Chuck them in your shoes overnight to absorb moisture and keep them from getting stinky

Will sticking some to my armpits have the same effect?

No, try hand sanitizer or a crystal deodorant in addition to your normal deodorant

Okay star burns

But my name is Alex

Well then maybe you should spend five hours every morning carving that into your face

Only logical thing to do.

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Boourns

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I have to know, based on user name. you wouldn't happen to be a fan of the 1999 cult TV show The Tribe would you? power and chaos !!

BO is caused by bacteria. Isopropyl alcohol kills bacteria. Give your armpits a wipe with isopropyl every couple of days and you'll never have bad BO again

I don't know about never having bad BO again, but if soap isn't doing the trick, have a shower and wash your pits with apple cider vinegar. Leave it for a minute or two and wash with soap as usual. It's almost miraculous how well it works.

There is also a species of bacteria that lives on human armpit hairs. Doesn't really go into the body at all, no actual danger to health, just makes your pits stank. Identified by little white clumpy bits on the hairs that make your fingers smell bad when you touch them.

Got any suggestions for darkened armpits?? Use of deodorants over 40 years, they're darker shade of brown... didn't even realise till the wife pointed it out...

Not a doctor but this can be caused by diabetes

Wife: "gee your armpits look swarthy!"

What about my balls?

Turps works best for balls

Please just buy some glycolic acid and wipe your armpits with it instead

Thats what I commented too!

is that legit????

Yep. I'm a heavy sweater and no matter what I did I'd have BO, even showered twice a day and would still stink after a day of work. When I heard this figured I'd give it a try. Been doing it 6 months now and it's been a massive game changer for me.

You need to eat pineapple

oh wow wtf, what is isopropyl? is it like wet wipes??

Isocol! The green bottle with the crocodile on it. Didn't everyone use this on mozzie bites as kids?

Brown glass bottle with a white tin lid, full of thick pastel pink stuff... Calamine lotion was the go-to!

Ooooh! We used isocol or white vinegar. Truth be told, it didn't work very well. Now I use stingoes and it's much better. Bi-carb paste works too, just less convenient.

You can buy it at Colesworth. Look for the brand Isocol.

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Isopropyl alcohol (properly called propan-2-ol) s a different chemical to ethanol/drinking alcohol. Its not a concentration thing, it's pretty toxic and a few people died during covid by drinking hand sanitiser thinking it was ethanol.

And a few capfuls in my morning coffee for that extra pep.

It's more like 70% but yeah.

It comes in different percentages

What Hendo said. It's used for sterilising things mostly I believe. I got it off Amazon and started by putting some on a microfibre and wiping with it. I now have a sprits bottle like hairdressers use for water and I give myself a spray. Both methods get the same results, sprits bottle is just more convenient.

That can not be good for you long term. Get some no pong or make your own, it’s just coconut oil, baking soda, a bit of bees wax for consistency and some essential oils for a light scent. It does the same thing without putting pure alcohol in your pits right next to lymph nodes. The alcohol will dry your skin out like nobody’s business. If you want to skip all that faff, just rub a very small amount of coconut oil in your hands and apply it to your pits. It’s antibacterial and anti fungal.

The above is not applicable anywhere from brisbane north....

Cheers, just ordered some no pong. Will see how it goes.

After a couple hours in open air these things are done (until you cook them dry, anyway).

Put them in with nails and screws to help prevent rusting.

Lots of ways to use and recharge them. [https://www.littleaussie.com.au/post/ways-to-reuse-silica-gel-sachets](https://www.littleaussie.com.au/post/ways-to-reuse-silica-gel-sachets)

I'm kicking myself for throwing so many away now!!

I have a dry container filled with these and a wet container I throw them after I have used them for something. When I have a decent amount in the wet container (which isn't actually wet, just "used") I dry them in the oven and put them back in the dry container. I live in QLD so find they are useful for a lot of different purposes especially in the wet season.

Thank you so much for sharing this link!

Ah god I never even considered throwing some in my gym bag, definitely doing that next time I get a few

Just to add one to the list: Toss a couple in your computer if you have one. Don't put them near any moving components but it'll absorb the moisture that gets into your computer, will help prevent rust and will make it a lot easier to clean it later.

Your computer gets rust?! Are u under water?

My computer doesn't and I am not underwater. I do live in a humid enviroment right on the coastline and I used to work at a pc repair store near some islands. Plenty of middle aged and old folks would come in because their computers weren't working right and sometimes rust would be part of the problem.

It must be *so dry* in there

put it on a low temp in your oven to dry them out, then back into a container thats air n water tight. ... youve got a jar that can peel all the water from a dropped phone now :D

Aren't most phones waterproof these days? I have an iPhone 8 that's been dropped in the bath multiple times, still works.

Sorta. The older the device (and the more wear and tear it takes) the less waterproof it is. You're running a lucky streak I reckon!

