hairdresser does recommend that I shampoo twice on wash days to ensure I remove all the dirt/grease/styling product. Shampooing once (with my SLS-free shampoo) wasn’t getting my hair clean enough.

So yes, including after-care products in your routine may necessitate different cleaning steps compared to someone who isn’t using the same products. But again, what you are doing with your hair and the type of hair you have also influences the types of products that are valuable for you to use (shampoo, conditioner, and aftercare.)

All that said, claiming that haircare is all advertising “with a bit of social dynamics and zero science behind it” is misleading, uninformed, and incorrect. 😘

Since you sound like you want science, here’s an interview with a doctor of dermatology.

Google tells me yes H&S does use SLS in the US, confirmed here On their US website

I did see a Reddit thread as a search result that says H&S dropped SLS as an ingredient in Europe - the thread was from 11 months ago, but I also didn’t open it to check the details. And I haven’t watched the video so I don’t know what region this guy is in.

Edit: rechecked the post and it looks like this guy stopped shampooing 7 years ago (so before H&S dropped SLS in Europe.) From my memory as a long-haired woman/regular consumer of haircare products, I would say concern over SLS started within the last 10 years. So potentially this guy in the video was making his decision to stop washing right around the time the industry was becoming aware of the risks of this ingredient. But again, that’s all conjecture based on my experience as a mildly informed consumer of haircare products lol

So admittedly I haven’t watched the video.

But it sounds like this guy has a sensitivity to SLS - Sodium Lauryl Sulfate. It’s a cleaning agent in a lot of shampoos that can lead to skin dryness and irritation - aka it can cause dandruff.

Cutting out that chemical by not shampooing anymore would help… but also these days most (more expensive) shampoos have dropped SLS as an ingredient because it’s a skin irritant for most people. So he probably could have just switched to a different shampoo.

If I remember correctly, SLS contributes to a good lather: the shampoo getting foamy so it’s easy to spread around your whole head/all your hair if it’s long. So SLS-free shampoos are a bit less foamy. My hairdresser recommended that, on wash days, I shampoo twice with my SLS-free shampoo to get a more thorough clean. However, I do not wash daily; I wash my hair every 3-5 days depending on how much I’ve exercised and whether I’m home or in the office on days 4/5.

What a fuckwad

What did I miss? I haven’t heard anything about a new name.

So I’m a woman who loves shopping. But I’m a very short woman and I prefer to shop from the petite section - for most stores, petites are only offered online, if they’re offered at all

So I do a LOT of online shopping and returning. I would also prefer to be able to try things on in stores before purchasing, but a lot of times I literally don’t have that option. So essentially I try stuff in the privacy of my own home. I prefer to shop online from stores in my area and then return in-person, but a lot of places offer free mail returns too.

Point is, if you’re returning women’s clothes to a store, no one needs to know they were ordered for you. Maybe you’re shopping for your wife, maybe she’s disabled so she can’t get out and shop for herself, or maybe you just love buying her presents. Nothing is stopping you from lying to cashiers if they asked - but usually it’s just “was anything wrong with the item” and you just say “no it just didn’t work out/didn’t fit her/I ordered two sizes and she’s keeping the one that fits.”

The best stores will list either garment measurements or suggested physical measurements for the sizes they offer. If you know your own measurements, this should help you make informed decisions until you get to know your sizes at various brands (…and even then, it will still vary widely! 😏)

Looking at women’s plus size options may show you options that are more accommodating of broader shoulders, etc.

It sounds like your ADHD diagnosis is helping you with some introspection! I think you should discuss this with your wife so the two of you can come up with some strategies that will help you both get back to an activity that you both enjoy together.

You may be irritated at “being told what to do” because of Opposition Defiance Disorder, which is often comorbid with ADHD.

Or maybe you’re hyperfocused on your own morning routine and getting irritated at being interrupted when your wife asks you to do things.

But to me, this sounds like a communication issue more than an ADHD issue.

Is your wife asking you to take care of things related to the hike? “Can you fill up the water bottles? Can you pack the snacks? Where should we go today?” These are all things that could be planned/prepped at a different time, like the night before. Maybe doing so would be less stressful.

