bigc wrote: Mon Feb 06, 2023 3:24 pm Got a new tattoo today. An outline of a family picture I've been wanting for a while. Pretty psyched.

What do y'all use as aftercare cream for healing? Some folks say Aquaphor, some say Aveeno, and there's also a Badger product that looks decent and all-natural. There's kinda too many choices.

Bio Oil is your best bet - it’s what the plastic surgeons I used to work with always recommended to patients.

seby wrote: Sun Feb 05, 2023 7:00 am Jesus this is fucked. Very sorry man

Managed to get six week's respite out of them. There's a thousand things I could complain about, but perhaps best to just keep my mouth shut whilst I have something at least.

A_Man_Who_Tries wrote: Tue Feb 07, 2023 2:53 am

seby wrote: Sun Feb 05, 2023 7:00 am Jesus this is fucked. Very sorry man

Managed to get six week's respite out of them. There's a thousand things I could complain about, but perhaps best to just keep my mouth shut whilst I have something at least.

Better than nothing but less than good. Oof

I learned a few minutes ago that the state that’s leading the country in building new green-energy projects is . . . Texas? That can’t be right.

It’s Texas. Dang.

Wood Goblin wrote: Tue Feb 07, 2023 11:06 am I learned a few minutes ago that the state that’s leading the country in building new green-energy projects is . . . Texas? That can’t be right.

It’s Texas. Dang.

Kind of makes sense knowing their grid is shit (winter 2021 storm). Also the major cities there are some of the fastest growing in the nation due to affordability (less so for Austin) and being 'business friendly'.

I still hate most of it and dread family visits.

penningtron wrote: Tue Feb 07, 2023 11:20 am

Wood Goblin wrote: Tue Feb 07, 2023 11:06 am I learned a few minutes ago that the state that’s leading the country in building new green-energy projects is . . . Texas? That can’t be right.

It’s Texas. Dang.

Kind of makes sense knowing their grid is shit (winter 2021 storm). Also the major cities there are some of the fastest growing in the nation due to affordability (less so for Austin) and being 'business friendly'.

I still hate most of it and dread family visits.

+1

It's a function of a few things... having a ton of wind/solar potential that has thus far been underdeveloped, exploding population growth that includes many engineering/science/tech-type folks, and an overall population nearing 30 million; even if only 30-40% of them aren't MAGA turds, that's still a lot of people.

And also having a huge, huge amount of space that’s ideal for it, without a lot of NIMBY types. (“Look, I’m as green as they come, but this coastal wind farm, which happens to be in view of my Martha’s Vineyard mansion, will disrupt the migration pattern for the rare Canadian Blue Nicetitty bird!” )

Wood Goblin wrote: Tue Feb 07, 2023 11:06 am I learned a few minutes ago that the state that’s leading the country in building new green-energy projects is . . . Texas? That can’t be right.

It’s Texas. Dang.

Doesn’t surprise me a bit. Contracts from green energy companies are lucrative, and opportunism has always reigned supreme here. Almost all of Texas is privatized, and there are a lot of people in the wind corridors who own hardscrabble properties that are cowburnt, too costly to farm or ranch, or have dry wells. When a green energy company comes along and offers a 20 year contract to put turbines or panels up and it results in a steady income stream for the landowner, renewable energy suddenly sounds like a good idea to those with a fossil fuel bias.

Nico Adie wrote: Mon Feb 06, 2023 3:57 pm Bio Oil is your best bet - it’s what the plastic surgeons I used to work with always recommended to patients.

Looks like this is recommended against use immediately post-tattoo.

Wood Goblin wrote: Tue Feb 07, 2023 12:05 pm And also having a huge, huge amount of space that’s ideal for it, without a lot of NIMBY types.

Yeah.. pro business types in California like to complain about red tape, but they also don't have to overlook oil storage tanks from their balconies which can be the case in SE Texas. Most on my dad's side of the family didn't live to 70. Go capitalism!