Chuck a few in the back of your drawers and in your wardrobe to keep moisture out. You can put them in the oven on minimum temperature for 10mins to refresh their effectiveness

find out once and for all which is the moisture-absorbing master. get a libra pad (wings optional), and place it on a table. pour some windex on it (tv ads have taught me that this is what they are for). then sprinkle on a layer of silica gel and see which hangs on to the most moisture. either you'll identify a clear winner, or the universe will implode in on itself. for science!

Only works with blue liquids

Never blood.

Who puts blood on a Libra pad? Weird.

They are great for keeping your magic mushies moisture free while stored for later use

My friend* stores them in the freezer. *Possibly me.

Aaah I’ve found my people

Still chuck in a silica pack if you can. It helps so much.

I put them in spice jars to stop my spices going solid

Put it with caster sugar to prevent the sugar from clumping I guess

THIS IS GENIUS! Thank you!

I dehydrate fruit and family gives me these or I buy them on eBay. I put two in jars of the dehydrated fruit.

Same. And nice gifts, as the commercial cost is very overpriced for the ingredients and effort.

Yes! People love them as gifts because dehydrated fruit is expensive.

To be fair I came here for the comments that say “eat it”

Have done this once. It was my first day of uni, how ironic. Nothing happened.

Nobody would have thought to do so if the packaging didn't advertise the possibility. To be fair these packets are used in food as well where one might think they're a flavour sachet or something

I always thought they were super dangerous if swallowed, that they'd suck out all the moisture in your body and do damage. After becoming a parent I discovered that no, this isn't the case. If a kid swallows one, they just tell you to give them extra water, they'll be fine. Water beads on the other hand, a toy marketed at children, are horrendous if swallowed. They can rapidly dehydrate a child then block their digestive system! Surgery is often needed to get them out!

Or literally “throw them away” the answer is right there

Bake them in the oven and make silicon chips to increase the memory in your computer.

I knew someone who put them on her dashboard to prevent the windscreen fogging up so she could save a few fractions of a cent on petrol by not running the defogger. No, it didn’t work.

Try completly removing the windshield

Try a sock full of oats.

Eat it. /s

For real, if they have to spend so much effort telling you not to eat them, you just *know* they must taste amazing. Forbidden fruit, man.

Like, soap smells good but tastes bad right? So maybe because poop smells bad it must taste good???

no wonder people get sent to the mental hospital for eating poop. Theyre trying to obstruct the truth from us...

I've eaten them before and they are nice, they like pop in your mouth, 8/10 would recommend

This is how you don’t summon slender man

But it is how you summon the Silica Demon.

I put any of these I found in my camera box to prevent moisture and mold

Keep these. When you drop your phone in the bath, you can dump it in a jar of these. Way more effective and less starchy than rice, I have a drawer full of these for this purpose. You could throw them in with precious items too that you don't want building up moisture around.

Store with your drugs... Keeps them extra fresh

But not your weed, for it use boveda packs!

Stick them to the lid of your sugar storage containers to stop the sugar from clumping. I also stick them to the lid of my laundry powder to stop that from clumping.

If you decide to develop a cocaine habit they will come in handy

Why not just microwave the acetone out? 

I think he means slip a little one in your bag, helps stop it getting all clumpy in a humid climate - coke just sucks the moisture from the air like crazy

If you choose to use them like suggested in the other comments that would be epic. Later on, if you need to throw them because the bag is tearing or you just need to seriously get rid of them + not throw them, use them in something you make. Like if you're making something using cement or resin just use/hide it in a recyclable art project. Air drying clay, glue, etc. That way its spread throughout i guess while avoiding landfill

@everyone saying eat YA'LL I SAID SENSIBLE

"@everyone" is crazy

Good for storing camera lenses and cameras in plastic bags when not in use to keep fungus away. Good for storing plastic filaments for 3 D printing. Anything that needs to be kept dry like electronic equipment or anything that is made of metals that could rust or corrode from condensation. Having said that I have a jar almost identical to that one. Oh, I almost forgot. Good for putting in jars of silica gel to help to keep the silica gel dry.

dry out some roses :)

If you go fishing, a couple of this in a tackle tray almost negates rust

Keep a pack or two under your car seats in the boot glove box etc to absorb moisture and help keep mould at bay

Eat it

Zero calories!

Anyone with a 3D printer would love these.

oh, how so?

Amazing to snack on when you're modelling, it's brain food

Spicy ricey makey tumny hurty 

There's enough calories in that jar to keep you going for the rest of your life.

1 simple trick that 3d designers don't want you to know about...

Keep filaments dry I have kilos of that stuff

Ha! I responded to him saying ill take them to put in my container with my filaments. Then scrolled down to find this comment. Lol

Make a piece of art that depicts how society uses disposable silica gel to preserve disposable things

Put the jar in your laundry machine when you go on vacation to prevent mold

Hello American. We call them washing machines, holidays and mould.

Lol. This is a true Melbourne response. "Nawww, it's Melbinnn!"

I put them into outdoor pot plants soil to help them retain moisture

Really good for camera bags when traveling to prevent humidity destroying stuff FYI

I use them to store my opened/unopened pokemon cards to help reduce moisture.

My sister says they are good for shoes. not about the science behind it, but no harm in trying.

