#check your monoxide detector

[saltypiss]

Before ya come here all mad and wanting to inform me I'm a dumbass, you're absolutely right. One day this blog will not have any new posts and we can all move on with our lives.

But for now, be better than me so I don't verbally pull your ass up to my level. I fucking will because you deserve better and until you know that, I won't be able to get better. No one will be.

It's up to you to be confident enough to not say something until you're truly, to yourself, informed and conscious enough of the various ways people interpret what ya say. I simply respond. Be mad, but I see someone struggling where I once was, and regardless of agreement with me, I want ya to be better. That takes self reflection and pushing yourself through the emotional barrier that is reality.

Most of ya'll need to understand as well, I'm just as bad as you, but I cherish you enough to bring to attention when I think you're slipping. I will not have you below me. No one. Is to be below me. You hate me? Fucking sick of me? Good. You're supposed to be above me. Acting like shit, feeling superior at all times, that's when you're slipping. Get the fuck back on top, I'm a power bottom babe-eee.

#if my words reverberate through your brain in anger throughout the day #understand it's not a kindness but a rough sense of attraction to stupidity #like a fly I go about and shit finds it's way to me #but as a human being you're capable just not cognizant #stop being fucking stupid #that's my job #that's only my job #so if it sticks and it stays #think on it #find the information that you proved to yourself was factual #and get back to me with it so I can be informed too #this goes for everyone but republicans #who seem dedicated to pissing and shitting themselves next to concerts in protest #ya'll uh #just #just stop drinking so much #maybe some water would be good sometime too #check your monoxide detector #check if your walls have lead in them

[ashermiss]

@archeologydyke I got your back

#hopefully the blaze campaign goes through otherwise this will be embarrassing lmao #anyway op is right and correct please check your smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors #ESPECIALLY if you own a generator #they make carbon monoxide detectors that plug into an outlet #it's a good idea to have one near whatever door/window is closest to the generator just in case

[elminster-big-naturals]

*hits blunt* early-story Shadow Heart is kinda like the Platonic ideal of a 20th century American protestant housewife, partly due to some mechanics apparently glitching - for example, it used to happen that during the party romance scene with Astarion, a pop up telling you that she disapproves would come on. I believe this is in fact incredibly 20th century religious American suburb behaviour. Or she'd say one thing but the exact opposite pop up would pop up. This often resulted in situations like SH hating the things she likes and vice versa, also an incredibly "self-flagellating protestant woman" thing to do tbh. But that might be because I'm sleep deprived

act one shart actively approves of you doing a public sadomasochistic softcore wet work scene with a total stranger in a goblin hole, maybe i was wrong about 20th century protestant american housewives cuz i could use a bad bitch like that

#i'm neither american nor protestant so maybe you're on to something here. maybe your third eye is WIDE open #alternatively check your carbon monoxide alarm detector bestie <3

[hekateinhell]

christ I accidentally opened a writing app I was using in july and found:

3/4 of a drabble of post-canon armand/daniel going grocery shopping

a random scene of medieval!armand spilling alcohol down his front and soaking his tits (he's an intersex angel here and I got graphic I guess)

the start of an OH outtake of armand & daniel's first night together

1/4 of a chapter from an L/A AU I have since orphaned

~2k of a second chapter to a fic I haven't updated in a year (trinity gate gets a toddler... I was on something don't question me)

this must be how archaeologists feel

#and of course i have almost no memory of this lol i'm concerned #baby girl check your carbon monoxide detector (me to me) #hekate.txt

[thottybrucewayne]

Hi, just found out some of yall think Norman Bates is your precious babygirl. I'm starting to believe theres gas leaks in yall houses

#thotty speaks #check your carbon monoxide detectors NOW

[iboatedhere]

The number of people saying they want Iris to be on the show all the time now after that clip. 🤦🏻‍♀️

#check your carbon monoxide detectors people #there's a reason season 2 was better than episode 1 and it was 100% few blakes #ask

[pathetic-gamer]

me, an hour ago: "fuck, the stove is on! what do we do?" [immediately does all the wrong things]

PSA: What NOT to do when you smell gas

In this situation, we got home to a smell of gas throughout the house and discovered our gas stove was on without a flame. it was only a tiny stream, and everything turned out fine, but here's a brief list of everything we did wrong:

NOTE: this is for if you smell significant amounts of gas, not a blanket list for all possible gas situations. (If you aren't aware, the methane**/natural gas used in houses smells vaguely like sulfer, or rotten eggs - this is an additive, since it has no natural smell. It's a very recognizable smell, once you've smelled it once. It's not the same smell as gasoline.)

1. If your stove has an electrical/spark ignition, do NOT turn it off.

Spark ignitions often spark when turning on *and* off. Spark + Gas = Boom. Boom is bad. Avoid boom.

Instead, turn off the gas at the source, i.e. the physical valve at the meter. There may be a smaller valve near the stove. If you don't know where the shutoff is, the fire department will find it.

2. Do NOT turn on (or off) vents or fans.

In fact, don't flip any electrical switches - that includes lights, plugging in or unplugging appliances, etc. These cause sparks. Spark + Gas = Boom.

Also, don't start your car. obviously.

3. Do NOT open windows

counterintuitive, I know. This is mostly because you want to prioritize your exit, but it's also to keep the fumes from spreading outside, where you should be waiting for the ~professionals~ to come handle it.

