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Tweak says, "What is this, a missile launch"

Trashmouth Tozier (trash_mouth) wrote in compass_network,
@ 2022-03-07 04:40:00

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Has anyone else ever tried on their kid clothes?? No? Just me?

The shorts don't button but c'mon, who can resist.

[ooc: imagine Richie's scars on his arms. That's the only difference though, he has actually straightened his hair and managed to locate a fake mustache]

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trash_mouth
2022-03-07 02:52 pm UTC (link)

I'm not saying we don't have things. Obviously, we have things. We just view them a little differently. Marriage here isn't a contract about combining families and assets and providing heirs. It's about telling the world you love someone enough to promise to be with them for, hopefully, the rest of your life, and then making that promise to them.

Not a theory. If you talked to Dr. Cuddy or O'Hara, or any of the science folks really, they have the equipment to show them to you.

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	brannenford 2022-03-07 02:59 pm UTC (link)
	Yes, I understand what you are saying, I just do not see why anyone would bother with it in that case. That's an even bolder claim, but I'd like to see them, if you're right. I'll ask them. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

trash_mouth
2022-03-07 03:05 pm UTC (link)

Tradition I guess, sentimentality. I like being able to call him my husband, and wearing the ring he gave me. And it was literally just a party with a ceremony, why not?

Give it a go, it's kinda neat. But it's why the medicine here is what it is. Once we realized that it was these microorganisms that made us sick we could study them. People identified different ones that caused different illnesses. They made tests so if someone had symptoms that could be any number of diseases they could figure out which one it was and made medicines that would fight those specific ones. Made vaccines that could keep you from getting sick in the first place. And it's a lot easier to prevent something when you know what causes it.

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	brannenford 2022-03-07 03:13 pm UTC (link)
	You are a romantic at heart, then. I have been in love, I know what that is like. Astonishing. I thought first that you were teasing - suggesting that because I am from long before you, I go about with muddy hands. The microorganisms must be in the air, too, aren't they? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

trash_mouth
2022-03-07 03:24 pm UTC (link)

Yeah, pretty much.

I do tease a lot. But not always. I grew up here, got pretty used to people coming from all over in time and place but sometimes I forget to explain the why. They are, they're all over really. Most of them are harmless, or our bodies are strong enough to fight them without getting sick. It's just some that cause illness, and in different ways-some you can inhale, some have to be introduced through saliva, some through blood contact. So even if a blood contact germ is in the air and you inhale it, you won't get sick. But if you had a crack in the skin on the side of your fingernail and came in contact with the blood of someone who carried that disease, then you could catch it.

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	brannenford 2022-03-07 08:38 pm UTC (link)
	I must see them with my own eyes! Do you think anyone would believe me if I went home and tried to tell them about it all? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

trash_mouth
2022-03-07 08:48 pm UTC (link)

I'm pretty sure the guy who first introduced the idea in hospitals died destitute and in a mental ward. So. Probably not. But you could maybe work toward like, showing the end effect. Tell them cleaning with antiseptics and good soap gets rid of bad miasma or something. Same effect without having to convince people of a whole new medical theory you have no way to prove yet.

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	brannenford 2022-03-07 08:56 pm UTC (link)
	God forbid I should end up in that state. Yes, it could be done with fragranced soap, I should say. Although how do you really clear the air of the germs? You cannot clean it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

trash_mouth
2022-03-07 09:19 pm UTC (link)

Y'know, I'm not entirely sure. There are machines that do it now but I don't know how to do it without the technology. Cuddy or Miguel might be better to ask.

I know it's usually easier to protect yourself if you know you're gonna be around sick people though. Things like masks to cover your mouth and nose. They don't block the air but they can block the germs if they're made right, so you won't breathe them in.

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	brannenford 2022-03-07 10:13 pm UTC (link)
	I keep asking you questions beyond your expertise. You must forgive it, this is all just tremendously exciting. I know that people wore masks against the plagues, long ago, but I was taught they did little good. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

trash_mouth
2022-03-08 12:21 pm UTC (link)

It's alright, it's a lot to figure out.

They probably helped a little, but they really only work if they're made and worn the right way. Since the plague masks were probably made of leather they would have to put holes in it so they could breath and those holes would be big enough for the germs to get in. For a mask to work the holes between the fibers in the fabric have to be smaller than most of the germs.

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	brannenford 2022-03-08 02:10 pm UTC (link)
	Something finely woven, then. It depends just how small these germs truly are. I am sure that there is something we will be able to do. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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