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I woke up today with a little bit of a head cold. I don't get sick very often as I'm a bastion of health and my body is a temple, so it was kind of a shocker. Also, typically a blazing hot shower and maybe some tea and I'm good. This one was annoying though. I sat in the steam and it didn't seem to clear me up at all. Afterwards I went to my couch to sulk about it and remembered something. I have a neti pot! For those who don't irrigate a neti pot is basically a small pot with a long stem. You fill it with body temp water, some salt solution and pour it into your nose to fill your sinuses. Then you blow out the water along with all the crud that's stuck up I'm there. Do the other side next. Repeat as needed. So do any other goons irrigate? Here's some depictions on how an everyday normal person would use a neti pot:  And 
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I wanted one of these because late at night when I can't breath through my nose I wonder how good it would feel to just be able to force all the poo poo out. But then I learned it's really caused by your nasal cavity swelling shut so it wouldn't even work that way.
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Jan 26, 2016 01:03
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fun fact there is a use for a drug called "pseudoephedrine" or "pseudo" as it's known in the Streets that isn't the illicit manufacture of methamphetamines, and it's much more useful than a neti pot
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Jan 26, 2016 01:03
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wow a nasal douche
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Jan 26, 2016 01:04
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mdm posted:fun fact there is a use for a drug called "pseudoephedrine" or "pseudo" as it's known in the Streets that isn't the illicit manufacture of methamphetamines, and it's much more useful than a neti pot I'm not street smart. I'd probably get robbed buying this stuff.
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Jan 26, 2016 01:05
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neti pots own i like to use them when i throw up and it goes out my nose gets all the puke out
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Jan 26, 2016 01:05
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King of Bees posted:I'm not street smart. I'd probably get robbed buying this stuff. understandable fear, you need an ID to buy it now so the dealer will know where you live
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Jan 26, 2016 01:06
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mdm posted:fun fact there is a use for a drug called "pseudoephedrine" or "pseudo" as it's known in the Streets that isn't the illicit manufacture of methamphetamines, and it's much more useful than a neti pot a good drug
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Jan 26, 2016 01:06
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also the kind that looks like a turkey baster are pretty good too. you dont have to tip your head or anything you just shove it up there and squeeze as hard as possible and tear out your ear drums
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Jan 26, 2016 01:07
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naegleria_fowleri
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Jan 26, 2016 01:07
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i pour it in one nostril but then suck it all up and leave it
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Jan 26, 2016 01:08
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Incomplete Fish posted:neti pots own It's fun too see what's all up in there. Like today, the source of my problems was a couple of goldfish crackers. Parmesan.
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Jan 26, 2016 01:08
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what if u filled it with cum lol
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Jan 26, 2016 01:09
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ur supposed to use distilled water that you put some salt in so its isotonic u nerd that argument against nasal irrigation is bullshit dont use water from a mud puddle outside
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Jan 26, 2016 01:10
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Urban legend. Next thing you'll tell me is that ear wax candles don't work or the body doesn't have humors.
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Jan 26, 2016 01:10
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Incomplete Fish posted:neti pots own 
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Jan 26, 2016 01:11
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it's been in tap water and I bet people use tap water all the time
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Jan 26, 2016 01:11
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Nasal gravyboats ain't poo poo. The real action is on Afrin.
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Jan 26, 2016 01:11
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Lotta guinea pigs for big pharma itt.
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Jan 26, 2016 01:12
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Drink more water.
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Jan 26, 2016 01:15
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I would support nasal gravyboats if they worked. They do literally nothing to my nose holes.
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Jan 26, 2016 01:17
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Beauty and the Beast gettin a whole lot kinkier
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Jan 26, 2016 01:17
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I used them a few times but they never seemed to help.
