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I don't care if I insulted someone's beliefs or not. One, this is not the Littles of Faith safe space where religious beliefs are not allowed to be criticized. Two, it's not my fault if said beliefs are illogical, irrational, nonsensical, unreasonable, misleading people to make incorrect conclusions or immoral decisions, or otherwise plain silly. And I'm also not telling anyone that they are not allowed to have such belief. I'm saying that they should not be allowed to maim other people because of their beliefs. If you don't see a difference between having a belief, and maiming (or otherwise mistreating) other people because your belief tells you to - if those are one same thing to you, and not two separate things, you have a serious problem. One that could land you in prison, unless you live in a theocracy where your religious belief reigns supreme. And the scary thing is that people like you are trying real hard to turn the very first secular country ever created to just that - a theocracy.

I stand corrected. The "women like it" is not the stupidest 'reason' for circumcising one's child. This is. Are you really that brainwashed by religious indoctrination, that you'll just blindly follow whatever is written in some book without giving it a proper thought? What if it said that instead of cutting the foreskin, you have to cut off their pinky toes? Would you do it without question? Would you argue that it's not like you need your pinky toes, that actually for the good because you can't break a pinky toe if you don't have any, that the worsened stability when standing or walking (see parallel to diminished sensitivity of circumcised penis) is a necessary "sacrifice to god"? Or what about one of the ears? Or eyes? You've got two, you can afford to lose one, right? It's not like you need to have an accurate 3-dimensional audible perception, or stereoscopic vision thanks to having a pair of ears or eyes, right? Not if "god says you don't". If god is good (as far as I'm concerned, he's neither good or bad, because he's not there at all), he shouldn't tell you to maim people! Especially not your own children.

There are two kinds of people in the world. 1. Those that can extrapolate from incomplete data.

I did have some issues with my foreskin in my childhood that I vaguely remember, perhaps tight foreskin or maybe frenulum, and some doctors visits and procedures because of it, but luckily it didn't come to require circumcision and I'm glad for it. I think that would have been a last resort. Which is what it should be. My opinion is firm, unless there's a specific medical necessity, don't do it. However, if you feel like you really want a circumcision for any other reason (ease of hygiene, aesthetics, religious reasons, lowering risk of STI, ...), that's ok, as long as: a) you have the mental capacity to make an informed decision about it, b) it's your own dick that you're making the decision about. Not your child's, or anyone else's. The only acceptable reason to have your child circumcised is where not going ahead with it would cause them significant health issues that significantly and unequivocally outweigh the disadvantages of being circumcised. That's it. If you have your child circumcised because of religious reasons, or because you think it's better, or because "that's how it's always been done", etc., then you are an asshole parent and a child abuser. No excuses. No exceptions. "easier hygiene" is NOT a valid reason for circumcising your child. It's not a valid reason to have your child's teeth pulled, or hair epilated permanently, so why should it be a reason to remove a significant part of a reproductive organ? Consider teaching your child how to clean their body properly. Ain't that an idea? "religious belief" is NOT a valid reason for circumcising your child. It's your religious belief, not your childs, no matter how much you try to force it on them. Your child is their own person, not an empty vessel to fill with your dogma. If your indoctrination won't work, they'll hold it against you that you made a (practically) irreversible decision about their body, especially at an age where they could do nothing about it, and rightly so. If your indoctrination will work, they won't question your decision, in which case congratulations; you turned your child into a follower without personality of their own. "girls/women like it/prefer it" is NOT a valid reason for circumcising your child. This has to be the silliest one. First of all, this is completely subjective and specific to some cultures. Second, you don't what kind of women your child will encounter in future and what their preferences will be. Hell, you don't even know your child will want to have women (or anybody, for that matter) as sexual partners; you just assume it. "it lowers risk of STIs" is NOT a valid reason for circumcising your child. You know what else lowers risk of STIs? Condoms. Comprehensive sex education. Accessibility of PrEP/PEP. Widespread availability and easy accessibility of testing for STIs. Education about STIs. Practicing safer sex. Funny enough, none of these things require anyone to forfeit their foreskin, or any other part of their body. "that's the way it's always been done around here", "it's standard practice", "doctors just do it after the birth, it's not even questioned", ... are NOT a valid reasons for circumcising your child. That it's always been done like that, that it's just standard practice, that doctors just do it and no one bats an eye about it? Well it's about fucking time to do away with that "standard practice", because it's unnecessary and it's wrong.

