I feel like you’re the only person here who actually understands what WD-40 is and what it’s for.

Thank you.

Thanks, this exactly. Each material has its own ideal product or method, but a light rub with WD-40 works on nearly anything (but not what you’re thinking – it’s never lube. It’s poisonous.).

It actually has interesting chemical properties.

That’s not really a bonus. WD-40 will likely also get you high in close quarters – it’s probably more expensive than weed, though, and likely kills more of your brain than is worth it.

I recommend a high THC, mushrooms, or LSD instead. Combustible inhalants are a worse high that will probably give you a headache and then cancer. No bueno.

More sticky children hacks, please. :)

That doesn’t always work. Some of these adhesives are stupidly sticky, and some leave all of their paper rather than giving up.

If it’s a weak adhesive, that method is fine. This tip is for strong or obnoxiously sticky adhesives, and especially on surfaces that don’t want to give up or that could be damaged easily.

I’m sorry, I answered your question from my inbox instead of in context in this thread, so I lost context.

I haven’t tried cooking oil, just WD-40. I’ll try cooking oil as you suggested.

I’ve tested it on nearly everything over the years. It works on everything so far. I didn’t have any a bit ago and used alcohol instead, and it ruined the rubber surface. That’s why I posted this. I should have been less impatient and waited till I had some. Posted so others can learn before they ruin something like I just did.

Alcohol is far more aggressive and will ruin many plastics, rubber, painted surfaces, finished wood, and coated paper.

Be really, really careful using alcohol on anything other than bare metal and some plastics. Many plastics and rubber will be made eternally sticky with alcohol (I made this mistake earlier today, which was why I posted this).

Oh, I didn’t know about cooking oil, that’s awesome.

Alcohol works, but it will destroy many finishes (painted or stained furniture, coated paper, some coated metals, some plastics and rubbers, etc), whereas WD-40 is safe for most finishes.

Sounds like cooking oil may be as well – gonna have to try that, thanks!

True, but lighter fluid can ruin many surfaces. WD-40 is weirdly gentle on most surfaces (though it doesn’t seem like it would be).

On the age scale, they’re barely a blip. On the size scale, they’re massive enough to disappear people with zero accountability.

They’re a full-blown religion.

You’re right, and that’s fair. I guess I was talking about general atheists in one breath, then the specific vocal atheists OP seemed to be talking about in another.

I shouldn’t generalise like that. Atheism is simply the lack of belief in a god – any god. And there are many gods. You can be atheistic about any of them.

Scientology is pretty new, and pretty big.

I think you’ll find vanishingly few even fervent atheists who wouldn’t be persuaded by actual evidence. I know some percentage of fervent atheists would say if real evidence of a god were presented, they wouldn’t follow it because it’s a monster (I’m in this camp), but I don’t believe any real percentage would stick their fingers in their ears and say lalalala. That’s kind of the opposite of what atheism is about. It’s literally about evidence.

You can’t really blame people who were raised in religious environments and have newly discovered intellectual freedom, though, right? Sure, they can be obnoxious sometimes, just like we all are when we learn a new thing that’s blown our minds. They’ll grow out of it, and we should have patience, like in all things.

Some, sure. Most, no.

Atheism is simply the state of nonbelief in a deity. It requires no declaration nor even conscious thought. I don’t believe in leprechauns, but I don’t belong to an anti-leprechaun cult.

e: you’re likely atheist about Ra, Thor, Sheba, and Quetzalcoatl, right? Most atheists feel the same about Yahweh, and aren’t likely to bring it up unless you do. Most will even hold out for dozens or hundreds of times. Many Christians seem oblivious to how often they reference their religion in casual conversation. Often, Atheists only have to say it once.

The only difference between religions and cults is the size.

Oh good lord no.

Those are almost universally built on religion, and most are very cult-like. If that’s your take on them, I suspect you haven’t had more than a superficial interaction with them.

That was the subject of the entire discussion: the original question was about whether ladies in the late 1800s took naps in the middle of parties, and if so, if that was because they wore corsets.

(e: they didn’t and it wasn’t.)

That’s fair, but this was my area of expertise, where I had more than 20 years of academic and practical experience. Please see my other comment in this post for how ridiculous this particular thread became.

I get you, and I totally agree. It did get rather insane, though.