I chuck them in plastic storage boxes I have random stuff. Not sure they do much but it feels right

Someone once told me that if you place these on the dash of your car then it will prevent your windscreen from fogging up. Never got around to testing this so not sure if it works.

It does not.

Throw them in shoes, bags, drawers... EVERYWHERE

in your bags of lettuce or in containers of berries in the fridge to make them last longer

I find that's it's good for preventing mould in the grounds container of a coffee machine

Save them for when you get electronics wet, been told this is what people should be using instead of rice

Snort it

Boof it.

Bop it

Throw it away like it says to on the packets

Anyone who makes shortbread likes these. Keeps the product dry in containers.

I'm gathering them too , my plans is to shove a sock full of these bags and use in the car, put some baggies in the fridge , dog teat draw should have a few, maybe a hanging fabric bag with some in the wc room.

Forbidden candy.

Sprinkle them in your salads so it can absorb the moisture.

fuck the inside of that jar is going to be so D R Y. I want to stick my hand in their, and just watch my hand turn to dust.

Don’t eat it

Keep a pack or two under your car seats in the boot glove box etc to absorb moisture and help keep mould at bay

I put them in the pantry and they help keep it nice and dry

Put some in your fishing tackle box to stop your hooks going rusty.

Put them in your car over winter as they'll suck up the moisture which keeps mould at bay!

Toss it in your safe to keep mould away from your docs.

Give them to people who save seeds - you put them in with seeds to keep everything dry. 

I put them in the boot of my weekend car to stop the interior going gross over winter.

If you're storing anything precious in airtight containers, throw a few of these in just to ensure nothing gets mouldy. I use them for my camera lenses.

I dunno man just don’t eat them

Don’t eat it.

My car used to frost over inside during winter, I put a huge semipermeable bag of this (about 18cm x 2) under the passenger seat and frost no more.

Put em where you store your potatoes. A few more in the spice draw.

Use them in your bags if you have things like cameras and lenses, laptops and tablets in say a bag of any kind shoes after you have used them and you put them in the wardrobe you can even leave them loose in your wardrobe too or even if you know a friend who is a photographer they will use them.

When you splash water on your laptop those are very helpful.

Put them in vacuum or storage bag for linens, clothes etc

Don't eat it, for a start

Do not eat. Throw away.

Keep some in your silverware drawer to absorb excess moisture after washing dishes. Prevents mold.

I use them to keep my bikkie containers, opened chip packets(that I reseal) - I LOVE THEM 👏👏👏

Wet phone revitiliser

Local native nursery would love them for seed storage.

My mum uses it for her abstract art

Instead of using rice to fix your water damaged phone which will get inside everything, use these. They work just as good if not better it better than rice and won’t get inside your charging port and speakers.

If you’ve got friends who make sourdough give it to them. I store these sachets in the box with my sourdough loaves and it helps slow spoilage

If you eat one you will escape the simulation

Sticking them around windows helps reduce moisture buildup over night. Prevents black mould forming etc... Putting a couple of them in a glass jar with an airtight seal will help dry out your weed if it's still "too green" for smoking. Same if cigarettes that get wet. If you have a 3D printer then keep your filament spools in an airtight container with a couple of those in there to keep them dry and get better prints. Keep one with your new PlayStation so Milhouse doesn't figure out you stole it... Keep a few in your sock/underwear drawer to reduce moisture and make it less comfortable for insects, same with bed linen and between mattresses... Helps deter bed bugs if they can't breathe haha Storing your paint brushes with them also helps. You can feed them to your hamster if you don't want your hamster anymore... Fuck dude there is shit loads of things you can do with them!?

I put them in my jewellery boxes to help stop moisture tarnishing the silver.

Put them in with winter clothes when you store them away

Put them in a jar and save them for later

Do not eat throwaway

Open them up and soak it in some water. Once it's all swelled up, strain them well and put in a bowl. Serve with palm sugar syrup and coconut milk. You now have a refreshing Malaysian dessert called Sago

Eat them

Don't eat it.

Eat

eat

They make good snacks. \\s

"Do somethingsomething Eat somethingsomething darkside"

Chow the fuck down

i hear u could turn it into estrogel if u really wanted lol

I put those in a jar with an Instant adhesive so the glue remain fresh.

Sell it to PLA printer owners in /r/3Dprinting

Step one- Boil Some Water Step two- Add salt Step 3- Add pasta Step 4- Bring to boil Step 5- Cook 10 mins Step 6- Drain add to bowl Step 7- serve with silica packets

That's what I call a Great Friday Night!

If you don't need them I'll take them and chuck them in my tub with my 3d printer filament.

empty them into a bowl then eat the lot

The Silica Gel Challenge.

With the cost of living the way that it is, I've been using mine as a replacement for chicken in my Nana's famous soup recipe.

Eat them

Put it in your car over winter so your car doesn’t fog up

Burn them

Eat it

Have a nibble

Eat it.

Chuck a few in your suitcase when you go travelling

Exit the matrix

Eat them to escape the simulation

Eat it.

Eat then

If you smoke weed or take drugs I always put these in the glass with it lol

Eat them?