Now that's a steal. I guess one woman's trash is another man's treasure. I'm really curious about packaging and shipping though. My diapers that have only been peed will already stink to high heavens after half a day in a trash bin, so ... Does she have to vacuum seal them in plastic, or teleport them to the recipients?

Actually it's super easy. Cloth-backed is same as any other (disposable) diaper. With plastic backed, you first tear off couple of tabs with the velcro layer And instead of rolling it up front to back, you fold the rear wings first: Then roll it up back to front: Then fold the front wings, so you end up with the landing zone on top and close it up with the tabs you tore off, like so: Like seriously, it's not a rocket science. It's so easy to figure out that I almost feel second hand embarrassment for needing to explain this. And it's not an extra chore either. Takes maybe, extra 5 seconds ?, compared to rolling up a diaper with adhesive tapes. So now that this argument against velcro tapes is done with, what else have you got?

Don't play dumb. I know you can take a hint, but choose not to. From Spanky's OP it's clearly obvious, without needing to read between lines, that he's talking about disposables. Besides, Diaper Lovers has a whole subforum dedicated to Cloth diapers, and this thread is not in it. You know what bothers me, that you present your opinions and preferences like objective truths when they aren't. There isn't one superior type of diaper just like there isn't one superior type of shirt. I personally prefer polo. Someone can't stand to even think about wearing polo, and that's fine. There's no need to be high and mighty about it. What you do, and I there is undoubtedly a pattern as of late, is like some kind of proselytizing about one true religion of cloth diapers pins and plastic pants. Yes, I've heard the good word, thank you, but no, thank you. Still not interested, let alone convinced. And I bet I'm not alone in that regard.

Gotta bump this thread. Sometimes it feels like I'm being trolled by my own digestive system. I plan ahead, time my trip to the potty and eat a lot of fiber rich food before a diaper night day, ensure that my next BM would be the next morning and a soft, voluminous one ... and instead, what I get, if I need to go at all, is one that could be measured on rockwell scale, hurts to get out, and my diaper being swollen to thrice original size from heavy wetting not making it any better. Other times, like today when I don't intend on wearing a diaper I just eat whatever, and when I go and sit on the infernal ceramic contraption, somehow I have the best release ever, soft, no extra push needed, no strain, no pain, three full diapers worth. Would have been perfect if I wore one. Except I didn't. Stupid me and that digestive tract of mine.

That's a definite Yay from me, whether on plastic-backed diapers with a landing zone (typically ABDL brands), or nonwoven fabric backed (usually non-ABDL brands, Abenas, SENI etc). I've found sticky tapes to vary in quality much more than velcro* tapes, since sticky tapes can be found on anything from the cheapest rubbish to the highest quality product, but velcro, when talking ABDL diapers, are typically on the higher-end of the scale (ABU Dinos, Tykables, ...) and I find them to just work better. Without landing zone, sticky tapes can be readjusted once and that's it, and if that's done, there's a good chance the outer plastic will be torn when you take it off. Also the adhesive collects dust, hairs (which I have a lot of, shoulder-blade leghth) and other fibers that reduce their stickiness, and if they happen to get oily, that's pretty much game over for sticky tapes. Velcro doesn't have any of those issues. That being said, I haven't tried any "store brand" diapers with cheaply made velcro tapes, since that's not really a common thing in my general area, so I'm not without bias I guess. *(I know that Velcro is actually a registered trademark, but it's much less awkward of a name than hook-and-loop, so I'll stick with that. There's a reason why it's become a genericized trademark. Like Pampers ) Well, Little BabyDoll Christine, it would not be you, would it, if you had not contributed with your entirely off-topic, unsolicited, cloth-diaper-snob comment about how much you despise disposable diapers, and consider anyone who prefers them beneath you.

3 to 4 kW worth of solar panels on roof, controller, inverter, and you can run the AC (and much more) all day long for free.

That's perfectly fine if it works, but I'd hope you're not still running windows XP on it, and if you are, then not using it to get online, because that's just asking for trouble, potentially worse than a family member snooping in someone's private data.

