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Thursday, January 2, 2020

The Internet Is Facepalming Over This Woman’s “Genius” Idea Of Reducing Her Son’s Fever With A Potato Necklace

Getting sick is scary. Especially if there is something that never used to happen, or something that happens rarely, but feels different, it immediately sends alerts to our brains.

You know what else is scary? Hospitals. However, while getting sick is genuinely scary because it can mean death in certain cases, hospitals are places of healing, and the only scary things about them are the needles and other procedures we need to endure in order to get well.

So, it is no surprise that some people try everything (or anything) before actually turning to licensed professional doctors for help, giving rise to homeopathy and other unconventional treatments.

A mom recently tweeted about how a potato necklace drew out her son’s fever

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This exact thing happened with a young lady whose son got a 102.3-degree fever one day, and the first action she took was heeding the advice of her grandmother: putting a potato necklace on the boy.

Apparently, her grandmother was convinced that potatoes draw out the fever and turn black due to the toxins absorbed. In reality, the potato simply oxidizes, but that did not stop around 27,700 people from showing their support by liking her tweet on the matter.

The mother’s tweet included two photos of her son and the caption: “My granny told me about making a potato necklace to draw out fevers (it turns completely black) and y’all it really works! Nolan’s fever yesterday was 102.3 now he’s at 98.2.”

While it’s good that the fever has subsided and the kid was hopefully feeling better that day, the mother was completely oblivious to the fact that no matter what, the human body will always protect itself against everything that’s out to kill it. So it’s much more likely that the temperature went down because the immune system was doing its job. And the potato—it was oxidizing. That’s it.

It quickly drew 27.7k likes… and a lot of facepalming from the rest of the internet

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Needless to say, the Internet was facepalming left and right at this. While many people poked fun at this, others shared other homeopathic treatments passed down by their elders (that may or may not work). Read on to find out about them.

Public Service Announcement: the best thing that anyone can ever do for themselves and their loved ones is to seek medical attention whenever there is good reason to. Also, unless you are a licensed medical professional, never attempt to take on serious illnesses on your own, and always seek the advice of professionals in the field who have experience and proper knowledge on the matter.

What are some ridiculous homeopathic treatment methods that you’ve learned about, that don’t work, but people believe in them anyway? Let us know in the comment section below!

Here are some of the internet’s “treatments” to high fever and other illnesses…

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Huge Sea Lions “Borrow” Someone’s Boat

Former professional soccer player Joshua Phillips was enjoying a boat ride when he took out his phone to record something unusual. A couple of huge sea lions majestically sailing around as well.

“The vessel looked a little off, and we got closer and closer and realized there were two massive animals on board,” Phillips told The Seattle Times.

Phillips took the video in Eld Inlet near Olympia in Washington, United States.

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There were reports of a third sea lion trying to join his buddies, but apparently they turned him away. You know the saying, if two huge sea lions are dangling their flippers on a tiny boat that looks like it’s gonna sink any second, three’s a crowd.

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Watch the full video below

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Here’s what people said about the hilarious video

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Wednesday, January 1, 2020

Plumen and Batch.works launch 3D-printed lampshades made from recycled plastic

London-based lighting brand Plumen has partnered with 3D-printing specialist Batch.works to develop a range of shades for its LED bulbs that are printed on-demand using recycled plastic.

Batch.works and Plumen developed the collection of five lampshades in an effort to confront issues associated with waste plastic.

The shades are produced at Batch.works' east London workshop using plastic recycled from water bottles, fridges and other sources of plastic pollution.

Each lampshade was developed to fit one of the designer low-energy lightbulbs produced by Plumen, which was founded in 2010 by Michael-George Hemus and Nicolas Roope.

The first two designs by French studio Bold and German product designer Matthias Lauche launched in November 2019, with the remaining shades set to be unveiled in 2020.

