"Whoops, something went wrong"

[apiphile]

I miss when computers told you to fuck off using impenetrable computer talk ("An error of type 3087892523 has occurred, go fuck yourself", "Syntax error, restarting now, fuck your unsaved work") as opposed to what Microsoft is currently doing about my attempts to sign in to my Windows account on a new PC, ie passive-aggressively murmuring "oops,

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[wolfy_writing]

That sucks about the computer. The vague messages are definitely worse.

Yeah, you're very cool about finding vegetarian-friendly options when people talk to you about it and don't wait for you to psychically sense it.

Charcoal soap is supposed to be good for oil? I've discovered an exfoliant that's really good at helping me not pick at all the minor irregularities on my skin.

Vampires go to space?

[apiphile]

Ignoring it until it stopped being a pissy silicon bitch actually worked? The fuck.

Generally speaking if I am TOLD things in logical non-figurative English I process them a lot better (guess who had MORE ARGUMENTS because Lindsay was being fucking vague/assuming I can read his goddamn mind AGAIN today).

Tell me of this exfoliant! Not that I am likely to get to that but yes, charcoal dries your skin out.

OH MAN Vampire Hunter D makes NO SENSE WHATSOEVER. Anyway the climax is that the Vampire Myerlink or whatever gets in his VAMPIRE SPACE SHIP that all vampires in this POST-APOCALYPTIC COWBOY WORLD have in their castles for some reason and flies with his DEAD HUMAN GIRLFRIEND to the magical VAMPIRE CITY IN THE NIGHT which does not in any way shape or form sound like a direct rip-off of whatever the fuck it is that the Tolkien Elves keep in the West or anything...

[wolfy_writing]

Excellent! I always thought you could fix computers with the silent treatment.

Totally unreasonable you being not telepathic! How dare you!

It is allegedly both minerals and enzymes, but those are both words sometimes used to make skin stuff seem needlessly fancy, so it doesn't matter. The main thing it is either alpha-hydroxy acid or lactic acid (both of those work) and it's like three percent strength, which is about the level where putting it on it feels noticeable, and if I rub my face and arms briskly afterward, they shed a noticeable amount of dead skin cells, but it is not painful or leaving any signs of damage. (It says to use a max of 3-4 times a week, so I have a "At least one no exfoliant day between uses" rule.) It's a spray, and I don't use a lot in one go (even though I am weird and exfoliate my arms - they have dry little bumps that are tempting to pick), so it's likely to last for ages.

I love things that make no sense! Post-apocalyptic cowboy worlds with vampires in spaceships sounds great!

[apiphile]

Works better than screaming at them, apparently, which is good because that's exhausting.

Ah, burning your skin off with acid. :D Meanwhile I foresee some of this in my future if I don't manage to make the stupid Biore stuff work (I don't think I've ever actually... exfoliated. I probably should).

Then definitely watch it! I imagine it can be acquired fairly cheaply from somewhere since it's been out for about 30 years.

[wolfy_writing]

Yeah, computers are good at ignoring screaming.

I got the sensible kind that only burns off dead cells. (There are some deeply scary exfoliants out there which fall into the overlap on the beauty treatment/self-harm bubble.) Ooh, fancy soap!

I may put that on the "When I am no longer in Kinshasa" list.

[apiphile]

Self-harm soap. What?

[wolfy_writing]

There are some disturbingly strong acids sold as exfoliants, and the Amazon reviews seem to be split between "This is nothing like the mild stuff, I have a chemical burn on my face, why is this even a product?" and "No, you're supposed to give yourself a mild chemical burn of the face! That's why you do it on weekends!" (And then there's the stuff I bought which is much more dilute and doesn't actually seem to be doing any tissue damage at all, which is something you want in a skin care product.)

So yeah, there are people who intentionally give themselves mild but real chemical burns because they think it makes them look better in the long run.

[apiphile]

I mean I bleach my eyebrows, that's probably not great for me.

[wolfy_writing]

Admittedly, I'm also biased because the chemical-burn exfoliants are way more effort. ("Spray on, rub all the bits you'd be picking at anyway until bits of skin fall away, rinse off", is about my level of effort.)