Aside from the blatant inexcusable violation of privacy from your brother, there's another thing that concerns me. Defrag? Unless you're using a mechanical hard disk as your boot drive AND anything older than windows 7 or Mac OS X 10.2 for your operating system ... neither of which make any sense in 2022 ... why would you be running a defrag? 1) SSDs (which every self respecting person should be using for a system drive) don't need it. In fact, it only damages them and doesn't offer any performance benefit. 2) Modern OS actively prevents excess fragmentation, schedules defrags and performs them automatically on a regular basis for mechanical HDDs. Sorry for the digression from the main issue.

Also probably not, unless the insulation worn off completely and shorted something.

I've handled thousands of computer parts at my previous job, in an ESD safe environment but not always grounded, and outside work, hundreds of components and few notebooks. When I work on someone else's machine I always observe ESD safety rules, but many times with my own stuff I can't be bothered, and many more times other people just don't give a damn. When I sell my stuff I always make sure to send them off wrapped properly in an antistatic bag, but I've had people hand me CPUs they were advertising for sale online in a paper envelopes, sticks of RAM or other components wrapped in newspaper, which anything but ESD safe. But I've never had a single component die whose cause of failure was with good probability an electrostatic discharge. PC components can handle more abuse than we might think. https://youtu.be/nXkgbmr3dRA That's not saying one should go and abuse PC components, or not follow ESD safety rules. Just that, damage due to ESD is unlikely. I'd cast more suspicion on the canned air.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/G6PD4i7NAsw?&ab_channel=Calvin%26Habs If you can't hold it before takeoff or landing, the airplane will have to hold it. This causes unnecessary delays, which won't make any of the other passengers happy, and it will cause the plane to burn extra fuel, releasing extra CO2 and NOx emissions. So go green. Fly diapered.

What I do is I'll put a cheap absorbent mat on the floor, which will make sure that no ewww bits land where I don't want them to, and squat over it, remove the diaper and wipe off the worst mess. I typically use baby wipes for this (mostly Pampers). It seems to me at least that adult wipes don't really do that much better of job at this. When I've wiped enough that no more mess is stuck to my nether parts I'll wrap it all up, and then jump into shower to wash and rinse until fresh. I only poop in diaper whilst at home, and not more often than 1 to 3 times a week. Sometimes even less.

This shit that Amazon did, should just straight up be illegal. Yes, I'm in favor of that kind of regulation. No, regulation does not equal socialism. Nor communism. But I'm done with all the "muh free market will solve everything" (where 'free' apparently means 'business can do whatever they please; screw anyone who gets the shit end of the stick because of it). Free market will not solve this. Number one thing people look at when buying anything is price. Everyone does it. Luring people in to Amazon, away from Diapers dotcom by undercutting prices was as easy as a pie, and hardly any customer ever stopped to think about how it's possible to sell diapers so cheaply, if Amazon was making any money off it or at least break even, and whether there's not some shenanigans behind it (at least not enough customers to make a difference did care). Appealing to personal responsibility (to not buy things from business that do shady shit) of every individual is nothing but a denial of reality said individuals live in. Nobody has the time and money to do a rigorous research that every single product they buy is reasonably safe, not hazardous to health, environment, and that the business they buy it from is not doing anything unethical. It would be extremely impractical, and in some cases basically impossible, since doing that kind of research can easily get expensive and time consuming. You'd be doing nothing else, and have no time to do any work to even be able to afford anything. And now that it's public knowledge that Amazon was doing this crooked shit, it's already too late. It's not as if because of it, Amazon customers will now decide to take their business elsewhere in numbers significant enough to put any dent into its profit. And even if they did, it wouldn't undo the damage that's already been done. Competitor has been destroyed, and a "market solution" after the fact will not fix the livelihoods that were ruined in the first place.

What do you consider a kink exposure that you deem inappropriate and to be discouraged? How's this for an example: Yesterday I had four used diapers to throw out, rolled up and taped up. Two ABDL ones among them (Tykables Camelot and Bambino Cloudee). I live in an apartment building. We have common trash bins, locked inside a fenced-in enclosure, and only residents have keys to it. Normally I'd put my used diapers in an opaque trash bag, drop it in the emptiest of the bins there is, and sometimes throw another bag of regular garbage on top of it. This time, I did it differently. I purposely put the diapers in a transparent bag, and I put it in a bin that was barely full, so my bag of used diapers was just below the lid, with enough clearance so it would close fully, and I sat the bag down in such a way so the print on the Tykable and Bambino would be visible. Now, things to consider, trash is trash, typically one wouldn't spend much time wondering who threw out what and why, just dump their trash and be on their way. Would someone not in the know look at that ^ and immediately recognize, 'yep, that's a used ABDL diaper' ? Answer in poll if you think this is an example of kink exposure that should not be done. Or write below where do you draw the line.