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Jan 26, 2016 01:18
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There it is
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Jan 26, 2016 01:22
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r u guys saying people don't use tap water with these and that the dirty goons potentially reading this thread wouldn't think tap water was fine? Tbh not putting that you gotta use distilled water in your post is p irresponsible of you op
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Jan 26, 2016 01:28
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mdm posted:fun fact there is a use for a drug called "pseudoephedrine" or "pseudo" as it's known in the Streets that isn't the illicit manufacture of methamphetamines, and it's much more useful than a neti pot drugs are great and all but you really want to be flushing the mucous out of your body, whereas sudafed just dries it out in place and can lead to infections
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Jan 26, 2016 01:32
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When you use a Neti Pot, when the water comes out the other nostril is it supposed to look like Dinty Moore Hearty Beef Chili? Asking for a friend.
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Jan 26, 2016 01:33
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Incomplete Fish posted:also the kind that looks like a turkey baster are pretty good too. you dont have to tip your head or anything you just shove it up there and squeeze as hard as possible and tear out your ear drums Based on anecdotes that I've heard, these can force the bad stuff that you are trying to remove farther in instead of out, or, as you say, cause ear problems. The neti pot with its relatively passive action is more reliable to do no wrong. My ear drum still gurgles sometimes when using the neti pot. Regarding that amoeba or whatever that is a real thing, boiling the water or using reliably distilled wipes out that problem even if it were present, which it mostly isn't in our drinking water. "Mostly" but not "never", so always good to boil and use the cooled water or reliably distilled. The speed with which the neti pot helps the cold sufferer get back to normal is remarkable in my experience and well worth the perceptual grossness of the process. Some people absolutely refuse to try it because of sticking things up your nose. Once you get past that squeamishness with bodily functions it's pretty cool and makes breathing much easier, usually.
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Jan 26, 2016 01:34
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Nehti pot? Hell yeah legalize it
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Jan 26, 2016 01:34
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radiatinglines posted:r u guys saying people don't use tap water with these and that the dirty goons potentially reading this thread wouldn't think tap water was fine? i import water from flint to clean out my disgusting nose
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Jan 26, 2016 01:34
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:When you use a Neti Pot, when the water comes out the other nostril is it supposed to look like Dinty Moore Hearty Beef Chili? The beauty part is that what's coming out was in there and shouldn't be, so it's the same as looking at the wash water when you wash your car or the floor. If it's filthy, it's because you're taking the dirt off and it has to go somewhere. Better gone than leave it there, IMHO. Better yet to not put that junk in there in the first place, but then we get into a lifestyle discussion rather than a sickness/medical one.
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Jan 26, 2016 01:40
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radiatinglines posted:r u guys saying people don't use tap water with these and that the dirty goons potentially reading this thread wouldn't think tap water was fine? I use tap water cause I ain't no beta bitch!!!
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Jan 26, 2016 01:43
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Drink more water. Your tissues become more inflamed when dehydrated, and you probably are dehydrated as gently caress when you wake up.
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Jan 26, 2016 02:04
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A few years ago, Goons were all, "get a neti pot it will cure literally everything." So I bought one. Didn't do a drat thing for my sinuses. gently caress you Something Awful goons.
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Jan 26, 2016 02:14
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King of Bees posted:I woke up today with a little bit of a head cold. I don't get sick very often as I'm a bastion of health and my body is a temple, so it was kind of a shocker. Also, typically a blazing hot shower and maybe some tea and I'm good. What the gently caress is wrong with you.
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Jan 26, 2016 02:17
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part of the problem is the stupid name, call it a sinuscup and has much more marketable appeal
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Jan 26, 2016 02:18
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I use it sometimes to clean the crusty speed and ketamine out of my nose after a good weekend. It helps to avoid Post Nasal Depression.
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Jan 26, 2016 02:24
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FrankieGoes posted:What the gently caress is wrong with you. Molentik posted:Post Nasal Depression.
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King of Bees posted:I use tap water cause I ain't no beta bitch!!! Hell yeah!!!! Also lol at the entire argument. Aint no amoeba in the water you idiots. I aint ever seen no yoshi or mario come out my tap. It was only sensationalism from kotaku you idiots hahaha you buy the amoeba from gamestop or ebay not the tap hahaha
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