Or is your wife assigning you to-do list items unrelated to the hike? “Can you wash the dishes? Can you call X this week to ask about plans for Y?” Again, these assignments could be discussed or completed at a different time or in a different way (i.e. shared list with to-do items she could add for both of you.)

If it’s the latter, why does your wife feel like she needs to assign you tasks in your household? Is there a chore imbalance that could be addressed? (Is your ADHD otherwise affecting your shared household management tasks?) Is your wife more of the “project manager” and she’s the one keeping track of what needs to get done every week? If yes, please for the sake of your relationship, look into the concept of emotional labor. I’d also suggest looking into Fair Play Life. Potentially you and your wife could reorganize how responsibilities are split so that she no longer needs to ask you to do things, and thus you stop getting annoyed at a growing to-do list of assigned tasks.

If it’s a paid service your psychiatrist uses and your doctor trusts the results, then I would too.

Why do you doubt the results if you’re trying to get help? Isn’t that the point of reaching out to a doctor in the first place?

Everything in your bulleted list sounds like ADHD to me. The fact that you wrote out a post of your thoughts which included a bulleted list sounds like ADHD to me.

I’m not a professional of course. I was diagnosed with ADHD as a child, so I’ve lived with this for a long time. The quote in your post could have applied to me as a hyperactive child on some days but does not apply to me now; not just from maturing and aging, but also a lifetime of developing coping skills and self-restraint.

But regardless, everyone is different. I wouldn’t put too much in stock with one quote.

But also, I have no idea what a creyos ADHD assessment is either. If it’s just some free online test I wouldn’t necessarily put too much in stock with its results either…

But yeah, it sounds like ADHD to me

Dang, we definitely missed that restaurant! I’ll add it to the list because I’m determined to go back to Iceland some day.

I thought this looked familiar!

We drove past this airport on our way to Dynjandi waterfall - I saw a video of this waterfall online and it largely inspired our entire trip to Iceland (plus cheap direct flights in the peak of Icelandic tourism in the beforefore times, pre-COVID.)

That afternoon we also went and visited the Icelandic Sea Monster Museum in Bíldudalur.

But hands down, our favorite part of our trip was visiting a hot spring spa that also specializes in baking rye bread 🤤

We spent half of our trip exploring the Westfjords, I’d love to go back to Iceland someday to do more exploring in other parts of the country. And to go back to Laugarvatn Fontana!

Okay I agree that subscriptions are dumb, especially when you already own something. And I know capitalism is a fucking hellhole.

However, they did not steal the money you paid them. It has been 1,279 days since April 11th 2021. You paid $2.15 total for the app, per your screenshot. Assuming you used the game every day, let’s break down that cost to cents per day. It works out to 0.168ths of a cent per day for ownership during this time. For a game you clearly enjoyed playing, you paid about a cent per week, which was used to pay the employees who were supporting the maintenance and possibly further development of the app. that money wasn’t stolen, it was used to support the thing that you enjoyed.

Does it suck that you can’t use it anymore? Absolutely!

Should you be able to own your purchases forever? Yes!

Is the system fucked? You better believe it!

Did they steal $2.15 from you? … no.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachydactyly_type_D

Years of nail biting

Edit: I mean also the genes for a different thumb shape that inherently has a shorter nail in the first place; but besides that, the nails that are even shorter than the others in this pic would be due to habitual nail biting

I love him

I used to live in the area and the “massive flooding all the time” is literally nothing compared to the amount of devastation in the area currently. Entire communities have literally been obliterated by landslides. Thousands of people are stranded because of damaged roads. Hundreds of thousands are still without power. In some isolated areas it is going to take weeks/months to rebuild infrastructure to even access the areas, let alone repair homes and return electricity.

I’m actually upset, because your comment is implying that this is a run-of-the-mill occurrence in the area. This is an unprecedented tragedy and the worst flooding the area has seen since 1916 (and this time it affects thousands more people because of growth in the region.)