I'd be very intrigued, but probably wouldn't start a conversation about it with the person. That could be viewed as intrusive, or something. Anyway. Last Friday I've gone out to public whilst wearing a diaper again, but this time I felt bolder (and I didn't have as long of a walk to go as last time), so I wore a Cloudee L and a Seni Quattro XL on top of that. My only plain white onesie was in the hamper, so I took one I have from Airoliver that's white with blue popsicles pattern, kinda babyish but not excessively so. Once again it felt pretty damn good, I was still able to walk somewhat unsuspiciously, but I could feel the added thickness (compared to last time when I wore "only" an Abena L4 air plus). I already suspect I will try to push the envelope and go even thicker next time. The only other time when I was in close proximity of another person whilst wearing a diaper was when I was still living in my mom's house, I went downstairs to brush teeth and get me something to drink, and I still had night padding on (one Abena L4 and two Seni Trio XLs on top) that I didn't want to take off just yet. I figured mom wouldn't be up yet, so I just put a bathrobe on, figuring it would be fine. Well, turned out she was up and in kitchen, I had to squeeze past her unsuspiciously as she was kind of blocking my way, no easy task with my choice of attire :D, I kind of crab-walked past her and hoped she wouldn't notice anything, well she didn't say anything or hint at anything or ask questions, so I guess I got away with that one So, for me there are clearly conflicting interests when going out in public in a diaper. On one hand I want padding that feels super good and keeps shape, both of which improves with thickness (boosters, doubling up, tripling up, ....), but on the other hand I still want to be able to walk without too obvious waddle, and I still have to fit normal clothes over the diaper(s), and in this instance I already almost approached the limit of how much padding I could fit my loosest pair of jeans over.

So today I decided that for the first time (first since my toddler years, anyway), I'd go out in public with a diaper on. I chose an Abena L4 Air plus for this, put some boxer briefs over it, a simple white onesie, pair of jeans that are rather loose for my usual preference, a plain white polo, sweatshirt and my winter jacket, which is long but doesn't cover my butt completely, only about 2/3 down, but I didn't feel too obvious or self conscious. I went out shortly after noon to do some errands and to get a preventive covid test. It was a really nice feeling. Both physically (the padding and warmth) and emotionally (the excitement of doing something I'm "not supposed to"). At first I thought I wouldn't risk wetting, for that would make the diaper swell and make a perhaps (more) noticable bulge, plus even when dry it did already make me walk with a bit of a waddling gait, which wouldn't get any better, and god forbid if it leaked, that would be super awkward... But as I was waiting outside the testing place, I felt the need to let out a little dribble, so I just went for it, and boy did it feel good. Then peed again as I was riding on a tram. The L4 didn't fail me, and as I got home I kept it on and peed multiple more times in it, until about 18:30, when I went to shower and change into my super thick night diaper setup. In conclusion, this was definitely an interesting new experience that I will be repeating in the future.

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It has long been a dream of mine to rewind the clock decades back, but get to keep not only all the things I've learned so far, but also take all my possessions with me back to the past. Including those that shouldn't yet exist back then. Sucks that it can't be done.

I tried to reuse a slightly wet (about a litre in it) Camelot after I've taken it off to go #2 on the toilet (the blasphemy!), but the wet pulp clumped badly and my try to even it out didn't work too well. I put it on anyway, and the clumped bulge felt good, but it leaked with the next wetting.

Great work Kat ? Can't say the same about ABU tho.. doesn't that padding seem, for a diaper of this size, a little inadequate?

Your mileage may vary, but from my experience with diapers turned into doublers, it might not be a complete disaster, but certainly an inconvenience, unless you've had a full bladder and emptied in one go. So I guess I'd just stand the rest of the journey, unless my health wouldn't make that possible. It just reaffirms what I've said many times: poking small holes into a diaper backing to turn it into a doubler is not a very good idea, because: - at first glance it won't look much different from a standard diaper, so it can easily be mistaken for one - it will work poorly as a doubler, because not enough liquid will get through the holes - it will work poorly as a diaper, because some liquid will get through the holes If you do it properly (by cutting out a panel in the backing and patching it with a diaper liner or some other permeable fabric) it will be immediately obvious it's not a regular diaper.