4. DO take all people and pets outside.

Do this very first!! (one thing we actually did right - go us!)

This is obviously because you don't want to go boom, but you also don't want to suffocate. Gas is poison!

NOTE: the gas from your stove is probably methane (natural gas); carbon monoxide is what you get when methane burns, which is why your kitchen needs to be well-ventilated and the stove shouldn't be left burning for long periods of time, but the natural gas itself is *also* potentially deadly. Carbon monoxide detectors dont detect natural gas, so that's what the odorous additive is for.

Inhaling natural gas causes nausea, headaches, dizziness, and makes you just generally woozy, and eventually causes you to lose consciousness and potentially suffocate, just like carbon monoxide does. We don't want that.

5. DO call the fire department/emergency line

They'll check for other leaks, shut gas off if needed, then test for air quality and eventually clear your house for reentry. It takes like 1-2 hours for the gas to dissipate, generally.

Yay, you survived! Congrats!!

NOTE: if you find the stove has been left on with a flame, or it's on with no flame but you don't smell gas, then you should be safe to just open windows and turn on vents and fans to air it out.

idk, this was actually pretty scary, especially when we realized how much of our immediate response was wrong and could have turned a dangerous situation into a real disaster.

tl;dr: If you smell gas when you shouldn't be smelling gas, just get all the people and animals outside, shut off the gas line, and call the fire department or gas company. don't fuck around with gas. you're not overreacting, you're taking the proper safety measures.

**CORRECTED FROM ORIGINAL VERSION. Original said propane, but it's very much not propane, it's methane. too much Hank Hill on the brain, clearly.

#safety #home safety #kitchen safety #☕️🥧 #stay safe

[orteil42]

having your first name in your handle is the worst thing you can do online because people WILL make a point of mentioning it when dunking on you "hey Sam it's time to put the phone down bud" "i'm so embarrassed for you David" "Barbara this reads like your carbon monoxide detector might need checking" i could never

[existentialvibeology]

ya know even though my 'near death experience' or whatever didnt involve me like needing to be resituated or needing medical care since it was carbon monoxide poisoning and i was too poor to call an ambulance after it like significantly changed my outlook on life and death and stuff you know the moment between my vision starting to go black and me getting that im gonna faint feeling and thinking "oh fuck carbon monoxide im gonna die" and getting like an adrenaline rush and being able to get far enough away to breath and not die has been like the singular most influential moment of my life and caused the most change in my existence and its all because my cheap ass landlord didnt want to fix the oven when i moved im and i wanted stouffers mac and cheese after work so thanks stouffers mac and cheese for being apart of the single most important day of my life i guess

#actualchatterspace #long post #i guess #its tied between this day the days i did acid and the day a bullet missed me by life a foot but #this day was big cause i was like alone and genuinely would have died if i hadnt gotten that adrenline rush #anyway kids check your carbon monoxide detector and if you have a shitty landlord buy your own #dont trust someone else for preventive life saving measures or whatever

[atohii]

casual reminder that if you feel Off in your home but you feel better as soon as you go outside, you need to have the carbon monoxide levels in your home checked ASAP

and even if you're having no issues buy one anyway. catching it early will be your best chance at not getting sick

#because this is like the fourth person in the last year i've had to tell to get their CO checked #psa #also if you think your house is haunted get a detector because it is shockingly often carbon monoxide

[funshape]

name a group of people more annoying than the people on here who will see a post with like weird zany humor behind it and go "erm...? schizoposting alert!!!!! someone needs to check their carbon monoxide detectors! uh......yeah....op...i think you need to see a doctor 🤣 " guys group huddle we gotta get it together we need to move on from whatever era we're in right now this islike Nothing. we gotta get new material i dont know what material that is but we cant keep doing this its boring and stupid. the carbon monoxide detector bit was funny like Once but it spiraled into assigning anyone who makes out of left field jokes specific mental illnesses based on your vague understanding of whatever disorder you think they have when you do not know those people or their struggles and specifically you realize how this shit could Very Easily be bad for people with ocd right. like having a post blow up when youre doing a bit only to get thousands of remarks Insisting that there is fundamentally something wrong with you even when you Know for a fact youre just joking is kind of a nightmare for people with ocd or even just paranoia in general. im just saying for a website that likes to pretend it is smart A Lot of you Are Very Dumb

[bowserwife]

"OP check your carbon monoxide detector" is the new "lol how HIGH on DRUGS did they have to be to make something like this xD" for sure, but it ups the ante by implying that the only way someone could be funny is if they have brain damage. Why not just go all the way and say "woah OP, are you retarded?"

[toskarin]

can you imagine how furious I was, at some undisclosed point last year, after rolling my eyes at people copypastaing the unfunny "op did you check your CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTOR?" tags, to discover that there actually was a window of about one month where I very likely was experiencing light self inflicted carbon monoxide poisoning

[rthko]

Strong women used to be burned at the stake. Now they're told "OP check your carbon monoxide detector."

[10piecechickenmcnugget]

everyone on my dash needs to check the batteries in their carbon monoxide detectors and please inspect your ventilation and insulation for mold ❤️

#10piecetalks #slash silly

[superbellsubways]

have you checked your Carbon monoxide detector?

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