Batch.works manufactures items using the latest 3D-printers, which layer strands of plastic filament to create three-dimensional objects based on computer-generated models.

The lampshades are printed using a filament sourced from Amsterdam social enterprise Reflow, which recycles and repurposes waste plastics.

Printing the products to order reduces the amount of waste produced, and the lampshades can be returned to the manufacturer for disassembly and recycling at the end of their lifespan.

"To Plumen, 3D-printing is a very exciting opportunity for lighting," said Hemus, "because it allows shapes and forms that are not possible otherwise."

"More importantly, there is very little waste compared to traditional methods," he added. "Products are made to order, from recycled plastic bottles, and at the end of their lives they can be recycled once again. It's a sustainable vision for the future."

Plumen pioneered the development of designer alternatives to standard low-energy lightbulbs with products such as its Plumen 001, which won the Design Museum's Design of the Year award in 2011.

The company's founders announced earlier this year that it is to cease production of the bulbs and is currently looking for a buyer to take the business forward.

In the meantime, this partnership with Batch.works demonstrates a commitment to furthering the appeal of sustainable lighting solutions through good design and a circular manufacturing process.

"We believe that thinking more carefully about what materials are used and how things are produced is key to combating short-termism," said Julien Vaissieres, the former architect who founded Batch.works in 2016.

"That's why this kind of collaboration is so promising. We believe 3D printing can be scaled to a wider variety of products, and become a practical manufacturing method for the future – and that's what we want to achieve."

The Ribbon design by Bold encircles Plumen's Wilma bulb in a continuous fluid surface that folds in on itself to create a double-layered form.

The ribbed outer surface resembles a piece of fabric draped around the bulb, with an opening providing a glimpse of the light source when viewed from one angle.

Matthias Luche's Neo shade is based on the geometric forms of the art deco era. Designed to fit and frame the Plumen E27 bulb, it features an outer and inner shade that can be specified in different colours.

Since 2010, Plumen has consistently developed new bulbs and shades that fit with its ethos for producing sustainable lighting design.

These have included a shade shaped like a hat brim, a customisable chandelier kit, and an LED light with a gold-coloured inner diffuser.

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Husband Of Late Kate Spade Honors Her Memory By Talking About Perfectionism And Suicide

Mental health is a very sensitive subject that affects a lot of people. Specifically, suicide is not a topic that gets talked about enough, but the fact is that there are lots of individuals who have suicidal thoughts and are considering taking their own lives. They need our support.

Entrepreneur Andrew Spade posted a touching message on Instagram and reached out to anyone and everyone who’s in an incredibly tough situation, like his wife Kate had been. Fashion designer Kate Spade killed herself on June 5, 2018, when she was 55. She would have been 57 years old on Christmas Eve, 2019.

As part of the post honoring his wife’s memory, Andrew shared a picture of his and Kate’s daughter and talked about being kind to one another, as well as how perfectionism can be detrimental to mental health and can lead to heart-breaking decisions.

Fashion designer Kate Spade’s husband Andrew posted a tribute to her and talked about mental health, perfectionism, and suicide

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Andrew posted a picture of their daughter…

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…and wrote how honesty, not perfection, is the goal

Andrew and Kate launched her designer brand in 1993 and got married a year after that. Kate’s husband Andrew had this to say after his wife’s death: “Kate suffered from depression and anxiety for many years. She was actively seeking help and working closely with her doctors to treat her disease, one that takes far too many lives.”

According to Andrew, Kate taking her life came as a shock to him: “We were in touch with her the night before and she sounded happy. There was no indication and no warning that she would do this. It was a complete shock. And it clearly wasn’t her. There were personal demons she was battling.”

There are many factors linked to suicidal thoughts, and perfectionism is one of them. According to one study, the pressure to be perfect (whether that pressure is self-made or thrust onto our shoulders by those around us) makes a person more likely to think about taking their own life. This raises the issue that perfectionism as a trait may do much more harm than good.